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DJI, With 90% of World Market Share, Stays on the List Despite "Winning" — the Price of a Four-Year Gap With Xiaomi

On August 14, 2026, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit ruled that the district court acted unlawfully by upholding DJI's designation as a Chinese military-linked company without reviewing the classified evidence itself, and remanded the case. DJI remains on the designation list, and both the tariffs taking effect September 3 and the federal procurement ban continue, leaving the practical impact of this legal win minimal.

Anthropic Gets an Early Preview of Multi-Option UI Design via Claude Code's /design: Undisclosed Usage Terms Remain

Claude Code's /design has moved into an early preview that lets users compare and edit multiple UI options before handing off to implementation. We break down the differences from the feature that has existed since June, along with the undisclosed availability and Artifact handling conditions.

Not All CPO: Breaking Down the $144.4 Billion Data Center Optical Interconnect Forecast

Examining CIC's forecast that data center optical interconnect revenue will reach $144.4 billion by 2030 through three lenses: application, speed, and technology. Tracking the manufacturing and supply conditions behind the shift to 1.6T and SiPh.

YouTube to Count Public View Counts from the First Frame of Playback — Unified Across All Formats Starting August 24

On August 24, YouTube will begin counting public view counts from the very first frame of playback across all video formats. Revenue and YPP eligibility will continue to use separate qualified metrics, meaning creators must read displayed growth and sustained viewership as two distinct signals.

WMIC to Be Removed from Windows 11, Even as a FoD—Legacy Automation Scripts Should Move to CIM Now

Microsoft will remove WMIC entirely, including as a Feature on Demand, in the Windows 11 24H2/25H2 Release Preview. Before it becomes impossible to reinstall, legacy automation needs to migrate to CIM and verify output, authentication, and remote connections.

Linux 7.3 Initial Merge Removes Legacy Filesystems, Adds FailFS: Selection Criteria for VFS Reorganization

The Bigger AI Models Get, the More They Forget Who They Learned From: MIT Reveals a Wall of Unattributability

An MIT research team has demonstrated a phenomenon in which attributing diffusion model outputs to specific training data becomes impossible as dataset scale grows. While this undermines the evidentiary foundation of copyright lawsuits, it also raises a paradox: scaling up a model itself could become a liability-shielding strategy.

Microsoft Acknowledges Windows 11 Right-Click Menu Clutter and Lag: Extension Visibility Moves to User Settings

To address the bloating and slowdown of the Windows 11 right-click context menu, Microsoft has announced a new feature that lets users individually configure which items are displayed. Users can now adjust the exposure of built-in commands and app extensions, aiming to improve both visibility and operational speed.

Perovskite Hits 22.0% at 0.72 Square Meters—Has It Cleared the Mass-Production-Scale Barrier?

Nanjing University and Renshine Solar achieved a certified efficiency of 22.0% in a 0.72-square-meter perovskite module. Based on accelerated tests and a three-month outdoor comparison, we examine what conditions remain before mass adoption.

Scientists Turn Urine Into Hydrazine, Challenging 120 Years of Rocket Fuel Production

A University of Adelaide research team has published a new electrochemical method in Nature Synthesis that converts urea from urine and table salt into hydrazine. Unlike the dangerous oxidant-dependent industrial process that has dominated for 120 years, the new aqueous, room-temperature method achieves more than 10 times the current density and 240 hours of stable operation.