NASA Mission Studies Air Pollution Over Ethiopia
NASA’s MAIA project has documented high black carbon and PM2.5 pollution levels in Addis Ababa, providing a baseline for Ethiopia’s air-quality policies and global urban health research.
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A permanent chronological index of source-linked tech, world, finance and sports briefings. Every item links to its original source. Page 143 of 214: briefings 4261-4290, published Aug 17, 2026.
Amazon ECR now supports 25 replication rules per registry
Amazon ECR has raised the replication rule limit per registry from 10 to 25, allowing customers to distribute container images across more regions and accounts without consolidating configurations.
Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling now supports batch instance termination
AWS announced that Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling now allows batch termination of up to 100 instances in a single API call, streamlining scale-down operations for temporary workloads like AI/ML training or container...
Amazon MSK now supports configuring custom domain names for MSK Provisioned clusters
Amazon MSK now allows configuring custom domain names for Provisioned clusters, including KRaft mode, simplifying endpoint management across migrations, failovers, and scaling without reconfiguration.
What’s Next For Nico Carrillo? 3 Potential Fights Across Muay Thai, Kickboxing, And MMA
Nico Carrillo’s ONE Featherweight Muay Thai World Title success and kickboxing debut have opened pathways to potential fights in Muay Thai, kickboxing, and MMA. Three opponents across these disciplines are now in focus.
Amazon EC2 R8i and R8i-Flex instances are now available in Canada West (Calgary) region
Amazon EC2 R8i and R8i-flex instances, powered by custom Intel Xeon 6 processors, are now available in AWS’s Canada West (Calgary) region, offering up to 15% better price-performance and significant performance gains...
Why Enterprise AI needs open models, trusted infrastructure, and local control
Lenovo argues enterprise AI success depends on open models, flexible infrastructure, and local control rather than single-vendor lock-in, as organizations shift from pilots to production deployments.
Connect Salesforce to the Teamwork Graph to unlock customer context for your teams and agents
Atlassian has launched a Teamwork Graph connector for Salesforce, integrating customer context from Salesforce with Atlassian’s work and collaboration tools to reduce manual data stitching for teams.
10 B2B customer onboarding best practices to accelerate time-to-value
A new guide from HubSpot outlines 10 best practices for B2B customer onboarding to reduce churn and accelerate time-to-value, emphasizing structured processes and measurable outcomes.
Colorful Collage of Tarantula Nebula
NASA released a composite image of the Tarantula Nebula on August 11, 2026, combining data from Chandra, Webb, and Hubble telescopes to study its energy loss mechanisms.
How canvases make agentic workflows visible, steerable, and cost-efficient
GitHub introduces canvases in the Copilot app to make agentic workflows visible, steerable, and cost-efficient by providing durable, shared surfaces for human-agent collaboration.
Amazon Quick Microsoft 365 extensions are now generally available
Amazon Quick has released Microsoft 365 extensions for Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and Outlook, integrating AI-driven task automation directly into these applications.
Amazon OpenSearch Service now supports automatic semantic enrichment for VPC domains
Amazon OpenSearch Service now supports automatic semantic enrichment for VPC-enabled domains, enabling AI-powered, context-aware search within private networks.
Huntington’s Disease Discovery Opens Door to a New Class of Treatments
Berkeley Lab researchers identified excessive DNA damage as a key driver of Huntington’s disease and showed an antioxidant can reverse neuron damage in mice, opening a new treatment pathway.
5 storylines we’re excited about ahead of the Dutch GP
Formula 1 returns to Zandvoort for the Dutch GP, the season’s final standalone race before a packed finale. McLaren, Ferrari and Aston Martin target Mercedes’ lead as upgrades and power unit changes loom.
NASA Challenge Tests Wheel Designs for Moon Base Mobility
NASA’s Rock and Roll with NASA Challenge selected five finalist teams to test lunar rover wheel prototypes at Johnson Space Center, aiming to improve mobility for future Moon base operations.
Hubble Solves Merger Mystery From Milky Way’s Early Years
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has uncovered definitive evidence of an ancient merger between the young Milky Way and a dwarf galaxy named LKH, extending the galaxy’s known history by 1.8 billion years.
AWS Console-to-Code adds 26 services and cross-region recording
AWS Console-to-Code now supports 26 additional services and cross-region recording, expanding coverage to 32 services for easier IaC conversion.
Create AI-generated slides in seconds
Atlassian introduces Confluence Slides, an AI-powered feature that transforms existing Confluence content into presentation-ready slides in seconds using Rovo, eliminating manual formatting and app-switching.
Microsoft named a Leader in the 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Cloud-Native Application Platforms
Microsoft has been named a Leader in Gartner’s 2026 Magic Quadrant for Cloud-Native Application Platforms for the third consecutive year, highlighting its role in enabling organizations to modernize applications and...
TCG Card Shop Simulator’s Biggest 1.0 Feature: How to Dominate Tetramon Duel Master
TCG Card Shop Simulator’s 1.0 update introduces Tetramon Duel Master, allowing players to battle using cards collected in-game. The feature launches September 15, 2026, on Xbox platforms and PC.
Spotify Gets More Personal With Playlist Notes — Spotify
Spotify introduces Playlist Notes, allowing editors and users to add contextual explanations to tracks in playlists, enhancing personalization and storytelling within the platform.
FCA bans senior manager for lack of honesty and integrity
The FCA has banned Howard Roland Duckett from financial services after the High Court found he lied repeatedly and fabricated evidence to avoid disqualification as a director.
Total solar eclipse 2026 (Official ESA broadcast)
The European Space Agency (ESA) will broadcast live from Spain as a total solar eclipse crosses Europe on 12 August 2026, with the path of totality spanning Greenland, Iceland, Spain, and Portugal.
AWS CloudShell now includes a built-in visual file editor
AWS CloudShell now offers a built-in visual file editor accessible via a single 'edit' command, eliminating the need for terminal-based tools or file downloads.
Securing the Infrastructure of Intelligence
NVIDIA secures long-term lease capacity at PORTS-Pike Technology Campus in Ohio to host AI factories for OpenAI, with a 20-year commitment for up to 4.25 gigawatts of compute infrastructure.
Reconciling Crypto Payments With the CoinGate Ledger API
CoinGate has launched a Ledger API to automate crypto payment reconciliation, replacing manual dashboard checks with programmatic transaction tracking for finance teams.
Institutional Approval Workflows Don’t Match Hyperliquid’s Speed
Hyperliquid’s onchain perpetual trading volume has surged to nearly $200 billion in 30 days, prompting institutional adoption via regulated custody providers. However, traditional multi-step approval workflows risk...
Bill Payment Firm Doxo to Pay $2.1 Million to Settle FTC Allegations It Deceived Consumers and Charged Them Add-On Fees
Doxo agreed to pay $2.1 million to settle FTC charges that it used deceptive ads to mimic billers and added undisclosed fees to consumer payments.
Statement on FTC Win Blocking Loctite, Liquid Nails Construction Adhesive Merger
The FTC blocked Henkel’s $725 million acquisition of Liquid Nails, securing a court injunction to preserve competition in construction adhesives and prevent price increases for American consumers.