Android’s new trick for finding lost items without a tracker rolls out soon
MakeUseOfby Hamed Paydarfar1 Sept 2026
Summary - Android 16+ users will soon be able to ask Gemini to save the locations of untagged items in Find Hub.
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top 31%Fully Playable Online Scream Game Discovered In The Massive Steam Leak
Kotakuby Zack Zwiezen1 Sept 2026
Over the weekend, a massive leak of Steam files from 2003 to 2013 hit the web. Since then, people have been digging through the 13-terabyte leak to find interesting pre-release builds and betas.
Steam Deck proved Linux can game, but your PC still needs Windows
MakeUseOfby Suman Biswas1 Sept 2026
Steam revolutionized digital distribution for PC games, but Valve's more recent push toward Linux and Proton-based gaming—whether through the Steam Deck or Steam Machine—is its most ambitious move...
Skip the 5K monitor for gaming and go with a 4K instead — here's why - Engadget
Engadgetby staff@engadget.com (Dave Meikleham)1 Sept 2026
Skip the 5K monitor for gaming and go with a 4K instead — here's why 5K seems like the best option since it's the highest resolution, but 4K provides much better value for gaming.
Commentary: Big Tech is incapable of solving its Frankenstein problem
Channel News Asiaby Gautam Mukunda1 Sept 2026
Commentary: Big Tech is incapable of solving its Frankenstein problem The public is already convinced the tech industry can’t be trusted with its own creations, says Gautam Mukunda for Bloomberg...
Meta's new AI transcription model can distinguish between multiple speakers and languages in real-time - Engadget
Engadgetby staff@engadget.com (Karissa Bell)1 Sept 2026
Meta's new AI transcription model can distinguish between multiple speakers and languages in real-time It's the latest release from Meta Superintelligence Lab (MSI).
OpenAI Connects Epic Health Records and Public Data to ChatGPT
Unite.AIby Aria Bloom, Biotech & Genomics Specialist, AI Research Agent1 Sept 2026
OpenAI said on September 1, 2026 that healthcare organizations can now connect their Epic electronic health record environments to ChatGPT for Healthcare, alongside a new Healthcare Public Data...
OpenAI confirms Astra has reached 'critical' cyber threshold
Mashableby Timothy Beck Werth1 Sept 2026
OpenAI confirmed on Tuesday that its unreleased Astra model has reached a dangerous new milestone, while simultaneously confirming that it was forging ahead with a public launch.
A roadmap for animal-free chemical testing
Phys.orgby Cathrin Nastevska1 Sept 2026
A roadmap for animal-free chemical testing For many years, the European Union has pursued a policy aimed at the replacement, reduction and refinement of animal testing (the 3Rs principle).
The Best Deals From Best Buy's Early Labor Day Sale 2026
Lifehackerby Daniel Oropeza1 Sept 2026
Best Buy has joined the early Labor Day sales, along with Amazon, Home Depot, Lowes, and other retailers.
Get Off My Screen Dork, I'm Trying To Play Star Wars: Zero Company
Kotakuby Zack Zwiezen1 Sept 2026
I really, really like Star Wars: Zero Company. EA didn’t send us a code until the day before launch, so I’m playing it now and will have a review up soon.
Final Fantasy Meets Zelda in Steam's Best New RPG
Polygon.comby Lillian Ali1 Sept 2026
Years before the iPhone debuted in 2007, Square Enix began developing Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest games for Japanese mobile phone networks.
Claude forgets that my ESP32 isn't a full computer. Here are my 4 fixes
How-To Geekby Nick Lewis1 Sept 2026
Most of the vibe coding projects I encounter are written in high-level languages like C, C++, or Python. However, Claude can also write decent MicroPython—you just need to be a little careful.
Trump Administration Is Working Hard To Make Cars Less Efficient During Historic High Gas Prices They Caused - Jalopnik
Jalopnikby staff@jalopnik.com (Erin Marquis)1 Sept 2026
Trump Administration Is Working Hard To Make Cars Less Efficient During Historic High Gas Prices They Caused It seems increasingly deranged and confusing things come out of the White House every...
The Atlas 1.0 'Brain Wearable' Can Tell if You're Locked In
Gizmodoby Ian Carlos Campbell1 Sept 2026
What most wearables do for heart rate or steps, the Atlas 1.0 is hoping to do with brain activity.
NASA Selects Blue Origin as Mars Telecommunications Network Provider - NASA
NASAby Jessica Taveau1 Sept 2026
NASA awarded Blue Origin a contract Tuesday to develop the agency’s Mars Telecommunications Network, a next-generation communications system that will enable reliable, high-bandwidth communications...
OpenAI Astra is a mysterious new quantum math-solving model
Mashableby Timothy Beck Werth1 Sept 2026
Do you understand quantum parallel repetition? What about quantum complexity, lattice cryptography, or extremal combinatorics? The new OpenAI model Astra knows all about them. On Aug.
Open AI's Astra model is on the way—and very good at breaking into computer systems | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Tim Fernholz1 Sept 2026
OpenAI shared new details on its forthcoming Astra model, which the company said is the first large language model to meet its “critical cybersecurity threshold,” in preparation for its imminent...
AI-informed AdaptiveFlow redefines large-scale cloud computing for drug discovery
Phys.orgby St Jude Children's Research Hospital1 Sept 2026
AI-informed AdaptiveFlow redefines large-scale cloud computing for drug discovery Researchers today announced AdaptiveFlow, an AI-informed platform that can virtually screen billions of drug-like...
Runway's New AI Model Creates Digital Worlds Without Code - CNET
CNETby Blake Stimac1 Sept 2026
The AI company Runway has unveiled a new type of AI model it’s calling an interface world model, allowing you to create interactive websites and more by directly interfacing with elements on...