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The Hidden Value of Back-to-School Shopping

TIME - Tech

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Pangram Has Emerged as the Gold Standard of AI Detection. Should You Trust It?

WIRED

He's wearing a beige T-shirt and has short dark hair, a boyish expression, and a wide smile. He says he's rushing home with lunch and will call back.


The Unique Horrors of A.I. Food Slop

The New Yorker

Why does it feel so unsettling when restaurants use generative A.I. to create their menus and promotional materials? What do we hope to communicate when we film and photograph food? In his 1957 collection, " Mythologies," Roland Barthes argued that food photography was often an exercise in whitewashing: the highly stylized pictures featured in glossy magazines, which he called "ornamental cookery," precluded a person "from touching on the real problems concerning food," such as the "primary nature of foodstuffs, the brutality of meat or the abruptness of sea-food." These photos were "meant for the eye alone, since sight is a genteel sense," Barthes wrote. Modern food television, meanwhile, engaged in a different kind of beautification.


Save 22.50: The Stanley Quencher is down to its best-ever price at Amazon

Mashable

Trending Now Say More Look Up Mashable's Best: E-readers, robovacs, laptops, earbuds, smart home and more Switch Off Creator Playbook Mashable Voices Mashable Selects Safety Net Versus Gift Ideas For Everyone On Your List In My Bag All Series The viral tumbler is half off for a limited time. Lois Mackenzie is a freelance reporter at Mashable. Over the years she has written for many publications, covering everything from the local news to the best pair of running shoes. You can find bylines in publications including Fit&Well, Metro, and Coach magazine, usually covering deals on everything from earbuds to TVs, or guides on how to beat your half marathon time. All products featured here are independently selected by our editors and writers.


Acer's new gaming handheld has a tiny laptop hiding inside

PCWorld

When you purchase through links in our articles, we may earn a small commission. Acer's new gaming handheld has a tiny laptop hiding inside Acer's DualPlay Mini concept handheld can flip its controls up to reveal a hidden keyboard, turning it into a tiny 8-inch Intel Arc laptop. Who's going to spend $1,500 to $2,000 on a handheld gaming PC when we both need and want a laptop too? Apparently, Acer has been pondering this thought. In addition to a new conventional Steam Deck-style handheld, the company is showing off its DualPlay Mini concept--a handheld that can transform into a tiny laptop.


How HDMI Technology Delivers Smoother, More Immersive Gaming

PCWorld

Learn how HDMI features such as VRR, ALLM, QFT improve gaming and why enabling higher color bit depth improves display color. In computer and video gaming, connectivity plays a defining role in shaping the overall experience. HDMI technology has established itself for delivering both high-definition video and high-resolution audio through a licensed, tested and certified seamless connection. Its widespread adoption across gaming consoles, PCs, displays, and home entertainment systems makes it the most versatile and reliable interface for gamers of all levels. One of HDMI technology's greatest strengths is its ability to transmit uncompressed audio and video signals.


Forthcoming machine learning and AI seminars: September 2026 edition

AIHub

This post contains a list of the AI-related seminars that are scheduled to take place in the next couple of months. All events detailed here are free and open for anyone to attend virtually. Jie Chao (Concord Consortium) Raspberry PI Sign up here to join. Pierre Marion (INRIA) EPFL The Zoom link is here . Stefan Klein and Anna Bon The Digital Humanism (DIGHUM) Initiative The talk will be livestreamed on YouTube here .


Hurdle hints and answers for September 2, 2026

Mashable

Trending Now Say More Look Up Mashable's Best: E-readers, robovacs, laptops, earbuds, smart home and more Switch Off Creator Playbook Mashable Voices Mashable Selects Safety Net Versus Gift Ideas For Everyone On Your List In My Bag All Series Everything you need to win. If you like playing daily word games like Wordle, then Hurdle is a great game to add to your routine. There are five rounds to the game. The first round sees you trying to guess the word, with correct, misplaced, and incorrect letters shown in each guess. If you guess the correct answer, it'll take you to the next hurdle, providing the answer to the last hurdle as your first guess.


The Bluetti Elite 100 mini might be my new go-to portable power station for camping

Mashable

Trending Now Say More Look Up Mashable's Best: E-readers, robovacs, laptops, earbuds, smart home and more Switch Off Creator Playbook Mashable Voices Mashable Selects Safety Net Versus Gift Ideas For Everyone On Your List In My Bag All Series It weighs under 24 pounds, has an onboard lightbar, and plenty of ports. Lauren Allain is a freelance journalist covering deals at Mashable. She graduated from Western Washington University with a B.A. in journalism and holds an M.B.A from Webster Leiden. You can find more of her work online from publications including Reader's Digest, U.S. News & World Report, Seattle Refined, and more. When she's not writing, Lauren prefers to be outside hiking, bouldering, swimming, or searching for the perfect location for all three.


Wave of X password reset emails could be hiding a sneak phishing attack

Mashable

Trending Now Say More Look Up Mashable's Best: E-readers, robovacs, laptops, earbuds, smart home and more Switch Off Creator Playbook Mashable Voices Mashable Selects Safety Net Versus Gift Ideas For Everyone On Your List In My Bag All Series Users have received a deluge of password reset emails, which is suspected to be part of a ploy by hackers to access X Money accounts. Amanda Yeo is an Assistant Editor at Mashable, covering entertainment, culture, tech, science, and social good. Based in Australia, she writes about everything from video games and K-pop to movies and gadgets. X users are reportedly receiving multiple password reset confirmation emails en masse, allegedly triggered by hackers attempting to access their accounts. While there have been no reported breaches thus far, these emails may be hiding a secondary attack.