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Wednesday, 19 August 2026 · Global Edition · Updated 09:25 CST
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GM and Ford are talking less and less about EVs

The leading U.S. automakers are mentioning EVs on their investor calls at pre-pandemic rates, according to new data from TechCrunch and Hudson Labs.

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Samsung expects memory shortage to worsen through 2027 and last until 2028

AI data center demand is fueling a multi-year chip shortage, pushing up component costs and retail device prices.

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SpaceX won’t remove all of xAI’s unpermitted turbines for another year

SpaceX is building a new power plant for xAI's Colossus data centers, but it won't remove existing, unpermitted turbines for many more months.

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Reddit is testing a new way to watch — and listen to — its viral posts

Reddit is developing a new video experience that lets users watch — or simply listen to — its most popular posts, taking inspiration from the viral TikTok videos that pair Reddit stories with gameplay or other footage. CEO Steve Huffman said the feat

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Smallest.ai raises $13M to build ultra-fast voice AI that sounds genuinely human

The startup is building voice models designed to make AI phone calls pass the Turing test.

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WhatsApp is testing a new folder for messages from large businesses

WhatsApp will automatically move messages from large businesses to a new folder a few hours after you receive them.

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AI scammers outperform humans when it comes to building trust

The AI chatbot was more effective at creating “exploitable trust” than the humans.

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Pathogenic review: Damn, it feels good to be a virus

The hot new roguelite twin-stick shooter lives up to the hype.

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How a Yale AI-cheating dispute became a 13-count federal lawsuit

A disputed exam, an unreliable detector, and one very late Apple Pages file.

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Rocket Report: New launch rule may limit environmental regulations, Falcon 9 to hit Moon

"America won the first Space Race, and we can do it again."

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Tim Cook passes the baton in Apple's Q3 2026 earnings call

The iPhone and Mac sold well, but memory costs threaten further price increases.

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Max-severity Exchange server flaw under active exploitation by Kremlin hackers

Exploits can give persistent server access that survives credential rotation and disk re-imaging.

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Trump FCC faces blowback in attempt to police speech on broadcast TV

"Chilling message to all broadcasters: carry speech we don’t like at your peril."

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Iran struck Amazon data centers again amid widening war, satellites show

Satellites show burn scars and fires at AWS data centers and Saudi oil refinery.

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Just because a game is on disc doesn’t mean it will work in the future

DoesItPlay tracks the many "physical" games that don't work without the Internet.

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