August 2026 – Page 2 – WPS News

Month: August 2026

100 Posts

Technology & Systems

What Facebook Optimizes For—and What It Ignores

August 29, 2026 — 0 Comments

Open-back vintage vacuum tube radio with glowing tubes, circuit schematics, tools, and the title "Electronic Archaeology" displayed above the receiver.

Electronic Archaeology

Power Supplies: Turning Wall Power into Usable Power

August 28, 2026 — 0 Comments

Stylized portrait of Cliff Potts as a 1970s high school student leaning against a fence near Prosser Vocational High School, with surreal red sky elements in the background.

The September Files

The Lie of “Just Show Up”: What 1977 Actually Looked Like

August 27, 2026 — 0 Comments

Caricature of Bill Gates seated at a desk in front of an old Microsoft computer, with an exaggerated grin, oversized glasses, a whiteboard reading “The Plan: Windows, Office, World Domination,” and a stack of satirical books beside him.

Technology & Systems

Bill Gates Is Warning Us About AI. Before We Panic, Remember Bill Gates.

August 27, 2026 — 0 Comments

Cerro de Pasco, Peru: Arrival and the Crate

August 27, 2026 — 0 Comments

Archive & Editorial Notes

The Survivors: Why Some Life Made It Through

August 27, 2026 — 0 Comments

Historical collage of the United States from the 1600s to 2026, showing Jamestown, colonial life, expansion, industrialization, war, civil rights, and modern city and technology scenes.

United States politics

America by the Decade: 1620–1629 — Belief, Settlement, and Competing Visions

August 26, 2026 — 5 Comments

Media & Misinformation

Unread While Everything Else Is Happening

August 26, 2026 — 0 Comments

A bearded field reporter in a tropical shirt walks toward the camera holding a microphone while police and photographers follow behind him on a palm-lined beach with flashing lights in the background.

WPS News Weekly Report: The 15 Stories That Matter — August 25, 2026

August 26, 2026 — 0 Comments

Vintage editorial-style workspace with a large “GOING TO PRESS” sign, an old typewriter, marked-up manuscript pages, stacked books, a file box, and a WPS News coffee mug under warm lamplight.

Technology & Systems

Going to Press: Distribution Rules, Metadata, and Revision Friction on Lulu

August 25, 2026 — 0 Comments