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On Bumble, the app that started with the ethos of "women making the first move," men will now be able to message first, according to the company's latest earnings call.

"Now, for the first time on Bumble, by default, anyone will be able to send only one single opening message, and the conversation does not progress until the recipient responds," Bumble founder and CEO Whitney Wolfe Herd said on yesterday's earnings call for Q2 2026.

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Wolfe Herd founded Bumble in 2014 as the feminist response to Tinder, of which she was also a part of the founding team. Originally, in heterosexual matches, only women could message first. But the app has been trending away from that for some time, as two years ago it launched "Opening Moves," a way for men to technically message first by responding to a prompt on a woman's profile. (The app has since sunset Opening Moves in Australia and Mexico, though.)

Additionally, Bumble is also extending the time limit to respond to the first message, from 24 to 72 hours. "We are also addressing another major complaint that existed from our members," Wolfe Herd said.

In tests, Bumble users saw increases in chat initiations and mutual chat rates. The new rules will roll out globally by the end of this month, Wolfe Herd said.

Both real-life and AI on Bumble

Wolfe Herd also announced that Bumble will be leaning more into real-life experiences. "I am a firm believer that the future of meeting people in groups will become more important," she said, and confirmed that Plans, a rumored event-curation feature, is coming as a standalone app.

At the same time, Bumble is planning to integrate AI more. As Mashable reported in May, Bumble is getting rid of the swipe, but Wolfe Herd clarified yesterday that the app's upcoming AI dating assistant, Bee, isn't replacing it.

"Let me be clear: Bee is not replacing the swipe. We are not aiming for an AI-driven experience. Bee is simply the intelligence under the hood," she said.

"What will replace the swipe, I will be keeping under wraps a bit longer for competitive purposes," she said. "But it is designed to generate more immediate interactions, and most importantly, better outcomes, mimicking real life and eliminating the friction and delay that exists in current dating app models." Early feedback has been positive for Gen Z and millennial women and men, she continued.

Bee will apparently have an important role in how the new Bumble experience will be delivered, "but never degrading the human-first approach that we will always adhere to," according to Wolfe Herd.

Even more changes coming to Bumble

When Wolfe Herd first announced Bee in March 2026, she said that the app was developing a new tech stack (the set of technologies that build an app), with a targeted launch of the second quarter of this year. But yesterday, she said that due to a data migration delay, it's been delayed. New features, like profile and onboarding updates and more compelling ways to meet people IRL, are coming in early 2027, she said.

She also said that the app will also make the free experience more compelling, like offering limited access to "Like You," a usually-paid feature where users can see who's already liked them.

The app is re-architecting subscriptions to be simpler, and is planning on releasing a higher subscription tier designed for "mutual serious intent."

This news comes as Bumble's total revenue and paying users continued to decline in Q2 (15.2 percent and 16.4 percent, respectively, compared to Q2 of 2025). In June, Reuters reported that Bumble is considering a sale. Its announcement that it's killing the swipe upset some users, and it remains to be seen how they will react to all of these additional changes.

SAVE UP TO $180: The 13-inch M5 MacBook Air (16GB/512GB) is on sale for $1,134 at Amazon, down from the normal price of $1,299. The 13-inch M5 MacBook Air (16GB/1TB) is on sale for $1,419, down from the normal price of $1,599.

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Tech prices are on the rise, not that we need to say that out loud anymore. In June, Apple raised prices and now we have to figure out how to navigate life with more expensive MacBooks and iPads (sigh). In a rare move, Amazon is offering us some relief today. Check out these sale prices.

As of Aug. 6, the 13-inch M5 MacBook Air (16GB/512GB) is on sale for $1,134 at Amazon, down from the normal price of $1,299. The 13-inch M5 MacBook Air (16GB/1TB) is on sale for $1,419, down from the normal price of $1,599. In total, you'll save $180 with the 1TB model or $165 with the 512GB model.

