TechnologyEngadgetTechnologyAug 11, 2026 · 1 minBumble now lets either person send the first message after matchingThe company previously teased it would change messaging in May.Engadget
TechnologyTechRadarTechnologyAug 11, 2026 · 1 minHow to watch Sky Sports from anywhere – stream Premier League, cricket, golf and moreStream Sky Sports from £24 Unlock your stream with NordVPN (save 75%) Sky Sports has been a byword for top quality sports broadcasting in the UK for more than 35 years. Launching in 1991 as just a single channel, it's now a twelve-station…TechRadar
TechnologyThe VergeTechnologyAug 11, 2026 · 1 minGuliKit’s new Switch controller features next-generation anti-drift thumbsticksGuliKit announced its first wireless controller to use an improved version of the anti-drift tunneling magnetoresistance (TMR) thumbsticks featured in its budget-friendly ES Pro that debuted nearly a year ago. Available now for $49.99, the…The Verge
TechnologyVentureBeatTechnologyAug 11, 2026 · 1 minLTX-2.5 can generate a 10-second AI video from an image in just 6.8 seconds on Nvidia superchips — and it's open weightsLTX , the open world model company spun out of Lightricks, today released LTX-2.5, the newest version of its open-weights video and "world" model and it arrives natively integrated into ComfyUI , the node-based workflow tool that has…VentureBeat
TechnologyTechRadarTechnologyAug 11, 2026 · 1 minSpotify is introducing AI Persona tags to differentiate real artists from fake ones, vowing to become ‘the most…Spotify is introducing AI Persona tags in mid-September The platform aims to improve user transparency by differentiating real artists from AI-generated ones Spotify only reviews an artist's profile and images, and not the music itself…TechRadar
TechnologyVentureBeatTechnologyAug 11, 2026 · 1 minNvidia's Switchyard router reshuffles AI models mid-task, cutting task costs to a third in its own testsEnterprises running always-on AI agents keep hitting the same tradeoff. Send every task to a frontier model and the bill climbs fast. Build custom routing logic to send easy tasks to cheaper models and that becomes its own engineering…VentureBeat
TechnologyTechRadarTechnologyAug 11, 2026 · 1 minLondon Underground is trialing live face scanning from today as privacy groups say it 'treats the public like suspects'Facial recognition systems are expanding to the London Underground British Transport Police say images will be checked against a watchlist Privacy groups are calling the technology intrusive The debate over public surveillance and privacy…TechRadar
TechnologyRio TimesTechnologyAug 11, 2026 · 1 minBrazil, Colombia and Peru Launch a Joint Amazon River OperationBrazil · Security Key Facts Operation BRACOLPER 2026, the 52nd edition of the trilateral river exercise. Participants Brazil, Colombia, and Peru. Launch July 18, 2026, with the first phase held in Leticia, Colombia, from July 18–22…Rio Times
TechnologyTechRadarTechnologyAug 11, 2026 · 1 min'Our goal is to deliver way more value to consumers than what we charge them'Take-Two Interactive CEO Strauss Zelnick defends Grand Theft Auto 6 's $80 base price He says, "Our goal is to deliver way more value to consumers than what we charge them" The CEO says GTA 6 will be "an incredible bargain" Take-Two…TechRadar
TechnologyZDNetTechnologyAug 11, 2026 · 1 minThis $50 power bank is safer than my lithium-ion battery - and it's coming on my next flightLithium-ion power banks keep catching fire. Is semi-solid-state the safer solution?ZDNet
TechnologyAllAfricaTechnologyAug 11, 2026 · 1 minMalawi: Fake Gun and Pepper Spray - Motorcycle Taxi Robber, 29, Arrested After Terrifying Hijacking Ordeal[Nyasa Times] A 29-year-old man has been arrested in Balaka after allegedly hijacking a motorcycle taxi driver at fake gunpoint, before spraying him with pepper spray and fleeing with his bike.AllAfrica
TechnologyHacker NoonTechnologyAug 11, 2026 · 1 minReclaim Security Names Stephen Wadsworth VP of Sales as Cybersecurity Shifts From Exposure DiscoveryThe cybersecurity industry has become increasingly capable of telling organizations what is wrong. Across endpoints, identities, cloud environments, email systems and browsers, security teams have access to an expanding stream of findings…Hacker Noon