{
  "AI & Machine Learning": [],
  "Software Development": [
    {
      "title": "Per-developer environments were the goal. Agents moved the goalposts.",
      "link": "https://thenewstack.io/new-tenant-is-change/",
      "summary": "Multi-tenancy has moved in one direction for 60 years: the tenant keeps getting smaller. Mainframe time-sharing carved a single machine The post Per-developer environments were the goal. Agents moved the goalposts. appeared first on The New Stack.",
      "published": "2026-08-15 14:00",
      "source": "The New Stack"
    },
    {
      "title": "Grok 4.6 matched Fable 5 Max at an 85% discount. Downloadable models set that price.",
      "link": "https://thenewstack.io/grok-4-6-matched-fable-5-max/",
      "summary": "I\u2019m Matt Burns, Chief Content Officer at Insight Media Group. Each week, I round up the most important AI developments, The post Grok 4.6 matched Fable 5 Max at an 85% discount. Downloadable models set that price. appeared first on The New Stack.",
      "published": "2026-08-15 03:56",
      "source": "The New Stack"
    },
    {
      "title": "When Everyone Has AI Agents, Who Knows What They\u2019re Doing?",
      "link": "https://dev.to/zhan1234/when-everyone-has-ai-agents-who-knows-what-theyre-doing-33mj",
      "summary": "We started building OliverGraph to give teams and their AI agents shared context across GitHub, Slack, docs, and the other places where work happens. At first, we thought the main problem was retrieval. Company knowledge is scattered across GitHub, Slack, docs, tickets, and people so we could connect those systems and get the right context to the agent when needed. But we ran into another problem. Agent runs were becoming another place where important context lived. An agent also gets context di...",
      "published": "2026-08-17 00:26",
      "source": "DEV Community"
    },
    {
      "title": "How Do I Send Password Reset Emails from a Backend App Using an Email API?",
      "link": "https://dev.to/gaeldan/how-do-i-send-password-reset-emails-from-a-backend-app-using-an-email-api-2c09",
      "summary": "Here's the full flow the way I've built it, using Notify as the email API. The shape of this is the same regardless of which provider you pick \u2014 generate a token, send a link, verify it on submit \u2014 so most of this applies no matter what you're using; I'll flag the one part that's specific to Notify. The Flow, End to End User requests a password reset Your backend generates a secure, short-lived reset token Your backend stores a hashed version of that token Your backend sends an email with the re...",
      "published": "2026-08-17 00:20",
      "source": "DEV Community"
    },
    {
      "title": "\ud83d\udc3e PawSafe: An AI-Powered Food Safety Checker for Dogs",
      "link": "https://dev.to/paul_emmanuel/pawsafe-an-ai-powered-food-safety-checker-for-dogs-53o8",
      "summary": "This is a submission for Weekend Challenge: Dog Days Edition What I Built PawSafe is an AI-powered web application that helps dog owners answer a simple but important question: \"Can my dog eat this?\" Users can enter the name of a food, upload a photo, or provide both. PawSafe then analyzes the information using Google's Gemini API and provides a simple safety assessment. The result is categorized into four levels: \ud83d\udfe2 Generally Safe \ud83d\udfe1 Use Caution \ud83d\udd34 Not Safe \u26aa Unable to Determine Along with the res...",
      "published": "2026-08-17 00:18",
      "source": "DEV Community"
    },
    {
      "title": "Stop Guessing Calories: Build a Multimodal Food Estimation Pipeline with GPT-4o & SAM",
      "link": "https://dev.to/beck_moulton/stop-guessing-calories-build-a-multimodal-food-estimation-pipeline-with-gpt-4o-sam-1ohb",
      "summary": "We\u2019ve all been there: staring at a delicious plate of pasta, trying to figure out if it's 400 or 800 calories. Manual tracking is a chore, and standard apps often fail at portion estimation. But what if we could combine Computer Vision, Multimodal LLMs, and Vector Databases to build an automated nutritionist? In this tutorial, we are building a state-of-the-art Multimodal Food Estimation Pipeline. By leveraging the Segment Anything Model (SAM) for precise boundary detection and GPT-4o Vision for...",
      "published": "2026-08-17 00:07",
