{
  "AI & Machine Learning": [
    {
      "title": "Google tests AMIE for clinical video consultations",
      "link": "https://www.artificialintelligence-news.com/news/google-tests-amie-for-clinical-video-consultations/",
      "summary": "Google\u2019s research medical AI system, AMIE (Video), conducted synchronous video consultations with professional patient actors and received clinical evaluator ratings on par with primary care physicians across several core measures. Fifteen trained actors portrayed conditions across cardiopulmonary, abdominal, HEENT, neurological or psychiatric, and musculoskeletal presentations. Google says studies involving real patients and their own health [\u2026] The post Google tests AMIE for clinical video con...",
      "published": "2026-08-12 14:56",
      "source": "AI News"
    },
    {
      "title": "Novo Nordisk and AWS bring agentic AI into drug discovery",
      "link": "https://www.artificialintelligence-news.com/news/novo-nordisk-ai-drug-discovery-aws/",
      "summary": "Novo Nordisk is expanding its use of AWS artificial intelligence tools across drug discovery, including AI agents for target identification, therapy design, and research workflows. Under the agreement announced recently, AWS will become Novo Nordisk\u2019s preferred cloud provider and strategic AI partner. The companies have also created a co-innovation hub at Novo Nordisk\u2019s existing London [\u2026] The post Novo Nordisk and AWS bring agentic AI into drug discovery appeared first on AI News.",
      "published": "2026-08-11 10:00",
      "source": "AI News"
    },
    {
      "title": "How AI is changing the vulnerability response timeline",
      "link": "https://www.artificialintelligence-news.com/news/how-ai-is-changing-the-vulnerability-response-timeline/",
      "summary": "Artificial intelligence is giving security researchers new ways to examine code, trace unusual behaviour and identify flaws that conventional tools may overlook. The pressure is particularly visible around Zero-day vulnerabilities, a recent Minimus analysis considers how container composition, dependency records and rebuild speed affect the response after an unknown flaw is exposed. Faster analysis helps only [\u2026] The post How AI is changing the vulnerability response timeline appeared first on A...",
      "published": "2026-08-11 07:05",
      "source": "AI News"
    },
    {
      "title": "Retrieval vs. Memory in Agentic AI Systems",
      "link": "https://machinelearningmastery.com/retrieval-vs-memory-in-agentic-ai-systems/",
      "summary": "In this article, you will learn the conceptual and practical differences between retrieval and memory in agentic AI systems, and how to combine both effectively....",
      "published": "2026-08-12 12:00",
      "source": "MachineLearningMastery.com"
    },
    {
      "title": "7 Async Patterns for Running Agents Concurrently in Python",
      "link": "https://machinelearningmastery.com/7-async-patterns-for-running-agents-concurrently-in-python/",
      "summary": "In this article, you will learn seven async patterns for running AI agents concurrently in Python, what each pattern is suited for, and the production-level...",
      "published": "2026-08-11 12:00",
      "source": "MachineLearningMastery.com"
    },
    {
      "title": "From assistance to execution: How enterprises put AI to work",
      "link": "https://openai.com/index/how-enterprises-put-ai-to-work",
      "summary": "OpenAI research reveals how enterprises are adopting agentic AI, using ChatGPT and Codex, and how frontier firms are pulling ahead in AI adoption.",
      "published": "2026-08-12 06:00",
      "source": "OpenAI News"
    },
    {
      "title": "Testing ads in ChatGPT",
      "link": "https://openai.com/index/testing-ads-in-chatgpt",
      "summary": "OpenAI begins testing ads in ChatGPT to support free access, with clear labeling, answer independence, strong privacy protections, and user control.",
      "published": "2026-08-11 10:00",
      "source": "OpenAI News"
    },
    {
      "title": "Daybreak models are now available on AWS",
      "link": "https://openai.com/index/daybreak-models-are-now-available-on-aws",
      "summary": "OpenAI and AWS are making Daybreak cybersecurity capabilities available through Amazon Bedrock to support enterprise security workflows.",
      "published": "2026-08-11 10:00",
      "source": "OpenAI News"
    },
    {
      "title": "What building an AI-native finance function taught me",
      "link": "https://openai.com/index/building-an-ai-native-finance-function",
      "summary": "OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar shares five lessons for building an AI-native finance function, from automated forecasting to stronger controls and AI ROI.",
      "published": "2026-08-10 17:00",
      "source": "OpenAI News"
    }
  ],
  "Software Development": [
    {
      "title": "Code that passes every test can still break the next AI agent that touches it",
      "link": "https://thenewstack.io/go-language-ai-agents/",
      "summary": "Originally designed to make software predictable for humans, Google Go is now positioning itself as a language tailored for machine The post Code that passes every test can still break the next AI agent that touches it appeared first on The New Stack.",
      "published": "2026-08-12 17:00",
      "source": "The New Stack"
    },
    {
      "title": "Anthropic gave agents the ability to dream. Then developers woke up.",
      "link": "https://thenewstack.io/anthropic-agent-memory-dreaming/",
      "summary": "During AI DevCon in London this summer, Lamis Mukta, member of technical staff at Anthropic, hosted a stage presentation session The post Anthropic gave agents the ability to dream. Then developers woke up. appeared first on The New Stack.",
      "published": "2026-08-12 16:51",
      "source": "The New Stack"
    },
    {
      "title": "Meta stopped worrying about distillation and just shipped the pipeline",
      "link": "https://thenewstack.io/meta-glimmer-distillation-enterprise/",
      "summary": "Meta released Muse Glimmer on Monday, a 30-billion-parameter open-weight model distilled from Muse Spark and licensed under Apache 2.0. The The post Meta stopped worrying about distillation and just shipped the pipeline appeared first on The New Stack.",
      "published": "2026-08-12 13:00",
      "source": "The New Stack"
    },
    {
      "title": "Coding agents ignore open source contribution guidelines, researchers find.",
      "link": "https://thenewstack.io/coding-agents-ignore-guidelines/",
      "summary": "Autonomous coding agents ignore contribution rules in open source communities, finds a new study from researchers at Peking University. That\u2019s The post Coding agents ignore open source contribution guidelines, researchers find. appeared first on The New Stack.",
      "published": "2026-08-12 11:48",
      "source": "The New Stack"
    },
    {
      "title": "Your AI agent remembers everything. Here\u2019s what happens when its owner changes.",
      "link": "https://thenewstack.io/manus-meta-data-deletion/",
      "summary": "Manus is becoming an independent company again after Chinese regulators ordered Meta to unwind its roughly $2 billion acquisition of The post Your AI agent remembers everything. Here\u2019s what happens when its owner changes. appeared first on The New Stack.",
      "published": "2026-08-11 21:46",
      "source": "The New Stack"
    },
    {
      "title": "Why CPUs still matter in the age of AI agents",
      "link": "https://thenewstack.io/cpus-matter-ai-agents/",
