Larry Page’s flying car company Pivotal loses its CEO
The company told TechCrunch he is “pursuing new endeavors.”
SEC proposes transfer agent rule, sets event to figure out round-the-clock U.S. trading
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission issued an agenda for its 24-trading roundtable and proposed a new transfer-agent rule with blockchain implications.
Reliance’s JioHotstar takes its streaming empire global — without sports
JioHotstar will only have entertainment content when it launches in the UK, Canada, and Singapore.
Google needs Hollywood more than the studios need AI
Google has reportedly been reaching out to a number of Hollywood’s biggest studios, hoping to strike licensing agreements that would allow it to train its AI models on copyrighted material in exchange for massive piles of cash. In theory, these deals would be a win-win: a huge financial boon to the studios that would also … Read more
OpenClaw 2.0 Is Here: What Changed, Why It Took Two Months, and How It Stacks Up Against Hermes
The open-source agent framework that started the “autonomous AI” hype cycle just shipped its biggest update ever, almost by accident, and it’s coming for the enterprise now.
Apple follows Google in adopting Trump’s ‘Lake America’ name
Apple Maps is following President Trump’s executive order to change the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America.
AfterQuery reportedly becomes Y Combinator’s fastest-ever unicorn, now valued at $3.2B
AI model-training startup AfterQuery has reportedly raised a round that valued it at $3.2 billion, just five months after announcing its $30 million Series A at a $300 million valuation in April.
Anthropic launches Claude Fable 5.1 and says it’s up to 45 percent cheaper for agentic work
Anthropic says its newest AI models, Fable 5.1 and Mythos 5.1, address criticisms from customers about price, data retention, and overzealous safeguards. The company claims Claude Fable 5.1 offers stronger performance than Fable 5, but costs around 25 percent less typically and up to 45 percent less for complex agentic tasks, thanks to reduced pricing … Read more
Nvidia Invests $3.5 Billion in MediaTek to Expand Beyond GPUs
The deal, part of MediaTek’s record $3.9 billion bond offering, ties Nvidia’s chip ecosystem to a Taiwanese rival building its own AI accelerator business.
Crypto-backed PAC scales back ad spending in Massachusetts primary
The $189,000 in media spending to support Representative Jake Auchincloss marked Fairshake’s latest attempt to influence the 2026 elections with funds from the crypto industry.
Apple Maps follows Google in renaming Lake Ontario
Apple Maps has officially changed the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America, as reported earlier by Bloomberg. The company joins Google in re-labeling the Great Lake following an executive order signed by President Donald Trump in the midst of a trade dispute with Canada. The Canadian version of Apple Maps still shows “Lake Ontario” … Read more
A Single Canadian Tax Lure Spread into a 46-Country, US-First RMM Campaign
As ANY.RUN analysis shows, a campaign that initially appears to target Canadians with fake Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) T4 tax documents is actually part of a much broader remote-access campaign spanning 46 countries, with 45% of observed activity associated with the United States. The attackers impersonate trusted organizations and document types to trick victims into installing legitimate remote management software, … Read more
Open AI’s Astra model is on the way — and very good at breaking into computer systems
OpenAI previewed the precautions it is taking as it prepares to release Astra, its newest, cyber-critical LLM.
Bright Security Expands its AI SDLC security Platform & Launches an AI PT Module
San Rafael, United States, September 1st, 2026/CyberNewswire/–As AI compresses the gap between vulnerability disclosure and exploitation to nearly zero, the new AI Pentesting Module gives security teams continuous, AI-driven penetration testing built on Bright’s proven dynamic testing engine, at a fraction of traditional cost. Bright Security, the AI-native application security company, today announced AI PT, … Read more
Your Drupal robots.txt Changes Aren’t Showing Up: Here’s Why
You’ve installed the robotstxt module, made your changes in the Drupal admin at /admin/config/search/robotstxt, cleared the cache, run cron — and the live robots.txt file is still showing old content. Before you go down a rabbit hole, here are the most common culprits. 1. Composer Scaffold Is Regenerating the File on Every Deploy If your project uses robots.txt (which most Composer-based Drupal … Read more
Robinhood Chain DEX Volume Jumps to $1.6 billion
Trading on the Ethereum Layer 2 climbed 61% in a matter of days as DeFi deposits and stablecoin holdings approached $800 million.
Lenovo’s 2-in-1 Yoga 7i is a great Labor Day deal at $750
The Lenovo 7i’s 360-degree hinges opens up new usage options. | Image: Lenovo Best Buy is celebrating Labor Day all week long with big deals, including a deep discount on the Lenovo Yoga 7i 2-in-1, taking its original $1,1199.99 price down to $749.99. It’s a capable configuration for the price, with a Core 7 Ultra … Read more
Google’s Android update tackles motion sickness, accessibility, and more
The new features coming to Android are aimed at reducing motion sickness, helping blind users navigate their surroundings, and more.
Frogbet Launches Crypto Casino With 70 In- House Original Games, Instant Withdrawals & a Weekly Race
Garabito, Costa Rica, September 1st, 2026/Chainwire/–Frogbet, a new cryptocurrency casino and sportsbook, has officially launched at frogbet.com, debuting a catalog of 70 original games developed entirely in-house alongside more than 7,000 titles from providers including Pragmatic Play, Hacksaw Gaming and BGaming. Every Frogbet original is provably fair, allowing players to cryptographically verify the outcome of … Read more
X says attackers are targeting user accounts after the launch of X Money
X is investigating a wave of unsolicited password reset emails that it believes may be tied to the rollout of its new payments service.
OpenAI delayed its new model’s development after the Hugging Face hack
After an unreleased OpenAI model wreaked enough havoc to make international headlines, OpenAI delayed the development of a different unreleased model suite, Astra, in order to shore up its safety work, the company wrote Tuesday in a blog post. In July, an unreleased OpenAI model broke out of its restricted environment, finagled its way into … Read more
Binance expands TradFi push with options on 1,000 US stocks, ETFs
The launch gives eligible non-US users access to physically settled options on more than 1,000 US stocks and ETFs through a single Binance account.
Can You Give a Hackathon Judge a Free Unlock Before You Submit? No, and Here Is the Exact 409
Work out what a judge sees when they install your app on the day you release it. Not what you see. Not what a tester on TestFlight sees. What a stranger sees on a clean device, three weeks before they are asked to score you. I did that on 7 August and found that my … Read more
What Is ‘Red September’? Bitcoin’s Curse, and Why Wall Street Has the Same One
Bitcoin has lost ground in eight of the last 13 Septembers. The stock market’s had the same problem since 1928. Here’s the case for the curse, what broke it last year, and what’s coming in the next round.
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UK crime agency froze $13.5M amid probe into Premier League crypto sponsor
UK authorities froze $13.5 million in cash following a January 2025 order from the Westminster Magistrates’ Court as part of an investigation into Sorare.
On first listen, the Sonos Beam Ultra sounds great
The Beam Ultra is made for TVs up to 65 inches. It will also be available in black. | Photo by Cameron Faulkner / The Verge Sonos unveiled a bunch of new stuff today at its open house event. There’s the $699 Beam Ultra soundbar and the $449 Ace Ultra headphones, plus several under-the-hood app … Read more