As much as we hate to see price hikes, we've come to rely on the tech so much that we're simply paying the new price. But thanks to these Amazon MacBook deals, we're getting a break. The timing couldn't be better as we're looking straight at back-to-school season.

SEE ALSO: The Apple Watch Series 11 just hit a rare $100 price drop on Amazon

Mashable Tech Editor Timothy Beck Werth's review of the 2026 M5 MacBook Air praises its premium design, speakers, display, and the upgrade to the M5 chip. On top of those highlights, the MacBook Air is incredibly travel-friendly, weighing just 2.7 pounds and measuring 0.44 inches thick.

If you're considering the upgrade but were turned off by the price hike earlier this summer, hop on this deal to save up to $180 on the M5 MacBook Air. Since we haven't seen sales this good since the price increase, it's probably wise to shop sooner rather than put it off.

Stop us if you've heard this one before: This week, Meta confirmed that one of its AI models escaped containment and hacked a third-party.

As first reported by The Information, Meta's Muse Spark apparently breached another company's system in a cybersecurity test. After The Information's report, Meta confirmed the story to multiple outlets. It's the latest in a string of incidents where AI models went hack happy during testing.

In a statement to CNN, Meta pinned the blame on a testing partner, who it said was supposed to be evaluating the model in a secure sandbox environment: "A misconfiguration by Irregular, an independent testing company Meta uses, inadvertently allowed one of our models access to the internet during evaluation,” the Meta spokesperson said."

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Interestingly, when Anthropic reported earlier this week that its models had escaped containment and breached outside organizations on three occasions, it also blamed Irregular for the mix-up.

In a blog post, Anthropic revealed that it "identified three incidents in which a model accessed the internet from within or while interacting with the evaluation environment of Irregular," which it identified as "one of our third-party evaluation partners."

As we've noted before, when AI companies warn about the world-changing risks of their technology, they're fundamentally engaged in marketing. (Don't make me tap my sign.)

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When OpenAI revealed recently that its models had escaped containment and hacked the Hugging Face AI repository, the company generated a ton of headlines about the power of its new models. So, while these disclosures are responsible and necessary, don't forget that they also serve the self-interests of the AI companies themselves.

Coincidentally, as the news spread that Meta Muse Spark had broken out of a sandbox and hacked another organization, Meta also announced the launch of Muse Spark 1.2.

Despite a massive spending spree on AI talent, Meta has so far lagged behind the top AI companies, though it has gained ground with its new Muse Spark family of models.

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Google Wallet users can now manage money for their kids, with a new expansion that lets parents set up balances and monitor purchases for supervised accounts.

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The tool allows account managers to transfer funds, set up purchase notifications, and set daily spending limits for minor tap-to-pay Wallet accounts connected to their profiles. Parents can also completely lock down payment options for lost or stolen devices or to enact "spending timeouts," Google explains.

Kid and teen users can tap to pay using Android and Wear OS devices anywhere Google Pay is accepted.

Built with additional safeguards, the new Google Wallet option works alongside parental controls already integrated into Google's Family Link, which includes restrictions intended to reduce kids' screen time. The company recently rolled out these features to all Android devices after first launching them in 2025.

The company has been launching a series of upgrades and expansions to Google Wallet over the last month, as well, including on-screen flight updates for linked boarding passes. Last month, Google added live delivery tracking to Wallet, which pulls order information, tracking numbers, and shipping statuses from devices' Gmail accounts.

SAVE $70.05: The Kingston Fury Renegade G5 SSD (1,024GB) is on sale at Amazon for $239.95, down from the list price of $319. That's a 23% discount and the lowest price we've seen in the last three months.

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RAMageddon has been here for a while, unfortunately. That's bad news for all of us, but especially painful for content creators, gamers, and artists, to name a few. If you've been trucking along with constant low-memory warnings, this Amazon deal might be a solution.

As of Aug. 6, the Kingston Fury Renegade G5 SSD (1,024GB) is on sale at Amazon for $239.95, marked down from the list price of $310. That's a 23% discount, which works out to savings of $70.05. It's the lowest price we've seen within the last three months.