      "summary": "When the conversation turns to AI infrastructure, it almost always lands on GPUs and TPUs. The New Stack sat down The post Why CPUs still matter in the age of AI agents appeared first on The New Stack.",
      "published": "2026-08-11 20:44",
      "source": "The New Stack"
    },
    {
      "title": "How I learned to stop worrying and love hyperscaler capex",
      "link": "https://thenewstack.io/stop-worrying-hyperscaler-capex/",
      "summary": "The AI boom is an oddly miserable bubble. Despite interesting tech, huge new companies, and products with global reach, AI The post How I learned to stop worrying and love hyperscaler capex appeared first on The New Stack.",
      "published": "2026-08-11 20:30",
      "source": "The New Stack"
    },
    {
      "title": "Anthropic\u2019s watermark survives copy-paste, but not the real dev workflow",
      "link": "https://thenewstack.io/anthropic-claude-text-watermark/",
      "summary": "Anthropic announced it will embed invisible watermarks into text generated by new Claude models, including output produced through its API, The post Anthropic\u2019s watermark survives copy-paste, but not the real dev workflow appeared first on The New Stack.",
      "published": "2026-08-11 19:29",
      "source": "The New Stack"
    },
    {
      "title": "Why CPUs still matter in the age of AI agents",
      "link": "https://thenewstack.io/why-cpus-still-matter-in-the-age-of-ai-agents/",
      "summary": "When the conversation turns to AI infrastructure, it almost always lands on GPUs and TPUs. The New Stack sat down The post Why CPUs still matter in the age of AI agents appeared first on The New Stack.",
      "published": "2026-08-11 18:54",
      "source": "The New Stack"
    },
    {
      "title": "OpenAI\u2019s ChatGPT/Codex desktop app is now on Linux",
      "link": "https://thenewstack.io/openais-chatgpt-desktop-linux/",
      "summary": "On Tuesday, OpenAI launched its ChatGPT desktop for Linux. Now in preview, the app, which combines ChatGPT, ChatGPT Work, and The post OpenAI\u2019s ChatGPT/Codex desktop app is now on Linux appeared first on The New Stack.",
      "published": "2026-08-11 17:53",
      "source": "The New Stack"
    },
    {
      "title": "Your tokenmaxxing is not valuemaxxing",
      "link": "https://stackoverflow.blog/2026/08/11/your-tokenmaxxing-is-not-valuemaxxing/",
      "summary": "Ryan is joined by Coder\u2019s Rob Whiteley to chat about why tokenmaxxing isn\u2019t proving real value and just triggering Goodhart\u2019s Law, how release speed and PR merges can help you measure agentic outcomes with or without a human-in-the-loop, and what the democratization of skills means for junior developers and the talent pipeline.",
      "published": "2026-08-11 07:40",
      "source": "Stack Overflow Blog"
    },
    {
      "title": "Deploy Grafana to Azure with Azure CLI : From Local Docker to Durable Dashboards",
      "link": "https://dev.to/khanh_nguyen_04b1205f5a91/deploy-grafana-to-azure-with-azure-cli-from-local-docker-to-durable-dashboards-5f0l",
      "summary": "Grafana turns data from sources such as PostgreSQL, Prometheus, and Azure Monitor into shared dashboards, charts, and alerts. While it queries that operational data, it also needs to persist its own dashboards, users, alert rules, and data-source configuration. I usually use IaC for shared Azure environments. For this deployment, I used Azure CLI first to understand and validate each dependency directly: private networking, PostgreSQL persistence, ACR image pulls, managed identity, and Container...",
      "published": "2026-08-12 20:04",
      "source": "DEV Community"
    },
    {
      "title": "Treat Every `.gitlab-ci.yml` Edit as a Graph Change, Not a Text Diff",
      "link": "https://dev.to/gitlab_3188/treat-every-gitlab-ciyml-edit-as-a-graph-change-not-a-text-diff-4j7f",
      "summary": "A dangerous GitLab CI change rarely looks dangerous in a merge request. The YAML diff is small: one rules: block becomes if: $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH, a job gains needs: [], somebody edits a cache key because a blog post said it would be faster. Reviewers read it like prose, approve it, and then discover the real effect later: a job silently stopped running on tags, artifacts now expire before downstream jobs can fetch them, or the pipeline became fully parallel in a way that makes main nondeterministi...",
      "published": "2026-08-12 20:00",
      "source": "DEV Community"
    },
    {
      "title": "Designing a Utility-First Solana Product Ecosystem",
      "link": "https://dev.to/armcp_team/designing-a-utility-first-solana-product-ecosystem-4khh",
      "summary": "By ARMCP_Team. The author is affiliated with ARMCP, which is used as a disclosed architecture case. This tutorial is educational and does not provide investment advice or recommend purchasing a token. A utility token should be an implementation detail inside a useful product workflow\u2014not the starting point of the product. This tutorial shows how to design a Solana-based ecosystem so every token interaction maps to a user goal, a verifiable on-chain object and a measurable product result. The arc...",
      "published": "2026-08-12 20:00",
      "source": "DEV Community"
    },
    {
      "title": "A Platform-by-Platform Framework for AI Content Provenance and Enterprise Governance",
      "link": "https://dev.to/alifar/a-platform-by-platform-framework-for-ai-content-provenance-and-enterprise-governance-396o",
      "summary": "Businesses using AI-assisted research, content production, or knowledge workflows need more than a broad instruction to \"use reliable sources.\" They need a deliberate model for what each platform is allowed to contribute. A practical framework assigns separate jobs to Wikipedia, Reddit, LinkedIn and YouTube: reliable-source discovery, live context, named-person credibility, and durable video presence. The value of this approach is not that any one platform becomes an authoritative answer engine....",
      "published": "2026-08-12 20:00",
      "source": "DEV Community"
    },
    {
      "title": "Building a Chemistry AI Solver That Shows Its Work",
      "link": "https://dev.to/chemistryai_solver/building-a-chemistry-ai-solver-that-shows-its-work-7n8",
      "summary": "Chemistry problems look deceptively simple to automate. A user types an equation, uploads a worksheet, or asks for a stoichiometry calculation, and the application returns an answer. But the final answer is the least interesting part of the system. When I started working on Chemistry AI, the harder product question was: how can a student tell whether an AI-generated chemistry solution is trustworthy? The problem with answer-only interfaces A chemistry solver can produce a plausible number while ...",
      "published": "2026-08-12 19:55",
      "source": "DEV Community"
    },
    {
      "title": "Stop Vibe-Checking Models: A Repeatable Comparison Harness You Can Run on Free Compute",
      "link": "https://dev.to/hackrs_6393/stop-vibe-checking-models-a-repeatable-comparison-harness-you-can-run-on-free-compute-2b93",
      "summary": "Liquid syntax error: Unknown tag 'endraw'",
      "published": "2026-08-12 19:53",
      "source": "DEV Community"
    },
    {
      "title": "I Inherited 60,000 Lines of Undocumented C++. I Read It With an AI and Assumed Every Answer Was a Lie.",
      "link": "https://dev.to/datacpp_8185/i-inherited-60000-lines-of-undocumented-c-i-read-it-with-an-ai-and-assumed-every-answer-was-a-4l8b",
