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- In an expanded class action lawsuit, a group of Claude subscribers says Anthropic deceptively advertised the limits of its Max subscription tier (Hayden Field/The Verge) [2d]
- Q&A with Mark Zuckerberg on Muse, the data center backlash, Meta's recent youth-safety settlement, privacy concerns about Meta's smart glasses, and more (Alex Heath/Sources) [2d]
- Ireland's media watchdog investigates X over concerns about age assurance measures and parental controls, the first formal probe under the Online Safety Code (Brian O'Donovan/RTÉ) [2d]
- Block says it has submitted an application to US regulators to establish a federally regulated, uninsured national trust bank called Builders Bank & Trust (Elias Schisgall/Wall Street Journal) [2d]
- Chime agrees to acquire longtime banking partner Stride Bank for $590M; Stride will become Chime Bank, a wholly owned subsidiary; CHYM jumps 8.5%+ after hours (Paige Smith/Bloomberg) [2d]
- Source: Anthropic is severing ties with the Information Technology Industry Council after the tech industry trade group opposed three export control measures (Maria Curi/Axios) [2d]
- Antioch, which creates high-fidelity simulations to reduce the need for hardware validation in physical AI training, raised a $32M Series A led by Greylock (John Koetsier/Forbes) [2d]
- Meta's personal AI agent Muse is powered by Muse Spark 1.3 and is free for up to 100M tokens per week, with $20 and $100 monthly tiers (Riley Griffin/Bloomberg) [2d]
- Meta says users can connect their apps to Muse to send emails, turn recipe Reels into grocery lists, make purchases via Link by Stripe support, and more (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch) [2d]
- Meta launches Muse, a personal AI agent that runs on a dedicated VM in Meta's cloud, initially available in the US, with support coming soon for its AI glasses (Ina Fried/Axios) [2d]
- OpenAI says, while unlikely, it "cannot rule out that de-identified data derived" from Buckmaster's and Alpöge's use of its products helped improve its models (OpenAI) [2d]
- OpenAI launches ChatGPT Images 2.5, which it says cuts image generation latency by up to 50% vs. Images 2.0, and adds a Sketch feature for drawing in ChatGPT (Ina Fried/Axios) [2d]
- OpenAI's Sébastien Bubeck says he never asked for removal of Levent Alpöge from authorship of the work Alpöge and Tristan Buckmaster did on Navier-Stokes (Sebastien Bubeck/@sebastienbubeck) [2d]
- Sources: Ramp is in early talks to raise about $1B at a ~$60B valuation, up from $44B in June; Ramp has raised $3B to date (Bloomberg) [2d]
- AI coding startup Cognition raised $2B at a $48B valuation, up from $26B in May, and says its run-rate revenue grew from $492M in May to ~$900M (Samantha Oltman/Bloomberg) [2d]
- The White House has quietly removed Build The Wall, a Tetris clone on its arcade.gov website, after Tetris said it takes "copyright infringement very seriously" (Zack Zwiezen/Kotaku) [2d]
- OpenAI denies that its researchers or models saw Buckmaster or Alpöge's prompts, says it spent millions in compute after hearing Anthropic had a breakthrough (Wired) [2d]
- OpenAI says an internal model "significantly more capable than GPT-6 Astra" solved the Navier-Stokes problem using 10K concurrent agents working for 88 hours (Madison Mills/Axios) [2d]
- UK seeks to force Apple and Google to block children from taking, viewing, or sharing nude images on their devices, and praises Apple's age-based restrictions (Jacob Reid/Bloomberg) [2d]
- Mathematician Tristan Buckmaster alleges OpenAI learned of his work with Anthropic's Levent Alpöge on Navier-Stokes and used an internal model to solve it (Joseph Howlett/Scientific American) [2d]
- NextEra Energy, which partnered with Google to revive an Iowa nuclear power plant, gets a $1.9B loan from the Department of Energy to finance the refurbishment (Tim De Chant/TechCrunch) [2d]
- Circle agrees to acquire Singapore-based cross-border B2B payments company Tazapay for $400M, in one of its largest publicly disclosed acquisitions to date (Francisco Rodrigues/CoinDesk) [2d]
- Google DeepMind releases AlphaGenome Atlas, a 1PB dataset of predicted molecular effects for all ~9B possible single-letter DNA changes in the human genome (Google) [2d]
