2026-08-06

There’s No Good Way to Talk About Celebrities and Eating Disorders

Online speculation over the weight loss of celebrities like Ariana Grande—even out of genuine concern—can make things worse for people struggling with eating disorders. [...]

2026-08-06

AI agents are part of your team now. Here’s how to secure all of them.

Presented by JumpCloudA practical framework for securing every identity in the modern workforce, human or not.Your organization already has a rigorous process for governing human identities. New employees go through onboarding. They get a role, a set of entitlements, and a named manager accountable for their access. When they leave, their credentials are revoked and access is terminated. It’s a [...]

2026-08-06

The California Teamsters union is suing the state over self-driving trucks

The California Teamsters union says that new self-driving truck regulations could eventually cause around 400,000 people to lose their jobs. [...]

2026-08-06

How to stop Roku from tracking everything you watch

Let's dive in to Roku's privacy policy to see what data is being collected from you -- and how to stop it. [...]

2026-08-06

The 'poison AI' movement wants to corrupt ChatGPT and Gemini to make them useless — but it comes with a huge risk of collateral damage

The movement to sabotage AI through poisoned training data may be aimed at major tech companies, but its damage could spread to ordinary people and smaller organizations. [...]

2026-08-06

Top-rated bike helmets for kids, according to Consumer Reports

A poorly fitted helmet offers little protection during a real fall. Consumer Reports tested helmets for impact absorption and fit [...]

2026-08-06

The 10 top strollers for every need: Consumer Reports

A bulky stroller turns a quick errand into an awkward struggle. Consumer Reports tested strollers across every category and need [...]

2026-08-06

Google’s WeatherNext 2 Gains a Full Day of Cyclone Warning, Goes Open Source

Google has published a peer-reviewed result for its WeatherNext AI weather model, claiming state-of-the-art accuracy in predicting tropical cyclones and a lead-time gain the company describes as roughly a decade of meteorological progress compressed into a single system. The paper appeared in Nature on August 6, 2026, and Google is open-sourcing the models alongside it. The headline number is lead [...]

2026-08-06

Qwen 3.8-Max and Claude Opus 5 show why raw benchmark scores don't predict the bill

Alibaba released Qwen 3.8-Max this week and marketed the preview as second only to Claude Fable 5 (their launch-day table was more equivocal: the model leads on one of 12 coding-agent rows). But an independent harness came close to the opposite conclusion: a benchmark run, apparently using the Preview version, put Qwen 3.8-Max's best effort setting mid-pack, and its default setting last.Both [...]