      "source": "DEV Community"
    },
    {
      "title": "I run a surf forecast for 20 breaks in Morocco on EUR 0/month. Here's the stack.",
      "link": "https://dev.to/mytaghazout/i-run-a-surf-forecast-for-20-breaks-in-morocco-on-eur-0month-heres-the-stack-1ppf",
      "summary": "I live on the Taghazout coast in Morocco - a strip of Atlantic between Agadir and Imsouane that's basically one long right-hand point break after another. Two years ago the only way to know if tomorrow was worth it was to check three different global forecast sites, none of which knew the difference between Anchor Point and the beach break 400m south of it. So I built taghazout.io. It now covers 20 named breaks, runs in 10 languages, and costs me nothing per month. Here's how it's actually put t...",
      "published": "2026-08-17 00:04",
      "source": "DEV Community"
    },
    {
      "title": "One terminal, two trust levels \u2014 running Claude Code against a real subscription and a cheap proxy",
      "link": "https://dev.to/mediblacksand_f0ea36c53fb/one-terminal-two-trust-levels-running-claude-code-against-a-real-subscription-and-a-cheap-proxy-5c02",
      "summary": "Part of an ongoing series on model routing and trust tiering for agentic coding tools. This one's the boring, working half \u2014 no bug hunt, just a setup that's been running clean across two machines. The problem Claude Code does one thing well: careful, scoped edits with a real plan-then-execute loop behind them, backed by a subscription you're already paying for. Not every task needs that. Exploratory reads, \"summarize this directory,\" draft-and-discard scratch work \u2014 most of that doesn't need th...",
      "published": "2026-08-17 00:03",
      "source": "DEV Community"
    },
    {
      "title": "Why AI Agent Runtimes Need a 'Constitution': Lessons from Ironclaw and the Rise of Policy-First Autonomous Systems",
      "link": "https://dev.to/tamizuddin/why-ai-agent-runtimes-need-a-constitution-lessons-from-ironclaw-and-the-rise-of-policy-first-4i0h",
      "summary": "Originally published on tamiz.pro. Introduction Autonomous AI agents are transitioning from research prototypes to production-critical systems. As these agents gain the ability to act on behalf of users\u2014sending emails, executing trades, modifying code, or interacting with physical infrastructure\u2014the question of how they decide what to do becomes as important as what they do. The concept of a \"Constitution\" for AI agent runtimes\u2014a formal, layered policy framework that governs agent behavior\u2014is em...",
      "published": "2026-08-17 00:02",
      "source": "DEV Community"
    },
    {
      "title": "Four Failures That Made a Weekly launchd Job Actually Run",
      "link": "https://dev.to/bokuwalily/four-failures-that-made-a-weekly-launchd-job-actually-run-5hhb",
      "summary": "Every skill my AI setup learns lives in one folder on my laptop \u2014 and none of it reaches the repo I created yesterday. That gap is why I built a weekly job that pushes my accumulated skills into every project on the machine. This is what it does, and the four failures I hit getting it to run unattended. Why this mechanism works Claude Code's ~/.claude/skills/auto/ is essentially a personal \"habits library.\" Workarounds, completion criteria, and verification commands discovered mid-task get writt...",
      "published": "2026-08-17 00:00",
      "source": "DEV Community"
    },
    {
      "title": "\ud83d\ude38Catbot Integration, AI Office, Cat Mode (AI Avatar v17: VS Code and Chrome Extension)",
      "link": "https://dev.to/webdeveloperhyper/catbot-integration-ai-office-cat-mode-ai-avatar-v17-vs-code-and-chrome-extension-2f26",
      "summary": "Intro AI Avatar is a free app where your VRoid (VRM) avatar cheers you with all its might.\ud83e\udd17 It lives in your VS Code sidebar (reacts to Claude Code / GitHub Copilot) or browser side panel (reacts to ChatGPT / Claude). Animations and speech bubbles all run without AI too. This time I have three main topics. \ud83e\udd1dCatbot Integration \ud83c\udfe2AI Office \ud83d\ude3aCat Mode Let's see how they are! Catbot Integration I was asked to collaborate with my DEV Community friend @annavi11arrea1 Catbot. Catbot is A galactic robot c...",
      "published": "2026-08-16 23:49",
      "source": "DEV Community"
