Category: Tech
All Tech articles — August 8, 2026 — Page 2
Tesla and SpaceX to build world's largest chip fab — just as soon as they figure out who's actually building it
Tesla and SpaceX will build the largest chip fab on Earth, produce a terawatt of compute, launch orbital data centers, and also maybe figure out who's actually manufacturing the chips.
Half a million black holes mapped, and the universe's weirdest spectra still needed a human eyeball
Half a million supermassive black holes mapped across the sky, X-ray beacons paired with optical spectra, and yes, the data broke their automated pipelines so humans had to eyeball the weird ones.
Ad industry turns your browsing into a 15 MB surveillance buffet; ad blocker trims it to a 980 KB snack
Online ads make up 75% of Google's revenue and 99% of Facebook's, require mass surveillance to function, and bloat web pages by 15× — but sure, let's keep calling them "free" services, NBD.
DeepSeek raises prices by "a relatively large margin" — the margin being the only thing not specified
DeepSeek announced a "relatively large" API price hike with no numbers, no dates, and no explanation — just a vibe, a warning, and a bill to be named later, NBD.
Your Zbtlink Router's Backdoor Is More Permanent Than Your New Year's Resolution
Zbtlink routers contain a persistent backdoor surviving reboots and factory resets; attackers get permanent access, researchers get a CVE, and your smart bulb gets a new roommate.
Your UI Copy Is a Pair of Loaded Dice, and the House Is a Bird Feeder
Physicians reversed life-or-death treatment choices by 26 percentage points because someone rewrote one sentence; birds do the same thing at a feeder, NBD.
SaaS companies take a six-minute quiz to find out if they're about to be fossilized
Someone wrote a six-minute extinction test for SaaS companies; the dinosaurs reportedly did not appreciate being reminded.
$24B Nuclear Startup Splits First Atom — For Medicine, Not The Power Plants It Still Can't Build
Oklo, valued at nearly $24 billion, has finally split its first atom — in a test reactor for medical isotopes, not the power plants it pitched investors. Anyway.
OpenAI's $300+ Puck: Because ChatGPT Deserved a Physical Form Factor Nobody Asked For
OpenAI's new gadget is a $300-plus hockey puck-sized device; the sport of ice hockey reportedly skeptical of the price-to-sliding ratio.
Broken Ankle, Opiates, and an AI Epiphany: One Guru's Humbling Origin Story
A product discovery guru breaks her ankle, gets hooked on opiates, and emerges three weeks later terrified of being left behind by AI; the rest of us just got a LinkedIn post.
AI Startup's Bold Strategy: Just Do Less
Blaize says the secret to AI inference is doing less work and moving less data around — a philosophy shared by every intern since the invention of the internship, NBD.
USB-C: One Connector, Infinite Confusion, and a $15 Fix
USB-C gave us one connector for everything and zero way to tell cables apart; the author spent $15 and an afternoon with a label maker to restore order, NBD.
textlog: A Microblogging Platform That Forgets to Add JavaScript
A new open-source microblogging platform strips out JavaScript, engagement tricks, and algorithms, leaving only 280-character text posts; NBD.
Nepal Joins HIBP: 47th Government Now Checking If Its Passwords Are Already on the Internet
Nepal becomes the 47th government onboarded to Have I Been Pwned's free breach-monitoring service, gaining visibility into compromised credentials, rapid incident response capabilities, and a free Pluralsight trial.
Six questions that stand between you and the phrase 'I'll just do it myself'
A founder shares six questions to ask before delegating work to humans or AI, because 'figure it out' turns out not to be a complete brief, NBD.
São Paulo Local Outperforms City Government, One Tree at a Time
One São Paulo resident turned a degraded lot into a thriving urban forest; the trees reportedly said thanks.
Three Product Leaders Spend an Hour in the Future So You Don't Have To
Three product leaders explain the future for 60 minutes; your dentist's waiting room magazine rack remains unimpressed.
Estonia's home cafe days: where an AI pro uses a rope and bucket to serve ice cream to strangers
Estonians turn gardens, garages, and bedroom windows into pop-up cafes for strangers; one AI entrepreneur lowers ice cream by bucket from her third-floor window; the nation's most analog export this summer is a rope and two buckets.