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TechCrunch has published a growing schedule of Side Events surrounding its Disrupt 2026 conference, set for October 13-15 at Moscone West in San Francisco. These satellite gatherings, hosted by partners including NMI, Backblaze, Flamethrower, and Peak XV Partners, include mixers, panels, and networking sessions taking place before and during the main conference dates.
PyPI experienced intermittent 502 and 503 errors on files.pythonhosted.org for about two weeks in August 2026, breaking package installations for some users. Investigation traced the issue to a Fastly canary deployment that misconfigured a single cache node, plus separate longstanding bugs in PyPI's Fastly setup around origin fallback and range requests. Both issues were resolved, with downloads fully restored by August 28.
9to5Mac's daily podcast episode rounds up the day's top Apple stories, including continued speculation about a foldable iPhone. The episode is distributed through Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, TuneIn, Google Play, and RSS, with sponsorship from Backblaze offering a discount code.
The August 27, 2026 episode of 9to5Mac Daily rounded up recent reporting on rumored AirPods 5 features and Apple's plans to introduce advertising within Apple Maps. The podcast, sponsored by Backblaze, is distributed across major podcast platforms with a Plus subscription tier offering ad-free episodes and bonus content.
The August 26, 2026 episode of 9to5Mac Daily summarized the day's top Apple news, including confirmation that Apple's rumored 'Surprise and Shine' event is happening. The podcast, sponsored by Backblaze, is available across major podcast platforms with an ad-free subscription option via 9to5Mac Daily Plus.
The August 25, 2026 episode of 9to5Mac Daily podcast summarized the day's top Apple news, including the unveiling of a refreshed Mac mini and Mac Studio lineup. The episode is distributed through Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, TuneIn, Google Play, and an RSS feed for players like Overcast.