China’s 2025 rare-earth licensing curbs have already cut yttrium shipments by about 75% year-over-year, and IEEE warns they could begin directly affecting datacenters as Beijing reviews its policies this November.
Aug 28, 2026 ·
The Register
Roborock Qrevo 2 Pro’s dock self-washes and dries its mop pads, and the robot cleaned the reviewer’s test area in 10 minutes while reaching corners and under furniture.
Aug 28, 2026 ·
ZDNet
AI impersonation enables scammers to rapidly create and distribute synthetic audio, video, image, and email that can manipulate voters and erode trust ahead of the November 2026 midterms.
Aug 28, 2026 ·
CNET
Flash memory (NAND) is fast and compact and retains data without power, but it costs more per gigabyte than hard drives and wears out after limited program-and-erase cycles, so it’s not a replacement for system RAM’s speed and behavior.
Aug 28, 2026 ·
Engadget
Pokémon Champions is a free-to-play Switch/Switch 2 and mobile standalone focused on online competitive battling, using a streamlined team builder that replaces IVs/EVs with generic Stat Points and sets all Pokémon to level 50.
Aug 28, 2026 ·Engadget
A federal judge ruled that the Trump administration’s designation of Anthropic as a supply chain risk was illegal, citing “unlawful retaliation” under the First Amendment and violations of due process under the Fifth Amendment.
Aug 28, 2026 ·
TechCrunch
A US federal judge ruled the Pentagon illegally blacklisted Anthropic by partly relying on claims about Claude that the company “couldn’t actually” do, calling the national-security rationale “entirely unfounded.”
Aug 28, 2026 ·The Register
Meta’s India and Southeast Asia vice president Sandhya Devanathan is leaving Meta to join OpenAI, where she will oversee consumer growth, enterprise adoption and partnerships, regulatory engagement, and operations across Southeast Asia and Australia.
Aug 28, 2026 ·TechCrunch
The provided article text contains no substantive information about new Macs, timelines, specs, or releases beyond site/test/author boilerplate.
Aug 28, 2026 ·CNET
The provided text contains only legal/disclaimer material and no substantive information about any Anthropic or OpenAI IPO terms, timing, pricing, or market impact.
Aug 28, 2026 ·
Yahoo Finance
Healthy life expectancy for Americans is about 63.9 years, meaning many people at or after 65 are more likely to face serious health issues rather than living fully “healthy” years.
Aug 28, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Claiming Social Security at 55 reduces your monthly benefit by as much as 30% versus claiming at 62, because Social Security eligibility starts at 62 for retirement benefits.
Aug 28, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Windows 11 26H2 has been added to the Windows Insider Release Preview Channel and the August preview update is being delivered via an enablement package that switches on already-downloaded functionality.
Aug 28, 2026 ·The Register
The iPhone Air (5.6mm thick, 165g, $999) sold 7.7 million units across four quarters, showing Apple could make a slimmer iPhone even if it wasn’t a top seller.
Aug 28, 2026 ·CNET
MobLand returns with Season 2 on Paramount Plus starting Sept. 18, with new episodes streaming weekly through Nov. 20.
Aug 28, 2026 ·CNET
You can make your iPhone play a custom 2–5 second audio greeting through CarPlay by creating a Shortcuts Automation that runs immediately when your iPhone connects to your car.
Aug 28, 2026 ·Engadget
In a documented incident, a developer left an AI coding session running for four days, during which it executed 4,819 calls and cost $3,762 with no alert and no budgeted amount for it.
Aug 28, 2026 ·ZDNet
Google is offering a free Google AI Pro subscription for 12 months to eligible college students, for 12 months with purchases like the Chromebook Plus, or for up to five family members to receive select AI Pro benefits at no additional cost.
Aug 28, 2026 ·ZDNet
Matt Zames, a former JPMorgan Chase COO, has joined the Social Security Administration as an unpaid adviser to help modernize the agency, serving up to 130 days as a “special government employee.”
Aug 28, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Nevada regulators authorized Tesla, Uber (via Aviari Services), and Waymo to operate robotaxi services as Autonomous Vehicle Network Companies in Clark County, with Tesla capped at up to 5,000 fully autonomous vehicles in its first 12 months while Waymo and Uber are each capped at up to 1,000.
Aug 28, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
