From TechCrunch: Canadians using Facebook and Instagram should expect to see some gaps in their feeds, starting now.

This week, Meta began blocking Canadian access to links and stories from news publishers — the company’s response to a bill that would require the tech giant to pay outlets for the...

From Tom's Hardware: Despite all its winning qualities for semiconductor industry use, diamond has been held back as it has been hard to fashion into usable wafers. On Tuesday, a representative from Chiba University in Japan emailed us about a breakthrough described as a novel laser-slicing...

From PC World: Anyone who’s bought or researched buying a new SSD for their PC understands their limitations: SSDs are often constrained by the PCI Express bus to the rest of the PC, and they generate tons of heat. The architects of PCI Express are thinking about a solution: replacing PCIe’s...

From PC World: It took a while, but new midrange PC graphics cards from AMD are on the horizon. In an earnings call on Tuesday, CEO Lisa Su said the products before the end of September.

“We are on track to further expand our RDNA 3 GPU offerings with the launch of new enthusiast-class Radeon 7000...

From PC Mag: YouTube is experimenting with allowing an AI to generate summaries for videos.

As Android Police reports, the experiment was mentioned in a YouTube support post from 2019, which regularly gets updated as new features are tested. The latest update, dated July 31, is explained as follows...

From TechCrunch: YouTube mega-success MrBeast is suing Virtual Dining Concepts, the company behind his ghost kitchen food chain, MrBeast Burger, for damaging the MrBeast brand. According to the lawsuit, thousands of fans have sent in negative reviews of MrBeast Burger, many of whom shared photos of...

From The Verge: Meta could launch AI-powered “personas” in its services — which include Facebook and Instagram — as soon as next month, giving users a new way to search, get recommendations, and otherwise engage with its products, the Financial Times reports. Citing conversations with three company...

From Tom's Hardware: Western Digital is set to begin sampling its 28TB nearline hard drive (HDD) designed for hyperscale datacenters in the coming weeks, the company revealed at its earnings call. The HDD will employ the company's energy-assisted perpendicular magnetic recording (ePMR) and UltraSMR...

From PC Mag: Google Assistant is undergoing a transformation so that it can take advantage of generative AI.

As Axios reports, an internal email sent to Google employees explains how generative AI has the potential to "transform people's lives" and the company sees "a huge opportunity to explore...

From ExtremeTech: There's a big update coming to Sony's PlayStation 5, which you can actually purchase now. Sony says its latest PS5 software adds Dolby Atmos, larger SSD support, and a raft of UI improvements. It won't arrive on most consoles until some months down the road, but some lucky gamers...