      "summary": "Three months ago a colleague left, and I inherited his project: roughly 60,000 lines of C++17, no design docs, comments that mostly said // TODO: clean this up, and a build system only he understood. My manager's ask was simple: \"Be able to modify it safely by end of quarter.\" I did not have a quarter to read it line by line. I also did not trust any LLM enough to let it change the code. So I used one for the only job where a wrong answer is cheap: reading. This post is the workflow that came ou...",
      "published": "2026-08-12 19:51",
      "source": "DEV Community"
    },
    {
      "title": "I Built a Filipino Cooking App That Recommends Food Based on the Weather",
      "link": "https://dev.to/justpres/i-built-a-filipino-cooking-app-that-recommends-food-based-on-the-weather-2e3f",
      "summary": "One question gets asked in Filipino households all the time: \"Ano ang lulutuin natin?\" Sometimes you already know. Sometimes you don't. And sometimes the weather gives you a pretty good idea. Rainy afternoon? Maybe Sinigang. Cold weather? Maybe Bulalo. Hot afternoon? Maybe Halo-Halo. That simple observation became the idea behind one of my projects: Lutong Simmer. What Is Lutong Simmer? Lutong Simmer is a Filipino cooking companion application that uses weather and time of day to recommend Pinoy...",
      "published": "2026-08-12 19:50",
      "source": "DEV Community"
    },
    {
      "title": "System Design: A popular cache key expires and 40,000 requests hit your database. How do you fix it?",
      "link": "https://dev.to/gaurav_sharma_c2ef5dd7646/system-design-a-popular-cache-key-expires-and-40000-requests-hit-your-database-how-do-you-fix-it-i3l",
      "summary": "You are in a Staff Engineer system design interview. The interviewer draws a simple architecture on the whiteboard: an API, a Redis cache, and a Postgres database. Then they drop the scenario: \"A highly popular key reaches its TTL (Time-To-Live) and expires. In the exact same second, 40,000 requests arrive looking for that key. What happens, and what do you change to prevent the database from melting?\" Most engineers immediately start talking about scaling the database or adding read replicas. B...",
      "published": "2026-08-12 19:49",
      "source": "DEV Community"
    },
    {
      "title": "A Developer's Guide to AI Bias Auditing: Saliency Maps, TCAV, and Perturbation Testing",
      "link": "https://dev.to/isaias_perez_intelia/a-developers-guide-to-ai-bias-auditing-saliency-maps-tcav-and-perturbation-testing-52eg",
      "summary": "Most teams treat \"bias testing\" as checking one aggregate fairness metric after training. That catches almost nothing. If you're responsible for shipping a model into anything high-impact (hiring, credit, healthcare, criminal justice), here are three interpretability techniques worth actually building into your pipeline before deployment, not after a complaint. 1. Saliency maps: what is the model actually looking at? Saliency maps highlight which input features (pixels, tokens, columns) most inf...",
      "published": "2026-08-12 19:48",
      "source": "DEV Community"
    }
  ],
  "Programming Languages": [
    {
      "title": "Hardware researcher spins up 'CPU deoptimization' project to find the slowest single x86 instruction, creates hall of shame \u2014 worst offender takes 198 billion cycles spanning 62 seconds to execute",
      "link": "https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/1vmhj23/hardware_researcher_spins_up_cpu_deoptimization/",
      "summary": "submitted by /u/masiroo [link] [comments]",
      "published": "2026-08-12 15:34",
      "source": "programming"
    },
    {
      "title": "How Tailscale helped discover a 16+ year old SQLite WAL-Reset bug",
      "link": "https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/1vmglvj/how_tailscale_helped_discover_a_16_year_old/",
      "summary": "submitted by /u/callcifer [link] [comments]",
      "published": "2026-08-12 15:01",
      "source": "programming"
    },
    {
      "title": "Linus Torvalds Explains What Makes Linux So Fast",
      "link": "https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/1vmoddq/linus_torvalds_explains_what_makes_linux_so_fast/",
      "summary": "submitted by /u/Rechenplaner [link] [comments]",
      "published": "2026-08-12 19:40",
      "source": "programming"
    },
    {
      "title": "The fastest double-to-string algorithm you\u2019ve never heard of",
      "link": "https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/1vm65dm/the_fastest_doubletostring_algorithm_youve_never/",
      "summary": "submitted by /u/mttd [link] [comments]",
      "published": "2026-08-12 06:25",
      "source": "programming"
    },
    {
      "title": "Squeak 6.1 (a modern Smalltalk programming environment implemented in itself) was released!",
      "link": "https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/1vlqtmx/squeak_61_a_modern_smalltalk_programming/",
      "summary": "After more than 4 years of work, our community has put together a big bouquet of new capabilities and improvements: A new tree browser for navigating and organizing classes Objectland, bringing back and extending the colorful world of examples from Squeak 3 Plenty of new features, bugfixes, and speed-ups for programming tools, the Morphic UI framework, and the rest of the system Original announcement on Fosstodon: https://fosstodon.org/@squeak/117071273007117118 submitted by /u/LinqLover [link] ...",
      "published": "2026-08-11 19:08",
      "source": "programming"
    },
    {
      "title": "Preparing for Change: Safe Switching over Sealed APIs (Java)",
      "link": "https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/1vmnuu2/preparing_for_change_safe_switching_over_sealed/",
      "summary": "submitted by /u/joemwangi [link] [comments]",
      "published": "2026-08-12 19:20",
      "source": "programming"
    },
    {
      "title": "Change Your Root: Chroot Basics",
      "link": "https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/1vllv5l/change_your_root_chroot_basics/",
      "summary": "submitted by /u/iximiuz [link] [comments]",
      "published": "2026-08-11 16:11",
      "source": "programming"
    },
    {
      "title": "Don't Stall Me Now: Hiding Memory Latency in eBPF",
      "link": "https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/1vlwzdy/dont_stall_me_now_hiding_memory_latency_in_ebpf/",
      "summary": "submitted by /u/mttd [link] [comments]",
      "published": "2026-08-11 23:02",
      "source": "programming"
    },
    {
      "title": "The dangers of Postgres subtransactions",
      "link": "https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/1vlm2vs/the_dangers_of_postgres_subtransactions/",
      "summary": "Really good article explaining the implementation detail within Postgres regarding subtransactions. Very cool benchmark that I was unaware of submitted by /u/Wooden-News-962 [link] [comments]",
      "published": "2026-08-11 16:19",
      "source": "programming"
    }
  ],
  "Game Development": [
    {
      "title": "Amazon to rescind its publisher role on Lost Ark and Throne and Liberty by early 2027",
      "link": "https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/amazon-to-rescind-its-publisher-role-on-lost-ark-and-throne-and-liberty-by-early-2027",
      "summary": "Amazon Games is returning the MMOs to their respective developers.",
      "published": "2026-08-12 16:38",
      "source": "gamedeveloper"
    },
    {
      "title": "Developers expect generative AI to impact roles and team sizes in the next three years",