    },
    {
      "title": "I built a production-ready Shopify Hydrogen theme and open-sourced it",
      "link": "https://dev.to/ozgursagiroglu/i-built-a-production-ready-shopify-hydrogen-theme-and-open-sourced-it-1891",
      "summary": "Every Hydrogen project I've worked on started the same way \u2014 wire up a cart, build a PDP, add filters, then spend weeks on the \"extras\" that aren't really extras: wishlist, compare, quick view, proper i18n, RTL. After doing this enough times I decided to build it once and properly. ada \u00c9LAN is a Hydrogen storefront theme for fashion brands. It ships: \u2014 An editorial design system (Cormorant Garamond + Plus Jakarta Sans, documented design tokens) \u2014 Real i18n \u2014 English, French, Arabic with full RTL...",
      "published": "2026-08-16 23:40",
      "source": "DEV Community"
    }
  ],
  "Programming Languages": [
    {
      "title": "Protobuf finally has LSP support. You\u2019re welcome. \u00b7 Buf",
      "link": "https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/1vq4pbv/protobuf_finally_has_lsp_support_youre_welcome_buf/",
      "summary": "submitted by /u/esiy0676 [link] [comments]",
      "published": "2026-08-16 18:31",
      "source": "programming"
    },
    {
      "title": "Linux Storage 101: Drives, Partitions, and Mounts",
      "link": "https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/1vq17rg/linux_storage_101_drives_partitions_and_mounts/",
      "summary": "submitted by /u/iximiuz [link] [comments]",
      "published": "2026-08-16 16:17",
      "source": "programming"
    },
    {
      "title": "Pony's Arena Allocator",
      "link": "https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/1vq4rr0/ponys_arena_allocator/",
      "summary": "I recently discovered that Pony's still alive. I had discovered Pony a few years ago while browsing tech forums. Its focus on memory safe & lock-free MT was interesting. I kept up with the weekly development for a brief period but then kind of forgot about the language until recently when I rediscovered it when I was chatting about Crystal's MT. I just wanted to share the latest blog post here in case someone else remembers this language. Looks like the development has been progressing steadily....",
      "published": "2026-08-16 18:33",
      "source": "programming"
    },
    {
      "title": "Lessons from Implementing Functions in My Interpreter (in Rust)",
      "link": "https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/1vq3w93/lessons_from_implementing_functions_in_my/",
      "summary": "submitted by /u/TechnologySubject259 [link] [comments]",
      "published": "2026-08-16 18:00",
      "source": "programming"
    },
    {
      "title": "What garbage collection actually costs",
      "link": "https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/1vppv2b/what_garbage_collection_actually_costs/",
      "summary": "submitted by /u/Realistic-Currency29 [link] [comments]",
      "published": "2026-08-16 06:46",
      "source": "programming"
    },
    {
      "title": "Popovers",
      "link": "https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/1vpt013/popovers/",
      "summary": "Nobody likes popovers, everyone makes them anyway. This makes them a Tolstoy kind of thing -- there are a handful of tricks that make them better, and an infinite number of ways to mess up. submitted by /u/Odd-Tell9763 [link] [comments]",
      "published": "2026-08-16 09:55",
      "source": "programming"
    },
    {
      "title": "I thought I was building a C replacement. I was wrong",
      "link": "https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/1vpxrcl/i_thought_i_was_building_a_c_replacement_i_was/",
      "summary": "submitted by /u/Nuoji [link] [comments]",
      "published": "2026-08-16 13:58",
      "source": "programming"
    },
    {
      "title": "Why I stopped caring about terminology",
      "link": "https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/1vpud0w/why_i_stopped_caring_about_terminology/",
      "summary": "submitted by /u/wordbit12 [link] [comments]",
      "published": "2026-08-16 11:14",
      "source": "programming"
    }
  ],
  "Game Development": [],
  "Gaming News": [
    {
      "title": "You Have Some Homework To Do To Make The Most Of Star Wars Zero Company",
