Well, howdy there, Internet people. It's Dana again. And today you're at Research Road.

This is a weekly series where we go through science and tech news with a bit of dry humor.

Then we do a dive into a science topic and we close out by answering some questions from y'all.

Today is the 12th of August 2025. And on this date in 1981, IBM unveiled the IBM personal

computer. The initial price was a little more than $1,500.

Today is World Elephant Day.

So, starting off with tech news.

I have some gossipy tech news to start off with. Elon Musk threatened Apple

with legal action because he believes Apple is showing favoritism to open AI. Sam Altman responded on

Elon's social media sites and Elon was making, quote, a remarkable claim given what I've heard

allege that Elon does to manipulate X to benefit

himself and his own companies and harm his competitors and people he doesn't like.

Girls, girls, you're both pretty.

American icon AOL is ending Dial-Up service.

While the sound of Dial-up is nostalgic for a lot of people,

it's important to remember for a lot of rural people. That's kind of the only inexpensive option.

The Air Force seems to be interested in buying cyber trucks for target practice.

Goldman Sachs indicates that U.S. consumers will be paying 67% of the cost of Trump's tariffs by October.

This will include the tech products people want for Christmas.

And now on to space.

The Perseid Meteor Shower is reaching its peak. The glare from the moon is troubling viewers,

but you can still see some of it streak across the sky. A Chinese group is working on a method

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