SEE ALSO: This 55-inch Hisense QLED 4K TV punches way above its price tag — save $131 at Amazon

For those in the market for high-powered performance, Kingston aims to impress with the Fury Renegade G5 Pcle. It uses the latest Gen 5x4 performance and boasts read speeds up to 14,800 MB/s. Write speeds can reach up to 14,000 MB/s. These stats put the SSD in line for a great experience with game and app load times. At the same time, it's designed to stay cool.

Since the Kingston Fury Renegade has a compact M.2 2280 form factor, it should fit nicely in most motherboards. Kingston also says it's backward compatible with Gen3 and Gen4 systems.

Since memory storage isn't expected to improve soon, snagging an upgrade today might put you in line for the best price we'll see until things calm down. If the Kingston Fury Renegade G5 SSD (1,024GB) meets your needs, it's on sale on Amazon for a nice 23% discount.

SAVE $138: As of Aug. 6, new NFL Sunday Ticket subscribers can lock in an eight-month streaming subscription for just $30 per month instead of the usual $47.25. That's just $240 for eight months and $138 in savings.

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It's tough being a fan of a non-local team in any sport. But supporting a non-local NFL team is excruciating. The only legitimate and legal way you can watch every out-of-market game live on Sundays this football season is with NFL Sunday Ticket. And it's pretty dang expensive.

Fortunately, if you have yet to pull the trigger, you can lock in your NFL Sunday Ticket subscription for the season for just $30 per month instead of the usual $47.25 per month. That adds up to $240 for the eight-month season (reg. $378), which saves you $138.

Yes, there are plenty of bootleg broadcasts floating around the internet, but we can't recommend those in good conscience. Plus, a lot of the time, they're shoddy at best. An NFL Sunday Ticket subscription will ensure you can watch your favorite team every Sunday. No scouring Reddit for sketchy bootleg links necessary.

The league's own premium sports package, NFL Sunday Ticket essentially broadcasts NFL regular season games that are blacked out on your local channels. For instance, Ravens games are blacked out for me in Nashville, Tenn., in favor of the Titans broadcast. Sunday Ticket allows me to watch the Ravens every Sunday.

You can get NFL Sunday Ticket as an individual channel on YouTube or as an add-on to YouTube TV. Either way, for a limited time, you'll only pay $30 per month if you're new to the streamer.

SAVE $1,169.99: As of Aug. 6, get the Dream L60 Ultra robot vacuum for $1,169.99, saving you $130 off its list price. Act fast to score 10% off this combo robot vacuum and mop at Amazon.

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In the summer, it's shocking how much gathers on our floors. Dirt, sand, and grass from all the outdoor adventures. Not to mention all the pet hair from summer shedding. If you're sick of bringing out the vacuum and mop multiple times a week, it's time to outsource your cleaning. And no, I'm not talking about hiring a cleaner — you need a robot vacuum.

A robot vacuum, especially one that's also a combo mop, will quickly become your favorite appliance because it cleans and you don't have to lift a finger. One of our favorites comes from Dreame. Mashable contributor Tabitha Britt has sung the praises of the Dreame L60 Pro Ultra, and right now the L60 Ultra is on sale.

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As of Aug. 6, get the Dreame L60 Ultra robot vacuum for $1,169.99. That saves you $130 off its $1,299.99 list price. This isn't the lowest price ever on the combo robot vacuum and mop, but until the next Prime Day, we're jumping on this extra 10% off.

Mashable's robot vacuum expert Leah Stodart gave Dreame our highest honor, naming the X60 Max Ultra the best robot vacuum of 2026. The currently on sale L60 Ultra is an equally great model with advanced obstacle monitoring, with AI-enhanced 3D vision that detects objects and maps your home. The PowerDock, your robot vacuum's home base, charges your vacuum and is where it self-empties and washes its mop pads. Plus, for thorough sanitization, it heats the mop water to 100 degrees Celsius.