      "link": "https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/developers-expect-generative-ai-to-impact-roles-and-team-sizes-in-the-next-three-years",
      "summary": "A survey taken by 100 speakers at this year's Gamescom Dev Conference showcases hesitation and mixed feelings on generative AI use.",
      "published": "2026-08-12 14:42",
      "source": "gamedeveloper"
    },
    {
      "title": "Meccha Chameleon tops 20M sales in two months",
      "link": "https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/meccha-chameleon-tops-20m-sales-in-two-months",
      "summary": "The hide-and-seek sensation continues to surpass milestones.",
      "published": "2026-08-12 14:09",
      "source": "gamedeveloper"
    },
    {
      "title": "Epic Games sells ArtStation and Sketchfab to KitBash",
      "link": "https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/epics-sells-artstation-and-sketchfab-to-kitbash",
      "summary": "The Fortnite maker purchased both platforms in 2021.",
      "published": "2026-08-12 13:54",
      "source": "gamedeveloper"
    },
    {
      "title": "'One flag for each laid off dev:' Union workers stage unmissable protest for Xbox boss Asha Sharma",
      "link": "https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/-one-flag-for-each-laid-off-dev-union-members-stage-unmissable-protest-for-xbox-boss-asha-sharma",
      "summary": "It would be difficult to ignore the giant inflatable rat on the lawn.",
      "published": "2026-08-12 08:45",
      "source": "gamedeveloper"
    },
    {
      "title": "Report: Crossfire dev That's No Moon lays off 14 staff",
      "link": "https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/report-crossfire-dev-that-s-no-moon-lays-off-14-staff",
      "summary": "Crossfire was revealed in June of this year with Smilegate and Tencent subsidiary Team K1 acting as publishers.",
      "published": "2026-08-11 20:30",
      "source": "gamedeveloper"
    },
    {
      "title": "Three indie horror publishers faced sexual harassment claims \u2013 what comes next?",
      "link": "https://www.gamedeveloper.com/production/three-indie-horror-publishers-faced-sexual-harassment-claims-what-comes-next-",
      "summary": "Update: 'If no one protects indie developers or calls out bad behavior... who is going to save the indies?'",
      "published": "2026-08-11 17:35",
      "source": "gamedeveloper"
    },
    {
      "title": "Former Ubisoft Barcelona devs launch Dark Ritual Studios",
      "link": "https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/former-ubisoft-barcelona-devs-launch-dark-ritual-studios",
      "summary": "The news comes after Ubisoft moved to lay off of 51 employees at its Barcelona office.",
      "published": "2026-08-11 16:40",
      "source": "gamedeveloper"
    },
    {
      "title": "Remedy Entertainment touts pricing Control Resonant 'attractively for an AAA title'",
      "link": "https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/remedy-entertainment-touts-pricing-control-resonant-attractively-for-an-aaa-title-",
      "summary": "Remedy is placing its bets on Control Resonant being priced at $60 and garnering positive preview coverage over concerns of self-publishing risks.",
      "published": "2026-08-11 14:30",
      "source": "gamedeveloper"
    },
    {
      "title": "Supermassive Games begins third round of layoffs in three years",
      "link": "https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/supermassive-games-begins-third-round-of-layoffs-in-three-years",
      "summary": "The UK studio plans to eliminate up to 75 roles.",
      "published": "2026-08-11 13:29",
      "source": "gamedeveloper"
    },
    {
      "title": "5 tips for using GitHub Copilot with Unity",
      "link": "https://unity.com/blog/5-tips-for-using-github-copilot-with-unity",
      "summary": "",
      "published": "2026-08-11 00:00",
      "source": "Unity Blog RSS Feed"
    }
  ],
  "Gaming News": [
    {
      "title": "Phasmophobia Studio Launches A Publishing Label With These Five Exciting Games",
      "link": "https://www.gamespot.com/articles/phasmophobia-studio-launches-a-publishing-label-with-these-five-exciting-games/",
      "summary": "Kinetic Games is expanding into the games publishing business. Before today, Kinetic has only been known for Phasmophobia, its four-player ghost-hunting game that first exploded during the COVID pandemic and has remained a favorite since then. It has apparently done well enough to allow the team to expand its business into publishing, as it's announced a group of five games that make up its initial publishing efforts. The lineup includes one horror title--and man, is it a big one--and also featu...",
      "published": "2026-08-12 19:30",
      "source": "GameSpot - All Content"
    },
    {
      "title": "The Rumored New James Bond Could Be An Actor From Battlefield 1",
      "link": "https://www.gamespot.com/articles/the-rumored-new-james-bond-could-be-an-actor-from-battlefield-1/",
      "summary": "Rumors continue to swirl about who may play the British super-spy James Bond in the next movie. The latest name in the mix is Jack Lowden, the 36-year-old known in the video game world for playing T.E. Lawrence AKA Lawrence of Arabia in Battlefield 1. TV presenter Richard Osman said on his podcast, The Rest Is Entertainment, that he heard from \"someone\" that Lowden is being considered for the role. He said his source told him \"for definite\" that Lowden is in the mix, though nothing is confirmed ...",
      "published": "2026-08-12 19:29",
      "source": "GameSpot - All Content"
    },
    {
      "title": "New Bully-Like Agefield High Isn\u2019t Having The Best First Day Of School",
      "link": "https://www.gamespot.com/articles/new-bully-like-agefield-high-isnt-having-the-best-first-day-of-school/",
      "summary": "After a story trailer got Bully fans excited for the spiritual successor Agefield High: Rock The School last year, the game has officially released on PC. Unfortunately, first impressions from players aren't so kind, so you may want to temper your expectations that it could match the high bar Rockstar set so long ago. Set in the early 2000s and inspired by the humor of movies like American Pie, Agefield High's developers warn on the Steam page that this humor isn't for everyone. However, the com...",
      "published": "2026-08-12 19:21",
      "source": "GameSpot - All Content"
    },
    {
      "title": "Helldivers 2 NPCs Will Hug You Back Now, Even When No One Else Will",
      "link": "https://www.gamespot.com/articles/helldivers-2-npcs-will-hug-you-back-now-even-when-no-one-else-will/",
      "summary": "Helldivers 2's massive 7.0 update, Devoid of Liberty, is live now, and it brings some huge changes to the game's loveable SEAF soldiers. These NPCs are basically the equivalent of UNSC marines in Halo--fun to have around, but not particularly good at their job. Previously in Helldivers 2, SEAF soldiers could be recruited to follow players around and occasionally shoot at enemies, but were mostly good at being accidentally (or maybe not?) blown to bits by friendly fire. In the Devoid of Liberty u...",
      "published": "2026-08-12 19:12",
      "source": "GameSpot - All Content"
    },
    {
      "title": "Amazon Will Soon Be Out Of The MMO Business Entirely",
      "link": "https://www.gamespot.com/articles/amazon-will-soon-be-out-of-the-mmo-business-entirely/",
