{"id":4948,"date":"2025-08-11T21:34:47","date_gmt":"2025-08-11T18:34:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/salehalsaffar.com\/blog\/?p=4948"},"modified":"2025-08-22T23:18:19","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T20:18:19","slug":"top-tech-stories-of-the-week-august-10th-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/salehalsaffar.com\/blog\/top-tech-stories-of-the-week-august-10th-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Tech Stories of the Week \u2013 August 10th, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Reddit is restricting its availability to the Internet Archive&#8217;s Wayback Machine &#8211; Engadget | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/social-media\/reddit-is-restricting-its-availability-to-the-internet-archives-wayback-machine-170035482.html\">Link<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Microsoft Sued For Killing Windows 10\u2014All Users Must Act Now &#8211; Forbes | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/zakdoffman\/2025\/08\/10\/microsoft-sued-for-killing-windows-10-all-users-must-act-now\/\">Link<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Amazon is ready to launch its Starlink competitor &#8211; The Verge | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/news\/642456\/amazon-is-ready-to-launch-its-starlink-competitor\">Link<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Starlink Mini users just lost their beloved pause feature &#8211; The Verge | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/analysis\/758826\/starlink-mini-standby-pause-bait-switch\">Link<\/a><\/li>\n<li>HTC takes on Meta with the Vive Eagle smart glasses &#8211; Engadget | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/ai\/htc-takes-on-meta-with-the-vive-eagle-smart-glasses-120048879.html\">Link<\/a><\/li>\n<li>The GPT-5 rollout has been a big mess &#8211; Ars Technica | <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/information-technology\/2025\/08\/the-gpt-5-rollout-has-been-a-big-mess\/\">Link<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Steam can&#8217;t escape the fallout from Visa and Mastercard&#8217;s censorship &#8211; Polygon | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/steam-paypal-issues-censorship-visa-mastercard\/\">Link<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Google launches its own &#8216;MagSafe&#8217; with PixelSnap &#8211; TechCrunch | <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2025\/08\/20\/google-launches-its-own-magsafe-with-pixelsnap\/\">Link<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Google AI Mode is expanding to 180 countries and adding an agentic restaurant finder &#8211; Engadget | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/ai\/google-ai-mode-is-expanding-to-180-countries-and-adding-an-agentic-restaurant-finder-154833417.html\">Link<\/a><\/li>\n<li>AI browsers may be the best thing that ever happened to scammers &#8211; Engadget | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/ai\/ai-browsers-may-be-the-best-thing-that-ever-happened-to-scammers-220315936.html\">Link<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Google Pixel Watch 4 is the first with satellite communication support &#8211; GSMArena | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gsmarena.com\/google_pixel_watch_4_is_the_first_with_satellite_communication_support-news-69151.php\">Link<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Introducing VIVE Eagle \u2013 Next-Gen AI Glasses by HTC VIVE\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hGBW1ztCAvs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; 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