Sep 03, 2026Twila Rosenbaum
Google has released Gemini 3.8 Flash and Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber, its third Flash release in six weeks. The Cyber variant is limited to trusted testers and governments, while the general model comes with aggressive introductory pricing. In Europe, each release triggers AI Act compliance duties, including documentation and training data transparency. The company also faces stiff competition in agentic AI and cybersecurity tools.
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Sep 01, 2026Twila Rosenbaum
Tim Cook has sent his final email to Apple employees as CEO, marking the end of a 15-year run leading the company. In the note, he expressed gratitude for the team and said he will remain at Apple in a new role. John Ternus takes over as the next CEO.
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Sep 01, 2026Twila Rosenbaum
Google has raised the price of its 4K streaming device to $149, a $50 increase from the original $99 launch price. The new price is live at the Google Store and Best Buy, but Amazon appears to still offer the old price. The hike follows a similar $100 increase on the Pixel 11 lineup and comes amid broader component shortages affecting streaming hardware from Apple and Amazon.
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Sep 01, 2026Twila Rosenbaum
Phil Schiller is stepping down from his roles as head of the App Store and Apple events. He will remain an Apple Fellow while working on unspecified initiatives. The change comes as John Ternus prepares to replace Tim Cook as Apple CEO. Apple is moving the App Store division under services chief Eddy Cue.
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Sep 01, 2026Twila Rosenbaum
YouTuber Mark 'Markiplier' Fischbach has invested enough in GoPro to become its single largest shareholder, with an 8.5% stake in the company. He told Bloomberg that GoPro 'seems undervalued' and sees the investment as part of a larger mission to make filmmaking more accessible. The news comes after he posted a video praising GoPro's new Mission 1 ILS camera, though he did not disclose his financial involvement. Fellow YouTuber Marques Brownlee noted the unusual crossover between content creation and corporate ownership.
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Aug 31, 2026Twila Rosenbaum
Twitch users can now opt out of Amazon's use of their streams, clips, and chats for generative AI training. The move comes after years of automatic inclusion and limited transparency. Here's how to protect your content and what to consider.
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Aug 31, 2026Twila Rosenbaum
AI-powered moderation systems are increasingly used by social media platforms to fight spam and harmful content, but they are making serious mistakes. From Reddit's AskHistorians suffering mass deletions to Discord wrongly banning users over chessboard images, the list of AI moderation failures is growing. False positives disproportionately affect marginalized groups and weaken community self-governance. A hybrid approach combining machine detection with human judgment is necessary.
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Aug 31, 2026Twila Rosenbaum
Ars Technica has updated its user agreement, replacing a key section on content rights. The new terms confirm users retain ownership while granting the publisher a broad license to use, modify, and distribute posted content for service-related and promotional purposes. The change applies only to ArsTechnica.com.
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Aug 31, 2026Twila Rosenbaum
LinkedIn's 'Seems like AI slop' button has been clicked over 1 million times since its July 30 launch. The company says the effort is already reducing visibility of AI-generated content by 40%. Users are now being notified when their posts are flagged as AI slop.
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Aug 31, 2026Twila Rosenbaum
Texas Governor Greg Abbott has frozen state spending on Flock’s AI surveillance cameras, a move that follows a Texas Tribune investigation revealing over $30 million was spent on the technology. The funding came from a $1 fee on insurance policies aimed at fighting catalytic converter theft. Bipartisan backlash has grown over privacy violations, officer misuse, and data-sharing concerns. Several Texas cities have already canceled their Flock contracts.
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Aug 29, 2026Twila Rosenbaum
Monad has introduced a proposal that decouples wallet addresses from the cryptographic keys that control them, allowing users to replace lost or compromised keys without migrating assets or changing their address. The design could support passkeys, multi-signer setups, social recovery, and quantum-resistant cryptography. Existing accounts would remain compatible, but the proposal is still an early draft lacking a formal implementation spec.
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Aug 29, 2026Twila Rosenbaum
Solana validators are weighing three governance proposals that could reshape the network's tokenomics. Two measures aim to cut SOL supply growth by accelerating disinflation and increasing daily fee burns from roughly 650 SOL to as much as 9,000 SOL. A third proposal would ratify a Solana Constitution and codify the existing voting system. The vote, weighted by staked SOL, runs through Thursday.
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