AMD GAIA 0.23 Delivers Ability To Install/Run AI Agents From The Terminal
AMD GAIA 0.23 Delivers Ability To Install/Run AI Agents From The Terminal AMD's GAIA open-source AI software built atop Lemonade for serving as an AI companion for emails, a Bash coding agent, and oth…
Microsoft Retreats In China…
Microsoft Retreats In China https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/08/13/2114239/microsoft-retreats-in-china?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon
US wait times for cancer surgeries are getting longer and longer
US wait times for cancer surgeries are getting longer and longer Study finds wait times for cancer surgeries hit 10-year high. https://arstechnica.com/health/2026/08/us-wait-times-for-cancer-surgeries…
Microsoft Is Combining Its Copilot Apps Ahead of a 'Super App'…
Microsoft Is Combining Its Copilot Apps Ahead of a 'Super App' https://slashdot.org/story/26/08/13/1943229/microsoft-is-combining-its-copilot-apps-ahead-of-a-super-app?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon
Virgin Galactic wants your help naming its new Delta class spaceship
Virgin Galactic wants your help naming its new Delta class spaceship Will it be the VSS... Horizon , Explorer , Ascend or Apeiron ? https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/08/virgin-galactic-wants-your-hel…
KDE, Techpaladin & Kubuntu Focus Announce The Bullet-Proof KDE Software…
KDE, Techpaladin & Kubuntu Focus Announce The Bullet-Proof KDE Software Initiative KDE e.V. along with Linux PC vendor Kubuntu Focus and KDE-aligned consulting firm Techpaladin Software have announced…
White House recruits security firms to hack overseas cybercriminals
White House recruits security firms to hack overseas cybercriminals Trump memo is first time gov't has authorized private sector to perform cyber attacks. https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/08/whit…
The Best Linux 7.2 Features: Cache Aware Scheduling, AMD Zen 6, AMDGPU HDMI…
The Best Linux 7.2 Features: Cache Aware Scheduling, AMD Zen 6, AMDGPU HDMI 2.1 FRL With the Linux 7.2 kernel expected to be released on Sunday, 16 August, here is a look at some of the most interesti…
Amazon Will Train On Twitch Streamers' Content By Default, Unless They Opt Out…
Amazon Will Train On Twitch Streamers' Content By Default, Unless They Opt Out https://games.slashdot.org/story/26/08/13/1853232/amazon-will-train-on-twitch-streamers-content-by-default-unless-they-op…
Updated Coreboot/Dasharo For MSI PRO Z690-A / Z790-P Motherboards, Adds…
Updated Coreboot/Dasharo For MSI PRO Z690-A / Z790-P Motherboards, Adds Overclocking In addition to 3mdeb providing their Coreboot-based Dasharo built atop AMD openSIL on a Gigabyte EPYC server mother…
Anthropic Could Be Worth $2 Trillion When It Goes Public…
Anthropic Could Be Worth $2 Trillion When It Goes Public https://slashdot.org/story/26/08/13/1846256/anthropic-could-be-worth-2-trillion-when-it-goes-public?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon
Google announces Gemini 3.7 Flash just three weeks after previous release
Google announces Gemini 3.7 Flash just three weeks after previous release Gemini 3.6 Flash debuted just 3 weeks ago, but Google says 3.7 has "substantial improvements." https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026…
The new Instagram logo is the perfect embodiment of AI slop
The new Instagram logo is the perfect embodiment of AI slop Opinion: Some remarks about the new wordmark accidentally being perfectly awful. https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/08/the-new-instagram-logo-i…
Flock “can’t tech its way out” of the stalker cop problem, experts say
Flock “can’t tech its way out” of the stalker cop problem, experts say Flock to lock out cops who stalk exes, but agencies can still hide abuse. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/08/flock-cant-…
World's Largest 106-Foot Electric Plane Takes Maiden Flight In New York…
World's Largest 106-Foot Electric Plane Takes Maiden Flight In New York https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/08/13/1625200/worlds-largest-106-foot-electric-plane-takes-maiden-flight-in-new-york?utm_sour…
Apple Turns to Publishers For Help With Siri AI…
Apple Turns to Publishers For Help With Siri AI https://apple.slashdot.org/story/26/08/13/1616254/apple-turns-to-publishers-for-help-with-siri-ai?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon
Trump wants to grant private cyber firms a license to hack back
Donald Trump is allowing government agencies to contract private cybersecurity companies to carry out operations against cyber-enabled transnational criminal organizations (CE-TCOs). The US President …
This JCB doesn't dig – it does 406 mph
A JCB has set a new world land speed record, passing 406 mph (653 kph) at Utah's Bonneville Salt Flats. The JCB in question isn't a digger or a dumper, but a hydrogen-powered racer known as the JCB Hy…
Claude's new Scarlet Letter watermark is invisible — for now
Claude's new Scarlet Letter watermark is invisible — for now The mark flags anything Claude processed, even human writing it only edited. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/08/claudes-new-scarle…
University of Michigan Drops First-Semester Grades to 'Curb Mental Health…
University of Michigan Drops First-Semester Grades to 'Curb Mental Health Crisis' https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/08/13/0433248/university-of-michigan-drops-first-semester-grades-to-curb-mental-hea…
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