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Suno shares plans to combat spammy AI music

Terrence O’Brien • August 6, 2026 Suno’s AI vocalists could learn a thing or two from this glitchy image. | Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images Suno announced plans to implement a new watermarking technology and download policy to limit the spread of spammy AI tracks and increase transparency. In a lengthy blog

The Zelda movie’s Ganondorf casting hints at more movies

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Jay Peters • August 6, 2026 Deadline reported Thursday that the upcoming The Legend of Zelda movie will feature Australian actor Uli Latukefu as the villain Ganondorf, and the publication notes that “We hear Latukefu inked a multi-picture deal.” Nintendo or Sony haven’t formally confirmed that there’s more than one movie in the works, though

The AirPods Pro are $60 off, their best price since late June

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Sheena Vasani • August 6, 2026 AirPods Pro 3 | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Best Buy kicked off a sale on Apple products with discounts on its latest smartwatches to phones. Another deal that caught our eye is on the latest AirPods Pro, Apple’s flagship wireless earbuds, which are down to

Jony Ive’s first OpenAI gadget is reportedly a hockey puck-sized smart speaker

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Stevie Bonifield • August 6, 2026 The AI device OpenAI is developing with former Apple designer Jony Ive is “essentially a smart speaker without a display” that’s battery-powered, doughnut-shaped and roughly the size of a hockey puck, according to Bloomberg reporter Mark Gurman. The device, expected to launch in 2027 for a price over $300,

Trevor Noah is hosting Google’s Pixel 11 launch event

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Jay Peters • August 6, 2026 Google is set to host its next live Made by Google hardware launch event on August 12th, and the company says in a new video that comedian Trevor Noah will be hosting the show. The video indicates that the event will feature other celebrities and influencers as well, including

Meta ordered to pay an additional $567 million in public nuisance ruling

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Jess Weatherbed • August 7, 2026 Meta has been ordered to pay $567 million in the second phase of New Mexico’s landmark child safety case, bringing total charges to nearly $1 billion for being a “public nuisance.” In a ruling published on Thursday, the Santa Fe district court found that Meta’s platforms are a “significant

Trying to explain One Night Only’s tech-enforced sex dystopia

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Meredith Haggerty • August 7, 2026 From the omnipresent One Night Only trailer, you’d be forgiven for thinking that the movie glosses over its terrifying and absurd premise – in otherwise normal modern New York, single people can only have sex one night a year – to deliver an entirely traditional romantic comedy. I’m here

Why does Apple keep banning Telegram, but never X?

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Emma Roth • August 7, 2026 For roughly an hour this week, Telegram vanished from Apple’s App Store. Even during that blip, it was a stunning absence for such a major app: an avenue of communication for more than 1 billion users around the world, used widely as a secure platform for people who live

Life lessons: Joe Newman on what life so far has taught him

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Why Scientists Redesigned the Botox Enzyme With AI

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SingularityHub – Shelly Fan • July 28, 2026 Researchers say AI vastly improves a technique used to engineer proteins. As a proof of concept, they redesigned the Botox enzyme to snip a protein linked to ALS. Building new enzymes is a labor of love. These proteins are the body’s chemical workhorses, speeding up the reactions