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• Google is building a Duolingo rival into the Translate app (theverge.com)
  Google is launching new AI-powered language learning tools in its Translate app. The feature uses AI to generate lesson plans based on your…
• Services Australia CIO tapped to lead Digital Victoria initiative (zdnet.com)
  Michael McNamara will leave Services Australia in September to assume the role of Digital Victoria CEO.
• Apple’s iPhone 17 launch event is set for September 9th (theverge.com)
  Apple has announced the date of its next big event, where the company is expected to launch the iPhone 17 lineup on September 9th.
• Iconfactory's macabre icons for Halloween 2006 (arstechnica.com)
  Spook out your Mac with this year's Halloween icons from the Iconfactory.
• Dish gives up on becoming the fourth major wireless carrier (theverge.com)
  Dish parent company EchoStar has announced that it’s selling its 3.45 GHz and 600 MHz spectrum licenses to AT&T for $23 billion, a move tha…
• My Dream App semifinals, free software, same old same old... (arstechnica.com)
  Another round of My Dream App voting is on. This time, it's the semifinals!
• Google claims no instances of foreign interference campaigns targeting Australia (zdnet.com)
  While conceding that foreign interference campaigns on its platforms targeting other jurisdictions have made their way to Australia, Google…
• Running portable OS X applications on your iPod now, not later (arstechnica.com)
  You don't have to wait for "Home on iPod" to run some of your favorite OS X …
• Hikvision records 40% net profit uplift for 1H21 despite of COVID-19 and political conflict (zdnet.com)
  One of China's video surveillance manufacturer Hikvision believes its R&D investments will help boost the company's financial position.
• RRR director S. S. Rajamouli is bringing two of his classics back to theaters. (theverge.com)
  To commemorate the 10 year anniversary of his 2015 action / epic Baahubali: The Beginning, S. S. Rajamouli is releasing a new five-and-a-ha…
• FCC opens up "white spaces" to consumer electronics (arstechnica.com)
  The FCC has voted to officially allow wireless devices to use parts of the …
• CRKD’s Vortex is a twist on a Peak Design backpack, but for gaming (theverge.com)
  CRKD’s attempts to clone the Peak Design Everyday backpack at a third of the price are somewhat successful, but missing some key elements.
• Framework is trying to add a Trackpoint nub and is building its first eGPU (theverge.com)
  Framework is developing an extra-large haptic touchpad a la Apple’s MacBooks, and the company’s first external graphics module (eGPU).
• iPod nano announced in red to fight AIDS (arstechnica.com)
  As expected, a red iPod nano was released today by Apple with promotions from …
• Inmarsat Orchestra 'dynamic mesh' network to use 5G, low orbit, and geostationary satellites (zdnet.com)
  Customers will be able to use their terminals to expand coverage to other terminals within range on a network to cost around $100 million.
• There’s a new 3D printing arms race. (theverge.com)
  [Media: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rluJj3NEdQA] Bambu just pre-announced its next printer, the H2C, which changes its own nozzles to m…
• Cisco researchers spotlight Solarmarker malware (zdnet.com)
  A new report said the Solarmarker campaign is being conducted by "fairly sophisticated" actors focusing their energy on credential and resi…
• States continue losing streak with game legislation (arstechnica.com)
  Oklahoma becomes the latest state to get a lesson on video games, the First …
• The winners and losers of Taylor Swift’s engagement announcement (theverge.com)
  Which platforms got the Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce engagement news, and which didn’t.
• Portland Project hits 1.0 milestone (arstechnica.com)
  The just released software framework has already been adopted by several …
• Two of Meta’s new Superintelligence hires have returned to their former employer: OpenAI. (theverge.com)
  Both were at Meta for less than a month, Wired reported. A third Superintelligence lab employee also left but did not specify where he was…
• Analytics giant SAS Institute aims for IPO in 2024 (zdnet.com)
  In 2020, SAS generated approximately $3 billion in revenue and achieved its 45th consecutive year of profitability, the company noted Thurs…
• Open Apple (arstechnica.com)
  Secure from the pests of contradictory and confusing truths.
• AI super PACs, the hottest investment in tech (theverge.com)
  In the latest issue of Regulator, Tina Nguyen unpacks the incentives behind Silicon Valley’s new AI super PAC.
