Alloy

"The advance could eventually make the alloy, which is widely used in aerospace applications and may have uses in other industries, printable on more common commercial equipment."

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/08/260827010504.htm

NATIONAL WEBMISTRESS DAY

"National WebMistress Day on August 26 recognizes women in web development."

https://nationaldaycalendar.com/celebrations/national-webmistress-day-august-26

Meta Trail

"Of the thousands of lawsuits Meta faces over child safety on its platforms, none may be more consequential than one going to trial this week in California."

https://apnews.com/article/meta-facebook-social-media-trial-oakland-32e8f19738eb77ab832e0f084dd677af?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

ChatGPT

"If you’ve ever found yourself wishing that ChatGPT was a little bit quicker on the uptake, OpenAI seems to be answering your prayers."

https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/13/openai-introduces-ultrafast-a-new-mode-that-makes-gpt-5-6-sol-work-at-14x-the-speed/?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

Crucial

"Crucial just lied to the customer by first agreeing to replace the component, but then refused to send the returned product back."

https://wccftech.com/crucial-agrees-to-replace-users-defective-ddr5-ram-but-then-refuses-to-send-back-even-the-defective-product/

Meta new logo

"Meta’s Instagram proudly launched a new logo Thursday — its first update in a decade — and the trolling has already begun."

https://variety.com/2026/digital/news/instagram-unveils-new-logo-1236833931/?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

Computer algorithm won a 17 year old $250,000

"By writing a custom computer algorithm that mapped every possible version of a rare class of geometric shapes, 17-year-old Connor Hill from Port Matilda, Pennsylvania, has won the top $250,000 prize at the 2026 Regeneron Science Talent Search."

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/meet-connor-hill-the-17-year-old-pennsylvania-student-who-wrote-a-computer-program-to-classify-noble-polyhedra-he-proved-there-are-146-isolated-examples-and-won-250000/articleshow/133267559.cms

Revamp X introduces

"X is attempting to fix that problem where your timeline is choked with the same content, especially spammy videos from YouTube or TikTok, that just cycles over and over."

https://gizmodo.com/x-introduces-big-promising-revamp-of-its-program-for-paying-content-creators-2000796227?utm_source=gizmodo_newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2026-08-08-pm