AI Agents Are Thirsty for Power
Wired
Silicon Valley is shifting away from chatbot queries toward a future filled with resource-intensive agentic AI—and it's driving the data center buildout. more…
Why Apple’s next computer should be for the smart home
The Verge
John Ternus didn't mention Apple Home once during his first keynote as Apple CEO. But he did open by describing an "intelligent personal hub" that prioritizes local processing, protects your privacy, and integrates with all your other devices, apps, and servi… more…
Schools are catching on to Big Tech’s playbook
The Verge
It's the hot new thing in tech, and it's where all the jobs are. Students who don't learn to use it fall behind. And to help them catch up in time, its creators are graciously providing the resources and curriculum for learning it, often pro bono. That's the … more…
Have You Protested AI Recently? Anthropic May Be Watching You for Precrimes
CNET
A recent report alleges Anthropic is finding ways to monitor activists and surveil dissent. more…
Calls to slow AI development are forcing Wall Street to rethink the AI trade
Business Insider
Investors spent months worrying AI spending was too much, too fast. Now they're worried AI development could slow. more…
'Diary of a CEO' star Steven Bartlett will bet up to $400 million to build a new generation of star creators
Business Insider
Star podcaster Steven Bartlett is joining with Authentic Brands Group to grow creator businesses through a venture called OBSN. more…
Wall Street already loves ChatGPT. Now OpenAI is doubling down.
Business Insider
OpenAI announced ChatGPT for Financial Services on Thursday, bringing more data under the hood of the AI tool and adding new accuracy checks. more…
iOS 27 is out now. Here are the biggest changes the update is bringing to your iPhone.
Business Insider
Apple is updating the brains inside the iPhone. Here are the biggest changes in iOS 27, which launched on Monday. more…
What smart people are saying about China’s role in ‘pacing the frontier’
Business Insider
China has become central to the debate over slowing frontier AI as safety concerns collide with US-China rivalry. more…
At 18, I ran home yelling, 'We're rich!' My dad quickly proved me wrong.
Business Insider
Charles Bonfiglio couldn't get a loan or lease for his own business. Joining an established franchise helped him get both and taught him how to scale. more…
Trump threatened Canada's Bombardier over US production. Here's where the planemaker already employs Americans.
Business Insider
Bombardier has 3,500 direct US employees. It builds wings in Texas and flight components in California, and runs a giant parts shop in Chicago. more…
Parents are drowning in school apps
Business Insider
Carpool, grades, teacher announcements: There's now an app for every school activity. And it's baffling the parents who have to manage all the tech. more…
He Built Products at Beats, Apple and LVMH. Here’s How He Ended Up at a $1.5 Billion Startup That’s Making Your Data Safer.
Entrepreneur
Ian Rogers shares his biggest lesson from building Apple Music. more…
Anthropic CEO Warns AI Could ‘Outrun Our Ability to Understand and Control’ It
Entrepreneur
In a 3,800-word essay, Dario Amodei called for a global slowdown of AI. Sam Altman agrees. more…
BRKZ secures $31m to scale AI-enabled building materials procurement
The Next Web
BRKZ is a technology-enabled building materials procurement platform in Saudi Arabia. It has announced $31 million in new capital to fuel its next phase of growth. That includes advancing its AI-powered pricing and fulfillment engine. It also includes rolling… more…
Before developing AngelAi, Pavan Agarwal built reverse mortgage software later adopted by other lenders
The Next Web
Years before developing AngelAi, Pavan Agarwal was already building mortgage software. Earlier in his career at Sun West Mortgage Company, Inc. he developed ReverseSoft, a backend platform for reverse mortgage operations that, according to the company, was la… more…
Salesforce drops ‘Agentforce’ from product names, The Information reports
The Next Web