      "link": "https://www.gamespot.com/articles/you-have-some-homework-to-do-to-make-the-most-of-star-wars-zero-company/",
      "summary": "Star Wars Zero Company takes place right at the end of The Clone Wars, my favorite period in Star Wars' huge timeline. That conflict begins with the Battle of Geonosis in Attack of the Clones and concludes with the deaths of the Separatist leaders in Revenge of the Sith, but a vast majority of the galaxy-spanning war is covered in the seven seasons of Star Wars: The Clone Wars. As such, Zero Company makes several references to the earlier seasons of the TV show that debuted in 2008. The biggest ...",
      "published": "2026-08-16 18:00",
      "source": "GameSpot - All Content"
    },
    {
      "title": "Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls Is Making The Wait For Injustice 3 Much More Bearable",
      "link": "https://www.gamespot.com/articles/marvel-tokon-fighting-souls-is-making-the-wait-for-injustice-3-much-more-bearable/",
      "summary": "Let me get this straight: I play a lot of the best fighting games. I enjoy playing them. I am not good at the genre. Anything online requires me to adapt to players far beyond my skill level, and it\u2019s almost pointless for me to attempt to reach that level. I just don\u2019t have the time or patience to do it, but that doesn\u2019t mean I can\u2019t praise a game when it smashes it out of the park. After waiting for almost a decade for Injustice 3, Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls is keeping me occupied, and, to be...",
      "published": "2026-08-16 14:00",
      "source": "GameSpot - All Content"
    },
    {
      "title": "Starfield Discount Drops The Sci-Fi RPG To Its Lowest Price Yet",
      "link": "https://www.gamespot.com/articles/starfield-discount-drops-the-sci-fi-rpg-to-its-lowest-price-yet/",
      "summary": "As someone who talks about their fascination with space to an unhealthy degree, you can bet that Starfield was my most anticipated game for years. The first original IP from Bethesda Game Studios in over two decades, it looked like a sci-fi take on Fallout, offering a new universe to explore from the developer behind some of the best RPGs available. While it initially didn\u2019t live up to my hefty expectations, it\u2019s now in better shape following multiple updates. Best of all, you can get it even ch...",
      "published": "2026-08-16 13:00",
      "source": "GameSpot - All Content"
    },
    {
      "title": "Kingdom Hearts 4 Extended Trailer | D23 KH4 Showcase",
      "link": "https://www.gamespot.com/videos/kingdom-hearts-4-extended-trailer-d23-kh4-showcase/",
      "summary": "We got an extended look at the trailer revealed at D23 that showcases more gameplay than the Coco reveal trailer. Get a glimpse of some gameplay featuring Mickey, Donald, Goofy and more.",
      "published": "2026-08-16 00:18",
      "source": "GameSpot - All Content"
    },
    {
      "title": "KINGDOM HEARTS 4 \u2013 COCO Reveal and Release Window Trailer | D23 Showcase",
      "link": "https://www.gamespot.com/videos/kingdom-hearts-4-coco-reveal-and-release-window-trailer-d23-showcase/",
      "summary": "A brand-new adventure awaits as the world of Disney and Pixar's Coco joins KINGDOM HEARTS IV.",
      "published": "2026-08-15 21:01",
      "source": "GameSpot - All Content"
    },
    {
      "title": "League of Legends YouTuber unearths the original investor pitch from when the game was called Onslaught: War of the Immortals",
      "link": "https://www.pcgamer.com/games/moba/league-of-legends-youtuber-unearths-the-original-investor-pitch-from-when-the-game-was-called-onslaught-war-of-the-immortals/",
      "summary": "Back when the game was seemingly 6v6, Sion had a beard, and the story revolved around \"an antichrist of sorts.\"",
      "published": "2026-08-16 17:42",
      "source": "PCGamer latest"
    },
    {
      "title": "Where's the weirdest place you've heard videogame music?",
      "link": "https://www.pcgamer.com/games/wheres-the-weirdest-place-youve-heard-videogame-music/",
      "summary": "Why does hearing it in public places feel so\u2026 wrong?",
      "published": "2026-08-16 17:00",
      "source": "PCGamer latest"
    },
    {
      "title": "David Brevik, creator of Diablo, reveals the 'worst ending' to any game he's played:  'But I really love the game. It's amazing'",
