Starting August 19, 2026, Amazon began automatically upgrading compatible U.S. Fire TV devices to Alexa+ at no extra cost, eliminating the previous $19.99 monthly fee for non Prime users—but some advanced fe...
Prosus is proposing a $100 million investment in Navi, its first institutional funding round, at a reported valuation of about $1.3 billion.
Also’s $150 million Series D brings its total funding to $455 million and is aimed primarily at autonomous small electric vehicles—not just e bikes.
Natrium is a 345 MW sodium cooled fast reactor, not a molten salt cooled reactor.
Retro tech is returning because it makes everyday activities feel deliberate, tactile, and bounded—not necessarily because it is more efficient than a smartphone.
On August 19, 2026, several vetted cybersecurity researchers suddenly lost access to OpenAI’s Trusted Access for Cyber program, including Daybreak Blue.
T Mobile contained a suspected Salt Typhoon intrusion in November 2024 before attackers reached customer data or broadly penetrated its network.
Pew’s latest survey found that 52% of Americans are more concerned than excited about AI, up from 37% in 2021, while only 9% are more excited.
Sam Altman was reportedly expected at Gwyneth Paltrow’s Hamptons home on August 29 for a private, off the record dinner, but neither Paltrow nor OpenAI had officially confirmed the event.
Rillet raised $100 million at a $1 billion valuation in August 2026, led by ICONIQ, after reporting more than 600 customers and a doubling of ARR over the previous three months.
In an August 16, 2026 podcast, Kalanick estimated that only about 10% of VCs meet his “do no harm” standard and just 1% are genuinely helpful—but his $1.7 billion Atoms round shows he still sees selected inv...
Announced on August 19, 2026, OpenAI’s Private Safety Processing is designed to detect misuse patterns spread across multiple conversations while preserving Zero Data Retention: automated systems analyze the...