Собираем новости, события и мнения о рынках, банках и реакциях компаний.

Сотрудников эвакуировали.

Собираем новости, события и мнения о рынках, банках и реакциях компаний.

Разбирательство между авиакомпанией и клиентами продолжается с 2023 года.

Вслед за приложением «Ozon Банка».

Аналитики объясняют ослабление рубля снижением притока экспортной выручки.

Среди причин — скопление избыточной рублёвой ликвидности.

Компания «выкупила» рабочие контракты всех бастующих.

Система распознаёт команды на 75 языках.

Причина — «срабатывание защитной автоматики при резком изменении перетока электроэнергии со стороны энергосистемы Центральной Азии».

Возраст проверят в приложении, а затем при получении товара.

Якобы они искажали информацию о финансовом положении компании.

Компания говорит, что ребрендинг связан с «новой стратегией развития бизнеса».

EBITDA выросла до 1,9 млрд рублей.

GithubПустой Github или отсутствующийНам не нужен человек, который не увлечен программированием.

Непустой Github без звездНам не нужен человек, который не способен создавать нужные и полезные программы.

Нам не нужен человек, который не способен принять очевидные допущения!

Кандидат использует зрелые проверенные решения и технологииНам не нужен человек, который не способен изучать новое и держится только за устаревшие вещи.

А значит, если вы, по вашему мнению, прошли интервью, и не вспомните за собой никаких косяков, но получили отказ, то вам не нужен фидбэк.

За прошедшее время они уехали, так что смотрите на них как на порядок величины, а не как на прайс.

Проблема не в химии, а в маркировке.

Если Vin = 12 В, на вход придётся подать больше 15 А — а плата рассчитана на 5 А без дополнительного теплоотвода и на 10 А, если прикручена к радиатору или обдувается.

Если на холодную (25 °C) матрица ест 3.0 А, то на горячую (50–70 °C) легко может уйти за максимально допустимые 3.5 А. Поэтому настраивать потенциометры надо на прогретой матрице, а не на холодной.

БатареяЗаряженная сборка 8S даёт 32–33 В, разряжать ниже 27–28 В (это ~3.4 В на банку) не стоит.

В сегодняшней статье мне хотелось бы рассмотреть аппаратную платформу оригинального iPhone и iPhone 3G.

Как и в последующих моделях, процесс начинался с откручивания двух винтов с торца устройства и снятия дисплея с помощью присоски.

Он выглядел и ощущался слишком дешево, как для устройства за 600$, а с годами при этом ещё и сильно царапался и трескался.

Как вы понимаете, ремонт такой платы невозможен и теперь она послужит как донор для ремонта другого iPhone с отвалом памяти.

Однако заслуга Apple не в железе как таковом, а в уникальном UX, который изменил мир смартфонов...А что вы думаете об iPhone 2G/3G/3Gs?

Не знаю, собирались ли создатели усилителя ЭСКО-100 пользоваться им сами, но силумина они не пожалели, и корпус получился действительно прочным, да ещё и с ретрофутуристичным дизайном, как мы скажем сейчас.

Может быть, магнитофоны — один для воспроизведения фонограммы, а другой для записи с пульта, ведь усилитель, как мы только что выяснили, снабжён минималистичным микшерным пультом?

Вокально-инструментальные ансамбли предполагали живое исполнение без фонограммы, так что специализированных входов или выходов для магнитофона создатели эстрадного усилителя ЭСКО-100 не предусмотрели.

Все единогласно утверждают, что качество звука ЭСКО-100 было посредственным и для домашнего аудиофильского прос…

Особенно много их оказалось в коренных землях Ассирии на среднем Тигре, и в Вавилоне на Евфрате.

В сожжённой Александром Македонским и Таис Афинской имперской столице Персеполис, как и в Ниневии, позже найдут архив глиняных табличек.

В частности, в основном именно на эламской клинописи, а не на арамейском, велась хозяйственная документация в их столице.

Царская стража немедленно взяла под охрану храмы и храмовые сокровища, и не для того, чтобы их изъять.

Так, после падения эллинистической державы Селевкидов в старых персидских землях обоснуется Парфянское царство — и в нём для парфянского языка появится письменность пехлеви.

От конструкции и исполнения стеклодувной горелки зависят возможности мастера, безопасность и удобство его ежедневной работы.

Хрестоматийная пушка (А) не умеет быстро и в значительных пределах изменять факел.

Сборка крана тоже не из простых.

Пациент подвешен на проволоке, на вытяжном зонте, нагрев кранов тремя горелками — Теклю, большой настольной «пушкой» и ручной инжекционной на баллончике.

Большой факел — при работающем игольчатом пламени, в большие сопла подаём пропан и воздух, манипуляцией тремя кранами можно изменять форму и характер пламени.

А нам нужно было, чтобы на борту работал полноценный Linux, пусть и на Raspberry Pi Zero, и чтобы он мог обслуживать входящие SSH-подключения.

Что на борту и как это работаетНа борту связка из основного контроллера и Raspberry Pi Zero.

Функционал: что можно и что нельзяСразу немного занизим ожидания.

Честно про результатыПервые версии прошивки были посвящены тому, чтобы спутник просто не переохладился и не ушёл в минус по энергии.

Это и распределение нагрузки между станциями, и вовлечение сообщества.

Я конечно владелец бизнеса и все такое, но 3 дня моей работы стоят сильно меньше трехсот тысяч, экономия ощутимая.

Но я же не технарь, я не могу за ним все это проверить.

Не умею и не смог научиться за 10 лет, хотя старался.

И разрабы косячат, и маркетологи, и дизайнеры, и финансисты.

Но если бы я был владельцем банка, то этих инженеров нанимал бы не я, а опытный CTO, опытный эйчар и опытный тимлид.

Фрагменты кода получились небольшие, и на их примере удобно показать, как этими оптимизациями пользоваться.

ПроблемаКогда бизнес-логика требует интерактивных транзакций — нескольких последовательных запросов, где результат предыдущего влияет на следующий, — каждый шаг превращается в отдельный RPC-вызов к YDB.

Склеить такие запросы в одну строку невозможно, и тогда в дело вступают интерактивные транзакции, а с ними и лишние round-trip.

Build(), ), ); err != nil { return err } // Записываем лог операции return tx.Exec(ctx, "INSERT INTO operations (account_id, amount, ts) VALUES ($id, $amount, CurrentUtcTimestamp())", query.WithParameters(ydb.ParamsBuilder().

Мы общаемся с нашими пользователям…

Конвейер для перевода книг целиком BookTransTL;DRЯ потратил пару недель на создание конвейера с открытым исходным кодом, который переводит книги целиком с помощью платных подписок на LLM.

Сноски используются и для непонятных слов: редких научных терминов, устаревшей лексики, исторических имён, географических объектов и культурных отсылок.

Ради интереса я сравнил одинаковые задания на русском и английском и в своих тестах заметной разницы в качестве перевода не увидел.

Если такое место найдено, конвейер останавливается до перевода и показывает его пользователю; продолжить после ручной проверки можно с отдельным ключом --force-injected .

Перевод книги — процесс долгий, и конвейер в любой моме…

Зуд от укуса комара даёт положительную обратную связь.

Организм сам старается стряхивать и скрести, и это спасает.

Зуд от противомалярийного хлорохина идёт ровно так, и такой зуд антигистаминными полноценно не снять.

Правда, он появляется не на свежем укусе, а на уже пару дней отлежавшемся, но всё равно мешает.

У этого есть название — аллокнезис: зуд от лёгкого касания, которое в норме и не заметишь.

Несмотря на это, OOM Killer всё равно может снести важный процесс, ведь ядро видит только объём памяти и заданные администратором правила.

В контейнерах действуют два разных сценария:При достижении лимита memory cgroup возникает локальный memcg OOM, и кандидаты ищутся внутри ограниченной группы — такой механизм существовал и в cgroup v1.

Из минусов — демон смотрит на абсолютные проценты, а не на pressure, поэтому на машине со 128 ГБ десять процентов это очень ранняя стрельба, а на VPS с гигабайтом может оказаться поздновато.

Демон умеет работать с PSI и zram, показывать GUI-уведомления и выбирать жертву по имени или cgroup с помощью регулярных выражений.

Этот демон использует PSI и cgroup v…

Работая в YADRO, я много выступаю как на внешних конференциях, так и на собственных мероприятиях компании.

Как обычно, дьявол кроется в мелочах: в том, чтобы из корпоративного брендбука и pptx-шаблона сделать этот самый стилевой файл для LaTeX.

Хотя, наверное, стоило бы, прости нас, Линус, если что не так.

Последние штрихи: гиперссылки, отступы в списках, полезные мелочиСсылки настроим так, чтобы в PDF не было цветных рамок вокруг текста ссылки.

Надеюсь, статья оказалась полезной и для тех, кто только осваивает LaTeX/Beamer, и для тех, кто давно хотел разобраться с созданием классов и стилевых файлов, но все не доходили руки.

Если читать «Илиаду» и «Одиссею» не как привычные школьные памятники литературы, а как документы, описывающие чужую систему мышления, постепенно возникает странное ощущение.

Если бы Гомер оказался на современном пляже, его сетчатка воспринимала бы тот же спектр света, что и наша.

Это не органы в анатомическом смысле и не психологические функции в современном понимании, а скорее различные центры активности, через которые человек переживает происходящее.

После смерти Пэрри его ассистент Альберт Лорд продолжил эту работу и в 1960 году опубликовал книгу The Singer of Tales.

Наконец, страна феаков занимает промежуточное положение между чудесным и человеческим: это уже не мир чудовищ, но еще и не…

Усаживайтесь поудобнее, я расскажу вам, как я полгода дебажил чужие игры двадцатилетней давности и почему на это подсел.

Может, лучше сделать свой High Level эмулятор с нуля?»Я немного растерялся: «Но подожди, это же почти как Wine с нуля написать!

Игра продолжает выполнение как ни в чём не бывало: для неё это выглядит как обычный возврат из системного вызова.

И вот я стою в Хогвартсе, запущенном в браузере, и на миг мне снова 12.

~12-летний я в 2002 году для фанфика по Гарри Поттеру https://honeyduke.com/hp/articles/0181.shtmlЭпилог.

Этим телом оказалось сверхплотное газовое облако размером с Солнечную систему, в сердце которой вместо термоядерного синтеза тусуется чёрная дыра.

Что любопытно: астрономы не искали объект намеренно — их целью был поиск галактик, сформировавшихся на раннем этапе развития Вселенной.

Да и на снимках с телескопа квазизвезда выглядит просто как красная точка.

Но учёные уже прогнали на компьютере серию серьёзных симуляций и пришли к выводу, что чёрная дыра окружена массивным водородным коконом.

Если расчёты астрономов верны, сформироваться такой объект должен был через 660 млн лет после Большого взрыва, за 8,5 млрд лет до появления Земли.

Убери это и в игре ничего особо не поменяется, потому что система повреждений врагов — чаще всего поверхностные красные царапины, если это не заранее заготовленная катсцена.

Ну и приём с «я посмотрел на The Elder Scrolls VI и он прекрасен» уже использовали с главным директор по контенту Мэттом Бути.

Дело в том, что в сообщении Аши игру назвали «The Elder Scrolls VI: ********», намекая на подзаголовок, который в свою очередь может указывать на место действия новой части.

И это была не случайность: позже официальный аккаунт Bethesda написал Аше слова благодарности и тоже использовал 8 звёздочек для идентификации игры.

Правда, это не сильно обрадовало искателей истины, потому что половину Хамм…

Компания работает над полноразмерными наушниками Galaxy H1 вместе с новыми Buds5 Pro.

Редакция портала считает, что наушники получат Bluetooth 6.0, поддержку аудиокодека SSC UHQ и продвинутый шумодав, но прямых подтверждений или хотя бы упоминаний характеристик в утечке нет — только схематичные инструкции по подключению.

Последние полноразмерные наушники Level Over компания выпустила больше 12 лет назад, весной 2014 года, да и те особой популярности в народе не сыскали.

Получится ли у неё в этот раз — скоро узнаем.

Как ожидается, Samsung представит наушники уже в первой половине 2027 года.

Одним из главных сюрпризов каста оказалась Роуг, её сыграет Инде Наварретт — звезда хоррора Obsession.

А вот выбор Сэди Синк на роль Джин Грей ни для кого не стал сюрпризом — её участие в проекте раскрыли в свежем фильме «Человек-паук: Совершенно новый день».

Кроме того, также появятся:Майя Бонд в образе Грозы ,, Крис Эбботт станет новым профессором Ксавье ,, Самара Уивинг сыграет горяченную Эмму Фрост.

В качестве вишенки на торте на конференции появился Адам Драйвер и объявил, что исполнит роль суперзлодея Мистера Синистера.

Премьера новых «Людей X» назначена на май 2028 года.

Всё как в кино: один автомобиль сопровождения автоворы протаранили, а второй — столкнули на обочину, после чего увели два грузовика, гружённые дорогущим оборудованием.

Железо для центров обработки данных стоимостью несколько миллионов баксов везли из Кремниевой долины в Южную Калифорнию.

Использованные серверы на базе чипов NVIDIA в Китае продаются в два раза дороже, чем в США.

Получается, на чёрном рынке такое оборудование можно продать дороже обычного — настоящий магнит для преступников.

Надеемся, через пару лет Калифорния не будет похожа на мир «Безумного Макса» с дорожными стычками и битвами за оперативку.

В подразделении System LSI, которое производит чипы Exynos, работает около 6000 сотрудников, а у Qualcomm, главного конкурента, — около 52 000.

ИИ доверили тестирование, и он провёл его аж в 15 раз быстрее обычного: за два дня вместо месяца.

И несмотря на это, он смог отловить ошибки, вылезшие уже после полного описания проекта.

В некоторых случаях Claude пытался менять тот код, который ему запретили трогать, или просто скрывал оповещения об ошибках вместо исправления багов.

Но пример всё равно впечатляет: нейросети уже на полном ходу входят в проектирование физических вещей, что будут окружать нас через некоторое время.

На фоне слухов о появлении в новой линейке айфонов переменной диафрагмы Samsung рассматривала вариант сделать аналогичный ход, однако отказалась из-за дороговизны компонента, — сообщает ETNews.

Подвижная диафрагма позволяет регулировать количество света, попадающего на матрицу камеры, и тем самым сохранять качество изображения при избытке и недостатке света.

Эта деталь была во флагманских Samsung Galaxy S9 и S10, однако от неё затем отказались из-за нерентабельности.

Обидно наблюдать за тем, как задыхается мобильное подразделение компании, рапортуя о рекордных убытках, пока «дочка» Samsung, создающая память, пожинает плоды ИИ-пузыря.

Менее чем за год с момента встречи главы Apple Тима Кука с Трампом в Белом доме компания запустила фабрику в Хьюстоне, штат Техас, развернула производственные линии и начала собирать на них серверы для Apple IntelligenceСледующий шаг — запустить производство нового Mac mini до конца 2026 года.

Этими планами поделился Тим Кук на открытии Центра передовых производственных технологий — образовательного учреждения при заводе в Хьюстоне, которому предстоит готовить следующее поколение американских инженеров.

Прямо сейчас главными его посетителями станут действующие сотрудники Apple, обучающиеся новым техпроцессам, а затем компания откроет двери для приходящих студентов местных колледжей, их ждут…

В ходе затянувшегося судебного разбирательства с Epic Games компания заявила, что имеет право на получение «хотя бы частичной компенсации» за платежи по внешним ссылкам.

В мае прошлого года суд запретил Apple брать комиссию на покупки за пределами магазина, но яблочный гигант нашёл способ оспорить это решение в апелляционном суде.

Компания настаивает, что инвестировала огромное количество ресурсов в свои устройства, платформу и инструменты для разработчиков, и считает, что заслуживает небольшую комиссию для отбивания этих колоссальных затрат.

А чтобы никто не заподозрил её в жадности, Apple согласилась сделать скидку и сбросить комиссию до 10 % на все сделки по продлению подписок в обход Ap…

Два года назад компания присвоила «десятке» статус винтажного устройства, а теперь перенесла её в список Obsolete products — устаревших девайсов, полностью выведенных из оборота.

Это значит, что в магазинах Apple Store и авторизованных сервисных центрах иссякли запасы комплектующих для обслуживания и ремонта смартфона и пополнения больше не ожидается.

Юбилейный iPhone X вышел девять лет назад, в 2017 году, и стал первым смартфоном компании с экраном от края до края и уникальной в своём роде системой биометрии Face ID.

От чёлки тогда трясло весь интернет, но iPhone X это не помешало предопределить развитие всего рынка смартфонов на долгие годы вперёд.

Вместе с iPhone X в список безнадёжно ус…

Что бы я подарил сам себе Что бы я себе подарил в марте (2025)Как я уже не раз говорил, весной мы с женой купили дачу и вовсю занимаемся её обустройством.

