Ray-Ban Meta Gen 3 vs. Ray-Ban Meta Gen 2: How these AI glasses compare
Meta's newest smart glasses are an iterative, expensive update.
8 insights from Proofpoint Protect: Security bets on intent as AI agents join the workforce
At this week’s Proofpoint Protect event, the security debate moved beyond whether enterprises will deploy AI agents to how they will govern them. Attackers now use AI to write flawless phishing lures
Nintendo wins $4.5 million from lawsuit over pirated Switch games
It's easy to win when the defendant is a no-show.
Anthropic commits to spending $11.6B over seven years on Akamai cloud services and secures an option to take a stake of up to 5%; AKAM jumps 17%+ after hours
Harshita Mary Varghese / Reuters: Anthropic commits to spending $11.6B over seven years on Akamai cloud services and secures an option to take a stake of up to 5%; AKAM jumps 17%+ after hours Anthro
Don’t Believe His Lies
You think this is some cute game?
Nicolas Cage is anything but subtle in the Madden trailer
The biopic arrives on Prime Video in November.
A24, Sony, or The New York Times May Soon Swallow Letterboxd
The cinephile social network is expected to sell at a valuation of $300 million, sources told the New York Times.
Accelerate Your AI Journey with new Introduction Track at PyTorch Conference NA 2026 and PyTorch Associate Training
As deep learning models move rapidly from research prototypes into core enterprise infrastructure, the demand for practical, end-to-end PyTorch expertise has never been higher. Building robust neural
Tom Hiddleston ‘Never Expected’ He’d Still Be Playing Loki 15 Years After ‘Thor’
The actor returns to the Marvel Cinematic Universe to play the character in December's 'Avengers: Doomsday.'
Scientists Say Antarctica’s Lost ‘Supermountains’ May Have Fueled an Explosion of Life on Earth
Millions of years ago, continental collisions created enormous mountains in what's now Antarctica. As they eroded, Earth's life thrived from their nutrient-rich deposits.
Anonymous Men Have Turned Cyberharassment Into a Group Sport—Here’s One Woman’s Side of the Story
This week on Uncanny Valley, we take you behind our feature on the women struggling after being targeted by the burnerverse.
Google updates Gemini 3.8 Live with Live Avatar, an animated AI persona that lip-syncs and shows different facial expressions, for Gemini Enterprise customers
Emma Roth / The Verge: Google updates Gemini 3.8 Live with Live Avatar, an animated AI persona that lip-syncs and shows different facial expressions, for Gemini Enterprise customers Google's Live Av
In the Race for the Dorkiest AR Glasses, Only One Seems Built for Today
Snap Specs and Xreal Aura promise similar experiences, but let's just say you're not wearing these where anybody can see you.
Bungie shares more detail about Marathon's Symbiosis update and 2027 plans
Another big overhaul to the game is now due in March.
Email: Microsoft is moving its communications function out of its marketing group and into the corporate, external, and legal affairs org led by Brad Smith
Todd Bishop / GeekWire: Email: Microsoft is moving its communications function out of its marketing group and into the corporate, external, and legal affairs org led by Brad Smith Microsoft is movin
Sources: OpenEvidence, an AI search engine for doctors, raised $250M at a $15B valuation, up from $12B in January; it could be open to selling itself
Katie Roof / Business Insider: Sources: OpenEvidence, an AI search engine for doctors, raised $250M at a $15B valuation, up from $12B in January; it could be open to selling itself OpenEvidence, an
Researchers link more cyberattacks to OpenAI agent swarm
A research group has linked three more hacking campaigns to rogue artificial intelligence agents. Transluce, a nonprofit AI safety organization, detailed its findings on Wednesday. Its researchers det
New Map Reveals Where This ‘Super’ El Niño Will Hit Hardest, and It’s Not Pretty
The strongest El Niño on record will shift weather patterns across the globe, but some places will be hit harder than others.
Your Fall 2026 Anime Guide: What to Watch and Where It’s Streaming
From 'Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2' to 'Steel Ball Run,' here's a not-so-shortlist of anime worth watching in the arena of sci-fi, fantasy, and beyond this season.
Meta unveils mobile app Horizon Create and web app Horizon Studio for building games with AI prompts; the games will run on Facebook, Instagram, and Horizon
Jay Peters / The Verge: Meta unveils mobile app Horizon Create and web app Horizon Studio for building games with AI prompts; the games will run on Facebook, Instagram, and Horizon The next push for
AI Bubble Watch: Oracle Seeks Financial Shield From Massive Data Center Project
Can the public declare force majeure, too?
