These stories are from the next issue of our magazine, which is all about kids. <\/strong>Subscribe now<\/strong> to get your copy as soon as it lands.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n The must-reads<\/strong><\/p>\n I\u2019ve combed the internet to find you today\u2019s most fun\/important\/scary\/fascinating stories about technology.<\/em><\/p>\n 1 Both parties are turning against AI data centers ahead of the midterms<\/strong> 2 Chinese humanoids have smashed Usain Bolt’s 100-metre world record<\/strong> 4 New Zealand plans to ban under-16s from social media<\/strong> Quote of the day<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2014Max Steele, Senior Director of Communications at Everytown, reacts on X to a new poll showing that support for data centers in the US has plummeted.<\/p>\n One More Thing<\/strong><\/p>\n As worries about climate change and energy independence drown out concerns about meltdowns and radioactive waste, demand for nuclear power has surged. The problem is, building nuclear power plants is expensive and slow.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n #Download #kids #outlearning #space #travel #agents<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" These stories are from the next issue of our magazine, which is all about kids….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20530,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[2095,13231,803,4675,13232,909,13230,1575],"class_list":["post-20537","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-stories","tag-agents","tag-and-space-travel-agents","tag-download","tag-kids","tag-outlearning","tag-space","tag-the-download-kids-outlearning-ai","tag-travel"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/news678.top\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/3_HighChair-crop.jpg",1200,600,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/news678.top\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/3_HighChair-crop-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/news678.top\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/3_HighChair-crop-300x150.jpg",300,150,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/news678.top\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/3_HighChair-crop-768x384.jpg",640,320,true],"large":["https:\/\/news678.top\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/3_HighChair-crop-1024x512.jpg",640,320,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/news678.top\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/3_HighChair-crop.jpg",1200,600,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/news678.top\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/3_HighChair-crop.jpg",1200,600,false],"covernews-featured":["https:\/\/news678.top\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/3_HighChair-crop-1024x512.jpg",1024,512,true],"covernews-medium":["https:\/\/news678.top\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/3_HighChair-crop-540x340.jpg",540,340,true]},"author_info":{"display_name":"admin","author_link":"https:\/\/news678.top\/?author=1"},"category_info":"Stories<\/a>","tag_info":"Stories","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news678.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20537","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news678.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news678.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news678.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news678.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20537"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news678.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20537\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news678.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/20530"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news678.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20537"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news678.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20537"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news678.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20537"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
The backlash is spilling onto the campaign trail. (NYT $)
+ Republicans have sharply turned against them.<\/em> (WP $)
+ Texas\u2019 governor says data centers \u201cdug their own grave.\u201d<\/em> (Axios)
+ Here\u2019s why data center opposition crosses party lines.<\/em> (MIT Technology Review)<\/p>\n
One ran it in 9.39 seconds at the World Humanoid Robot Games. (Verge)
+ Another, also built by X-Humanoid, beat a\u00a0high jump record.<\/em> (ESPN)
+ But intricate real-world tasks pose greater challenges.<\/em> (Reuters $)
+ Gig workers are training humanoids at home.<\/em> (MIT Technology Review)
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3 Uber has been fined nearly $1 billion over automated suspensions<\/strong>
Dutch regulators say drivers were deactivated without human review. (Quartz)
+ It\u2019s the second-largest fine issued yet under the EU\u2019s GDPR.<\/em> (Reuters $)<\/p>\n
It\u2019s joined a throng of countries trying to restrict access. (Bloomberg $)
+ But opposition parties could torpedo the bill. <\/em>(Reuters $)
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5 TikTok will pay $400 million to settle a US child privacy case<\/strong>
It was sued for allegedly violating \u200cchildren’s online privacy. (BBC)
+ The US DOJ said TikTok illegally collected kids\u2019 information.<\/em> (Reuters $)
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6 China\u2019s largest-ever car recall covers nearly 3 million Teslas<\/strong>
They\u2019re being recalled over door safety concerns.<\/strong> (Quartz)
+ The action covers roughly 4.3 million vehicles in total.<\/em> (NYT $)
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7 Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine think AI is good for music<\/strong>
They compared fear of AI to resistance to earlier technologies. (NYT $)
+ AI let a musician with MLS sing again.<\/em> (MIT Technology Review)
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8 Taiwan has indicted nine people over alleged illegal AI exports to China<\/strong>
They include employees of \u200bNvidia and Super Micro (Reuters $)\u00a0
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9 NASA\u2019s new telescope could discover\u00a0200,000 new planets<\/strong>
Roman could also reveal new details about dark matter.\u00a0(Wired $)
+ And\u00a0detect killer asteroids.<\/em> (MIT Technology Review)
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10 Plastic bottles can be turned into edible, vanilla-flavour cookies<\/strong>
Thanks to genetically-engineered yeast. (New Scientist $)<\/p>\n\u201cCredit where credit is due: the tech sector has managed to unite a deeply divided country at a time of maximal partisanship.\u201d<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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<\/figure>\nHow next-generation nuclear reactors break out of the 20th-century blueprint<\/h4>\n