В выпусках «Что бы я себе подарил» я потихоньку рассказываю, с какими вызовами сталкиваюсь, вот буквально вчера сам ковырял насос ГВС, он загудел, пока не починил, но и не сломал.

И пока не забыл: русский язык есть и в приложении, и объявления действий есть на русском, и всё тут есть на русском.

Я всё понимаю, в данном продукте такие страдания оправданы, но многие господа и дамы впадут в отчаяние ещё на этапе настройки/наладки/установки.

Да, всё правильно, наушники помогут и музыку послушать, и поговорить, и с любой нейросетью пообщаться,…

Пользователей будут информировать об использовании нейросетей при создании музыки, чтобы они могли принять осознанное решение — слушать нейрослоп или нет.

Каталог музыки останется общим, но нейротреки в нём будут отмечены.

Как именно — пока неясно, и в пресс-службе сервиса говорят, что зависеть это будет от правообладателей.

Ранее о намерениях маркировать нейромузыку заявили в Spotify, а недавно Anthropic сообщила о технологии маркировки… сгенерированного текста и кода.

Достоверно сказать о том, использовался в её создании ИИ или нет, могут только правообладатели.

Похоже, на рынке уже закончились все виды клавиатур, и компания выпускает новые просто потому, что может.

Keychron C100 8K Giant Custom Macro Pad — это квадрат 10 × 10 клавиш, каждая из которых настраивается через специальный софт.

На клавиши можно повесить какие угодно символы, команды и действия и использовать их хоть в работе, хоть в играх.

Но компания будто сама не понимает, для кого и для чего это безобразие сделала — ни одного рабочего кейса в промоматериалах так и не показала.

Но это его выбор.

Одна панель для iPhone 18 Pro Max обойдётся Apple всего в $68, тогда как для предшественника эта деталь стоила до $120, — сообщает DealSite.

Зато у нас есть нейрослоповые сериалы про отношения банана и клубники.

Ожидается, что iPhone 18 Pro достигнет ценника $1300–1400.

В таком разрезе iPhone 17 Pro напоминает, что он супервыгодное устройство на года.

У нас есть много аргументов на этот счёт!

Издатель намекнул в свежем финансовом отчёте на скорый выход сиквела, пообещав инвесторам мощно увеличить прибыль за счёт игрового подразделения.

В разработке новой Hogwarts Legacy никто не сомневался: первая часть стала самой продаваемой игрой 2023 года в США, обогнав по продажам даже Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III.

Кто именно занимается разработкой сиквела, издатель не уточнил, но есть все основания подозревать Avalanche Software.

Вероятно, полноценный анонс состоится уже через неделю на Gamescom 2026!

Джо Фостер любит джаз Бенни Гудмена, не любит людей с большим эго и считает, что к руководителю стоит приходить не только с проблемой, но и с вариантами решения.

Он много рисковал в жизни, и, думаю, именно это меня в нём и вдохновляло.

Семья и Reebok.

Если бы я мог изменить что-то в прошлом, я хотел бы, чтобы он прожил дольше и увидел, во что в итоге превратился наш бизнес.

Это документальный подкаст об Adidas, Puma, Nike и Reebok — я тоже появляюсь в этой истории.

Запуск ИИ-функций на устройствах в КНР ожидается в ближайшие месяцы.

В феврале 2025 года председатель совета директоров Alibaba Джо Цай заявил, что Apple выбрала Alibaba для работы над ИИ-функциями устройств в Китае.

Сейчас Apple Intelligence — система ИИ-функций для iPhone, iPad и Mac — в Китае недоступна.

Apple Intelligence не просто обучали на базе нейросети Qwen от Alibaba — модель стала основой для нейросети от калифорнийской корпорации.

Отсутствие Apple Intelligence на китайских iPhone ранее называлось одним из факторов, влияющих на продажи Apple в стране.

Каждый второй респондент при выборе расположения офиса ориентируется прежде всего на близость к метро.

70% готовы тратить на дорогу до работы не больше часа.

Треть сотрудников хотят добираться от остановки до офиса не дольше 10 минут70% готовы тратить на поездку до работы не больше часа, 69,5% — от 30 до 60 минут.

При этом треть участников исследования считают приемлемым тратить не более десяти минут на дорогу от остановки транспорта до офиса.

Почти треть опрошенных добираются до офиса на личном автомобиле.

За первые семь месяцев 2026 года машины китайских брендов заезжали на станции сети 38,2 тыс.

У автомобилей возрастом четыре–пять лет расходы уже выше — в среднем 10 850 рублей.

После шести лет расходы продолжают растиДля китайских автомобилей возрастом шесть–девять лет средняя стоимость обслуживания достигла 12 263 рублей.

рублей в месяц.

Рост спроса на специалистов связан в том числе с динамикой вторичного авторынка: за первое полугодие спрос на автомобили с пробегом вырос на 10%.

От картины аудитория прежде всего ждёт сохранения оригинального сюжета и атмосферы игры.

GTA 6 выйдет 19 ноября 2026 годаИнтерес к франшизе GTA растёт на фоне подготовки к выходу её новой части — GTA 6.

Однако российские маркетплейсы уже принимают заказы на версии игры для зарубежных аккаунтов.

В российском маркетплейсе цифровых товаров ggsel сообщили Russian Business, что стоимость игры также будет зависеть от платформы, региона аккаунта и курса доллара.

Незнание создателями фильма или сериала оригинальной игры и слабый сценарий отметили по 32% респондентов.

Яндекс Музыка будет маркировать треки, при создании которых использовался искусственный интеллект, уточнили Russian Business в пресс-службе компании.

Сейчас сервис обсуждает инициативу с правообладателями и собирает данные о контенте, созданном с помощью ИИ.

Как именно эта информация будет отображаться в Яндекс Музыке, пока не определено — формат будет зависеть в том числе от объёма полученных данных.

При этом сервис будет использовать и собственные инструменты для выявления ИИ-контента — но только в качестве дополнительной проверки.

«Редакция регулярно обновляет плейлист, чтобы пользователи могли видеть и, при желании, слушать треки с использованием нейросетей», — сообщили в пресс-службе V…

В начале августа в России был принят закон о регулировании криптовалют — он начнёт действовать с 1 сентября 2026 года.

С помощью этих инструментов регулятор добился снижения жалоб на мисселинг в I квартале 2024 года на 70%, добавляет эксперт.

По оценке Алексея Тараповского, до P2P-площадок и в зарубежных экосистем ЦБ не может «дотянуться» ни организационно, ни юридически.

Специалистов, способных прочитать блокчейн-транзакцию, единицы и в надзоре, и в налоговой», — подчёркивает основатель TEV Consulting Елена Требина.

Те, кто хочет «быстрых» денег без предупреждений, уйдут на зарубежные биржи и на P2P-площадки, соглашается эксперт.

Например, по семейной ипотеке льготная часть кредита ограничена 12 млн ₽ в Москве, Московской области, Санкт-Петербурге и Ленинградской области и 6 млн ₽ в остальных регионах.

Например, общая сумма кредита составляет 16 млн ₽: 12 млн ₽ банк выдаёт по льготной ставке 6%, а 4 млн ₽ — по рыночной ставке 18%.

Комбо доступно не для каждой льготной программы и не в каждом банке: максимальная сумма, ставки и структура договора зависят от кредитора.

Льготная часть кредита не может превышать 12 млн ₽ в Москве, Московской области, Санкт-Петербурге и Ленинградской области и 6 млн ₽ в остальных регионах.

Максимальная общая сумма в этих банках достигает 30 млн ₽ в Москве, Московской области, Санкт-Петер…

Подробности о мероприятии пока не раскрываются, однако издание MacRumors уже составило список устройств, которые Apple может представить.

Среди ожидаемых новинок — iPhone 18 Pro и Pro Max, первый складной iPhone, а также две новые модели Apple Watch.

По стоимости iPhone 18 Pro и Pro Max могут оказаться на $300 дороже прошлогодних моделей: сейчас стартовая цена iPhone 17 Pro составляет $1099 (около 92 тыс.

В Apple Watch Series 12 также ожидается увеличенная батарея, а корпус Ultra 4 может стать тоньше.

Вместе с iPhone компания может показать устройства для умного домаСреди других возможных новинок — обновлённые Apple TV 4K, HomePod и HomePod mini.

Большинство родителей считают, что учить ребёнка финансовой грамотности нужно с 7–10 лет, говорится в исследовании Группы Ренессанс Страхование, с которым ознакомилась редакция Russian Business.

Сейчас каждый второй родитель уверен, что современные дети хуже разбираются в финансах, чем их поколение.

Ещё 5% считают, что ребёнок самостоятельно научится обращаться с деньгами после совершеннолетия.

Только 13% считают, что за формирование финансовой грамотности должны вместе отвечать семья и школа (в вопросе можно было выбрать несколько вариантов ответа).

Около 47% родителей считают, что современные дети хуже разбираются в финансовой грамотности.

В июле 2026 года в России продали 75 новых люксовых автомобилей, сообщает агентство «Автостат».

Это на 17% больше, чем в июне, и на 3% выше результата июля прошлого года.

Самые продаваемые модели — Cullinan и UrusСамыми популярными моделями июля стали Rolls-Royce Cullinan и Lamborghini Urus — продано по 16 авто.

В топ-5 также вошли Bentley Continental GT и электрический Rolls-Royce Spectre — 7 и 6 автомобилей соответственно.

Как отметили в « Автостате», российский рынок новых люксовых машин растёт с начала 2026 года — положительная динамика сохраняется уже семь месяцев подряд.

В 2025-м мы были стабильны, не росли и не падали, но уже в этом году показатели идут вниз.

Стоять в очереди — значит быть в тренде, и это в десять раз дешевле, чем купить и поддержать что-то российское из фешена.

А маркетплейс — это как отдать малыша в интернат: неизвестно, как и в каком виде он к тебе вернётся.

Соцсети обогнали глянец: 43% россиян узнают о моде онлайн, 63% вдохновляются блогерами Модные тренды в 2025-м году ищут онлайн, а не в глянце ПодробнееКогда-то на лекциях в Британке*Британка — Британская высшая школа дизайна.

Как в знаке бесконечности: с одной стороны то, что было, с другой — то, что будет, а мы в точке ноль.

Сроки создания Совета пока что неизвестныСогласно предложению Сбера, Совет сможет определять правила внедрения ИИ в разработку ПО и оценку эффективности созданного кода.

Единые стандарты могут не успевать за развитием ИИПри разработке общих требований важно не привязывать их к конкретным моделям и технологиям, считают эксперты.

Дмитрий Крюков, руководитель ИИ-направления МТС Линк, также считает, что стандарты могут не успевать за развитием ИИ-агентов.

Единые стандарты могут не успевать за развитием ИИПри разработке общих требований важно не привязывать их к конкретным моделям и технологиям, считают эксперты.

Дмитрий Крюков, руководитель ИИ-направления МТС Линк, также считает, что стандарты …

Макс Ферстаппен дебютировал в «Формуле-1» в 17 лет, а к 27 уже собрал четыре чемпионских титула.

Главный вопрос уже не в том, сколько ещё побед возьмёт сам Ферстаппен, а в том, сможет ли его метод выигрывать без него.

Следующий сезон Макс провёл почти безупречно: выиграл два европейских титула, в KZ и KF, и в 15 лет стал самым молодым в истории чемпионом мира в самом сложном классе — KZ.

Однако успех доказывает результативность метода, а не его необходимость или универсальность.

Если Макс не замечал разницы, нужно было честно сказать об этом, а не угадывать ожидаемый ответ.

«Самокат» начал тестировать проверку возраста по биометрии, чтобы проконтролировать продажу энергетиков несовершеннолетним.

Как сообщили в компании, проверка будет проходить в два этапа: по биометрии — при оформлении заказа в приложении, по паспорту — в момент доставки заказа курьером.

В момент оформления заказа система проверяет возраст покупателя по биометрии.

«Самокат» не получает биометрические данные покупателяБиометрическая верификация — способ подтвердить личность человека по внешним признакам, например по изображению лица.

В «Самокате» уточнили, что сервис получает только итог проверки возраста.

Вместо ориентации на гипотетического среднего пользователя в Omarchy предлагаются только приложения, повседневно используемые Давидом - от Neovim, Chromium и LibreOffice до Spotify, Omawrite, Foot и Zoom.

Использование сторонних пакетов Waybar, Walker, Mako, SwayOSD, hyprlock, hypridle, swaybg и polkit-gnome прекращено и заменено на собственную реализацию.

Предложен новый интерфейс для выбора темы оформления (Style > Theme), поддерживающий предпросмотр имеющихся тем.

Для позиционирования панели и прикрепления её к разным краям экрана реализован интерфейс в стиле drag&drop.

Для выполнения привилегированных операций задействованы pkexec и polkit с выводом запроса подтверждения операции и поля…

Разработчики проекта systemd приступили к изучению и устранению давней архитектурной проблемы в компоненте "systemd-journald", приводящей к многократному завышению объёма записываемых на диск данных (write amplification) по сравнению с фактическим объёмом логов.

На конференции Black Hat 2026 продемонстрирован метод атаки, использующий swizzle-режим контроллеров памяти AMD для обхода изоляции памяти и чтения или записи произвольных данных из памяти, включая области с микрокодом CPU и память, выделенную PSP-процессору (Platform Security Processor). Метод позволяет обойти встроенные механизмы шифрования памяти (AMD SME/SEV), нарушить изоляцию виртуальных машин и перезаписать микрокод процессора. Для манипуляций с контроллером памяти требуется выполнение кода на уровне ядра, что снижает опасность представленной техники атаки.

Организация KDE e.V., совместно компаниями Kubuntu Focus и Techpaladin Software, представила инициативу по обеспечению LTS-поддержки ветки KDE Plasma 6.6, подразумевающую формирование исправлений в течение как минимум трёх лет.

Опубликован выпуск музыкального проигрывателя Qmmp 2.4. В состав плеера входит два интерфейса: "простой", с использованием стандартных элементов, и "классический", который копирует интерфейс Xmms/Winamp/Audacious. Для вывода звука могут использоваться OSS4 (FreeBSD), ALSA (Linux), Pulse Audio, JACK, QtMultimedia, Icecast, WaveOut (Win32), DirectSound (Win32) и WASAPI (Win32). Код написан на языке C++ с использованием библиотеки Qt и распространяется под лицензией GPLv2. Готовые пакеты сформированы для Ubuntu.

Тобиас Бернард (Tobias Bernard) из команды, отвечающей за дизайн пользовательского интерфейса GNOME, опубликовал список идей и планов по улучшению интерфейса GNOME Shell.

Представлен релиз проекта QEMU 11.1.0. В качестве эмулятора QEMU позволяет запустить программу, собранную для одной аппаратной платформы на системе с совершенно иной архитектурой, например, выполнить приложение для ARM на x86-совместимом ПК. В режиме виртуализации в QEMU производительность выполнения кода в изолированном окружении близка к аппаратной системе за счёт прямого выполнения инструкций на CPU и задействования гипервизора Xen или модуля KVM в Linux, или модуля NVMM в NetBSD.

Представлен стабильный релиз языка программирования Mojo 1.0, который ознаменовал стабилизацию языка и реализацию всех базовых возможностей. Выпуск оценивается как готовый к повсеместному использованию и позволяющий начать разрабатывать крупные проекты, не опасаясь появления в языке изменений, нарушающих совместимость.

Компания Mozilla объявила о замене GPG-ключа, применяемого для заверения цифровой подписью артефактов релизов Firefox и Thunderbird, таких как tar-архивы, RPM-пакеты и файлы с контрольными суммами. Замена произведена в связи с инцидентом, в результате которого назашифрованная копия ключа была по недосмотру добавлена в приватный репозиторий компании на GitHub, доступный ограниченному числу участников проекта, которые имели доступ к применению ключа через внутренние сервисы.

Опубликован релиз сборочной системы Meson 1.12.0, которая используется для сборки таких проектов, как X.Org Server, Mesa, QEMU, Lighttpd, systemd, GStreamer, Wayland, GNOME и GTK. Код Meson написан на языке Python и поставляется под лицензией Apache 2.0.

В реализации протокола SCTP, предлагаемой в ядре Linux.

Компания Oracle запретила приём в открытый проект OpenJDK изменений, сгенерированных через AI-инструменты. Запрет охватывает исходный код, текстовые материалы и изображения, передаваемые в репозитории проекта или размещаемые на сайте, в сообщениях или на wiki-страницах. Из областей в которых разрешено применение AI при разработке Java называются отладка и рецензирование кода.

Команда Nixpkgs Core Team объявила о своём расформировании в связи с выгоранием участников и накопившемся системном кризисе управления в сообществе. Команда координировала работу над репозиторием пакетов Nixpkgs, применяемом в дистрибутиве NixOS, и также выполняла такие задачи, как урегулирование разногласий между мейнтейнерами и утверждение новых участников.