Neo4j makes the case for knowledge graphs as shared context for AI agents
Knowledge graphs can give enterprise agents a shared understanding of how data, business rules and processes fit together. However, that context becomes harder to maintain when each new agent carries
I Think I Found an AI Agent Worth the Risk
Instinct saved me $550, booked my restaurant reservations, and warned me about a phishing scam. It also wasted $64 and might be a security nightmare.
I Think I Found an AI Agent Worth the Risk
Instinct saved me $550, booked my restaurant reservations, and warned me about a phishing scam. It also wasted $64 and might be a security nightmare.
New York Times Cooking is coming to Meta's AI and display glasses
The app is getting a "hands-free" mode that can narrate recipe steps.
Top AI experts badly underestimated how fast the field is moving, study finds
Leading AI experts have consistently underestimated how fast AI is advancing, according to the Forecasting Research Institute. AI reached gold-medal level at the International Mathematical Olympiad fi
‘Illegal, Unlicensed Gambling Operation’: New York Sues Polymarket
The suit comes two months after New York sued Kalshi.
Sources: Jev developer TypeSafe is in talks to raise $1B+ at a $10B+ valuation; last week the startup announced a $40M seed, PitchBook says at a $200M valuation (The Information)
The Information: Sources: Jev developer TypeSafe is in talks to raise $1B+ at a $10B+ valuation; last week the startup announced a $40M seed, PitchBook says at a $200M valuation Silicon Valley has a
Five Police Officers Criminally Charged for Misusing Flock Cameras in Indianapolis
"Nationwide, at least 100 police department employees have been charged with or accused of misusing license-plate readers for unauthorized purposes," reports the Washington Post. They cite their past investigations "based on thousands of pages of police and court records," which found that "In many of these cases, officers used Flock's roadside cameras to track the location of romantic partners and exes." In fact, five Indianapolis police officers were just criminally charged Wednesday with fr...
PrismML brings its tiny LLMs to Qualcomm-powered smart glasses
Prism's larger goal is open-weight AI that runs on devices and makes better use of the computing power they already have.
BottleCap AI Releases ThinkingCap-Qwen3.8-27B: 37.2% Fewer Thinking Tokens at a 0.86pp Accuracy Cost
BottleCap AI has released ThinkingCap-Qwen3.8-27B, a fine-tune of Qwen3.8-27B that spends 37.2% fewer thinking tokens across 12 benchmarks. Macro accuracy moves from 86.65% to 85.79%, and long-context
Elizabeth Holmes Is Set to Leave Prison Early
With a buzzy movie on the way and growing legion of MAHA fans, the Theranos founder could be making a comeback.
We finally have a trailer for that four-hour Elon Musk documentary
It was directed by Alex Gibney, who has made films about Enron, Scientology and Elizabeth Holmes.
Claude Found a Mysterious CRISPR-Like System—but Anthropic Can’t Say What It’s Capable of
Anthropic said Claude AI has identified a previously unknown enzyme system that looks remarkably like CRISPR’s gene-editing Cas9. But looks can be deceiving.
In a default judgment, a US federal judge awards Nintendo of America $4.5M in damages in its lawsuit against a Reddit moderator who sold pirated Switch games
Nicole Carpenter / Aftermath: In a default judgment, a US federal judge awards Nintendo of America $4.5M in damages in its lawsuit against a Reddit moderator who sold pirated Switch games The court
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The Future of ‘Doctor Who’ Is Still Uncertain, But Here’s a Great Way to Celebrate Its Past
'The Satan Pit Extended Cut,' starring David Tennant as the Tenth Doctor and Billie Piper as Rose Tyler, is coming to theaters for 'Doctor Who' Day.
New York continues to fight prediction markets with a lawsuit against Polymarket
The state now has illegal gambling charges underway against four of these businesses.
Google is sending a teensy-tiny AI data center to space
It's an experiment to see how the chips hold up in the harsh vacuum of the cosmos.