      "summary": "Amazon Game Studios looks to be getting out of the MMO business entirely, handing Western operations of Throne and Liberty and Lost Ark back to their respective developers. In two blog posts, Amazon Game Studios outlined its plans to transition both games to their South Korean creators in the coming months. For Throne and Liberty, that transition will happen in Q4 2026 as NC (formerly NCSoft) takes over, while Lost Ark's transition will happen in early 2027 and see Smilegate fully take the reins...",
      "published": "2026-08-12 18:13",
      "source": "GameSpot - All Content"
    },
    {
      "title": "God Of War\u2019s Christopher Judge Is Tired Of Video Game TV Adaptations Ignoring Game Creators",
      "link": "https://www.gamespot.com/articles/god-of-wars-christopher-judge-is-tired-of-video-game-tv-adaptations-ignoring-game-creators/",
      "summary": "The live-action adaptation of God of War is on the way, but the voice of the iconic god-killer Kratos, Christopher Judge, has a bone to pick with the people behind game adaptations. As the actor explained, he's annoyed that these projects fail to hire anyone from the source material to work on them, as they tend to ignore the talent behind the success of those games. \"My problem with all game adaptations is you have this pre-existing, successful property, and the first thing you do is not hire a...",
      "published": "2026-08-12 17:19",
      "source": "GameSpot - All Content"
    },
    {
      "title": "One Of This Year\u2019s Biggest Games Is Coming To Switch 2 Next Year",
      "link": "https://www.gamespot.com/articles/one-of-this-years-biggest-games-is-coming-to-switch-2-next-year/",
      "summary": "Pearl Abyss has announced that Crimson Desert is planned to come out on Switch 2 in 2027. In fact, the developer behind the huge hit--which has sold over 4 million copies on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S--has a rough release window sometime between January and June. The open-world action game heading to Switch 2 had previously been discussed by Pearl Abyss, but the company's latest earnings letter confirms Crimson Desert for the hybrid system. \"In the case of Switch 2, the game has reached a play...",
      "published": "2026-08-12 16:22",
      "source": "GameSpot - All Content"
    },
    {
      "title": "Mysterious Witcher Game Project Sirius Undergoes More Changes \u2013 Report",
      "link": "https://www.gamespot.com/articles/mysterious-witcher-game-project-sirius-undergoes-more-changes-report/",
      "summary": "Project Sirius, the upcoming The Witcher project rumored to be a multiplayer game, is undergoing its latest chapter of upheaval. According to Kotaku, nine people were laid off from Project Sirius developer The Molasses Flood, which is now part of CD Projekt Red. An additional nine people were shifted to other projects within the organization, the report said, adding that this was done as part of a \"broader shift in development strategy.\" In 2023, CD Projekt Red confirmed that more than 25 people...",
      "published": "2026-08-12 16:04",
      "source": "GameSpot - All Content"
    },
    {
      "title": "PlayStation Plus Extra/Premium Games For August 2026 Includes Helldivers 2",
      "link": "https://www.gamespot.com/articles/playstation-plus-extra-premium-games-for-august-2026-revealed/",
      "summary": "Sony is set to reveal the next batch of games coming to the Game Catalog for PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium in August, but we already know of one of them: Helldivers 2, which is now available to download. Developer Arrowhead announced that its hit action game about bringing Managed Democracy to other worlds will be available through the Game Catalog starting August 12. An influx of fresh recruits is perfect timing, as the Helldivers 2 community is being challenged to collectively eliminate 5...",
      "published": "2026-08-12 12:24",
      "source": "GameSpot - All Content"
    },
    {
      "title": "Immortality creator Sam Barlow reveals his next game: A 'sci-fi horror' collaboration with Brandon Cronenberg",
      "link": "https://www.pcgamer.com/games/adventure/immortality-creator-sam-barlow-reveals-his-next-game-a-tale-of-visions-of-the-future-and-why-theyre-not-always-great/",
      "summary": "Precognition promises to \"follow in the footsteps of Immorality\" with a tale of visions of the future, and why they're not always great.",
      "published": "2026-08-12 19:43",
      "source": "PCGamer latest"
    },
    {
      "title": "CD Projekt cuts more than 20% of The Witcher spinoff development team 'to reflect the project's needs at this stage of development'",
      "link": "https://www.pcgamer.com/games/the-witcher/cd-projekt-cuts-more-than-20-percent-of-the-witcher-spinoff-development-team-to-reflect-the-projects-needs-at-this-stage-of-development/",
      "summary": "18 people have been taken off the still-unrevealed Witcher spinoff Project Sirius, which isn't a huge number but does represent a significant percentage.",
      "published": "2026-08-12 19:13",
      "source": "PCGamer latest"
    },
    {
      "title": "It looks like Windows updates might actually be speeding up the OS now",
      "link": "https://www.pcgamer.com/software/windows/it-looks-like-windows-updates-might-actually-be-speeding-up-the-os-now/",
      "summary": "Less AI, more performance improvements: I'm here for it.",
      "published": "2026-08-12 16:24",
      "source": "PCGamer latest"
    },
    {
      "title": "Amazon drops Lost Ark and Throne and Liberty",
      "link": "https://www.pcgamer.com/games/mmo/amazon-drops-lost-ark-and-throne-and-liberty/",
      "summary": "Both MMOs will continue to operate, but new publishers are taking over in the West.",
      "published": "2026-08-12 16:01",
      "source": "PCGamer latest"
    },
    {
      "title": "Dawn of War 4 has been delayed: 'We saw an opportunity to further enhance Dawn of War 4 and deliver the quality of experience we've always envisioned'",
      "link": "https://www.pcgamer.com/games/strategy/dawn-of-war-4-has-been-delayed-we-saw-an-opportunity-to-further-enhance-dawn-of-war-4-and-deliver-the-quality-of-experience-weve-always-envisioned/",
      "summary": "The war has been put on hold until December.",
      "published": "2026-08-12 16:00",
      "source": "PCGamer latest"
    },
    {
      "title": "Someone hooked an RX 9070 XT up to their Steam Machine and it works surprisingly well, like fitting a V8 engine into your Honda Civic",
      "link": "https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/gaming-pcs/someone-hooked-an-rx-9070-xt-up-to-their-steam-machine-and-it-works-surprisingly-well-like-fitting-a-v8-engine-into-your-honda-civic/",
      "summary": "Big GPU, little machine.",
      "published": "2026-08-12 15:28",
      "source": "PCGamer latest"
    },
    {
      "title": "You can now cuddle Helldivers 2's beloved SEAF troopers, though maybe don't do what I did and try it when a Crusher's standing next to you",
      "link": "https://www.pcgamer.com/games/third-person-shooter/you-can-now-cuddle-helldivers-2s-beloved-seaf-troopers-though-maybe-dont-do-what-i-did-and-try-it-when-a-crushers-standing-next-to-you/",
      "summary": "Make love and war.",
      "published": "2026-08-12 15:10",
      "source": "PCGamer latest"
    },
    {
      "title": "Sony has 'zero understanding for what their customers want' says gaming preservation group",
      "link": "https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/sony-has-zero-understanding-for-what-their-customers-want-says-gaming-preservation-group/",
      "summary": "With Sony ending disc support, many fear what that means for game preservation going forward.",