In 2022, Assistant Chief Adam Glueck, of the Cape Girardeau Police Department in southeastern Missouri, purchased electric shock gloves for his officers after learning about them at a trade show.

“They’ve grown really attached.”The shock gloves, he went on to explain, allow their wearer to inflict pain without leaving the sort of marks that could look bad to witnesses or leave an officer vulnerable to lawsuits.

It looks like a regular padded black utility glove, but when the wearer presses a small button on the glove’s wrist, it produces a painful electric shock.

“We have a saying: Feeling is believing,” Compliant Technologies CEO Jeff Niklaus said in one 2022 YouTube video.

Bullitt County …

The ongoing saga of Sean Conner, who doesn't live in Boston, nor does he even like Boston, but yet named his weblog/journal “The Boston Diaries.”I was reading the Lobsters thread about the article “A researcher bought noreply.net.

Companies started sending him secrets” when I left a comment about my own struggles with receiving emails for other Sean Conners.

(emphasis added)I know I signed up early enough to Gmail to get [email protected] and at that time, [email protected] might have been considered a different email address.

While reading all that, I did go down a small rabbit hole with what characters are actually allowed in an email address.

It's unclear if anything but ASCII is …

So we want to share details on some of the new features and UX improvements that’ll be available in the first development release, GIMP 3.3.2.

MyPaint Brush: Spectral Blending¶During GIMP 3.2’s development, we upgraded to a newer version of the MyPaint brush engine.

Most of our current PSD support has been based on the public Adobe specification.

Therefore, Alx Sa has begun porting GIMP’s file choosers to the “native” option provided in GTK3.

In the meantime, we are planning to release GIMP 3.2.6 in the coming weeks.

Strong gravitational lensing and microlensing of supernovae (SNe) are emerging as a new probe of cosmology and astrophysics in recent years.

We provide an overview of this nascent research field, starting with a summary of the first discoveries of strongly lensed SNe.

We review the usage of lensed SNe to constrain SN progenitors, acquire high-z SN spectra through lensing magnifications, infer SN sizes via microlensing, and measure properties of dust in galaxies.

The current challenge in the field is the rarity and difficulty in finding lensed SNe.

We anticipate the upcoming years to be exciting with a boom in lensed SN discoveries.

Nothing to see hereLooks like this page doesn’t exist.

Here’s a picture of a poodle sitting in a chair for your trouble.

August 15, 2026AGI on the C64, at lastWe are happy to announce AGI-64, a long-awaited AGI interpreter for the Commodore 64.

The interpreter is in testing and already supports most standard AGI operations.

Free download, your own game filesAGI-64 will be a free download when it is ready.

Made for a 1 MHz machineAGI-64 includes a custom background pre-processing technology that keeps the original artwork looking its best, loading fast, and running well on our 1 MHz best friend.

See AGI-64 in production, with screenshots.

Quick startuse prolly :: { Config , MemStore , Prolly } ; let store = MemStore :: new ( ) ; let prolly = Prolly :: new ( store , Config :: default ( ) ) ; let tree = prolly .

use prolly :: { Config , MemStore , Prolly , RangeCursor } ; let prolly = Prolly :: new ( MemStore :: new ( ) , Config :: default ( ) ) ; let base = prolly .

use prolly :: { resolver , Config , MemStore , Prolly } ; let store = MemStore :: new ( ) ; let prolly = Prolly :: new ( store , Config :: default ( ) ) ; let base = prolly .

use prolly :: { Config , MemStore , MergeTraceEvent , Prolly } ; let prolly = Prolly :: new ( MemStore :: new ( ) , Config :: default ( ) ) ; let base = prolly .

use prolly :: { Config , MemS…

Rhombus v1.1Rhombus version 1.1 is now available!

We are pleased to announce Rhombus 1.1 is now available from https://rhombus-lang.org/.

Rhombus is a general-purpose programming language that is easy to use and uniquely customizable.

Change space.enforest to adjust scopes in the same way as for a macro transformer when applying an identifier handler.

Feedback WelcomeQuestions and discussion welcome at the Racket community on Discourse or Discord ( #rhombus channel)Anyone can participate in Rhombus design discussions.

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They were abruptly informed, often mid-project, that their federal grant funding had been terminated.

Federal agencies relied heavily on keyword searches when terminating grants held by UC researchers, court documents revealed.

Federal agencies targeted grants focused on DEI, climate change and other topics Keywords used by four federal agencies to identify and terminate research grantsOf the four agencies, NSF used the most keywords by far.

NSF also mentioned, but did not list, terms related to misinformation.

UC researchers have won two preliminary injunctions in their case, which blocked grant terminations made via form letters across several federal agencies.

(May 1997)This RFC—alongside (required by RFC 822)—is what cemented "webmaster" as the canonical, protocol-level point-of-contact role for a website.

GOLDEN AGE (1994-2001)The era that conjures "webmaster" most strongly began in the mid 90's, as Beverly Hills Internet was launched, now known as GeoCities.

Dammit Jim, I’m a Webmaster, not a Digital Government Web Content Communications and Application Development Knowledge Management Specialist!

All of the above was pretext for this: You can be a webmaster right now.

The idea that one person cannot master all aspects of the web, as the webmaster was once known to, is demonstrably false.

Reticulum is not one network.

Reticulum enables the construction of both small and potentially planetary-scale networks, without any need for hierarchical or beaureucratic structures to control or manage them, while ensuring individuals and communities full sovereignty over their own network segments.

Reticulum does not use source addresses.

It is not possible to establish unencrypted links in Reticulum networks.

It is not possible to send unencrypted packets to any destinations in the network.

OpenRouter's CEO recently described the startup as Stripe for AI.

On the latest episode of Equity podcast, we discuss why not everyone is buying Zuckerberg’s vision.

Dario Amodei is pushing back against the idea that he's been painting an overly pessimistic picture of AI.

Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation.

The woman claimed that AI tools are "taking everyday life and turning it into child sexual abuse."

How will the watermarking actually work? Can it be hidden with editing? And how does this affect code?

AI coding startup Cursor is now officially a part of SpaceX.

A guide on how to check if hackers have broken into your accounts on the most popular AI platforms.

Fusion startups have raised $7.1 billion to date, with the majority of it going to a handful of companies.

PayPal is still reportedly negotiating a potential sale to Stripe and private equity firm Advent, as the fintech firm's new CEO attempts to turn the company around.

Aurora Innovation and Kodiak AI, two companies developing self-driving trucks, have received permits from the California Department of Motor Vehicles.

The AI opportunity is huge but "it would also be a grave error in our minds to let excitement weaken our investment discipline," Kushner warns in his first-ever investment letter.

Over the last couple of weeks, hackers have targeted and broken into the systems of several water plants in the United States. Here’s what we know and don’t know about this wave of attacks allegedly carried out by the Iranian government.

Pocket users have until October 8, 2025, to export their saved articles and other items, including lists, archives, favorites, notes, and highlights.

Unforgetful, the latest app from longtime indie developer Marco Arment, is designed to make reminders harder to ignore — or accidentally dismiss.

Ezra Reguerra / Cointelegraph:

Chainalysis sues the US government over ICE's $94.6M contract to buy forensic software and services from its competitor TRM Labs, calling the deal “arbitrary” — The sealed complaint leaves Chainalysis' specific objections and requested remedy undisclosed as briefing continues.

John Gruber / Daring Fireball:

Anthropic's text watermark alters word probabilities to embed a fingerprint, which could degrade Claude's writing, despite its claim of no impact on quality — When I wrote this week about Anthropic's announcement that all Claude models, worldwide, would soon begin “watermarking” …

Financial Times:

Singapore hopes access to advanced AI models will stem the flow of finance talent to Hong Kong, where financial firms struggle to access the latest US AI models — Close relations with both US and China mean the latest AI models are easily accessible in the city-state

Reggie Ugwu / New York Times:

A look at companies like Inception Point creating AI personas for media, fashion, film, and music industries that could host podcasts, model clothes, and more — The A.I. personas created by Inception Point AI include, clockwise from top left, Claire Delish, VV Steele, Nigel Thistledown and Lila Walker.Inception Point AI

Ben Cohen / Wall Street Journal:

How a Claude model made a math breakthrough during its unsuccessful 54-hour attempt to solve the Riemann hypothesis after a user repeatedly encouraged it — The world's smartest AI models are now superhuman at math. They still respond to moral support and encouragement from mere humans.

Phil Serafino / Bloomberg:

French PM Lecornu will hold a crisis meeting Monday over a June-July cyberattack on France's tax agency that compromised 678K individual and business accounts — French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu will hold a crisis meeting Monday to respond to the cyberattack disclosed last week targeting the country's tax collection agency.

Bloomberg:

Sources: Stripe has finalized a deal to acquire AI model marketplace OpenRouter for more than $7B; OpenRouter was valued at $1.3B in May — Stripe Inc. has finalized an agreement to acquire OpenRouter Inc., a startup that helps companies switch between artificial intelligence models …

Alex Janin / Wall Street Journal:

Patients, families, doctors, and nurses are increasingly turning to AI tools, such as Face2Gene, to help identify rare and hard-to-diagnose diseases — Patients, doctors and nurses are turning to the technology for help identifying rare and undiagnosed diseases

Washington Post:

How concerns about AI became an important midterms issue, with candidates adding AI and data center policies to their websites in ~40% of races across the US — Across the United States, political candidates are grappling with an issue that has never before featured widely in American political life: artificial intelligence.

Jason Douglas / Wall Street Journal:

A profile of Sony CEO Hiroki Totoki, who aims to transform the company into a business focused on music, movies, video games, and the tech that underpins them — The company built its empire on electronics. CEO Hiroki Totoki says its future is entertainment

Owen Walker / Financial Times:

Malaysia's 6% Q2 GDP growth was powered by 7.5% manufacturing growth, driven by chipmaking, and 6.6% construction growth, supported by data center development — Southeast Asian country emerges as key AI hub in boost for its economy — The AI boom has made global superstars out of a handful …

Timothy Gowers / Gowers's Weblog:

Fields Medalist Timothy Gowers says most famous mathematics problems solved by LLMs so far have almost all been with counterexamples rather than proofs — For the sake of anyone who might read this blog post in the distant future (a month from now, say), let me mention that I am writing …

In 1965, a presidential advisory panel issued a report warning that pervasive chemical and carbon pollution was harming environmental health and changing the climate.

Since that 1970 law and its amendments were passed, combined emissions of a half-dozen harmful air pollutants from vehicles and industrial sources have decreased by nearly 80 percent.

But mounting evidence shows that pollution from wildfire smoke is eclipsing those air-quality gains.

Now, a new study shows that smoke from wildfires is also reversing the health benefits of reducing air pollution for society’s most vulnerable population: babies in the womb.

Low-income, rural and Indigenous populations bore the disproportionate b…

It was a busy first day at D23: The Ultimate Disney Fan Event, in Anaheim, California, with Marvel Studios releasing the first trailer for VisionQuest.

One of the standout hits was WandaVision, followed by an excellent sequel (of sorts), Agatha All Along.

Yes, Vision (Paul Bettany) died in Infinity War, but WandaVision resurrected an all-white version whose memories were restored in the finale.

Searching for new meaning, he consults the AI personas embedded in his programming, including F.R.I.D.A.Y., E.D.I.T.H., J.A.R.V.I.S., and the infamous Ultron.

That storyline is clearly getting picked up in VisionQuest, since Ruaridh Mollica has been cast as Tommy/Thomas Shepherd.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed on Saturday that his country struck the Progress Rocket Space Center deep within Russia using ground-launched cruise missiles.

“In Russia’s Samara region, one of the key enterprises within Roscosmos—the Progress Center, which was involved, among other things, in electronics production–was hit,” Zelenskyy said on the social media site X.

A good achievement.”The largest city in the Samara Oblast, about 900 km from the Ukrainian border, Samara is home to Russia’s most important manufacturer of rockets.

The Progress center assembles the workhorse vehicle for Russia, the Soyuz-2 vehicle, as well as the newer Soyuz-5 rocket.

Notably, it is the pri…

It’s been a wild first half of the year in the US power sector, with announcements of gigantic natural gas power plants and some long-awaited renewable energy projects coming online.

The group is dominated by utility-scale solar.

This is a top-heavy list, led by SunZia Wind South and SunZia Wind North in New Mexico, which went online this spring and are the largest wind farms in the country, with a combined generating capacity of 3,650 megawatts.

Indeed, the story of power plant completions in the first half of 2026 was mainly about utility-scale solar and batteries.

Utility-scale solar led in the number of projects coming online, with 207, followed by batteries, with 95.

Dutch officials have warned that a high-severity macOS vulnerability that allows attackers to execute malicious code is under active exploitation.

“In all these cases, root had been accessed on the affected system and a Monero crypto miner had been placed.”Do you know if your screen sharing is on?

The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-65400, received a patch from Apple last week for macOS Tahoe, Sequoia, and Sonoma.

The vulnerability, with a severity rating of 7.1 out of 10, stems from a bug in the macOS screen sharing capability, which allows a remote party to view the screen and control the keyboard and mouse while a machine is turned on.

Apple said last week that CVE-2026-65400 “may” al…

The first flight of the largest battery-electric aircraft to take to the skies lasted nearly half an hour while costing just $5 of electricity.

That aviation feat comes at a time when jet fuel prices have skyrocketed because of the US war with Iran.

The test flight of Heart Aerospace’s X1 demonstrator aircraft took place at Plattsburgh International Airport in upstate New York on August 12.

All-electric aircraft can offer quieter and cleaner flight without the emissions that come from burning jet fuel.

They may also prove more reliably cost-effective than conventional aircraft that come with jet fuel costs subject to geopolitical disruptions.

In a decision published last week, Connecticut judge Walter Spader Jr. confirmed that the hidden text had no impact in a case where a man alleged a healthcare provider was improperly withholding access to records.

The court weighed his filing on the merits, Spader said, but nevertheless, the attempted attack sets a “dangerous” precedent.

This will likely not be the last time US courts see the malicious tactic, as AI tools become more commonplace in court systems.

Credit: via Spader’s order Screenshot of hidden text in court filing.

Screenshot of hidden text in court filing.

A state court in Washington this week ordered Kalshi to stop offering sports gambling and a variety of other wagers on its prediction market.

King County Superior Court Judge John McHale issued a preliminary injunction in response to a lawsuit filed against Kalshi by the state of Washington.

“The order requires Kalshi to stop offering, accepting, or facilitating wagers on sports, elections, politics, entertainment, culture, tech and science, or mentions in Washington,” said a press release yesterday from Washington Attorney General Nick Brown.

“Kalshi must implement an IP address and residency-based geofence by August 19 and a multi-source geofencing solution by September 2.

The State reser…

After its cloud storage provider went defunct, a PBS affiliate decided to sue a data center provider to regain access to 50TB of TV shows, videos, and other data dating back 70 years.

As reported this week by Current, a trade newspaper covering public broadcasting, St. Louis affiliate Nine PBS filed a lawsuit against Iron Mountain Data Centers on July 28, seeking access to the data.

In the litigation filed in Denver District Court, Nine PBS says that its cloud storage provider, Open Source Storage (OSS), used one of Iron Mountain’s Denver data centers to store the channel’s data.

However, OSS is being unresponsive, and Nine PBS says Iron Mountain has refused to release its data.

Nine PBS an…

One of the more striking findings comes in the cumulative payload to orbit by nation.

From 1990 to the early 2000s, the United States and the Soviet Union tracked fairly closely to one another.

Cumulative payload to orbit by country, 1990–2025.

Credit: Economics Letters“Another way to look at it is to analyze the shares of yearly global payload captured by selected spacefaring nations,” the authors write.

“Between 1995 and 2012, the US share of global payload collapsed from almost 50 percent to a trough of less than 20 percent, far below Russia and only a few percentage points above China and Europe.

Video Game Preservation: Saving Yesterday’s Games for Tomorrow’s Players | Ars LiveThis week, Ars hosted a live discussion with Ross Scott about the Stop Killing Games movement and its ongoing efforts to ensure that games remain playable even after the original publisher shuts down the online servers undergirding them.

Because even online, most online-only games, as I understand it, have what are called local test environments.

Well, then you don’t want all your development to come to a standstill because of that.

So you usually have to have some version of the server that’s operational that you can kind of keep testing.

If they already have that, that’s half the battle right there.

Google began offering third-party app store downloads in the Play Store earlier this week, but US District Judge James Donato says the company isn’t doing enough.

After reviewing the process for accessing the first non-Google store, Donato ruled that Google has added unnecessary “anticompetitive friction,” ordering the company to rectify the issues.

However, Google worked hard to avoid this outcome, attempting to settle with Epic to keep third-party app stores out.

While there is a link to the Play Store’s alternative app store page, it’s buried several levels deep in its confusing menus.

Instead, the Play Store shows an “are you looking for” banner that links to the third-party app store p…

There is a lot of excitement and some trepidation among The X-Files fans about Ryan Coogler’s reboot for Hulu, currently in production.