- Celero, which is developing a chip to enable long-distance connections between AI data centers, raised $275M at a $3B+ valuation (Dina Bass/Bloomberg) [2d]
- Runway co-CEO Anastasis Germanidis says the startup's annual recurring revenue hit $200M in September; source: it expects ARR to cross $350M by the end of 2026 (Rachel Metz/Bloomberg) [2d]
- Poseidon Aerospace, which plans the first test flight of its pilotless cargo plane by year-end, raised a $60M Series A led by TQ Ventures, after an $11M seed (Sean O'Kane/TechCrunch) [2d]
- Google Cloud and Accenture form the Accenture Gemini Enterprise Business Group to train up to 1,000 Accenture forward deployed engineers for Gemini Enterprise (Isabelle Bousquette/Wall Street Journal) [2d]
- Researchers say Meta ran 300+ ads with CSAM this year; some featured morphed images of real children, and many linked to "nudification" apps from China (Matt Burgess/Wired) [2d]
- Qualcomm signs a deal with Amazon to provide "multiple generations of customized silicon" to help build AWS' AI infrastructure; QCOM jumps 6%+ (Ari Levy/CNBC) [2d]
- Robinhood adds Crypto.com's yes-or-no contracts to its platform and takes minority stakes in the exchange and its prediction market business OG (Wall Street Journal) [2d]
- A look at Apple's path to a foldable device, the biggest change in iPhone history; sources: memory shortages led Apple to blow past an early $1,999 price goal (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg) [2d]
- Fields medalist Jacob Tsimerman, set to join OpenAI later this month, launches the Mathematical AI Safety Institute to apply higher math to AI safety problems (Siobhan Roberts/New York Times) [2d]
- Australia proposes a "My Feed, My Way" initiative requiring social platforms to send users a notification asking them to opt in or out of algorithmic content (Clare Armstrong/ABC) [2d]
- 69% of Americans oppose local AI data centers in 2026 poll — Trump blasts blocking communities on Truth Social for choosing poverty over server farms, throwing off 'tremendous amounts of money' [2d]
- 'Revolutionary' 36-year old jet engine designed for F-16 set to power world's first AI-piloted VTOL fighter jet [2d]
- GL.iNet Beryl 7 review: This Wi-Fi 7 travel router saved my holiday connecting 5 iPads, a laptop, and a couple of phones [2d]
- World's only 6K touchscreen monitor just got a huge upgrade — Clarity Touch 6K now has a 12-megapixel webcam but no Thunderbolt 5 in view [2d]
- Lenovo ThinkPad T1g Gen 8 review: This Windows business laptop reminds me of a fully specced MacBook Pro alternative — with a few caveats [2d]
- 'We're trying to go easy on the hand-holding' — Invoke says Warlock: Dungeons & Dragons' HUD and waypoint guidance will be minimal and can even be toggled on and off so as not to 'overwhelm' players and encourage exploration [2d]
- I compared Siri AI to Gemini on Android — and Apple actually understands what most people want from AI [2d]
- IKEA just launched a Matter-enabled driver that makes your integrated cabinet lights part of your smart home [2d]
- Who needs the Apple Watch Ultra 4? I've been counting my steps and finding my phone with this cheap retro Casio digital watch, and I love it [2d]
- Massive data breach sees 220 million traveler records exposed — nine years of airline info leaked including passenger and passport details [2d]
- South Korea, US agree on $22 billion deal for 6.3 GW Texas gas power plant — Encinal facility to feed AI data centers under Washington and Seoul's $350 billion pact [2d]
- US Army drilled by senators over ‘deep concerns’ surrounding shutdown of cutting-edge drone battalion — and the wars in Ukraine and Iran show that ‘back to basics’ might not be a smart move [2d]
- Vernal Core3 review: A rock-solid standing desk for triple-monitor setups [2d]
- American truckers are benefiting from AI data center boom, and that’s exactly why they don’t share the same opinion of the majority of Americans [2d]
- ChatGPT Images 2.5 is out — I’ve been testing it for 24 hours, and these are the 3 new features you’ll actually use [2d]
- The Zelda 40th Anniversary Edition Switch 2 console and controller pre-orders are now going live — here's where you can grab them along with the Ocarina remake [2d]
- GPU prices may be on the rise again, according to a Japanese retailer — but I wouldn't resort to panic buying [2d]
