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

2027: David Mark meets officials of US pro-democracy [PHOTOS] The National Chairman of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, David Mark, and the National Working Committee are currently meeting with officials of the International Republican Institute, IRI, and the National Democratic Institute, NDI. The delegation is led by Jendayi Frazier, a former US Assistant Secretary for African Affairs. The meeting came 24 hours after the […] 2027: David Mark meets officials of US pro-democracy [PHOTOS] https://dailypost.ng/2026/08/19/2027-david-mark-meets-officials-of-us-pro-democracy-photos/ #news

I Tried a Window-Cleaning Robot: Do Not Recommend I tested the top-of-the-line Ecovacs Winbot W2S Omni window-cleaning robot on my Victorian home, and it was an unmitigated disaster. https://www.wired.com/story/window-cleaning-robots-are-kinda-terrible/ #news

Tinubu Directs EFCC Where to Channel Recovered Funds President Bola Tinubu has directed that liquid funds recovered by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) be transferred to the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) to strengthen the financing of student loans across the country. The Minister of Education, Tunji Alausa, disclosed this on Wednesday, August 19, 2026, while briefing journalists at the State […] https://journalist101.com/2026/08/19/tinubu-directs-efcc-where-to-channel-recovered-funds/ #news