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During the Cheeky Pint podcast, Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong said the new safeguard comes in response to the wave of North Korean hackers who are snapping up remote IT jobs around the US, allowing them to obtain sensitive company information and funnel paychecks to the North Korean regime.

I said the Sharge Retractable 3-in-1 “might be the coolest looking pocket charger I’ve ever seen” and promised to find out. But while it’s definitely cool, I’m not so sure about the “pocket” part! For $45, do you gravitate towards Sharge’s unique design, or the slimmer Anker one?

Wired has some sick photos of a Pixel Watch 4 teardown. In my chats with the Pixel Watch team, I was told the inside would resemble a “bento box” and it certainly looks like it. Also: standard T2 screws everybody. This is such a huge step forward. Bravo, Google.

That’s according to court filings, which state that Musk asked the Meta CEO about “potential financing arrangements or investments” before sending his letter of intent. Neither Zuckerberg nor Meta signed it.

Mayor Eric Adams announced that the DOT has granted Waymo a permit to test up to eight autonomous vehicles in Manhattan and Downtown Brooklyn with a safety driver at the wheel. Waymo aims to eventually operate its robotaxis without safety drivers, which NYC currently prohibits.

The jury is still out on whether Entei, Suicune, and Raikou are based on cats or dogs, but the trio of legendary beasts are definitely the headliners for Secluded Springs, Pokémon TCG Pocket’s latest set that’s dropping on August 28th.

Sure, Team Cherry just announced that the long-awaited Hollow Knight: Silksong is launching in September. But did you ever stop to ask which September?

We’re thrilled Google has adopted Qi2 charging in the Pixel 10 series, but were a bit confused by why only the 10 Pro XL got the faster new 25W speeds. Google gave Android Central the answer: it all comes down to cooling, where the larger XL has an edge.

The government is forcing the state-backed, Telegram-like messaging service Max onto new gadgets as of September 1st. There’s also a new iOS requirement for the RuStore app store (despite Apple exiting Russia in 2022), matching Android, and next year, all smart TVs will need the Lime HD TV app.

The cloud gaming service will launch in the country in November, Nvidia says.

Google is announcing the change so that developers can get their apps ready for “upcoming 64-bit Google TV and Android TV devices.” There are no changes to 32-bit support.

Now that Google’s latest phones come with built-in Qi2 magnets, they can no longer serve as a wireless charging pad for other devices. Google confirmed this in a statement to Droidreader, saying the magnets present a “physical limitation for reverse wireless charging.”

Alongside its Magic V Flip 2 smartphone, Honor announced a peculiar accessory designed to reduce desktop clutter. The 269 yuan (around $37) Select Yuewo Wireless Ear Mouse Pro doubles as storage and a charger for a pair of wireless earbuds. Not ideal for travel, but useful if your work earbuds frequently go missing.

While the Office spinoff was originally planned to stream new episodes weekly, Peacock now says that it will “drop all 10 episodes on its September 4th premiere date.” Good thing there isn’t anything else releasing that day...

Dallas Wings guard Paige Bueckers tied a WNBA rookie scoring record with 44 points in a single game on Wednesday. To celebrate, DashPass members can get 50 percent off a single order (up to $10 off) with promo code WNBA50 through 3AM ET tomorrow, August 22nd. Everyone say, “Thanks, Paige!”