arenaev
38h ago
22°
Unsupervised Tesla Robotaxis numbers in Texas spike ahead of the Cybercab launch
Tesla is getting ready to launch its Cybercab driverless taxi service in Austin, Texas, by the end of this month, according to a report from earlier this week. But at the time, the number of unsupervised autonomous Tesla vehicles doing rounds in Texas was pretty low and even shrinking from spring until now.
9to5toys
5h ago
22°
Monday’s Android app deals and freebies: Parabellum, Mindcop, MEGA MAN X ,Afterplace, more
Your Monday afternoon lineup of the best Android game and app deals is now ready to roll, including titles like Foretales, Parabellum: Siege of Legends, Mindcop, MEGA MAN X, Afterplace, Beholder: Conductor, ScourgeBringer, Mystic Pillars X Kantara, and more. On your way down, check out TCL’s TAB 10 Gen 4 Android Tablet down at $150, this UGREEN wallet tracker at $20, and LG’s 2026 C6 OLED TV at $1,000 off with a FREE $50 credit. The apps await below.
tidbits
7h ago
21°
Evernote 11.30.6
Introduces an MCP server to connect the information management app to Claude and ChatGPT. (Free/$99/$249 new, free update, 323.1 MB, macOS 11+)
scientificamerican
36h ago
20°
60 years ago NASA took the first ever photo of Earth from the moon—and began a legacy
Snapped on August 23, 1966, by the uncrewed Lunar Orbiter 1, the photo’s legacy lives on in the breathtaking images of Earth taken by the Artemis II crew
spacenews
8h ago
19°
Spirit Electronics Adds Texas Instruments and Microchip Technology Space Grade Components to Online Store Ahead of SmallSat 2026
PHOENIX, AZ — August 24, 2026 — Spirit Electronics, a value‑added distributor of high‑reliability electronics focused on performance‑driven program requirements, announced that space‑grade and high‑reliability components from Texas Instruments and […]
kottke
7h ago
18°
Just quickly reupping this post to remind you things...
Just quickly reupping this post to remind you things might be slower than usual around here for the next few weeks…moving crunch time is here. (I’ll still be posting though…it’s nice to sit down and flow state through some links occasionally.)
markets.businessinsider
14h ago
18°
Few tech IPOs to list this year as Anthropic, SpaceX steal the spotlight
Two mega-IPOs are making 2026 look like a banner year for tech listings. Strip them out, and the IPO market is shaping up to be another dud.
news.mit
3h ago
17°
Brain circuit keeps tabs on what just happened to aid judgment of what’s happening now
To keep track of what’s going on in front of it, the brain relies not only on what it sees, but also a comparison with what it just saw. A new study pinpoints the circuit that provides that service.
longreads
12h ago
16°
The Children a Scientist Took Home
Carleton Gajdusek won the Nobel Prize for his work on a disease in Papua New Guinea. But his biggest experiment was on the children he took from the field to the US—many of whom he sexually molested, with the knowledge and, in some cases, approval of his professional peers and colleagues: In his journals and […]
nautil
9h ago
13°
New Species of Groundsnake Named After Guns N’ Roses Guitarist and Noted Herpephile Slash
It likes the nightlife