Salesforce is taking the word “Agentforce” out of the names of some of its biggest products, a week before its Dreamforce customer conference. Kevin McLaughlin and Laura Bratton reported the change for The Information, citing two people with direct knowledge … more…
Baseten buys Blaxel, a startup that builds sandboxes for AI agents
The Next Web
AI inference company Baseten has acquired Blaxel, a startup that builds secure execution environments, or sandboxes, for AI agents. Baseten co-founder and chief technology officer Amir Haghighat told Axios Pro about the deal, which the outlet reported first o… more…
Microsoft patches a record 974 flaws, and two are already under attack
The Next Web
Microsoft’s September Patch Tuesday fixes 974 security flaws across its products, according to the company’s release notes. Attackers were already exploiting two of them before the patches landed on Tuesday. Both zero-days let an attacker who already has a fo… more…
China’s data regulator plans standards for embodied AI, ten days after industry asked
The Next Web
China’s National Data Administration said it will develop standards for embodied AI data and guide local authorities on the work, ten days after seven companies asked it for exactly that. Europe regulates who may reach the data a machine generates but has no … more…
Clay raises $115m at a $7.1bn valuation, more than double its 2025 price
The Next Web
Clay has raised $115m in a Series D round that values the New York go-to-market software company at $7.1bn. Wellington Management led the round, the company said in its announcement on Wednesday. The New York Times broke the news, in a DealBook story by Micha… more…
“We don’t need any new laws”: Jensen Huang splits with Amodei at Dreamforce
The Next Web
“We don’t need any new laws. We don’t need new regulations,” Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang said on Tuesday, on the main stage of Salesforce’s Dreamforce conference in San Francisco. Earlier in the same keynote, Anthropic chief executive Dario Amodei mad… more…
Motive pulls its IPO filing after raising $1.3bn from General Catalyst
The Next Web
Motive has secured more than $1.3bn in growth financing from General Catalyst’s Customer Value Fund, the company announced on Thursday. Because of the financing, Motive has withdrawn its previously filed S-1 registration statement for an initial public offeri… more…
Salesforce closes Fin and eyes $2bn Listen Labs, Business Insider reports
The Next Web
Salesforce completed its acquisition of Fin on Thursday, bringing the customer service AI company formerly known as Intercom into its business. The same week, Business Insider’s Katie Roof and Ben Bergman reported that Salesforce has held talks to buy a secon… more…
ENISA used an OpenAI model to find four flaws in EU code, Politico reports
The Next Web
The EU’s cybersecurity agency used an OpenAI model to find four flaws in code for an EU project, Politico reported on 10 September. ENISA spokesperson Laura Heuvinck confirmed the findings to Politico’s Sam Clark. One flaw carries a high-risk rating, and an a… more…
Christy Chen on why today’s chatbots aren’t built to help you know yourself
The Next Web
Christy Chen, founder of Cit Labs, argues that AI chatbots fail at emotional support not because the technology is incapable but because the models were optimized for engagement, trained on text that performs support rather than delivers it, and lack physiolo… more…
Researchers used AI to build a WeChat worm that spreads through phone calls
The Next Web
Researchers at Calif, a Palo Alto security company, say they used AI to build a worm that spreads through WeChat calls. It takes over an account while the phone is still ringing. It then uses that account to call the victim’s contacts and repeat the trick. Te… more…
“Crazy nonsense”: Benioff dismisses the SaaSpocalypse and launches AIforce
The Next Web
Salesforce chief executive Marc Benioff has dismissed months of talk about a “SaaSpocalypse”. “We’ve been hearing all this kind of crazy nonsense about the SaaSpocalypse, especially over the last six months,” he said on Tuesday, opening the Dreamforce 2026 ke… more…
Canadian boycott of US products pushes grocers to adapt, explore new supply sources
Yahoo Entertainment
