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Nearly 3 million Teslas recalled in China over hidden door handles — Other brands affected by the recall include Chinese carmakers XPeng, Xiaomi and Geely.
The Third Self: Mary Oliver on Creativity and Time — “The most regretful people on earth are those who felt the call to creative work, who felt their own creative power restive and uprising, and gave to it neither power nor time.”
Stocks, Bonds Find Relief Ahead of Fed, EU Floats Canada Becoming 'Associate Member' — US equity futures and Treasuries are finding relief as traders wait for the Federal Reserve’s latest interest-rate decision, potentially hiking for the first time since 2023. European…
Design is compromise — Compromise is neither good nor bad, it’s something we do every day. It’s decision making. Prioritizing. It’s finding the right balance between two competing ...
Dario Amodei — We Must Pace the Frontier
Treasuries Gain as Weak Jobs Report Dims Fed Rate-Hike Bets — Treasuries rallied after a weaker-than-expected jobs report prompted traders to scale back expectations that the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates in the coming months.
The Long-Running, Never-Ending Argument Over What Counts as ‘America’ — The label applies to the country, but also two whole continents. Our claim over it is yet another way for us to annoy the entire hemisphere.
Maniatis: Hormuz Escalation Risk Has Eased — Dimitris Maniatis, CEO of Marisks, says the latest intelligence assessment has reduced expectations of a near-term escalation in the Strait of Hormuz, after earlier analysis pointed to heightened risk. He says 25 ships transited the…
Students who use AI generally score worse at school — But AI use combined with training to assess its results can give test scores a boost.
How to Make IndieWire a Preferred Source on Google — How to set IndieWire as a preferred news source on Google.
Stream and listen to music online for free with SoundCloud — Discover and play over 320 million music tracks. Join the world’s largest online community of artists, bands, DJs, and audio creators.
The Rise of the “As Seen on TikTok” Sticker — A promotional sticker used to mean that a book had been discovered. Now it means that a book was designed to be.
US envoys hold ‘substantive’ talks with Zelenskyy in first visit to Kyiv — Meeting comes a day after US envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff met Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow.
You don’t need to code or spend money to improve KDE—here are 7 ways to help — You don’t have to donate money to make a difference; you can donate your work instead. And you don’t even have to know how to code!
The Children Who Loved a Killer - Longreads — “The Carr family took in Steven Judy, hoping to ‘save’ a troubled teen. They didn’t know he would become one of the most hated men in America.”
The Man Who Was Kidnapped Twice — Thousands of people in Nigeria have been held for ransom by bandit groups. One professor escaped his captors—only to be abducted again.
Middle of Somewhere - Longreads — "One remote highway in Nevada links far-flung communities that attracted settlers for generations. Why are some still drawn there today?"
No Women Are Allowed at This "Lust-Free" Gym. Why? Their Presence Is Too Tempting for Men. — Jeff Hambrecht founded Proverbs 27:17 Fitness with one major goal in mind: to build a community where women are absent, thus making the temptation to cheat on your wife supposedly off…
Founding a Company in Germany: €9,600, 152 Days, and I Still Can’t Send an Invoice — I started a company in Germany in late January. By late June I had spent 9,600 euros, registered two companies, and still cannot issue a single invoice of my...
Too Young to Hurry | Sinthana Venkatesh Babu | TEDxRJM Youth — Sinthana's insightful speech explores the often misunderstood journey of adolescence, challenging the societal pressure for teens to "hurry up" and mature overnight. She explains that teenage years are a unique…
My Midlife Crisis Corolla Is Fast, Furious, and Fully Modded - Longreads — "Forget Vin Diesel. Asian Americans are the heroes of import car culture."
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‘Cult’ Used to Mean Something. Now It Applies to Taylor Swift and Trader Joe’s. — The word today applies to more than religious sects, but it says something about our worshipful attitude toward consumption.
there's a podcast where someone just reads old Reddit threads about people's worst apartment discoveries. The comments are funnier than the stories? 🎧
A Bookstore Boom in a Time of Literacy Decline — I was standing in line at Chaucer’s Books, my local indie, when it occurred to me that the line was longer than usual. This has been happening regularly enough that I’ve stopped being s…
A battle over 'Italian brainrot' could shape who owns AI art — A legal battle over what looks like a cartoon stick could help set the rules over whether creators can claim ownership of their AI-generated characters.
Best HBO Max deals: Best streaming deals in August 2026 — From 'House of the Dragon' to 'Euphoria' and so much more, catch excellent shows and films on HBO Max with these streaming deals.
Tribit FlyBuds C3 earbuds: Features, price, where to buy — Antibacterial ear tips, IP55 waterproofing, and custom EQ controls for cheap.
Gold to End Volatile Week Higher as Fedspeak Trims Rate-Hike Bet — Gold steadied — after rising more than 2% on Thursday — after a Federal Reserve official’s comments on inflation helped to lower the odds of an interest-rate hike.
