2026-08-06

Heatwaves are getting so bad you can buy this portable 'human fridge' in Japan to save you from heatstroke —and it'll blast you with 41F air

So it's come to this: a portable cooling box for use in warehouses, on construction sites, and on campuses. [...]

2026-08-06

Is Google Gemini trained on Google docs? One indie developer thinks so, after it told players about his unreleased game plans

One indie game dev is convinced Gemini just leaked information from his private Google Docs. [...]

2026-08-06

Capcom says 'approximately 90%' of its sales are digital — and isn't worried about the death of physical games

Capcom has revealed that 90% of its unit sales are digital, so it's unlikely to be significantly impacted by the steady decline of the physical game market. [...]

2026-08-06

10 things to know before renting a car abroad for the first time

Renting a car abroad for the first time means new rules on licenses, insurance, deposits, fuel and tolls that differ from renting at home [...]

2026-08-06

Suno Lays Out AI Music Principles After Copyright Fight

Suno published a formal set of operating principles on Thursday, August 6, 2026, committing the AI music generator to blocking artist imitation, tightening its download rules, and rolling out watermarking technology in the coming weeks, a framework that arrives as the company settles one major-label copyright fight and continues to face others. The four principles anchor a post on the company' [...]

2026-08-06

OpenAI will no longer limit how many texts free accounts can send to ChatGPT

There will still be limits on image generation, voice mode usage and other features. [...]

2026-08-06

35 years ago today, the World Wide Web changed our lives forever — as Tim Berners-Lee says, ‘trading personal data for use certainly does not fit with my vision for a free web’

The World Wide Web was first announced by computer scientist Tim Berners-Lee 35 years ago today. [...]

2026-08-06

6 must-have travel gadgets, according to industry experts

We asked several experts in the travel industry to share their top picks for gadgets that help them on the go. [...]

2026-08-06

FCC scraps TV station ownership cap, opening the door to media consolidation

The 22-year-old rule barred any single company from reaching more than 39% of U.S. TV households; critics say only Congress can lift it [...]