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A magnetoelastic tent concept could one day turn wind, movement and fabric flexing into usable electricity. Source: https://www.livescience.com/technology/new-magnetoelastic-tent-generates-electricity-from-wind-body-movement-and-sound-to-power-small-devices

Phia, the shopping startup co-founded by Phoebe Gates and Sophia Kianni, is once again under fire for its alleged business practices. Source: https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/11/phoebe-gates-and-sophia-kianni-reportedly-knew-phia-was-cookie-stuffing-for-months/

The AI cloud provider topped revenue and earnings expectations, with its CEO cheering “an important inflection point.” Source: https://www.marketwatch.com/story/coreweaves-stock-soars-as-earnings-show-major-ai-momentum-d3a5bede?mod=mw_rss_topstories

August brought another standout weekend at the box office after Spider-Man: Brand New Day swung closer to $2 billion in theaters, and The Odyssey became the highest-grossing Christopher Nolan movie of all time. Source: https://www.ign.com/articles/spider-man-brand-new-day-swings-closer-to-2-billion-in-second-weekend-in-theaters-the-odyssey-becomes-highest-grossing-christopher-nolan-movie-of-all-time

Thula Solutions’ new electric safari vehicles aren’t repurposed diesels – they were engineered from the ground up as purpose-built electric safari vehicles designed to get curious tourists, scientists, and park workers closer to the action than ever before. Source: https://electrek.co/2026/08/08/sneaky-safari-thula-solutions-electric-4x4-gets-you-closer-to-nature-video/

The Marshall Stanmore IV is a more expensive home speaker, but there's so much to like that $430 sounds like a good value. Source: https://www.zdnet.com/article/marshall-stanmore-iv-review/

Check out this video from Bloomberg Originals: "Will he notice? 👀" Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/525FRJORSJk

One of the most important milestones in the early life of an organism is when the embryo breaks symmetry and arranges itself to form the head (anterior) at one end and tail (posterior) at the other end. Scientists have used the common fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster) for decades as a model species to study the process of forming the anterior-posterior body axis, along with countless other early developmental and genetic processes. Source: https://phys.org/news/2026-08-genes-result-flies-evolved-multiple.html

The cuts of meat in a supermarket case can look perfectly fresh even as bacteria are already multiplying inside the package. Is there a way to know before you open it? Source: https://phys.org/news/2026-08-smart-hydrogel-packaging-food-fresh.html

X head of product Nikita Bier is stepping down and says he will move into a role as an advisor, writing that "it's time to pass the torch and demote myself to my natural state: a poster." He shared the update just over a month after celebrating his one-year anniversary on the job, and just weeks after Elon Musk's combined SpaceX / X / xAI companies went public. He says that "almost every aspect of X" has been rebuilt while he was head of product, including its timeline, Android app, chat, and notifications. Going forward, the "next leaders" mentioned are Benji Taylor leading design with iOS lead Jonah Katz and Mridul Singhai leading the pr … Read the full story at The Verge. Source: https://www.theverge.com/tech/975955/x-twitter-nikita-bier-leaving