BBC
- Widdecombe suspect charged with planning terror act against Farage
- G7 to release millions of barrels of oil and diesel after Trump threat
- Men charged over alleged plot to target Manchester Jewish community
- Woman deceived ex-partner that she had given birth to his babies, judge rules
- Riot police clash with students as education protests rage in France
- Suppliers pile pressure on government over energy bills
- Traitors claim their first victim as Richard E Grant tries to save his skin
- Tories pledge to build 50,000 new prison places
- King's Caribbean tour will not shy away from 'darkest days of our past'
- US murderer Christa Pike unconscious and on ventilator after failed execution, lawyers say
- Met Police urge students to move 7 October protest
- EV drivers love their cars, but some passengers feel sick - this could be why
- Spoiler alert! Is social media ruining big gig surprises?
- Women given shorts at Oktoberfest to prevent upskirting
- Which clubs did Man City's 'inflated' money flow to in transfer market?
- Why thousands of couples are choosing Scotland to say 'I do'
- The Papers: 'G7 strikes oil deal' and 'Alison's TV heart scare'
- I've seen nearly 500 executions - but never one like Christa Pike's
- Could El Niño mean there are no Atlantic hurricanes this year?
- Watch: Why has UK diesel price hit an all time high?
- Intensified Russian strikes are tearing Kyiv apart, warns mayor
- Man City whistleblower to lose witness protection
- Royal Navy's new attack submarine arrives at Faslane
- Woman at centre of Cornell rape inquiry was 'failed' by officials, says New York governor
- Man jailed for piloting small boat carrying 26 others
- BBC News app
- Which clubs did Man City's 'inflated' money flow to in transfer market?
- Man City whistleblower to lose witness protection
- Who has 'no ceiling' as Northern Ireland shine in Nations League?
- Sabalenka 'trying hard to be easier on myself'
- Learning from Arteta and inspiring youngsters - Wilshere on management
- Bath gain revenge on Exeter to win 11-try thriller
Bitcoin
Engadget
- Apple acknowledges AT&T network bug on iPhone 18 Pro Max
- Lyft agrees to pay $272.5 million to settle worker classification lawsuit
- Meta wants people to build their own Muse gadgets, too
- Batomon Showdown is the hottest new auto battler on the block
- Samsung and Google are raising prices on their budget phones
- Apple sounds the alarm on AI agents and 'Full Disk Access'
- iPhone 18 Pro vs iPhone 18 Pro Max: Comparing their displays and batteries
- Samsung Galaxy Tab S12 Ultra vs Apple iPad Pro: Here's how they stack up
- YouTube takes aim at clipper accounts, will prioritize original Shorts
- Soon-to-be merged Paramount and Warner Bros. will be known as Skydance going forward
- AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon have officially teamed up to end coverage gaps
- Affordable alternatives to Apple's AirPods Max
- Don't let the adorable AI agents fool you
- NVIDIA's smuggling problem is getting worse
- Apple is reportedly building a smart home camera that won't record video footage of you or anyone else
- What to expect at Microsoft's Windows, Surface and AI event on October 7
- Tesla rolls out an emergency drive-away feature after Supercharger shooting
- FDA approves artificial heart valve for kids that grows as they do
- Balcony solar installations will soon be legal in America's most populous state
- New Mexico wants Meta to pay $40 billion in penalties for Cambridge Analytica scandal
Pinboard
The Next Web
- AI can’t fix a business system with broken processes
- Google lifts the Pixel 10a price to $599 as memory costs climb
- Nvidia hits its first record since May, within $300B of $6T
- Quantum sensing could become the next foundation of navigation
