Spotify will introduce an AI Persona badge to label artist profiles generated by artificial intelligence starting mid-September, aiming to enhance transparency for listeners.
Spotify will label AI-generated artist profiles with an 'AI Persona' badge starting mid-September to distinguish artificial identities from real artists, reducing algorithmic recommendations for such profiles.
Spotify will introduce an AI Persona badge starting mid-September to label artist profiles that may be AI-generated, ensuring transparency for listeners and excluding such profiles from default recommendations.
NVIDIA and open source communities released new local AI models and tools in August, enabling developers to run advanced agents on consumer and edge hardware. The updates include robotics, video generation, coding and...
SciTec, a Firefly Aerospace subsidiary, secured a $93.7 million U.S. Space Force contract to modernize ground-based radar systems, aiming to create a unified architecture for upgrades to enhance national defense...
NVIDIA introduces Nemotron 3.5 Lightning, a 30-billion-parameter model optimized for agentic AI tasks, and NeMo Switchyard, an open-source routing library to direct tasks to the most suitable model.
The Bank of England’s FXJSC released semi-annual turnover survey results for April 2026, detailing FX market activity among 25 UK institutions. The data reflects broader global FX committee surveys conducted...
Cloudflare’s H1 2026 DDoS Threat Report documents a surge in attacks, including 805 exceeding 1 Tbps, amid geopolitical tensions and DNS-based assaults, while automated mitigation remains essential.
Google is adding a new "vibe coding" course to its AI Professional Certificate on Coursera, enabling users to build apps using plain English descriptions without prior coding experience.
Chief Risk Officers face growing pressure to integrate risk management into strategic decision-making, but legacy data architectures hinder timely responses to market shocks like SVB, Archegos, and UK LDI crises.
A total solar eclipse will cross parts of Greenland, Iceland, Portugal, and Spain on 12 August, the first such event visible from mainland Spain since 1905. The European Space Agency will provide a live broadcast and...
Polish MMA fighter Magdalena Czaban, undefeated at 4-0 with all wins by early finish, makes her ONE Championship debut on August 14 against Natalie Salcedo at ONE Fight Night 46 in Bangkok.
Mistral AI expands regional inference options, open model support, and a European compute coalition to strengthen AI sovereignty and infrastructure resilience.
IBM and Together AI will deploy a $240M NVIDIA HGX B300-based inference cluster on IBM Cloud by Q1 2027 to scale open-source AI workloads for enterprises.
A New York woman pleaded guilty to smuggling four illegal aliens from India into the U.S. via the northern border, with prior and subsequent smuggling attempts documented.
Spotify introduces three new audiobook discovery tools: personalized playlists, a conversational search, and next-in-series recommendations to reduce search time and enhance immersion.
Leonardo Fornaroli, McLaren’s test and reserve driver, reflects on eight months of development work and early F1 track time as he targets a race seat in 2027.
Audi’s debut Formula 1 season as a works team has seen mixed fortunes, with points in the opener but a six-race drought before recent upgrades yielded top-10 finishes. Nico Hulkenberg and Gabriel Bortoleto have split...
The Bitfinex Chart Decoder Series explains how traders use the Rate of Change (ROC) indicator to assess momentum behind price moves, distinguishing genuine breakouts from false signals in Bitcoin’s recent price action.
Google announced Americas Connect, a major expansion of subsea cable infrastructure across the Americas, including three new systems: Alisios, Canoa, and OlaLuz, alongside a new branch for the Firmina cable.
OpenAI has made its Daybreak cybersecurity models available on Amazon Web Services via Amazon Bedrock, enabling enterprises to integrate frontier AI into existing security workflows.
OpenAI has begun testing non-intrusive ads in ChatGPT’s Free and Go tiers to fund broader access while maintaining user trust, privacy, and answer independence. The pilot will expand to additional markets in 2026.
MoneyGram Ramps integrates with Solana’s developer platform, enabling Solana-based apps to offer cash deposits in 25+ countries and withdrawals in 170+ countries via MoneyGram’s global network.
Amazon RDS for MariaDB now supports version 12.3, the latest Long-Term Support release, enabling Oracle compatibility and improved query performance.
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.
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.
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, 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 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.
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.