Author: Olivia Hartman
Olivia Hartman is GeekBlog's general technology reporter, covering the wider world of tech beyond smartphones: AI and software, laptops and PCs, gaming, streaming, space, science, consumer gadgets, deals and the policy stories shaping the industry. A versatile journalist with a nose for what actually matters, Olivia turns breaking news and product launches into accessible, no-hype reporting for everyday readers.
The Government Accountability Office reviewed DOGE’s Wall of Receipts and found 2,503 contracts listed as terminated that were never cancelled, plus 96% of grant savings it could not verify at all. Here is what the audit actually found and why the dashboard was the problem.
Meta open-sourced Muse Glimmer, a 30-billion-parameter agentic model that runs entirely on a single consumer GPU. Here is how it works, how it benchmarks against Gemma and Qwen, and why it matters.
An NTSB preliminary report confirms that scheduled military GPS jamming from White Sands Missile Range was active when a Beechcraft King Air air ambulance flew into the Capitan Mountains in New Mexico, killing all four people aboard.
Apple updated its trade-in table on August 6, raising credit across most iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Watch models. The Mac Studio gained $260, the iPhone 16 Pro gained $70, and a handful of Android phones quietly went down.
A total solar eclipse crosses Greenland, Iceland and Spain on August 12, 2026, with a partial eclipse over much of the northern US. NASA’s guidance is blunt: an unfiltered phone camera aimed at the sun can suffer permanent sensor damage.
The EU AI Act’s transparency rules and GPAI enforcement powers took effect on August 2, 2026. Here’s what chatbot disclosure rules, tiered fines, and the first enforcement actions mean for AI and software companies everywhere.
Cillian Jackson was two, could not walk, and could not get a powered wheelchair — because qualifying for one required proving he could already drive one. So his father asked his old high school’s robotics team.
A viral post claims Earth is on track to become uninhabitable and that warming is rising exponentially. The One Earth commentary behind it says neither. Here is what it does say, what has genuinely changed since 2022, and where climate scientists disagree with each other.
OnePlus has officially stopped launching new phones in the US and Europe, and OxygenOS is being retired after 11 years. Here’s why it happened and what current owners need to know.
Florida restaurants send shucked oyster shells back to the Gulf. Here is the real data on tonnage, why shell works better than concrete, and what the viral 500,000-ton claim gets wrong.