Google’s Gemini 4 Argon AI model will be offered via API at $2 per million input tokens and $10 per million output tokens (with cached input tokens discounted 95%), but it remains unavailable for general testing for now.
Sep 30, 2026 ·Ars Technica
Disney’s bid to settle an antitrust lawsuit by acquiring Fubo effectively ended Fubo’s fight against Disney’s alleged streaming power, after Fubo accused Disney, Fox, and Warner Bros. Discovery of “antitrust” behavior in a proposed sports-streaming app launch in February 2024.
Sep 30, 2026 ·Ars Technica
DoorDash unveiled DoorDash Air, a drone delivery service built after focusing first on ground logistics like loading systems, food handoff, and packaging, and it will use its Autonomous Delivery Platform (ADP) for routing decisions based on factors including weather, flight range, and ground traffic.
Sep 30, 2026 ·
TechCrunch
Breville’s $600 Spiral Luxe Auto Pour Over automates pour-over coffee from scratch with a built-in grinder and a rotating spiral water spout.
Sep 30, 2026 ·
Engadget
A nonprofit called LASST is suing OpenAI seeking an injunction that would bar it from knowingly accessing computers or networks without authorization, including via its AI agents, after a Hugging Face hack.
Sep 30, 2026 ·Ars Technica
ElevenLabs authorized employees to cash out at a $22 billion valuation, doubling its $11 billion valuation after a $500 million fundraise in February.
Sep 30, 2026 ·TechCrunch
Starting with openSUSE Leap 16.1, users can enable an “Immutable Mode” that uses a transactionally updated system with a read-only root filesystem, integrating the same approach as Leap Micro into the desktop distro.
Sep 30, 2026 ·
ZDNet
Reddit will further restrict access to Old Reddit to logged-in users who have used it in the last six months, barring new accounts and existing users who haven’t used it within that window.
Sep 30, 2026 ·Engadget
Reddit says that within the next few months, users will need to be logged in and have used Old Reddit within the prior six months to keep accessing it, except that logged-in moderators won’t have the recent-use requirement.
Sep 30, 2026 ·
The Verge
As of May, 2.2% of consumers were paying for AI services at an average spend of $31/month, and the article estimates that even $34 per customer would yield about $11B in annual revenue—less than a third of OpenAI’s operating costs.
Sep 30, 2026 ·TechCrunch
A recipe for “poopmaxxer pesto” uses 2 cups of blanched peas in a standard pesto mix to yield 18 grams of fiber, and the article ties the fiber/pooping trend to factors including rising GLP-1 use and increased concern about early-onset colorectal cancer.
Sep 30, 2026 ·The Verge
Xbox CEO Asha Sharma said “Xbox is not for sale,” describing plans to set the unit up for success through the “right partnerships” and “right operating model.”
Sep 30, 2026 ·The Verge
Tinder is expanding its dating features with “group hangouts,” where users can form groups around activities and start group chats after matching.
Sep 30, 2026 ·Engadget
Xbox’s disc-to-digital feature is now available to all players and lets you create a digital license for supported Xbox Series X and Xbox One physical games just by inserting the disc while signed into your Xbox account.
Sep 30, 2026 ·Engadget
Google’s “AI contribution” pilot is paying publishers small, hard-to-interpret amounts, with publishers saying they can’t reliably track month-to-month performance in Search Console or plan earnings because it’s unclear what counts as a meaningful AI answer contribution.
Sep 30, 2026 ·Ars Technica
Destro emerged from stealth with an $8 million seed round, saying its AI “intelligence layer” aligns human workers and robots by directing the full logistics workflow rather than focusing on building robot hardware or a single model.
Sep 30, 2026 ·TechCrunch
Instinct launched “Instinct Selections,” an AI feature that pushes product suggestions in categories like dining, travel, and shopping, and some users say they received unsolicited recommendations (including carry-on luggage, sunglasses, and a brim hat) that felt off-putting.
Sep 30, 2026 ·TechCrunch
AI industry must generate $6 trillion in annual revenue by 2031 (from Bain & Company) to justify AI infrastructure spending needed to meet anticipated demand, assuming capital expenditure equals about 25% of industry revenue.
Sep 30, 2026 ·
The Register
FedEx is ordering 2,000 electric medium-duty commercial truck chassis from Harbinger in a $300M deal, with all deliveries planned by the end of next year.
Sep 30, 2026 ·TechCrunch
Nintendo’s Mario Kart Tour mobile game will end service on Sept. 29 at 11:00 p.m. PT / Sept. 30 at 8:00 a.m. CEST, with the app only opening to show player stats after shutdown.
Sep 30, 2026 ·Engadget