Sources: the NSA told lawmakers it is spending billions this year to test AI models; proposals for a US AI regulatory body estimated costs of $20M-$40M per year
Jeff Stein / The Washington Sun: Sources: the NSA told lawmakers it is spending billions this year to test AI models; proposals for a US AI regulatory body estimated costs of $20M-$40M per year The
Five Indianapolis Cops Charged With Misusing Flock Cameras, Including One Case of Stalking
Four of the officers have been suspended and recommended for termination.
The Surface Mouse’s Haptics Are Truly Unique, but We Need Even More Rumble
The new smaller Surface Pro and Surface Laptop are sticking with the rumbly trackpads and a bare few new features for a higher price tag.
Turtle Beach Rematch review: The cutest Switch 2 controller of the bunch
Official Nintendo designs and RGB lighting give the Rematch an adorable edge.
Watch the New Trailer for the Explosive Documentary on Elon Musk
The tech oligarch has threatened legal action against the filmmakers.
Sources: the White House asked OpenAI and Anthropic not to share new models with UK's AISI until US reviews them; Anthropic appears to have agreed (Politico)
Politico: Sources: the White House asked OpenAI and Anthropic not to share new models with UK's AISI until US reviews them; Anthropic appears to have agreed The White House has asked OpenAI and Anth
Ancient Parisians Torched Their Own City to Stop Caesar. Archaeologists May Have Found the Scorch Marks
For over two millennia, the ancient settlement of Lutetia bore witness to the city that became Paris. But its precise location remained uncertain for centuries.
It took MapQuest until 2026 to add public transit directions
The 30-year-old map service is quickly getting with the times.
Black Forest Labs launches FLUX 3 Action, an open robotics AI model
Black Forest Labs is entering robotics with FLUX 3 Action. The open-world-action model uses camera feeds to predict what action a robot should take next. With just seven billion parameters, it sets a
Hackers Hack the FBI’s Hacking Unit: Report
Compromised FBI personnel records identified members of the bureau’s Remote Operations Unit.
The ‘V/H/S/Mixtape’ Trailer Promises Top-Volume Terror
The latest installment of the found-footage horror anthology is music-themed, with entries by David Moreau ('Mads'), RZA, and more.
Google Photos ‘Clueless’-inspired virtual closet is now available on Android and iOS
The AI-powered feature builds a virtual wardrobe from your photos, and is now broadly available after first rolling out to Android users in June.
The Pixel Watch 5's blood pressure and insulin resistance trends are rolling out this week
The first trend reports for the health data will be available in early October.
Google Photos' new Redact tool will make it easy to hide sensitive information
Google Photos' new AI-powered features include the Redact tool, which can quickly blur parts of an image.
Google Photos 'Clueless'-inspired virtual closet is now available on Android and iOS
The AI-powered feature builds a virtual wardrobe from your photos, and is now broadly available after first rolling out to Android users in June.
US is head over heels for AI agents, while Europe remains dubious
Europe is skeptical of artificial intelligence, but it still has to contend with AI-fueled cyberattacks. In order to secure their enterprises and compete with U.S. companies, Europe has to change its
Copper's latest high-end induction stove brings the heat better than ever
The new Charlie range now supports both 120 and 240-volt outlets, so it's easier to install too.
More Than 1 Million Americans Are Taking Ozempic and Other GLP-1s Without an Approved Reason. Is That Actually a Problem?
New research shows that off-label use of GLP-1s has surged in recent years.
Speaker-labeled transcription with WhisperX on SageMaker AI
The AWS WhisperX Deep Learning Container packages Whisper, wav2vec2 forced alignment, and speaker diarization into a GPU-ready image. Learn how to deploy it to Amazon SageMaker AI real-time and asynch
Build a multi-account AI agent with AgentCore Gateway and MCP
Build a multi-account architecture that keeps each team's data in its own AWS account while giving AI agents a unified way to query across them. A central platform account runs the agent using Amazon
Ubuntu is Tightening its Kernel SRU Cycle to Two Weeks, and Clankers Are to Blame
So far, Canonical has followed a split kernel SRU cycle for Ubuntu, where regular fixes and security patches lived on separate tracks, with a full update every four weeks and a security-focused release at the two-week midpoint for urgent CVE fixes.If that concept is new to you, a Stable Release Update, or SRU, is how Canonical ships bug fixes and security patches to Ubuntu after a release is out. The kernel gets its own dedicated track for this.Canonical is replacing both tracks with a single 2-...