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Elon Musk's Wikipedia clone is not doing a great job of imitating Wikipedia these days.

Grokipedia launched late last year as an AI-written alternative to the popular crowdsourced encyclopedia, which Musk called Wokipedia" on X. Evidently, the AI-generated resource hasn't been updated since April of this year, according to an investigation published by Lawfare this week. According to Lawfare, not a single entry on Grokipedia has been updated in more than three months, and every user-submitted edit request has been sitting in a dead-end queue since earlier this year.

SEE ALSO: Elon Musk claims Grok will make 'historically accurate' AI 'Odyssey' adaptation this year

Lawfare's reporters said they assumed Grokipedia was simply blocking edits to sensitive pages. So, Lawfare tried submitting an uncontroversial factual edit to the SpaceX page (that the company had gone public recently) and not only did the update never happen, but other visible requests from users for the same exact edit have been sitting in the queue since the company went public on June 12.

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The site's investigation revealed that neither "popular nor unpopular pages seemed to be updating." What's more, Lawfare found that the "same pattern holds across topics and traffic levels," which points to a broader problem.

This is strange because, as Lawfare pointed out, edits used to happen very quickly on Grokipedia, previously in a matter of minutes in some cases. It doesn't seem at all like intended behavior for the site to simply stop editing pages for months at a time. That puts it at a distinct disadvantage compared to something like Wikipedia, which is updated daily to reflect current events as needed.

Though, considering Grokipedia has a history of copying directly from Wikipedia or sourcing white supremacist websites, maybe that's not such a bad thing.

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For months, video game enjoyers have been wondering when we'd actually get to see some real gameplay footage of Grand Theft Auto VI prior to its release in November. It seems like the answer is "very soon," but the choice of venue is a little unusual.

Rockstar Games announced on X on Thursday morning that "an extended look" at GTA VI will air on Aug. 27 on Netflix, at 3 p.m. ET. If you can't or don't want to watch it on Netflix, the same footage will appear on Rockstar's YouTube channel at 9 p.m. ET that night. The Netflix website also states, "Coming August 27: See an extended look at Grand Theft Auto VI, the next evolution in the groundbreaking Grand Theft Auto series.

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Fans have been speculating for months about when the next GTA VI trailer will finally see the light of day. Interestingly, neither Rockstar Games nor Netflix actually uses the word trailer, so it's unclear what form this "extended look" will take.

Likewise, Rockstar's post didn't include any new footage or even a clear description of what we'll see, but it's easy enough to make an educated guess. The game is out on Nov. 19 and we still haven't seen anything resembling real gameplay footage yet. The two trailers we have seen have focused entirely on vibes and tone, so we don't actually know much of anything about how GTA VI works at this time. If Rockstar doesn't give us any information along those lines in this "extended look," then we might never get it until the game is in our hands.

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It's also worth briefly noting that, as someone who has followed video game news very closely for more than 20 years, I can't recall a single game trailer airing first on a paid streaming service. That's the world Rockstar has created for itself.

As a reminder, you have until the middle of November to save up $100 for the version of the game that comes with every feature.

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Unitree Robotics wants to raise about $900 million in an I.P.O. that tests market interest in humanoid robots, a technology that wows but has yet to prove its viability.

TikTok has paused a test of a dating feature that put singles in live chats, Business Insider reported.

Over the past week, TikTok tested the tool, which was in a section of the app called "hangout." Users were invited to join chat rooms with "great people" or "awesome people to meet," according to Business Insider. The chatrooms ranged from unrelated to dating to more sexual in nature, like a chatroom for lesbians looking for "big beautiful women."

SEE ALSO: TikTok withheld a safety feature from 15 million users, report says

A TikTok spokesperson told Business Insider that the app wouldn't recommend dating livestreams to users unless they'd already followed the host creator. TikTok livestreams can only be hosted by users over 18, according to the app's community guidelines, and the app won't recommend "restricted content" to teens under 18.

