89% Of AI Search Demand Has No Clear Owner: Use This Before The Window Closes

Kevin Indig just settled an argument that’s been running in half-finished form since AI Overviews launched. Does topical authority that rewards brands for going deep on a subject instead of wide, actually carry over into AI search? Or is ChatGPT enough of a blank slate that a generalist brand can walk in and grab a category cold?

10 Hacks Every Even Realities G2 Smart Glasses User Should Know

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Stephen Johnson is a senior staff writer at Lifehacker covering pop culture and technology, including the columns “The Out-of-Touch Adults’ Guide to Kid Culture” and “What People Are Getting Wrong This Week.”

$65k Toyota GRMN Corolla Costs Almost As Much As The Final Edition Supra - Jalopnik

Last month, Toyota revealed a more extreme, track-focused version of its hilariously fun GR Corolla hot hatch, with the new model being named the GRMN Corolla. Those two extra letters, "MN," mean that it was tuned by the "Meisters of the Nürburgring," and it certainly has the suspension and aero specs to back that up. But is that enough to be worthy of its $65,665 price tag? 

Commonwealth Games 2026: Robyn Love and Scotland claim wheelchair 3x3 basketball silver

Four years ago, in a converted car park in Birmingham, tears fell down Robyn Love's cheeks and thumping music assaulted her ears.

A Commonwealth Games that started with a lost chair had ended in a missed opportunity for Scotland's women's wheelchair 3x3 basketball team.

GoodRx BrandVoice: GoodRx Made Prescriptions Cheaper. Now It's Going After The Whole Care Journey

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Americans already pay monthly for the things they rely on: the streaming service, the gym, the cloud storage, the meal kit. Healthcare has been a conspicuous holdout — still transactional, still opaque, and still priced differently depending on your insurance or what pharmacy you walk into. That's beginning to change, and the reason is simple economics. As deductibles and copays have risen, more healthcare costs have landed directly on consumers, and people spending their own money want the price up front, fewer moving parts, and no surprises at the register.

Claude Opus 5 became downright ruthless when tasked with running a vending machine

For a year now, the AI safety testing firm Andon Labs has given frontier models various real-world tasks to determine how well they do as agents running for long periods with no human supervision.

Harlan Coben on Bringing ‘Myron Bolitar’ to Netflix: “It’s Been Really Heady”

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Netflix‘s long-running partnership with author Harlan Coben has produced a number of hits, most recently I Will Find You. The thriller starring Sam Worthington and Britt Lower entered the streamer’s all-time top 10 for English-language series this week.

Saudi Arabia's dilemma as it tries to stay out of US-Iran war

Kitchen cling film helps build centimeter-scale ultrathin electronics and optics

As materials become thinner—now reaching the thickness of single atoms—it has become increasingly difficult to create sufficiently large sheets and transfer them without cracking them into tiny flakes. Recent work by a broad Amsterdam-based team of scientists, published in the journal ACS Nano, presents a new technique that solves this problem using an unexpected material found in any home kitchen.

What’s Coming to Netflix in August 2026

Netflix has announced an exciting new rotation of movies and series for this August, including a variety of horror and crime projects to prepare viewers for the upcoming fall season.