So much solar: Digging into the list of every US power plant that went online this year
It’s been a wild first half of the year in the US power sector, with announcements of gigantic natural gas power plants and some long-awaited
Month: August 2026
PBS station fears losing 50TB of data after being ghosted by cloud storage provider
After its cloud storage provider went defunct, a PBS affiliate decided to sue a data center provider to regain access to 50TB of TV shows
Anthropic ran 133 million contractor chats with its bioweapon filters off
Anthropic published the Risk Report on 14 August, covering the period to 15 July. Axios got the company on the record and led on the
Nvidia halved its $250bn promise to OpenAI. Then it showed investors what it owns
Anissa Gardizy reported the cut for The Wall Street Journal on 14 August. Under the new proposed terms Nvidia would initially backstop only half of
Afghans mark five years of Taliban rule
Afghans have gathered in Kabul to mark five years since the Taliban returned to power.
Black professor at centre of Cambridge plagiarism row found dead
Dr Jason Arday has been found dead days after resigning from Cambridge University due to plagiarism allegations.
Vienna woman sues city for discrimination over toilet fees
An Austrian activist in Vienna is challenging the city over public toilet fees.
World’s Ugliest Dog contest crowns 2026 winner
The annual contest has been taking place in Santa Rosa, California.
Eleven killed in Israeli strikes on southern Lebanon, authorities say
Israel’s military said it had struck “Hezbollah terror infrastructure” in response to what it described as an earlier action against its soldiers.
Powerful magnitude 7.7 earthquake kills at least 47 in Indonesia
A search and rescue operation is under way to find survivors in Flores, an island in eastern Indonesia.
Secondhand book sales are booming. Is it because of AI?
Booksellers are reporting mysterious bulk orders. It’s thought the books are being used to train AI – and ending up pulped.
‘Ma’am?’ Disoriented Trump blanks at the podium
President Tweety McTreason, 80, announced Friday his endorsement for New York attorney general: “Ma’am.” Trump appeared to forget the name of the woman he just
Trump sics prosecutors on hush money trial judge’s daughter: ‘Outrageous abuse of power’
President Tweety McTreason sicced federal prosecutors on the daughter of the man who oversaw his criminal hush money trial, according to a new report. The
Anthropologie’s viral beauty advent calendar just dropped — get it before it sells out
Anthropologie’s beloved beauty Advent calendars just dropped for 2026. Shop the 12- or 24-day options packed with skin care, makeup and fragrance favorites before they