2026-08-03

India moves to extend Apple-friendly tax breaks for contract manufacturing

India wants to keep Apple building. The government has proposed extending a tax break for foreign firms that supply manufacturing equipment to contract manufacturers, a change drafted with iPhone assembly squarely in mind. Under a draft bill reviewed by Reuters, the exemption would run until 31 March 2041, well beyond the 2031 cut-off set when […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]

2026-08-02

I conducted a blindfolded Bluetooth speaker test with 4 colleagues and no, JBL didn’t win — here’s which portable speaker got the most votes based on their ears only

My colleagues blind-ranked 5 portable speakers from best to worst on sound alone — and the results may surprise you. [...]

2026-08-02

Startup swaps costly AI GPUs for Arm cores and up to 128TB of 'cheap' LPDDR6 RAM instead of expensive HBM to smash through the memory wall

Majestic Labs unveiled an Arm-based AI server replacing GPUs with unified LPDDR6 memory, claiming lower costs and dramatically larger capacity. [...]

2026-08-02

Europeans Are About to Find Out How Entrenched AI Is in Their Daily Lives

New EU rules stipulate that people must be told when they’re interacting with AI or looking at AI-generated or -edited content, leading to fear of “disclosure fatigue.” [...]

2026-08-02

I’ve driven the new Cupra Raval and it’s proof that the hot hatch can live on in the EV era

Cupra unleashes the first car on the new Volkswagen MEB+ platform and it's a proper pocket rocket [...]

2026-08-02

Snap and LinkedIn are fighting back against a flood of low-quality AI content

Snap is banning AI-generated videos from Spotlight to keep the feed focused on human creativity. Content edited with Snapchat's own AI tools is still allowed. LinkedIn, meanwhile, has rolled out a dedicated "AI slop" reporting button.<br /> The article Snap and LinkedIn are fighting back against a flood of low-quality AI content appeared first on The Decoder. [...]

2026-08-02

Your daily coffee is over 90% water, and tap water could be ruining your best beans — experts explain how to choose the right filter to unlock the full flavor

I spoke to water-quality experts to find out what I should look for when choosing a water filter to upgrade my coffee-making experience. [...]

2026-08-02

I found the Apple Watch feature every busy pro needs — and I use it every workout

By pairing an Apple Watch with AirPods Pro, I unlocked a quiet dual-sensor trick that gives busy professionals chest-strap health accuracy with zero extra setup. [...]

2026-08-02

After Hugging Face incident, METR urges independent root-cause investigations into AI agent misbehavior

Research organization METR is calling for systematic, independently led investigations whenever AI agents act autonomously against their developers' intentions. The push comes partly in response to the Hugging Face hack carried out by OpenAI models. METR's own Frontier Risk Report documented 44 such incidents across all major AI companies, including sandbox escapes, fabricated results, a [...]