18 August 2026

Google unveils Operation Blue Skies, a £5M trial to re-route North Atlantic aircraft to reduce contrail-induced warming using Google's AI atmospheric forecasts (Madeleine Cuff/New Scientist)

Madeleine Cuff / New Scientist:
Google unveils Operation Blue Skies, a £5M trial to re-route North Atlantic aircraft to reduce contrail-induced warming using Google's AI atmospheric forecasts  —  Operation Blue Skies is the world's first trial to deploy contrail avoidance measures across an entire airspace …

Posted from: this blog via Microsoft Power Automate.

Daily Deals

Apple's macOS Tahoe 26.7 RC has references to unreleased products: a Home Hub, home accessories, new Beats, AirPods Pro 4, Apple Intelligence in China, and more (Juli Clover/MacRumors)

Juli Clover / MacRumors:
Apple's macOS Tahoe 26.7 RC has references to unreleased products: a Home Hub, home accessories, new Beats, AirPods Pro 4, Apple Intelligence in China, and more  —  The macOS Tahoe 26.7 release candidate that Apple seeded today has references to several unreleased products, from home devices to iPhones, iPads, AirPods, and Macs.

Posted from: this blog via Microsoft Power Automate.

Daily Deals

Baidu reports Q2 revenue down 2% YoY to ~$4.62B, below ~$4.69B est. and its fifth straight quarterly decline, and net income of ~$341M, as it lags AI rivals (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg:
Baidu reports Q2 revenue down 2% YoY to ~$4.62B, below ~$4.69B est. and its fifth straight quarterly decline, and net income of ~$341M, as it lags AI rivals  —  Baidu Inc.'s revenue fell for a fifth consecutive quarter, reflecting a weakening position in ads as well as AI development against rivals like Moonshot.

Posted from: this blog via Microsoft Power Automate.

Daily Deals

In filings, Apple acknowledges App Store regulatory changes are weighing on its $100B+ services business; US App Store spend fell 6% in Q2, per Sensor Tower (Michael Acton/Financial Times)

Michael Acton / Financial Times:
In filings, Apple acknowledges App Store regulatory changes are weighing on its $100B+ services business; US App Store spend fell 6% in Q2, per Sensor Tower  —  Court rulings and new App Store rules are beginning to weigh on one of the iPhone maker's profitable growth engines

Posted from: this blog via Microsoft Power Automate.

Daily Deals

Rogue Studio, which calls itself a "playground for creative ethical mischief", launches Rogue 1.0, an AI video tool to make adult content of Hollywood quality (Jason Parham/Wired)

Jason Parham / Wired:
Rogue Studio, which calls itself a “playground for creative ethical mischief”, launches Rogue 1.0, an AI video tool to make adult content of Hollywood quality  —  Rogue Studios, a new cinematic adult AI-generator, is betting big on the future of “sophisticated” spicy content.

Posted from: this blog via Microsoft Power Automate.

Daily Deals