August 19, 2026

Tech & AI

Tech & AI

Why people aren’t buying Mark Zuckerberg’s AI future

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg published a 6,500 word essay this week declaring that “The Future is for Everyone” and painting an optimistic picture of a future powered by AI, where “everyone will have an exceptionally capable personal agent that understands you, your goals, and everything you care about.” On the latest episode of TechCrunch’s Equity

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Meta Removes More Than 750,000 Under-16 Facebook, Instagram Accounts in Australia

Meta has blocked more than 750,000 under-16 Facebook and Instagram accounts in Australia as the social media age ban takes hold and other countries watch. The post Meta Removes More Than 750,000 Under-16 Facebook, Instagram Accounts in Australia appeared first on TechRepublic. Source link

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‘Lanterns’ shocking episode 1 death, explained

HBO might as well change the name of Lanterns to Lantern, because by the end of its very first episode, only one of its Green Lanterns is still alive. SEE ALSO: ‘Lanterns’ review: Kyle Chandler and Aaron Pierre shine bright in DC’s sci-fi mystery The series kicks off in 2016, with Earth’s Green Lantern Hal

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Samsung Galaxy Z Fold8 and Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra Review: The Right Shape

On both phones, the crease—the point in the display where it folds—looks significantly less obvious and feels better than on prior models, with less of a bump as your fingers swipe across the screen. That’s great, but my biggest design complaint with these Folds is the camera jutting out on the back. It means that

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Stripe will reportedly acquire AI gateway startup OpenRouter for $7B+

Stripe has finalized a deal to acquire OpenRouter, according to a new report in Bloomberg. OpenRouter helps customers to select different AI models to perform different tasks, depending on their specific needs and budget. The company announced in May that it had raised a $113 million Series B, at a reported $1.3 billion valuation. (Investors

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White House AI Safety Reviews Could Expand to Open Models

The White House is preparing to bring powerful open AI models into its secretive safety-review framework. The administration’s current framework applies to closed models from leading AI companies, including OpenAI and Anthropic. But White House officials are now expected to expand it to open models once they reach frontier-level capabilities, according to WIRED. A White

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Liverpool vs. Como 2026 livestream: How to watch Pre-Season Friendly for free

TL;DR: Watch Liverpool vs. Como in a 2026 pre-season friendly for free on SportyNet. Access this free live stream from anywhere in the world with ExpressVPN. Pre-season is all about getting ready for the upcoming season, and if that means playing the same team twice in a single day, so be it. Liverpool are facing

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Astronomers Discover the Existence of a Black Hole Star

When Soundgarden Wrote “Black Hole Sun,” they may have inadvertently been onto something. In a new paper in Nature, scientists have chronicled a “black hole star” that’s the size of our solar system and glows bright red in the depth of space. The findings are based on observations from the James Webb Space Telescope, which

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Anthropic shares more details about how Claude’s new watermarks will work

Anthropic published a blog post Friday seeking to answer some basic questions about how it will watermark the text generated by its chatbot Claude. Such as: How will the watermarking actually work? Can it be hidden with editing? And how does this affect code? Claude users have been debating the move since the company revealed

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WhatsApp Begins Limited Test of AI Scam Alerts for Unknown Senders

WhatsApp is adding a new layer of protection that could stop some scams before users even respond. WhatsApp is rolling out Scam Alert, an optional feature that uses an on-device machine learning model to identify potential scams in messages from people who are not in a user’s contacts. The feature is currently available in a

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