      "published": "2026-08-12 15:06",
      "source": "PCGamer latest"
    },
    {
      "title": "Nvidia reckons new $500 billion investment should allay fears AI companies are just funded by the same pot of cash moving around in one big circle. Reassured yet?",
      "link": "https://www.pcgamer.com/software/ai/nvidia-reckons-new-usd500-billion-investment-should-allay-fears-ai-companies-are-just-funded-by-the-same-pot-of-cash-moving-around-in-one-big-circle-reassured-yet/",
      "summary": "Still seems like a big bubble to me, though.",
      "published": "2026-08-12 14:23",
      "source": "PCGamer latest"
    },
    {
      "title": "Crimson Desert has done so well it'll be getting a DLC this year, with more details coming sooner than I expected given Pearl Abyss' breakneck pace",
      "link": "https://www.pcgamer.com/games/action/crimson-desert-has-done-so-well-itll-be-getting-a-dlc-this-year-with-more-details-coming-sooner-than-i-expected-given-pearl-abyss-breakneck-pace/",
      "summary": "Pearl Abyss' new darling is getting more special treatment.",
      "published": "2026-08-12 14:04",
      "source": "PCGamer latest"
    }
  ],
  "Robotics": [
    {
      "title": "SEW-EURODRIVE adds economy series to its planetary servo gear unit portfolio",
      "link": "https://www.therobotreport.com/sew-eurodrive-adds-economy-series-planetary-servo-gear-unit-portfolio/",
      "summary": "SEW-EURODRIVE's new P1.G, P2.G and P3.G gear units extend its existing PxG family below the P5.G, P6.G, and P7.G precision range. The post SEW-EURODRIVE adds economy series to its planetary servo gear unit portfolio appeared first on The Robot Report.",
      "published": "2026-08-12 16:40",
      "source": "The Robot Report"
    },
    {
      "title": "Q2 2026 robotics demand increased across industries, reports A3",
      "link": "https://www.therobotreport.com/q2-2026-robotics-demand-increased-across-industries-reports-a3/",
      "summary": "A3 said that Q2 2026 robotics orders in food, electronics, and healthcare helped offset soft demand from automotive manufacturing. The post Q2 2026 robotics demand increased across industries, reports A3 appeared first on The Robot Report.",
      "published": "2026-08-12 14:18",
      "source": "The Robot Report"
    },
    {
      "title": "Strengthening U.S. Army sustainment: TALUS to deliver autonomous distribution",
      "link": "https://www.therobotreport.com/strengthening-u-s-army-sustainment-talus-to-deliver-autonomous-distribution/",
      "summary": "A Stratom-led team won a U.S. Army contract to develop TALUS, an autonomous logistics system for contested environments. The post Strengthening U.S. Army sustainment: TALUS to deliver autonomous distribution appeared first on The Robot Report.",
      "published": "2026-08-12 13:36",
      "source": "The Robot Report"
    },
    {
      "title": "Celona launches Orion agentic wireless platform built for physical AI and robotics",
      "link": "https://www.therobotreport.com/celona-launches-orion-agentic-wireless-platform-built-for-physical-ai-robotics/",
      "summary": "Celona launched Celona Orion, a unified agentic platform merging private 5G, Wi-Fi, cellular, and satellite into one network for physical AI. The post Celona launches Orion agentic wireless platform built for physical AI and robotics appeared first on The Robot Report.",
      "published": "2026-08-12 12:00",
      "source": "The Robot Report"
    },
    {
      "title": "DAF Trucks to integrate Einride Driver to scale autonomous electric freight",
      "link": "https://www.therobotreport.com/daf-trucks-integrates-einride-driver-scale-autonomous-electric-freight/",
      "summary": "Einride is integrating its self-driving software with PACCAR unit DAF Trucks and research at TNO to advance safe autonomous trucking. The post DAF Trucks to integrate Einride Driver to scale autonomous electric freight appeared first on The Robot Report.",
      "published": "2026-08-12 10:30",
      "source": "The Robot Report"
    },
    {
      "title": "Defense drone developer Cambridge Aerospace raises $300M",
      "link": "https://www.therobotreport.com/defense-drone-developer-cambridge-aerospace-raises-300m/",
      "summary": "The round comes just months after the Cambridge Aerospace's $200 million Series B funding in April. The post Defense drone developer Cambridge Aerospace raises $300M appeared first on The Robot Report.",
      "published": "2026-08-11 20:34",
      "source": "The Robot Report"
    },
    {
      "title": "PlusAI reaches key milestones ahead of launching its autonomous trucks",
      "link": "https://www.therobotreport.com/plusai-reaches-key-milestones-ahead-launch-autonomous-trucks/",
      "summary": "Since the start of the year, PlusAI said it has improved the safety validation, operational maturity, and efficiency of SuperDrive. The post PlusAI reaches key milestones ahead of launching its autonomous trucks appeared first on The Robot Report.",
      "published": "2026-08-11 17:13",
      "source": "The Robot Report"
    },
    {
      "title": "Webinar to discuss safety and scaling robot fleets in the warehouse",
      "link": "https://www.therobotreport.com/webinar-to-discuss-safety-scaling-robot-fleets-warehouse/",
      "summary": "Industry experts will discuss how to scale mobile robots in the warehouse while maintaining both safety and productivity. The post Webinar to discuss safety and scaling robot fleets in the warehouse appeared first on The Robot Report.",
      "published": "2026-08-11 14:34",
      "source": "The Robot Report"
    },
    {
      "title": "The 370-billion-dollar race: How integrated design can help humanoid manufacturers succeed in a rapidly growing market",
      "link": "https://www.therobotreport.com/the-370-billion-dollar-race-how-integrated-design-can-help-humanoid-manufacturers-succeed-in-a-rapidly-growing-market/",
      "summary": "The future of humanoid robotics is closer than most people realize. The post The 370-billion-dollar race: How integrated design can help humanoid manufacturers succeed in a rapidly growing market appeared first on The Robot Report.",
      "published": "2026-08-11 14:17",
      "source": "The Robot Report"
    },
    {
      "title": "RoboStore launches Robo Inc. to help U.S. organizations deploy robots",
      "link": "https://www.therobotreport.com/robostore-launches-robo-inc-to-help-u-s-organizations-deploy-robots/",
      "summary": "RoboStore, a distributor of Unitree's legged robots, has launched Robo Inc. to serve as a U.S.-based manufacturer and integrator. The post RoboStore launches Robo Inc. to help U.S. organizations deploy robots appeared first on The Robot Report.",
      "published": "2026-08-10 23:40",
      "source": "The Robot Report"
    },
    {
      "title": "Robot Recycler Salvages Parts From Broken Machines",
      "link": "https://spectrum.ieee.org/recycling-robot",
      "summary": "Objects constructed by robots are ubiquitous. If you\u2019ve used a car, household appliance, or smartphone today, you\u2019ve used an object constructed at least in part by robots. The more products that manufacturers want to produce (and consumers want to consume) at lower costs, the more industrial robots will be needed.There are over 4 million industrial robots in use worldwide, according to the International Federation of Robotics. And researchers predict that number will grow to over 16 million by 2...",
      "published": "2026-08-10 18:01",
      "source": "IEEE Spectrum"
    }
  ],
  "Tech General": [
    {