While we’re waiting, Hulu just released Chris Carter’s revamped (and R-rated) director’s cut of the 2008 standalone spinoff film The X-Files: I Want to Believe, distinguishable from its predecessor with a slightly different title: The X-Files: I Want to Believe–Vrach Frankenshteyn.

By 2015, the project led to the return of The X-Files as a limited-run TV series, with the six-episode season 10 debuting in 2016.

“I made it too scary,” Carter told Duchovny of his original vision.

It’s largely the same film as in 2008, just rejiggered to emphasize the stronger …

As Ars Technica has previously reported, Taylor Farms made a $1 million donation to a Trump-backing super PAC, MAGA, Inc, in March 2025.

Warren’s letter noted other donations to Trump-aligned entities from Taylor Farms and said the contributions totaled into the millions.

She further pointed out that Taylor Farms has hired former Trump White House official Trent Morse to lobby on behalf of the company.

In the call, Taylor Farms allegedly made an “urgent plea” to delay a recall of the tainted lettuce.

Clear delayWarren also noted a significant lingering question about the federal government’s response.

Leading US AI labs such as OpenAI and Anthropic are releasing cheaper models as they fight to retain cost-conscious customers who are switching to cut-price alternatives from Chinese rivals.

The price war comes as rising AI bills push companies to curb usage and seek cheaper models, helping Chinese developers including Moonshot and DeepSeek make inroads with users from Silicon Valley to Europe.

OpenAI recently said that it was slashing prices for GPT-5.6 Luna, its “fastest and most affordable model”, by 80 percent.

Anthropic has launched Claude Opus 5, touting the system’s “frontier intelligence… at half the price” of Fable 5, the company’s most capable model.

Corporate AI users face cost p…

Fortunately, anti-theft tools are finally getting better at preventing theft with the help of AI and Google's built-in Theft Protection suite.

If your phone is snatched out of your hand, for instance, new motion-sensing theft detection will quickly lock it down.

If a thief kills your connection by pulling your SIM card or switching to Airplane Mode, the Offline Device Lock feature triggers a countdown, locking the screen in short order.

Even better, you don't have to dig deep into your device settings to find and activate theft protection measures.

As long as your device is running Android 10 or newer, the feature is bundled into Google Play Services.

If you've been eyeing a OnePlus phone, you likely have your priorities set on performance, value and software.

In our review of the OnePlus 15, we had very little to complain about aside from the cameras.

At $900, you'd be hard-pressed to find an alternative that delivers the kind of performance the OnePlus 15 does while offering exceptional battery life and an unparalleled software experience.

The question, however, is should you buy a new OnePlus device now that the company has ceased operations in the US?

Although OnePlus has promised that software and after-sales support for existing OnePlus devices will continue, the company is making a big change to how future software updates will be…

Spyware, too, continues to be an invasive and growing problem on mobile devices, according to this later Gen Threat report.

Luckily for the average user, Android has features and settings that are designed to try and automatically protect your phone from these threats.

Google Play Protect is one of the biggest, acting as the first line of defense to keep harmful apps away from your phone.

If they're detected, it may disable the app, or remote it automatically, depending on the level of risk.

Android also uses built-in sandboxing to isolate each app.

Motion is only one part of why retro games don't look right on modern TVs; resolution is the second major factor.

Today, 240p and 480i are defined as "standard definition" resolutions to differentiate them from the "high definition" and "ultra-high definition" resolutions that came after.

The majority of CRT TVs ever produced were standard definition sets.

However, standard definition CRTs render 240p differently than modern TVs.

Still, those lines, especially when paired with pixel graphics, are what most people think of as the CRT look.

Trading in old hardware makes upgrading easy, but selling your old GPU yourself could leave considerably more money in your pocket.

Newegg's GPU Trade-In program makes upgrading surprisingly painless.

Choose an eligible replacement, tell Newegg what old components you have, complete your purchase and the retailer will send you a prepaid UPS label to send your outdated hardware back.

Once your trade-in passes inspection, the agreed credit amount is refunded to your original payment method.

Those trade-in values can fall well short of what comparable components have recently fetched on eBay, which poses a rather obvious question: How much is it actually worth to avoid the hassle of selling yo…

The Android Auto and Apple CarPlay experiences are polished extensions of those you'll find on your phone.

For end users, Google has always allowed more customization to the Android interface, while Apple sticks to its tried-and-tested formula.

While CarPlay's interface primarily focuses on one app at a time, Android Auto ships with a multi-window design.

Google has no such restrictions for Android Auto.

Apple's next-gen CarPlay Ultra, being tested by Aston Martin (and reportedly Tesla) so far, may close the gap further.

The directions for leasing an iPhone depend on if you're already enrolled in the iPhone Upgrade Program or not.

For new users wishing to lease a device with the Apple Upgrade Program, simply proceed to the Apple Store (online or in person) as usual, select the device you wish to lease, and choose Apple Upgrade as your payment option.

It's worth noting that to lease an iPhone, it'll need to be activated with AT&T, T-Mobile or Verizon.

The products you can lease with Apple Upgrade Program are:All models of iPhone (except iPhone 16)MacBook AirMacBook ProiMacMac StudioiPad ProiPad AiriPad MiniApple Watch UltraApple Watch Series 11When you enroll, you can also trade in an old device to potential…

Think about it: when's the last time you launched the app and saw a familiar face on the home page?

Well, for those who yearn for the simpler times of social media, Retro has a solution that might be worth checking out.

Funnily enough, Retro was co-founded by Nathan Sharp, who happened to launch and lead the Stories feature on Instagram.

During initial setup, you can choose how frequently you wish to share photos on Retro — daily, weekly or monthly.

The app pulls metadata out of your photos to determine when and where they were taken, both of which can be displayed alongside your uploads.

Beyond that, given the across-the-board price hikes, you may want to consider downgrading if you find that the MacBook Pro is more than you need anyway.

Retailers like Best Buy have M2 Pro MacBook Pro models selling on clearance for $1,599.

Our reviewer loved the MacBook Air M5, appreciating the thin design, fast performance, and excellent trackpad and keyboard.

Consider that even the entry-level 14-inch MacBook Pro M5 is almost three times that price.

Plus, when our reviewer took the MacBook Neo for a spin, he was blown away by the performance to price ratio.

There are multiple reasons why Nintendo opted for its compact optical discs.

The three main ones go like this: Games were harder to pirate, it meant Nintendo could avoid licensing fees, and it also led to a smaller machine that was cheaper to manufacture.

While retro collectors have found GameCube games are so expensive in modern times, the console launched back in late 2001 for an absolute snip at $200.

Though modders would eventually crack GameCube emulation with the Dolphin emulator, it was much harder to pirate GameCube titles than PS2 or Xbox games in the 2000s.

Due to their reduced size, it meant Nintendo could choose a smaller optical drive, which led to one of the most compact home …

Setting up the suite of emergency features on your iPhone isn't the most fun you'll have with the device, but doing so is highly important.

In a crisis, these won't be usable if you haven't taken the time to configure them beforehand.

The functionality ranges from contacts that will be automatically notified when something happens to a medical profile that first responders can use to properly help you.

In case you've never set up these features, taking a few minutes now could make a huge difference later.

Even if you configured your emergency profile a while ago, some details might have changed so it's a good idea to double check them regularly.

That's true of standard HDR10 as well, but Dolby Vision and HDR10+ add dynamic metadata that can adjust the HDR effect scene-by-scene or even frame-by-frame.

Netflix titles that support Dolby Vision include popular shows like, as mentioned, Stranger Things and Bridgerton, as well as The Crown, The Sandman, and Outer Banks.

Movies are also available with Dolby Vision, like The Gray Man, Enola Holmes, and Glass Onion.

If you're unsure if you're actually watching content with Dolby Vision or if Netflix is downgrading your picture quality, check settings to verify.

With all the right settings, devices, cables, and subscriptions in place, though, you can enjoy movies and TV shows in Dolby Vision…

Separately, a 2023 randomized controlled trial involving Samsung researchers also found a strong correlation between reflection spectroscopy and Raman spectroscopy when measuring skin carotenoids.

Samsung has not published a simple consumer-facing accuracy percentage or margin of error for the Galaxy Watch 8 feature, and it says Antioxidant Index isn't intended to diagnose or treat medical conditions.

The number can be stubborn, according to Engadget's Galaxy Watch 8 review.

Samsung's current US comparison chart doesn't list Antioxidant Index for the Galaxy Watch 7.

It does list the feature for the Galaxy Watch 8, Watch 8 Classic and Galaxy Watch Ultra (along with the newer Watch 9 and Ultr…

Which Bluetooth codec is best is situational, dependent upon what devices you're using to send and receive audio and the quality of the audio itself.

To best understand the difference between codecs, there are a few different measurements that are important to know.

The most common sample rate in music production is 44.1kHz, which means that 44,100 snapshots are captured per second.

The standard codec is SBC, which is receivable by and included on every Bluetooth device.

Looking at just the raw data, this is how the most common Bluetooth codecs compare.

The crypto wallet company SafePal said on Sunday that it had “recently” found and fixed a vulnerability in a system containing users’ order information, and that, if exploited, this would have allowed potential attackers to access said information.

SafePal customers probably understand this intuitively, but outsiders might not: this doesn’t mean anyone’s crypto was stolen or directly jeopardized.

Like Ledger, which notified users of a third-party data breach earlier this year, SafePal makes hardware wallets, which are usually thin little gadgets that look like a mix between a credit card and a tiny smartphone.

What was exposed was the identifying information of 39,798 people who likely boug…

It’s been a Marvel-heavy weekend thanks to D23, and that includes a Marvel show that never happened.

No one was supposed to take pics or vids on set, let alone ones of Milana Vayntrub in the full Squirrel Girl getup…but he said he could “let my MCU introduction go completely undocumented.

Picture “Marvel meets The Office,” as Thuler said the team would’ve had their exploits learning the superhero ropes recorded by a documentary crew following them around.

While Vayntrub’s since voiced Squirrel Girl in Marvel Rivals and other Marvel media, her costars haven’t gotten another chance to inhabit their characters.

Left only with those thoughts, he concluded with the brief moment he and his costa…

Evil Dead Burn came out last month and hit VOD earlier in August.

In a recent Men’s Journal interview, he talked about wanting the films to get funnier and incorporate more humor.

A little more humor wouldn’t kill you,” he said of Burn and its predecessors, Evil Dead Rise and the 2013 remake.

You can be scary without doing that.”Campbell’s been an executive producer of (and cameoed in) the newer movies and the upcoming Evil Dead Wrath.

Until then, let us know your thoughts on Evil Dead’s perceived humor problem in the comments below.

In fact, according to new data from the Washington Post, 40% of current races in the U.S. involve candidates who list AI and data centers as issues on their websites.

In terms of presence on candidate websites, the Post found that AI and data centers are more important than cryptocurrencies, Israel, manufacturing, or race and racism.

He has a separate policy document about data centers.

pic.twitter.com/2PgTJ4m7WJ — Dr. Abdul El-Sayed (@AbdulElSayed) August 1, 2026And what aspect of the AI conversation dominates Republican talking points?

Over the course of nine months, public opinion on data centers swung by an astonishing 49 points.

Saturday night, Disney once again took over the Honda Center in Anaheim, CA for a massive presentation about what’s new and exciting in its theme parks.

We don’t know.

We also don’t know when this will happen, but the park’s 75th anniversary coming in 2030, so we’ll see if it’s ready by then.

Disney gives a long-overdue Spaceship Earth updateWhen you think Disney Parks, the first thing that comes to mind might be that giant ball at the center of Epcot.

There was much, much more revealed, and you can read Disney full recap here.

After season two, the team thought they’d had their fill of Krypton and could move on to other threads.

But Clark losing his powers unintentionally made the season “a lot about power,” said Wyatt.

Now Superman once more, it’s time for he and Bizarro to join the others against Eradicator, who takes the form of longtime Superman baddie General Zod.

And with five Kryptonian heroes on screen, My Adventures with Superman has its first full Superfamily, a pleasant surprise the season’s early trailers were able to hide.

At time of writing, there’s no word on if My Adventures with Superman will get a fourth season, but if it does, they’ve got “plans” for Steel, another would-be Superman s…

Even though its reveal shocked audiences around the world on Memorial Day, the Ferrari Luce electric vehicle still generates attention for its looks, price, and sales figures.

Way, way more.ÂAs part of Monterey Car Week, the first production Ferrari Luce, identified as “Chassis Number 0” according to RM Sotheby’s, was sold on Saturday, and the winning bid was $40 million.

Proceeds from the sale of the first Luce will go to The Ferrari Foundation, a 501(c)3 nonprofit, with the mission to raise awareness of transverse myelitis, a form of inflammation that can damage the spinal cord.ÂAll summer, the Jony Ive-designed Ferrari Luce has generated headlines, for better or worse.

A 1964 Shelb…

As great as the Bose QuietComfort Ultra Headphones (2nd Gen) are, $449 is still a lot of money to spend on a pair of wireless headphones.

The non-Ultra QuietComfort Headphones (2nd Gen) are here, and they boast a few small improvements that could make a notable difference for some.

4 Bose QuietComfort Headphones (2nd Gen) The QuietComfort Headphones (2nd Gen) are a small upgrade but still have good ANC and sound quality.

Bose’s QuietComfort wireless headphones and wireless earbuds are known for their active noise cancellation (ANC), and the QuietComfort Headphones (2nd Gen) continue that reputation.

Finally, wireless headphones that fitA big problem I have with most pairs of wireless headph…

Just before the weekend, we learned the Power Rangers series intended for Disney+ wouldn’t be moving forward.

According to a Collider report, Disney will be “prioritizing animation” when it comes to future series built around its two biggest IPs, Star Wars and Marvel.

Animation is cheaper to make compared to live-action shows, or at least the live-action ones for Star Wars and Marvel.

Both The Acolyte and the full run of Andor were reportedly pretty costly to make, and various Marvel shows also had to be, given the effects that eventually go into them.

We’ll have more on the future of Marvel and Star Wars on television as news emerges.

It’s also sort of how I felt after a few days with the Schlage Sense Pro, at least in day-to-day use.

Schlage’s smart lock is endowed with the same UWB-sensing capability as Aqara’s smart lock.

3 Schlage Sense Pro A good UWB smart lock that’s hard to recommend over Aqara’s more featureful and cheaper U400.

See Schlage Sense Pro at AmazonDesign and missing featuresAs I said earlier, I like the way the Sense Pro looks on my door.

In fairness, the Sense Pro will warn you—via app notifications and a low-battery indicator on the touchpad—that it needs changing.

Someday AI will manage your home.

IFA 2026, running September 4-8 in Berlin, is treating someday as a closed chapter.

“The future is not waiting somewhere five or ten years away,” says Leif Lindner, CEO of IFA Management.

AI has stopped being its own product category with its own floor space and started threading through everything else instead.

Berlin has made IFA a global phenomenon for decades, and the 2026 version promises to extend that.

Over in the U.K. used booksellers are finally making some money, according to a report on Saturday from the BBC.

The Beeb spoke to Stuart Manley, founder of the used book store Barter Books—which just judging from this video is my idea of heaven—and Manley told them he made as much a single recent order of used books as he usually makes in a week.

But he added “it would be sad if they are ultimately destroyed.” Yeah, there’s a pretty good chance they’re being destroyed.

Scanning books to train AI falls under the fair use doctrine, a court has found.

Perhaps you’ve seen a report recently about this practice featuring this grisly video of books having their spines sliced off.

The downfall of the world’s most famous adherent of the Effective Altruism (EA) movement, FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried, was a cataclysmic astroid strike, dismantling one of Effective Altruism’s leading institutions and leaving the movement in ruins.

But a new article in the Financial Times makes the case that, thanks to some well placed AI investment dollars, EA is back.

The manifesto credits EA with taking AI safety “from a fringe academic concern to mainstream research priority at every major lab.”As the FT notes, the overlap between AI and EA has only grown lately.

It also notes that the company’s seven founders have all pledged to give away 80% of their fortunes.

They expe…

D23 gave us the stars of the next X-Men movie, and the first team movie from Marvel Studios.

Now that we know some of the cast, director Jake Schreier’s able to offer up a little more information on what he plans to do with these characters.

“One of the great things about the comics is their rich and broad history.

One of the first things Kevin [Feige] and I talked about was, They’ve made great movies in this world before.

However, the interesting thing here is the specific X-Men runs Schreier mentions.

During last night’s D23 media event, Disney formally announced a sequel to its Lilo & Stitch remake.

In the Lilo & Stitch animated series, she appeared in her titular episode, as one of many experiments made by Jumbaa that Lilo, Stitch, and friends found and took care of on a weekly basis.

LILO & STITCH 2 coming summer 2028… and will feature Stitch’s pink counterpart – and love interest – Angel.

