• 7 minutes 38 seconds
    Meta faces a $1.4 trillion reckoning in latest trial over social media addiction

    Dozens of states accuse the company of violating the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act.

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    20 August 2026, 8:30 pm
  • 6 minutes 38 seconds
    A robot may soon conduct your blood draw, traffic deaths increase after major music streaming releases, and NASA called off its mission to rescue the Swift observatory

    -The Aletta robot uses near-infrared light and Doppler ultrasound to identify a vein and then automates the other processes of a blood draw, such as applying a tourniquet, inserting and disposing of a needle and placing a bandage on the patient.

    -The study looked at 233,809 fatal collisions between 2017 and 2022, comparing the incidence rate of car accidents on album release days against the 10 days immediately before and after each release.

    -NASA has announced that Katalyst Space's LINK spacecraft will no longer dock with the satellite and boost it to a higher altitude as planned.

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    20 August 2026, 12:30 pm
  • 7 minutes 10 seconds
    Reddit is experimenting with video and audio versions of posts

    The company wants users to be able to watch and listen to conversations.

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    19 August 2026, 8:30 pm
  • 8 minutes 36 seconds
    AI-generated bills are reportedly causing problems in the Capitol, ICE Agents have been restricted from using Meta glasses while working, and X’s algorithm apparently prioritizes ragebait disproportionately impacting Democrats

    -Politico's sources said lawyers at the US House Office of Legislative Counsel are spending more time reviewing and rewriting them than they would have if they had written the bills from scratch.

    -In one case, reported by 404 Media, a CBP agent was spotted recording with his glasses despite the policy. In another instance, a member of Border Patrol wore a pair to an immigration raid.

    -On X, replying is weighted much more heavily than liking, despite replies accounting for under seven percent of interactions on the platform.

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    19 August 2026, 12:10 pm
  • 6 minutes 46 seconds
    Another woman joins the lawsuit accusing Grok of generating CSAM

    A Wyoming woman said that her stepfather created thousands of fake sexually explicit images of her through the AI chatbot.

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    18 August 2026, 8:30 pm
  • 7 minutes 26 seconds
    Meta faces a $1.4 trillion reckoning in its latest trial, ByteDance agrees to reel in its AI models, and Reddit is experimenting with video and audio versions of posts

    -Claims from California, Colorado, Kentucky and New Jersey say that Meta violated state consumer protection laws by intentionally misleading the public about the safety of its apps.

    -This memorandum applies to all AI models from ByteDance, including those used on TikTok, TikTok USDS Joint Venture, CapCut and Dreamina. 

    -Reddit describes the test as a "limited experiment" affecting "a sample of posts across select communities" on the platform.

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    18 August 2026, 11:30 am
  • 7 minutes 30 seconds
    DeepSeek's AI models are about to cost four times more

    Prices at off-peak hours will be half the peak-hour pricing.

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    17 August 2026, 8:30 pm
  • 7 minutes 48 seconds
    OpenAI reportedly disbanded its preparedness team as part of a 'streamlining' process, another woman joined a lawsuit accusing Grok of generating CSAM, and Anthropic is watermarking text generated by Claude to comply with EU law

    -Several departures have led to concerns that the company is ignoring safety in favor of growth

    -As first reported by the Washington Post, the woman, named as Jane Doe 4 in the lawsuit, said that her stepfather used Grok to create "thousands of sexually explicit images of her as a child and traded them online."

    -The company said its text watermarking will not have easy-to-see visuals, will not be distinguishable to the people who read it and will not be adding hidden characters to the text.

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    17 August 2026, 11:15 am
  • 6 minutes 2 seconds
    Meta is giving away 15,000 AI glasses to blind and visually impaired people in Ireland

    It's one way to change the perception of the glasses.

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    14 August 2026, 8:30 pm
  • 8 minutes 14 seconds
    DeepSeek's AI models pricing to rise 4x, Apple sent warnings to targets of mercenary spyware attacks, and the US gov't to allow private companies to carry out cyberattacks on its behalf

    -The company said it's adopting a new peak and off-peak pricing to "allocate resources more reasonably," starting on August 16

    -Most users will never be targeted by mercenary spyware, but they're also difficult to detect and prevent.”

    -Traditionally, the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, one of the main laws that criminalizes hacking, unauthorized computer access and other cyberattacks, has applied to private companies and individuals alike.

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    14 August 2026, 12:15 pm
  • 6 minutes 36 seconds
    Government workers can officially waste time scrolling TikTok again

    The app was banned from government devices in 2022.

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    13 August 2026, 8:30 pm
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