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August 4, 2026

How Goodwill Actually Works

Goodwill handles over 4.4 billion pounds of donations every year. Most of it gets cleaned, priced, and sold at a retail store or online. And some of it is sold by the pound to online resellers.

The Race to Build an American Alternative to Cheap AI From China

Silicon Valley startups are setting up open models, with some operating on shoestring budgets because of limited interest from VCs.

Next Xbox could support every prior Xbox generation through broad backward compatibility (If publishers agree)

A leaked internal memo suggests Microsoft's next Xbox may be capable of running games from every previous Xbox generation, pending publisher approval.

Two Cancelled Virtual Boy Games Join 'Nintendo Classics' Today

Nintendo released two canceled Virtual Boy games that sat in the company's digital vault for the last 30 years: Zero Racers and Dragon Hopper.

Apple Prepares for Major September Hardware Event

Apple is expected to announce at least five new devices next month, including the latest iPhone lineup and Apple Watch models. The company is readying retail staff for an in-person keynote, signaling a return to traditional launch events.

"Stealth Crawlers" Are Not a Threat to the Open Web. Bills Targeting Them Would Be.

A New York bill sitting on the Governor's desk proposes that any automated crawler identify its operators to websites. The EFF argues this can harm the open web.

Microsoft may soon roll out disc-to-digital support for Xbox and Project Helix

A leaked document suggests Microsoft could soon launch a disc-to-digital feature tied to Xbox, with potential support for Xbox 360 titles on Project Helix.

Starlink Expanding to Ground-Based Mobile Infrastructure

SpaceX is planning to leverage Starlink dish technology to create low-cost cellular equipment for a ground-based network. This move could augment their satellite-to-cell service and provide more robust mobile connectivity options indoors.

Now they're coming for your motherboards!

Motherboard Prices Set to Rise as AI-Fuelled PC Component Disruption Continues

New HBF memory spec aims to give GPUs terabytes of additional memory

SanDisk and SK hynix have unveiled the HBF spec, a new memory approach that could dramatically expand GPU memory capacity using NAND stacks and UCIe.

ESA Website Exploited to Advertise Shady IPTV Services

The European Space Agency's 'Cosmos' portal was compromised by hackers to host advertisements for unauthorized IPTV services. This exploit leverages the high domain authority of a government agency to boost the search engine rankings of pirate streaming operations.