      "link": "https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/david-brevik-creator-of-diablo-reveals-the-worst-ending-to-any-game-hes-played-but-i-really-love-the-game-its-amazing/",
      "summary": "The legendary game designer guides us through the games on his PC.",
      "published": "2026-08-16 17:00",
      "source": "PCGamer latest"
    },
    {
      "title": "The next big videogame TV adaptation is a Kingdom Hearts anime",
      "link": "https://www.pcgamer.com/movies-tv/the-next-big-videogame-tv-adaptation-is-a-kingdom-hearts-anime/",
      "summary": "In it, the Three Caballeros will fight Bahamut. I'm kidding, but I can't imagine I'm that far off.",
      "published": "2026-08-16 16:00",
      "source": "PCGamer latest"
    },
    {
      "title": "Iron Nest is the best 'Battleship' game I've played in years\u2014and it doesn't even have boats",
      "link": "https://www.pcgamer.com/games/sim/iron-nest-is-the-best-battleship-game-ive-played-in-years-and-it-doesnt-even-have-boats/",
      "summary": "Use your smarts to locate enemies and meticulously plot firing solutions.",
      "published": "2026-08-16 16:00",
      "source": "PCGamer latest"
    },
    {
      "title": "Marvel T\u014dkon's simple but effective combo trials are an elegant tutorial solution that I wish more fighting games had",
      "link": "https://www.pcgamer.com/games/fighting/marvel-tokons-simple-but-effective-combo-trials-are-an-elegant-tutorial-solution-that-i-wish-more-fighting-games-had/",
      "summary": "Make me use my noggin, please.",
      "published": "2026-08-16 15:00",
      "source": "PCGamer latest"
    },
    {
      "title": "I played the economic simulator that could 'make a convert out of Karl Marx himself' to see if it could convert me",
      "link": "https://www.pcgamer.com/games/sim/i-played-the-economic-simulator-that-could-make-a-convert-out-of-karl-marx-himself-to-see-if-it-could-convert-me/",
      "summary": "Though I'm not Karl Marx, just in case you're confused.",
      "published": "2026-08-16 15:00",
      "source": "PCGamer latest"
    },
    {
      "title": "The Quake community simply cannot stop delivering, having just released a 22-map 'Deathmatch Jam' to celebrate the shooter's 30th birthday",
      "link": "https://www.pcgamer.com/games/fps/the-quake-community-simply-cannot-stop-delivering-having-just-released-a-22-map-deathmatch-jam-to-celebrate-the-shooters-30th-birthday/",
      "summary": "Frag your friends to mark three decades of Quake.",
      "published": "2026-08-16 14:09",
      "source": "PCGamer latest"
    },
    {
      "title": "You could win a slice of \u20ac30,000 by building the best mod for Mount & Blade 2's controversial seafaring expansion",
      "link": "https://www.pcgamer.com/games/rpg/you-could-win-a-slice-of-eur30-000-by-building-the-best-mod-for-mount-and-blade-2s-controversial-seafaring-expansion/",
      "summary": "War Sails finally gets modding tools of its own.",
      "published": "2026-08-16 11:49",
      "source": "PCGamer latest"
    },
    {
      "title": "Kingdom Hearts 4 finally has a release window, and it's sooner than I expected",
      "link": "https://www.pcgamer.com/games/rpg/kingdom-hearts-4-finally-has-a-release-window-and-its-sooner-than-i-expected/",
      "summary": "A firm release date remains elusive, however.",
      "published": "2026-08-16 09:56",
      "source": "PCGamer latest"
    }
  ],
  "Robotics": [
    {
      "title": "How robotics is revolutionizing stroke rehabilitation",
      "link": "https://www.therobotreport.com/how-robotics-is-revolutionizing-stroke-rehabilitation/",
      "summary": "Eyal Samuel Shachar, the CEO of Bioxtreme, says the growing synergy of robotics, AI, and human-centered care will improve patient outcomes. The post How robotics is revolutionizing stroke rehabilitation appeared first on The Robot Report.",
      "published": "2026-08-16 12:30",
      "source": "The Robot Report"
    },
    {
      "title": "Why robots that can\u2019t communicate naturally won\u2019t be adopted",
      "link": "https://www.therobotreport.com/why-robots-that-cant-communicate-naturally-wont-be-adopted-says-treble/",
      "summary": "Gunnar P\u00e9tur Hauksson, the co-founder and COO at Treble Technologies, says robotics developers can't overlook the importance of hearing. The post Why robots that can\u2019t communicate naturally won\u2019t be adopted appeared first on The Robot Report.",
