Most powerful obesity drug yet: People lost up to 25% of weight in trial
People lost up to 25% of their body weight in a trial of Eli Lilly’s retatrutide
Sep 29, 2026 ·Ars Technica
People lost up to 25% of their body weight in a trial of Eli Lilly’s retatrutide
Sep 29, 2026 ·Ars Technica
Trump’s executive order directs US executive-branch websites, policy documents, and press releases to refer to AI only as “Super Intelligence,” with officials expected not to use the terms “artificial intelligence” or “AI” in relevant settings.
Sep 29, 2026 ·
The Verge
BMW’s revamped 2027 i3 50 xDrive is rated for up to 468 miles of range on EPA testing, with a starting price of $61,500 plus a $1,350 destination fee.
Sep 29, 2026 ·The Verge
EliseAI raised $350 million at a $4 billion valuation, doubling its valuation from its Series E round last August.
Sep 29, 2026 ·
TechCrunch
Select Best Buy locations now have a Meta Lab where you can walk in and try Meta’s latest AI glasses and related Meta Quest VR hardware before buying.
Sep 29, 2026 ·
CNET
Tesla secured $30B in new credit lines—$20B from Citibank in a three-year delayed-draw term loan facility, $8B from Wells Fargo in a five-year revolving credit facility, and $2B in a 364-day revolving credit facility.
Sep 29, 2026 ·TechCrunch
The USMNT plays Chile at Energizer Park in St. Louis on Tuesday, Sept. 29, with kickoff at 7 p.m. CT (8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT).
Sep 29, 2026 ·CNET
AMD will acquire World Labs by the end of the year for $8.2 billion, pending regulatory approval.
Sep 29, 2026 ·Ars Technica
Netflix added Codenames Party to Netflix Games with a Party Mode that drops teams and has each player give one clue for a unique set of eight words from a shared set of 16.
Sep 29, 2026 ·
Engadget
Goldman Sachs’ board has reportedly discussed replacing CEO David Solomon, 64, with president John Waldron, 57, as early as next year, but the succession faces a “big problem” because Solomon may be unwilling to give up the CEO seat and Waldron may not want to wait indefinitely.
Sep 29, 2026 ·
CNBC
Kalshi traders give a 60% chance the U.S. added more than 90,000 jobs in September, versus the Dow Jones economist consensus forecast of 84,000.
Sep 29, 2026 ·CNBC
Final Cut Camera has been updated to use the iPhone 18 Pro’s variable aperture and newly surfaced Pro camera settings, including an app redesign for settings access and remote aperture control via Final Cut Pro on iPad or Mac.
Sep 29, 2026 ·Engadget
OpenAI said ChatGPT will become a place to discover and use apps directly in-chat, starting with in-conversation app suggestions, an expanded plugin/extensions system, and developer-built interactive panels inside ChatGPT.
Sep 29, 2026 ·TechCrunch
OpenAI is reportedly in talks for a pre-IPO funding round raising at least $30 billion at a valuation of roughly $1.4 trillion.
Sep 29, 2026 ·TechCrunch
Google is partnering with Henry Cavill to collaborate on a video game to promote its Android-based Googlebook laptops, with the game expected to be released in November.
Sep 29, 2026 ·Engadget
Meta plans to form a new “Meta Enterprise Platform” business built on its Muse models and agent harnesses to sell enterprise and developer AI services (including the Muse agent, Meta Business Agent, Muse API, and Muse Code).
Sep 29, 2026 ·
The Register
Security experts say LLMjacking—criminals using stolen AI account credentials or API keys—has risen sharply in 2026 and can cost enterprises about $46,000 to over $100,000 per day on top-tier AI models.
Sep 29, 2026 ·
ZDNet
A Virtana study found a significant observability gap between what boardrooms believe they know about enterprise IT environments and what frontline operators experience.
Sep 29, 2026 ·The Register
AMD’s Gorgon Halo–based systems start at $6,799 and can ship with up to 192 GB of unified LPDDR5x memory, with the extra capacity aimed at running very large local AI models—up to ~345B parameters on Linux and ~320B on Windows.
Sep 29, 2026 ·The Register
TechCrunch Disrupt Week’s 2026 Side Events program in San Francisco is listing multiple networking, workshop, and community meetups hosted by groups including WayFounder, SafetyWing, Enterprise Ireland, KOTRA, Skyflow, and Descope—spanning Oct. 7–16, with key events on Oct. 13–15.
Sep 29, 2026 ·TechCrunch