- Home Depot's Labor Day sale has been extended — 45% off major appliances, Halloween decor, grills, patio furniture and more [2d]
- Liquid Network halts new transactions after 'nice guy' hackers steal nearly all its Bitcoin — but then return most of it after a patch is issued [2d]
- Creative Assembly says Total War: Warhammer 40,000 is designed for both newcomers and hardcore fans and teaches mechanics on a 'step-by-step basis' — 'I view the tutorial for an experienced player as kind of like an appetizer' [2d]
- It looks like Apple will finally support four HomePods in Dolby Atmos surround sound with Apple TV 4K — and it'd be a pretty good price compared to Sony's equivalent system [2d]
- Sick of Sony killing physical games? Relive the glory days with a PlayStation 3 emulator that can play discs through your PC [2d]
- The physical edition of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time on Nintendo Switch 2 is getting limited 'textured foil packaging' — here's where to preorder now [2d]
- Practical Magic 2 is truly the Hollywood sequel that shouldn't exist — there aren't enough midnight margaritas in the world to make me forget it immediately [2d]
- How to watch Porto vs Man City: Live Streams & TV Channels for Champions League 2026/27 [2d]
- How to watch Real Madrid vs Inter: Free Streams & TV Channels for Champions League 2026/27 [2d]
- 'Why does this look like it was run through DLSS 5?' — The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake's new graphics and modernized controls are dividing fans [2d]
- Buy a cheap TV before prices rise — 9 outstanding-value 4K, Mini-LED and OLED TVs worth buying now [2d]
- The Atlas 1.0 Pioneer Edition is a $499 brain scanner that sits behind your ear to measure your stress, attention span and energy —and the first batch has just sold out [2d]
- Best of Gamescom 2026 — The 15 top devices and games we saw at this year’s show [2d]
- Want a Chinese IP address? Proton VPN now offers one, unlike most rivals [2d]
- 'Great for homes and small businesses': We awarded Ugreen's elegant four-bay DH4300 Plus NAS a 4-star review, and now it's been reduced to just $374 at Amazon [2d]
- Microsoft 365 users hit by two major threat campaigns - fake IT calls and phishing emails target users across the world [2d]
- The Alienware AW3926QW is a 5K2K 39-inch OLED beast... and probably the best gaming monitor I've ever experienced [2d]
- Proton VPN sign-ups soar in Vietnam as stringent new cyberlaw takes effect [2d]
- Don't pay $400 for Sony's latest headphones — the excellent WH-1000XM5 are down to a record-low of $198 and the smarter buy [2d]
- 'They're doing some kind of dynamic pricing BS': Xbox Game Pass is being offered cheaper for some users, and Reddit thinks it knows why [2d]
- The Legend of Zelda Movie is about to end a 40-year tradition for the beloved Nintendo game series — and Shigeru Miyamoto says we'll 'understand why' when it's released [2d]
- ‘I also want to feel the frontier’ — Gemini users are starting to think that Gemini Pro 4 won’t ever see the light of day thanks to the release of ChatGPT 6 Astra and Claude Fable 5.1 [2d]
- Swiss Federal Government is ditching Microsoft on thousands of devices to switch to open source [2d]
- I tried Sony's first-ever fisheye lens — and the 8-14mm F3.5 G makes a compelling case for the distorted, ultra-wide perspective [2d]
- I was gutted about Prime Video canceling Spider-Noir — but Nicolas Cage's take on it has made me feel better [2d]
- Building products is easier than ever, knowing what to build is the hard part [2d]
- The 3K OLED Asus Vivobook S 16 laptop packs 32GB RAM and a Core Ultra 7 processor, and it's currently $300 off in the back-to-school sale with more than $500 of free bundled extras [2d]
- Logitech's new $99 MX Keypad puts AI coding at a developer's fingertips [2d]
- How to watch Champions League 2026/27 — it's *FREE* [2d]
- 'The fallout from AI is being felt further across the business than most people assume': CIOs are being held accountable when AI goes wrong [2d]
- The UK’s cheapest EV just got bigger, faster and smarter — but the sub-£18k Dacia Spring could still lose its cut-price crown [2d]
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- Protect Your iPhone 18 With These High-Tech ESR Cases and Accessories [2d]
