Face computers are on the upswing, as companies, massive and tiny, are all vying for nuggets in the smart-glasses gold rush. That also means the industry is garnering its fair share of criticism, mostly focusing on the fact that creeps can abuse camera-equipped smart glasses to capture photos and videos of people without their knowledge…
Apps are back, or maybe they never left in the first place. While some people debate whether people will shift away from apps as AI agents make accessing online services more efficient, we’ve found the App Store to be alive and well, with a recent explosion of fun, creative, and innovative tools, experiences, and other…
The Moon is now losing more of its light, with the next major milestone in its cycle being the Third Quarter phase. Here’s what you can spot on its surface tonight. What is today’s Moon phase? As of Monday, Aug. 3, NASA’s Daily Moon Guide tracker tells us the Moon phase is in Waning Gibbous…
When my son found out that my daughter was going to get her own tester State backpack to match her State carry-on suitcase, he immediately demanded his own. State is known for its fantastical matching patterns that extend from luggage and backpacks to lunch bags ($48). Its products are pricey, but the kid bags are…
The Malaysian government has ordered the shutdown of a startup-centric community called the Network School, according to The Wall Street Journal. Billing itself as “a frontier community for techno-optimists,” the Network School reportedly grew out of entrepreneur and investor Balaji Srinivasan’s conviction that the United States is in irreversible decline; Srinivasan has said his goal…
Side-switching isn’t an uncommon occurrence in the world of House of the Dragon, but it’s a bit more important when you’ve got a dragon in tow. Last season, Rhaenyra (Emma D’Arcy) went to great effort to recruit herself some new dragonriders, but in Season 3 it already looks like one of them may be on…
The 2026 astronomical calendar features only four eclipses. But August is a bounty of riches, with two set to occur. They include a full solar eclipse on August 12 and a partial lunar eclipse on August 27 and 28. Catch one—or both—of these eclipses if you can: They’ll be the last ones of 2026, as…
The global memory chip shortage is affecting the availability of Apple’s most popular Mac, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. Gurman said the shortage — caused by the demands of chip-hungry AI companies — had already affected Apple’s more niche computers, the Mac mini and Mac Studio. But it seems the company is now struggling to…
When you spend a lot of time working with PDFs, you very quickly learn to loathe PDFs. While they’re a useful file format for disseminating the final form of a document, they’re exceedingly difficult to make changes on. So, if you’re spending a lot of time going back and forth editing a document, or you…
TL;DR: Through today, Aug. 2, get the 2026 AI Security & Cybersecurity Expert Bundle for $20.99 (reg. $120). Artificial intelligence is changing the cybersecurity landscape from both sides. Businesses are adopting AI to improve productivity, while attackers are increasingly using it to automate phishing campaigns, reconnaissance, and other threats. That means security professionals — and…