The spokesperson also told Business Insider the test was seen by a subset of users in the U.S. and a few other markets, but it's now paused, as is a broader test of the "hangout" social livestreaming section.

Like other social media apps (like then-Twitter), TikTok isn't an explicit dating app, but people have found love therege despite this. Meta was the first social media giant to formally enter the dating app scene with Facebook Dating, which apparently has over 20 million users.

In an era when everything feels spendy, we're looking for ways to keep costs low. At the same time, life has essentials that come with steep prices.

A phone, for example, is something most of us can't live without but comes with a high upfront cost. Instead of worrying about the upfront cost, T-Mobile is offering a new way to get a phone in hand without spending a lot of money.

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The new T-Mobile EIP Flex 36 financing option means you can leave with a new phone while paying $0 out of pocket. Plus, it comes with 0% APR during its launch for well-qualified customers. You can select EIP Flex 36 at checkout to see the full breakdown of device costs, taxes, and fees, including what's due at checkout and what the monthly payments will amount to. The payment plans cover a 36-month period, lowering payments to make bills more manageable.

The EIP Flex 36 plan applies not only to phones but also to watches and tablets. Well-qualified customers can snag the new lineup of Samsung Galaxy devices thanks to the new T-Mobile program.

SEE ALSO: Amazon is giving away $100 gift cards with the Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra 2 — offer ends tonight

Depending on qualification status and grabbing the initial 0% APR offer, customers are in line for a no "catch" offer, but simply paying off a device over 36 months instead of one initial lump sum. T-Mobile mentions that qualification depends on your credit, and APR rates range from 0% to 24%.

For those who've been eyeing a new phone but have been concerned about the initial costs, check out the new T-Mobile EIP Flex 36 financing program. We also have the new Apple Upgrade program to help ease cost pain.

Sydney Towle, the TikTok creator who spent the past three years documenting her battle with a rare form of bile duct cancer for a community of 1.1 million followers, has died. She was 26.

Towle's death was announced Thursday in a video posted to her TikTok account by her older brother, Austin, one day after she died. "She fought really hard, and we're so proud of her," he said, thanking the millions of people who had followed her journey and supported their family throughout her illness. Towle's mother added, "We love you, and thank you for all of your kind messages of support and love... She will not be forgotten."

For the past month and a half, Towle had remained hospitalized while undergoing tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte (TIL) cell therapy, an experimental form of immunotherapy she hoped would slow the progression of her cancer. Just days before her death, Austin shared that she had entered hospice care after exhausting available treatment options.

Towle was just 23 when she was diagnosed with cholangiocarcinoma, a rare and aggressive bile duct cancer that is typically diagnosed in much older adults. Rather than retreat from public view, she chose to document nearly every stage of her experience online.

Over the next three years, her TikTok account became an unusually candid record of living with serious illness. She shared chemotherapy appointments, surgeries, clinical trials, emergency hospital visits, and difficult conversations with doctors. But she also documented the moments that could have belonged to any twentysomething: walks through New York City, spontaneous dance parties in her apartment, afternoons with friends, getting dressed for the day, and reflecting on the future she was still trying to imagine.

SEE ALSO: Sydney Towle is living with cancer, one TikTok video at a time

Unlike many social media narratives about illness that emphasize relentless positivity or triumphant recovery, Towle's videos often embraced something more complicated. She spoke openly about exhaustion, anxiety, and the psychological toll of treatment while still allowing herself to hope for better days. The words Towle returned to most often — "Just keep swimming" and "Today's a great day to have a great day" — became more than personal mottos. They became the language of the community she built, repeated by followers to encourage her through every setback and, after her death, to comfort one another.

Even after doctors told her earlier this year they wanted to transition her to end-of-life care, Towle sought a second opinion and continued pursuing treatment, sharing each step of the process with her audience.

That openness transformed her account into something larger than a personal diary. The comments beneath Towle's videos became a gathering place for people living with cancer, survivors, caregivers, medical professionals, and strangers who simply cared. Followers shared their own diagnoses, celebrated clean scans together, mourned difficult updates, and offered encouragement after every appointment.

