2026-08-15

The financial habits that can help you retire early

Discover five money habits from people who achieved financial independence, including smarter spending, aggressive saving and investing [...]

2026-08-15

Puerto Rico Is Rationing Water. It Could’ve Avoided It by Harvesting Rainwater

The island could capture billions of gallons of water a year if it implemented systems to catch it as it falls from the sky. [...]

2026-08-15

No space for bookshelf speakers? The Victrola Soundstage sits neatly under my turntable

The Victrola Soundstage is ideal for those who want to build their vinyl system up rather than out, with plenty of digital and analog connections for every kind of listener. [...]

2026-08-15

Zyzz Was the Original Looksmaxxer. His Rise and Untimely Death Feel More Relevant Than Ever

A new Apple documentary explores the life of Aziz “Zyzz” Shavershian, who rocketed to internet fame in an age before influencers, then died at age 22 in 2011. [...]

2026-08-15

Stripe is reportedly in talks to buy PayPal

Stripe and private equity firm Advent previously offered a deal PayPal didn't take, the Wall Street Journal says. Now, they're negotiating a new price. [...]

2026-08-15

'We were five years ahead': the Nokia 9000 Communicator launched 30 years ago today — and squandering its smartphone lead will forever haunt Nokia's former CEO

The Nokia 9000 Communicator was a device ahead of its time, and we're exactly now three decades on from its debut. Here's how the world reacted, before Apple stole its crown. [...]

2026-08-15

PayPal is no longer refusing to sell. Now the question is whether regulators allow it

The Wall Street Journal reported the talks on 14 August. Cara Lombardo, Gina Heeb and Lauren Thomas wrote it. The framing is what changed. PayPal is in talks to sell itself, rather than fielding an offer it has rejected. Stripe and Advent International proposed $60.50 a share in July, which PayPal considered insufficient. The two […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]

2026-08-15

The AI store manager fired its first human. It had to be reminded of its own rules first

Luna runs Andon Market, a shop at 2102 Union Street in Cow Hollow. Andon Labs, the safety startup behind it, reported the dismissal on Thursday. Business Insider’s Katherine Li first reported the decision and interviewed the lab. Luna is built on Anthropic’s Claude Sonnet 4.6. The headline writes itself. The conversation logs say something else. […]<br /> This story continues at The Ne [...]

2026-08-15

AI-generated books are flooding Amazon and tanking sales for human authors

AI-generated books make up 20 percent of Amazon's self-published catalog but bring in only 12 percent of sales. A new study finds that revenue per book is dropping for human-written titles too, in seven of eight genres. The findings could give copyright plaintiffs the market-harm data their cases against AI companies have been missing.<br /> The article AI-generated books are flooding A [...]