Smart glasses are becoming more in vogue today, but the industry is still haunted by the failure of Google Glass

Is Verizon down? The carrier confirms as an active issue as folks can’t make calls — follow here for live updates
Samsung’s One UI 9 is spreading to millions more Galaxy phones. The Galaxy Z Fold 7, Z Flip 7, S26 and S25 are all next in line. Here’s the full timeline.
As part of a planned Texas data center, Amazon is investing in an on-site power plant that could reportedly become the largest source of climate pollution in the United States.

X is ending its controversial revenue-sharing program for content creators, which has seen numerous revisions under Elon Musk’s reign. In its place, it’s launching a new Original Content Rewards program on September 8th. To be eligible, creators must have at least 500 verified followers and at least 500,000 Home Timeline impressions from verified users in […]

Israel tests AI wildfire-detection drone, although additional evaluations mean Europe will not benefit from it during this year’s fire season.
Here are hints and the answers for the NYT Connections puzzle No. 1155 for Aug. 9.
NextSlide says its team members are now working on ChatGPT.

The Pentagon launchs $100 million competition seeking autonomous vessels capable of deploying drones across contested maritime environments and patrol missions.

Gmail won’t play as nicely with other third-party email accounts as it used to, so I’ll have to change my email habits.