The impact of that community extended far beyond TikTok. Earlier this year, Mashable recognized Towle as a Mashable 101 nominee, honoring creators shaping internet culture through authenticity and connection.

During the past month, as Towle remained hospitalized receiving TIL cell therapy, the community waited anxiously for every update. Videos from her hospital room drew millions of views as viewers hoped the treatment might offer the breakthrough she had spent years searching for.

Towle often described her platform not as a place to inspire people, but as a way to tell the truth about what it was like to be a young adult navigating a terminal illness. In doing so, she showed that living with cancer isn't a single story of perseverance or tragedy, but an ongoing reality filled with uncertainty, humor, disappointment, joy, and ordinary life.

Her impact extended beyond awareness of cholangiocarcinoma. She showed what social media can look like when vulnerability becomes a form of community, creating a space where people facing some of life's hardest moments could feel less alone.

On Thursday, the community Towle spent three years building gathered one last time, offering condolences and sharing the many ways she had changed their lives.

Towle's diagnosis brought people to her page. The life she chose to share with them is what they'll remember.

SAVE $200: As of Aug. 6, the Bluetti Apex 300 portable power station is on sale for $1,498.99, down from $1,699. That's a savings of 12% or $200.

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If you're in the market for a power station that can do a whole lot more than just charge your phone and laptop, the Bluetti Apex 300 is one of our top picks. And it's currently $200 cheaper than usual.

As of Aug. 6, the Bluetti Apex 300 portable power station is on sale at Amazon for $1,498.99. That's a 12% price drop from its typical cost of $1,699.

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While it is technically portable, the Apex 300 weighs in at around 84 pounds. So, as Mashable's reviewer writes, "It’s certainly not something you want to move around often, honing in that the Apex 300 is ideal for RV trips, van life, off-grid homes, or for whole-home backup." It also offers 2,764.8Wh of power capacity and 3,840W total output. That's enough to power full-size refrigerators and AC units. In other words, for your run-of-the-mill camping trip, it's probably overkill.

Not only is the Apex 300 one of Mashable's favorite power stations overall, but it was also named as one of Time Magazine's best inventions last year. It features four standard AC outlets, plus two more robust ones, and a toggle that lets you switch the voltage between 120V and 240V. With its massive expansion capability, you can add to it to build a system that can run your entire household during outages.

It's still quite the investment, but for a limited time, the Bluetti Apex 300 is $200 cheaper at Amazon.

TL;DR: Bogg launched its first-ever NYC-inspired collection today. The Checker Out Collection features checkered totes, crossbodies, pouches, and playful charms inspired by New York staples like pizza, coffee cups, taxis, hot dogs, MetroCards, and the iconic "Have a Nice Day" bodega bag.

Bogg is bringing a little New York energy to its latest collection. The brand's first-ever NYC-themed drop celebrates the city’s most recognizable symbols with playful accessories, including checkered bags and charms. The Checker Out Collection pairs Bogg’s signature checkered bags with a playful lineup of charms that are inspired by the city's staples.

Here's a breakdown of some of the standouts from the collection:

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The centerpiece of the collection, Bogg’s signature tote gets a New York-inspired checkered makeover while keeping the features fans already love. The washable, durable bag is built for beach days, travel, and everyday errands, with a tip-proof design that helps it stay upright and two clear insert bags for keeping smaller essentials organized.

It comes in three sizes, OG ($100), Baby ($80), and Bitty ($60), with colorways including Camel/Hot Cocoa and Coconut/In the Forest.

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This is where the NYC theme really shines. You can customize your bag with charms inspired by everyday city staples, including a pizza box, Bogg Bodega bag, “Have a Nice Day” bag, hot dog, taxi, Big Apple, Cord Bow, Cord Ball, and NY Coffee Cup Bevy.

For New Yorkers, former New Yorkers, and anyone who loves the city’s little details, it’s a fun way to bring some NYC personality along. Shop the Bogg Checker Out Collection for a little bodega-inspired twist.

