Car owners want tech they can ignore

Automakers keep shoving more tech into their cars, despite evidence that consumers are increasingly fed up with huge screens and glitchy software. In fact, the features that car owners appreciate the most happen to be the ones they barely notice, according to the latest tech survey from JD Power. The consumer research firm surveyed 68,084 … Read more

Phil Schiller is leaving his biggest jobs at Apple

Longtime Apple executive Phil Schiller is stepping down from his role as the head of the App Store and Apple events, according to a report from Bloomberg. Following the change, Schiller will keep his Apple Fellow title and continue “working on unspecified initiatives,” Bloomberg reports. The news comes just one day before hardware leader John … Read more

Markiplier is now GoPro’s biggest shareholder

YouTuber Mark “Markiplier” Fischbach has invested enough in GoPro to become its single largest shareholder, with an 8.5 percent stake in the company, Bloomberg reports. Speaking to Bloomberg, Fischbach said he thought GoPro “seems undervalued” and sees his investment as “part of a larger mission to make filmmaking more accessible,” following the release of his … Read more

Blackboard to Open Alpha on September 1

Singapore, Singapore, August 31st, 2026/Chainwire/–Onchain trading platform Blackboard will open its Alpha on September 1, giving its first users access to a trading experience designed to make onchain markets easier to discover, access, and trade. Blackboard is a non-custodial, multi-product trading terminal that connects markets fragmented across protocols, applications, and chains through a single interface. … Read more

Debian won’t ban AI code from its Linux distribution

Debian voted to allow developers to use AI tools in their contributions to the Linux distribution’s “development, maintenance, [and] documentation.” The new policy on AI acknowledges that “responsible” use of AI can improve developers’ productivity, and goes on to say, “generative AI is neither exempt from nor subject to special rules beyond the standards already … Read more

Paybis Rolls Out Major Upgrade to Its Crypto On/Off Ramp, Expanding Partner Integrations

Riga, Latvia, August 31st, 2026/Chainwire/–Paybis, a global crypto infrastructure provider, today announced a wave of upgrades to its On/Off Ramp. The updates streamline integration for partners and add a new payment method. Paybis On/Off Ramp is the embedded buy/sell crypto with cards and local methods partners use to let their own users buy and sell … Read more