- Robot software startup FieldAI is set to raise $700M at a $10B valuation
- Pope Leo comes out against AI-generated art and calls for an alliance with artists
- Volantis raises $88M for a photonic memory layer built for AI inference
- Tesla’s deliveries fell 2% and still beat expectations
- Alibaba in early talks with Spain’s Solaria over power for a data centre
- Anthropic tells IPO investors US government actions could hit its business
Smashing Magazine
- Under Autumn’s Spell (October 2026 Wallpapers Edition)
- Stop Treating CSS Container Queries Like Traditional Media Queries
- Building A UX ROI Case That Survives The Boardroom
- The Death Of The Button: Why The Best Interface Is No Interface
- The Many Faces Of September (2026 Wallpapers Edition)
- Rethinking Data Visualisation: A UX Approach To Dashboards That Actually Drives Decisions
- Why Your Website Should Never Stop Changing
- Timing Charts: A Blueprint For SMIL Animations
- New EU Guidelines For AI Labelling
- Building Tactile UX: Honoring Intentional Design With Lottie
- How Baseline Can Help You Ship Less JavaScript
- Small Joys And Big Adventures (August 2026 Wallpapers Edition)
- The Bull And Bear Case For Digital Design In The Age Of AI
- Thinking Outside The Box: Digital Design In The AI Era
- Weaponizing And Defending The React Flight Protocol: Deserialization Sinks In RSCs
- When It Makes Sense To “Block” The Main Thread
- No, People Don’t Want More AI In Their Life
- From Kickoff To First Concept: How To Turn Brand Strategy Into Visual Direction
- Designing For Distressed Users: Why Mental Health Apps Shouldn’t Follow Every UI Fashion
- Meet Kirki: WordPress’s First Visual Builder With An Infinite Canvas
- Users Don’t Need More Tools: They Need Seamless Integrations
- Matching AI Modality To User Intent: Designing The Right Interface
- Why Accessibility Is An Operational Capability, Not A Feature
- Snapshots Of Summer (July 2026 Wallpapers Edition)
- Designing With Uncertainty: How AI Supercharges Probabilistic Thinking
- The Impact Of Humanoid Robots On Humanity
- The Benefits Of Cognitive Inclusion In UX Research
- How To Make Your Design System AI-Ready
- June Is For Exploring (2026 Wallpapers Edition)
- Algorithmic Theming Engines: Building Self-Correcting Color Systems With `contrast-color()`
- Your Prototype Is Not Being Honest With Your Users (And Here’s How To Fix It)
- Four Levels Of Customer Understanding
- Advanced Tree Counting: Mathematical Layouts With `sibling-index()` And `sibling-count()`
- Ten Data-Backed Truths Of User Experience ROI
- Practical Interface Patterns For AI Transparency (Part 2)
- The Architecture Of Local-First Web Development
- Rethinking The Experience Of System Tools
- Designing Stable Interfaces For Streaming Content
- A Fresh View In May (2026 Wallpapers Edition)
- The “Bug-Free” Workforce: How AI Efficiency Is Subtly Disrupting The Interactions That Build Strong Teams
Wirecutter
- The 24 Best Gifts for Husbands (That Are Great for Anyone)
- The Best Bean Bag Chairs
- 21 Ways to Give the Gift of Luxury Without Spending a Fortune
- The Best Two-Player Board Games
- The Very Best October Prime Day Deals We’ve Already Found (Including Discounts You Won't See Anywhere Else)
- The Best Cotton Sheets
- 11 Spooky Video Games We Love for Halloween
- The Best Bath Towel
- The Best Jewelry Boxes and Organizers
- The Best GPS Running Watches
Sweethome
- The Best Bean Bag Chairs
- The Best Cotton Sheets
- The Best Bath Towel
- The Best Jewelry Boxes and Organizers
- The Best Label Makers
- 11 Things You Might Be Cleaning Wrong — and What To Do Instead
- The Best Cordless Stick Vacuum
- The Best Digital Photo Frame
- Every Space Deserves a Warm Glow. This Little Iconic Lamp Delivers.
