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“The Switch 2 display measures in at 7.9-inches and comes with HDR support and a maximum refresh rate of 120Hz.”
“Chinese-made EVs currently face a 100% tariff, on top of other import duties.”
“The Pixel 11 Pro XL is one of the new models announced in August 2026.”
“Zuck bought the 19th-century Strancally Castle and its 440-acre grounds, an estate estimated to have cost him anywhere from $23 million to $35 million.”
“intentionally switched off an algorithmic safeguard from 10% of US users, turning them into a control group. The safeguard was designed to break up online echo chambers of harmful content. At the time, that control group would have been ap…”
“AI music labels will come “later this year,””
“smoke from the Canadian wildfires in 2023 reduced solar electricity generation across North America and Europe by an estimated 6.38 terawatt-hours (TWh) over five months.”
“half a million followers”
“In July 2024, a single faulty software update, not a cybersecurity attack, grounded flights and disrupted hospitals worldwide.”
“$282 million was spent on new video game hardware in the US this July”
“The JoyCons are bigger than their predecessors, and can also be used like a PC mouse.”
“Forbes reported earlier this month that more than 3,200 Zeekr vehicles have been shipped to the U.S. since 2024.”
“The Pro XL is the big-screen option, with a 6.8-inch display.”
“Meta’s international headquarters is in Dublin, where the company opened a 31,000-square-foot data center in 2017, just 20 minutes from the city.”
“OpenAI didn’t notice the agents had escaped the secure testing environment for at least a week.”
“transparency tags back in March”
“the reduction amounted to about 2.8% of the solar electricity generated across the two regions during that period.”
“hardware sales dropped by 39% compared to the same month last year.”
“The console is also backwards compatible with the original Switch.”
“Electrek also reported last week that more than 600 finished Ojai robotaxis were staged outside Waymo’s Arizona facility and appeared ready for deployment.”
“both of which have a 6.3-inch screen.”
“He and his wife also reportedly splashed out $170 million for a home in the same exclusive Miami neighborhood as Jeff Bezos,”
“Anthropic revealed that its AI agents had also hacked three real companies back in April, unbeknownst to the company at the time.”
“content providers will be required to include AI Transparency Tags in any instance where AI was used to create a material portion of the content, including tracks that are AI platform generated,”
“the decline in solar generation caused an economic loss of about $1.9 billion”
“Overall hardware spending for the month dropped to $282 million (about £207 million), which is a 29% decline compared to the same period last year and also the worst July for hardware spending since 2020.”
“The recommended retail price of the Switch 2 will increase from £395.99 to £419.99 on this date.”
“a spokesperson told TechCrunch that the company currently has about 300 Ojai robotaxis in its commercial fleet.”
“the Switch 2's price will increase by £24, bringing the Switch 2 from £395.99 to £419.99.”
“After Rippling tested Runlayer’s MCP gateway for more than a year”
“A new report from Guidelight, a nonprofit AI-safety group founded by former OpenAI safety chief Steven Adler, reviewed public disclosures from Anthropic, Google, Meta, OpenAI, and xAI to assess whether these AI companies are capable of con…”
“Spotify announced that the service would soon start labeling AI artists on the platform, and the company said those artists would not be included in editorial or algorithmic recommendations.”
“was associated with about 2.1 megatons of CO2 emissions.”
“$163 million (about £120 million) was spent on hardware in June 2020”
“At the time of writing, Argos and Very are selling the Switch 2 for £380”
“Jaguar discontinued the I-Pace in 2024, and Waymo received its final delivery of the vehicles last year.”
“The US price will rise from $449.99 to $499.99”
“Investors gave Inertia $450 million on the premise that it could commercialize technology developed at the National Ignition Facility (NIF)”
“Anthropic said its models gained access to—and took actions against—three outside organizations.”
“Spotify had also launched a new AI song labeling feature back in April, though disclosure on individual songs is voluntary and not required.”
“About 100 of the 43,500 panels and some cables were damaged in the blaze”
“Switch 2 actually saw the biggest decline in sales compared to last year – a 51% drop”
“Amazon, where the Nintendo Switch 2 console costs just £374.99 for a limited time”
“The interior also includes three Gemini-powered touchscreen displays that let passengers control things like music and temperature.”
“Canada will see a $50 increase from $629.99 to $679.99”
“After several rounds of development, the startup was able to grow the crystals in about 30 minutes, something that could take up to a week at the NIF”
“Financial technology company Stripe has confirmed it acquired OpenRouter, a startup that routes companies’ AI workloads across more than 400 models from more than 80 providers.”
“the company also doubled its penalty fees on those caught engaging in streaming fraud”
“including a 50-meter perimeter around the fences”
“PlayStation 5 sales declined by 6% while Xbox Series X/S sales dropped by 18%”
“Explaining the decision to raise the price of the console, Nintendo blamed ‘changes in market conditions’ and ‘global business outlook’”
“U.S. spending on console hardware was down 29% compared to the same time last year, down to $282 million.”
