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Apple vs. Meta Platforms: Which "Magnificent Seven" Giant Has the Stronger Artificial Intelligence (AI) Growth Engine?

Alphabet, Meta, and Microsoft Are Hiding $3 Trillion in Debt On the AI Boom’s Hidden Ledger

Robot Olympics runner bravely sprints headfirst into wall and collapses in shower of sparks, is not a metaphor

(Image credit: Future) Robots are just PCs that can walk around, and these days they're doing a lot more than just going for a stroll. Christopher Livingston doesn't trust them, not one bit, and is reporting on their movements monthly—and this month, Lincoln Carpenter did it, too

Meta is the latest tech giant to land in her courtroom. Meet Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers

Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers has presided over a series of landmark tech trials and is now overseeing a case that could have a huge impact on Meta's future.

Meta Quest Promo Codes and Coupons for August 2026

Experience cutting-edge VR and save up to 20% with coupons for the latest games, Meta Quest 3, Ray-Ban AI glasses, and more deals.

As demand for Meta AI glasses explodes, it’s harder to avoid creepy recordings

Can you tell when someone nearby is wearing Meta AI glasses? As millions of people buy into the smart glasses fad each year, the odds are increasing that you could be secretly recorded while simply going about your day. Meta is not the only smart glasses maker, but its AI glasses

Meta’s Big Reckoning Is Here

Meta is in court again over child safety, and this time it’s a landmark case that could force significant changes to core features of Facebook and Instagram.

Metal Gear Solid 4: The Flawed Masterpiece Kojima Didn't Want to Make

With Metal Gear Solid 4 finally arriving on modern consoles thanks to Master Collection Vol. 2, we take a look back at the game's legacy. Was it really just a big cutscene, or is it Kojima's masterpiece?

Waka Waka curls colourful metal into curved shapes for Ribbon furniture collection

Los Angeles studio Waka Waka has designed Ribbon, an undulating furniture collection made from steel and aluminium decorated with saturated colours, for Japanese manufacturer Benex's Eetal project. Eetal, which presented a selection of sheet-metal furniture during design festival

Trump reshuffled his portfolio in June, selling names like Meta and buying Berkshire Hathaway

President Donald Trump disclosed just over 1,000 financial transactions in the month of June in what appears to be broad reshuffling of his portfolio.

The Metals Company Is Riding the Critical Metals Boom. Here's Why I Still Wouldn't Touch It.

'Low-level' metal traces linked to WA playground closure

Heavy Song of the Week: Down Return with Masterpiece “Blood Oath”

Down return after over a decade with the genuinely perfect Sabbathian doom metal track "Blood Oath." Heavy Song of the Week: Down Return with Masterpiece “Blood Oath” Langdon Hickman

Did a goat herder's lucky $200 nugget spark a gold rush in western Kenya?

Prospectors have come to West Pokot county in the hope a gram of the precious metal can change their lives.

Essential Releases, August 21, 2026

Thrash metal, electronic kosmiche, experimental, and more. Read full story on the Bandcamp Daily .

Scalpel3: A High-Performance Data Carving Architecture for Recovery of Fragmented Files

arXiv:2608.20363v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: File carving recovers files from raw storage media without relying on filesystem metadata, a key capability in digital forensics, data recovery, and digital exploration. Traditional tools such as Foremost, Scalpel v1/2, and PhotoRec

Slayyyter Nails Hole Cover, To Courtney Love’s Delight

Courtney Love is now employed by Slayyyter. Well, only metaphorically. For Triple J's Like A Version, the Midwestern pop artist covered "Violet" from Hole's 1994 opus Live Through This . Love responded on social media with praise: The post Slayyyter Nails Hole Cover, To Courtney

Scientists deploy Merck’s Ebola vaccine in DRC

Prostate cancer therapy, Meta glasses in hospital settings, and more health news from Morning Rounds

3 minutes of sprinting does something 90 minutes of exercise does not

A few minutes of sprinting may reshape the bloodstream far more dramatically than a much longer moderate workout. Six 30-second sprints altered nearly a quarter of the blood proteins measured and more than 200 metabolites, while 90 minutes of moderate cycling produced far smaller

Exercise may work better for keeping weight off than losing it

Exercise may not be a powerful weight-loss tool on its own, but it appears to play a much bigger role in preventing lost weight from returning. By preserving muscle, supporting metabolism, improving fat burning, and regulating appetite and blood sugar, regular activity can make l

“It’s laughable”: Global AI experts challenge Zuckerberg’s “AI for everyone”

Observers scrutinize Meta founder’s argument about AI’s potential as an equalizer and enabler.

Webb Opens Treasure Chest

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope captured this Aug. 6, 2026, infrared image of part of the Carina Nebula, a star-forming region also home to the Cosmic Cliffs. This feature, called the “Treasure Chest,” is an object known as a cometary globule. A cometary globule is an isolated

Nike Kobe 3 Low Protro Prepares for "Pure Platinum" Fall 2026 Release

Summary Nike is expanding its Kobe 3 Low Protro lineup with an upcoming "Pure Platinum" colorwayThe understated design features a light grey build highlighted by metallic heel branding and Armory Blue accentsThe sneaker is scheduled to release in September 2026 for a retail price

Crypto Biz: Treasury’s ‘Not-QE’ playbook sends Bitcoin higher

Bitcoin rallied as Treasury bond buybacks fueled the “not-QE” trade, while Metaplanet expanded to the US and Cypherpunk made a $33 million Zcash mining bet.

Bitcoin rally sends crypto stocks soaring as miners, treasury companies jump

Bitcoin’s rally above $79,000 lifted miners and treasury companies, with Canaan, Strive and Metaplanet posting double-digit gains as crypto stocks surged.

Term Finance loses estimated $8.5M in vault governance exploit

Term permanently closed its Meta Vaults after an attack reportedly removed nearly all of their Ethereum deposits.

Increasing CO 2 levels fertilize C 4 grass production

Nature, Published online: 19 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10935-4 By combining a meta-analysis of CO2 enrichment experiments with three decades of southern African savanna observations, an increase in biomass production by C4 grasses under rising CO2 levels in water-limite

Did a goat herder's lucky $200 nugget spark a gold rush in western Kenya?

Prospectors have come to West Pokot county in the hope a gram of the precious metal can change their lives.

Superman Spinoff Comedy The People v. Gorilla Grodd Greenlit at HBO Max

The meta DC Studios comedy stars Skyler Gisondo and Jimmy Tatro. Superman Spinoff Comedy The People v. Gorilla Grodd Greenlit at HBO Max Liz Shannon Miller

Kerala HC allows breast cancer patient to be impleaded in case on 'exorbitant’ prices of medicines

The initial petition, filed by another patient diagnosed with HR Positive HER2-Negative Metastatic Breast Cancer, sought directives to the Centre to take over the medication’s patent and make it available at the lowest price possible. She died when the case was pending in court.

Laser-cut aluminum foil could replace costly terahertz polarizers

When physicists at the ARC Centre for Transformative Meta-Optical Systems (TMOS) needed a key component for their terahertz experiments, they ran into a frustrating problem—they needed tiny optical devices, known as wire-grid polarizers, but these cost thousands of dollars each.

Inside the race to prepare cities for extreme heat

A sea of corrugated metal roofs stretches into the distance across an informal settlement in Makassar, Indonesia.

Why an announcement from the Treasury sparked a rally in gold and bitcoin this week

Cryptocurrencies and precious metals shot higher, while the U.S. dollar weakened, after the Treasury Department said it planned to double its bond buybacks.