TL;DR: 7-Eleven, Speedway, and Stripes stores nationwide are running a handful of back-to-school food deals through late August, including $3 quesadillas at Laredo Taco Company, buy-one-get-one-free breakfast wraps at Speedy Café, and $1 glazed donuts for rewards members.

Summer's winding down, backpacks are getting packed, and somewhere a parent is already dreading the 6 a.m. scramble to get everyone fed and out the door. 7-Eleven's got a few deals to help with that at participating 7-Eleven, Speedway, and Stripes locations nationwide.

Here's what's on the table:

$3 quesadillas

Through Aug. 7, participating Laredo Taco Company restaurants are slinging $3 quesadillas all day long — flour tortilla, melted Monterey and Colby Jack, and your pick of protein. There's no limit, so it works for breakfast, lunch, or dinner.

Biscuit combos, starting at $3

Raise the Roost has a new breakfast value menu running through Aug. 25. Pick from a $3 Sausage Biscuit with hash browns, two Chicken Biscuits for $5, or two Sausage Egg and Cheese Biscuits for $7.

BOGO breakfast wraps

Through Aug. 25, Speedy Café is running buy-one-get-one-free on its grilled breakfast wraps. Pick between Bacon Egg and Cheese or Sausage Egg and Cheese, and get a second one free.

$1 glazed donuts

If you're a 7Rewards or Speedy Rewards member, glazed donuts from the 7-Eleven Bakery are just $1 through Aug. 25. Easy win.

Offer windows and participation vary by location, so double-check with your local store before you build your whole morning around a $3 quesadilla.

Do you understand quantum parallel repetition? What about quantum complexity, lattice cryptography, or extremal combinatorics?

The new OpenAI model Astra knows all about them.

Recently, OpenAI confirmed the existence of Astra, calling it "our next major model." Over the weekend, the ChatGPT-maker revealed that "an internal version of Astra" solved 10 major open math problems, some of which have been unresolved for decades. This follows OpenAI's earlier AI-generated disproof of the Erdős unit distance conjecture, another major math accomplishment.

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What do we know about OpenAI Astra?

Precious little, so far. Besides its internal name, Astra, and the fact that it's currently in testing to become OpenAI's next major model, the company has released few concrete details. At this point, it's unclear if Astra will be released as GPT-5.7, the beginning of GPT-6, or something else entirely.

(The company has also so far declined to answer our questions about Astra, but we'll update this story if we receive more information.)

However, we can make some deductions based on OpenAI's recent blog post, "Ten advances in mathematics and theoretical computer science." We also talked to a mathematician about what the company's results mean for the future of AI and science — and what it doesn't mean — which we will explore shortly.

Bleeping Computer recently described Astra as "a powerful model that allows AI agents to collaborate on different parts of a larger problem." That suggests it's designed for agentic work and can "tackle complex, long-running tasks," also per Bleeping Computer.

For now, it's also safe to say that OpenAI's new Astra model has made significant advances in science and mathematics.

New Anthropic and OpenAI models are really good at coding and math

Earlier this year, Anthropic announced that its unreleased Mythos model was so good at hacking that it was too dangerous to release to the public. At the time, we questioned this narrative, as the company's warnings effectively doubled as PR for itself. However, there's no denying that the latest frontier models from Anthropic and OpenAI have gotten remarkably good at cybersecurity coding and discovering zero-day bugs.

More recently, OpenAI and Anthropic have shown progress on research-level mathematics as well.

First, OpenAI released a disproof of the aforementioned Erdos unit-distance conjecture in May. Then, an Anthropic-linked mathematician casually announced that he used Fable 5 to disprove the Jacobian Conjecture, one of the infamous Smale's problems in mathematics. Now, OpenAI has announced that Astra solved 10 more open problems in mathematics.

It's a potentially paradigm-shifting moment, though this is hardly proof that artificial general intelligence or the singularity is nigh.