Google is testing Call for Me, which lets Gemini call businesses on behalf of users, initially for Pixel 11 users with a Gemini subscription in the US
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: Google is testing Call for Me, which lets Gemini call businesses on behalf of users, initially for Pixel 11 users with a Gemini subscription in the US With AI agents like M
Anthropic says Claude discovered a new enzyme system, but CRISPR researchers call it routine genome mining
Anthropic's AI model Claude found a previously unknown enzyme system in DNA databases, doing most of the analysis on its own. The article Anthropic says Claude discovered a new enzyme system, but CRIS
‘Never After Dark’ Welcomes You to a House Only Ghosts Could Love [Exclusive]
io9 has an exclusive clip to share from Dave Boyle's spooky tale, hitting theaters starting September 25.
AI performance costs are falling faster than those of any previous technology
AI is hitting a fixed benchmark performance level at a rapidly falling cost. Epoch AI measures a price decline of about 13x per year. After stripping out hardware gains and competition, MIT puts annua
Pixel 11's Call For Me feature begins preliminary rollout
Select Gemini subscribers with a Pixel 11 can soon try out phone calls via AI chatbot.
Google’s Gemini Can Now Make Calls for You on Pixel Phones
Call for Me—a feature that’s exclusive to the Pixel 11 series—gives robocalls a new meaning.
Google tests letting Gemini call businesses for you
Google says the AI-calling feature will first be available to Pixel 11 owners in the U.S. who pay for a Gemini subscription.
Google’s Gemini Can Now Make Calls for You on Pixel Phones
Call for Me—a feature that’s exclusive to the Pixel 11 series—gives robocalls a new meaning.
Starship Is About to Attempt Something It’s Never Done in 13 Flights
More than a decade of work has all led up to this moment, with Starship's fourteenth mission scheduled for this coming Monday.
‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ Gets Lost in Time in Its Season 4 Finale
As 'Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' approaches its conclusion, we get a preview of what the future holds.
Xiaomi's 18 Pro series phones have the latest Snapdragon chip and a Samsung-like privacy screen
You'll have to wait a bit if you're outside China though.
AI Agents vs Workflows? Count Your Branches First
AI agents vs workflows: enumerate your branches, price each runtime decision point, and promote to an agent only when the branches can't be known ahead.
Razer's Kiyo V2 Pro webcam can capture 4K video at 60 fps
Razer's new 'pro' webcam can handle 4K video at 60 fps and will cost $300
Shield AI, Waabi, and General Motors on building AI when failure is not an option at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026
Leaders from Waabi, Shield AI, and General Motors join the Real World AI Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 to talk building AI. Save up to $200 by Sept. 25, 11:59 p.m. PT. Get a second pass at 50% off.
Efficient MoE Training for Biological Foundation Models
As language models grow, scaling dense architectures becomes increasingly expensive. In a dense transformer, every token passes through every layer, so adding...
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Swiss Engineers Just Designed a Better 'Shock Absorber' for Spacecraft
Rocket launches are some of the most violent travel methods man has ever created. They generate millions of pounds of thrust and convert that into intense g-forces. Humans must undergo serious training to withstand those experiences, but machines have to do so as well, but by design rather than training. If a delicate mirror or solder joint cracks before a multi-billion dollar satellite even begins its mission, the years of effort that went into its design and assembly could be lost. Now, resear...
Signal Finally Lets You Skip the Phone Number, but Now Google Is Involved
A $2.99 Google Play billing fee leaves hardened, Play-free Android phones out for now.
U.S. bill proposes permanent ban on artificial superintelligence and creation of new federal AI agency
Senator Bernie Sanders and Representative Greg Casar introduced a bill on September 23 that would permanently ban the development and use of artificial superintelligence. The article U.S. bill propose
OpenAI, Anthropic CEOs Urge UN Countries to Cooperate on AI Safety Standards
"The heads of major AI firms pleaded with the United Nations on Wednesday to save the world or at least its people by somehow regulating the fast-expanding technology that they have been designing," writes the Associated Press. "If managed poorly, I even believe AI could be a risk to humanity as a whole," said Dario Amodei, chief executive officer of Anthropic. And from his competitor Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, came this assessment: "We could lose control of the future to AI." Yoshua Bengio,...
TechCrunch Disrupt 2026: Cal AI’s Zach Yadegari on how to create viral growth and capitalize on it
Zach Yadegari joins the Builders Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 to share how he capitalized on viral growth. Save up to $200 before September 25. Save 50% on a second pass.
