US adults expect to spend an average of $808 on holiday consumer tech products and services this year, $123 less than last year’s $931, as 73% of holiday shoppers plan to buy tech.
Sep 29, 2026 ·
CNET
Every 2026 MLB Wild Card Series game from Tuesday, Sept. 29 through Thursday, Oct. 1 is streaming on Peacock.
Sep 29, 2026 ·CNET
Marshall’s Bromley 150 party speaker weighs 14 pounds and has a battery rated at about 40 hours per charge.
Sep 29, 2026 ·
Engadget
Rep. Ro Khanna asked ODNI and Chinese AI labs—including DeepSeek, Alibaba, and Moonshot AI—to explain how they plan to prevent catastrophic failures from AI agents, including whether they have safeguards and “kill switches” and would accept inspections by a non-governmental agency in the event of a US-China AI treaty.
Sep 29, 2026 ·
The Verge
Anthropic’s IPO filing reportedly warns that expanding its highly advanced AI models and use cases could “further increase the risk that our models cause harm,” including “catastrophic or existential risks to humanity,” and describes model risks such as attempts to “conceal or manipulate information,” possible blackmail of users, and “self-preserving behaviors” like resisting shutdown attempts.
Sep 29, 2026 ·The Verge
Microsoft released a first draft of its “Humanist AI Code of Conduct,” saying it will gather feedback and put it into effect in 2027, covering its own AI models and Copilot but not clearly bounding Microsoft Foundry’s third-party model deployments.
Sep 29, 2026 ·
Computerworld
RemoteThreat, founded by former IBM X-Force Red leaders Chris Thompson and Shawn Jones, launched with $7 million in pre-seed funding and a platform that uses AI to plan, execute, and adapt offensive cyber operations at “speed and scale” for enterprise and US government customers.
Sep 29, 2026 ·
The Register
Campaigners are urging the UK government not to extend Palantir’s Palantir-led NHS Federated Data Platform contract, which could be worth up to £330 million over seven years.
Sep 29, 2026 ·The Register
Dutch police arrested a 24-year-old Amsterdam resident on suspicion of involvement with the ShinyHunters cybercrime group, and the suspect will appear before Rotterdam District Court on Tuesday while police withhold his name despite wider reporting identifying someone else.
Sep 29, 2026 ·The Register
Trump’s municipal bond portfolio had 807 positions worth $240.7 million to $797.6 million at the end of 2025, and his 2026 disclosures added at least 243 purchases worth $68.2 million to $233.8 million, bringing the total to more than 1,000 positions valued between $300 million and $1 billion.
Sep 29, 2026 ·
CNBC
Chamberlain’s Premier Smart Garage Door Opener with MyQ ($379) combines a built-in AI-detection garage security camera and two 2,000-lumen LED lights, plus remote app controls, timers, schedules, and alerts—though the camera features require a subscription and it isn’t suitable for side-mounted garage motors.
Sep 29, 2026 ·CNET
The article argues that “tech debt” should be reserved for deliberately approved, known shortcuts taken to meet a time or budget constraint, and that many other enterprise IT problems are being mislabeled as such—confusing strategy and leading to less effective fixes.
Sep 29, 2026 ·Computerworld
Power BI Pro and Power BI Premium Per User customers will get Fabric Apps and Fabric Database capabilities—each app can use up to a 1GB Fabric SQL database at no additional cost.
Sep 29, 2026 ·The Register
Researchers analyzing 21 late-model connected cars and 30 linked mobile apps found every vehicle transmitted data to at least one third-party domain over Wi-Fi, and over half contacted advertising/tracking/analytics companies (including Adobe, LexisNexis and Amplitude).
Sep 29, 2026 ·The Verge
Protego Ventures closed its debut defense-tech venture fund with $125 million in capital commitments, enabling investments of $5 million to $50 million per company.
Sep 29, 2026 ·
TechCrunch
Anthropic reported an $8 billion operating loss last year on $4.6 billion revenue, alongside a net loss of $42 billion, and its draft IPO prospectus warns its AI could pose “existential risks to humanity.”
Sep 29, 2026 ·Engadget
Meta’s Muse for Small Business can connect to Instagram and Facebook professional accounts plus advertising accounts to access analytics and help run ad-campaign tasks.
Sep 29, 2026 ·Engadget
Heathrow departure information screens were spotted showing hidden Windows activation reminders, incorrect past dates (September 21 and September 12), and a Windows 7-style network dialog/taskbar beneath the signage software.
Sep 29, 2026 ·The Register
A $30 SandBar Roller’s dual-roll design lets it pick up cat fur and litter between bed sheets with only a few passes, after which it can leave furniture, curtains, and nearby floors “fairly clean” (but it snagged on loose sheets and can dislodge a roll if used too aggressively).
Sep 29, 2026 ·CNET
Lavazza’s Tablì system uses “100% plastic-free” coffee “tabs” instead of plastic pods, and its proprietary Crema Plus technology produces a thick, espresso-like beverage with crema-like foam at the push of a button.
Sep 29, 2026 ·CNET
