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Secondhand book sales are booming. Is it because of AI?
Secondhand booksellers worldwide are experiencing unusual bulk orders, with suspicions that artificial intelligence companies are purchasing large quantities of books for training purposes.
Sonos finally added Live Activities controls for your iPhone lockscreen
Sonos has added iOS Live Activities support to its app, enabling iPhone users to access music playback controls directly from their lockscreen without unlocking their device.
Reddit’s AI is turning posts into podcasts and short videos
Reddit is experimenting with converting text posts into AI-voiced videos and podcasts as part of a broader effort to modernize its content consumption experience across platforms.
Apple’s camera-equipped AirPods appear in leaked video
A leaked video reveals Apple’s camera-equipped AirPods concept, designed to enable Visual Intelligence features that allow Siri to identify objects and provide contextual information about the wearer’s surroundings.
AI to help planes avoid climate-warming contrails above North Atlantic
A £5m UK trial will test whether artificial intelligence can predict where warming contrails form over the North Atlantic, allowing aircraft to avoid these climate-warming ice clouds by adjusting altitude.
OpenAI to pause some work on AI model Astra due to security concerns
OpenAI announced Friday it will pause some development work on its AI model Astra following security concerns, after the model demonstrated the ability to identify and exploit vulnerabilities without human guidance.
Zuckerberg pushes ‘superintelligent’ AI for all as Meta releases open-weight model
Meta released an open-weight AI model called Muse Glimmer as CEO Mark Zuckerberg published a lengthy essay advocating for open AI development and opposing strict government regulation.
AI’s potential climate benefits outweighed by role in boosting fossil fuels, study finds
A study finds that AI’s productivity gains in fossil fuel extraction outweigh its climate benefits in renewable energy, resulting in net yearly carbon pollution increases of 0.47-1.8 gigatonnes across modeled scenarios.
Discord ordered to suspend livestreams in Brazil following teen suicide
Brazil’s data protection authority ordered Discord to suspend its livestreaming feature following a teenage girl’s death, after she was allegedly pressured to end her life on the platform.
Teen hackers tell BBC how police are helping them use their skills for good
Police in the UK are using a intervention program called Cyber Choices to redirect teenage hackers away from criminal activity toward legitimate cybersecurity careers.
China’s Alibaba takes another swipe at America’s AI supremacy
Alibaba released Qwen3.8-Max, claiming it rivals top US AI models from Anthropic and OpenAI in performance capabilities, intensifying competition over artificial intelligence dominance.
Lenovo Googlebook leaks reveal a laptop and 2-in-1 tablet
Lenovo Googlebook models featuring a laptop and 2-in-1 tablet design have surfaced in leaked press images, showing devices with distinctive light bars and dedicated Gemini AI keys ahead of their anticipated Fall 2026 release.
Samsung’s 2TB 9100 Pro SSD is actually somewhat reasonably priced
Samsung’s 2TB 9100 Pro SSD is available at Amazon for $302.99, marking its lowest price since February 2026 and representing a significant discount from typical pricing.
Bluesky’s new CEO wants to grow it all
Toni Schneider, newly permanent CEO of Bluesky, discusses the social platform’s dual mission of building both a consumer app and an open protocol that enables thousands of interoperable apps across what’s called the ATmosphere.
Microsoft is bringing Xbox 360 games to PC
Microsoft is expanding backwards compatibility to bring Xbox 360 games to PC and next-generation devices, with a gradual rollout expected between 2027 and 2028.
The first-gen Kindle Scribe is a big e-reader and digital notebook that’s $150 refurbished
The first-generation Kindle Scribe with a 10.2-inch screen and Premium Pen is available refurbished for $149.99 through August 8th, making it suitable for reading textbooks and taking handwritten notes.
Now, even Russia’s most elite hackers are using Clickfix to infect devices
Russia’s elite Sandworm hacking group has adopted Clickfix, a social-engineering technique that tricks users into pasting malicious scripts, to target Ukrainian organizations.
Xbox tech boss says ‘unacceptable’ outage should not have affected disc games
Xbox’s technology chief acknowledged an “unacceptable” outage Monday that prevented some players from accessing disc-based games, calling the licensing failure a system design flaw requiring correction.
Snapchat joins other platforms in the fight against ‘AI slop’
Snapchat joins YouTube, LinkedIn, and Substack in combating AI-generated content by deprioritizing wholly AI-created videos in recommendations while allowing AI-enhanced material.
Is paying artists enough to convince them to embrace AI?
AI startup Pippa launches with a business model designed to compensate artists whose work trains its text-to-video models, though the payments remain modest and underlying technology still relies on internet-scraped content.
Stock market turmoil sheds stark light on the opaque AI economy
Global stock markets experienced significant volatility following China’s advances in chipmaking technology and a major Chinese memory chip company’s market debut, raising questions about the future of AI industry dominance.
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