2026-08-04

These U.S. states have the cheapest home insurance premiums in the country

Home insurance costs vary wildly depending on where you live. MoneyGeek's 2026 analysis ranks the U.S. states that pay the least annually [...]

2026-08-04

OpenAI pays $3.2m to settle a US claim it favoured visa workers over Americans

OpenAI has agreed to pay $3.2m to settle a US government claim. The allegation: it favoured workers on temporary visas over American workers. The Justice Department announced the deal on Tuesday. It resolves claims that the company broke federal anti-discrimination law when recruiting for a set of roles. The department’s Civil Rights Division said OpenAI […]<br /> This story continues at [...]

2026-08-04

How to cancel your PlayStation Plus subscription

If you're done giving Sony money every month, cancelling PlayStation Plus is easy. [...]

2026-08-04

Google moves billions in Anthropic chip risk off its balance sheet

Google is working with Broadcom, Apollo, Blackstone, and Morgan Stanley on a multibillion-dollar financing structure that supplies Anthropic with AI chips and data centers while keeping most of the risk off Google's balance sheet. The setup leaves roughly $200 billion in contracts dependent on Anthropic's continued growth and ability to make its lease payments.<br /> The article Go [...]

2026-08-04

I tried to use ChatGPT to create fake evidence — and I came away more worried than I expected

I asked ChatGPT to help me fake my life — and what it refused surprised me almost as much as what it didn’t [...]

2026-08-04

Is Windows 11 spying on you via a new background process? No, it isn't, but the controversy around this clearly shows Microsoft must do better with privacy

Windows 11 process sparks controversy and user accusations of 'spying,' which are false — but still point to a wider issue around privacy for Microsoft. [...]

2026-08-04

Best 3D printer deals 2026 — big savings on Bambu, Elegoo, Anycubic and Creality

We tested the top 3D printers, now, I'm tracking down the top deals and biggest savings. [...]

2026-08-04

NSF Puts $100 Million Into Regional AI Infrastructure Hubs

The U.S. National Science Foundation has launched a $100 million program to build state and regional AI infrastructure hubs across the country, with NVIDIA , AMD, Intel , and Dell Technologies among the private-sector partners lined up to support it. The NSF State and Regional Artificial Intelligence Infrastructure Hubs program, announced August 4, 2026, will fund up to 10 regional consortia that [...]

2026-08-03

AI slop has found politics. Fake “news” channels are flooding YouTube with tales of blue-state collapse.

For a while, AI slop was mostly harmless filler: fake animals, invented recipes, videos made to farm clicks. It has now found politics. A wave of AI-generated “news” channels on YouTube is manufacturing stories of economic collapse in Democratic-run states. Some are pulling hundreds of thousands of views. The videos follow a formula. They claim […]<br /> This story continues at The Nex [...]