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Tap or Swipe: How Mobile Wallets Affect the Payment Method Dichotomy
Whether it’s through tapping-to-pay, swiping a card through a reader, or inserting a chip, card-based payment methods have become a staple of making everyday purchases. For years, it seemed as if such payment methods,…
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MacRumors
Grok Bot Brings Always-On AI Agents to macOS and iOS
Grok Bot Brings Always-On AI Agents to macOS and iOSTuesday August 11, 2026 1:34 pm PDT by Juli CloverElon Musk's…
Android Authority
Waze’s police alerts are MIA for some
He started contributing to Android Authority team in August 2026. Prior to this, Karan served as a full-time News…
WIRED
Is It Safe to Eat Lettuce Yet?
Confirmed and suspected cases number more than 22,000 across 15 states, with 517 people requiring hospitalization. But…
XDA Developers
Motherboards still have a port that nobody has needed in 20 years, but there's a real reason why
An MBA in Marketing and the owner of a PC building business, he writes on PC hardware, technology, and Windows. When…
Techmeme
Filings show Uber divested from long-time partner Serve Robotics in Q2, as the companies clash over how to deploy delivery robots; Serve has a DoorDash deal (Natalie Lung/Bloomberg)
Mashable
Made by Google 2026: Heres what to expect
Home > Tech Made by Google 2026: Here's what to expect Trevor Noah hosts a starry Made by Google lineup as leaks…
Tom's Hardware
Razer Naga V3 Pro Review: My new 23-button mouse
If you know anything about me, you know I love a mouse with 19+ buttons. That's why I've been using Razer's Naga V2…
Digital Trends
Beeper just solved the headache of messaging the same person on four different apps
During a regular workday, I text the same handful of people across three or four different apps. It’s mostly Teams or…
TechSpot
License plate readers can now track your phone too, thanks to new surveillance tech
Opinion Security Electronics privacy transportation License plate readers can now track your phone too, thanks to new…
Gizmodo
Water Levels in America’s Largest Reservoirs Are Getting Scary Low
A literal watershed moment in the Colorado River crisis came Friday when Lake Mead, the largest reservoir in the…
CNET — News
PlayStation 5 Is Getting a Wolverine Yellow Makeover, and It’ll Cost You $650
Tech > Gaming > PlayStation PlayStation 5 Is Getting a Wolverine Yellow Makeover, and It’ll Cost You $650 Fans can…
CNET — News
Apple’s 20th Anniversary All-Glass iPhone Is Still on the Menu, Report Says
Tech > Mobile Apple’s 20th Anniversary All-Glass iPhone Is Still on the Menu, Report Says Bloomberg reported the…
Gizmodo
FlightAware Is Suing Kalshi Over Flight Cancellation Bets
Kalshi, the prediction market platform that lets users wager on everything from sports and politics to drug trials, is…
9to5Mac
iPhone 18 Pro: Three new camera upgrades are coming
Here are the three main camera features currently rumored. Camera rumors for iPhone 18 Pro center on three upgrades…
AppleInsider
Everyone at Apple is calling the foldable 'iPhone Ultra'
Lifehacker
The Best Way to Get Past an Article's Paywall
The era of the free internet is long over: As the online ad market has collapsed in recent years, largely thanks to…
Hackaday
Splitting a Ball Bearing to Cut Out Backlash
Splitting A Ball Bearing To Cut Out Backlash No comments by: Aaron Beckendorf August 11, 2026 Title: Copy Short Link:…
TechCrunch
Uber surprised robotics company Serve by selling its entire stake
Uber has sold off its entire stake in Serve Robotics, the autonomous delivery robot company that spun out of the…
TechRadar
Nashville will use 'eminent domain' to block a $700 million data center threatening iconic zoo
Pro Nashville will use 'eminent domain' to block a $700 million data center threatening iconic zoo News By Rahim Amir…
AppleInsider
Golf's US Open Championship could come to Apple TV in latest sports bid
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Tech Life
But these photos could also be taken by criminals and used to make distressing deepfake AI images. We speak to the…
TechRadar
Apple and the curse of the mythical next thing
Phones iPhone Apple and the curse of the mythical next thing Opinion By Lance Ulanoff Published 11 August 2026 Forget…
9to5Mac
Court rejects Apple’s attempt to postpone App Store fee proceedings in Epic Games case
A court has rejected Apple's attempt to postpone App Store fee proceedings in the Epic Games case. The decision means…
XDA Developers
