As of August 2024, 25% of math preprint papers on arXiv acknowledged AI assistance, and Norvig argued that software engineering practices must change to keep up with AI coding and reasoning agents.
Sep 30, 2026 ·
The Register
OpenAI’s new “Decisions API” provides a Jev-like way to constrain Luna to a predefined set of choices, enabling it to select among options (including agent behaviors) while staying “extremely fast” and keeping capabilities like image understanding, language support, and safety protections.
Sep 30, 2026 ·
TechCrunch
Two dozen AI and Big Tech firms agreed to undergo independent safety audits testing internal controls, monitoring, and detection for “cybersecurity, biosecurity, chemical threats, and unintended actions by AI models,” but the accord is voluntary and carries no legal weight.
Sep 30, 2026 ·Ars Technica
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 16-year-old researcher used an authentication-signature flaw in Microsoft’s Titan analytics service to obtain admin access and run unauthorized SQL queries, potentially reaching analytics databases containing an estimated 17.3 trillion stored rows.
Sep 30, 2026 ·The Register
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
OpenAI plans to ship its physical AI hardware no earlier than February 2027, while Meta plans to launch its pendant-like Muse Charm before this year’s holiday shopping season.
Sep 30, 2026 ·
The Verge
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
Canonical has flipped the switch to offer an automatic upgrade from Ubuntu 24.04 LTS to Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS ('Resolute Raccoon') via Update Manager after a couple of weeks.
Sep 30, 2026 ·The Register
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
Amazon’s delivery-driver smart glasses could capture several thousand photos per shift and upload them to its AI Wellspring platform for human review, with no customer opt-out mentioned.
Sep 30, 2026 ·The Verge
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
Analogue will reopen pre-orders for the Analogue Pocket and the Analogue Dock on October 2 at 11am ET.
Sep 30, 2026 ·Engadget
Russia’s space officials say parachute tests for its new reusable crewed spacecraft will begin this fall with parachute-drop testing in the Far East, with further emergency rescue-mode tests later this year.
Sep 30, 2026 ·Ars Technica
Asus received a U.S. exemption from the foreign-made consumer router ban through March 2028, but the company wouldn’t confirm whether it submitted an FCC-required, time-bound U.S. manufacturing plan for its routers.
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
Meta says Muse’s Messages integration on the Mac is entirely opt-in, requiring users to enable both Full Disk Access and the Messages connector or Muse can’t read message content.
Sep 30, 2026 ·TechCrunch