- The Best Power Outage Tools and Supplies
Hacker News
- Newgrounds.com – A community of games, music, and art
- Extra Big Ass Intelligence
- The Forgetful CPU (Linux on M4)
- Court agrees with EFF: Utah's VPN law demands a technical impossibility
- Mike Tomlin spent 12 years building a Minecraft city
- Apple Pass Designer
- A 12-year sequence of telescope images of a star and four planets orbiting
- Cloudflare OHTTP gateway
- Loss of cell identity drives human aging: Two new papers
- With most information hidden, the game Stratego had stumped AI until now
- Muse Gadgets
- Things that apparently cause cancer
- From the creator of Redis; run LLM locally with ds4
- Greg Kroah-Hartman – Security in the LLM Age [video]
- FLUX 3 Image
- Updates to Full Disk Access in macOS
- There's a new sea spider in town
- NTSB Preliminary Report: Prime Air 767 Runway Overrun [pdf]
- The Legend of von Neumann (1973) [pdf]
- Sites in ChatGPT
- Show HN: Giving Opus 5.5 a simulated paint canvas
- Where Is the Planet
- OKI Develops 124-Layer PCB Technology
- Venice’s failed war against Constantinople led to the first bond market
- Billions of Triangles Redux
- Show HN: Made an open-source Lego AI generator
- Blogging with Gleam, Org-Mode and Pandoc
- One month coding with GLM 5.3 Flash
- The first packet sent via RFC1149 avian carrier is up for auction at Christie's
- Anatomy of a Lean proof for software engineers
Ars Technica
- Apple changes full-disk access permissions to curb abuse from AI agents
- Someone got Doom in an SQL database
- Amazon’s $1B plan to combat data center backlash draws more backlash
- Patient-zero drill put health facilities to the test—40% of them failed
- Lyft settles landmark driver misclassification lawsuit for $272.5M
- The 2008 economic crisis changed the US's relationship with energy
- US arrests tech CEO accused of smuggling $300M in Nvidia chips into China
- Research roundup: 6 cool science stories we almost missed
- US military ends long-running program to spot nuclear missile launches
- How I kept cool with NYC's free battery program for window AC units
- Cybertruck sales in free fall as Tesla reports mediocre sales for Q3
- The 7-year-old Nvidia Shield TV is now $100 more expensive due to AI
- Rocket Report: SpaceX completes launch triple-header; Rocket Lab nets big contract
- TCL is right to question Samsung’s use of the term “Mini LED”
- Venus' mysterious haze is actually cosmic dust
- SpaceX describes surgical intervention before launch of latest crew mission
- Hacks of 2 federal agencies in a month have spilled a bonanza of sensitive data
- Judge dismisses Chegg and Penske antitrust lawsuits targeting Google AI search
- Can good design stop content creators from having sex in robotaxis?
- Marvel releases one last VisionQuest trailer
Digg
New Scientist
Slashdot
- New Mexico Wants Meta To Pay $40 Billion In Penalties For Cambridge Analytica Scandal
- AI Has Finally Learned To Play Stratego
- The University of Washington Is Moving a Graduate Program to Microsoft's Campus
- Apple Tightens macOS 'Full Disk Access' Controls As AI Agents 'Substantially' Increase Risk
- Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery to Become Skydance
- Used Processor Leads To Game Ban
- EU's Microsoft Teams Alternative Draws Bad Reviews From Officials
- Judge Dismisses Chegg and Penske Antitrust Lawsuits Targeting Google AI Search
- Social Media Harms Democracy By Spreading Rumors, Survey Shows
- Error-Prone AI Nearly Sparked World War Three Last Month
- 20% of Swiss Glaciers Lost In Five Years
- OpenAI Alerts More Than 100 Groups About Rogue AI Agent Activity
- California Rushes To Prepare For Massive 'Kelvin' Wave, Predicted Sea Level Rise
- Amazon's New Kindle Accessories Bring Back Physical Controls
- Russian-Owned Snooping Software Used By US Secret Service
BoingBoing
- Quantified Self cofounder Gary Wolf brings his new book to Los Angeles
- Rob Ullman drew a 48-page comic about his single day in Zion National Park
- Jared Kushner vows to someday argue with the press
- Doom ported to Commodore 64
- Manage your PDFs with ease for life with this $80 Mac PDF Editor
- New camera database has 1482 entries and it hasn't even gotten to "B"
- Does Olivia Dean's "I've Seen It" copy Bill Withers' "Just The Two Of Us?"
