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A user found that Google's Calendar app on Android has no way to subscribe to an events calendar from a URL, despite running the latest OS and app version. The workaround required switching to desktop mode in a mobile browser at calendar.google.com, where adding the same calendar link worked instantly and synced back to the app.
Gap Inc. announced that customer chief Michael Francis will replace Haio Barbeito as Old Navy's CEO starting in November, part of an ongoing effort to revive the struggling brand. The announcement came alongside Gap's mixed second-quarter results, which beat earnings estimates but missed on revenue, sending shares up more than 16% in after-hours trading.
The EPA is moving to eliminate a decades-old federal requirement that developers publicly notify and take comment from communities before receiving air pollution permits under New Source Review. The agency would shift that responsibility to individual states, which advocates fear may choose not to require public notice at all. Critics say the change would let data center builders and other industrial developers start construction with little or no warning to nearby residents.
At Gamescom 2026, Samsung introduced its new P Series of external SSDs, the professional-grade P9 and the more general-purpose P7, both using USB4 connectivity. The P9 reaches sequential read speeds of 4,000MBps and write speeds of 3,800MBps, roughly double the previous T9 generation, while the P7 emphasizes broad device compatibility and drop-test durability.
A developer released Talos, version 0.15.1-alpha, an MIT-licensed AI agent that pairs a sandboxed Claude-based worker with real shell access for building, testing, and browsing tasks. Every action the agent attempts is checked by a separate deterministic security kernel that authorizes each tool call individually, tying it to exact arguments and letting it run only once within a thirty-second window.
Code for Nvidia's unreleased DLSS 5 upscaling technology was discovered inside an early-access build of NBA 2K27, and modders on the RenoDX Discord channel extracted its 'Neural Rendering' files to run in other titles. They've since applied the unofficial mod to Control, GTA: San Andreas, Skyrim, Cyberpunk 2077, Palworld and Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, altering facial detail, shadows and lighting tone.
Sandhya Devanathan, who has led Meta's India and Southeast Asia operations since June 2024 after over a decade at the company, is moving to OpenAI. Based in Singapore, she will report to OpenAI's Asia-Pacific head Kiran Mani and take charge of consumer growth, enterprise adoption, partnerships and regulatory engagement across Southeast Asia and Australia. Meta's India managing director Arun Srinivas will now report directly to the company's Asia-Pacific VP Benjamin Joe.
Developer TakaiSaisei has released a modified version of the Pixel IMS app, originally created by kyujin-cho in 2023, that lets Pixel owners enable VoLTE and Wi-Fi calling in markets Google doesn't officially support. Unlike the original tool, this version doesn't require the Shizuku system app and its settings persist after a device reboot, simplifying setup to sideloading the app and pairing it via wireless debugging.
Moniepoint's Cloud Engineering team, led by Celestina Amadi, migrated its Kafka deployment from manually managed VMs running Docker Compose to Strimzi, a Kubernetes-native way of running Kafka. The change was made proactively, not in response to an outage, after the team recognized that the VM-based setup—which required SSH access and manual port-forwarding for even small configuration changes—could not scale to support Moniepoint's payment and savings products.
Labor unions are increasingly pushing back against data-center construction, warning politicians who support these projects that they risk losing union backing. The move signals that blue-collar workforce concerns are becoming a central point of contention in the broader public backlash against data-center expansion.
Apple's Shortcuts app can be used to build a CarPlay automation that plays a custom audio clip whenever an iPhone connects to a vehicle's infotainment system. The feature works alongside, not in place of, a car's built-in startup chimes, and relies on a short audio file stored in the Files app.
Woot is selling the Hyper Dual Monitor Thunderbolt 4 Dock for $24.29 after applying the code WOOTDOCK, down from its usual $99.99 list price. The dock supports dual 4K60Hz displays or a single 8K30Hz monitor, offers 60W USB-C power delivery, two USB-A 10Gbps ports, a 1GbE ethernet port, and a 3.5mm audio jack, all through a single Thunderbolt 4 connection.