By Nivedita Balu TORONTO, Sept 12 (Reuters) - A growing consumer push to buy Canadian and boycott U.S. products is reshaping supermarket shelves in Canada, f... more…
Calls to slow AI development are forcing Wall Street to rethink the AI trade
Business Insider
Investors spent months worrying AI spending was too much, too fast. Now they're worried AI development could slow. more…
Mark Zuckerberg is outsourcing his thinking to AI. It shows in his new ‘personal AI agent’ experiment
Yahoo Entertainment
AI can remove costly workplace bottlenecks, but leaders risk losing the dissent and competing views that make better decisions possible. more…
Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta bet that AI would shrink its management ranks. Now it’s quietly rebuilding them
Yahoo Entertainment
The company that spent the past year telling managers to code is now asking some engineers in a key AI division whether they'd like to lead teams again. more…
$100 oil is putting China's new role as a 'demand-side OPEC' to the test
Business Insider
China built buffers that let it buy less oil when prices soar. With crude back above $100, its buying decisions increasingly matter to the world. more…
How to Think Like a Filmmaker: AI Video With Seedance
Socialmediaexaminer.com
Wondering how to create AI-generated video that looks cinematic instead of cheap? Want a repeatable workflow for turning a simple concept into polished AI video content using tools like Seedance? In this article, you'll discover a step-by-step process for pr… more…
A Reminder From Lina Khan: We Don’t Need New Laws to Prosecute CEOs at AI Companies
Gizmodo.com
A 1934 Supreme Court decision, for example, outlawed the “race to the bottom” dynamic that’s been sparking so much fear among AI circles today. more…
Trump Is Looking for Diesel in All the Wrong Places
The Atlantic
A Russia-Ukraine cease-fire isn’t guaranteed to get prices down. more…
Everything Trump Wants to Do Causes Inflation
The Atlantic
Does he not understand, or does he just not care? more…
Cua (YC P25) Is Hiring a Founding Technical GTM Lead
Hacker News
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About Cua
Cua is building the infrastructure and agent products that let AI safely and reliably use computers and applications.
At the center of our ecosystem is Cua Driver, the fastest-growing computer-use framework. Developers use Cua Driv… more…
Foundation Model Engineering: From Theory to Production
Github.io
A technical textbook for understanding foundation model architectures, training pipelines, inference systems, RAG, evaluation, alignment, and agentic AI from theory to production. more…
Ask HN: Career paths to consider if I am better at supporting than creating?
Hacker News
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Shopify moves back to Native from React Native
Shopify.engineering
Coding agents changed what it costs to build mobile apps twice. Here’s why Shopify is moving from React Native back to Swift and Kotlin. more…
Suno v6 released for music creation
Suno.com
A New Generation of Music Models, in Partnership with the Music Industry more…
What Comes After Git
Ersc.io
Our thoughts about the future of version control more…
Open-Source AI and Open Models Reading List
Interconnects.ai
How to get up to speed on open models and their implications. more…
Re-Engineering YouTube for the Living Room: Bringing "Chrobalt" to RDK
Collabora.com
Working with Google, Collabora built the first RDK-based Chrobalt reference platform for third-party devices, enabling next-generation YouTube deployments on embedded TV platforms. more…
I refuse to let SPICE die
Github.com
Windows SPICE guest agent. Community-maintained fork of the abandoned freedesktop.org vd_agent. - nefarius/vd_agent more…
Günther Anders, the Philosopher at the End of the World
Compactmag.com
When Army Air Forces officer Claude Eatherly piloted the plane Straight Flush in support of Enola Gay’s mission to obliterate the city of Hiroshima, his tasks were little different from those of past flights. more…
The AI job market in 2026
Ilinmaks.com
The AI labor market in September 2026 from LinkedIn, WEF, Stanford, PwC and Bain data: the most in-demand AI roles, salaries in the US and Europe, what grows and what fades. more…
Jabber/XMPP: How Do We Gain Traction?