- Protect Your iPhone 18 With These High-Tech ESR Cases and Accessories [2d]
- Protect Your iPhone 18 With These High-Tech ESR Cases and Accessories [2d]
- Today’s NYT Strands Hints, Answers and Help for Sept. 9, #920 [2d]
- Today’s NYT Strands Hints, Answers and Help for Sept. 9, #920 [2d]
- Meta’s New AI Agent Wants to Get Personal With You [2d]
- Meta’s New AI Agent Wants to Get Personal With You [2d]
- From Wearables to Robots to Tabletop Trinkets, the AI Hardware Scene Is Booming [2d]
- World’s Largest Gun Aims to Shoot Satellites Into Space [2d]
- Today’s NYT Connections Hints and Answers for Sept. 9, #1186 [2d]
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- Wordle Hints, Answer and Help for Sept. 9, #1908 [2d]
- Girl Scouts Unleash Treats for Dogs and Allergy-Safe Cookies for Humans [2d]
- Movies You Can Stream for Free in September 2026 [2d]
- Preorder the Stunning Zelda-Themed Nintendo Switch 2 Before It Sells Out [2d]
- We’re Tracking Every Zelda Switch 2 Restock for You [2d]
- Samsung Slashes $300 Off the Galaxy Z Fold 8 With the iPhone Duo Hot on Its Heels [2d]
- Grab the New Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 at a Record-Low Price and Save $250 [2d]
- Rockstar Teamed With Nopixel to Overhaul the GTA Roleplay Experience. Is This a Sneak Peek at GTA 6 Online? [2d]
- Keep Your Electric Vehicle Ready to Go With the Autel MaxiCharger While It’s $160 Off [2d]
- Champions League Soccer: Livestream Every 2026-27 Match From Anywhere [2d]
- Walmart Deals of the Day: CNET’s Top Speaker Is Down to a Record-Low $199 Price [2d]
- Amazon Deals of the Day: Get Ready for Football Season with Almost 40% Off the Samsung Frame TV [2d]
- Porto vs. Man City 2026: Livestream Champions League Soccer From Anywhere [2d]
- Real Madrid vs. Inter Milan: Livestream Champions League Soccer From Anywhere [2d]
- Apple Event 2026 Live: The First Foldable iPhone, iPhone 18 Pro, Apple Watch 12 and More [2d]
- Nintendo Reveals Ocarina of Time Remake Release Date, a Zelda Switch 2 and a Real Ocarina [2d]
- Coding With OpenAI’s Codex Micro Keypad: The Vibes Are Bad [2d]
- An Hour of Gundam: Rogue Orbit Made Me Feverish for More Robot Combat [2d]
- I Can Finally Stop Caring About My Lawn. Ecovacs Lawn Mowers Are Up to 35% Off [2d]
- People’s Picks: 4 Phone Brands Dominate, but 1 Reigns Supreme and It’s Not Apple [2d]
- Should You Buy a New iPhone From Apple, a Carrier or Unlocked? Here’s What to Know [2d]
- People’s Picks: 4 Phone Brands Dominate, but 1 Reigns Supreme and It’s Not Apple [2d]
- Windows 11 could be getting auto dark mode that works on a schedule [2d]
- iOS 26.6.2 patches only one bug, but it's incredibly important [2d]
- Super-configurable Razer Basilisk V3 Pro mouse with 35K DPI has been discounted by 24% [2d]
- Google Chrome is on a two-week release schedule starting today, version 153 rolling out now [2d]
- Here's when and where to watch 2026 iPhone launch event, and what to expect [2d]
- Apple to launch a brand-new app for Apple Watch tomorrow, says report [2d]
- Bugs related to Windows 11 mouse, desktop, and Teams fixed in latest Patch Tuesday [2d]
- OpenAI says its unreleased AI model has solved a $1 million Millennium Prize problem [2d]
- Windows 11 Future Platforms build 29661 enables IAKerb by default [2d]
- New Windows 11 Insider builds bring cross-device, accessibility and Settings improvements [2d]
- Windows 11 26220.9343 brings new Autoplay, upgraded recovery, improved personalization [2d]
- Windows 10 KB5122878 September 2026 Patch Tuesday update released by Microsoft [2d]
- Windows 11 KB5124008, KB5122880 September 2026 Patch Tuesday now available to download [2d]
- Save 47% on a lifetime subscription to Babbel Language Learning [2d]
- Amazon could spend up to $60 billion on Qualcomm chips under massive AI deal [2d]
- Google Photos will automatically delete your trashed content faster than before [2d]
- Nintendo reveals Zelda Ocarina of Time remake gameplay, out this November [2d]
- Intel releases new Wi-Fi and Bluetooth drivers for Windows 11 and 10 [2d]
- 32-inch Roku LED TV is ridiculously cheap at $119 (33% discount) [2d]
- OpenAI intentionally downloaded book torrents from piracy website LibGen, claims lawsuit [2d]
- Canonical unveils official Ubuntu 26.10 Stonking Stingray wallpapers [2d]
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