August 10, 2026

Meta’s new Glimmer AI model offers a hint at Zuckerberg’s personal intelligence vision: Meta’s new open-weight Muse Glimmer model offers a glimpse of Mark Zuckerberg’s personal superintelligence vision, as well as the emerging divide between AI users can own and access. Read More

YouTube now requires creators to have twice as many watch hours to start earning money: Creators who want to start earning on the platform will need at least 8,000 qualified watch hours over the past year or 20 million qualified Shorts views in the last 90 days. Read More

Clicks' Power Keyboard brings BlackBerry-style typing to any phone — with some compromises: Clicks’ $99 Power Keyboard brings a customizable, slide-out physical keyboard to MagSafe and Qi2 smartphones, but its added heft can make larger phones awkward to use. Read More

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A data breach at shipping giant Ceva Logistics is rippling across banks, retailers, Steam gamers, and beyond: Companies that rely on Ceva Logistics for shipping their physical goods to customers say their personal data was taken during a recent cyberattack. Read More

Tech industry is buzzing after a Claude agent hacked into a gym: An OpenClaw agent hacked into a gym's reservation system to bump its human boss higher on a class' waitlist. And the tech industry took notice. Read More

Mark Zuckerberg's AI manifesto is exactly why people don't like AI: On Monday, Mark Zuckerberg published a 6,500-word manifesto about personal AI, largely about the possibilities for the "personal superintelligence" systems Meta AI is building. Read More

Google co-founder Sergey Brin has now spent $100 million to fight the billionaire tax: California's Prop 40 would impose a one-time 5% tax on the net worth of the state's billionaires. Read More

Archer buys former rival Wisk Aero: The two companies were once embroiled in a trade secret theft lawsuit. Now, Wisk is being absorbed into Archer. Read More

Google Play adds Venmo as a payment option: The ability to add Venmo to Google Play comes as people are spending more money on apps and games. Read More

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