      "title": "Grubhub\u2019s $24M FTC settlement is finally reaching diners and drivers",
      "link": "https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/12/grubhubs-24m-ftc-settlement-is-finally-reaching-diners-and-drivers/",
      "summary": "Checks are being mailed from Grubhub's $23.8 million fine from the FTC after it settled allegations over its business practices.",
      "published": "2026-08-12 18:34",
      "source": "TechCrunch"
    },
    {
      "title": "AI coding startup Cognition reportedly already in talks to raise at $40B valuation",
      "link": "https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/12/ai-coding-startup-cognition-reportedly-already-in-talks-to-raise-at-40b-valuation/",
      "summary": "Cognition may be looking to raise another mega round just a few months after raising $1 billion at a $26 billion valuation.",
      "published": "2026-08-12 18:19",
      "source": "TechCrunch"
    },
    {
      "title": "As AI safety concerns mount, three pioneers make the case for staying open",
      "link": "https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/12/as-ai-safety-concerns-mount-three-pioneers-make-the-case-for-staying-open/",
      "summary": "At Ai4, three of the world's most respected AI experts\u2014Geoffrey Hinton, Fei-Fei Li, and Andrew Ng\u2014debated regulation, open-source access, and how America can compete as China advances in Asia.",
      "published": "2026-08-12 17:51",
      "source": "TechCrunch"
    },
    {
      "title": "OpenAI-backed Thrive Holdings raises $2B to bring AI to the enterprise",
      "link": "https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/12/openai-backed-thrive-holdings-raises-2b-to-bring-ai-to-the-enterprise/",
      "summary": "Thrive Holdings has raised $2 billion in new funding at a $12 billion valuation from investors like SoftBank, D1 Capital Partners, and Altimeter Capital.",
      "published": "2026-08-12 17:41",
      "source": "TechCrunch"
    },
    {
      "title": "Uber Freight reportedly investigating after hacking group claims data breach",
      "link": "https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/12/uber-freight-reportedly-investigating-after-hacking-group-claims-data-breach/",
      "summary": "An extortion gang known for targeting transportation companies and private equity firms has taken credit for a breach at Uber Freight.",
      "published": "2026-08-12 17:15",
      "source": "TechCrunch"
    },
    {
      "title": "Mesh, Automattic\u2019s CRM for everyone, comes to Android",
      "link": "https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/12/mesh-automattics-crm-for-everyone-comes-to-android/",
      "summary": "Mesh, an AI-powered contacts app and relationship manager from Automattic, is now an Android app.",
      "published": "2026-08-12 16:57",
      "source": "TechCrunch"
    },
    {
      "title": "Why Stream\u00a0ring-maker Sandbar says the future of AI wearables is voice",
      "link": "https://techcrunch.com/video/why-stream-ring-maker-sandbar-says-the-future-of-ai-wearables-is-voice/",
      "summary": "AI notetaking hardware has taken off over the past couple of years, with credit-card-sized devices, pendants, pins, and even transcribing earbuds all promising to capture your meetings and turn them into summaries and action items. Now, a whole wave of wearables \u2014 rings especially \u2014 are betting people want to capture stray thoughts and ideas the same way. One of [\u2026]",
      "published": "2026-08-12 16:46",
      "source": "TechCrunch"
    },
    {
      "title": "Tesla wants to build a $10B solar factory in Texas",
      "link": "https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/12/tesla-wants-to-build-a-10b-solar-factory-in-texas/",
      "summary": "Tesla wants to build a massive solar factory in Texas, but first it wants the state to chip in to defray the costs.",
      "published": "2026-08-12 16:18",
      "source": "TechCrunch"
    },
    {
      "title": "Form Energy raises $750M to build more 100-hour batteries for the grid",
      "link": "https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/12/form-energy-raises-750m-to-build-more-100-hour-batteries-for-the-grid/",
      "summary": "Form Energy has landed Google and Crusoe as customers. Now, it has raised $750 million to expand manufacturing to deliver its massive, 100-hour batteries.",
      "published": "2026-08-12 16:18",
      "source": "TechCrunch"
    },
    {
      "title": "Lovable confirms new $13.3B valuation, raises another $400M",
      "link": "https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/12/lovable-confirms-new-13-3b-valuation-raises-another-400m/",
      "summary": "This new funding comes after Lovable hit $500 million in annualized run rate revenue in June, the startup told TechCrunch.",
      "published": "2026-08-12 16:04",
      "source": "TechCrunch"
    },
    {
      "title": "The next big indie game publisher is taking some exciting swings",
      "link": "https://www.theverge.com/games/977985/kinetic-publishing-showcase-sam-barlow-precognition",
      "summary": "Kinetic Publishing, a new indie publisher from the development team behind the co-op horror game Phasmophobia, just hosted its first games showcase, and it includes five ambitious new titles set to release in 2027 and 2028. Perhaps the most significant announcement from Kinetic's show is that it's publishing the next game from Telling Lies and [\u2026]",
      "published": "2026-08-12 19:30",
      "source": "The Verge"
    },
    {
      "title": "It looks like Apple’s iPhone 18 really will skip the fall launch this year",
      "link": "https://www.theverge.com/tech/979231/apple-base-iphone-18-launch-delayed",
      "summary": "According to an Economic Daily News report spotted by MacRumors, executives for Apple supplier Pegatron confirmed during an earnings call that the iPhone 18 Pro series phones will launch this fall, but the base iPhone 18 won't arrive until the first quarter of next year. The more affordable iPhone 18e and a new iPhone Air [\u2026]",
      "published": "2026-08-12 19:27",
      "source": "The Verge"
    },
    {
      "title": "Google\u2019s Pixel 11 phone preorders come with up to $350 in gift cards",
      "link": "https://www.theverge.com/gadgets/975970/google-pixel-11-series-where-to-buy-preorder-release-date",
      "summary": "Looking to get your hands on the latest Pixel devices? After weeks of leaks and rumors, Google has officially announced its next generation of Pixel phones and watches. The base Pixel 11 starts at $899, the Pro and Pro XL are $1,099 and $1,299 respectively, and the Pro Fold starts at $1,899. The watch comes [\u2026]",
      "published": "2026-08-12 17:47",
      "source": "The Verge"
    },
    {
      "title": "Twitch streamers can now opt out from training Amazon\u2019s AI",
      "link": "https://www.theverge.com/tech/979112/twitch-streamers-can-now-opt-out-from-training-amazons-ai",
      "summary": "Twitch users can now opt out of allowing their content to be used to train Amazon's generative AI models. Opting out means that \"your streams, VODs, clips, stream chats, and pictures and text on your channel\" won't be used in \"future training\" of an Amazon AI model \"whose purpose is to generate or synthesize text, [\u2026]",
      "published": "2026-08-12 17:29",
      "source": "The Verge"
    },
    {
      "title": "How Google\u2019s new Pixel 11 phones compare to last year\u2019s models",
      "link": "https://www.theverge.com/gadgets/975237/google-pixel-11-pro-comparison-specs-price-features",