“Europe will rise by €30 from €469.99 to €499.99”
“Altogether, a single fuel pellet can be made in about two to three hours, and the process can be ramped to industrial scale”
“OpenRouter processes more than 10 trillion tokens a day for more than 10 million developers and businesses”
“Apple Music head Oliver Schusser acknowledging the proliferation of AI content was a factor in the decision”
“PlayStation 5 unit sales fell 6% versus July 2025, while Xbox Series dropped 18% and Switch 2 declined by 51%”
“We sincerely apologise for the impact these price revisions may have on our customers and other stakeholders, and we deeply appreciate your understanding," Nintendo said”
“console sales were down 34.4% compared to the same time last year”
“Japan will jump from ¥49,980 to ¥59,980”
“Because the startup is planning to use a laser that is four times more powerful than the one currently at the NIF”
“Schusser subsequently told Billboard that over a third of its new monthly uploads were AI-generated songs.”
“only 4% of them were for Xbox games.”
“over half of creative businesses (51%) already use AI compared with 33% of UK businesses overall”
“U.S. video game spending dropped 10% in July, to $4.5 billion”
“the 512GB Series S shoot up from £299.99 to £429.99”
“Inertia expects its full-scale commercial power plant will use 10 fuel pellets every second”
“The actual usage around AI songs, however, was less than 1 percent.”
“Thanks to multiple price hikes, the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X are now, at their cheapest, £519.99 and £619.99, respectively”
“CreaTech, the fusion of creative and technology skills from games engines to AI-assisted design tools, is forecasted to create 160,000 jobs over the next decade, growing around 10 times faster than the rest of the creative industries”
“accessories spending was also down 6% compared to July 2025”
“the Xbox Series X 1TB skyrocket from £349.99 to £519.99”
“Tritium is radioactive, and handling it requires care. It’s also extremely expensive at the moment, about $30,000 per gram, and only about 25 kilograms are stockpiled globally, according to the journal Science”
“Dhruva Katta, 36, an AI engineer”
“Fewer people were buying racing controllers—down 26%—despite the launch of super-popular racing games like Forza Horizon 6 in May”
“the base PS5 jumping $100 / £100 from $549.99 / £479.99 to $649.99 / £569.99”
“An Xbox Series X with an optical drive costs $800, $300 more than it did at launch in 2020”
“right now the Bluetooth version of the Logitech MX Master 3S is down to $80 (was $100) at Amazon.”
“A PlayStation 5 with a disc drive demands $650 compared to the $500 launch cost”
“In the UK, the MX Master 3S is down to £69 (was £78) at Amazon.”
“Launching today with agents from @AnthropicAI, @github, @Cognition, and @vercel. This is real multiplayer coding. See it at @Dreamforce #DF26 pic.twitter.com/scVeLgIgZR”
“The MX Master 3S includes an adjustable 8,000 DPI optical sensor capable of tracking on glass and other surfaces.”
“which acquired Slack in 2020”
“Its 70-day battery life is solid selling point too, as is the inclusion of a USB Type-C charging port located at the front of the device.”
“Head over to Amazon to get the Amazon Fire HD 10 Tablet for just $130, down from its usual price of $180. That’s a $50 discount and 28% off.”
“Amazon's $79.99 price knocks $20 off the usual $99.99 cost, bringing the MX Master 3S down by 20%.”
“An octa-core processor runs the tablet, paired with 3GB of RAM, and Amazon says that’s 25% faster than the previous generation.”
“The cheapest I've seen it was £65, not much more than the current sale price.”
“Storage starts at 32GB and a microSD card can take it up to 1TB.”
“With seven silent tactile button inputs that can be customized through Logitech’s own software”
“The Fire HD 10’s 10.1-inch screen has a 1920 by 1200 resolution, and Amazon says it’s about 20% brighter than the Samsung Galaxy Tab A8 screen from 2022.”
“Dual USB4 ports are especially useful for a video-editing setup, providing up to 40Gbps connectivity for fast external SSDs.”
“In fact, Amazon claims its own tumble tests show the Fire HD 10 is roughly 2.7 times as resistant to damage as the Tab A8.”
“There's also 5GbE networking for moving large video files swiftly to and from NAS storage.”
“Amazon managed to shave more than 30 grams off the Fire HD 10, bringing the total weight to about 434 grams.”
“The K13 AI uses Intel's Core Ultra 7 256V, which boosts to 4.8GHz and combines CPU, GPU and NPU processing for up to 115 TOPS of total AI performance.”
“Intel Core Ultra 7 256V | 16GB LPDDR5X | 1TB SSD”
“support for three 4K displays give you plenty of options for building a serious editing setup around it.”
“Intel's Arc 140V graphics also support hardware AV1 encoding, which adds to its appeal for video work.”
“ExpressVPN already collaborates with the IWF to combat this material, blocking access across its network to web domains confirmed by the IWF to host it.”