Most people pay $20 for Claude Code, but OpenCode Go is $10 and I can barely spend a dollar of it
My Bachelor’s thesis was conducted on the viability of benchmarking the non-functional elements of Android apps and…
Digital Trends
Formula E is coming to Disney+, bringing electric racing to a much bigger audience
Formula E is getting a rather big streaming upgrade. The multi-year deal was announced this week and will also include…
CNET
Parents’ Stress Leads to More Screen Time for Kids, Study Finds
News > Social Media Parents’ Stress Leads to More Screen Time for Kids, Study Finds Experts say families should create…
Tom's Hardware
Razer Naga V3 Pro mouse is a honed MMO weapon with 23 programmable buttons — more customizable controls and lighter weight come at the same price as its predecessor
With the Naga V3 Pro, Razer has also transitioned to the company's Gen 4 optical mouse switches for the main buttons.…
Gizmodo
Mayor Mamdani Joins Push to Reclassify Amazon Delivery Drivers as Employees
If you live in range of an Amazon warehouse, you’ve probably seen the company’s fancy, electric Rivian fleet pulling…
Tom's Guide
Google Pixel 11 Pro XL benchmarks leak — and Tensor G6 is 96% slower than Galaxy S26 Ultra
Phones Android Phones Google Phones Google Pixel 11 Pro XL benchmarks leak — and Tensor G6 is 96% slower than Galaxy…
The Verge
ChatGPT and Gemini both just passed 1 billion users
Image: GoogleFor the 14th time, a Google product has hit 1 billion users. Google CEO Sundar Pichai posted on X that a…
Boing Boing
Man, those Romans sure lost a lot of cargo boats
Boing Boing
How Disney builds immersive theme park worlds from their movies
Boing Boing
Manitoba's premier: booze returns when the Epstein files do
Boing Boing
DoorDash sprints towards replacing its drivers with robots
Boing Boing
SteamOS is coming to more computers
Tom's Guide
Nvidia RTX Spark Geekbench scores just leaked — should Apple be worried about the fastest Windows laptops on the planet?
Computing Hardware CPUs Nvidia RTX Spark Geekbench scores just leaked — should Apple be worried about the fastest…
TechCrunch
FBI says cybercriminals are hacking into victims’ online accounts to steal their intimate pictures
The perpetrators rely largely on social engineering tactics to target people, the alert said, and victims are often…
9to5Mac
‘Everyone’ at Apple uses iPhone Ultra name, says Mark Gurman
Ever since rumors about the first foldable iPhone started, the model has commonly been called ‘iPhone Fold.’ But…
Techmeme
Similarweb: Bluesky's mobile MAUs fell 27% YoY to 10.4M in June and DAUs fell 26% to 3M in July; X's mobile MAUs fell 3% to 302M and DAUs fell 7% to 123.7M (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
Phoronix
Intel CPU Microcode 20260811 Release Fixes Eight Security Issues
Intel CPU Microcode 20260811 Release Fixes Eight Security Issues Written by Michael Larabel in Intel on 11 August 2026…
Gizmodo
The ‘Possession’ Remake That Nobody Asked for Now Has a Release Date
Remember when Luca Guadagnino dared to attempt a remake of Dario Argento’s Suspiria a few years back? The end result…
Ars Technica
Used EV buying guide: The $30,000 edition
prices go up tho Used EV buying guide: The $30,000 edition Depending on the model, you might have hundreds to choose…
Gizmodo
Physicists Made 10,000 Particles Defy Newton’s Third Law for an Hour. Here’s How
Some laws of physics are so fundamental that they’ve served as the baseline for science for centuries. But with…
XDA Developers
I stopped browsing for 3D prints and started fixing the annoying things around my house instead
He holds an undergraduate degree in English, a Master's degree in English with a focus on professional writing and…
Mashable
Windows license price hikes could make PCs even more expensive, report says
Home > Tech > Laptops Windows license price hikes could make PCs even more expensive, report says As if RAMageddon…
9to5Google
Gemini app hits 1 billion monthly users, Google teases what’s next
CEO Sundar Pichai announced the milestone, with Gemini being Google’s “fastest growing product ever.” It is the…
Gizmodo
California Building ‘AI Cyber Defense Fund’ to Protect Critical Infrastructure From Hackers
California, the cradle of the American AI industry, is taking cybersecurity into its own hands. “The digital…
WIRED
How and When to View the Perseid Meteor Shower (August 2026)
Jorge GarayScienceAug 11, 2026 3:15 PMHow and When to View the Perseid Meteor Shower This WeekThe Perseids will peak…
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