Mac storage failures can cause permanent data loss unlike hardware issues such as a broken screen or keyboard, making regular backups through Time Machine essential since iCloud alone doesn't fully back up a Mac's drive. Warning signs of drive trouble include corrupted or vanishing files, frozen applications, or direct macOS alerts that storage needs servicing, at which point users can turn to built-in diagnostic tools to assess the problem.
engadget.com
· 2026-09-05
Nintendo has confirmed a pair of streaming events next week: a 30-minute special on September 8 marking The Legend of Zelda's 40th anniversary, followed by a standard 45-minute Nintendo Direct on September 9. Both start at 10AM ET. The Zelda stream is expected to focus heavily on the previously announced Ocarina of Time remake, while the general Direct will likely cover upcoming releases like Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave and Nintendo Switch Sports Resort.
engadget.com
· 2026-09-04
Nintendo will host two Direct presentations on consecutive days next week: one dedicated to Zelda content, likely covering the leaked 40th anniversary Switch 2 hardware, the Ocarina of Time remake, and the upcoming live-action film, followed by a standard Direct focused on Switch 2 titles launching this winter. The second broadcast will be followed by a Nintendo Treehouse livestream showing gameplay footage.
theverge.com
· 2026-09-04
A Pew Research Center survey of nearly 10,000 US adults found that 53% believe they use their smartphones too much, while 36% say their usage is about right. Younger adults reported the highest rates of overuse, with 70% of 18-to-29-year-olds and 64% of those aged 30-49 saying they're on their devices excessively. Separately, Semrush data shows people worldwide spend over four and a half hours daily on their phones, checking them roughly 58 times a day.
cnet.com
· 2026-09-02
New York City has imposed a temporary ban on artificial intelligence use in classrooms through middle school, while also setting new limits on student screen time. High school students, by contrast, will gain access to AI literacy courses under the new policy.
wsj.com
· 2026-09-02
Loudoun County, Virginia turned to former AOL infrastructure and empty fiber-optic networks left after the dot-com crash to attract data center investment, led by economic development official Buddy Rizer. The strategy shifted the county's tax base from over 80% residential to just over half commercial revenue, transforming it into a hub handling a large share of global internet traffic.
theverge.com
· 2026-09-02
Cartoon Network Studios will release the second season of 'Adventure Time: Side Quests' on October 2, arriving simultaneously on Disney+ and Hulu. The season will be available as a full binge release rather than a weekly rollout.
gizmodo.com
· 2026-09-01
Lionel Messi, who this week announced his retirement from Argentina's national team, has for years operated a venture capital fund called Play Time HoldCo, co-founded with Razmig Hovaghimian in October 2022 with an initial target of about $200 million. The fund holds stakes in AI startups including World Labs, Field AI, Fish Audio, Perceptron, Intangible and SuperAnnotate, and Messi separately holds equity in Sorare, KRÜ Esports, and Inter Miami, now valued at $1.45 billion.
entrepreneur.com
· 2026-09-01
A new essay traces how media mogul Steve Ross built his fortune not through glamorous entertainment deals but by acquiring a series of mundane businesses—limousine rentals, parking lots, cleaning services, and building trades—before rolling them into Kinney Services and eventually using that platform to acquire Warner Bros. The piece highlights the overlooked, unglamorous groundwork that preceded his transformation into one of America's best-paid executives, earning $78 million in 1990.
colossus.com
· 2026-09-01
A developer has released Fastpotify, a lightweight native binary alternative interface for Spotify that avoids embedding a browser engine like Electron. The app is designed to launch in under a second and consume minimal system memory during use.
fastpotify.rocks
· 2026-09-01
OpenClaw released its largest update yet, built by 933 contributors including 569 first-timers and comprising over 16,000 pull requests. The overhaul touches installation, messaging, memory, skills, models, automations, browser and native apps, plugins, and security, and grew out of a simpler plan to rebuild the browser app and streamline setup. The team took nearly seven weeks between releases, far longer than its usual one-to-two-day cadence, to ensure the update didn't break existing installations.
openclaw.ai
· 2026-08-31
Standards body CGPM will vote in mid-October on ending the leap second, the periodic one-second adjustment used since 1972 to keep atomic clock time aligned with Earth's rotation. The move is being accelerated because the next adjustment could, for the first time, require subtracting rather than adding a second—a scenario computer systems have never had to handle. In its place, officials are proposing a leap hour that would only realign timescales once they drift a full 3,600 seconds apart.
nature.com
· 2026-08-31
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