Wabi is pivoting from prompt-based app building to Wabi 2.0, positioning itself as an “AI messenger” that can run a personal agent and build the needed interface on demand.
Sep 29, 2026 ·
TechCrunch
Woot is selling Razer’s DeathStalker V2 Pro TKL low-latency 2.4GHz wireless gaming keyboard for $130, down from its usual $219.99 price.
Sep 29, 2026 ·
The Verge
OpenAI launched Dots, proactive “always-on” AI agents that can work in the background across connected apps and a private cloud “computer,” and can act after read-only, approval-gated access to websites and services.
Sep 29, 2026 ·
Engadget
OpenAI added reusable, persistent cloud development environments to its Codex software engineering agent so teams can share a single workspace with approved settings and permissions that can be accessed from any device.
Sep 29, 2026 ·TechCrunch
OpenAI launched a new $500/month Pro plan with an “Ultrafast” speed tier that can generate up to 300 tokens per second, while cutting the existing $200 Pro tier’s Codex and Work usage from 20x to 10x Plus and halving ChatGPT GPT-6 Pro message caps from 200 to 100 per week.
Sep 29, 2026 ·Engadget
OpenAI’s ChatGPT Spaces will let teams collaborate in a shared hub where coworkers can upload files and have ChatGPT and Dots personal AI agents use that shared information, with team-generated outputs kept organized in the space (available first on the ChatGPT desktop app and web for Pro, Business and Enterprise plans).
Sep 29, 2026 ·Engadget
OpenAI launched Dots, always-on AI assistants powered by its GPT-6 Astra model that can run in the background across 4,000+ supported apps using a cloud computer and web browser, including integrations with Microsoft Teams and Slack.
Sep 29, 2026 ·The Verge
Protesters rallied outside OpenAI’s DevDay in San Francisco’s Fort Mason, chanting “People over profit” and targeting OpenAI’s military and government contracts—especially an “ICE contract”—while also raising concerns about data centers’ environmental impact and AI industry power concentration.
Sep 29, 2026 ·The Verge
McDonald's has been using AI-driven dynamic pricing to estimate customer willingness to pay at each location and recommend an “optimal price,” which can produce differences such as a Big Mac costing $5.69 at one Fresno, California store versus $6.89 at another branch two miles away (21%).
Sep 29, 2026 ·Engadget
NASA and Boeing plan an uncrewed Starliner-1 launch in December 2026/January 2027 to deliver cargo to the ISS, followed by a crewed Starliner-2 flight in 2028 if Starliner-1 goes well.
Sep 29, 2026 ·
The Register
The White House is launching America.gov, an AI chatbot intended to act as a single front door to help people find government services and other information, with Google confirming its Gemini model is involved.
Sep 29, 2026 ·TechCrunch
Xbox Game Pass Ultimate costs $22.99 per month after being cut from $29.99 in April 2026, but starting in November it will cap cloud gaming at 15 hours per month (down from unlimited streaming).
Sep 29, 2026 ·Engadget
iOS 26.7.1 patches a zero-day security flaw in CoreGraphics that Apple says could enable arbitrary code execution, and the company is aware it may have been exploited in an “extremely sophisticated attack” against targeted individuals.
Sep 29, 2026 ·
CNET
After updating Word for Windows to version 2609, saving a PDF via Save/Save As to a SharePoint Online location can save the file to C:\Users\[username]\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\Content.MSO with a random filename and with no error in Word.
Sep 29, 2026 ·The Register
Xbox Mythic Achievements are unlocked by earning every original achievement in a game, similar to PlayStation Platinum trophies, and are being added for already-completed games including some Xbox 360 titles for Xbox Insiders to test.
Sep 29, 2026 ·The Verge
Prebuilt gaming PCs are poised to be a better value than custom builds in 2026 because rising PC component prices make building prohibitively expensive, with example GPU pricing ranging from an RTX 5080 at about $2,150 to an RTX 5090 listed on Amazon at about $11,565.
Sep 29, 2026 ·Engadget
John Ternus wants Apple to launch new products more quickly and more experimentally than its usual fall-and-spring iPhone-and-laptop moments, to stay competitive in the AI era.
Sep 29, 2026 ·The Verge
Glow Security calls the issue “PixelLeak”: more than 13,000 sensitive development screenshots were found on public GitHub repositories posted by AI models across 343 companies, exposing unreleased product work, credentials, and possible personal information.
Sep 29, 2026 ·The Register
Leaked renders suggest Google’s Pixel 11A will keep the same basic design as the Pixel 9A and 10A, with only a slightly rounder oval rear camera module and the same chunky display bezels.
Sep 29, 2026 ·The Verge
IMAX Dome (formerly OMNIMAX/Omnimax) uses fisheye-lens films to give viewers a 180° field of view on a dome that can stretch nearly 100 feet in diameter, instead of the more typical flat, ~52-by-72-foot vertical IMAX screen.
Sep 29, 2026 ·Engadget