• IBM and Michael J. Fox Foundation use AI to pinpoint symptom progression for Parkinson's (zdnet.com)
  IBM Research and the Michael J. Fox Foundation have made a discovery that will allow clinicians to further understand the biology of Parkin…
• Anthropic is piloting a Chrome extension for Claude so it can work in your browser. (theverge.com)
  “We view browser-using AI as inevitable: so much work happens in browsers that giving Claude the ability to see what you’re looking at, cli…
• Game Review: Dig Dug (Live Arcade) (arstechnica.com)
  Does the arcade classic hold up today? Can we still call it a classic even if …
• Psychonauts gets Steamed (arstechnica.com)
  The best platformer you've never played (but have probably heard about) is …
• Security team finds Crimea manifesto buried in VBA Rat using double attack vectors (zdnet.com)
  The Malwarebytes report said a new threat actor may be targeting Russian and pro-Russian individuals.
• Dressing for ovulation and odor-based learning (arstechnica.com)
  Some studies look at what's going on either side of pregnancy, but it's not …
• KPop Demon Hunters is Netflix’s most popular movie of all time (theverge.com)
  The animated musical has become a cultural phenomenon and one of Netflix’s most surprising successes.
• Twilio beats Q2 expectations with 67% revenue growth (zdnet.com)
  The cloud communications company has a run rate surpassing $2.6 billion.
• Looks like nuclear fusion is picking up steam (theverge.com)
  The Clean Air Task Force mapped nuclear fusion projects across the world.
• What do iPod nanos, Oprah, Bono, and AIDS have in common? (arstechnica.com)
  Rumor has it that U2's Bono and Oprah have teamed up to announce something …
• Has Jack Thompson mellowed? An intriguing and even-handed interview (arstechnica.com)
  Destructoid was able to talk to Jack Thompson, and both sides had fair things …
• Atlassian's customer base surges in Q4 (zdnet.com)
  The company also raised its outlook for the first quarter.
• T-Mobile adds 1.4 million net subscribers in Q2 (zdnet.com)
  T-Mobile also raised its 2021 merger synergies outlook.
• Anthropic settles AI book piracy lawsuit (theverge.com)
  Anthropic has settled a class action lawsuit that accused the company of training its Claude AI models on “millions” of pirated works.
• Here are 30 of our favorite deals from REI’s 2025 Labor Day sale (theverge.com)
  REI’s annual Labor Day sale runs through September 1st, allowing you to save on camping gear, satellite communicators, water filters, and a…
• Parents, the Xbox 360, and safe gaming (arstechnica.com)
  Microsoft wants parents to feel secure about the experience their children …
• I talked to the people who cut open whale carcasses to investigate what killed them and they say (theverge.com)
  There’s plenty of disinformation trying to blame the nascent offshore wind industry for whale deaths without evidence. Not only is that mis…
• Clover Studio shut down. You should have bought more copies of Okami (arstechnica.com)
  Clover Studio, developer of games such Viewtiful Joe, Okami, and God Hand...
• Amazon misses Q2 revenue estimates (zdnet.com)
  However, Amazon's cloud business, AWS, responsible for most of Amazon's operating income, saw its growth rate accelerate.
• Microsoft locks down a building after protesters get inside president’s office (theverge.com)
  Current and former Microsoft employees performed a sit-in protest inside vice chair and president Brad Smith’s office.
• Wii preorders begin tomorrow (arstechnica.com)
  The PS3 preorders came and went, now Nintendo steps up to bat.
• Fortinet beats Wall Street expectations for Q2 thanks to sales in the Americas (zdnet.com)
  Fortinet delivered second quarter revenue of $801.1 million, up 29.7% from a year ago.
• Prezi announces integration with Google Workspace for video content (zdnet.com)
  Prezi CEO Jim Szafranski said video conferencing, messaging and collaboration tools must "coexist seamlessly."
• Apple’s iPhone 17 event invite has an Easter Egg. (theverge.com)
  Small teases are nothing new for Apple invitations, but as 9to5Mac points out, this Awe Dropping event page includes a fully interactive hi…
• Warning: Random MacBook shutdowns may result in lawsuit! (arstechnica.com)
  While the issue of random shutdowns may have been solved, the lawyer problem …
• Microsoft hosts emergency press conference after protesters ‘storm a building’ (theverge.com)
  Microsoft is “working every day” to investigate how Azure is being used in Israel, Smith said. But he said the protestors’ actions were “no…