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Meta AI is getting a Mac app
Meta has launched a dedicated Mac app for its Meta AI chatbot, announced on Wednesday, allowing users to share their screen with the assistant so it can offer suggestions, answer questions or generate content based on what’s displayed. The app also supports dictation across other Mac applications. The move is part of Meta’s push to…
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Latest Xbox Console Updates Include Extremely Belated Profile Badge if You Bought an Xbox One Back in 2013
New Xbox console features include a special profile badge if you forked out for an Xbox One on day one back in November 2013.
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Google is trying to solve contrails with AI
Google and the UK government have launched Operation Blue Skies, a trial to test whether slightly rerouting flights can prevent aircraft from forming contrails, the white streaks left by jet engines that are estimated to cause about a third of aviation’s total climate impact. The 30-month project will run over two winters in the Shanwick…
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Geologist & Kyle Simon Announce New Album Created With Light From The Moon
Brian Weitz, known as Geologist from Animal Collective, has announced a new album called “The Sirens: Hunter’s Moon,” created with longtime friend Kyle Simon, an artist and founder of the Farrington Observatory in Joshua Tree, California. The duo devised a system that converts moonlight captured through a telescope into sound, which Weitz then shapes on…
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Michael Sheen, Wanda Sykes, Tramell Tillman Among Host of ‘Murderbot’ Season 2 Guest Stars
Apple TV’s sci-fi series “Murderbot” has revealed a lineup of 25 recurring and guest stars for its currently filming second season, joining series star Alexander Skarsgård. The announcement follows the show’s critically well-received first season, with the streamer having ordered a second run back in July 2025. The guest roster includes Michael Sheen, Wanda Sykes,…
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Coders Say They Already Found Workarounds to Claude’s Invisible Watermarks
Within hours of Anthropic confirming it would embed invisible, machine-readable watermarks into all Claude-generated content, developer Guillaume Meyer had already published code to strip them out, which has since gone viral on GitHub and drawn over 100 contributors. The watermarking was introduced to comply with the EU AI Act, which requires providers to label synthetic…
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After 25% positive Steam reviews, Soulslike dev realizes people hate AI slop and admits “if it looks like the effort is not there, that is a fair reading of what is on screen”
They really just came out and said it
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Cross-border deal, Alaska Senate race and Florida upset headline busy day
The United States and Canada announced a tentative cross-border trade arrangement on 19 August, prompting President Donald Trump to delay planned 50 per cent tariffs on certain Canadian imports for three days while documents were finalised. The proposed duties, which had been due to affect about $20 billion of goods, had raised concerns about costs…
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The first big Skyrim update in ages is huge news for mods, and Bethesda promises it “should not affect load orders”
Bethesda has released the first major update to Skyrim in a considerable time, marking significant news for the game’s large modding community. The update is notable because major patches can often disrupt mod compatibility, but Bethesda has stated that this one “should not affect load orders,” meaning players who rely on extensive mod setups should…
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Epic Games dismisses Apple’s simplified EU App Store fees as ‘junk’
Apple has unveiled a revised App Store fee structure for the European Union in an attempt to resolve its long-running dispute with the European Commission, but the move has been branded “junk fees” by Epic Games, while a consumer group remains cautious. The announcement, made on 18 August, is intended to simplify the previous terms…