      "published": "2026-08-15 12:20",
      "source": "The Robot Report"
    },
    {
      "title": "How Protolabs turns CAD files into parts in under 24 hours",
      "link": "https://www.therobotreport.com/how-protolabs-turns-cad-files-into-parts-under-24-hours/",
      "summary": "Protolabs CTO Marc Kermisch explains how AI, simulation, and design for manufacturing turn CAD files into production parts faster. The post How Protolabs turns CAD files into parts in under 24 hours appeared first on The Robot Report.",
      "published": "2026-08-14 22:14",
      "source": "The Robot Report"
    }
  ],
  "Tech General": [
    {
      "title": "Stripe will reportedly acquire AI gateway startup OpenRouter for $7B+",
      "link": "https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/16/stripe-will-reportedly-acquire-ai-gateway-startup-openrouter-for-7b/",
      "summary": "OpenRouter's CEO recently described the startup as Stripe for AI.",
      "published": "2026-08-16 20:57",
      "source": "TechCrunch"
    },
    {
      "title": "Why people aren\u2019t buying Mark Zuckerberg\u2019s AI future",
      "link": "https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/16/why-people-arent-buying-mark-zuckerbergs-ai-future/",
      "summary": "On the latest episode of Equity podcast, we discuss why not everyone is buying Zuckerberg\u2019s vision.",
      "published": "2026-08-16 20:32",
      "source": "TechCrunch"
    },
    {
      "title": "Anthropic CEO says AI backlash is \u2018fundamentally a crisis of trust\u2019",
      "link": "https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/16/anthropic-ceo-says-ai-backlash-is-fundamentally-a-crisis-of-trust/",
      "summary": "Dario Amodei is pushing back against the idea that he's been painting an overly pessimistic picture of AI.",
      "published": "2026-08-16 16:53",
      "source": "TechCrunch"
    },
    {
      "title": "TechCrunch Mobility: The shifting flight path of electric air taxis",
      "link": "https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/16/techcrunch-mobility-the-shifting-flight-path-of-electric-air-taxis/",
      "summary": "Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility \u2014 your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation.",
      "published": "2026-08-16 16:04",
      "source": "TechCrunch"
    },
    {
      "title": "Woman claims her stepfather used Grok to transform childhood photo into explicit imagery",
      "link": "https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/15/woman-claims-her-stepfather-used-grok-to-transform-childhood-photo-into-explicit-imagery/",
      "summary": "The woman claimed that AI tools are \"taking everyday life and turning it into child sexual abuse.\"",
      "published": "2026-08-15 21:29",
      "source": "TechCrunch"
    },
    {
      "title": "Anthropic shares more details about how Claude\u2019s new watermarks will work",
      "link": "https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/15/anthropic-shares-more-details-about-how-claudes-new-watermarks-will-work/",
      "summary": "How will the watermarking actually work? Can it be hidden with editing? And how does this affect code?",
      "published": "2026-08-15 18:58",
      "source": "TechCrunch"
    },
    {
      "title": "SpaceX officially closes its Cursor acquisition",
      "link": "https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/15/spacex-officially-closes-its-cursor-acquisition/",
      "summary": "AI coding startup Cursor is now officially a part of SpaceX.",
      "published": "2026-08-15 16:30",
      "source": "TechCrunch"
    },
    {
      "title": "How to tell if your AI platforms\u2019 accounts have been hacked",
      "link": "https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/15/how-to-tell-if-your-ai-platforms-accounts-have-been-hacked/",
      "summary": "A guide on how to check if hackers have broken into your accounts on the most popular AI platforms.",
      "published": "2026-08-15 16:10",
      "source": "TechCrunch"
    },
    {
      "title": "Every fusion startup that has raised over $100M",
      "link": "https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/15/every-fusion-startup-that-has-raised-over-100m/",
