Engadgetby staff@engadget.com (Matt Tate)26 Aug 2026
IKEA and Xbox have fully unveiled their new furniture collection at Gamescom Who hasn’t dreamt of sitting on a green stool modeled like a thumbstick?
TechCrunchby Ivan Mehta26 Aug 2026
Amazon’s smart home division Ring said on Wednesday that it is adopting a new encryption standard called TAKE (Throw Away the Key Encryption) as the default setting for video encryption and user...
Phys.orgby La Trobe University26 Aug 2026
AI robot trains teachers to handle heated issues Researchers at La Trobe University are using a robot driven by artificial intelligence (AI) to better prepare teachers to deal with challenging...
FOX Newsby Rachel Wolf26 Aug 2026
A Chicago-based startup is testing a new approach to gunshot detection technology that transforms smartphones into acoustic sensors, potentially saving lives.
TechCrunchby Russell Brandom26 Aug 2026
Bill Gates posted a long essay to his Gates Notes site today, showing just how much the Microsoft co-founder has been thinking about the social impacts of AI.
Cult of Macby Luke Dormehl26 Aug 2026
August 26, 1991: In their first joint interview, Steve Jobs and Bill Gates trade barbs and debate “the future of the PC” in Fortune magazine.
TechCrunchby Zack Whittaker26 Aug 2026
U.S. cybersecurity agency CISA said it has observed cyberattacks targeting over 100 internet-exposed systems across the U.S.
How-To Geekby Sydney Butler26 Aug 2026
It's been over 20 years since I had to compile a Linux kernel, and that's because the boxed copy of Red Hat Linux someone gifted me wasn't going to work with my PC back then without adding stuff...
Engadgetby staff@engadget.com (Kris Holt)26 Aug 2026
Meta will pay up to $18 billion to settle states' lawsuit alleging harms to young users The company called on YouTube and TikTok to join it in setting time limits for teens.
The Independentby Andrew Griffin26 Aug 2026
Meta is about to make dramatic changes to Instagram and Facebook as part of a historic legal settlement. Now, Meta has agreed to settle that case, though it has not admitted any wrongdoing.
Latest from Ideal Home in Newsby Holly Cockburn26 Aug 2026
Retro is back in a big way in 2026, and our kitchens are proving to be the best place to try out the trend.
Phys.orgby Sungkyunkwan University26 Aug 2026
LLM-based platform for generating new materials synthesis recipes dramatically cuts trial and error A research team led by Professor Sung Beom Cho of the School of Advanced Materials Science and...
BMWBLOGby Horatiu Boeriu26 Aug 2026
Article Summary - Van Meel calls copying V8/V10 sound into EVs "copycat behavior" and won't do it - BMW's own sound engineers say the S85 V10 sounds like a kitchen appliance at a steady 6,000 rpm -...
InfoQby Leela Kumili26 Aug 2026
AWS has outlined a specification-driven composition pattern for building flexible data transformation workflows, separating workflow intent from processing logic to reduce duplicated pipeline code...
Polygon.comby Willa Rowe26 Aug 2026
Lego and Batman goes together like peanut butter in jelly in a way that shouldn't work as well as it does.
Gizmodoby Kyle Barr26 Aug 2026
Despite it putting an end to the “everything is an Xbox” era, Microsoft keeps implying that even a stool can be an Xbox.
The Independentby Andrew Griffin26 Aug 2026
Meta will pay up to $17.1 billion and make sweeping changes to Instagram and Facebook to settle a major US court case.
Hackadayby Zoe Skyforest26 Aug 2026
Printed circuit boards were developed first for function over form. They were a way to mount components and connect them in a stable, robust fashion, while taking into regard things like packaging...
Mashableby Soumya Kumar26 Aug 2026
TL;DR: IKEA and Xbox teamed up on Yxstaby, a nine-piece gaming furniture collection featuring a rolling TV stand, a toolbox that doubles as a laptop stand, a side table for controllers, a monitor...
ABC News Australia26 Aug 2026
Meta has agreed to pay $US17 billion (AUD$23.6 billion) and add child-safety measures to its Facebook and Instagram platforms to end a landmark trial over teen social media addiction and settle...
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