Month: August 2026
Whoop launches Meridian, its jewellery-inspired band and its latest way to ensure you never have to take off your fitness tracker
Whoop launches Meridian, its jewellery-inspired fitness tracker It’s essentially a Whoop 5.0 with Milanese metal mesh and premium metallic finishes It ‘keeps the same sensor array and tracking accuracy as the standard band’ If there’s one thing Whoop hates, it’s people taking their fitness trackers off. After all, you’re losing…
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United’s new A321XLR is packed with tech, and it’s about to take on new transatlantic routes
United’s new Airbus A321XLR begins service soon, and it’s packed with tech It’ll mostly serve international, transatlantic routes with free Starlink-powered Wi-Fi The big surprise? Two Economy Plus rows with no middle seats Just a few months back, I got to go inside United’s next-generation Boeing 787 Dreamliner, complete with…
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CPU shipments fall as consumers pay the cost for price rises — but AMD grows its share
Desktop CPU shipments dropped over 20% amid rising memory and GPU costs AMD now holds nearly 35% of the entire desktop processor market Mobile CPU shipments jumped as Intel finally closed its capacity gap Global processor shipments fell in the second quarter of 2026 compared with the same period a…
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China sets new airborne wind turbine record at 4,000m — this 747-sized helium blimp generates megawatt power from high-altitude winds
China has tested an airborne blimp called the S4000 It generates electricity from wind power at an altitude of 4,000 meters The airship can move to wherever it is needed most If you thought the age of blimps was over, think again. China has just launched a successful test of…
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Could helicopter drones be the next big military breakthrough? This US firm says its new unit can fly up to five times longer than traditional battery-powered quadcopters
Iveda’s GX10-F100 claims more than 150 minutes of airborne endurance The gasoline-powered aircraft carries up to 19 pounds of cargo during missions Semi-symmetrical carbon-fiber frame targets coastal and remote operating environments Iveda has introduced a rotary-wing unmanned aircraft aimed at military logistics, reconnaissance, communications support, and other operations requiring longer…
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Australia’s recording association bans AI-made music from charts
Songs using gen-AI as a support tool will still be allowed, so long as they're "substantially human made." Source
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