- The most exciting thing about Amazon's 2026 Kindle refresh is a clicker
- Glass eyes, death masks, and human skulls: browse a weird auction's results
- Trump's Kennedy Center is apparently fencing the Steinways
- First-time U.S. passport applicants will soon be able to apply online
- Man exonerated by dashcam
- Ad for Huel meal replacement shakes banned in UK
- Mandelnaut: an atlas of beautiful fractals
- Pay $70 and get $150 in travel data with this lifetime eSIM
- Man charged with child rape set to become Louisiana police chief
- Japan court rules actors have right to their own voices
- Instax Pal 2: fun but pricey pocket toy camera
- RAM shortage to last two more years, say top manufacturers
- 11 mystery Flock cameras identified in Florida county
- Book of Shapes: customizable SVG patterns for print and web
- Trump keeps trying to label Texas' meat-eating Talarico a "vagan"
- France discovers the dubious pleasures of AI detection
- Sir Clive Sinclair on AI, from 2006
- Get Microsoft Office 2024 Professional Plus for $50 for life
- Grandpa Pudding Brains demonstrates the little "steering-wheels" airplanes "used to have"
- Fox cuts away while JD Vance argues with hecklers and the positions he assigned them
- Spy magazine turns 40 with daily posts about a certain short-fingered vulgarian
- Captain America No. 1 kept in a cardboard box for 80 years sells for $716,750
- Trump "super intelligence" rebrand leads to land rush for .si domains
Core77
- Core77 Weekly Roundup (9-28-26 to 10-2-26)
- Translucent Leather Wallets
- In an Industrial Space, a Freestanding Bedroom Structure as Home-Within-a-Home
- These Ignition Button Covers for Cars Will Surely Fill the Hole in Your Life
- Hell in a Handbasket: An Add-On Reading Screen for Your Phone So You Don't Have to Develop Willpower
- UTV Decks: How to Transport a UTV Without a Trailer
- "A Design Wonderland:" The X-D-E-P-O-T, a Repository of Good Design
- London Design Festival 2026
- Strutt's Chief Designer Covers the Development of Their Powered Wheelchair Battery
- The Unusual Joinery in Abuse Studio's 1000L Furniture
- LDF 2026: Design collectives
- Meta's Radically Thinner, More Lightweight VR Glasses
- AI Has Changed What Makes a Great Designer
- Titan Straps: Fast, Tough Tie-Down Straps Invented for a Bikerafting Trip
- A "Mirror" Made Out of Motorized Penguins
CNET
The Verge
- Meta open sources code to let you make Muse AI gadgets
- Netflix is pivoting away from prestige
- Apple will limit Mac disk access as AI agents ‘substantially’ increase risk
- Sling TV drops its one-day cable passes
- OpenAI’s Dot agent is enterprise software that can also order your dinner
- Breaking up (with Elon Musk) is hard to do
- Rivian’s sales pop as the company’s big R2 bet starts to pay off
- Beehiiv creators are buzzing about a new price increase
- Nacon’s new PS5 controller can mix audio from your phone and console
- Dots get up in Muse’s business
Wired
- 20% Off Brooks Promo Code | October 2026
- 50% Off DoorDash Promo Code | October 2026
- Hoka Coupon Codes: 30% Off in October 2026
- Surfshark Promo Codes: 87% Off | October 2026
- Klook Promo Code: 25% Off October 2026
- Chewy Promo Codes: $20 Off October 2026
- ICE Has Been Dumping Protester Photos Into a Palantir Database
- This Shoe Company’s Instagram Ad With a Frat Is Pissing People Off
- The NHL Is Releasing Its Own ‘Hot’ Fanfic. Romance Lovers Hate It
- These AI Experts Want to Do High-Stakes Research Out in the Open
- Trump’s Crazy AI Rebrand Was a Loyalty Test for Tech Execs—and It Worked
- Amazon Says It’s No Longer Using NDAs for Data Centers
- Best Smart Cat Trackers of 2026: Fi Mini vs. Tractive
- Your Driverless Cab Is Spying on You
- Election Deniers Think the GOP’s Terrible Midterm Polling Is a ‘Psyop’
- A Flaw in ChatGPT’s Mac App Could Have Let Hackers Grab Sensitive Data
- AI Is Making a Mess of Nurses’ Schedules. They Say It’s a Safety Issue
- 31 Best STEM Toys for Kids (2026): Learning Made Fun
- Peacock Promo Codes: 40% Off October 2026
- Nike Promo Codes and Discounts: 30% for October 2026
LifeHacker
- The Top 10 TV Series Right Now, According to Streaming Data
- I’m a Deals Writer, and These Are My Top 10 Tech Deals This Week
- Apple Wants to Make It Harder to Run Agentic AI on Your Mac
- Changing This Setting May Extend Your Battery Life on iOS 27
- Why I Think the Apple Watch Series 12 Is Worth the Upgrade
- October Prime Day 2026 Live Blog: The Best Deals on Headphones, TVs, Fitness Tech, and More