Gultsch.de
Signal Sucks, Actually When I first installed Signal in the second half of 2023 to stay in touch with a few friends who had recently switched, it did not support message edits. This completely broke the way I used instant messengers. At that point, editing me… more…
Datamimic – don't let your coding agent invent its own test world
Github.com
Model-driven synthetic test data for CI/CD and analytics - deterministic, privacy-preserving, and domain-aware. Includes Python APIs, XML pipelines, and MCP/IDE integration to orchestrate realistic... more…
Making Startups Powerful
Paulgraham.com
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Making Startups Powerful
Paulgraham.com
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A Mathematical Framework for Transformer Circuits (2021)
Transformer-circuits.pub
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A Beginning for Mathematics
Daniellitt.com
A positive vision for the future of mathematics: how our institutions can deepen human understanding as AI transforms mathematical research. more…
A Beginning for Mathematics
Proofsandprompts.com
Daniel Litt, professor at the University of Toronto Three years ago, AI systems could not reliably add two numbers. A year ago, internal models at OpenAI and DeepMind received the equivalent of a g… more…
A Dick Smith VZ200 without the Dick Smith
Blogspot.com
Australians! They walk among us ! Do not be deceived by those charming faces! They might be your parent! They might sleep in the same bed... more…
There Is No AI (It's Just People) with Jaron Lanier
Singjupost.com
Editor's Note: In this special edition episode of StarTalk, host Neil deGrasse Tyson, co-host Gary O'Reilly, and comedian Negin Farsad sit down with computer scientist and "father of virtual reality" Jaron Lanier. Together, they explore more…
How apple detectives solved the mystery of an ancient tree—and rewrote the history of fruit
Scientific American
And how they might have helped save the future of American apples more…
The Tim Ferriss Show Transcripts: Why Kids Can Learn 10x Faster Than We Think — Niels Hoven of Mentava (Tim Coaching Session) (#882)
Tim.blog
Please enjoy this live, unscripted working session with a founder, one of only two I’ve done this year. Niels Hoven (@NielsHoven) is the founder and CEO of Mentava, a company building software to support fast learners. Niel’s full bio Books, people, tools, an… more…
ELEGOO DAY 2026 Invites the World to Create, Share, and Grow With Nexprint
Yanko Design
ELEGOO DAY 2026 Invites the World to Create, Share, and Grow With NexprintEvery idea deserves somewhere to go, and for a lot of 3D printing hobbyists, that place has been missing. ELEGOO wants to change that with... more…
Everyone Is Quoting The Same Number And Getting Different Answers via @sejournal, @DuaneForrester
Substack.com
Publishers are blocking AI crawlers on a metric whose denominator is missing an unknown share of referrals.
The post Everyone Is Quoting The Same Number And Getting Different Answers appeared first on Search Engine Journal. more…
Making the Internet a Bit Less Sh*t: Inside Resn’s Digital Experiences
Tympanus.net
A look at how Resn combines brand, content, technology and a healthy disregard for boring websites to create digital experiences people actually want to explore. more…
Yestalgia: Bringing Decathlon’s ’90s Spirit to Life Through a Playful Digital Experience
Tympanus.net
A closer look at how Yestalgia brings Decathlon’s ’90s-inspired vision to the web through art direction, interaction, animation, and creative development. more…
Samsung's $4.99 SmartThings fee follows you to Home Assistant
XDA Developers
And here's why you cannot escape it. more…
We Are Living in the Fantasy World of 13-Year-Old Boys ....
kottke.org
We Are Living in the Fantasy World of 13-Year-Old Boys. Today’s tech titans took all the wrong lessons from the science fiction of their youths and now they’re each building their version of the Torme more…
When the Whole Company Adopts AI: What It Does to Your SOC
Internet
Over the past year, we watched a new class of alert appear in enterprise security operations centers and grow faster than anything else in the stream: alerts that were triggered by AI tools and agents. Not attacks against AI, but the ordinary, everyday footpr… more…
Will Adobe’s AI-Driven, Record-Setting Revenue Ease Wall Street’s Worry?
PetaPixel
Adobe has had a busy start to the month. Last week, its Board of Directors selected Adobe's next President and CEO, and this week, the company posted record-setting Q3 financial results.
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Meta Hit With Class-Action Lawsuit For Allegedly Using Instagram Photos to Build ‘Name Tag’
PetaPixel
A federal class-action lawsuit has been launched accusing Meta of harvesting millions of photographs from Facebook and Instagram to build "Name Tag", an unreleased facial recognition system for its smart glasses.
