APOD: 2026 August 8 – A Messier Moment for Tempel 2
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Day: August 9, 2026
X replaces its revenue-sharing program with ‘Original Content Rewards’
X wants to make money on previously used handles. | Image: The Verge X is ending its controversial revenue-sharing program
Read MoreAn Amazon data center could have the worst polluting power plant in the country
To power its new West Texas data center, Amazon is investing in the construction of a new power plant that
Read MoreBuc-ee’s dodges John Oliver to sue another small business
Buc-ee’s mega-convenience store and 120-pump gas station in Mount Crawford, Virginia. | Image: Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images Buc-ee’s became
Read MoreMusician and entrepreneur Tom Vek is building a digital music player, but don’t call it retro
Tom, we can’t see your face. | Image: Tom Vek Tom Vek burst onto the scene in 2005 with his
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Write your next 300K manuscript with AI for just $37
TL;DR: Write a 300K-word manuscript for just $37 with this YouBooks AI lifetime subscription. Opens in a new window Credit:
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Flock pitched turning Uber and Lyft drivers into a mobile surveillance network
Flock Safety, the company behind a nationwide network of automatic license plate readers, pitched a plan to convert hundreds of
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X retires revenue sharing for new Original Content Rewards program
X is overhauling how it pays creators, phasing out its long-running Revenue Sharing program in favor of a new system
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What is OpenAI Astra? Everything we know about the new — and possibly dangerous — new model
Do you understand quantum parallel repetition? What about quantum complexity, lattice cryptography, or extremal combinatorics?The new OpenAI model Astra knows
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Which of the 4 Wyndham Rewards credit cards is right for you?
Wyndham and Barclays refreshed their cobranded credit card portfolio in June, offering travelers four distinct options based on how often
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