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Taiwan teams up with US start-up on underwater drones to boost island’s defences

SCMP | Aug. 17, 2026, 9:04 a.m. | Original

The deal with Vatn Systems aims to strengthen Taipei’s asymmetric warfare capabilities amid growing military pressure from Beijing

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Taiwan’s deal with Vatn Systems includes plans to field the US defence firm’s S12 autonomous underwater vehicle. Photo: LinkedIn/Vatn Systems

Published: 9:04pm, 17 Aug 2026 Updated: 9:31pm, 17 Aug 2026

Taiwan has signed a deal with US defence start-up Vatn Systems to develop autonomous underwater vehicles and strengthen its asymmetric warfare capabilities amid growing military pressure from Beijing.

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中銀人壽夥進優生活拓優質跨境養老服務引入家庭專屬管理機制

Singtao | Aug. 17, 2026, 9:04 a.m. | Original

中銀人壽宣佈，正式與本港中高端頤養服務機構「進優生活」簽署戰略合作協議，以滿足香港新一代中產家庭對高品質養老生活的龐大需求。雙方將充分發揮各自在本地金融產品服務、大灣區頂尖頤養配套與港式專業營運管理的

(PR) GEEKOM Pushes the Boundaries of Mini PC Innovation with Four-Node A9 Mega AI Cluster

TechPowerUp News | Aug. 17, 2026, 9:03 a.m. | Original

GEEKOM, a leading innovator in high-performance Mini PCs, has deployed DeepSeek V4 Flash across four GEEKOM A9 Mega systems. The achievement shows how GEEKOM is extending its compact-computing expertise into practical enterprise AI. Rather than relying on a data-center server, the cluster connects four A9 Mega mini PCs through USB4 as one distributed platform. Each A9 Mega is powered by the AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395, combining 16 Zen 5 CPU cores, Radeon 8060

Firefox 154 Now Available With "Manage AI" Quick Action

Phoronix | Aug. 17, 2026, 9:01 a.m. | Original

Firefox 154 is now available as the newest monthly update bringing a few new features, enhancements, and other alterations to this open-source web browser.

Firefox 154 adds a "Manage AI" quick action to allow easily opening up the AI section of the Firefox Settings from your address bar.

There's almost no reason to buy a Steam Machine if you have a Steam Deck

XDA developers | Aug. 17, 2026, 9 a.m. | Original

The Steam Machine seems like a compelling proposition until you realize your Steam Deck can do the same thing for much less.

GPU market evolves backwards as modded RTX 3080 20GB cards return as cheaper gaming alternatives

VideoCardz | Aug. 17, 2026, 8:54 a.m. | Original

Six-year-old Ampere gets another chance

The graphics card market is moving in an unusual direction. Instead of older high-end GPUs disappearing, Chinese companies are giving them more memory and putting them back on sale. Large numbers of modified GeForce RTX 3080 cards with 20GB of GDDR6X memory are now appearing on the second-hand market for around 3,000 yuan, or about $445/€383.

This is not the first RTX 3

元朗狗咬狗｜議員痛心促加強刑罰倡大狗外出強制戴口罩：狗無知，但人有責

Singtao | Aug. 17, 2026, 8:54 a.m. | Original

元朗YOHO一隻約60公斤重的大狗，失控咬死兩隻細狗，大狗主人事後不知所終。立法會議員何敬康在社交平台發帖，直言自己同樣養狗，對事件極度憤怒兼痛心，批評部份大狗狗主毫無安全意識，直言「狗無知，但人有責」，

Beautiful Tilt-Shift Video of Remote Arctic Region of Norway Inspires Wanderlust

Peta Pixel | Aug. 17, 2026, 8:53 a.m. | Original

Joerg Daiber travels the world creating mesmerizing videos using a tilt-shift perspective and recently traveled to the stunning Norwegian archipelago of Lofoten.

Lofoten is famous for its dramatic Arctic mountains and iconic red fishing villages. But Daiber’s tilt-shift miniature effect makes the jagged peaks look like small plastic models, the fishing boats look like bath toys, and the famous villages look like tiny, intricate playsets.

Amazon makes it harder for customers to sue as new terms block class actions and force arbitration

TechSpot News | Aug. 17, 2026, 8:51 a.m. | Original

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A hot potato: Thinking about taking Amazon to court? That's going to be a lot more difficult from now on for US customers, thanks to the company's updated Conditions of Use, which reinstate mandatory arbitration and prohibit class-action lawsuits.

Amazon notified customers of the changes by email on Friday, the same day they took effect. Continuing to use any Amazon service counts as accepting them. Users received

AIDA64 Quietly Adds AMD Zen 7 Server Support Nearly Two Years Ahead Of EPYC Florence Launch

wccftech | Aug. 17, 2026, 8:48 a.m. | Original

The popular hardware monitoring tool has added AMD's Zen 7 to its database way ahead of the official launhc.

Hardware monitoring tools such as AIDA64, HWMonitor, and HWiNFO usually add support for upcoming hardware before the official launch. This enables correct hardware monitoring for accurate specifications when the hardware launches. As of now, most of these utilities have already added early support for next-gen CPU families such as Intel Nova Lake and AMD Zen 6 , but AIDA64 has moved one step further by adding support

The image shows a 'Download AIDA64 Extreme (beta)' screen with version 8.35.8405 beta release notes, including support for Lenovo ThinkCentre M70t Gen 6 and M75q Gen 5, AMD Radeon RX 9050 (Navi 44), and fixes for GPGPU Benchmark.

The deal with Vatn Systems aims to strengthen Taipei’s asymmetric warfare capabilities amid growing military pressure from Beijing

Six-year-old Ampere gets another chance

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