August 9, 2026

Emily Rampling

Tech & AI

Influencers draw backlash for attending OpenAI’s first luxury trip

OpenAI’s first-ever influencer brand trip is sparking online backlash as tensions over the use of AI continue.  Over the weekend, OpenAI took what

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Why Investors See More Payoff in Microsoft’s AI Spending Than Meta’s

Microsoft shares rose 15.5% on July 30, while Meta fell 8%, giving investors two sharply different ways to assess Big Tech’s AI infrastructure

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Best noise-cancelling headphones deal: Save over $60 on Sony WH-1000XM6 at Amazon

SAVE $61.99: As of Aug. 3, the Sony WH-1000XM6 noise-cancelling headphones are on sale at Amazon for just $398, down from their full

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Best Robot Lawn Mowers (2026): My Picks After 3 Years of Testing

Mowers I Am Currently Testing I am testing the Sunseeker X7 Gen 2 next, and then the Eufy C15 and a Roborock mower.

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A Marc Benioff-backed startup thinks AI can solve the AI deployment problem

It’s so hard for big businesses to get AI tools working reliably that whole new organizations of forward-deployed engineers or FDEs— specialists who

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Samsung Earnings Put New Foldables at the Center of Its Asia Strategy

Samsung’s record second-quarter earnings were powered almost entirely by its semiconductor business, masking losses in the division that includes smartphones, televisions and home

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Moon phase today explained: What the Moon will look like on August 3, 2026

The Moon is now losing more of its light, with the next major milestone in its cycle being the Third Quarter phase. Here’s

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The James Webb Telescope Is Changing Astronomers’ Understanding of the Ancient Cosmos

To test these new ideas, researchers are exploring the infant universe through simulations. “There’s actually been really remarkable progress since Webb launched, really

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The global memory shortage hits the MacBook Air

The global memory chip shortage is affecting the availability of Apple’s most popular Mac, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. Gurman said the shortage

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Meta’s Personal AI Agents Face EU Data and Profiling Rules

Meta AI can now connect to calendars and email, build plans, and complete multistep tasks — an early move toward the personal agents

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