The Verge
Audacity 4 is a complete revamp of the ‘world’s most popular’ audio editor
Audacity 4 has been in the works for some time, and had its own mini controversy last year when an unfortunate redesigned logo…
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TechCrunch
AI compute provider Nscale is looking for $3.5B in pre-IPO financing
Nscale, which recently struck a $45 billion deal with Anthropic, is in talks to raise additional funds in anticipation of an…
Engadget
Flock cameras are officially banned on state roads in Florida
Florida joins a growing list of cities and states responding to the license plate reader backlash.
The Verge
The White House is making arcade games racist
The PR masterminds at the White House just released a series of vaguely policy-themed "arcade" games, some of which are racist…
The Verge
GoPro says it’s still committed ‘to your collective stoke’
GoPro CEO Nick Woodman said in a letter to customers that making cameras is still his company's "core DNA," after a proposed $285…
TechCrunch
Judge blocks X rival from using Twitter name, but allows ‘Tweet’ for now
A federal judge temporarily barred an X rival from using the Twitter name, but found that X was likely to have abandoned the…
The Verge
Roland is getting into generative AI music with Melody Flip
It's not quite the "push button; get song" of Suno, but Roland's new Melody Flip tool marks the company's foray into generative…
TechCrunch
What will Apple’s John Ternus era look like?
It’s officially the Ternus era at Apple. Tim Cook stepped down as CEO this week, handing the company to former hardware chief…
The Verge
AGI is whatever you want it to be
OpenAI announced its next big model, GPT-6 Astra, and also, by the way, that "the AGI era" is here now. Today on The Vergecast…
TechCrunch
No little kids allowed, and other new info about Tesla’s Cybercab
The company says no children under 13 can ride -- even with a parent. That's more restrictive than the Model Y SUVs it's using as…
TechCrunch
Another swarm of OpenAI agents reached the open internet without the frontier lab’s knowledge
It's the latest failure of OpenAI's internal monitoring and security systems.
The Verge
Microsoft says virtually nobody was grabbing NYT articles through its chatbot
Microsoft's Copilot rarely reproduces even full sentences from news articles and books, let alone substantive chunks that could…
Google Translate rolls out new upgrades for iOS and Android.
We’re bringing listening mode to iOS, and on Android, keep live translations running while you’re using other apps or when your…
Create your best tracks yet with Lyria 3.5 in Gemini.
Lyria 3.5, our best-sounding music generation model, is now available in the Gemini app and the Gemini API. Lyria 3.5 brings more…
Engadget
Nintendo just announced two Direct livestream events for next week
Zelda takes center stage on September 8 and everything else is being saved for September 9.
Engadget
Rogue OpenAI agents took over a German coding forum in a previously undisclosed hijacking
OpenAI says it's investigating the incident after a group of researchers disclosed their findings.
TechCrunch
CD sales are making an unexpected comeback amid a retro tech boom
U.S. CD revenue jumped 58.6% in the first half of 2026, reversing last year’s decline as interest in retro tech and physical…
The Verge
Alienware’s refurbished 16 Aurora is almost $200 off at Woot
Gaming laptop deals aren’t what they used to be (stares daggers at RAMageddon), which is why I consider Woot’s deal on a…