First, most of these math accomplishments take the form of disproofs and counterexamples, which aren't as impressive as positive proofs that greatly expand our understanding of the universe, like, say, Andrew Wiles' proof of Fermat's Theorem.

When Fable 5 disproved the Jacobian Conjecture, I spoke to Columbia professor Andrew Blumberg, who is also on the board of directors of the First Proof project, which tested the capabilities of frontier large language models in solving research-level mathematics.

At the time, he told me that Fable 5's feat "did not cause me to update my priors about what AI can and can't do." Blumberg added, "This is exactly the kind of thing I would expect AI to be able to do. If there was a counterexample that was concise and easy to state that people haven't found because it's a pain to search through all this stuff, AI will find it."

Ultimately, Blumberg said that Fable 5's counterexample to the Jacobian Conjecture didn't necessarily teach us anything new or exciting about the world, even though it is very impressive.

I went back to Blumberg to ask about OpenAI's latest work, and he said his priors still haven't changed — AI is a very useful tool for advanced science, but this doesn't suggest AI is ready to replace human scientists and mathematicians.

"If you look at what these are, they're pretty short. They are either counterexamples or they are small, extremely clever constructions that build on known things, and it's super cool, right? I want to be clear: If a person had done many of these things, that person would be justly lauded for their achievement, and so [this work is] great, but they don't change my priors."

And, as many people have pointed out (including, most recently, data scientist Nate Silver), we have to put these results in perspective. While OpenAI was keen to point out that these problems were solved with just $2,000 worth of tokens, that doesn't account for the trillions spent on AI technology in recent years.

"When you hear about the amount of money that's being poured into these machines, and you think about what it would be like if we spent a trillion dollars on hiring and training mathematicians and paying the best mathematicians football players' salaries to do nothing but solve these problems, I think we'd see a shitload of progress," Blumberg told Mashable.

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At the same time, the prospect of Astra-level models being in the hands of every scientist, physicist, and mathematician on Earth is exciting.

When will GPT Astra be released?

That's hard to say, but we can make an educated guess.

First, the White House is reportedly close to finalizing a voluntary AI framework for testing new frontier models before they're released publicly. OpenAI is very likely to adhere to these guidelines. And if Astra is deemed to have dangerous capabilities like Claude Mythos, then a safe-for-public-consumption version would need to be developed as well.

However, The Information recently reported that OpenAI is actively previewing Astra in Washington, D.C., so this process is likely already underway.

However, let's look again at how OpenAI described Astra: "The results were achieved by an internal version of Astra, our next major model." (Emphasis added.)

Major AI companies like OpenAI and Anthropic have been releasing major updates to their models every few months, with entirely new model families coming out every one to two years. GPT-5 was introduced in August of 2025, which means we're due for GPT-6 any time now.

Presumably, if Astra is already generating major results in math, it's pretty far along in testing.

I'm speculating, but I'd be surprised if we don't see Astra by the end of the year.

Disclosure: Ziff Davis, Mashable’s parent company, in April 2025 filed a lawsuit against OpenAI, alleging it infringed Ziff Davis copyrights in training and operating its AI systems.

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Robert Pattinson hits the Primetime in A24's latest thriller, playing investigative journalist and TV presenter Chris Hansen, host of the notorious Dateline series To Catch a Predator in the mid-2000s.

Directed by Lance Oppenheim (Some Kind of Heaven), Primetime explores Hansen's mission to make the controversial true crime NBC show, one Jimmy Kimmel once referred to as "Punk'd for pedophiles." Hansen's team deployed undercover reporting, decoy actors, and hidden surveillance cameras to expose — and assist in arresting — men soliciting sex with minors through chatrooms online. Hansen worked with police and online watchdog group Perverted Justice to confront accused sexual predators on camera — and ratings soared.

Pattinson joins a talented cast with Merritt Wever, Skyler Gisondo, and Phoebe Bridgers in her acting debut.

Primetime will hit cinemas Sept. 25 after its world premiere at the 83rd Venice International Film Festival.