Kids movies love giving male leads a female counterpart—just look at How to Train Your Dragon and The Bad Guys—so it’s no surprise Angel’s brought in for Lilo & Stitch 2.

But that’ll all depend on how Lilo & Stitch 2Â does when it hits theaters on May 26, 2028.

When Soundgarden Wrote “Black Hole Sun,” they may have inadvertently been onto something.

In a new paper in Nature, scientists have chronicled a “black hole star” that’s the size of our solar system and glows bright red in the depth of space.

The findings are based on observations from the James Webb Space Telescope, which continues to change how astronomers think about the cosmos.

Researchers focused on some of the most distant observable phenomena in the universe, which appear to be something like a star in disguise.

These hypothetical objects have been dubbed black hole stars, and the new research, published Wednesday, lays out the case for them.

It took Samsung nearly a decade to realize that maybe folding phones deserve a new shape.

The new Galaxy Z Fold8 uses new proportions that feel just right and purpose-built.

The Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra, however, is closer to the taller and slimmer shape most of us are familiar with on Samsung’s book-style foldables.

I've spent several weeks using both the Fold8 and the Ultra, and my hands are always reaching for the former, despite the Ultra packing the better camera.

Shape ShiftI spent time with the Z Fold8 first, and it's frankly a little shocking to me just how little I care for the Z Fold8 Ultra after I switched.

Dealing with disk images, dragging and dropping—it's the main way of installing software from outside the Mac App Store, and it's annoying.

You download a DMG file, open it to mount a virtual disk, and drag the application from there to your Applications folder.

Then, to keep things tidy, you need to unmount the virtual disk and delete the DMG file.

To be fair, it was relatively streamlined back in 2001 when it became the main way to install applications on the then-new Mac OS X.

To get started, simply download the application and install it using the very same installation dance you're trying to avoid.

The total solar eclipse on August 12 produced some of the most spectacular images of this phenomenon in recent years.

Whether you’re in Spain or planning to be there (or elsewhere in the path of totality), it’s not too early to create your viewing plan.

On August 2, 2027, one of the longest total solar eclipses of this century will occur.

The 2027 eclipse will keep the sun hidden for nearly three times as long, making it the longest eclipse in 100 years.

A narrow band across the planet will be able to view the total eclipse.

Aside from not having to fiddle with wire or an RTK antenna, the TerraMow V1000 has an automapping feature.

The spec sheet for the TerraMow V1000 is relatively modest.

Where the edges allowed, such as along a path, the TerraMow cut right up to the edge.

Strips of uncut grass of various sizes seem to be unavoidable with robot mowers, but the TerraMow V1000 got closer to finishing the job than most.

Video: Simon HillWe have three cats, so obstacle avoidance is crucial, and the TerraMow V1000 does not disappoint.

“I have postulated a particle that cannot be detected.” It would come to be known as the neutrino.

The massive device that Cowan and Reines deployed in early 1956 was meant to find what Pauli thought was impossible.

If nuclear reactions produce neutrinos, could we use them to peer at the nuclear fireworks inside stars, including the sun?

So the answer scientists came up with was to build some of the biggest, deepest, and most exotic experimental traps in scientific history … and then wait.

The interaction creates an electron that moves so fast, it generates a flash of what’s called Cherenkov light.

But this is a solid, whisper-quiet stainless steel fountain that has worked reliably.

The fountain has a stainless steel top that holds a decent amount of water even when not running.

Plastic doesn't keep the water as cold or clean as stainless steel, so you'll have to clean it a lot more often.

—Simon HillPhotograph: Simon HillOneisall Stainless Steel Pet Fountain for $43: This drinking fountain is about as simple as they come.

While automatic water fountains are better for cats' overall water consumption, they do require a bit more work and money.

Though I’ve since gotten used to it, every time I ride the electric blue Joe Rev 2 electric BMX, people stare.

Their heads turn as they drive past, eyes narrowed.

“Is that an adult riding a BMX bike?” I imagine the thought process going.

Why is it so big?” These are valid questions, and they all have the same answer: Because it’s fun.

The Joe Rev 2 may not be the smoothest ride, but for the price, it’s a unique and worthwhile option for basic cruising and casual riding.

The pair arrived at the WIRED office wearing Puff necklaces, naturally, that match with their trendy gorpcore outfits.

Bidegain was already sculpturally approaching electronics, with prototypes like a vape camera and lo-fi sampler built into a rock.

Bidegain says the “squishy, doughy” textures of food partially inspired Puff’s design, as well as cellular biology and tactile devices, like old phones and radios.

They even put the WIRED logo on it through custom software anyone can use to craft their own designs.

The Puff doesn’t have an internal battery, so the USB drive can live as a piece of jewelry far longer than the expiration date of most electronics.

Trying to keep up with everything can feel exhausting, and that's where read-it-later apps come in.

Instapaper is one of the oldest read-it-later apps, having launched back in 2008.

Instapaper BasicsInstapaper offers a clean, distraction-free reading environment.

Photograph: David NieldInstapaper is available for the web, Android, and iOS, and reflows web articles into a tidily arranged, distraction-free format that doesn't feature any ads, menus, or other onscreen furniture.

You just get the text and the images, so reading the articles you've saved is a more pleasurable experience than it is on the web.

Best Apple Watch BandPhotograph: Adrienne SoPhotograph: Adrienne So Chevron Chevron Save to wishlist Save to wishlist Nike Sport Loop $49 AppleWhen you buy your Apple Watch, you get to choose a band at checkout.

For more recommendations, check out our Best Apple Watch Bands guide.

It’s also one of our favorites for fast Apple Watch charging, along with Qi2 25-watt charging for iPhones and MagSafe devices.

WIRED reviewer Simon Hill—who specializes in smartphone accessories—says the compact Anker MagGo Power Bank is the best portable Apple Watch charger.

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Aerogardens and similar models look … fine, but you’re probably not going to see one in the background of an Architectural Digest shoot.

The Auk Mini filled that marketplace gap with its pairing of sleek Scandinavian design and utility, transforming the run-of-the-mill herb-growing operation into a conversation piece.

When I reviewed the original Auk Mini last fall, I loved that it allowed users to plant their own seeds in widely available coco coir, an alternative to peat moss made from coconut husks.

Same but DifferentPhotograph: Kat Merck Photograph: Kat MerckFor the uninitiated, Auk (pronounced “owk”) is a Norwegian company that released its first garden, the Auk 1, in 2021.

Essentially…

Shavershian’s brief and tragic life is the basis of a new documentary, Poster Boy: Becoming Zyzz, now available on Apple TV and Prime Video.

But this keenly nuanced film is more than the familiar tale of an ambitious youth who pursued fame at all costs.

“I really see this as a cautionary tale,” Poster Boy’s director, Selina Miles, tells WIRED.

She notes that Shavershian’s meteoric rise and untimely death left a huge impression on Australian millennials, and that his legend continues to reverberate today.

“He had his transformation, and his story has really resonated with a lot of people,” she says.

How I Test Apple Watch Bands AccordionItemContainerButton LargeChevron How I Choose What to Test I research Apple Watch bands across major retailers, including Apple, Amazon, and Nike.

I also consulted former WIRED editor Adrienne So, who had covered fitness trackers and Apple Watch bands for a decade.

How Long I Test I test Apple Watch bands all day, every day, across workouts, commutes, and overnight.

Criteria Comfort: Apple Watch bands shouldn't pinch, trap moisture, or feel insecure.

Apple Watch bands shouldn't pinch, trap moisture, or feel insecure.

Puerto Rico is experiencing a historic drought that’s led to water rationing following the driest month on record in July.

“One of the best unused reservoirs of water in Puerto Rico are the roofs of the houses,” says Fernando Abruña, a partner at local firm Abruña & Musgrave Architects.

The drought has exacerbated a water crisis that was already in motion due to ruptured water pipes and other decrepit infrastructure.

The problems began well before that, though: Many families have been without consistent water for more than 100 days.

While the drought is a factor, the biggest issue isn’t a lack of water, says environmental lawyer Ruth Santiago, but rather the government’s mismanagement of it.

We're still in the waxing Crescent phase, which means the illuminated portion is growing a little more each night.

What is today’s Moon phase?

As of Monday, Aug. 17, NASA's Daily Moon Guide tracker tells us the Moon phase is in Waxing Crescent phase, with 24% of its surface visible.

Over the course of the cycle, the Moon progresses from a narrow crescent to a half Moon and eventually a Full Moon, before starting the sequence over again.

New Moon - The Moon is between Earth and the sun, so the side we see is dark (in other words, it's invisible to the eye).

Easy difficulty hints, answers for August 17 PipsLess Than (1): Everything in this space must be less than 1.

The answer is 0-0, placed vertically; 0-6, placed vertically; 2-5, placed vertically.

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The answer is 3-1, placed horizontally; 1-1, placed vertically; 6-1, placed horizontally.

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Every hint, nudge and outright answer you need to complete today's NYT Strands puzzle.

Today's NYT Strands hints are easy if you know a bit of trivia.

Today's NYT Strands spangram is horizontal.

NYT Strands spangram answer todayToday's spangram is Body Joints.

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The NYT Connections puzzle today is not too difficult if you're familiar with musical theater.

And just like Wordle, Connections resets after midnight and each new set of words gets trickier and trickier—so we've served up some hints and tips to get you over the hurdle.

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HBO might as well change the name of Lanterns to Lantern, because by the end of its very first episode, only one of its Green Lanterns is still alive.

That's right: Lanterns kills Hal Jordan, iconic Green Lantern, right out the gate.

Based on Superman, we know that Guy Gardner (Nathan Fillion) is now Earth's Green Lantern.

If both of them were alive between 2016 and 2026, why isn't one of them Earth's Green Lantern?

What happened in these 10 years to make the Green Lantern Corps pass the title onto Gardner?

Today's Wordle answer should be easy to solve if you enjoy Survivor.

If you just want to be told today's word, you can jump to the bottom of this article for today's Wordle solution revealed.

Wordle eventually became so popular that it was purchased by the New York Times, and TikTok creators even livestream themselves playing.

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How to watch: The New Simpsons Movie hits theaters Sept. 3, 2027.

At D23, the animation giant announced a new original film, Ghost Market, which will officially be its first ghost movie.

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Who it's forThe Dreame D20 Pro Plus is an impressive, affordable robot vacuum for homes with multiple pets.

It has stronger suction power than most robot vacuums in the $400-and-under price range and delivers commendable pet hair pickup, even on plush carpet.

But Dreame actually puts a good amount of thought into its affordable robot vacuums.

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And they weren't subtle about it: the site's actual slogan at launch was "Life is short.

However, in 2026, Ashley Madison underwent a rebrand, with less focus on adultery and more on non-monogamy, as reflected in the site's new slogan: "Where Desire Meets Discretion."

The mechanics of the site will be familiar to anyone who has used a dating site, with some key differences.

Another major similarity to AFF: Ashley Madison skews both male and older, with the 2015 data breach revealing that roughly 80 percent of the site's users are men , and the most active age group is 30-49 .

Creating an account isn't quite as fast as with AFF, but after five short steps, you're registered and ready to ming…

Plus, as young people sour on dating apps, Hinge is one of the only ones with a growing user base.

Unlike many apps, Hinge lets free users see everyone who "likes" them (one by one), which is a huge plus.

And to help you figure out who will actually show up to that date, Hinge also launched a "Signals" badge in June.

According to Hinge's Gen Z D.A.T.E Report, 63 percent of users struggle with what to write on their profile.

Still, 52 percent of Gen Z daters admit to using AI to "vibe-check" their messages before sending them to make sure they're hitting the right tone.

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According to the Financial Times, OpenAI disbanded its preparedness team at the end of last month. The job of the preparedness team was to assess if models posed serious risks and develop ways to mitigate those risks. (You know, like the possibility that it could go rogue and hack another company.) According to FT, responsibility […]

"Breakups are… tough." It's the opening lines of an interlude towards the end of DOOMED! Called "It Happens in Every Universe." It's also basically the thesis of the entire record. It's no grand revelation, but it's a well-trodden subject that Open Mike Eagle manages to mine for artistic gold. Eagle's subject matter is usually personal, […]

On Friday, Amazon customers received an email alerting them to an update to the site's terms and conditions. Most notably, it stated that disputes would now be resolved through arbitration and said users agree to a class action waiver. Amazon framed this as a "fast and efficient" way to resolve issues, but it notably would […]

ChatGPT's desktop app on macOS has a new feature called Computer History that turns your actions into training data, learning how you work, suggesting automations, and even picking up tasks you left half done. It uses your activity to build a timeline that ChatGPT and Codex can reference when you make a request. The feature […]

This is The Stepback, a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For more on AI safety, follow Robert Hart. The Stepback arrives in our subscribers' inboxes at 8AM ET. Opt in for The Stepback here. How it started It all started in July, when one of OpenAI's autonomous AI agents […]

Smartphone cameras are convenient, but they lack the charm of analog instant cameras. If you’re trying to relive the nostalgia of waiting for an instant photo to develop, Amazon is selling the second-generation Polaroid Go instant camera with a 16-photo film pack for $71.99 (usually $109.99). That’s the lowest price we’ve seen for the bundle, […]

At D23, when asked about the potential for a sequel to the cult classic The Simpsons: Hit & Run game, Matt Groening replied, "I think the original game is coming back in some form," before current showrunner Matt Selman added, "or not." The tone in both of their voices and the body language suggests that […]

Your AI Slop Bores Me is brilliant in its simplicity. There are two tabs: human and LARP as an AI. On one side you enter a request. On the other, you submit an answer. But the important thing is that there's a human on both sides of the equation. Prompts can request a response as […]

When I'm asked what to buy if you want to get into making electronic music, I often recommend Elektron's budget-minded Model:Samples and Model:Cycles grooveboxes. They don't grab headlines the way Teenage Engineering's gear or the Telepathic Instruments Orchid do, and even compared to the company's higher-end and more niche musical offerings like the Digitakt, Octatrack, […]

As if you needed more reason to love Carly Rae Jepsen's "Call Me Maybe" beyond its pop perfection, it is also, according to lore, the genesis for Switched on Pop, one of the best music podcasts out there. Cohosts Nate Sloan and Charlie Harding obsessively dissect pop songs, from the theory behind their musical choices […]

Season two of Star Wars: Ahsoka is still months away, but Lucasfilm still took the opportunity to tease it a bit at D23. The company dropped the first trailer for the new season ahead of its January 20th, 2027 debut. The clip shows a darker, witchcraft-filled take on the Star Wars universe, with Grand Admiral […]

The annual Disney fan event showed off the cast of Marvel’s X-Men movie, plus a new trailer for Avengers: Doomsday, and our first look at the VisionQuest TV show for Disney Plus. For Star Wars fans, there was a teaser trailer for season two of Ahsoka, plus a special look at Star Wars: Starfighter with […]

I told myself I wouldn't buy an OhSnap accessory for my phone. Every one I'd tested was nice, but felt overpriced and slightly flawed. After I weighed in on the $40 Snap Grip 5 last year, I wound up sticking with my $25 Syncwire instead. But OhSnap's $50 Snap Grip Stand finally got me. To […]

With Spider-Man: Brand New Day behind us, and its reveal of Sadie Sink as Jean Grey, Marvel is finally ready to officially welcome the X-Men into the MCU. At the D23 event in Anaheim yesterday, the company revealed the cast for its upcoming, untitled X-Men film, which is scheduled to hit theaters on May 5th […]

Most teams building retrieval augmented generation (RAG) systems for high stakes classification make the same architectural bet: Route every ambiguous case straight to the language model and trust the retrieved context to sort it out. This works fine in a demo. It falls apart the moment the system has to survive an audit, a regulator, or a compliance officer asking why a specific decision was made six months ago.I have spent the last year building RAG based classification systems in regulated enterprise settings, where the cost of a wrong answer is not a bad chatbot reply. A decision has to hold up to scrutiny long after the model produced it. This environment forces a different design phil…

DeepSeek's V4 Flash has topped model leaderboards and been hailed by developers as a "total monster" since its rollout. But in real-world testing, it completed just 53.8% of a batch of complex agent tasks. Composio ran the model through eight different agent harnesses, including Claude Code, Codex, and OpenCode, on 30 deliberately difficult, multi-step tasks spanning live tools like Gmail, GitHub, Slack, and Google Sheets. Of 240 total runs, 129 passed — and only six of the 30 workflows were completed successfully by every harness tested.The gap illustrates why orchestration, not raw model capability, may decide whether the model succeeds in enterprise settings: the same model produced subs…

There is a step in the development process for large language model (LLM)-assisted tooling that most teams skip because it's tedious, time-consuming, and doesn't produce results visible to end users: Verifying that what the model is saying is actually correct. Not fluent, not coherent, not topically relevant — correct in the sense of accurately identifying the right answer to the specific problem the tool was built to solve.The gap between "this output sounds right to me" and "this output is verifiably correct" is where most LLM-assisted enterprise tools fail quietly. They pass internal review because the output sounds right. They fail in production because those people weren't reviewing ag…

