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Three sites made 215,128 "best software" pages for AI. Perplexity cites them

Across 380 software categories, 59.8% of the sources behind grounded AI recommendations sit outside the 100,000 most-visited websites, and several of the most-cited are sites built to be read by models rather than by people.

US judge blocks Pentagon's Anthropic blacklisting

Technology.

A U.S. federal judge has ruled that the Pentagon acted unlawfully when it designated AI company Anthropic a national security supply-chain risk, blocking the government from enforcing the blacklist.

Nvidia agrees to acquire Hugging Face for $13B

Markets & Trading.

Technology.

USA probably buys some gold from Russia

Markets & Trading.

"US Air Force C-17 Makes Mysterious Visit To Moscow"

VW job cuts could reach 140,000 as capacity falls further

Markets & Trading.

Volkswagen’s original agreement to cut 50,000 jobs was unprecedented at the time, but now comes across as a moderate option.

How Europe is killing makers and micro-entrepreneurs

Markets & Trading.

Technology.

Alain Pannetrat, August 24, 2026

Lectronz is a marketplace for open-source hardware makers and DIY electronics. Most of our sellers are not factories or well-funded start-ups. They are engineers, independent designers, and hardware enthusiasts working from spare rooms, garages, and tiny workshops.

Network effects favor the largest

"I am the opposite of artificial intelligence. I am natural stupidity."

How he logged hundreds of thousands of phone calls to military bases

Technology.

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Case Study: Ready Player Me

Technology.

RPM (Ready Player Me) used to be a character creation, or avatar creation, studio. You'd select properties (boy or girl, hair style, clothes, etc) of your character, click a button and download a reusable 3d asset.

News Production Studio: Updates

Technology.

I can so far create something like the following. Added multiple avatars, and camera transitions.

Washing Underwear in the Coffee Maker: Survey Reveals Hotel Guests' Worst Habits

Wall street needs at least another two years to IPO it all, jam it into the S&P 500 and/or stuff it into your 401K funds and retirement systems.

The Government is Monitoring Anti-Flock TikTok and Instagram Accounts

Government surveillance centers are monitoring viral anti-Flock Instagram posts, warning local police about upcoming DeFlock events including one scheduled to start next week, and have told cops to “increase patrols around ALPR [automatic license plate readers]” as backlash to Flock grows, according to government intelligence bulletins obtained using public records requests. The documents also warn about devices “that could be used to identify the locations of Flock cameras.”