- Four Major Issues Are Plaguing the iPhone 18 Pro and 18 Pro Max
- 15 Hacks Every Opera Browser User Should Know
- These DeWalt Cordless Power Tools Are up to 40% Off at Lowe's Right Now
- The Top 10 Movies Right Now, According to Streaming Data
- These Are the Best Bluetooth Speaker Deals for October Prime Day
- This TP-Link Wi-Fi 7 Router Is 32% Off for October Prime Day
- Lifehacker Deals Live Blog: The Best Tech Sales, All in One Place
- The Best Deals on Anker Tech During the October Prime Day Sale
- These Are the Best Laptop Deals From the October Prime Day Sale
- 10 Apple 'Photos' Hacks Every iPhone User Should Know
- Why You Shouldn't Expect a Tiny Kindle Any Time Soon
- Amazon Prime Members Can Get Two Free E-Books in October
- The Best Deals on Fitness Equipment From the October Prime Day Sale
- The Best Outdoor Home Maintenance Tools on Sale for October Prime Day
- I Tried the Pixel Watch's New 'Health Guardian,' and I'm Not Convinced It's Useful
- 10 Shows Like 'Crew Girl' You Should Watch Next
- You Could Lose Your Access to 'Old Reddit' Forever, but There's a Workaround
- Amazon Just Released New Kindles, but I'm More Excited About the Accessories
- The Kindle Kids Is Nearly $60 Off for October Prime Day
- These Are the Best Cordless Power Tools on Sale at Home Depot, Ahead of October Prime Day
- These Are the Best October Prime Day Deals on Specialty Tools for DIY
- These Are the Best October Prime Day Deals on Power Banks
- This Eero Max Wifi Mesh System Is $350 Off for October Prime Day
- These Are the Best October Prime Day Deals on Smart Home Tech
- 10 Hacks Every 'YNAB' User Should Know
- The Best Deals on Sony Tech During October Prime Day
- This Credit Card-Sized E-Reader Has a Front Light and a Touchscreen, and It's 15% Off for October Prime Day
- How to Sign up for Amazon's ‘Invite-Only’ Deals During October Prime Day
- This Compact Sony Soundbar Is Under $100 in an October Prime Day Sale
- One Tech Brand Will Get the Biggest Discounts During October Prime Day
- 10 'One UI 9' Hacks Every Samsung Galaxy User Should Know
- Three Reasons Not to Use ‘Buy Now, Pay Later’ During the Amazon Prime Day Sale
- Is the Treadmill or Your Watch More Accurate on How Far You've Run?
- How Often You Need to Order From Amazon to Cover the Cost of Prime
- These Are the Best Deals on Apple Products From the October Prime Day Sale
- If You Loved 'Furious,' There's One Movie You Need to Watch Next
- Your Mac Should Be Doing More of the Work. Here's How MacPaw Helps
- These Are the Best October Prime Day Deals on Cordless Power Tools
- This Versatile Multi-Port Charger Is on Sale for Under $100 Right Now
- These Top-Rated TVs Are up to 41% Off for October Prime Day
- 10 Spotlight Search Hacks Every iPhone User Should Know
- The Best Deals on Tablets and iPads From the October Prime Day Sale
- The US Government Just Launched an AI Chatbot
- These Are the Best October Prime Day Deals on Smartwatches
- ‘Aura Battle,’ ‘Tylenol Baby,’ and Other Gen Z and Gen Alpha Slang You Might Need Help Decoding
- OpenAI Just Announced 'Dots,' a New Type of Personalized AI Agent
- 10 Shows Like 'Lioness' You Should Watch Next
- 10 Hacks Every Canva User Should Know
- Spotify and Claude Are Both Down
- The Out-of-Touch Adults' Guide to Kid Culture: What Is Viking Rap?
- These Are the Best Headphones on Sale Right Now for October Prime Day
- This Blink Floodlight Camera Is 60% Off for October Prime Day
- These Fire TV Soundbars Are up to 42% Off for October Prime Day
- These Kindle Scribes Are 21% Off for October Prime Day
- This 65-Inch Sony OLED TV Is $800 Off During the October Prime Day Sale
- These Are the Best Tech Gifts Under $50
- 10 Security Hacks Every Local AI User Should Know
- Sam's Club Has Some Great Tech Deals to Compete With October Prime Day
- This Hanging Dryer Finally Solved My Smelly Shoe Problem
- If Your iPhone 18 Pro Is Randomly Rebooting, There's a Fix
- If You Love 'American Horror Story,' There's One Movie You Need to Watch Next
- These Are the Best October Prime Day Deals on Tools
- The Boox Picco Is a Contender for My New Favorite Tiny E-Reader
- These Are the Best October Prime Day Deals on DeWalt Cordless Tools
- This Blink 2K+ Doorbell and Five-Camera Bundle Is 71% Off for October Prime Day
- This 65-Inch Samsung Mini-LED TV Is at Its Lowest Price Ever for October Prime Day
- This Philips Smart Door Lock With Handle Is 26% Off for October Prime Day