Chinese AI startup Z.ai, known internationally for its growing lineup of powerful, largely open source GLM series of language models, today released GLM-5.3 with substantial gains in long-horizon coding and a more consequential — and potentially sensitive — jump in cybersecurity capabilities.Already, GLM-5.3's cyber capabilities have found a "potentially serious vulnerability in Cursor," the AI coding startup recently acquired by SpaceX, according to z.ai developer advocate Lou, posting on X. VentureBeat also tagged Cursor for confirmation on X and is awaiting response.GLM-5.3 is available initially only through the company's GLM Coding Plan and ZCode coding environment, while API access an…

Every Claude model Anthropic tested turned on its own, and no attacker made them do it. Given three agents, four hours on one server, and conflicting orders none knew the others held, the models disabled each other's Unix accounts, ran kill scripts randomized to dodge pkill, and planted malware disguised as a rival's work. There was no prompt injection and no adversary. Anthropic's Frontier Red Team published the transcripts on Thursday and called the escalation “increasingly aggressive, self-replicating malware.”The setup was ordinary by design. Anthropic put three instances of the same model in Claude Code, each told to migrate a Python backend to a different target language, each unaware…

Google is rolling out Gemini 3.7 Flash, a new version of its workhorse AI model that puts coding, agentic workflows and knowledge work at the center of the upgrade — while temporarily cutting API prices in half.The release arrives just three weeks after the release of Gemini 3.6 Flash, an unusually short turnaround that Google attributes to developer feedback and algorithmic improvements. For enterprise developers, the more consequential story may be the combination of those intelligence gains with lower inference costs: through the end of 2026, Gemini 3.7 Flash costs $0.75 per million input tokens and $3.75 per million output tokens.Starting Jan. 1, 2027, pricing rises to $1.50 per million…

DeepSeek is expanding beyond the model layer and deeper into the software developers use to put AI agents to work.The Chinese AI lab on Thursday launched the official version of DeepSeek-V4-Pro, an updated flagship model focused heavily on agentic workloads, alongside DeepSeek Harness v0.1, a new open-source agent harness that gives developers an alternative to integrated coding-agent environments such as Anthropic’s Claude Code.Together, the releases amount to a broader developer push from DeepSeek. V4-Pro is now available across DeepSeek’s web interface, mobile app and API, with native support for the OpenAI Responses API and integration with Codex. DeepSeek Harness, meanwhile, is enterin…

Presented by Capital One At VB Transform 2026, Kel Vanee, MVP of machine learning engineering at Capital One, spoke with Sam Witteveen, Senior Technology Contributor at VentureBeat, about how the bank built a scalable multi-agent AI architecture around deeply customized open-weight models rather than relying on an off-the-shelf foundation model. "At Capital One, we're not just using AI, we're building AI," Vanee said.The groundwork was laid years ago with Capital One's early investments in data transformation and cloud adoption, which Vanee said were foundational to moving quickly when the current wave of AI arrived. That technical foundation enabled the company to make several deliberate a…

Writer, the enterprise AI agent platform used by Fortune 500 companies including Accenture, Uber, and Vanguard, released its new flagship model Palmyra X6 today, alongside a rebuilt agent orchestration "harness" and new governance tools designed to give IT leaders control over runaway token spending.The headline numbers are striking: Writer says its agent product now operates at an average 52% lower cost, with a 48% improvement in speed and a 10% improvement in quality when paired with Palmyra X6. But the more consequential story may be how the company got there — and what its choices reveal about where the enterprise AI market is heading.Palmyra X6 is not trained from scratch. It is a post…

Visa's president of technology, Rajat Taneja, walked the VB Transform 2026 audience through aiming Anthropic's Mythos at Visa's own payment network. The model stitched minor weaknesses into working exploit chains, and Visa open-sourced the harness that governed the hunt.That's what it looks like when an enterprise has the engineering depth to act on what it finds. Most don't get there. Just over half, or 53%, of enterprises have already had an agentic security incident or near-miss. Sixty-five percent enforce agent permissions at runtime, yet only 18% isolate their highest-risk agents, and just 8% pair enforcement with isolation.Leaning on provider-native controls to do the heavy lifting of…

Elon Musk's company SpaceXAI, formerly known as xAI, has released Grok 4.6, its latest frontier AI model, with a focus on long-running agents, coding and knowledge work — and a pricing strategy designed to make those workloads cheaper to run.The model scores 61 on the third-party Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, surpassing the popular open weights Chinese model from Moonshot, Kimi K3, and tying rival OpenAI's GPT-5.6 Sol Max and improving five points over Grok 4.5 High. Anthropic's Claude Opus 5 and Fable 5 occupy the number one and two spots, respectively. More consequential for enterprises evaluating AI agents, Grok 4.6 posts sizable gains over its predecessor across coding, termin…

Skan AI, a startup that builds what it calls a "context graph of work" by observing how employees actually perform their jobs across enterprise software, has raised $63 million in Series C funding co-led by Cathay Innovation and Dell Technologies Capital, the company announced Wednesday.Citi Ventures, Bloomberg Beta, State Farm Ventures, and Wipro Ventures also participated in the round, which brings the seven-year-old company's total funding to roughly $120 million. Alongside the raise, Skan is announcing the general availability of two new products — Skan AI Blueprint and Skan AI Agents — that, together with its existing Skan AI Intelligence offering, form a complete platform for discover…

Across 107 enterprises, agentic orchestration is not a choice of a single platform.The typical enterprise runs three orchestration platforms at once, and selects them for flexibility across models rather than affinity to any single one. Microsoft leads primary usage while Anthropic leads forward consideration by a wide margin. The AI control plane enterprises expect is deliberately hybrid, meaning it includes use of the leading AI providers, but also provider-independent technologies — and the risk they fear most from provider-resident control is not lock-in but the provider’s own security and permissioning limits. One in five enterprises still has no real-time way to stop a runaway agent b…

Across 170 enterprises, AI infrastructure has moved decisively into production — two-thirds now run AI workloads live and three in 10 run them at scale — while the ability to account for what that infrastructure costs has not kept pace. Enterprises have quietly demoted cost in the buying decision: performance and GPU availability now outrank total cost of ownership, and reliability outranks price as the measure of success. That reordering is rational for teams under production pressure, but it lands on an uncomfortable fact — fewer than half can rigorously track what their AI compute costs, most GPUs still run at half capacity or less, and the next dollar is aimed at specialized clouds that…

Across 116 enterprises, agents are in production and so are the incidents: A majority have already had a confirmed agent security event or a near-miss. Two-thirds of enterprises enforce scoped permissions at runtime. Barely one in five isolates its highest-risk agents, making containment the weakest layer in the stack precisely as autonomy scales. Credential sharing persists across nearly two-thirds of agent fleets, and 53% have already had a confirmed agent security event or near-miss, contributing to a growing lack of confidence in agentic security. Security stacks remain overwhelmingly borrowed from model providers and hyperscalers, and confidence has slipped. Today, as many enterprises …

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Snowflake Volunteer is described as a "single-purpose app that gives volunteers control over when and how they contribute."

Snowflake Volunteer is based on the Tor Project's Snowflake, which debuted in 2019.

Hands-on with Snowflake VolunteerI went hands-on with the new Snowflake Volunteer app, putting it through its paces to see if it delivers all it promises to would-be volunteers.

Charlie Osborne | ZDNETDo you need to worry about which websites people are accessing through your Snowflake app?

I think this is what makes Snowflake Volunteer appealing: it is a quiet, unobtrusive app that lets you contribute to something important without any inconvenience.

Lance Whitney/ZDNETFollow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on GoogleZDNET's key takeawaysApple is warning certain users about targeted spyware attacks.

Apple is warning certain users about a new round of targeted attacks designed to infect their iPhones, iPads, and Macs with what it calls mercenary spyware.

"Mercenary spyware attacks cost millions of dollars and often have a short shelf life, making them much harder to detect and prevent."

The actual text reads: "Apple detected a mercenary spyware attack targeted at your iPhone.

Apple sent out such notifications twice during 2024, warning users about mercenary spyware attacks directed against them.

Dell XPS 13 (2026) 4 / 5 Very good pros and cons Pros Gorgeous build.

Seen in that light, the XPS 13 is the best budget Windows laptop on the market right now.

Also: Dell's new XPS 13 is a MacBook Neo rival that costs $599 and retains premium featuresThat's not hyperbole.

ZDNET's buying adviceKyle Kucharski/ZDNETThe 2026 Dell XPS 13 is one of the best Neo competitors on the market.

Why the Dell XPS 13 gets an Editors' Choice AwardThe Dell XPS 13 raises the bar for budget Windows PCs by bringing a solid build, nice display, and good battery to the $699 price point.

On Thursday, OpenAI introduced its new Computer History feature.

As described by OpenAI, Computer History uses fewer tokens and offers more privacy controls than does Chronicle.

Ways to use the Computer History featureOpenAI offers a few examples of what you could ask ChatGPT based on Computer History.

To enable Computer History in the ChatGPT Mac app, go to Settings, select Integrations, and then click Computer History.

They are not encrypted by Computer History, and other programs running as your MacOS user may be able to access them.

ZDNET key takeawaysOpenFactory is a new service to build custom Linux distros.

How to get Affinity today: 2 waysWith OpenFactory, you can build a bootable Linux distribution, create a remote lab of servers, or even generate reusable recipes so you can recreate those distros at a later time.

Here's howThere are also two ways you can build your distro: Either via an AI prompt or a selection menu.

Imagine you need a Linux distribution to do a very specific thing, or a combination of things, and neither is offered by any other distribution on the market.

Either that, or you need a reproducible recipe that can be shared across organizations, so every member of your IT team can deploy the same Li…

When I learned that Google Assistant would be discontinued next month, I decided to look for an alternative.

Those caveats aside, this handy voice assistant is a viable alternative to Google Assistant or Gemini, so much so that I've started using it as my default.

Integration with Android Auto: Does not work.

This is because Google does not recognize Dicio as a valid voice assistant for Android Auto.

The cheapest plan (at the moment) is Gemini AI Plus, at $7.99/month , which gets you access to Gemini Flash 3.5, the Gemini app with Omni, Google Flow with Gemini Omni, Daily Brief in the Gemini app, and AI Inbox in Gmail.

ZDNET's key takeawaysOpenAI's ChatGPT Desktop App for Linux is an Electron-based program.

The release also arrives roughly a month after Anthropic introduced a Linux desktop version of Claude.

The ChatGPT Desktop App for Linux sure looks a lot like a browser window to me.

For a local project with multiple folders, the desktop app can show repositories and changed lines together for consolidated review.

However, if you're OK with that, go ahead and integrate ChatGPT Desktop App with Google Calendar, Gmail, Outlook, Teams, Slack, and Google Drive.

Please try again" issue in June 2026 that affected both Android and Android Auto, prompting users to return to Android Assistant.

For instance, users have complained about Gemini not playing a song when connected to Android Auto, or even when it's not connected to Android Auto, as this Reddit thread clearly shows.

A driver safety issueLet's be clear about this: the combination of Gemini and Android Auto makes hands-free calling an unreliable feature.

If I use a third-party home screen launcher, it won't work, period, whether I'm using Android Auto or not.

Google has two choicesThe way I see it, Google has two choices: allow us to use Assistant or fix hands-free calling with Gemini on Androi…

The Samsung R95H is built with an all-new Micro RGB panel that delivers truly impressive color and contrast.

The Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra 2 is available for $699 in a 47mm size, while the Apple Watch Ultra 3 is available for $799 in its 49mm size.

Samsung's Watch Ultra 2 is available in Titanium Silver and Titanium Gray, while Apple offers the Watch Ultra 3 in natural titanium and black, so both brands have similar options.

You want to explore off-gridThe Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra 2 includes LTE, but the Apple Watch Ultra 3 one-ups that with the latest 5G technology.

Also: I compared the Apple Watch Ultra 3 to Garmin's inReach satellite connectivity - here's the winnerThe major advantage the Apple Watch Ultra 3 has over the Galaxy Watch Ultra 2 is integrated satellite connectivity, which works …

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But if you're only using it as a more advanced silencing mechanism, you're missing out on a lot of useful features.

Also: I replaced my iPhone battery at the Apple store for the first time ever - and learned a valuable lessonTo set it up, go to Settings > Focus > Do Not Disturb > Set a Schedule > Add Schedule > App > Choose app.

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ZDNET's key takeawaysMicrosoft is merging Copilot and Microsoft 365 Copilot into one unified app.

The Microsoft 365 Copilot app is designed for organizations and professional accounts.

If you use the Microsoft 365 Copilot app with a personal account and not a Microsoft 365 account, you'll notice some visual and navigational changes.

In Windows, the Microsoft 365 Copilot app icon on your taskbar may be refreshed.

If you use both Microsoft Copilot and the Microsoft 365 Copilot app with a personal account, your chat history and content will be migrated to the new unified app.

Earlier this week, I explored the differences (or, really, amazing similarities) between agentic coding AIs, ChatGPT Codex and Claude Code.

Also: Claude Code vs. Codex: Why I use both and how to choose one (if you must)But I'm just one guy.

And, explaining why the numbers don't fully add up, 22% use both Claude Code and Codex (I'm in that cohort).

Claude Code better explains its reasoning as it works, and has more tutorials and community material to learn from (4%).

Claude Code checks the math and data with you, not just the code, when working on Bayesian modeling in JAX and NumPyro.

Dario Amodei wrote on X that the most accurate criticism of AI companies including Anthropic is that they have not yet delivered on their promises, and that only genuine breakthroughs will win public trust.

It lands as Anthropic prepares a listing that backers expect to value it at $2trn.

“The most accurate criticism of AI companies, including Anthropic, is that we haven’t yet delivered on our big promises to benefit the world,” Anthropic’s chief executive wrote on X on Saturday.

Public distrust of AI companies, he argued, reflects decades of scepticism towards corporations generally, and “AI is just the latest iteration of it.”Others were unconvinced that breakthroughs are enough.

People w…

OpenAI has launched Computer History, a ChatGPT feature that records clicks, keystrokes, keyboard shortcuts and app switches on macOS to build a searchable memory.

The memory files are stored locally as unencrypted plain text, and the feature is not available in the EEA, Switzerland or the UK.

Computer History logs clicks, keystrokes, keyboard shortcuts and app switches through the operating system’s accessibility framework, then turns them into a searchable memory the assistant can draw on.

Computer History replaces Chronicle, the Codex feature that captured the screen to build context, and it swaps images for input events.

The memory files are plain-text Markdown held locally without encr…

Mastercard transactions were declined across Australia on Saturday afternoon after what the company describes as a scheduled system update, with more than 1,900 outage reports logged by mid-afternoon.

Mastercard says the problem is resolved and all systems are working normally.

Mastercard payments stopped working across Australia on Saturday afternoon.

“A scheduled system update caused Mastercard transactions to be declined for a period of time earlier today,” the company said, adding that the situation is resolved and all systems are working normally.

“We’ve got a whole night to get through and it’s the biggest night of the week.

Alibaba says its Qwen models have passed 3 billion downloads, making them the most used open-weight family in the world.

The Hugging Face report published a day earlier counts 2,045 million for Qwen this year, and 151,448 derivatives against Alibaba’s claim of more than 300,000.

Alibaba says its Qwen models have passed 3 billion downloads, putting the family ahead of anything from Meta or Google.

Hugging Face’s State of Open Models, published the day before, counts 2,045 million Qwen downloads this year, or 2,061 million including every repository.

Meta and Nvidia have both shipped new open models in recent weeks, and Nvidia has been explicit that it is chasing China on open weights.

Sam Altman told a summit of tech interns that two years of college was “the exact right amount of time” for him and that four years may be more than the world now requires.

Sam Altman thinks a degree takes longer than it needs to.

The remarks came during a surprise appearance at Internapalooza, a networking summit run by investor Cory Levy for students spending the summer in the industry.

TNW has reported that AI is killing the summer internship, the mechanism that has long converted students into employees.

As Altman put it himself, “you don’t get to run the experiment twice.“

Dongfeng’s Voyah launched the Passion S electric SUV on Friday after promoting it with a stunt in which the car drove a full loop around a tunnel ceiling in Wuhan.

Dongfeng’s premium brand Voyah launched an electric SUV on Friday, and the reason anyone noticed is that it drove the car upside down.

The Passion S launched in three trims from 229,900 to 279,900 yuan, roughly $33,800 to $41,200.

The Passion S runs Qiankun ADS 5.0 with a dual-path 896-line lidar and five 4D millimetre-wave radars, covering assisted driving on city roads and motorways and automated parking.

When new models arrive weekly, driving a car around a tunnel ceiling is a rational marketing expense.

