Tech

A look at Pangram, the AI detector at the center of disputed accusations against writers, including a pulled novel and a Commonwealth Prize-winning short story (www.ft.com)
2026-8-31 AI

Big Tech reported Q2 “other income” rose significantly to $160B+, driven by investments in AI companies, raising concerns of paper gains overstating the AI boom (www.ft.com)
2026-8-31 AI

Sources: OpenAI starts letting some major customers pay only when its AI completes tasks, as Salesforce and other AI providers test outcome-based pricing (www.theinformation.com)
2026-8-31 AI Salesforce

OpenClaw releases OpenClaw 2.0, its largest update to date built by 933 contributors, with a simplified installation process, a rebuilt browser app, and more (openclaw.ai)
2026-8-31 Browser

Amazon's HR Lead Uses AI Tool to Write 100,000 Lines of Code - 25 Years After She Last Coded (developers.slashdot.org)
2026-8-31 Amazon AI

Shein raised $1.7B in its Hong Kong IPO, giving it a $26B market cap, far below its ~$100B valuation in 2022, as growth slows amid tariffs and competition (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-8-31 Hong Kong IPO

IPO documents: SoftBank's SB Energy plans to file for an IPO as soon as this week, aiming to raise $5B to $7B, and has awarded OpenAI warrants worth ~$5.5B (www.wsj.com)
2026-8-31 IPO Energy

Taiwanese authorities raided the office of PCB maker Unimicron, an Nvidia and Intel supplier, alleging it illegally labeled China-made parts as made in Taiwan (asia.nikkei.com)
2026-8-31 China Taiwan Intel Nvidia

Multikernel Linux Tree Released: Runs Multiple Kernels On Bare Metal Without a Hypervisor (linux.slashdot.org)
2026-8-31 Linux

Google updates Maps to show Lake America for US users, Lake Ontario for Canadian users, and both for the rest of the world, citing the US GNIS' name change (apnews.com)
2026-8-31 U.S. Google Canada

The US-led AI boom is offsetting the global growth squeeze from the energy crunch; ING says the boom accounts for about a third of recent US economic growth (www.wsj.com)
2026-8-31 Energy AI

Gamescom Crime Spree? Three Exhibitors Report Their Laptops Were Stolen (yro.slashdot.org)
2026-8-31

Chip design startup Agentrys has raised a $19.1M seed round led by Etna Labs and a $5.4M pre-seed led by MediaTek (www.axios.com)
2026-8-31 Startup

AI's 'Creepy' Crawlers Criticized by Linux Foundation's IT Infrastructure Director (linux.slashdot.org)
2026-8-31 Linux AI

The challenges John Ternus inherits as he replaces Tim Cook on Sept. 1 amid rising component costs, staff retention issues, efforts to catch up in AI, and more (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-8-31 AI Tim Cook

Chess.com Launches New Poker Site, Plans More Classic Game Sites with Player Ratings - Thanks to AI Protyping (games.slashdot.org)
2026-8-31 AI

Google Maps Renamed Lake Ontario to 'Lake America' - But Only for U.S. Users (tech.slashdot.org)
2026-8-31 U.S. Google

Analysis: AI chatbots challenged or didn't respond to 90%+ of 15 false narratives spread by Russia, China, and Iran; AI overviews did it 60%+ of the time (www.npr.org)
2026-8-31 Russia China AI chatbot Iran

Has Big Tech Captured America's Schools? (news.slashdot.org)
2026-8-31 U.S.

Pay just $199 for a year of AutoCAD LT instead of $540 (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-8-31

Chrome Web Store extensions caught stealing crypto, browser data (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-8-31 Browser Chrome

Anthropic warns infostealer malware is hijacking Claude sessions to drain usage (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-8-31

FulcrumSec claims Manchester Airports hack, theft of 86 GB of data (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-8-31

A Tiny 'Rainbow On a Chip' Could Help Supercharge 6G Networks (tech.slashdot.org)
2026-8-31

Sources: OpenAI bought tens of thousands of Macs for RL, Anthropic rents them, Nvidia sees Apple as its main local AI rival as Macs gain traction with AI devs (www.theinformation.com)
2026-8-31 AI Apple Nvidia

Scientists Turn Plastic Waste Into Edible Cookies (science.slashdot.org)
2026-8-31

Citrix Adds a Linux-Powered Escape Hatch For Compromised Windows PCs (it.slashdot.org)
2026-8-31 Linux

A look at the management changes John Ternus could make as many key Apple execs prepare to leave in the next few years; Apple tested a Pencil for folding iPhone (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-8-31 iPhone Apple

A look at the race to build quantum computers, as the tech becomes a geopolitical battleground with potential to transform cybersecurity, finance, and more (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-8-30 Quantum

SpaceX Launching NASA's Roman Space Telescope to Explore Dark Energy and Habitable Planets (science.slashdot.org)
2026-8-30 Energy SpaceX NASA

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