I tried the Fairphone 6+ and - hoo boy! - this repairable phone could be the one Fairphone is finally selling its latest model in the US. The $649 handset has 12 swappable parts, and a replacement battery is only $40. This is truly the Goldilocks of Android phones. https://www.zdnet.com/article/repairable-phones-finally-hit-the-us-market/ #news

Coders Say They Already Found Workarounds to Claude’s Invisible Watermarks Anthropic announced last week it would include invisible watermarks in AI-generated content to comply with new EU rules. Within hours, overrides were being touted online. https://www.wired.com/story/coders-say-they-already-found-workarounds-to-claudes-invisible-watermarks/ #news

Historical Hack: Henri Griffard’s Steam Injectors Here’s a historical hack for you: you have a big, rolling pressurized kettle, also known as a steam locomotive. It needs water to make up for the steam constantly chuff-chuff-chuffing …read more https://hackaday.com/2026/08/19/historical-hack-henri-griffards-steam-injectors/ #news

Reddit’s ChatGPT Search citations fell 86% in four days: Report Reddit's share of ChatGPT Search citations fell from 3.83% to an average of 0.52% between Aug. 14 and Aug. 17. Promptwatch says. https://searchengineland.com/reddit-chatgpt-search-citations-fall-report-485473 #news

Meet the startup helping Wall Street put a price on AI compute The AI buildout shows no signs of slowing. And with hundreds of billions of dollars a year going into data centers and GPUs, compute has become the single biggest cost for anyone building AI products. But for all that spending, there still isn’t a straightforward way to put a price on compute — or for firms to hedge their exposure when the price changes.  Silicon Data […] https://techcrunch.com/video/meet-the-startup-helping-wall-street-put-a-price-on-ai-compute/ #news

California pairs 368 MWh battery with 300 MW solar farm to power 22,000 homes A new 368-megawatt-hour (MWh) battery energy storage site that boasts enough capacity to power the... https://interestingengineering.com/energy/california-368-mwh-battery-solar-farm #news

Brymo accuses 2Face, Burna Boy, Davido of knowing about alleged cult recruitment [VIDEO] Singer Brymo has accused his colleagues, 2Face, Burna Boy and Davido, of knowing about how he was lured to join a secret cult. Brymo made the allegation during a recent interview on the ‘Lahor Talk’ podcast. This came one month after Brymo responded to Burna Boy’s statement about his career. DAILY POST recalls that Burna […] Brymo accuses 2Face, Burna Boy, Davido of knowing about alleged cult recruitment [VIDEO] https://dailypost.ng/2026/08/19/brymo-accuses-2face-burna-boy-davido-of-knowing-about-alleged-cult-recruitment-video/ #news