Anthropic has told prospective investors that second-quarter revenue exceeded $11.5bn, more than 14 times the $787mn it made a year earlier, and that it recorded positive adjusted operating income.

Anthropic has told prospective investors that its second-quarter revenue passed $11.5bn.

That is more than 14 times the $787mn it recorded in the same quarter of 2025, according to documents seen by Bloomberg.

First-quarter revenue was $4.73bn, so the company has more than doubled inside three months and made roughly $16.2bn in the first half of the year.

Anthropic recorded positive adjusted operating income in the quarter, which is not something the leading AI labs have been able to say.

LG will unveil a bipedal humanoid robot in the first quarter of 2027, built on Nvidia’s Jetson Thor processor, Isaac GR00T foundation model and Halos safety system.

LG will show a bipedal humanoid robot in the first quarter of next year.

The robot runs Jetson Thor for onboard processing and motion control, uses the Isaac GR00T foundation model, and carries Halos, which Nvidia describes as the first full-stack safety framework built for robots.

Actuators and sensors come from LG Electronics and LG Innotek, batteries from LG Energy Solution, so most of the bill of materials stays inside the group.

The only machine going to work this year is a robot on wheels in Tennessee.

AMD has raised $4.75bn in its biggest ever US dollar bond offering, sold in four tranches with maturities from three to ten years.

It held $13.1bn in cash against $3.2bn of debt at the end of June, and has committed up to $5bn to Anthropic.

AMD has raised $4.75bn in the largest dollar bond sale it has ever done.

AMD last visited the investment-grade market in March 2025, when it raised $1.5bn, so this is more than three times that in 17 months.

The interesting question is what a chipmaker holding $13bn in cash wants another $4.75bn for.

Signing the Pax Silica Declaration is “not merely a membership subscription, but a commitment”.

What Pax Silica actually isWashington launched it last year.

The aim is to secure supply chains across three things at once: AI models, semiconductors and critical minerals.

A supplier hedging between the two blocs is the exact scenario Pax Silica exists to prevent.

The Made in EU rules start at a 5% local-content threshold and cover hardware, and the sovereignty push runs through European compute, European satellites and European models.

Anthropic published the Risk Report on 14 August, covering the period to 15 July.

It now calls that risk low, up from very low in February.

It also disclosed an unreleased internal model called Model 2 that it has no plans to ship.

Why the misalignment number actually movedThe Anthropic Risk Report attributes the increase to “recent incident disclosures related to model behavior in cybersecurity evaluations”.

The report says Anthropic’s models may provide significant uplift to relevant threat actors, and do not meet the new threshold.

Nvidia shares fell 5% after that first Journal report, and the guarantee is now under half the size.

Nvidia and OpenAI announced an agreement last September covering at least 10GW, with Nvidia investing up to $100bn.

Nvidia held 214.8 million Intel shares worth about $30bn at the end of June, built from an investment of $5bn.

The Nvidia OpenAI backstop is none of those things, because a guarantee sits off the balance sheet until somebody calls it.

It will show whether Nvidia held those SpaceX shares through the fall, or quietly sold into it.

Qualifying owners get a hardware upgrade or a discounted trade-in, and Tesla did not respond to CNBC’s request for comment.

Your car stays functional and safe for as long as you own it, which is not the same as staying current.

The precedent nobody remembersThis has happened once already, without a single line of car software changing.

Since 20 June 2025, EU ecodesign rules have required five years of operating system and security updates for smartphones and tablets.

Two United Nations regulations cover this ground, R155 on cybersecurity and R156 on software updates.

What the company has saidRingCentral disclosed the intrusion on 28 July, in a general advisory notice on its own trust centre.

The incident touched data for “a limited portion” of customers, the company said, and it is contacting those customers directly.

Last week it dumped 10.9 million email addresses taken from Abbott’s cancer diagnostics business, alongside personal and health information.

It is names, email addresses, physical addresses and phone numbers, which is the raw material for the next round of convincing calls and emails.

RingCentral says a limited portion of customers was affected, Have I Been Pwned has logged 1.6 million addresses, and those two statements need reconciling.

There have to be “other solutions to the memory issue, but it’s not great American companies using Chinese memory”.

Apple, though, can buy off-the-shelf memory from both and negotiate the price, because nothing currently stops it.

HP and Acer now ship CXMT memory in products sold outside the US, the Journal reported previously, and nobody stopped them.

The senators asked Apple to commit by 21 August to excluding these components entirely.

It has asked the administration not to let Apple buy Chinese memory, arguing that the move would damage domestic production and undercut the reshoring effort.

Two companies tied to Aristotle’s exchange business are suing Underdog Sports Holdings, CEO Jeremy Levine and several other defendants, months… Continue reading Aristotle exchange companies sue Underdog and CEO over acquisition dispute deal

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Baltimore is taking Kalshi and Polymarket to court, alleging the prediction-market companies are effectively running illegal sportsbooks while describing their… Continue reading Baltimore sues Kalshi and Polymarket over allegedly illegal sports betting markets

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A Washington judge has imposed new limits on Kalshi, giving the prediction market operator firm deadlines to stop people in… Continue reading Washington judge orders Kalshi to restrict prediction markets across state operations

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Independent MP Andrew Wilkie has taken the fight over gambling reform to the National Anti-Corruption Commission, asking it to examine… Continue reading Wilkie escalates gambling reform fight with anti-corruption referral targeting Labor government

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FlightAware has voluntarily dismissed its federal lawsuit against prediction market operator Kalshi just one day after filing the case, bringing… Continue reading FlightAware drops federal lawsuit against Kalshi after seeking emergency court relief

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Kalshi can keep operating for now after the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) invoked its emergency powers, warning that an… Continue reading CFTC steps in to shield Kalshi from New York shutdown attempt

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Three members of Congress want Major League Baseball (MLB) and the players union to tighten rules that allow athletes to… Continue reading Lawmakers urge MLB union to curb sportsbook promotions after Harper video

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The Scotts Valley Band of Pomo Indians has returned to federal court after the U.S. Department of the Interior reversed… Continue reading Scotts Valley challenges Interior decision over disputed Vallejo casino gaming eligibility ruling

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FanDuel will pay Iowa regulators $95,000 after acknowledging that its sportsbook offered wagers the state had not approved. The Iowa… Continue reading FanDuel pays Iowa $95K penalty after offering prohibited sports betting markets

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A federal judge has handed Connecticut regulators an early victory in their fight with prediction market operator Kalshi, refusing to… Continue reading Connecticut judge rejects Kalshi injunction against state sports betting enforcement challenge

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FlightAware is suing prediction-market operator Kalshi, accusing the company of using its flight-tracking information and trademarks without permission to run… Continue reading FlightAware sues Kalshi over flight cancellation betting data trademark use

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Today in prediction market news, we’re following a wave of legal and regulatory developments across the industry, including Novig filing… Continue reading Novig sues three more states, CFTC appeals Wisconsin ruling, today in Prediction Market News LIVE

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Honolulu police shut down an alleged illegal gambling room in Ewa Beach on Thursday, seizing gaming machines, cash and arresting… Continue reading Honolulu police shuts down Ewa Beach gambling room, making arrest

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That was followed up with icon color tinting in iOS 18, clear icons in iOS 26, and a full-on Liquid Glass slider in iOS 27.

I’m essentially asking for a replica of Material You on iOS, except instead of being wallpaper-based, it’d be icon color-based – though Apple would probably also offer an option for wallpaper matching.

Also of note: Apple introduced color themes in Xcode, their IDE for building Apple software, earlier this year at WWDC.

Even the Mac, as things stands today, allows you to set a system-wide tint color for third party apps.

How would you feel about color themes on iOS and iPadOS?

Welcome to Indie App Spotlight.

This is a weekly 9to5Mac series where we showcase the latest apps in the indie app world.

Typically you have to set up a project and go through layers of menus before you can even start to write.

Notepad.exe also offers a built-in agentic coding assistant, allowing you to use your Codex subscription or local models for troubleshooting problems in your codebase.

For the fully-featured experience, you can buy Notepad.exe Pro, which’ll run you $19.99/year or $45 for a perpetual license to all updates within version 1.x.

Apple’s home products (primarily HomePod mini and Apple TV) have been the talk of the town for the past couple of years.

Imminent releaseFirst things first, HomePod mini and Apple TV 4K.

Apple TV 4K, on the other hand, should be getting a bump from the A15 Bionic to the A17 Pro.

This product is set to debut “between October and early next year,” so it could potentially debut alongside the aforementioned HomePod mini and Apple TV 4K.

This OS will allow the product to make FaceTime calls, interact with Siri AI, manage smart home devices, and much more.

It seems scarcely credible that it’s completely legal for a company to buy and sell our personal data without our consent, but that’s the reality in the US.

What they cannot do is help with the personal data already exposed.

Data brokers collate personal data from multiple sources in order to create detailed profiles of individuals.

Incogni reaches out to hundreds of data brokers on behalf of both you and your family to get your data taken offline.

The 55% discount applies for the annual Family & Friends plans that let you protect 4 additional members and maximize your savings!

At this year’s WWDC, Apple announced an expanded Apple Business API.

About Apple @ Work: Bradley Chambers has been an Apple IT admin since 2009.

Organizations can have up to 50 API accounts and create up to 15 custom roles in Apple Business Manager.

The Roles Checker toolThe default Apple Business Manager roles include IT Administrator, Marketing Administrator, People Manager, Device Enrollment Manager, and Content Manager.

With the Apple Business Roles Checker, you can simply check the specific organization permissions you need for your API account.

So I wanted to share some of my absolute favorite accessories that are not only ultra slim and portable but also serve multiple purposes.

The Snap Grip Stand is made by the same company that created the original Popsocket.

The Snap Grip Stand is available on their website for $39.99 and comes in four colors: Black, Green, Lilac, and Silver.

The Kuxiu X40 Turbo can be used folded to charge just your iPhone, unfolded to act as a 3-in-1 charging stand, or fully unfolded to lie flat.

From the ultra-thin and functional Snap Grip Stand to the extremely useful Lexar SSD.

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The Wall Street Journal reports that US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has urged Apple not to turn to Chinese memory chips as the company looks for alternatives to alleviate the ongoing global supply shortage.

However, Apple COO Sabih Khan told the WSJ that while Apple does customize many iPhone components, “there isn’t a lot of customization” when it comes to memory, raising the possibility that Apple could simply use off-the-shelf Chinese memory chips.

’The Trump administration is not in favor of that’Apple has made little secret of its intention to expand its memory supply options.

From the report:The Trump administration doesn’t want Apple to buy memory chips from China, Commerce Sec…

New references in the latest WhatsApp beta for iOS suggest users may soon be able to replace the app’s standard set of emoji reactions with their own selection.

WhatsApp tests customizable emoji reaction setsAs spotted by WABetaInfo, WhatsApp’s latest TestFlight build includes references to a “Default reactions” setting that lets users change which emojis appear in the app’s reaction tray.

When users long-press a message, they see the emoji reaction tray, which currently starts with 👍, ❤️, 😂, 😮, 😢, and 🙏.

With this feature, users will be able to manage their reaction tray directly from the app settings.

Users will also be able to restore the default reaction tray at any time.

Apple has expanded its Certified Refurbished Store this week with a handful of new MacBook Air and MacBook Pro configurations.

It also includes unique iPhone 16 Plus models, Apple Watch, and more.

Apple’s Certified Refurbished Store is a great way to save up to 15% on Apple gear.

MacBook Pro and MacBook AirMacBook ProMacBook AirApple WatchApple TV 4KThe Apple TV is incredibly popular via the Apple refurb store, and it sells out fast.

$249)iPhone 16 PlusYou can keep up with all the latest Apple deals throughout the week over at 9to5Toys.

ChatGPT is rolling out a deeper integration with Google Drive, allowing users to add Google Drive files to their ChatGPT Library and edit documents without leaving the chat.

ChatGPT expands Google Drive plugin integrationAs announced by ChatGPT Consumer Product Lead Adam Fry on X, users who subscribe to paid ChatGPT plans can now add Google Drive files to their ChatGPT Library.

This week's ChatGPT feature drop – Aug 14:1/ Quizzes – "Quiz me on [topic]" will now automatically generate quizzes right in Chat.

ChatGPT still provides an option to open each file in its corresponding Google app, such as Google Docs or Google Sheets.

You can literally open and edit google drive files inside of Chat…

Nearly four years into the latest AI boom sparked by ChatGPT, here are the tools that have actually stuck and make my life, work, and personal projects much easier on my Mac.

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And AI tools are only as smart as the context you feed them.

For Apple Watch users, Gem slots into a custom co-wear band alongside your Watch on the same wrist.

Tim Cook has entered his final weeks as Apple CEO, with John Ternus set to take over on September 1.

In an interview with CBS News this week, Cook reflected on his “legacy” as Apple CEO.

The interview took place in Houston this week, coinciding with the opening of Apple’s new Advanced Manufacturing Center.

CBS News’ Jo Ling Kent: “As you look back on your time as CEO, in a word, what have you stood for?” Tim Cook: “You’re asking a legacy question, and it’s a good question.

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iPhone 18 Pro will be unveiled soon, and rumors indicate the Pro Max model could have unique advantages this year in a key area or two.

This year with iPhone 18 Pro, rumors indicate Apple will continue to follow that playbook.

Battery life on iPhone 18 Pro Max was always going to be better than iPhone 18 Pro.

Here’s an overview of leaked battery capacities compared to last year’s specs, for eSIM models:iPhone 18 Pro Max : 5567mAh: 5567mAh iPhone 18 Pro : 4288mAh: 4288mAh iPhone 17 Pro Max : 5088mAh: 5088mAh iPhone 17 Pro: 4252mAhAs you can see, iPhone 18 Pro Max will have a battery that’s about 10% larger than its predecessor.

iPhone 18 Pro’s battery, meanwhile, is almost identical to iPhon…

OpenAI согласилась приобрести Astral, которая создает *современные* инструменты на Python для разработчиков, чтобы интегрировать её команду в Codex. Ну и по пути сообщает, что у Codex более 2 млн пользователей — в три раза больше, чем в январе. При этом от лица разработчиков заявляю - мы всё больше предпочитаем Claude Code. И разрыв между этими продуктами не сокращается, а субьективно наоборот - растет www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-19/openai-to-acquire-python-startup-astral-expanding-push-into-coding

OpenAI согласилась приобрести Astral, которая создает *современные* инструменты на Python для разработчиков, чтобы интегрировать её команду в Codex. Ну и по пути сообщает, что у Codex более 2 млн пользователей — в три раза больше, чем в январе. При этом от лица разработчиков заявляю — мы всё больше предпочитаем Claude Code. И разрыв между этими продуктами не сокращается, а субъективно наоборот — растет.www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-19/openai-to-acquire-python-startup-astral-expanding-push-into-coding

В переводчике kagi появился чудесный язык "Linkedin Speak". Только что мою фразу "Fuck off, I don't want to receive your spam anymore." они идеально перевели вот так:Thank you for reaching out. To ensure my inbox is aligned with my current professional priorities, I will be unsubscribing from this mailing list. I wish you the best in your future endeavors.Весьма рекомендую.https://translate.kagi.com/?from=en&to=linkedin

В переводчике kagi появился чудесный язык "Linkedin Speak". Только что мою фразу "Fuck off, I don't want to receive your spam anymore." они идеально перевели вот так:Thank you for reaching out. To ensure my inbox is aligned with my current professional priorities, I will be unsubscribing from this mailing list. I wish you the best in your future endeavors.Весьма рекомендую.https://translate.kagi.com/?from=en&to=linkedin

Конференция NVIDIA GTC раньше была про игры. А сейчас все больше про NVIDIA и их значение для мира ИИ, так что вот тут можно будет смотреть https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jw_o0xr8MWU

Конференция NVIDIA GTC раньше была про игры. А сейчас все больше про NVIDIA и их значение для мира ИИ, так что вот тут можно будет смотреть https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jw_o0xr8MWU

Вечный источник сливов, the Information пишут, что OpenAI готовится выпустить GPT-5.4, который получит «экстремальный» режим рассуждений и контекстное окно объёмом 1 млн токенов вместо 400 тыс. в GPT-5.2. Честно говоря, эта гонка сейчас перестала так впечатлять как раньше. Ждем какого-то прорыва, чтобы снова отличать модели друг от друга.🔗 https://www.theinformation.com/articles/openais-next-ai-model-will-extreme-reasoning

Вечный источник сливов, the Information пишут, что OpenAI готовится выпустить GPT-5.4, который получит «экстремальный» режим рассуждений и контекстное окно объёмом 1 млн токенов вместо 400 тыс. в GPT-5.2. Честно говоря, эта гонка сейчас перестала так впечатлять как раньше. Ждем какого-то прорыва, чтобы снова отличать модели друг от друга.🔗 https://www.theinformation.com/articles/openais-next-ai-model-will-extreme-reasoning