      "summary": "Fusion startups have raised $7.1 billion to date, with the majority of it going to a handful of companies.",
      "published": "2026-08-15 13:15",
      "source": "TechCrunch"
    },
    {
      "title": "Talks to sell PayPal to Stripe and Advent are heating up",
      "link": "https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/14/talks-to-sell-paypal-to-stripe-and-advent-are-heating-up/",
      "summary": "PayPal is still reportedly negotiating a potential sale to Stripe and private equity firm Advent, as the fintech firm's new CEO attempts to turn the company around.",
      "published": "2026-08-14 22:43",
      "source": "TechCrunch"
    },
    {
      "title": "OpenAI reportedly disbanded its preparedness team",
      "link": "https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/980817/openai-disbands-preparedness-team",
      "summary": "According to the Financial Times, OpenAI disbanded its preparedness team at the end of last month. The job of the preparedness team was to assess if models posed serious risks and develop ways to mitigate those risks. (You know, like the possibility that it could go rogue and hack another company.) According to FT, responsibility [\u2026]",
      "published": "2026-08-16 21:32",
      "source": "The Verge"
    },
    {
      "title": "Open Mike Eagle and Kenny Segal crafted a hip hop breakup masterpiece",
      "link": "https://www.theverge.com/entertainment/980799/open-mike-eagle-and-kenny-segal-doomed-review",
      "summary": "\"Breakups are\u2026 tough.\" It's the opening lines of an interlude towards the end of DOOMED! Called \"It Happens in Every Universe.\" It's also basically the thesis of the entire record. It's no grand revelation, but it's a well-trodden subject that Open Mike Eagle manages to mine for artistic gold. Eagle's subject matter is usually personal, [\u2026]",
      "published": "2026-08-16 20:31",
      "source": "The Verge"
    },
    {
      "title": "Amazon is trying to crush class-action suits before they get started",
      "link": "https://www.theverge.com/tech/980752/amazon-class-action-arbitration-terms-and-conditions",
      "summary": "On Friday, Amazon customers received an email alerting them to an update to the site's terms and conditions. Most notably, it stated that disputes would now be resolved through arbitration and said users agree to a class action waiver. Amazon framed this as a \"fast and efficient\" way to resolve issues, but it notably would [\u2026]",
      "published": "2026-08-16 17:35",
      "source": "The Verge"
    },
    {
      "title": "ChatGPT\u2019s Computer History tracks your clicks and keystrokes",
      "link": "https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/980742/chatgpts-computer-history-tracks-your-clicks-and-keystrokes",
      "summary": "ChatGPT's desktop app on macOS has a new feature called Computer History that turns your actions into training data, learning how you work, suggesting automations, and even picking up tasks you left half done. It uses your activity to build a timeline that ChatGPT and Codex can reference when you make a request. The feature [\u2026]",
      "published": "2026-08-16 14:56",
      "source": "The Verge"
    },
    {
      "title": "Rogue AI aren\u2019t science fiction anymore",
      "link": "https://www.theverge.com/column/980337/rogue-ai-science-fiction-openai",
      "summary": "This is The Stepback, a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For more on AI safety, follow Robert Hart. The Stepback arrives in our subscribers' inboxes at 8AM ET. Opt in for The Stepback here. How it started It all started in July, when one of OpenAI's autonomous AI agents [\u2026]",
      "published": "2026-08-16 12:00",
      "source": "The Verge"
    },
    {
      "title": "Polaroid\u2019s tiny instant camera is $72 and includes a free pack of film",
      "link": "https://www.theverge.com/gadgets/980448/polaroid-go-second-generation-film-pack-bundle-deal-sale",
      "summary": "Smartphone cameras are convenient, but they lack the charm of analog instant cameras. If you\u2019re trying to relive the nostalgia of waiting for an instant photo to develop, Amazon is selling the second-generation Polaroid Go instant camera with a 16-photo film pack for $71.99 (usually $109.99). That\u2019s the lowest price we\u2019ve seen for the bundle, [\u2026]",
