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Google unveils Gemini 4 Argon, and cyber defenders get it first

Wed, 30 Sep 2026 20:13:50 +0000

Google has unveiled Gemini 4 Argon, the first new generation of its flagship AI model since Gemini 3 last November. A small group of cybersecurity defenders gets it first.

Google announces Gemini 4 Argon AI model, but you can't use it yet

Wed, 30 Sep 2026 20:11:08 +0000

BMW’s electric 3 Series costs $4,400 less than its petrol M350 in the US

Wed, 30 Sep 2026 20:00:29 +0000

BMW’s first electric 3 Series will cost $4,400 less in the US than its most powerful petrol sibling. The 2027 i3 50 xDrive starts at $61,500 and the petrol M350 xD

I compared my Claude Code workflow to a beginner's, and some of my habits were making things worse

Wed, 30 Sep 2026 20:00:20 GMT

Oops. Accidentally optimized my Claude Code setup backwards.

Samsung gives you two of every app, and these are the ones I delete on day one

Wed, 30 Sep 2026 20:00:16 GMT

Bloatware, be gone.

Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter review: yet another triumphant remake

Wed, 30 Sep 2026 20:00:00 +0000

Reddit is putting more limits on Old.Reddit.com

Wed, 30 Sep 2026 19:53:33 +0000

Tokyo court rules the human voice is protected, in a TikTok AI clone case

Wed, 30 Sep 2026 19:49:55 +0000

A Tokyo court ruled on Wednesday that Japanese law protects the human voice. Anime voice actor Kenjiro Tsuda had sued TikTok over videos he says used an AI clone

44,000 object to Palantir’s NHS data platform, the Guardian reports

Wed, 30 Sep 2026 19:46:31 +0000

More than 44,000 people have filed legal objections to stop the NHS’s Federated Data Platform handling their health records. The platform runs on Palantir software. The campaign asks NHS England to stop t

4 Windows 11 settings I disable on every new PC to stop Microsoft's tracking and ads

Wed, 30 Sep 2026 19:45:14 GMT

Stop Microsoft from tracking your habits and pushing unwanted promotions.

US government reveals $5.25 billion spending on boosting national grid to help power new AI data centers — money will cover 31 projects across 26 states, but how will it affect energy bills?

Wed, 30 Sep 2026 19:45:00 +0000

Plex just blocked one of the last free ways to stream your own movies remotely

Wed, 30 Sep 2026 19:44:06 GMT

The self-hosting platform isn't allowing users to stream content remotely for free from third-party apps anymore.

Can You Trust Your Agent With Your Credit Card?

2026-09-30T19:42:38Z

When venture capitalist Yuechen Zhao asked Instinct, the popular consumer AI agent, to look up hotels for him on <a href="http://booking.com/">Booking.com</a> this month, he discovered something unsettling. Zhao, a partner at venture firm Informed Ventures, sa

Google is paying 100 publishers for AI answers, The Information reports

Wed, 30 Sep 2026 19:38:45 +0000

Google is paying about 100 digital publishers when their content feeds its AI answers. For several small and mid-sized sites in the pilot, the payments come to less

Bambu Lab's Halloween Sale has up to 30% off supplies — I'd pair these 3D printers with all the deals

Wed, 30 Sep 2026 19:36:10 +0000

RFK Jr. thinks AI will free us from the "tyranny" of medical facts, expertise

Wed, 30 Sep 2026 19:31:25 +0000

4 forgotten gadgets an ESP32 can resurrect on the cheap

Wed, 30 Sep 2026 19:31:17 GMT

Don't toss that old gadget yet, a cheap ESP32 can bring it back

Hackers stole millions of US military personnel records during months-long data breach

Wed, 30 Sep 2026 19:29:08 +0000

The Department of Defense notified millions of current and former U.S. military personnel that their personal information had been stolen in a months-long breach.

Sydney Sweeney-Backed Novig Raised at $2 Billion Valuation

2026-09-30T19:29:02Z

Novig, a sports-only prediction market backed by Sydney Sweeney, has raised new funding at a $2 billion valuation, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter. Founded in 2021 by Harvard graduates Jacob Fortinsky and Kelechi Ukah, Novig only o

300 publishers take their fight against AI stealth bots to Congress

Wed, 30 Sep 2026 19:24:00 +0000

Executives from more than 300 news publishers are in Washington this week to lobby Congress for a bill that would ban AI “stealth bots”. The News/Media Alliance, a trade body for news and magazine

The Disney protests were a wake-up call about the risks of streaming mergers

Wed, 30 Sep 2026 19:22:19 +0000

DoorDash’s drone strategy started on the ground

Wed, 30 Sep 2026 19:22:13 +0000

DoorDash unveiled the six-propeller aircraft that will be used in its new drone delivery business at its annual Dash Forward 2026 event.

BMW built the same car for gas and electric. The EV is $4,400 cheaper.

Wed, 30 Sep 2026 19:19:40 +0000

The new BMW 3 Series shows just how quickly EVs have caught up to fossil fuel vehicles on pricing.