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Is Keto Dead?
Marksdailyapple.com
Keto dieting might not be as popular as it once was, but plenty of people still use low-carb, high-fat diets to lose weight, address health issues, and build metabolic flexibility. more…
Earn a first-year dollar-for-dollar cash-back match with these Discover offers
The Points Guy
If you're thinking of applying for a Discover card, you need to make sure you get a good offer. We've got the info you need to make the right call on applying. more…
‘Everytime’ Review: Sandra Wollner’s Infinitely Beguiling Portrait of Grief in the Digital Age Is One of the Most Haunting Films of the Decade
IndieWire
TIFF: Picking up where the likes of "Aftersun" and "Personal Shopper" left off, Wollner's unforgettable third feature explores the modern world's changing relationship to death. more…
Eline Deckers: Black and White Street Photography in Antwerp | 500px Photographer Spotlight
500px.com
Eline Deckers works in hard light and is not afraid of the dark. The Antwerp-based photographer shoots under the name Studio EDX, and she makes black-and-white street photography with the contrast turned all the way up. A figure in a wide-brimmed hat is reduc… more…
Enterprise Analytics Beyond Dashboards: Intelligent Data Orchestration with LLMs
Oreilly.com
In 17 years of building enterprise data platforms, I’ve watched every organization eventually ask the same question: “Can I ask one question and get one answer across everything my company knows?” A finance analyst wants actual revenue from the warehouse, pip… more…
When Content Is Free, Trust Is the Product
Oreilly.com
There is more technical content available today than any human being could read in a thousand lifetimes. Every topic has a dozen YouTube videos, three Substack posts, a GitHub repo, and a Reddit thread, most created in the last six months and, in many cases, … more…
Why It Took Toteme 12 Years to Try Menswear
Highsnobiety
We talked to Toteme co-founder Karl Lindman about building the womenswear label's debut menswear line with Hedi-era Celine alum Alexander Häggblad. more…
Can Europe recharge its battery industry?
BBC News
Europe has some promising battery tech, but can it make up ground lost to Chinese battery giants? more…
‘Attacks will be fully autonomous’: Russia, Ukraine race towards AI warfare
Al Jazeera English
Automated AI drones are just one component of an ultimate chain of destruction both sides are building. more…
Syria fuel price hikes test public patience with economic recovery
Al Jazeera English
Anger rises in Syrian cities as fuel price hikes burden struggling households amid an ongoing cost-of-living crisis. more…
Israeli checkpoints in the West Bank are choking the Palestinian economy
Al Jazeera English
Israeli military checkpoints are choking the West Bank economy, devastating local businesses and daily life. more…
Sweden heads to the polls: What’s at stake in the knife-edge election?
Al Jazeera English
Sweden votes on Sunday as voters weigh migration, crime, the economy and whether the far right will enter government. more…
BJP effect: Beef is vanishing from Indian Bengal, forcing diet changes
Al Jazeera English
Since Prime Minister Modi's BJP came to power in West Bengal, beef is vanishing from menus as supplies become harder. more…
How to make money on TikTok in 2026: 15 proven ways
Hootsuite.com
Learn how to make money on TikTok with 15 proven methods, from Creator Rewards and gifts to TikTok Shop, affiliate links, and brand deals.
The post How to make money on TikTok in 2026: 15 proven ways appeared first on Social Media Marketing & Management Dashb… more…
Superintelligence is a Fairy Tale. But Chasing It Can Still Cause Harm.
Calnewport.com
Yesterday, multiple Anthropic employees casually announced online that they thought the types of AI they’re building could kill billions of people. Not in some distant ... Read more
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NASA Ames Stars of the Month: September 2026
NASA
The NASA Ames Science Directorate recognizes the outstanding contributions of (pictured left to right) Steve Ormsby, Aphrodite Kostakis, Alejando Borlaff, Sarah Nickerson, Martina Caussi, Keiko Nomura, and Stephen Broccardo. Their commitment to the NASA missi… more…
The AI Doomsday Future Is Not Inevitable
The Intercept
Sam Biddle and 404 Media’s Jason Koebler discuss the government’s growing use of private contractors, from Flock to Claude, to surveil and kill abroad and at home.