      "published": "2026-08-16 03:00",
      "source": "The Verge"
    },
    {
      "title": "Matt Groening lets slip that Simpsons: Hit & Run might be making a comeback",
      "link": "https://www.theverge.com/entertainment/980720/matt-groening-simpsons-hit-run-d23",
      "summary": "At D23, when asked about the potential for a sequel to the cult classic The Simpsons: Hit & Run game, Matt Groening replied, \"I think the original game is coming back in some form,\" before current showrunner Matt Selman added, \"or not.\" The tone in both of their voices and the body language suggests that [\u2026]",
      "published": "2026-08-15 21:56",
      "source": "The Verge"
    },
    {
      "title": "Have a laugh at AI\u2019s expense by roleplaying as a chatbot",
      "link": "https://www.theverge.com/entertainment/980502/roleplay-as-an-ai-chatbot",
      "summary": "Your AI Slop Bores Me is brilliant in its simplicity. There are two tabs: human and LARP as an AI. On one side you enter a request. On the other, you submit an answer. But the important thing is that there's a human on both sides of the equation. Prompts can request a response as [\u2026]",
      "published": "2026-08-15 20:45",
      "source": "The Verge"
    },
    {
      "title": "Don’t overlook Elektron’s budget electronic music instruments",
      "link": "https://www.theverge.com/gadgets/980275/elektron-model-cycles-model-samples-groovebox-electronic-music-instruments-review",
      "summary": "When I'm asked what to buy if you want to get into making electronic music, I often recommend Elektron's budget-minded Model:Samples and Model:Cycles grooveboxes. They don't grab headlines the way Teenage Engineering's gear or the Telepathic Instruments Orchid do, and even compared to the company's higher-end and more niche musical offerings like the Digitakt, Octatrack, [\u2026]",
      "published": "2026-08-15 17:00",
      "source": "The Verge"
    },
    {
      "title": "Switched on Pop\u2019s Nate Sloan and Charlie Harding love fresh vegetables and guitar pedals",
      "link": "https://www.theverge.com/report/980288/switched-on-pop-nate-sloan-charlie-harding-podcast-netflix-interview",
      "summary": "As if you needed more reason to love Carly Rae Jepsen's \"Call Me Maybe\" beyond its pop perfection, it is also, according to lore, the genesis for Switched on Pop, one of the best music podcasts out there. Cohosts Nate Sloan and Charlie Harding obsessively dissect pop songs, from the theory behind their musical choices [\u2026]",
      "published": "2026-08-15 15:00",
      "source": "The Verge"
    },
    {
      "title": "Wildfire smoke now bigger prenatal threat than human sources of air pollution",
      "link": "https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/08/wildfire-smoke-now-bigger-prenatal-threat-than-human-sources-of-air-pollution/",
      "summary": "Regulations reduced prenatal exposure to harmful emissions, but wildfire smoke is erasing gains.",
      "published": "2026-08-16 10:00",
      "source": "Ars Technica"
    },
    {
      "title": "VisionQuest trailer kicks off Disney's D23 fan event",
      "link": "https://arstechnica.com/culture/2026/08/visionquest-trailer-kicks-off-disneys-d23-fan-event/",
      "summary": "Also: Ahsoka S2 teaser, Doomsday trailer, news about MCU's X-Men and Star Wars: Starfighter",
      "published": "2026-08-15 21:21",
      "source": "Ars Technica"
    },
    {
      "title": "Ukraine strikes major Russian rocket factory with cruise missiles",
      "link": "https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/08/ukraine-strikes-major-russian-rocket-factory-with-cruise-missiles/",
      "summary": "\"Flamingo missiles were used. A good achievement.\"",
      "published": "2026-08-15 15:46",
      "source": "Ars Technica"
    },
    {
      "title": "So much solar: Digging into the list of every US power plant that went online this year",
      "link": "https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/08/so-much-solar-digging-into-the-list-of-every-us-power-plant-that-went-online-this-year/",
      "summary": "Utility-scale solar leads by a mile, followed by batteries. Fossil fuels, not so much.",
      "published": "2026-08-15 11:09",
      "source": "Ars Technica"
    }
  ]
}