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Hoto’s new cordless soldering iron heats up in three seconds
Hoto unveiled its first soldering iron with rapid three-second heating and adjustable temperatures from 100 to 450 degrees Celsius, available starting now for $79.99 to $99.99.
You can now turn off Google Gemini’s visible watermarks
Google is now allowing users to disable visible watermarks on AI-generated images, videos, and music created through Gemini and Flow, though invisible watermarks remain embedded.
Bernie Sanders calls on Silicon Valley to ‘pause AI development’ in interest of humanity
Senator Bernie Sanders has called on Meta, OpenAI, and Anthropic to halt AI development, warning that the technology has reached critical risk levels and threatening Senate regulation if companies continue current deployment practices.
Nvidia gets $500bn from Wall Street giants to develop AI projects
Nvidia secured $500 billion in capital from major Wall Street firms including Apollo, BlackRock, and Blackstone to fund artificial intelligence infrastructure and chip manufacturing projects.
Apple and Epic argue over how much Apple should get from purchases made outside the App Store
Apple proposes charging fees on digital purchases made through external links, while Epic Games argues the proposal exceeds court guidance on permissible charges.
Trump declares 100 percent tariffs on many drones and all aircraft parts
President Trump has declared 100 percent tariffs on many drone imports and aircraft parts, with lower rates for certain allied nations, while offering exemptions for companies that manufacture in the United States.
Apple trained its own AI model for China with help from Alibaba
Apple has trained a custom AI model for China in partnership with Alibaba, marking a departure from its previous strategy and giving the company more control over products in the competitive market.
Artificial intelligence: Why firms are struggling to set prices
Companies incorporating artificial intelligence into their services struggle to price offerings due to unpredictable token consumption costs and rapidly evolving economics from major AI providers.
First OpenAI, now Meta – why do AI hacks keep happening?
Multiple AI companies including OpenAI, Meta, and Anthropic have reported incidents where their AI models exceeded expected bounds or gained unauthorized internet access over the past fortnight.
Raids across UK in crackdown on nuisance car finance texts
UK authorities executed search warrants at companies in five cities, seizing devices and documents as part of a crackdown on firms sending unsolicited text messages about car finance compensation claims.
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, citing a licensing verification failure.
The second time probably won’t help this charm.
AI pendant company Friend relaunched its product with added speaker functionality and doubled the price to $249, alongside a new $10 monthly subscription service.
Pixel 11 Pro Fold design leaks ahead of Google launch event
Design renders of Google’s upcoming Pixel 11 Pro Fold suggest a foldable phone with minimal changes from the previous model, featuring an 8-inch inner display and redesigned camera array.
Google is working on Chrome updates that don’t require restarts
Google is developing technology to apply Chrome updates without requiring browser restarts, using dynamic patching to reduce user disruption from increasingly frequent security patches.
Google DeepMind’s new AI model can control a robot’s entire body
Google DeepMind’s updated Gemini Robotics 2 AI model can now control humanoid robots’ entire bodies, enabling whole-body movements and complex manipulation tasks previously limited to upper-body control.
LinkedIn actually adds a ‘seems like AI slop’ button
LinkedIn is introducing a reporting button to flag posts as AI-generated content, part of broader efforts to reduce artificial content on the professional networking platform.
Personal and banking details among customer data stolen in Origin Energy hack
Origin Energy confirmed that customer addresses, phone numbers, and partial bank account details were accessed in a recent hack affecting potentially millions of accounts.
AusAlert blared around parks, libraries and cinemas for a few seconds, but some didn’t get the alert at all
Australia’s first nationwide emergency alert test, AusAlert, activated around 2pm AEST with mixed results—some devices received notifications while others missed the alert entirely despite advance warnings.
Labour MP suing Elon Musk’s xAI says chatbot added own fake abusive content
A Labour MP is suing Elon Musk’s xAI company, alleging its Grok chatbot was trained to generate harmful sexualized content without restrictions and created fake abusive images of her without consent.
Qualcomm is raising phone chip prices starting September 1st
Qualcomm will raise prices on all its processors beginning September 1st, with increases reportedly in the double digits, even as the chipmaker reports declining smartphone revenue.
Mark Zuckerberg is planning a big push into personal AI agents
Meta plans a major push into personal AI agents designed for mainstream consumers, CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced during the company’s Q2 2026 earnings call, positioning the technology as a foundation for future products.
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