Making AI more trustworthy by making it red-flag its own doubtful answers
Artificial intelligence models can give users the wrong answer and do so with great confidence. They can also hedge and warn that they are unsure—even when they get the answer right.
OpenAI discovered the Australian breach in August but didn't alert the government until September 10, when it sent an email to a generic disclosure address
Shakeel Hashim / Transformer: OpenAI discovered the Australian breach in August but didn't alert the government until September 10, when it sent an email to a generic disclosure address OpenAI didn'
OpenAI's agents went after government and university sites months before Hugging Face
According to Transluce researchers and the Australian government, OpenAI's AI agents repeatedly broke into government and university websites without authorization, including Australia's Medicare port
MCP Explained in 5 Minutes
A visual guide to MCP that explains how it works, how to use it with Claude Code, Tavily, GitHub, and Playwright, and what is new through simple diagrams that make the whole concept easy for anyone to
‘Wonka’s The Golden Ticket’ Is Moronic
You already knew AI Gene Wilder was going to be problematic, but Netflix’s insipid new competition also feels like a million other shows that have come before.
Beyond RAGs: Building Actually Truthful AI Harnesses
Retrieval is not evidence. How to build AI that proves its own claims. The post Beyond RAGs: Building Actually Truthful AI Harnesses appeared first on Towards Data Science .
Sources: Google, OpenAI, and Anthropic plan to launch an AI safety standards body without government oversight in late 2026 or 2027, and are considering CEOs (The Information)
The Information: Sources: Google, OpenAI, and Anthropic plan to launch an AI safety standards body without government oversight in late 2026 or 2027, and are considering CEOs Google, OpenAI and Anth
SwitchBot’s New Adorably Tiny Robovac Has Twice the Suction Power of Its Predecessor
The Robot Vacuum K11+ Pro is currently the only tiny robovac you can buy in the U.S.
Meta gives its Muse AI agent video avatars, email addresses, and Mac control
At Meta Connect 2026, Meta expanded its AI agent, Muse, and unveiled several new devices. The article Meta gives its Muse AI agent video avatars, email addresses, and Mac control appeared first on The
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Contain the Chaos: ‘CONTROL Resonant’ Launches on GeForce NOW
A warped Manhattan is waiting in the cloud this week. Remedy Entertainment’s CONTROL Resonant brings Dylan Faden’s extraordinary abilities and a paranatural crisis to GeForce NOW at launch. With the r
Dataiku debuts cross-platform Agent Management, expands Cobuild building agent
Enterprise artificial intelligence platform company Dataiku Inc. today launched Agent Management, a standalone product that finds and tracks every AI agent a business runs, including those built on ot
FOSS Weekly #26.39: Snapdragon X2, Ubuntu 26.10, Konsole, systemd Tricks and a New Project
First thing first. Yesterday, I mistakenly sent the Local AI Weekly newsletter to everyone. That was not supposed to happen. I'll be more careful in the future. Let's go with our regular dose of Linux and open source.Snapdragon X2 processor support should be coming to Linux soon. Qualcomm has put out an early developer preview with Debian 13 as the reference environment.PeppermintOS is switching from Xorg to XLibre for its upcoming Debian and Devuan ISO refreshes, with no plans to move to Waylan...
Australia to investigate if OpenAI hack of government health website broke the law
The incident is the first known breach to affect a government agency, and Australia's prime minister has vowed to hold OpenAI accountable.
Qualcomm Hops on the Linux Train as PC Users Have Another Way to Say ‘Screw Windows’
Linux on ARM could become yet another home for the Windows 11 refugees.
Sources: Oracle sent a force majeure notice to Blue Owl to delay payments on the 2.45GW Project Jupiter data center in New Mexico if it fails to launch in 2028 (Bloomberg)
Bloomberg: Sources: Oracle sent a force majeure notice to Blue Owl to delay payments on the 2.45GW Project Jupiter data center in New Mexico if it fails to launch in 2028 Oracle Corp. is moving to s
15,000 VHS Tapes and Counting: Meet the Guys Preserving the Weirdest Parts of the Analog Era
Nick Prueher and Joe Pickett have spent decades watching old VHS tapes, searching for the outrageous and strange human stories hiding inside.
The Wait for ‘Gremlins 3’ Just Got Longer
Gizmo will return, but not in 2027 as expected. He'll be back in 2028 and there's already a teaser.
