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Noom Promo Codes: 50% Off Best Deals & Free Trials for August 2026
Since the rise of GLP-1 medications, Noom has also introduced a model that helps GLP-1 users taking WeGovy, Ozempic,…
Techmeme
Sources: AI-drafted bills are swamping the US House's Legislative Counsel, which now spends more time fixing them than it would spend to draft them from scratch (Owen Dahlkamp/Politico)
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Rogue Studio, which calls itself a "playground for creative ethical mischief", launches Rogue 1.0, an AI video tool to make adult content of Hollywood quality (Jason Parham/Wired)
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Pornhub's parent company, Aylo, will pay $120M to settle two 2021 class action lawsuits in California and Alabama alleging it profited from child abuse material (Samantha Cole/404 Media)
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US vaccination rates fall again as exemptions continue to rise, CDC data shows
Still falling US vaccination rates fall again as exemptions continue to rise, CDC data shows Again, the CDC did not…
Techmeme
David Sacks says "Dario Amodei believes frontier AI is too powerful to distribute; we believe it is too powerful to centralize" after Amodei shared policy ideas (David Sacks/@davidsacks)
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Sources: Google has told suppliers it plans to move all Pixel phone, smartwatch, and wireless earbud manufacturing out of China in 2027 amid US-China tensions (Lauly Li/Nikkei Asia)
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Discord suspends livestreams in Brazil, after the country's data protection authority ordered it last week, saying Discord failed to protect children and teens (Associated Press)
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Sources: Crusoe is in IPO talks with at least four Wall Street banks, including JPMorgan, which is advising on its $3B pre-IPO fundraise set to value it at $35B (Alan Neuhauser/Axios)
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AI automation startup Relay shuts down, staff joins Google’s Chrome team
Relay, an AI-powered workflow automation tool that was launched in 2021 with the goal of becoming the new Zapier, is…
WIRED
What Is El Niño? Here’s What It Means for Weather, Water, and Global Economy
Ritsuko KawaiScienceAug 17, 2026 5:28 PMWhat Is El Niño? Here’s What It Means for Weather, Water, and Global…
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Opening arguments begin Tuesday in the state AGs' social media addiction lawsuit against Meta; New Mexico AG says the consequences could be "astronomical" (Jonathan Vanian/CNBC)
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The Verge
Wordle meets Clippy in this new word game
Andrew joined The Verge in 2012, writing over 4,000 stories.Like many of us, Sam Rosenthal plays games like Wordle…
TechCrunch
Higgsfield raises $400M Series B, quadrupling its valuation in 8 months to $5.4B
In Brief Posted: 12:04 PM PDT · August 17, 2026 Image Credits:Paul Devlin / Contributor Dominic-Madori Davis…
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African defense tech company Terra Industries, founded in 2024, raised a $52M seed round from 8VC and others, and says it's on track to book $100M in contracts (Dominic-Madori Davis/TechCrunch)
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Microsoft says GitHub is down worldwide, with its website, API, Actions, Pull Requests, and other services impacted; GitHub confirmed the outage at 13:40 UTC (Mayank Parmar/BleepingComputer)
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WordPress.com targets the next generation of web creators with a free student plan
Automattic has introduced WordPress.com Education, a free plan for teachers and students that provides each student…
The Verge
WiiM’s capable HomePod-esque smart speaker is almost $50 off
Also, you can save on a 58-inch Hisense 4K Roku TV and more.We’ve got indoor speaker deals and outdoor headphone…
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CookUnity Prepared Meal Delivery Review (2026): Chef-Centric Meals
Matthew KorfhageGearAug 17, 2026 7:01 AMReview (2026): CookUnity Prepared Delivery MealsI’ve tried most of the…
theregister
Part didn't fit so techie got out his screwdriver. Then something flew off the motherboard
Then something flew off the motherboard Whatever it was broke a PC and led to a face-saving lie Simon Sharwood Simon…
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I’m hooked on Peak Design’s new City bags
See our ethics statement.by Thomas RickerCloseThomas RickerDeputy EditorPosts from this author will be added to your…
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Black Hat and DEF CON are AI conferences now, too
You can listen to the latest episode of The Kettle right here on this page, as well as on Spotify, Apple Music, or…
Techmeme
How US industrial companies like Caterpillar, Cummins, Eaton, and Ford are pivoting their businesses to feed a booming AI data-center market for power equipment (Bob Tita/Wall Street Journal)
US industrial companies are shifting their focus to supply the growing AI data-center market with power equipment.…
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Qwen 3.8 27B shows a 17GB open-weight general purpose model can have long context, effective tool calling, strong vision ability, and competent code generation (Simon Willison/Simon Willison's Weblog)
