Xteink’s X3, X4, and X4 Pro e-readers can access DRM-protected ebooks borrowed through OverDrive’s Libby (and purchased books from stores like Kobo) via the CrossPoint Reader “Protected Content” plug-in running through the device’s web server.
Aug 15, 2026 ·
The Verge
Utility-scale solar led new US power capacity additions in the year, adding 11,458 megawatts, followed by batteries at 8,207 megawatts and onshore wind at 5,473 megawatts.
Aug 15, 2026 ·Ars Technica
A ChainDrop variant of the Shai-Hulud npm worm infected 444 packages from multiple publishers, affecting dependencies collectively downloaded about 2 billion times a month.
Aug 15, 2026 ·
The Register
Victrola Soundstage is designed to sit under a turntable, delivering a warm, bass-forward sound with deep, punchy bass and minimal distortion while adding space-saving convenience versus a full vinyl speaker setup.
Aug 15, 2026 ·
ZDNet
Lego released a 1,252-piece Icons Hubble Space Telescope set that is 32 cm tall, includes one astronaut minifigure, and costs £119.99.
Aug 15, 2026 ·The Register
Stripe and Advent are again reportedly in talks to buy PayPal for $60.50 a share, valuing it at about $53 billion, after an earlier July offer.
Aug 14, 2026 ·
TechCrunch
California DMV permits allow Aurora Innovation and Kodiak AI to test autonomous heavy-duty trucks on public roads, and Kodiak has already started with a handful of test trucks in the state.
Aug 14, 2026 ·TechCrunch
DeepSeek released an early open source agent harness built on its Cordis meta-framework that implements models, tools, skills, sessions, sandboxes, filesystems, loops, orchestration, and UI as dynamically mix-and-match plugins, with app components supporting temporal and spatial composability (add/remove on the fly without restart).
Aug 14, 2026 ·The Register
Attacks on U.S. water and wastewater utilities were reported across about a dozen states, with incidents in Minnesota affecting more than 30 communities and some attacks causing “degraded water operations” along with loss of pressure that “could potentially allow untreated groundwater to seep into pipes,” plus temporary water-plant shutdowns and boil-water advisories.
Aug 14, 2026 ·TechCrunch
Mozilla announced in May 2025 that it is shutting down Pocket, acquired in 2017, and Pocket users had until October 8, 2025 to export saved items (lists, archives, favorites, notes, and highlights).
Aug 14, 2026 ·TechCrunch
Dutch officials say CVE-2026-65400 is being actively abused from the Internet on Macs with port 5900 exposed, with root access gained and a Monero crypto miner deployed on affected systems.
Aug 14, 2026 ·Ars Technica
Heart Aerospace’s X1 battery-electric demonstrator completed a nearly half-hour maiden flight powered by more than 1 megawatt of electricity, costing just $5 in electricity.
Aug 14, 2026 ·Ars Technica
About 1.6 million unique RingCentral email addresses were leaked online with names, physical addresses, and phone numbers after a social-engineering campaign against a limited portion of customers.
Aug 14, 2026 ·The Register
A Connecticut judge ruled that hidden “prompt injection” text in a plaintiff’s court filings—intended to be invisible to humans but readable by software—did not affect the outcome of the case and led to court sanctions for “serious litigation abuse.”
Aug 14, 2026 ·Ars Technica
Google Meet is rolling out in-person meeting note-taking that uses Gemini to create a structured summary and transcript in a Google Doc, saving it to Drive and emailing you a link, available on both app and desktop only for Google AI Pro/Ultra subscribers for individuals.
Aug 14, 2026 ·ZDNet
August 2026 Patch Tuesday shipped 751 CVEs across Microsoft products, including 108 rated critical, and it includes an already-exploited Windows elevation-of-privilege flaw (CVE-2026-68820) in the WinSock driver (afd.sys).
Aug 14, 2026 ·
Computerworld
President Trump ordered the US Navy to plan replacing EMALS (Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System) with steam-powered aircraft launch systems on the future USS Doris Miller (CVN-81) and to replace the Advanced Weapons Elevators with older hydraulic versions.
Aug 14, 2026 ·The Register
Unforgetful is a new iOS and Mac reminders app that keeps notifications repeating until the task is actually done (and deleted), revamps snoozing with scaling intervals, and replaces Apple Reminders notifications while still using the existing Reminders database.
Aug 14, 2026 ·TechCrunch
Snowflake Volunteer is a standalone Android app that lets everyday users lend their phone as a proxy to help others access the Tor Network under censorship, with real-time stats shown in the app dashboard (connections helped and bytes sent/received).
Aug 14, 2026 ·ZDNet
Apple says it notified select customers across 110 countries on Thursday that they were targeted by mercenary spyware attacks, and those customers should enable iPhone, iPad, and Mac Lockdown Mode to help protect their data and device.
Aug 14, 2026 ·ZDNet
