Google’s Pet Memory forgot who my cats are
https://www.theverge.com/tech/981269/google-home-gemini-pet-memory-nest-camera-review

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Apple's macOS Tahoe preview may have leaked a ton of unreleased products
https://www.engadget.com/2238937/apple-macos-tahoe-preview-leak-unreleased-products/

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Reach Capital raises $265M Fund V to back AI founders building to ‘expand human potential’
https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/18/reach-capital-raises-265m-fund-v-to-back-ai-founders-building-to-expand-human-potential/

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Detroit startup Grounded raises $5M to customize electric and gas-powered vans
https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/18/detroit-startup-grounded-raises-5m-to-customize-electric-and-gas-powered-vans/

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Meta Ran Ads for an App That Promised to Nudify Female Politicians
https://www.wired.com/story/meta-ran-ads-for-an-app-promising-to-nudify-female-politicians/

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OpenAI launches a safer ChatGPT for teens — years after teens started using it
https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/18/openai-launches-a-safer-chatgpt-for-teens-years-after-teens-started-using-it/

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Apple’s new macOS update reportedly contains a video of AirPods with a camera
https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/18/apples-new-macos-update-reportedly-contains-a-video-of-airpods-with-a-camera/

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ABC sues the FCC over Trump and Carr’s campaign of threats
https://www.theverge.com/streaming/981392/abc-fcc-broadcast-license-lawsuit

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Microsoft Copilot reveals secret input that allowed it to be hacked
https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/08/microsoft-copilot-reveals-secret-input-that-allowed-it-to-be-hacked/

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OpenAI institutes new safeguards after Hugging Face breach
https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/18/openai-institutes-new-safeguards-after-hugging-face-breach/

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Etched’s valuation doubles to $21B in a month
https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/18/etcheds-valuation-doubles-to-21b-in-a-month/

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Apple overhauls its EU App Store fees, loosens rules for alternative app stores
https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/18/apple-overhauls-its-eu-app-store-fees-loosens-rules-for-alternative-app-stores/

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Apple squashes EU beef with new App Store rules
https://www.theverge.com/tech/981504/apple-app-store-eu-rules-core-technology-commission

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Why Apple’s camera-equipped AirPods may not be the ‘pervert pods’ consumers fear
https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/18/why-apples-camera-equipped-airpods-may-not-be-the-pervert-pods-consumers-fear/

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ABC sues the FCC to stop an early review of its TV licenses
https://www.engadget.com/2239181/abc-sues-the-fcc-to-stop-an-early-review-of-its-tv-licences/

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Bluesky says its recent outage was caused by another DDoS attack
https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/18/bluesky-says-its-recent-outage-was-caused-by-another-ddos-attack/

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Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma takes pains to deliver a slasher fan’s dream
https://arstechnica.com/culture/2026/08/teenage-sex-and-death-at-camp-miasma-takes-pains-to-deliver-a-slasher-fans-dream/

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Apple will release AirPods with a camera

In the latest macOS Tahoe beta, a video was found showing the headphones "seeing" the surrounding world: a person shows an object, and the system recognizes it and saves the information.

Now, Siri will be able to answer questions about objects around the user.

In macOS, a separate "Visual Intelligence" setting for AirPods was also discovered.

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Robin Williams’ Instagram account brought back to fight ‘AI abuse’
https://www.theverge.com/entertainment/981644/robin-williams-instagram-account-ai

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Apple has new in-app transaction commission rates for EU devs
https://www.engadget.com/2239483/apple-has-new-in-app-transaction-commission-rates-for-eu-devs/

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OpenAI lays out new security changes after its AI hacked Hugging Face
https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/981640/openai-security-changes-ai-hugging-face-hack

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