There's a podcast where someone just reads their old LiveJournal entries from 2004 and I came back to this because the secondhand embarrassment somehow feels necessary? 📻
I’m Worried My Kids Will Regret Cutting Off Their Dad. Should I Say Something? — They know he has health problems, but I’m not sure they fully grasp that death can come suddenly.
Fourth-choice Ramsdale will 'support team' - Eckert — Southampton boss Tonda Eckert says Aaron Ramsdale still has a role to "support the team" despite becoming their fourth-choice keeper.
Build yourself flowers — Living and working in a world of generated code.
‘Our children are less cognitively capable,’ says neuroscientist who wants to cut screen use in schools — Jared Cooney Horvath argues that educational technology undermines how children learn and develop
The ballad of TIGIT — 2.8k words, 12 minute reading time
This Upcoming EufyMake Printer Puts Your Photos Onto Fabric — Potential new product offerings for photographers.
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The iPhone Duo is actually a software story — Good morning, how did you sleep? Me, I had trouble until I started counting the number of times Apple used...
Lotus Notes and the dangers of starting from scratch — You either loved it, or were using it wrong.
Joyce Carol Oates on Embedded Memories — The author discusses her story “Lost Child.”
Lachy Groom backs Indian startup aiming to keep aircraft aloft for a year | TechCrunch — Founded by a 20-year-old, Alteon is developing autonomous aircraft that hopes to harvest wind energy to stay aloft for several months.
What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week — Anjet Daanje’s The Song of Stork and Dromedary, Joby Warrick’s The Jackal, and Dorthe Nors’ Range all feature among the best reviewed books of the week. Brought to you by Book Marks, Lit Hub’s home…
Could Data Centers Swing an Election in Wisconsin? — As A.I. becomes increasingly unpopular among voters, the politics of data centers are scrambling political lines across the country—including in a tight race for the Wisconsin governor’s mansion.
Warp's new system is an out-of-the-box software factory for AI development | TechCrunch — On Tuesday, Warp introduced Warp Factories, a new infrastrructure system designed to make building AI software factories as easy as possible.
The Business of Watches Podcast: Geneva Watch Days President And Former CEO Of Bulgari Jean-Christophe Babin — Babin previews this year's Geneva Watch Days and makes the case for what sets the gathering apart from other watch industry events.
Ghana tightens gold exports in push to keep more value at home — The move is part of a broader effort to develop Ghana’s gold industry beyond raw exports.
Igniting Roman's Journey - NASA — Now on a three-month, million-mile journey to its final orbit, NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will soon reveal the universe’s darkest secrets. The
Why Book Corners won't sync contributions back to OpenStreetMap — I wanted Book Corners to contribute newly submitted public bookcases back to OpenStreetMap. After researching the operational and community requirements, I decided not to implement it.
Relief for Iraola but Liverpool have work to do after snatching draw at Newcastle — Dominik Szoboszlai's injury-time penalty rescues a point at the start of the Andoni Iraola era - but Liverpool need to improv after below-par performance.
After Six Months of War, Trump Is Still Losing to Iran — The conflict marks a “precipitous collapse of American power and American prestige.”
BBC cancels Doctor Who Christmas special and Russell T Davies announces departure — The BBC said the decision was made "after careful consideration" and had "not been taken lightly".
According To You: The Money You Saved By Going DIY — The culmination of a life’s work can be measured in many ways. It’s seen in a career path from one’s teenage years to retirement. Or in the appreciation of a growing family. Or countless other achievements,…
The Real Antidote to Public Speaking Nerves | Mthabisi Mhlanga | TEDxMcMasterU — Drawing on his journey as a public speaker and coach, Mthabisi Mhlanga explores how confidence is built through action and experience. His talk encourages audiences to take small steps that create…
The FAA's plan to fix air traffic? $875 million worth of AI | TechCrunch — A new AI-based software program is being launched to help air traffic controllers better navigate their jobs as the crossing guards of America's skies.
Bulfinch — The classic myth retellings.
Lit Hub Daily: August 20, 2026 — What did Charles Darwin draw inspiration from? Orchids, of course. | Lit Hub Science On the surprising sensitivity and perceptiveness of plants. | Lit Hub Nature “Something is off in J. D. Va…
Security Bite Podcast: Why Apple's making big changes to its bug bounty program (Part 1) - 9to5Mac — 9to5Mac Security Bite is exclusively brought to you by Mosyle, the only Apple Unified Platform. Making Apple devices work-ready and enterprise-safe is...
ECB’s Rehn Sees No Second-Round Inflation Effects From War Shock — The energy-price shock from the conflict in the Middle East hasn’t fed through to other parts of the economy up until now, according to European Central Bank Governing Council member Olli Rehn.