Month: August 2026
Government workers can officially waste time scrolling TikTok again
The app was banned from government devices in 2022. Source
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Nashville will use ’eminent domain’ to block a $700 million data center threatening iconic zoo
Nashville’s Metro Council voted 27 to 5 to authorize acquiring the 23.49-acre site next to the Nashville Zoo by negotiation or condemnation This comes after a local fight escalated into a national campaign with a 500,000-signature petition The vote grants an option rather than a commitment: no negotiations have begun,…
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Apple and the curse of the mythical next thing
Apple may or may not be working on a mostly-glass 20th anniversary iPhone. This long-rumored passion project would not necessarily transform the iPhone into a fully translucent device, but would extend the front and back glass panels so that they almost meet around a far thinner metal border. But like…
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ChatGPT and Gemini both just passed 1 billion users
For the 14th time, a Google product has hit 1 billion users. Google CEO Sundar Pichai posted on X that a billion people are using Gemini every month, and that Gemini is Google’s fastest-growing product ever. A billion users is a huge milestone, but Google isn’t the first AI app…
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A flight tracking service is suing Kalshi for using its data without authorization
A flight tracking service is suing Kalshi for using its data without authorization. Source
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Threads has a VR app now
It seems like a pretty full-featured app. Meta says that with the Threads VR app, you can do things like browse feeds, make posts, like and reply to posts, visit profiles, search, and watch videos — you know, Threads stuff. “We designed the new Threads app for Meta Quest to…
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