DoorDash Air unveils a drone delivery system, and cannot yet fly it out of sight

Wed, 30 Sep 2026 19:12:07 +0000

DoorDash has unveiled the aircraft behind DoorDash Air and will begin pilot deliveries in Northern California with Chipotle and Popeyes. Manna, which flew more than 300,000 deliveries f

Samsung's 43-inch monitor doubles as a smart TV and is now 44% off

Wed, 30 Sep 2026 19:11:13 GMT

The $280 price tag makes it a sweet deal

OpenAI’s Jev clone could help the frontier lab stop its swarming agents

Wed, 30 Sep 2026 19:00:57 +0000

OpenAI's "Decisions API" is a Jev clone that confirms the importance of fast, cheap intelligence.

SpaceXAI weighs one Grok and X plan, from free to $100, Bloomberg reports

Wed, 30 Sep 2026 19:00:32 +0000

SpaceXAI is weighing a plan to fold Grok and X into a single subscription with four price tiers, from free to $100 a month. The plan comes from a company document viewed by Bloomberg, whose Edward Ludlow re

I wanted my emulation PC to feel like a console, so I removed every reason to touch a keyboard

Wed, 30 Sep 2026 19:00:20 GMT

Batocera helped me do this.

I tried the Galaxy Z Fold 8 naked, and it clicked the moment I added magnets and a stand

Wed, 30 Sep 2026 19:00:16 GMT

The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 is a phone that desperately needs MagSafe.

These are the apps that made my Android eReader better than a Kindle

Wed, 30 Sep 2026 19:00:16 GMT

My Kindle suddenly feels basic.

Creators can save $100 on the powerful Ugreen DXP4800 GT NAS

Wed, 30 Sep 2026 18:56:43 +0000

Meta Data Center Deal Tests Limits of AI Debt Markets

2026-09-30T18:53:55Z

Bond markets are getting tough for lower-rated borrowers. One example: CleanSpark, which is developing a data center for Meta Platforms, had to offer investors big concessions to land financing earlier this month. That deal is among the clearest signs yet that financing

Boeing beats Northrop to build the US Navy’s $20bn F/A-XX fighter

Wed, 30 Sep 2026 18:51:09 +0000

Boeing will build the US Navy’s next carrier-based fighter, the F/A-XX, after beating Northrop Grumman for the contract. The Pentagon announced the award o

Moscow tightens regulation on SIM market to crack down on fraud and 'attackers' — Anti-Fraud 3.0 could see SIMs sold without money and a massive reduction in SIM card sellers

Wed, 30 Sep 2026 18:50:00 +0000

Apple Plans Aggressive New Push Into Smart Home

2026-09-30T18:49:13Z

Apple plans to launch a smart home hub device on October 13th, Bloomberg reported. The hub has a roughly 6-inch square display that can sit on countertops or be mounted on walls, the news outlet reported. The device will showcase the capabilities of Apple’s overhauled Sir

Trump plan to combat AI risks hinges on Big Tech pals policing themselves

Wed, 30 Sep 2026 18:47:01 +0000

Did Muse read private texts without permission? Meta says it couldn’t.

Wed, 30 Sep 2026 18:42:39 +0000

Meta denies claims its Muse AI agent read private Apple Messages without permission after a journalist reported unexpected access.

Reddit is killing RSS feeds on 13 November, blaming AI scraping

Wed, 30 Sep 2026 18:38:05 +0000

Reddit will stop supporting RSS feeds on 13 November, blaming AI scraping. RSS is now widely used for large-scale scraping and automated abuse, the company said in a pos

Breville's new $600 coffee machine makes pour-overs from scratch

Wed, 30 Sep 2026 18:37:29 +0000

You do still have to buy the beans though.

A few Zigbee sensors and a light switch replaced my $250 Ring alarm system

Wed, 30 Sep 2026 18:30:16 GMT

Protecting the home for less.

"An AI did it" is no defense, says nonprofit suing OpenAI over Hugging Face hack

Wed, 30 Sep 2026 18:25:04 +0000

AI voice startup ElevenLabs doubles valuation to $22B

Wed, 30 Sep 2026 18:23:57 +0000

The $300 million employee tender was co-led by Wellington and T. Rowe Price.

2026-09-30T14:07:38-04:00

Developers want to build this 1,300-acre AI data center so badly they offered every house in town $10,000

Wed, 30 Sep 2026 18:05:00 +0000

Condé Nast, Hearst among 300 publishers pressuring Congress to ban bot scraping

Wed, 30 Sep 2026 18:00:58 +0000

A cohort of news publishers are backing a recently introduced bill intent on stopping stealth bots scraping their content without paying content licensing fees.

Geekbench 7 results suggest OpenAI's dots run on nine-core AMD EPYC VMs

Wed, 30 Sep 2026 18:00:39 +0000

I replaced Windows' app updater with one tool that actually lets me manage all my apps

Wed, 30 Sep 2026 18:00:17 GMT

The Windpws Package Manager made installing and updating apps on Windows much better, but UniGetUI puts it to shame with its feature set.

Apple Watch finally has the fitness score Galaxy and Pixel users have had for years

Wed, 30 Sep 2026 18:00:14 GMT

Apple Watch is finally joining the party with one simple but important feature that owners of the newest models will be able to benefit from.

Reddit imposes new restrictions on Old Reddit

Wed, 30 Sep 2026 17:49:56 +0000

The Old Reddit is dying; the new Reddit struggles to avoid scraping.

‘Agents are very harsh customers’: Microsoft exec warns many apps will lose pricing leverage

Wed, 30 Sep 2026 17:48:25 +0000