In May 2025, Mozilla announced that it was shutting down the popular read-it-later app Pocket, which it had acquired back in 2017 for an undisclosed…
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Flock says its new tool will help identify police abuse, but hasn’t explained how it works |
Surveillance technology startup Flock announced a series of new policies and tools on Thursday, claiming they will help curb abuse of its automated license plate…
Unforgetful is a new reminders app for people who can't stop hitting snooze |
Marco Arment, the indie developer who created popular apps like Overcast and Instapaper, and who previously served as Tumblr’s chief technology officer, is out today…
Google will now allow users to remove visible watermark from its AI generations |
In Brief Posted: 9:13 AM PDT · August 14, 2026 Google announced on Friday that it will now allow users to remove a visible watermark…
Does Mark Zuckerberg really believe AI is 'for everyone'? |
8:43 AM PDT · August 14, 2026 33 min Meta released Glimmer this week, an open-weight AImodelanyone can download and run on their own hardware—…
Exclusive: Hyperscalers might regret embracing natural gas if new forecast proves correct |
After years of snapping up wind and solar developments, hyperscalers like Amazon, Google, Meta, and Microsoft are betting that natural gas will power the data…
US courts will start publishing how often the government uses spyware |
The FBI has been using hacking techniques and tools, such as spyware, since at least 1998, but to date there is no public data counting…
Uber and Pony.ai plan to bring 2,000 robotaxis to Europe |
In Brief Posted: 3:44 AM PDT · August 14, 2026 Chinese autonomous vehicle maker Pony.ai and Uber plan to bring 2,000 robotaxis to four cities…
Some Claude users are mad that Anthropic's new watermarks will catch them using it at their jobs, classes |
Anthropic recently made the decision to watermark Claude’s outputs — inserting invisible code into the chatbot’s editorial text that marks it as AI-generated. Anthropic rolled…
AI nuclear power firm Fermi finally has a new CEO |
In Brief Posted: 3:24 PM PDT · August 12, 2026 Fermi, the AI nuclear power firm, has named a new CEO more than three months…