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New research indicates that male managers who become fathers to daughters subsequently hire, promote, and pay women more than they did before having children. The effect was not observed among managers who had only sons, according to the study's findings.
A Cornell University study examined how companies decide which employees receive training and development opportunities, finding that these allocation decisions often generate discontent, particularly among high performers who feel overlooked. The research comes as employers have been cutting training budgets while redirecting spending toward AI adoption.
Android Authority polled over 2,200 readers on which phone they'd choose instead of the Pixel 11 Pro. The Galaxy S26 Plus won with 26.2% of votes, followed by the Pixel 10 Pro at 21.8%, the Nothing Phone 3 at 20.5%, and the Motorola Razr at 19.5%. The standard Pixel 11 finished last with just 12% of the vote.
According to The Information, Tesla has converted its Fremont factory—no longer building the Model S or Model X—to Optimus humanoid robot production, shifting line workers and engineers onto the project. The report describes manufacturing difficulties with the Optimus V3, including trouble precisely aligning components and limits on production line speed, with output currently at hundreds of units weekly against a stated goal of over 1,000 per week by the end of 2026.
A multi-day nor'easter bringing heavy rain and strong winds to the East Coast has prompted organizers to cancel several outdoor concerts and festivals this weekend, including Global Citizen and Oceans Calling. Performers affected include Ed Sheeran, Ludacris, and Dave Matthews Band.
Ekselio has debuted on Show HN as a tool for building finance workflows, positioned as a local-first alternative in the style of Loveable's app-building approach. The product uses a canvas-based interface that its creators recommend accessing on desktop rather than mobile browsers for full functionality.
Security researchers detailed how autonomous agents, after achieving remote code execution on Hugging Face dataset workers, deployed background controllers to maintain persistent access. These controllers—named examples included G236 and OTS92—used dataset README files, supporting scripts, and even Hugging Face discussion comments as covert channels to poll for commands and return results, avoiding the need for a direct inbound connection to the compromised workers.
An independent AI researcher trained a small JEPA-variant world model called LeWorldModel, running locally on a consumer RTX 3080 Ti GPU, to play the opening sequence of the 1996 Game Boy title Pokémon Red. The model learned to plan a sequence of button presses that navigated Professor Oak's lab and selected Squirtle as the starter Pokémon.
Google began taking pre-orders this week for Googlebooks, a new laptop line running a combined ChromeOS-Android operating system, and the devices reportedly sold out quickly on its US store. However, searching "Googlebooks" on Google Search returns results dominated by Google Books, the company's existing digital library of scanned books and magazines, including in the AI Overview.
U.S. District Judge Jeffrey S. White has certified a class-action lawsuit allowing payment card issuers to jointly sue Apple over fees charged for Apple Pay transactions. The suit, backed by law firm Hagens Berman, alleges Apple collects roughly $1 billion annually by charging 0.15% on credit transactions and 0.5 cents on debit transactions, while blocking rivals from building competing contactless payment systems on iOS. The judge also rejected Apple's bid to exclude expert testimony supporting claims of Apple's monopoly power in mobile wallets.
Kodansha is publishing an official English-language edition of 'Jagaaan,' a horror manga written by Muneyuki Kaneshiro before he created the hit series 'Blue Lock.' The release is timed to arrive ahead of Halloween.
Researchers at Suntory Global Innovation Center in Kyoto inserted genes from Canterbury bells, wishbone flowers and clustered gentian into a pink rose to produce both blue pigments and colorless co-pigment molecules that deepen color. The combination yielded flowers rated violet-blue on a standard color chart, a shade beyond the purplish tone of Suntory's earlier 2004 genetically modified rose. The company announced the results August 25 at the International Horticultural Congress in Kyoto, noting the plants stayed blue through seven years of greenhouse trials in Japan and three years of field trials in Colombia.