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Tech News for August 30, 2026
47 stories clustered from across the web on August 30, 2026.
Kirsten Korosec / TechCrunch:
Waymo and Zoox robotaxis still causing injuries to test drivers, report finds
More: Gizmodo · 2 sources
Terrence O’Brien / The Verge:
Professor Murder Rides the Subway EP remains a forgotten slice of dance punk perfection
1 source
Jorge Garay / Wired:
Scientists Create the Littlest Big Bang to Study the Universe's Origins
1 source
Simon Hill / Wired:
Best Mesh Wi-Fi Systems (2026): I Tested Them All
1 source
Andrew Williams / Wired:
Why the Hottest New Wearables Want to Be Ignored
1 source
Reece Rogers / Wired:
How to Escape Group Chat Hell
1 source
Robert Hart / The Verge:
China’s robots race ahead
1 source
Jay Peters / The Verge:
Two new small, powerful Macs
1 source
Bloomberg Technology:
Aliko Dangote's Daughters Join Succession Plan (Video)
1 source
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Bloomberg News / Bloomberg Technology:
PetroChina First-Half Profit Rises 22% on Higher Oil Prices
1 source
Sankalp Phartiyal and Dan Strumpf / Bloomberg Technology:
Nepal Warns of More Floods as Rescue Efforts Risk Disruption
1 source
Eric Berger / Ars Technica:
President Trump dials into NASA news conference, emphasizing space priorities
1 source
Anna Heim / TechCrunch:
Liux's Big microcar bets on sustainability to take on Chinese rivals
1 source
Alexis Berger / Wired:
The Best Label Makers (2026): Brother, Niimbot, Dymo
1 source
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg Technology:
Apple Pencil for iPhone Ultra tested but won't launch; reason likely due to foldable design constraints
Bloomberg Technology:
Tim Cook and John Ternus seen as right leaders for Apple's next era, analyst says
Simon Batt / XDA Developers:
Microsoft finally allows Windows 11 users to fully opt out of OneDrive and stop backup nagging
Paresh Dave / Wired:
Google Maps shows 'Lake America' for US users, 'Lake Ontario' for Canadians
Terrence O’Brien / The Verge:
12TB Valve data leak from 2003-2013 exposes Steam history, no hacking required
Stevie Bonifield / The Verge:
Chess.com launched a poker site and is planning even more classic games
Terrence O’Brien / The Verge:
Texas Governor Abbott blocks state funding for Flock surveillance cameras amid public fury
More: Mashable Tech, Decrypt · 3 sources
Dave Sebastian and Pui Gwen Yeung / Bloomberg Technology:
Shein debuts in Hong Kong raising $1.7B at $26.5B valuation, stock stumbles
More: Bloomberg Technology, Quartz · 5 sources
Ashley Belanger / Ars Technica:
Sony and Warner sue Anthropic over 'one of the largest and most blatant ongoing thefts of intellectual property in history'
More: Mashable Tech, The Decoder · 3 sources
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg Technology:
YouTube star Markiplier becomes GoPro's largest shareholder, shares skyrocket
Terrence O’Brien / The Verge:
NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope launches successfully, begins 100-day cruise to study dark energy
More: Mashable Tech · 4 sources
Paresh Dave, WIRED.com / Ars Technica:
Meta tests robot arms in data centers that could replace up to 80% of human workload
More: TechRadar · 2 sources
Bloomberg Technology:
Bill Gates says Big Tech is incapable of solving AI's societal problem, argues nobody is preparing
More: The Next Web · 2 sources
Simon Batt / XDA Developers:
Windows 11 is warning people that Defender Antivirus has been turned off, but don't worry, says Microsoft
More: TechRadar, BleepingComputer · 3 sources
Alfonso Maruccia / TechSpot:
California age-verification bill passes with Linux exemption intact
More: Slashdot, Hacker News · 3 sources
Jackson Chen / Engadget:
Opinion: An iPhone Ultra stylus would be a colossal mistake
Kate Park / TechCrunch:
Caterpillar applies lessons from autonomous mining to AI deployment for enterprises
More: Fast Company Tech · 2 sources
Connie Loizos / TechCrunch:
SpaceX starts in-house turbine blade manufacturing to boost gas-powered generator output for AI data centers
More: Tom's Hardware, Quartz · 3 sources
Jackson Chen / Engadget:
12TB Steam 'teraleak' reveals unreleased games including playable Scream build
Casey Newton / Platformer:
METR report details OpenAI agents' Hugging Face hacking incident, finds worse than thought
More: Fast Company Tech, Hacker News · 4 sources
Bloomberg Technology:
Strategy resumes bitcoin purchases; CEO defends earlier $60K sale as cost-of-capital move
Bloomberg Technology:
All G20 nations endorse US-led hands-off AI framework at Chapel Hill summit
Fernanda González / Wired:
US Army uses laser weapon to shoot down three cartel drones near border, then buys the system
Stephen Clark / Ars Technica:
NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope launches, begins 100-day cruise to study dark energy
More: Semiconductor Engineering, Mashable Tech · 3 sources
The Register:
Haiku R1/beta6 released with new features and improvements
More: Hackaday, Hacker News · 3 sources
The Register:
Anthropic automatically signs out Claude users to protect them from infostealer malware hijacking sessions
Ashely Claudino / Polygon:
Sony tells court PS5 digital purchases are revocable licenses, not owned games
The Register:
Microsoft confirms Windows 11 KB5120998 update breaks mouse cursors and wallpapers on non-English systems
The Hacker News / The Hacker News:
TerminalFix uses fake Cloudflare CAPTCHAs to deploy reverse-tunnel backdoor, Microsoft warns
More: TechSpot, BleepingComputer · 3 sources
Rachel Cohrs Zhang / Bloomberg Technology:
Seth Meyers mocks Trump's Lake America map stunt as Google Maps and Apple Maps diverge on renaming
Bloomberg Technology:
Apple kicks off Ternus era with record product pipeline, including foldable iPhones and new Apple Watch
Bloomberg Technology:
Nvidia's equity investments soar to $99 billion as it becomes one of the world's biggest strategic tech backers
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