You Don’t Need to Pay for Distraction-Blocking Software
These free iOS and Android apps create the physical friction you need to put down your phone.
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The Data Center Backlash Should Also Be a Climate Reckoning. It Isn’t Yet
Climate groups are latching onto the data center opposition movement, but it remains to be seen if they can get people to care about the facilities’ impact on the atmosphere.
Nicotine Is Mounting a Comeback in the Wellness Movement
Improving mood and increasing longevity are just some of the unfounded claims about this substance circling around the “natural” medicine corners of the internet.
Some Pancreatic Cells Are Just One Genetic Tweak Away From Treating Diabetes
By deactivating a gene, researchers were able to cause cells in the pancreatic ducts to produce insulin to regulate blood sugar.
PNOE’s new face mask wants to make lab-grade breath testing a self-serve affair
PNOĒ, the Malden, Mass.-based startup whose breath-analyzing mask used to bear an unfortunate resemblance to Bane’s, is launching a sleeker self-serve version on October 1 that lets gym-goers measure their VO₂ max and other metabolic markers in eight minutes without a trained operator.
Xbox denies $400M PHYSINT budget rumors — here’s what sources say
A new rumor going around this weekend has put Xbox’s investment in Kojima Productions way above the real figure. But it remains to be seen just how spendy the projects will end up being.
China and US Agree to Establish AI Safety Channel and Continue Trade and Military Talks
The US and China agreed to set up a communication mechanism for artificial intelligence-related incidents. The post China and US Agree to Establish AI Safety Channel and Continue Trade and Military Talks appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Chromebook Cloud Gaming Setup: 13 Steps, 60 Min [2026]
A Chromebook was never built to run games. There is no dedicated GPU inside a $300 laptop with an Intel N-series chip, and ChromeOS was designed around browser tabs, not DirectX calls. Yet by September 2026, three companies have quietly turned that limitation into a selling point: NVIDIA, Microsoft, and Amazon all now offer a…
Salt vs Wallarm vs Akamai API Security: 48x G2 Gap [2026]
Every enterprise now ships more APIs than webpages, and attackers know it. Salt Security, Wallarm, and Akamai API Security (the product born from Akamai’s 2024 purchase of Noname Security) have become the three names that show up most often when security teams search for a dedicated way to find, watch, and defend the endpoints that…
FCC Grants Router Ban Waiver: 1-Year Relief for ISPs [2026]
The Federal Communications Commission handed the broadband and wireless industries a narrow but consequential win on September 23, 2026. The agency’s Office of Engineering and Technology (OET) granted expedited, one-year waivers to CTIA and USTelecom—The Broadband Association, letting suppliers serving their members make “necessary” hardware modifications to consumer routers and gateways that had already cleared…