Waymo goes on offense ahead of Tesla’s Cybercab launch
Waymo argued that fully autonomous vehicles aren’t possible without using a mix of sensors and warned that pure end-to-end AI systems aren’t safe enough.
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Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra hits its lowest price since launch
Samsung’s recently released Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra. | Image: The Verge If you missed the release promotions for the recent round of Samsung Galaxy phones, you’re in luck. The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra is $300 off at Best Buy, the best deal we’ve seen since the phone launched last month. The phone … Read more
GoPro has been acquired and is getting into ‘defense, government, robotics and aerospace’
GoPro suddenly looks like a very different company than it did just last week. First, YouTuber Mark “Markiplier” Fischbach became the company’s single largest shareholder, without disclosing that in a sponsored review that came out a week later. Now, almost the entire company has been bought by Starman Holding for $285 million in cash, which … Read more
BofA, Citi, Goldman Sachs among 21 institutions planning stablecoin launch
The planned venture will initially focus on a US dollar stablecoin before expanding to other G7 currencies, with a euro-denominated offering next.
Sequoia-incubated Empirik launches with $21M to predict outages before they happen
The startup wants to do for IT infrastructure what Cursor did for software engineering.
X Data Breach? Users Are Getting Flooded With Password Reset Emails Nobody Requested
X engineers have acknowledged the issue, but have not confirmed a new data breach of its systems.
From theory to delivery: How Atos upskilled 400 engineers in agentic AI
When Atos set out to upskill 400 engineers from theory to delivery in agentic AI, the team faced a familiar challenge: how to build real-world capability, not only theoretical knowledge. Online courses and classroom-based instruction build foundations, but they do not always give teams the confidence or practical experience needed to apply AI effectively to … Read more
Cathie Wood’s Ark Invest Buys $37 Million in Bitcoin and Payments Firm Block
The investment firm bought 456,059 Block shares across three ETFs and added $3.4 million in Circle stock.
Ethena launches USDe payments app, offers 6% rewards
The self-custodial app brings USDe into everyday payments, savings and cross-border transfers, with annualized rewards of up to 6%.
Tokenomics at scale: How Jamf built real-time spend enforcement for Amazon Bedrock
Generative AI spend behaves unlike any cost line before it. Traditional compute scales with provisioned capacity. AI spend scales with behavior: a single engineer running an agentic coding loop against a premium model can burn more tokens in a few hours than a team does in a week. This is the tokenomics problem: usage is … Read more
Securing Amazon Quick from POC to production: Agents, Flows, and Spaces
Amazon Quick proof of concept (POC) projects often succeed with a small pilot team, then stall when security and compliance teams review the production plan. A permission model that works for ten pilot users often breaks when you add five departments. Agents can return data outside their intended scope, and compliance teams struggle to audit … Read more
John Deere launched an AI chatbot for farmers
John Deere is testing a new “JD” AI assistant that it says can help farmers make more money, with answers about best practices and historical trends that are based on their own data. It uses their “field, machine and operational data” to answer questions on topics like equipment settings, fuel usage, or harvest timing. The … Read more
SecurityMetrics Adds Guided Self-Assessment to its CMMC Compliance Suite for L1 and L2 Contractors
OREM, Utah, Sep. 1, 2026–SecurityMetrics has added a guided self-assessment solution (CMMC Assess) for Level 2 Contractors to its suite of products for Primes, Level 1, and Level 2 Contractors. CMMC Assess makes CMMC less intimidating by outlining manageable compliance steps in a portal and by offering live support. CMMC Assess covers all 110 Level 2 … Read more
Google Pics is like Canva, but with even more AI
Google wants Workspace users to edit and generate their business imagery with Pics. | Image: Google Google has a new suite of creative design tools for Workspace users called Google Pics, which aims to make editing and generating “professional-grade” AI images less cumbersome for businesses. Built around Gemini and the Nano Banana generative AI model, … Read more
Sony’s new party speakers have more bass, more LEDs, and more connectivity
Sony announced three new tower-style party speakers that will now be the largest options in its ULT Power Sound lineup. The new ULT Tower Max, ULT Tower 7, and ULT Tower 5 all feature expanded connectivity including USB-C, RCA, and XLR ports for connecting to audio gear using physical cables. The new models also come … Read more
GoPro to be acquired for $285M, will remain a public company
GoPro is merging with a company that builds AI infrastructure, and will continue supporting existing consumer products.
Amazon Alexa can now alert you when something new might tempt you to shop
Amazon is adding a new Alexa-powered feature called “Update Me When” that can send personalized alerts about product launches, tours, books, shows, and other events that could trigger a purchase.
How t54 built a trust layer with Amazon Bedrock AgentCore payments
An agentic system can research, reason, and orchestrate multi-step workflows, but the moment it hits a paywall, it stops. It has no wallet, no card, and no spending limit. t54 solved that problem. Amazon Bedrock AgentCore is a platform to build, connect, and optimize agents at scale, with any framework or model. Their trust layer … Read more
How ZS democratized secure ad-hoc analytics with Amazon SageMaker
This blog post is co-written with Kiran Dhamane, Abhishek I S, and Mayur Ghodekar from ZS Associates Organizations in regulated industries face a persistent tension: give developers the agility they need for ad-hoc analytics, or lock down the environment to meet compliance requirements. In this post, we explore how ZS built a security-hardened Amazon SageMaker … Read more
AIR raises $50M to help companies vet the skills and add-ons AI agents use
AIR’s platform can discover agents running at a company, continuously vets any skills and add-ons they use, and blocks any unwanted behaviour.
How Boomi Scribe streamlines documentation using AWS
Boomi Scribe alleviates documentation, one of the most persistent sources of technical debt for enterprise development teams. Enterprise developers often struggle to create and maintain documentation, especially when workflows (automated business processes) involve integrations with multiple enterprise applications and data sources. Boomi recognized this challenge and built Boomi Scribe, an AI-powered agent running on AWS … Read more
Citi, Goldman, other global banks and asset managers team up on stablecoin venture
The group will focus first on a U.S. dollar stablecoin for payments and digital asset settlement, with a euro token a priority for expansion.
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Bitcoin stays flat as global bond bear market rages on, pushing JGB to high
Global bond yields hit multi-decade highs today as Japan’s 10-year JGB yield reached a 30-year peak, keeping Bitcoin steady near $78,000.
NVIDIA Just Proved the Next AI Race Isn’t About Bigger Models
NVIDIA released Nemotron 3.5 Lightning on August 11, 2026, a 30B parameter open model that only activates 3B parameters per token. It scores 51.56% on SWE-bench Verified, completes 10,000 tasks 30% faster than comparable models, has a 1 million token context window, and you can run it locally right now with one command. This is … Read more
Robinhood’s new crypto network is printing cash, and it’s sending Arbitrum’s token soaring
Revenue on Robinhood Chain hit a 24-hour record of $1.9 million, driving a 30% rally in ARB as traders chased downstream gains.
Microsoft 365 outage drags on, but things are improving
Microsoft 365 and Outlook are still seeing service degradations on Tuesday, the company’s status page indicates.
Shelly’s new $50 security camera watches your home without a subscription
After launching a budget-friendly flood sensor last month with impressive battery life, Shelly announced a new $49.99 security camera today that can be used without any additional subscription fees – although that’s still an option if you want to expand its capabilities. The Shelly Camera will be available soon from the company’s online store and … Read more
Fambot introduces an ‘AI chief of staff’ for families
Fambot is building an AI “chief of staff” to help families manage the emails, calendars, school updates, sports schedules, and other logistics of raising kids.