- This Highly Rated TCL Mini-LED TV Is 32% Off for October Prime Day
- Five Game-Changing Features on Garmin's Fenix 9 Pro
- Everything You Need to Know About the October Prime Day Sale
- This Massive Paper-Like TCL Tablet Is 26% Off for October Prime Day
- I Taped a Fitbit to My Arm for a Week, and I Admit It's a Good Hack
- This Credit Card-Sized E-Reader Is 15% Off in Amazon's October Prime Day Sale
- I Tried Google’s New Image Editor, and It Could Replace Canva and Photoshop
- Five Ad Blocker Hacks Every Android User Should Know
- I Tried Snap Specs, and They Could Be the Future of Smart Glasses
- This Foldable Anker Charger Is 34% Off for October Prime Day
- This Tiny Clip-On Bluetooth Speaker Is $30 Off for October Prime Day
- This Pixel Watch 4 Is $120 Off for October Prime Day
- The GoPro Lit Hero Is $65 Off in This Early October Prime Day Sale
- What's New on Netflix in October 2026
- I Tested the Apple Watch's New Heart Rate Sensor to See If It's Really Better Than Garmin's
- The Best Amazon Prime Benefits You Probably Don't Know About
- These Are the Biggest Announcements From Meta Connect 2026
- These Are the Best Price-Tracking Tools I Use As a Deals Writer
- 10 Shows Like 'American Horror Story' You Should Watch Next
- The Best Power Tools to Gift Your Favorite DIYer
- I Tried Siri AI on My New Apple Watch, and I'm Frustrated
- How Garmin's New 'Epic' Feature Helps Me See the Bigger Picture of My Training
- Apple Has a Fix for Your New Apple Watch's Restart Bug
- Apple Intelligence Is Taking Up Way More Storage Than Apple Promised on These Devices
- 10 uBlock Origin Hacks Everyone Should Know
- Why You Probably Won't Have to Verify Your Age With Discord After All
- Have Deletion Anxiety? The Anti-Minimalist’s Guide to Essential Mac Maintenance
The Onion
The Register
TechMeme
- Sources: TSMC is exploring plans to work with Elon Musk's Terafab project as it mulls a presence in Texas, adding to its existing plans to expand in Arizona (Tim Culpan/Culpium)
- Reco, whose tech helps enterprises secure and govern AI agents across SaaS environments, raised a $55M Series B extension, taking its total funding to $140M (Ram Iyer/TechCrunch)
- Onsemi revises its Synaptics acquisition to a ~$5.7B all-cash offer, down from the ~$7B all-stock deal announced in June, after Synaptics received another bid (Elias Schisgall/Wall Street Journal)
- A US judge rules an officer's use of Flock to search a car's license plate was a form of "indiscriminate mass surveillance", and violated the Fourth Amendment (Jason Koebler/404 Media)
- Supabase raised $150M led by Singapore's GIC and agrees to acquire Turso, which offers a database optimized for AI agents, for an undisclosed sum (Maria Deutscher/SiliconANGLE)
- David Robinson, who worked on OpenAI's Safety Systems team and had previously led policy planning, left OpenAI last week (Stephen Council/Business Insider)
- Leaked Slack messages show OpenAI employees' pushback in June to Greg Brockman's Leading the Future ties, contributing to Brockman reneging on a $25M donation (Garrison Lovely/Semafor)
- Amazon says it has stopped using NDAs with county officials for data center projects and acknowledges community backlash is leading to data center moratoriums (Molly Taft/Wired)
- Nvidia announces a version of DGX Spark with 64 GB of unified memory for $4,999, or $1,000 more than the 128 GB version at launch (Michael Kan/PCMag)
- Apple releases an update for iPhone 18 Pro Max devices on AT&T to address cellular failures; units that already lost service require hardware replacement (Chance Miller/9to5Mac)
- Meta announces Muse Gadgets, providing an open source ESP32 microchip firmware and a Linux SDK to let users bring Muse to their hardware, like Raspberry Pi 5 (Karissa Bell/Engadget)
- Meta says it is letting go of employees it hired from AI safety startup Virtue AI four months after they joined the company, citing clashing work styles (Ashley Gold/Semafor)
- Memo: the US Army is creating an autonomous systems command, after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced the Meridian and Agincourt robotic warfare projects (Colin Demarest/Axios)
- TypeSafe CEO Diogo Almeida says Jev is in use by ~25% of Fortune 500 companies and "we were at a trillion tokens per day about a week ago" (Elias Schisgall/Wall Street Journal)
- Tavus unveils Griffin, the "first Human Interaction Model", which it says passed the "video Turing test", with 48% of users thinking it was human in live chats (@tavus)