      "summary": "Google just added four new phones to the Pixel family: the Pixel 11, Pixel 11 Pro, Pixel 11 Pro XL, and the Pixel 11 Pro Fold. They're slightly more expensive than their predecessors, but they come with some notable upgrades, including improved cameras and a new Tensor G6 chip that should deliver faster performance. The [\u2026]",
      "published": "2026-08-12 17:00",
      "source": "The Verge"
    },
    {
      "title": "ICE wants to give agents electrified gloves that shock people into compliance",
      "link": "https://www.theverge.com/policy/979010/ice-agents-electric-shock-gloves",
      "summary": "Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is aiming to spend up to $20 million on equipping officers and agents with specialized gloves that deliver painful electric shocks. These plans were outlined in a notice published by the Department of Homeland Security on Monday, with an unspecified quantity of the devices set to be delivered by March [\u2026]",
      "published": "2026-08-12 16:58",
      "source": "The Verge"
    },
    {
      "title": "Amazon gets out of the MMO game",
      "link": "https://www.theverge.com/tech/979070/amazon-mmo-throne-and-liberty-lost-ark-live-operations",
      "summary": "Amazon is fully stepping back from MMOs. After saying last year that it would be halting \"a significant amount\" of its work on first-party AAA games, \"specifically around MMOs,\" Amazon will be handing over live operations of Throne and Liberty and Lost Ark in the West to other companies, according to announcements on Wednesday. Throne [\u2026]",
      "published": "2026-08-12 16:46",
      "source": "The Verge"
    },
    {
      "title": "How the Pixel 11 Pro Fold compares to the Galaxy Z Fold 8",
      "link": "https://www.theverge.com/tech/972498/google-pixel-11-pro-fold-samsung-galaxy-z-fold-8-ultra-specs-comparison",
      "summary": "Google wasn't first to make a foldable Android phone, but the company's Pixel Fold series is now an established player with unique traits compared to its competitors. For one, it popularized the passport-style design years ago, being more wide than tall - something that Samsung tried for the first time this year with its Z [\u2026]",
      "published": "2026-08-12 16:00",
      "source": "The Verge"
    },
    {
      "title": "Guitar company D\u2019Addario admits that AI music was used in a promotional video",
      "link": "https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/978982/daddario-guitar-ai-music-suno",
      "summary": "After weeks of controversy and speculation, music company D'Addario has admitted that AI, specifically Suno, was used as part of a recent promotional video. For nearly two weeks, the company has denied the allegations, even as evidence piled up against it. It offered various explanations, from low-quality exports, to combinations of plug-ins like Autotune introducing [\u2026]",
      "published": "2026-08-12 15:52",
      "source": "The Verge"
    },
    {
      "title": "Google aims for influencers with the Pixel 11 Creator Suite",
      "link": "https://www.theverge.com/tech/977888/pixel-creator-suite-influencer-camera-features",
      "summary": "Google knows creators are a big audience. The occupation is growing fast, and landing some influential names could be a major turning point for the Pixel's market share. This year, Google is building features directly into its new Pixel lineup that it says can help creators record, organize, edit, and publish content faster and more [\u2026]",
      "published": "2026-08-12 14:30",
      "source": "The Verge"
    },
    {
      "title": "US boosts drone surveillance as flesh-eating screwworms spread in Texas",
      "link": "https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/08/us-boosts-drone-surveillance-as-flesh-eating-screwworms-spread-in-texas/",
      "summary": "Hundreds of Homeland Security drones retasked to survey wildlife and livestock.",
      "published": "2026-08-12 19:40",
      "source": "Ars Technica"
    },
    {
      "title": "Two hydrogen-burning engines powered this car to a new land speed record",
      "link": "https://arstechnica.com/cars/2026/08/jcb-sets-a-new-406-mph-speed-record-for-hydrogen-powered-cars/",
      "summary": "JCB has invested heavily in hydrogen to power its diggers and other machinery.",
      "published": "2026-08-12 17:01",
      "source": "Ars Technica"
    },
    {
      "title": "US tries to override New York gambling laws, orders Kalshi to keep operating",
      "link": "https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/08/us-tries-to-override-new-york-gambling-laws-orders-kalshi-to-keep-operating/",
      "summary": "Trump admin claims New York suing Kalshi created \"market emergency.\"",
      "published": "2026-08-12 16:33",
      "source": "Ars Technica"
    },
    {
      "title": "Booksellers suspect AI firms are buying and then destroying rare books",
      "link": "https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/08/heres-a-balm-if-the-idea-of-destroying-books-to-train-ai-breaks-your-heart/",
      "summary": "AI firms quietly bulk buying rare books face resistance from booksellers.",
      "published": "2026-08-12 15:19",
      "source": "Ars Technica"
    },
    {
      "title": "Google reveals 2026 hardware lineup: Pixel 11, Pixel Watch 5, and Pixel Tag",
      "link": "https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/08/google-reveals-2026-hardware-lineup-pixel-11-pixel-watch-5-and-pixel-tag/",
      "summary": "Google focuses more on AI and curated experiences than spec upgrades in 2026.",
      "published": "2026-08-12 14:00",
      "source": "Ars Technica"
    },
    {
      "title": "Researchers found a way to hijack devices through Zoom screen sharing",
      "link": "https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/08/researchers-found-a-way-to-hijack-devices-through-zoom-screen-sharing/",
      "summary": "A public AI tool found the dangerous Zoom flaw in under 20 prompts.",
      "published": "2026-08-12 13:37",
      "source": "Ars Technica"
    },
    {
      "title": "Formula E finds a new home on Disney+, ESPN+",
      "link": "https://arstechnica.com/cars/2026/08/formula-e-finds-a-new-home-on-disney-espn/",
      "summary": "The deal starts with the arrival of the GEN4 car and 2026-27 season this December.",
      "published": "2026-08-12 13:35",
      "source": "Ars Technica"
    },
    {
      "title": "Did poop enable the evolution of complex animals?",
      "link": "https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/08/feces-fueled-a-flurry-of-evolution-during-the-cambrian-study-suggests/",
      "summary": "In a recent study, evolution gets even messier than usual.",
      "published": "2026-08-12 12:34",
      "source": "Ars Technica"
    },
    {
      "title": "DEF CON crowd suspected in fake-hotspot attack on Delta flight",
      "link": "https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2026/08/def-con-crowd-suspected-in-fake-hotspot-attack-on-delta-flight/",
      "summary": "FBI Atlanta confirms it's looking into the incident, no arrests made.",
      "published": "2026-08-12 00:08",
      "source": "Ars Technica"
    },
    {
      "title": "Trump wants Big Pharma to split MMR vaccine; Big Pharma thinks it's idiotic",
      "link": "https://arstechnica.com/health/2026/08/trump-wants-big-pharma-to-split-mmr-vaccine-big-pharma-thinks-its-idiotic/",
      "summary": "It took just hours for the leading pharma group to reject the recommendations.",
      "published": "2026-08-11 22:31",
      "source": "Ars Technica"
    }
  ]
}