Amazon RDS for MariaDB now supports MariaDB 12.3
Amazon RDS for MariaDB now supports version 12.3, the latest Long-Term Support release, enabling Oracle compatibility and improved query performance.
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August 2026 archive · page 41
Source-linked briefings published in August 2026. Page 41 of 57: briefings 1201-1230, published Aug 10, 2026 to Aug 11, 2026.
VAT and Tax on Accepting Crypto Payments: What EU Businesses Need to Know
EU businesses accepting crypto must still charge VAT on sales and report income at fiat value, per EU VAT rules and 2015 Hedqvist ruling, with record-keeping critical.
Dust and water spotted close to giant black hole
Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have detected dust and water forming near the Milky Way’s central supermassive black hole, challenging assumptions about extreme environments.
Sophie Adenot’s first spacewalk
ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot will conduct her first spacewalk on 18 August 2026, alongside NASA’s Anil Menon, to replace a critical communications antenna on the International Space Station.
Samsung’s 2026 TV and Audio Lineup Earns Praise for Picture, Sound and Gaming
Samsung’s 2026 TV and audio lineup, including Micro RGB, Neo QLED 4K, OLED models, Q-Series soundbars, and Music Studio speakers, received praise from global tech reviewers for picture quality, sound performance, and...
Samsung To Showcase Latest Gaming Innovations at Gamescom 2026
Samsung will present its integrated gaming ecosystem at Gamescom 2026, featuring Odyssey G8 monitors, Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra devices, and 9100 Pro SSDs alongside a global tournament and interactive exhibits.
Training the world’s future quantum experts – Home
CERN and the Open Quantum Institute hosted a three-day hackathon in July 2026, uniting 34 international students to apply quantum computing to real-world challenges in materials science, energy, and healthcare.
Electric joins Databricks to bring WASM Postgres to AI agent sandboxes
Databricks has acquired Electric to integrate WASM Postgres into AI agent sandboxes, enabling lightweight local databases and real-time synchronization with centralized Lakebase infrastructure.
Blair Ethington on Recommerce and Solving the Hard Problems
eBay’s Blair Ethington discusses solving complex retail challenges, emphasizing recommerce’s dual economic and environmental benefits and the shift from standalone features to customer experience.
How to automate Google Sheets
Zapier introduces AI-powered automation tools to streamline Google Sheets workflows, enabling direct data transfers from AI tools like ChatGPT and enhancing spreadsheet collaboration and lead management.
Nissan Formula E Team heads to London for decisive Season 12 finale
Nissan Formula E Team competes in the London E-Prix finale of the 2025/26 season, where Oliver Rowland remains in contention for the Drivers’ title. The event marks the end of the GEN3 era, with Nissan aiming to secure...
Everything hackable will get hacked
Vercel warns that AI-driven cybersecurity threats are escalating as offensive models like Kimi K3 emerge without safeguards, while defensive tools remain underutilized despite available frontier models.
Razer Axon Wallpaper Engine Artist Spotlight: Andy Harbeck's Animated Wallpapers Turn Neon Nostalgia into Living Art
Razer Axon Wallpaper Engine highlights artist Andy Harbeck, whose animated neon cityscapes blend retro-futuristic aesthetics for desktop wallpapers.
Intel Announces Upsize and Pricing of $20 Billion Common Stock Offering
Intel upsized its common stock offering to $20 billion at $95 per share, raising $19.7 billion net for general corporate use, including capital expenditures and working capital.
How To Watch ONE Fight Night 46: Hemetsberger Vs. Diachkova Live
ONE Championship announced the live broadcast schedule for ONE Fight Night 46: Hemetsberger vs. Diachkova, airing globally on August 14–15 across multiple platforms including Prime Video and regional broadcasters.
‘You Will Be The Lynx’ – How Natalia Diachkova Became Russia’s Most Dangerous Female Muay Thai Fighter
Natalia Diachkova challenges Stella Hemetsberger for the ONE Women’s Strawweight Muay Thai World Title at ONE Fight Night 46 on August 14, live from Bangkok’s Lumpinee Stadium on Prime Video.
DeepSeek overtakes Google on volume, cost per token falls 13.6%
DeepSeek surpassed Google in token volume in July, with its V4 Flash model leading at nearly a fifth of total tokens, while the average cost per token fell 13.6%. Open-weight models like Kimi K3 and GLM 5.2 captured...
Claude Connectors: How to Connect Claude to Other Apps
Zapier explains how to link Anthropic’s Claude AI assistant to external apps using connectors, plugins, and the Model Context Protocol for automated workflows.
The 10 Best VoIP Providers in 2026
VoIP providers are replacing landlines for businesses in 2026 due to lower costs, flexibility, and internet-based calling. Services start at $10 per person monthly with no contracts or hardware installation.
What is enterprise workflow automation?
Enterprise workflow automation connects systems and departments to execute multi-step processes without manual handoffs, reducing errors and costs while improving scalability and compliance.
Hyundai Motor Reinforces Design Leadership with Ten Prizes at Red Dot Award: Brands & Communication Design 2026
Hyundai Motor Company won ten awards, including one Best of the Best, at the Red Dot Design Award: Brands & Communication Design 2026, reinforcing its global design leadership.
Samsung Opens Business Experience Studio in Hanoi, Supporting Enterprise Digital Transformation
Samsung Electronics Vietnam opened a Business Experience Studio in Hanoi to showcase integrated technologies for enterprise digital transformation across sectors like public administration, education, healthcare, and...
A sandbox without a network boundary is only half a sandbox
Vercel introduces a sandbox firewall to enforce network boundaries for untrusted code, addressing risks of data exfiltration and unauthorized access even when compute isolation is intact.
LaunchDarkly is now available on the Vercel Marketplace
LaunchDarkly has been added to the Vercel Marketplace, enabling developers to integrate feature flags into projects directly through Vercel’s Flags SDK.
A.X K2가 그려낸 ‘18,776명 독립운동가 기억하길’
SK Telecom launched a digital campaign linking 18,776 independence activists' records to daily life using its AI model A.X K2, featuring 10 running courses nationwide to commemorate their legacy.
SKT 독자 AI 모델 A.X K2, 세계 최정상급 수학 추론 성능 기록
SK Telecom’s A.X K2 AI model achieved gold-medal-level scores on IMO 2026 math competition problems and topped the MathArena AIME 2026 leaderboard, demonstrating top-tier mathematical reasoning performance.
How to ground Genie Agents in both structured data and documents without losing governance
Databricks integrates Genie Agents with Unity Catalog to unify structured and unstructured data analysis while enforcing existing governance policies without additional setup.
FLUX.2-small-decoder and gemma-4-12B-it models now available on Amazon SageMaker JumpStart
AWS has added Black Forest Labs' FLUX.2-small-decoder and Google's gemma-4-12B-it models to Amazon SageMaker JumpStart, expanding accessible AI tools for AWS customers.
langcache-embed-v3-small, Mellum2-12B-A2.5B-Thinking, and LightOnOCR-2-1B models now available on Amazon SageMaker JumpStart
AWS has added three new foundation models to Amazon SageMaker JumpStart: langcache-embed-v3-small, Mellum2-12B-A2.5B-Thinking, and LightOnOCR-2-1B, expanding AI deployment options for customers.
GLM-5.2 FP8, NVIDIA-Nemotron-Nano-12B-v2 and GLM-OCR models now available on Amazon SageMaker JumpStart
AWS customers can now access three new AI models via Amazon SageMaker JumpStart: GLM-5.2 FP8, NVIDIA Nemotron-Nano-12B-v2, and GLM-OCR, expanding AWS’s foundation model portfolio.