The post The AI Doomsday Future Is Not Inevitable appeared first on The Intercept. more…
Former Google chief scientist Jeff Dean is raising again for his new AI startup, seeking around a $50 billion valuation
Business Insider
Jeff Dean, former Google chief scientist, is raising another round of funding at a valuation of around $50 billion. more…
$100 oil is putting China's new role as a 'demand-side OPEC' to the test
Business Insider
China built buffers that let it buy less oil when prices soar. With crude back above $100, its buying decisions increasingly matter to the world. more…
SPE Taps Jamie Kampel To Run Consumer Products & Licensing In Expanded Role
Deadline
Sony Pictures Entertainment has set former Amazon MGM Studios executive Jamie Kampel as EVP, Head of Consumer Products & Licensing, Her appointment follows the recent exit of Jamie Stevens as EVP of Worldwide Consumer Products at Sony Pictures but Kampel’s ro… more…
iOS 27 RC Available for iPhone & iPad via Beta Program
Osxdaily.com
Apple has released iOS 27 RC build #24A435 for iPhone, along with iPadOS 27 RC for iPad. The RC (Release Candidate) build is often the final version of the beta cycle, absent any major issues, that matches the release version to the general public. This being… more…
iOS 27 Released for iPhone & iPad, Here’s How to Install the Update
Osxdaily.com
iOS 27 is now available for iPhone, along with iPadOS 27 for iPad. This is the final version of iOS 27, after a several months long beta development and testing process. All eligible iPhone models and iPad devices can download and install the iOS 27 or ipadOS… more…
If AI kills us, don’t blame the machine
Salon
AI companies warn about the risk their models pose. Should it be on them to handle it? more…
The state of publisher audiences in the zero-click era
Digiday
This State of the Industry report, sponsored by Arc XP, explores how publishers are adapting their audience acquisition, AI search and creator economy strategies as zero-click search becomes the norm. The rise of AI-powered search is changing the way audience… more…
Marketers are using AI search concerns to argue for higher media budgets
Digiday
Brands with long consideration journeys, like insurance and cars, are paying close attention to shifting search behaviors. They're using that concern to make their case for more media dollars. more…
Toaplan Arcade Garage: Flying Fire Shark (Switch) review – a shot of near perfect '80s arcade joy
Creative Bloq
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Geekom IT13 Max review: Max by name, but restricted by nature
Creative Bloq
A mini PC with a Core Ultra 9 on board sounds like a potent little box, but other choices hold back the Geekom IT13 Max. more…
Best of IFA 2026
AndroidGuys
IFA has always been a little different from the typical technology trade show. Phones and TVs may grab plenty of attention, but wander far enough through the halls and you are just as likely to encounter a robotic lawn mower, an AI recorder, a portable gym, a… more…
UGREEN DXP4800 GT NAS Review
AndroidGuys
UGREEN DXP4800 GT NAS DEALS UGREEN $660 VIEW Amazon $660 VIEW UGREEN is shaking up the world of network storage with its new NASync series. The DXP4800 GT is their flagship four-bay model designed to take on big names like Synology and QNAP. It brings serious… more…
XREAL’s $299 XBX a01 Puts a 147-Inch Screen on Your Face Without Going Full XR
AndroidGuys
AR and VR hardware is starting to move beyond the familiar bulky-headset formula. Google has Android XR, Samsung’s Galaxy XR is already on the market, and a growing collection of glasses from companies including XREAL, Warby Parker, and Gentle Monster is push… more…
As Google’s ad tech case nears its end, the antitrust fight moves to AI
Digiday
Google avoided breakups in antitrust cases as AI ads and CTV draw scrutiny; see what regulators may target next. more…