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MIT has installed hundreds of small camera units across campus over the summer, including more than 500 documented by The Tech, with some positioned near faculty offices and bathroom entrances. At the May 2026 Institute Faculty Meeting, administrators acknowledged testing AI-based search capabilities from Ambient.ai on campus footage without prior notice or consent from the community.
Multiple Samsung Galaxy device owners, mostly using the Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra, report that YouTube videos freeze with audio still playing after switching away from the app and back. The issue has been discussed for weeks on a Korean Samsung community forum, with some users of the standard Z Fold 8 and Galaxy S26 Ultra also reporting similar problems. Samsung has not publicly responded to the reports.
A federal appeals court ruled 2-1 that the Pentagon acted within its legal authority when it designated Anthropic a supply chain risk, effectively blacklisting the AI company from certain defense-related dealings. The ruling affirms an earlier decision favoring the government's position over Anthropic's challenge.
AT&T has introduced Turbo Live, a premium mobile data feature meant to reduce network slowdowns at crowded stadium events. The rollout coincides with AT&T's extended 30-year partnership with the Dallas Cowboys through 2055, and new interactive features debuting at AT&T Stadium for the NFL season.
Amazon is expanding its Supply Chain Services so independent online stores can offer Prime shipping directly at checkout, without shoppers needing to log into a separate Amazon account or use a 'Buy with Prime' widget. Merchants pay Amazon to store and ship their inventory but keep their own payment processing and store policies, and there's no extra charge to offer Prime as a shipping option. Amazon will verify a customer's Prime membership after the order is placed.
Security firm Netskope found Google ads pushing a browser-locking scam across hundreds of legitimate websites, including maps, weather and sports sites, from August 31 to September 14. The fake alerts freeze the screen, hide the cursor and disable exit keys to pressure victims into calling a bogus support number, where scammers demand fees, remote access or personal data; Netskope says it blocked the attempts for the 619 client organizations it monitored, over 60 percent of them in the US.
An Ask HN post asks whether anyone still relies on DOS-era software like dBase, Clipper, CLARION or Paradox, or industrial equipment controlled via ISA cards or parallel-port dongles, to run real business processes. The poster says they are researching an idea for keeping such systems running on modern hardware and invites people to share experiences via comments or email.
A hands-on review of Apple's iPhone 18 Pro finds the design largely unchanged from the iPhone 17 Pro, with the main additions being a variable aperture camera system, a new chip, improved battery life and better thermal management that keeps the phone cooler under load. The reviewer notes Apple is reserving bolder design experiments for other models like the iPhone Air and the new iPhone Duo.
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that states may access the federal SAVE database to verify voters' citizenship, overturning lower court rulings that had blocked its use over accuracy concerns. The database, originally built by the Department of Homeland Security to assess immigration benefit eligibility, was repurposed under the Trump administration for voter screening, prompting a lawsuit from groups including the League of Women Voters and the Electronic Privacy Information Center.
Letterboxd, the film-tracking social app founded in 2011 by Matthew Buchanan and Karl von Randow, is reportedly being shopped for more than $300 million. Potential buyers named include The New York Times, A24, and Sony Pictures, according to a Times report. The company is projected to earn about $15 million this year and has grown to 30 million users, up from 1.8 million in 2020.
CNBC reported that college graduates aged 22-27 had a 5.7% unemployment rate as of June 2026, per Federal Reserve Bank of New York data, with underemployment among grads reaching 42%. Seton Hall student editor Michela DiLorenzo told CNBC that AI is altering students' motivations, resume strategies, and post-graduation plans, with some delaying graduate school for interim work. LinkedIn data cited found 66% of recruiters planned to expand AI use in pre-screening, while 81% of job seekers said they had used or intended to use AI in their own search.
Akamai announced Thursday that Anthropic will spend $11.6 billion on its cloud infrastructure over seven years, dwarfing a $1.8 billion deal reported in May. The agreement, contingent on Akamai meeting delivery and availability benchmarks, is the largest in Akamai's history and centers on CPU capacity rather than the GPUs more commonly associated with AI training. Akamai also issued Anthropic a warrant convertible into up to roughly 5% of its common shares, with additional spending commitments unlocking more equity.