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Millions of cars are under recall for catching fire while parked
Posted on Tuesday August 18, 2026
In the first seven months of 2026, the NHTSA issued 17 park-outside recall campaigns affecting about 1.7 million vehicles. Eight of those recalls were announced in June and July, including a warning covering 1 million Jeep vehicles with an electrical connection issue involving power-steering pumps.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
MPC-HC is old-school software in the best possible way
Posted on Tuesday August 18, 2026
Media Player Classic - Home Cinema is fast, lightweight, and plays virtually anything without unnecessary extras. Its classic interface stays out of the way, while advanced users can fine-tune playback with custom filters, shaders, and renderers such as madVR. MPC-HC is also one of our Essential Apps.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
AI data center boom pushes Caterpillar, Ford, and other US firms into new businesses
Posted on Tuesday August 18, 2026
Caterpillar is the world's largest construction equipment manufacturer, ahead of rivals Komatsu, Volvo CE, Hitachi, and JCB. However, its engine and turbine sales surpassed its construction equipment revenue for the first time last year, as AI data centers turn to jet engines and diesel generators for power.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
European Central Bank warns AI bubble burst could trigger systemic fallout
Posted on Tuesday August 18, 2026
The European Central Bank recently published a new blog post by five economists and researchers, arguing that the current "AI boom" will likely leave room for a significant correction in financial markets. The AI bubble is not just engulfing Wall Street and the "Magnificent Seven" stocks, the bank said, as...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Fairphone brings its $649 repairable Gen 6+ smartphone to the US
Posted on Tuesday August 18, 2026
The Fairphone (Gen. 6+) is billed as the company's first device to feature 12GB of RAM, and comes at a time when manufacturers are more conscious than ever about the amount of memory they are stuffing into their devices due to AI-driven shortages. The handset is powered by Qualcomm's Snapdragon...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Meta goes to trial over Facebook and Instagram's impact on young users
Posted on Tuesday August 18, 2026
The case, which will be heard in federal court in Oakland, California, could put some of Meta's most familiar platform features under scrutiny. The states suing the company are seeking changes to infinite scrolling, recommendation systems, autoplay, like counts, appearance-altering filters, and disappearing posts for younger users.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Sony still hasn't decided when the PlayStation 6 will launch
Posted on Tuesday August 18, 2026
Sony CEO Hiroki Totoki recently told The Wall Street Journal that the company has yet to nail down the PlayStation 6's launch date. While trusted leakers have painted a fairly clear picture of the upcoming console's capabilities, Sony – and Microsoft, for that matter – are likely still determining how...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
China pulls the plug on Windows 10 for government machines months ahead of schedule
Posted on Tuesday August 18, 2026
Bloomberg reports that China's Ministry of State Security recently issued the instruction to affected organizations. C&M Information Technologies, the developer of the special operating system, had planned to retire it in February 2027.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Intel says Nova Lake, its next major CPU architecture, is coming to desktop PCs before servers
Posted on Tuesday August 18, 2026
Robert Hallock, an Intel vice president, made the point in a recent conversation with Tom's Hardware. He did not name the product, but his comments appeared to refer to Nova Lake, Intel's upcoming processor family.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
This website lets you check if your license plate was ever searched on Flock's cameras
Posted on Tuesday August 18, 2026
HaveIBeenFlocked.com allows users to search license plates to see whether authorities or others with access to Flock's camera network have searched for the same plates. The site is part of a growing network of online resources that track and report on what growing numbers of Americans call a surveillance state....Read Entire Article Continue Reading »