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Mac RumorsAug 19, 2026
College Students Can Get a Free Year of Google AI Pro
Google today said eligible college students in the United States can get a free year of Google AI Pro. Google AI Pro is normally priced at $19.99 per month, and it includes 4x higher usage limits in Gemini, access to Gemini Spark, Gemini in Google apps like Gmail and Google Docs, and 5TB of storage space.


Mac RumorsAug 19, 2026
EU Welcomes Apple's App Store Changes, Epic Slams 'Junk Fees'
Apple yesterday updated its App Store fees in the EU to comply with the Digital Markets Act and to put an end to its ongoing conflict with the European Commission. Apple cut the Core Technology Fee and simplified its pricing structure, so apps distributed through alternative marketplaces or through the web will pay less than before.


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Mac RumorsAug 19, 2026
Meta AI Launches Mac App With Screen Sharing and Dictation
Meta today launched a new ?Meta? AI app for the Mac, which is available in a beta capacity.


Washington Post TechAug 19, 2026
Ties to data centers could cost Ohio Sen. Jon Husted his seat, memo warns
A GOP memo obtained by The Post urges the tech industry to take action to improve the image of the controversial facilities.

ComputerWorldAug 19, 2026
The Google Pixel 11 Pro XL: A smarter phone for getting things done
The new Google Pixel 11 Pro XL doesn't dramatically reinvent the company's flagship smartphone formula. From a hardware perspective, this year's model represents an incremental update. But after spending time with Google's latest full-featured Pixel, I've found that some of its most meaningful improvements for business users aren't necessarily the things that stand out on a spec sheet or benchmark chart.

Starting at $1,299 with 256GB of storage, the Pixel 11 Pro XL features a 6.8-in. Super Actua LTPO OLED display, Google's new Tensor G6 processor, a 5115mAh battery and an updated triple-camera system. Google also pledges seven years of operating system, Android security and Pixel Drop updates.

The hardware is very good, but Google's deeper integration of Gemini with Android and other thoughtful software features are what make this device more interesting.

Tensor G6 performance: The numbers don't tell the whole story Google's Tensor processors have never been benchmark chart-toppers, and the Tensor G6 doesn't change that. In Geekbench 6, the Pixel 11 Pro XL scored 2,736 single-core and 7,399 multi-core numbers. That's a healthy improvement over the Pixel 10 Pro XL's 2,326 and 6,413, respectively, but well behind devices like Samsung's Galaxy S26 Ultra (at 3,683 and 11,243) powered by Qualcomm's latest SoCs.



SlashDotAug 19, 2026
X's Algorithm Feeds Off Ragebait and Impacts Democrats More, Study Finds


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EngadgetAug 19, 2026
Mattel is releasing a full-scale building brick set of the original Xbox
The $330 Xbox building set includes a controller that interacts with three game-inspired dioramas.

Washington Post TechAug 19, 2026
Before-and-after images show where SpaceX rocket crashed into the moon
The Falcon 9 crash was not intentional, but NASA said lunar-surface impacts are actually an "accepted and safe" method of disposing of hardware.

Washington Post TechAug 19, 2026
We found cops who misused Flock. Their police departments didn't know.
Police departments have powerful tools to track how officers use Flock's license-plate cameras. But across the country, agencies often don't perform oversight, leaving potential abuse to be uncovered by journalists, activists and victims.

EngadgetAug 18, 2026
Study finds X algorithm prioritizes ragebait that disproportionately impacts Democrats
Study finds X algorithm prioritizes ragebait that disproportionately impacts Democrats

ComputerWorldAug 18, 2026
Google buys data from bankrupt Spirit Airlines for AI training
Google has paid $10 million in a bankruptcy auction for a large amount of data from the defunct Spirit Airlines, Bloomberg Law reports.

The purchase includes 100 million emails, 500 million messages, data from Microsoft Teams, as well as information on revenue, flight operations, marketing, personnel, and project management. The material also includes 30 million lines of program code, development data, and various software models and algorithms, as well as pricing data from 7.2 billion competing flights and approximately 7.5 billion passenger transactions.

No personal data will be included in the deal, and according to Google, a third party will review the material and remove any information that could identify individuals. Google said the data will then be used to improve the company's products and AI models.





ComputerWorldAug 17, 2026
OpenAI president's blog pushing agentic AI most notable for what it did not say
OpenAI president Greg Brockman on Sunday warned enterprise CISOs that they need to more aggressively embrace agents if they want to survive upcoming cyberattacks. 

Brockman said in a blog post that it has become "increasingly clear" that company systems are hiding "significant flaws, and defenders need to find and fix them before attackers do."

He added: "The Hugging Face incident showed that we underestimated the real-world cyber capabilities of our AI models." 

The details he shared about OpenAI's current defensive efforts, however, were mostly routine best practices familiar to enterprises. 

"We continue to invest in secure architecture and controls, embrace strategies like defense in depth and least privilege, and are designing systems that require multiple independent controls to fail simultaneously for something catastrophic to occur," Brockman said. "Classic security controls like network isolation, workload hardening, monitoring, and safe patching and deployment will be more important than ever in the AI future."

To combat emerging threats, Brockman also advised enterprise CISOs to increase their use of agentic systems, not surprisingly recommending those from OpenAI.

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CNET NewsAug 12, 2026
My Favorite Things from Made by Google 2026
Google announced everything before its actual live event, but there were still plenty of interesting things at the company's Pixel announce event.

Mac RumorsAug 11, 2026
Satechi Launches 240W ChargeView Desktop Charger With Six USB-C Ports
Satechi today launched the ChargeView 240W Desktop Charger, a successor to the 140W ChargeView released last year. The ChargeView 240W can power multiple devices at one time, splitting 240W across six USB-C ports.

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