Robot mower, AI passwords, motion sickness, Firefox, pervert glasses, Mac Mini, Google Pixel 11 reviews, robotaxis and Norse mythology words. I had a situation recently where AI saved me a ton of time. While the task was fairly simple, it would have taken a long time to do what I wanted. Over time I had built a text file with fairly simple data. Then I realized it really should be in a spreadsheet since I wanted to track interactions with the data. I took the raw text and pasted it into ChatGPT and asked for the data to be formatted as a CSV file. A minute later I had a spreadsheet and I spent another five minutes or so formatting it. While there are a number of AI uses that are a bit scary, this use really made my day. Check out all of the stories below to get caught up on this week’s news.
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- TerraMow V1000 Robot Lawn Mower Review: Wire-Free AI Mowing Without the Premium Price Tag
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- FBI: Hackers Are Targeting US Industrial and Water Systems With Help of AI
- Passkey vs. password: What’s the difference and which is better?
- It Looks Like HoverAir’s Flying Gimbal Camera Already Got Banned in the U.S.
- Do you really need an antivirus app on your Android?
- I Asked AI for Passwords. The Flaw I Found Is a Hacker’s Dream
- FCC Shoots Down Chinese Drone Maker’s Claim That It Got Around the US Foreign Ban
- New Android Malware Spotted Infecting Cars Via Software Updates
- Inaudible sounds used to fingerprint browsers catch AliExpress red-handed
- Ads and tracking infiltrated TVs. Now they’re coming for monitors.
- US Justice Department seizes domains it says Chinese state-sponsored hackers used to infiltrate systems at NASA, Senate, Federal Reserve, and more — FBI moves forward with domain seizures
- Are Smart Rings Accurate? Lawsuit Says Oura Sleep Tracking Isn’t Good Enough
- How Samsung’s Galaxy Watch 8 measures your antioxidant levels
- Suffer From Motion Sickness? This Android 17 Feature Could Help
- Google’s anti-nausea Motion Assist dots finally rolling out on Android
- FDA Approves Drug for Pancreatic Cancer in Milestone for Treatment of Deadly Disease
- Google will let you tailor your Discover feed using natural language now
- Wispr Flow is better than your device’s built-in voice text tool – how to try it for free
- This Free Tool Reveals Every Creepy Secret ChatGPT Knows About You
- CPU-Z gets biggest update since 2001 with V3 — 100+ health checks, built-in stress testing, and XOC effective clock tracking
- Save space in your Google storage by changing this one Android setting
- Windows 11 Gaming Issue Linked To RGB Devices of All Things
- ChatGPT: What’s free in 2026 and what isn’t?
- What is a Bluetooth codec and which one offers the best audio quality?
- I dumped Firefox, but these 5 features finally won me back – here’s why
- Google Gemini Has Upgraded My Morning Commute. 9 Clever Ways I Use It With Android Auto
- 10 Everyday AI Prompts That Could Get You Sued, Fired, or Flunked
- Is 8GB RAM Enough for Windows 11? I Tested Two Dell XPS Laptops to Find Out
- Spy on Me No More: The Shocking Windows 11 Upgrade Every PC User Needs
- Alexa+ Is Now Free on Fire TV Devices: Here’s What the AI Tool Can Do For You
- You can earn your Google Al Professional Certificate for free – and I highly recommend it
- Anthropic Expects to Match or Top SpaceX’s Record IPO Size
- US Foreign Power Inverter Ban Exempts Off-Grid, ‘Non-Utility-Interactive’ Products
- Americans Hate AI Data Centers Even More Fiercely Than They Did Just a Few Months Ago, New Poll Shows
- USB4 Vs USB-C: What’s the difference between them?
- HDMI splitter vs. HDMI switch: How are they different?
- Wi-Fi 6 vs Wi-Fi 7: What’s the difference wnd which is better for home internet?