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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" (Ezra Reguerra/Cointelegraph)
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AI video generation startup Higgsfield raised $400M from DST, Goldman Sachs, Liberty Global, Intel, and others at a $5.4B valuation, up from $1.3B in January (James Fontanella-Khan/Financial Times)
AI video generation startup Higgsfield has raised $400M in funding at a $5.4B valuation. This investment is a…
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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 (John Gruber/Daring Fireball)
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Pathway, which is developing AI models based on what it calls its "Post-Transformer" BDH architecture, raised a $30M seed at a $500M valuation (Antoine Tardif/Unite.AI)
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BlackBerry posted a positive cash position in Q1, its first cash-positive first quarter in any fiscal year since 2017, driven by its QNX and Secusmart products (Ilya Gridneff/Financial Times)
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Hugging Face says developers made 151K+ derivatives based on Qwen models, topping others, making Qwen one of the largest foundations in the open model ecosystem (Hugging Face)
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Fields Medalist Timothy Gowers says most famous mathematics problems solved by LLMs so far have almost all been with counterexamples rather than proofs (Timothy Gowers/Gowers's Weblog)
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So much solar: Digging into the list of every US power plant that went online this year
solar surge So much solar: Digging into the list of every US power plant that went online this year Utility-scale…
TechCrunch
Hyperscalers might regret embracing natural gas if new forecast proves correct
After years of snapping up wind and solar developments, hyperscalers like Amazon, Google, Meta, and Microsoft are…
Techmeme
Source: Greg Brockman is "in founder mode" and getting more involved across every level of OpenAI to build out a leadership team ahead of an expected IPO (Madison Mills/Axios)
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French tax authority admits data heist after crook touts 2M records
REG AD googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('labrador/thereg/article/desktop/b'); }); ZeroBytes also…
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Apple trained its own AI model for China with help from Alibaba
Historically, Apple has used domestic Chinese models to bring generative AI to its devices sold there, as the US…
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WIRED
Dell XPS 13 Review: Move Over, Neo
16-GB model available, unlike MacBook Neo.TIRED8 GB of RAM in base model is just not enough. No headphone jack.It’s…
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This Art Project Slows Down Citi Bikes to Make NYC’s Rent Crisis Feel Real
Brooklyn artist Justin Blinder created the Ground Truth device, which adds resistance to Citi Bikes in neighborhoods…
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Her Brain Was Broken. It Was Fixed With Sound—Not a Scalpel
A woman named Erin McNulty struggled with meth addiction for years, trying various treatments without success. Her…
WIRED
Best Computer Monitors (2026): The Home Office Upgrade You Need
If you work from home as I do, your monitor is your window into your trade, whether that's scrolling through endless…
WIRED
5 Weird Tricks for Having a Brain
The Big StoryAug 14, 2026 6:00 AMThe WIRED Guide to Expanding Your MindFrom the multibrained octopus to the bitty…
WIRED
People Are ‘Marrying’ Chatbots. These Lawmakers Want to Stop Them
Jason ParhamCultureAug 14, 2026 6:15 AMPeople Are ‘Marrying’ Chatbots. These Lawmakers Want to Stop ThemHuman-AI…
WIRED
I Wore an Electrical Muscle Stimulation Body Suit to Zap Myself Into Fitness
Christopher NullGearAug 14, 2026 6:30 AMI Wore an Electrical Muscle Stimulation Body Suit to Zap Myself Into…
WIRED
Best Pixel 10 Cases and Accessories (2026): Mous, dbrand, Bellroy
The article reviews the top cases and accessories for Google’s Pixel 10 series, emphasizing the need for protection…
TechCrunch
Uber and Pony.ai plan to bring 2,000 robotaxis to Europe
Uber and Pony.ai have announced an expanded partnership to deploy up to 2,000 robotaxis across four European cities.…
WIRED
These ‘Masturbation Consultants’ Were Hired to Pleasure Themselves With AI
Mattha BusbyCultureAug 14, 2026 6:45 AMThese ‘Masturbation Consultants’ Were Hired to Pleasure Themselves With AIJoi…
WIRED
FTC Strikes Deals to Ignore Unlawful Credit Discrimination
Coulter and an attorney that represented both Coulter and DePaola in the 2024 settlement did not respond to requests…
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Zuckerberg’s Anti-Doom Fantasy + Finally an A.I. Detector That Works + A.I. Math
“The first rule of Mark Zuckerberg is never count out Mark Zuckerberg.”
WIRED
The 4 Best Planners of 2026: Roterunner, Hobonichi, Cloth & Paper
Nena Farrell GearAug 14, 2026 7:33 AMI’ve Tested Dozens of Planners. These Are the Best OnesIf digital calendars are…
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