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EngadgetSep 3, 2026Gadgets

Google's new AI weather model uses live satellite data for higher-resolution forecasts

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Ars TechnicaSep 3, 2026Tech News

US senator calls on the NSA to give guidance for use of VPNs

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EngadgetSep 3, 2026Gadgets

Utah won't enforce VPN age-verification law until legal challenge resolves

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TechCrunchSep 3, 2026Tech News

The Cybercab is Tesla’s ‘fork in the road’ moment 

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Ars TechnicaSep 3, 2026Tech News

NJ urges SCOTUS to rule that Kalshi sports bets are gambling, not "swaps"

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TechCrunchSep 3, 2026Tech News

Accel reportedly in talks to lead $1B round for Thinking Machines at $40B valuation

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TechCrunchSep 3, 2026Tech News

Utilities are racing to link up with fusion startups, with Realta Fusion the latest to benefit

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EngadgetSep 3, 2026Gadgets

Epic Games brings cross-platform voice chat to Fortnite and its services

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Ars TechnicaSep 3, 2026Tech News

VMware migration reduces Tottenham Hotspur's licensing fees by 85 percent

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EngadgetSep 3, 2026Gadgets

Beyerdynamic's new Aventho Y headphones last up to 90 hours per charge

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Hacker NewsSep 3, 2026Tech Community

GPT-6 Astra

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TechCrunchSep 3, 2026Tech News

Abliteration.ai is making a business out of removing AI guardrails

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The VergeSep 3, 2026Tech News

Congressman says TikTok backed out of a meeting to avoid child safety questions

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Hacker NewsSep 3, 2026Tech Community

Qwen 3.8 27B available on Cerebras at 1500 tokens/s

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Ars TechnicaSep 3, 2026Tech News

Just like a fruit fly, a new algorithm never forgets old scents

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TechCrunchSep 3, 2026Tech News

Meta is paying to peek at how you use their latest AI model

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EngadgetSep 3, 2026Gadgets

Xbox is introducing time limits to game streaming

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The VergeSep 3, 2026Tech News

Samsung’s beloved Q Series sound system is hundreds off for Labor Day

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Ars TechnicaSep 3, 2026Tech News

Four major AI models suffer rare overlapping downtime

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EngadgetSep 3, 2026Gadgets

Apple has been sued for $2.7 billion over App Tracking Transparency rules

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WiredSep 3, 2026Tech News

GPT-6 Astra Is Here—and OpenAI Thinks It May Kick Off the AGI Era

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TechCrunchSep 3, 2026Tech News

OpenAI launches Astra, its powerful (and controversial) new model

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EngadgetSep 3, 2026Gadgets

Pre-orders for Sony's GTA 6-themed DualSense controllers will open on September 10

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The VergeSep 3, 2026Tech News

OpenAI’s next big AI model has ‘entered the AGI era’

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EngadgetSep 3, 2026Gadgets

TikTok introduces voice comments and simplified polls

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Ars TechnicaSep 3, 2026Tech News

Trump’s 100% tariff on drones will be disaster for the US, critics warn

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Ars TechnicaSep 3, 2026Tech News

Meet the 2026 Ig Nobel Prize winners

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TechCrunchSep 3, 2026Tech News

Qualcomm backs Ultrahuman in $70M round on bet to turn smart rings into computers

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The VergeSep 3, 2026Tech News

Microsoft slashes Xbox Cloud Gaming to just 15 hours a month for Ultimate subscribers

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The VergeSep 3, 2026Tech News

Microsoft opens up Xbox Cloud Gaming with new pay-as-you-go option

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TechCrunchSep 3, 2026Tech News

Circular unveils Ring 3 series with contactless payments and on-finger vibration alerts

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WiredSep 3, 2026Tech News

OpenAI Cut Off a Billion-Dollar Customer to Avoid Elon Musk

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EngadgetSep 3, 2026Gadgets

Anthropic automatically signs out Claude users to protect them from hackers

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Hacker NewsSep 3, 2026Tech Community

