Aug 29, 2026Twila Rosenbaum
Apple has raised the price of its Apple TV+ streaming service to $14.99 per month, up from $12.99, marking the fourth increase in four years. Annual subscriptions now cost $119, and the individual Apple One bundle has also increased to $21.95 monthly. The change is effective immediately, with current subscribers notified before their next billing cycle. This latest hike arrives amid rising costs across the streaming industry and follows Apple's recent rollout of premium content and live sports.
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Aug 29, 2026Twila Rosenbaum
Future AGI is an Apache 2.0-licensed, self-hostable platform for building, tracing, evaluating, and safeguarding LLM agents. It uses OpenTelemetry to support 50+ agent frameworks and ships a gateway with 18 security scanners. The platform also includes an OpenAI-compatible proxy for 100+ providers, plus tools for semantic caching, virtual keys, MCP, and A2A. Operators can disable telemetry with one environment variable, enabling air-gapped deployments.
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Aug 29, 2026Twila Rosenbaum
Article 50 of the EU AI Act creates new transparency duties for organisations deploying AI that interacts with people. In the first year of enforcement, corrective orders may be more common than fines. Security teams also face difficult questions about simulated phishing and cloned voices. Expert analysis explains what companies should prepare for.
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Aug 29, 2026Twila Rosenbaum
ShieldFont, created by Isaque Seneda and Gabriel Abrucio, uses a custom web font to display one set of words to readers while leaving different words in the page source. It aims to raise the cost of AI scraping while preserving human readability. The trade-offs include SEO loss and accessibility challenges. The project is available free on GitHub.
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Aug 29, 2026Twila Rosenbaum
In a Brigham Young University pilot study, GPT-4-generated spear phishing texts were clicked as often as those written by trained students. Job-related messages outperformed hobby and social media themes by a wide margin. Participants could not distinguish AI from human writing, guessing correctly only 52% of the time. A machine-learning classifier, however, reached 88.7% accuracy in the same task.
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Aug 28, 2026Twila Rosenbaum
ViWizard has released Streaming Audio Recorder V3.0.0, an upgraded all-in-one audio tool that adds built-in podcast downloading and radio recording support.
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Aug 19, 2026Twila Rosenbaum
Victor Wembanyama has emphasized that representing France on the international stage carries deeper meaning than his NBA career with the San Antonio Spurs. The 22-year-old has agreed to suit up for France in the upcoming FIBA World Cup European Qualifiers. He will face Slovenia and Sweden later this month as France look to extend their lead in Group L. Wembanyama also reflected on the unique intensity of international competition, citing the Olympics as a perfect example.
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Aug 19, 2026Twila Rosenbaum
Streamer IShowSpeed was caught off guard when a fan remembered the anniversary of the 2021 'IShowMeat' incident with a donation. He admitted the date hadn't crossed his mind all day. The same stream included his reaction to Cristiano Ronaldo's private marriage to Georgina Rodríguez. Speed congratulated the footballer while jokingly demanding a wedding invitation.
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Aug 19, 2026Twila Rosenbaum
This week's Pop Shop Podcast dives into a weekend of unforgettable concert surprises, including Chappell Roan joining Noah Kahan at the Rose Bowl, Cynthia Erivo reuniting with Ariana Grande in London, and Kristen Bell performing a Disney medley at a Savannah Bananas game. The show also breaks down Stray Kids' latest chart-topping album and other notable Billboard chart moves.
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Aug 19, 2026Twila Rosenbaum
Karla Sofía Gascón, star of Emilia Pérez, is under fire after journalist Sarah Hagi resurfaced old X posts containing offensive remarks about Islam, George Floyd, Hitler, and the Oscars. Despite apologizing and deleting her account, calls are growing for her to be stripped of her historic Oscar nomination. Gascón insists she will not withdraw, while Netflix has stayed silent.
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Aug 18, 2026Twila Rosenbaum
Meta is reviving Facebook Creator Studio as a standalone AI companion app. The new tool uses an AI assistant to provide performance insights, recommend engagement improvements, and draft comment replies. It's currently in testing with select creators, with a waitlist for early access.
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Aug 18, 2026Twila Rosenbaum
Adrien Brody isolated himself in a New York hotel for nearly five months to prepare for his Broadway debut in 'The Fear of 13,' a play about a death row inmate. The actor detailed his lonesome yet purposeful experience, drawing parallels to his character's decades-long isolation. He also reflected on how the role changed his personal habits and deepened his appreciation for life's simple pleasures. Brody's commitment echoes his famous physical transformation for 'The Pianist.'
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