- We have more details on Apple’s camera-equipped AirPods and they are pretty dang weird
- ‘Pervert Glasses’ Are Ruining Wearable Tech. The Best Smart Frames Ditch Cameras Entirely
- Don’t Buy an iMac Right Now: Apple May Be Readying a New M6 Version
- Amazon Hikes Prices by as Much as 60% Across Echo, Fire TV, Kindle Lines
- Apple Gears Up to Launch Its First New Mac Mini in Two Years
- Data centers become “killer application” for new power transformer tech
- The Biggest Dogs in Streaming Want You to Use Only Their App
- Undersea cable to Antarctica through Drake Passage is viable, researchers find — 1,600km route to Chile could spell an end to research data leaving in ‘suitcases full of hard drives’
- How to add Bluetooth to a TV that doesn’t have it
- Apple Updates Mac mini With M6, M5 Pro Processors and a Price Hike
- The Risky Bet That Saved the Mac: A Look Back at Apple’s Secretive Switch to Intel Chips
- Apple’s new desktop computers are designed specifically for local AI development
- Refreshed Mac Studio Comes With New M5 Chips, Possible $18,299 Price Tag
- Apple M5 Ultra and M6 Silicon Explained: 2nm Tech, Quad-Die Chips Promise Macs Massive AI Muscle
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- Google Pixel 11 Pro XL Review: Unmatched Gemini AI in a Refined Design
- Love Sideloading on Android? Watch Out for This Upcoming Rule Change
- Apple’s Foldable iPhone Will Help Bring Some Magic Back
- Motorola’s GrapheneOS phones will launch in 2027 priced higher than Pixels
- iPhone 18 Pro Leaks Are Everywhere. Which Ones Can You Actually Trust?
- Google Pixel 11 Pro Fold Review: Exceptional Cameras, Average Performance
- I ditched T-Mobile for Mint and found 3 major drawbacks of smaller carriers – and their workarounds
- Sony Xperia 10 VIII Is Official, But Don’t Expect a Major Upgrade
- The Pixel 11 Pro Camera’s 120x Zoom Is Too Good to Be True. Literally
- Tesla’s Austin robotaxis are now fully driverless, tracking shows
- Waymo has designed a robocar chip to stay ahead of Tesla
- Nevada allows Uber, Tesla and Waymo to start paid robotaxi service
- Amazon’s Toaster-Shaped Robotaxis Are Hitting the Road
- Uber hit with a nearly $1 billion fine for automatically deactivating drivers in Europe
- Tesla and others recall over 4 million vehicles in China over hidden door handles
- Tesla confirms Cybercab launch coming next week
- The biggest downsides to using a digital car key
- 6 Things Every ’90s Family Car Had
- The Family Feud That Helped Create Aldi and Trader Joe’s
- 10 Sets of Norse Mythology Words Hiding in the English Language
- Why Are So Many Horror Movies Set at Summer Camp?
- The Swiss City That’s Full of Cat Ladders
- 7 Nautical Words and Phrases You Use Even If You’ve Never Been on a Ship
- Why We Call Unwanted Email “Spam”
- What We Can Learn From Pluto’s Icy Heart
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The August 28 digest is useful as a stack of headlines, but the interesting part for working designers is which of those items actually change a production file this month. GPU driver notes, a browser canvas regression, a stock-library license tweak — those are the ones that cost a Friday. I keep a parallel folder of “control images” for that reason: same prompt, same crop, exported before and after a driver or app update, so I can tell whether banding or color shifts are my fault.
When I need a still that is not a client file (those stay offline), I generate a throwaway scene at https://soralum.com/image-ai/image-generator and drop it into the same comparison grid. It is not a substitute for a commissioned illustration; it is a canary. If the canary looks muddy after an update, I know to re-check profiles and GPU settings before I touch the real layout.
A small request for future digests: one line on color-management or compositor bugs alongside the AI-product news. The product news is easy to find. The thing that ruins a print proof is usually a silent rendering change. I would rather have a boring “nothing broke this week” than another list of launches.
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