Ну и да, в MacBook Neo два порта USB‑C с разными характеристиками: один — USB 3.0 (Type‑C) со скоростью передачи до 10 Гбит/с, другой — USB 2.0 (Type‑C), ограниченный 480 Мбит/с.Интересно, что внешней маркировки я на них не увидел, видимо, "должны знать" :)🔗 https://www.macrumors.com/2026/03/04/macbook-neo-features-two-different-usb-ports/

Ну и да, в MacBook Neo два порта USB‑C с разными характеристиками: один — USB 3.0 (Type‑C) со скоростью передачи до 10 Гбит/с, другой — USB 2.0 (Type‑C), ограниченный 480 Мбит/с.Интересно, что внешней маркировки я на них не увидел, видимо, "должны знать" :)🔗 https://www.macrumors.com/2026/03/04/macbook-neo-features-two-different-usb-ports/

Первые впечатления от MacBook Neo — новый самый младший ноутбук от Apple. Он вообще не кажется бюджетным: яркий дисплей и алюминиевый корпус, но клавиатура немного хлипкая, что предсказуемо было.Теперь я не очень понимаю, в чем его отличие от айпада. Видимо, выбор между "встроенная клавиатура" и "тач экран". Ну, рано или поздно они должны будут сойтись.https://www.engadget.com/computing/laptops/macbook-neo-hands-on-apples-599-laptop-feels-shockingly-great-142313318.html

Первые впечатления от MacBook Neo — новый самый младший ноутбук от Apple. Он вообще не кажется бюджетным: яркий дисплей и алюминиевый корпус, но клавиатура немного хлипкая, что предсказуемо было.Теперь я не очень понимаю, в чем его отличие от айпада. Видимо, выбор между "встроенная клавиатура" и "тач экран". Ну, рано или поздно они должны будут сойтись.https://www.engadget.com/computing/laptops/macbook-neo-hands-on-apples-599-laptop-feels-shockingly-great-142313318.html

Сразу две новости рядом: Eight Sleep, продающая умные аксессуары для матрасов, которые отслеживают режим сна и регулируют температуру, привлекла $50 млн при оценке в $1,5 млрд, тогда как в 2021 году её оценка составляла $500 млн. И это для меня удивительно - все тесты показали что их матрасы прямо никуда не годятся по точности отслеживания. Идея регуляции температуры во время сна все еще привлекательна, жаль что их не возят в разные страны.В это же время Whoop, производящая фитнес‑браслеты без экранов, сообщает, что планирует увеличить численность персонала максимум на 75% в 2026 году, создав более 600 должностей в преддверии вероятного IPO. Обычно перед IPO численость команды сокращают - в…

Сразу две новости рядом: Eight Sleep, продающая умные аксессуары для матрасов, которые отслеживают режим сна и регулируют температуру, привлекла $50 млн при оценке в $1,5 млрд, тогда как в 2021 году её оценка составляла $500 млн. И это для меня удивительно — все тесты показали, что их матрасы прямо никуда не годятся по точности отслеживания. Идея регуляции температуры во время сна все еще привлекательна, жаль, что их не возят в разные страны.В это же время Whoop, производящая фитнес‑браслеты без экранов, сообщает, что планирует увеличить численность персонала максимум на 75% в 2026 году, создав более 600 должностей в преддверии вероятного IPO. Обычно перед IPO численность команды сокращают …

Polymarket удаляет долго существовавшие рынки, позволявшие пользователям делать ставки на вероятность ядерного взрыва на фоне ударов по Ирану. В прошлом году совокупный обьем ставок на эти события был $1,7 млн, что не так уж и мало. В этом году, как вы понимаете, интерес существенно бОльший.Я не понимаю, чем людям помешали эти ставки, единственная идея — сейчас сильно больше шансы на "манипуляцию", т.е. ради высокой выплаты можно попытаться что-нибудь взорвать.🔗 https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2026/03/04/polymarket-shelves-nuclear-detonation-markets-after-outcry

GTA VI надвигается…Для такой игры совершенно точно нужен хороший телик. Если вы как раз решили обновиться, то у нас есть список из крутых геймерских телевизоров — с разными ценами. Кино на них тоже будет отлично смотреться.Читаем, выбираем: rozetked.me/articles/47725

Настолько плохо, что... Что это?В китайском прокате внезапно собирает кассу «Бычок Лай» — крайне низкокачественный мультфильм. За несколько дней сборы выросли почти с нуля до 5,26 млн юаней.Всё из-за популярности в сети. Зрители идут в кино увидеть мультфильм вживую.rozetked.me/news/47777

Осталась ли на подошве раздавленная буква I?Disney выпустит в продажу лампу Luxo Jr. из заставки Pixar. Она двигается и издаёт звуки, но светить не может — из-за норвежского производителя ламп Luxo.В продаже с завтрашнего дня, а цена — 100 фунтов стерлингов (~11 360 рублей).rozetked.me/news/47775

Можно оставить ИИ без работыYour AI Slop Bores Me — веб-сайт, где люди притворяются чат-ботами с ИИ. Есть две вкладки: на первой можно задать вопрос «искусственному интеллекту», а на второй — самому поработать в роли чат-бота.«ИИ-моделям» приходится как отвечать на самые разные вопросы, так и рисовать картинки в аналоге Paint.rozetked.me/news/47772

Мы привыкли к плодам прогресса и к тому, что большие богатые корпорации знают, как лучше. Но порой из-под пера компаний выходит нечто, о чём хочется спросить: «Вы долго думали»? Это свежая подборка больших технологических провалов. Игровые телефоны Nokia и Sony, Steam Machines (нет, другие), и, конечно, никому не нужные метавселенные, принёсшие миллиардные убытки.Ностальгируем, шурша песочком: rozetked.me/articles/47200

Первые кадры «Тайны Коко 2»На дебютных концепт-артах изображён повзрослевший Мигель. Ему снова предстоит отправиться в мир мёртвых, и на этот раз его спутником станет Эрнесто де ла Крус — злодей из первой части.Премьера намечена на 2029 год — сиквел должен выйти через 12 лет после оригинала.💼 Rozetked | Подписаться

— Привет, Claude, извини за опозда...— УволенClaude, которому доверили управление магазином, уволил сотрудника за опоздания на 17 из 23 своих смен. Time пишет, что это первый случай, когда ИИ уволил человека.Но нужно отметить, что наводку нейросети дал куратор эксперимента. Сам Claude снисходительно относился к опозданиям и советовал не переживать насчёт них — во многом из-за своей короткой памяти.rozetked.me/news/47769

В преддверии учебного года NakNak весь август дарит скидку 2000 рублей на технику по промокоду студакКак получить скидку:– оформить заказ– указать промокод студак– подтвердить свой статус студенческим билетом Переходите на сайт naknak.ruАкция действует до 31 августа. Условия распространяются только на технику, аксессуары не включены.

Disney анонсировала «Зверополис 3»Пока показали только логотип продолжения — когда мультфильм выйдет, не говорят. Известно, что триквел посвятят прибытию птиц.Кроме того, в Disney напомнили о «Холодном сердце 3» — продолжение истории Анны и Эльзы выйдет в прокат 24 ноября 2027 года.💼 Rozetked | Подписаться

Marvel показала второй трейлер «Мстителей: Судный день» В нём сосредоточились на Докторе Думе — о главном суперзлодее рассказывает Сью Сторм. Рассказ сопровождается кадрами драки с Думом, а также в ролике показали некоторых Мстителей и Людей Икс. Лента выйдет…

«Мстители: Судный день» — первый трейлер Антагонистом нового фильма станет доктор Дум, которого сыграет Роберт Дауни-младший. В фильме появятся Фантастическая четвёрка, Люди Икс во главе с профессором Ксавьером, Магнето, Тор, Капитан Америка и все-все-все.…

Приложение Ozon пропало из Google PlayПри поиске в магазине не находится основное приложение маркетплейса, а также Ozon Fresh и Ozon Seller.В App Store и App Gallery программы пока доступны для скачивания.💼 Rozetked | Подписаться

TechCrunch: Netris получил $15 млн, чтобы помогать неоклаудам быстрее начать работу– Стартап решает проблемы подготовки и запуска новых дата-центров– Netris предоставляет софт для работы на сетевых коммутаторах– Платформа стартапа помогает сократить время на запуск дата-центров– Netris автоматизирует установку, настройку, эксплуатацию и др.– Платформа стартапа Netris также обеспечивает абстракцию сети и др.– Софт может изолировать серверы и ресурсы на аппаратном уровне– Технологическое решение Netris не зависит от конкретного производителя– Платформа Netris может работать с серверами Nvidia, AMD и др.– Netris уже работает на 35+ кластерах GPU в мире (всего 1+ млн чипов)– Кластерами управляю…

Bloomberg: Прогноз по выручке Shopify превзошел ожидания аналитиков– Компания ожидает квартальный рост выручки примерно на 30%– Аналитики ожидали, что рост выручки Shopify составит 27%– Выручка Shopify будет расти на 30% и более 6-й квартал подряд– Операц. расходы за прошлый квартал увеличились на 21%– В начале нового квартала рост затрат на ИИ может снизить прибыль– Shopify заявила, что ИИ за квартал написал более 50% кода– Инвесторы беспокоятся, что ИИ может негативно повлиять на бизнес@ftsec

TechCrunch: Google бросает вызов AirTag от Apple, выпуская собственный аналог за $29– Google представила собственный ответ на AirTag от компании Apple– Компания показала Google Pixel Tag за $29 на Made by Google– Новый Pixel Tag использует сеть Google Find Hub для поиска и др.– Google Find Hub охватывает Android-устройства по всему миру– Метку можно добавить во встроенный в смартфон Android Find Hub– По метке Pixel Tag можно позвонить со смартфона и умных часов– Овальное устройство немного отличается от AirTag по форме и размерам– Новое устройство имеет степень защиты от брызг, воды и пыли IP67– Pixel Tag можно подключать через Bluetooth, но NFC метка не имеет– Используя батарейку CR2032 ме…

Reuters: Electronic Arts не оправдала квартальных прогнозов по выручке– На выручку EA повлияло падение интереса к франшизе Battlefield– Новая Battlefield 6 с трудом удерживает внимание игроков– Инвесторов волнует долгосрочный потенциал игры как live-сервиса– EA в значительной степени полагается на встроенные покупки– Компания ощутит на себе давление после выхода новой игры GTA VI– Вероятно, GTA VI отвлечет внимание игроков от других видеоигр– Выручка игровой компании за прошедший квартал была $1,35 млрд– Прибыль EA за квартал увеличилась почти вдвое, до $397 млн@ftsec

Bloomberg: ИИ-стартап Firmus построит дата-центр в Индонезии при помощи Nvidia– Firmus намерен построить свой первый дата-центр в Индонезии– Партнером стартапа по проекту станет американская Nvidia– Firmus планирует заключить контракты до $30 млрд за первые 6 лет– Отмечается, что партнером также станет сингапурская DayOne– Вместе партнеры построят кампус Nvidia DSX AI Factory на 360 мегаватт– Проект построят на острове Батам, недалеко от побережья Сингапура– Австралийские проекты Firmus ориентированы на гиперскейлеров– Новый проект подойдет для всех клиентов, которые используют ИИ– Объект, который будет строить DayOne, должны запустить в Q1 2027@ftsec

Bloomberg: Midjourney приобрел популярное астрологическое приложение Co-Star– Midjourney создает автономное приложения для создания изображений– Это очередной шаг ИИ-лаборатории в новых направлениях бизнеса– Приложение Co-Star использует натальные карты, ИИ-решения и др.– Co-Star дает персонализированные советы о совместимости и др.– MAU приложения со встроенными покупками составляет около 4,3 млн– Недавно стартап анонсировал ультразвуковой медицинский аппарат– Midjourney сейчас сосредоточен на создании восьми различных проектов– Покупка Co-Star является лишь частью по переосмыслению стратегии– К штату Midjourney присоединились все 20 сотрудников приложения Co-Star– Co-Star уже приносит при…

CNBC: Акции Pinterest упали из-за слабого прогноза по продажам– Выручка Pinterest за квартал выросла на 18%, составив $1,18 млрд– Чистый убыток Pinterest за прошедший квартал был $47 млн– Годом ранее сервис показал чистую прибыль $38,75 млн ($0,06/акция)– Выручка Pinterest за новый квартал может быть $1,19-1,21 млрд– Скорр. прибыль Pinterest за прошедший квартал составила $311 млн– Показатель MAU вырос на 11%, до 640 млн, ARPU составил $1,86– Pinterest стал использовать собственные и общедоступные модели ИИ– Дорогие модели Pinterest используют только для сложных задач– Для рутинных задач используются более легкие и дешевые модели– Pinterest ожидает, что расходы на вычисления и токены выраст…

Bloomberg: HPE расширяет линейку сетевого оборудования для клиентов из ИИ-сферы– HPE представила новое сетевое оборудование для дата-центров– Оборудование создано на основе продуктов Juniper Networks– Новые решения удовлетворят спрос клиентов на ИИ-инструменты– Сетевые коммутаторы предназначены для логического вывода– Новые коммутаторы направлены на выполнение ИИ-задач– Набор новых технологий HPE начнет применять Siemens Energy– Отмечается, что технологии помогла разработать Nvidia– Технологии помогут Siemens Energy создать частное облако– Облако сможет решать инженерные задачи компании и др.– Клиенты, внедряющие ИИ, должны обеспечить рост прибыли HPE– HPE приобрела компанию Juniper Network…

Bloomberg: Samsung выиграл контракт на поставку чипов Broadcom на сумму $200 млрд– Samsung заключил контракт на производство чипов для Broadcom– Сумма контракта между компаниями составляет $200+ млрд– Соглашение между Samsung и Broadcom рассчитано на 5 лет до 2030– Сделка расширяет стратегическое сотрудничество двух компаний– Samsung, как и конкурирующая SK Hynix, ускоряет свою экспансию– Компания хочет занять большую долю на рынке ИИ-инфраструктуры– Южная Корея хочет удвоить свои производственные мощности– Ожидается, что удвоить мощности страны получится за след. пять лет– Samsung поддержит ИИ-ускорители след. поколения от Broadcom@ftsec

Reuters: Samsung создает подразделение робототехники– Новое подразделение будет подчиняться напрямую гендиректору Samsung– Робототехника должна стать новой движущей силой роста компании– Новое подразделение компании получило название Robotics eXperience– Команда займется стратегией, разработкой, исследованиями и др.– Группа по разработке стратегии возглавит вице-президент Ли Донкун– Ранее Ли отвечал за робостратегии в компании Hyundai Motor Group– В частности, Ли курировал стратегию робототехники в Boston Dynamics– Samsung создаст исследовательские центры в США, Китае и Японии– Компания также рассмотрит M&A-возможности на рынке робототехники@ftsec

CNBC: Крупнейший фонд благосостояния во всем мире получил рекордную прибыль и раскрыл долю в SpaceX– Суверенный фонд Норвегии получил $184+ млрд прибыли за полгода– Фонд управляет доходом от нефтегазовой промышленности страны– На текущий момент фонд управляет активами на сумму около $2,3 трлн– Фонд поддержал около 7+ тыс. различных компаний из 50+ стран– Отмечается, что фонд владеет 1,5% всех акций, котирующихся на бирже– Росту прибыли за полгода помогли акции азиатских IT-компаний– Акции составляют более двух третей всего портфеля норвежского фонда– Около 40% портфеля составляют акции американских компаний– Самыми ценными активами являются акции Nvidia, Apple и Microsoft– Фонд владеет 0,05…

Bloomberg: Продажи компании Hon Hai, партнера Nvidia, выросли на 54 % благодаря высокому спросу на ИИ– Ежемесячные продажи компании Hon Hai увеличились на 54,2%– Выручка компании за июль 2026 выросла до $29,3 млрд– По итогам квартала аналитики ждут роста выручки на 31,2%– Hon Hai ждет, что поставки стоек для ИИ сохранят рост– За период с апреля по июнь Hon Hai нарастила выручку на 40%– Hon Hai стала ключевым производителем ИИ-оборудования– Компания Hon Hai известна на рынке под названием Foxconn– Росту помогает также спрос на бытовую электронику и др.@ftsec

Bloomberg: Microsoft, Uber и другие компании заменяют сотрудников поддержки на ИИ– Системы чатов и звонков автоматизируют Microsoft, Uber, Hyatt и др.– В ряде случаев значительная часть сотрудников была сокращена– Под сокращения попали тысячи человек, отвечавших за поддержку– Призрак автоматизации давно навис над отраслью дата-центров– В отрасли работают миллионы людей от США до Индии и Филиппин– К 2030 сокращения могут затронуть 50% сотрудников в отрасли– Commonwealth Bank of Australia уволил сотни сотрудников из-за ИИ– Решение позволило банку сэкономить десятки млн долларов/год– Microsoft сократила число сотрудников поддержки с 50 до 40 тыс.– Поддержкой занимались штатные сотрудники и под…