August 9, 2026

Emily Rampling

Tech & AI

Meta Ordered to Pay $567M and Overhaul Teen Safety on Facebook, Instagram

Meta’s latest legal headache comes with a $567 million price tag and a five-year to-do list for Facebook and Instagram. A New Mexico

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Moon phase today explained: What the Moon will look like on August 9, 2026

The New Moon is only a few nights away, so there’s less and less of the Moon to see each evening. Here’s what

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Here Are the First Images of the Crater Left on the Moon by SpaceX’s Rocket

The first images of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stage impact on the moon’s surface have emerged. The Korea Aerospace Research Institute shared

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Planned Amazon data center could become the biggest climate polluter in the U.S.

As part of a planned data center in Pecos County, Texas, Amazon is investing in an on-site power plant that could become the

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Boston Dynamics’ Atlas Robot Can Change Its Own Battery in Under 3 Minutes

Boston Dynamics’ Atlas humanoid robot doesn’t just know when it needs a break. It can swap its own battery and get back to

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Write your next 300K manuscript with AI for just $37

TL;DR: Write a 300K-word manuscript for just $37 with this YouBooks AI lifetime subscription. Writing is just one step in creating a book.

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Census Proposal Would Stop Counting Undocumented Immigrants—and Ignore Race and Sexual Orientation

The US Department of Commerce, which oversees the Census Bureau, is circulating a proposed rule that would cease the collection of demographic data

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X replaces ‘misaligned’ revenue sharing program with Original Content Rewards

X, the social media platform now owned by Elon Musk’s SpaceX, is shaking up how it pays influencers and creators. In announcing the

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Cloudflare Launches Kitesurf, a Lightweight Browser Built for AI Agents

Just like humans, AI Agents need web browsers designed to meet their specific needs. The primary way we access the internet is through

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OpenAI Astra: The mysterious new quantum math-solving model

Do you understand quantum parallel repetition? What about quantum complexity, lattice cryptography, or extremal combinatorics? The new OpenAI model Astra knows all about

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