Artificial beaver dams saw juvenile coho salmon survival rates go from 8% to 60%

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EngadgetSep 3, 2026Gadgets

Motorola just introduced another Razr that's covered in Swarovski crystals

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TechCrunchSep 3, 2026Tech News

Ollie is betting its focus on privacy can help it win the AI assistant race

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TechCrunchSep 3, 2026Tech News

Google launches AI voice features in Gmail, Docs, and Keep

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The VergeSep 3, 2026Tech News

I held the first truly bezel-free phone

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The VergeSep 3, 2026Tech News

Circular’s new smart rings add contactless payments and vibrating alerts

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The VergeSep 3, 2026Tech News

The Moto Watch Ultra is a return to Wear OS

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The VergeSep 3, 2026Tech News

Lenovo’s new MacBook Neo competitor comes in two sizes and seven colors

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The VergeSep 3, 2026Tech News

This ultra-thin Lenovo laptop concept uses solid-state cooling

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WiredSep 3, 2026Tech News

Lenovo’s Project AeroBlade Fanless Laptop Takes Thin and Light to the Extreme

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Hacker NewsSep 3, 2026Tech Community

K2 Horizon: A connected fleet of six open models

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Hacker NewsSep 3, 2026Tech Community

.name Termination

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Hacker NewsSep 3, 2026Tech Community

Any Human Ever – One life, drawn at random from all who have ever lived

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Hacker NewsSep 3, 2026Tech Community

Porting my 1993 Amiga game to Godot, with an LLM reading the 68000 assembly

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Ars TechnicaSep 3, 2026Tech News

Nvidia buys Hugging Face, the GitHub of AI, for $13 billion

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WiredSep 3, 2026Tech News

I Got a Brief Look at ‘Guild Wars 3,’ and I’m Excited

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WiredSep 3, 2026Tech News

Nvidia RTX Spark ‘Superchip’: The First AI PCs Are Here

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WiredSep 3, 2026Tech News

Nvidia’s Hugging Face Acquisition Is a $12.9 Billion Bet on Open-Source AI

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MIT Technology ReviewSep 3, 2026Innovation

The Download: rethinking child safety and fossil-fueled farming

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WiredSep 3, 2026Tech News

Scientists Have Found the Most Convincing Evidence Yet of a Dark Matter Particle

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WiredSep 3, 2026Tech News

Ugly AI Food Photos Are Only the Beginning

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WiredSep 3, 2026Tech News

‘The Blood of Dawnwalker’ Is a Bloody Balm for My Completionism

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WiredSep 3, 2026Tech News

The Best Air Quality Monitor for Outdoors and Indoors in 2026

57
MIT Technology ReviewSep 3, 2026Innovation

Agriculture relies on fossil fuels. It’s costing us.

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MIT Technology ReviewSep 3, 2026Innovation

Scaling agentic AI pilots across the enterprise

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Ars TechnicaSep 2, 2026Tech News

Spending deal comes with a bonus: Blocking political control of grants

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Ars TechnicaSep 2, 2026Tech News

I rented a car, and within hours, my driver's license was for sale

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Hacker NewsSep 2, 2026Tech Community

Unusual Suspects

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Hacker NewsSep 2, 2026Tech Community

The true horror of Edgar Allan Poe’s stories lies in their confessions

63
MIT Technology ReviewSep 2, 2026Innovation

Facilitating AI integration with simplicity at scale

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MIT Technology ReviewSep 2, 2026Innovation

The Download: AI puzzles and a path to our nearest star system

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MIT Technology ReviewSep 1, 2026Innovation

How AI plotted an interstellar journey to Alpha Centauri

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Hacker NewsSep 1, 2026Tech Community

The largest electric aircraft just flew [video]

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MIT Technology ReviewSep 1, 2026Innovation

Making the AI-powered case for legacy modernization

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MIT Technology ReviewSep 1, 2026Innovation

The Download: engineered microbes for crops, and OpenAI’s culture problem

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MIT Technology ReviewSep 1, 2026Innovation

How engineered microbes could help feed the world’s crops

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MIT Technology ReviewAug 31, 2026Innovation

The Hugging Face hack could indicate cultural issues at OpenAI