OpenAI’s ChatGPT Images 2.5 adds a @Sketch feature that lets you draw a doodle inside ChatGPT and convert it into a detailed AI image, plus comments on image parts to specify edits like changing the cat’s eye color.
Sep 8, 2026 ·
The Verge
NIH says it will use part of its budget to fund Department of Defense research into “future pandemic strains,” “CBRN threats,” and other emerging infectious diseases, despite NIH leadership and NIAID leadership previously arguing for dropping biodefense/pandemic-preparedness work in favor of focusing on “the most impactful infectious diseases that Americans currently face.”
Sep 8, 2026 ·Ars Technica
Tubi adds The Delivery Girl on Sept. 11 and Get Back Up on Sept. 25, while Pluto TV highlights a double feature of Mean Girls (2004) and Mean Girls (2024) and Kanopy and Plex roll out multiple films including The Iron Claw and The Florida Project throughout September 2026.
Sep 8, 2026 ·
CNET
U.S. unleaded gasoline averaged $4.15 per gallon on Monday—30% higher than a year ago and above the prior Labor Day record of $3.83 in 2012—while diesel averaged $5.90 per gallon (up from $3.70 a year ago).
Sep 8, 2026 ·
Yahoo Finance
Nintendo’s Switch 2: The Legend of Zelda 40th Anniversary Edition is available for preorder ahead of its Oct. 29 release, but is currently out of stock at major retailers like Best Buy, Walmart, GameStop, Amazon, and Nintendo.
Sep 8, 2026 ·CNET
Nintendo’s limited-edition The Legend of Zelda 40th Anniversary Switch 2 preorder is available now, ahead of its Oct. 29 release, priced at $520.
Sep 8, 2026 ·CNET
Anthropic reportedly walked away from talks to acquire AI startup Decart in a potential $6 billion deal, leaving Anthropic without what would have been its largest acquisition to date.
Sep 8, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
The Supreme Court ordered that, during the 60-day election-ad discount period, broadcast TV stations must charge political parties and joint fundraising committees the “lowest unit charge” rates reserved for legally qualified candidates, cutting the prices for party-bought election ads at steep discounts.
Sep 8, 2026 ·Ars Technica
Google says it will change EU Search results to comply with the EU’s Digital Markets Act by prioritizing vertical search services (e.g., Expedia, Hotels.com) and reducing features like real-time prices in a move it calls the largest decrease in search quality in the product’s history.
Sep 8, 2026 ·
Engadget
Qualcomm (QCOM) surged on a Sept. 8, 2026 announcement of a multi-generational Amazon collaboration to supply custom silicon for AWS AI data centers, including a warrant for ~25 million QCOM shares at a $161.26 exercise price (about $4B if fully exercised).
Sep 8, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Most trucking companies are not capturing the full fuel surcharge they are contractually entitled to, because they lack real-time visibility to recalculates charges based on how freight is actually being run.
Sep 8, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Samsung is selling the 256GB Galaxy Z Fold 8 for $1,600 after a $300 discount from $1,900.
Sep 8, 2026 ·CNET
Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold 8 (256GB) is discounted to a record-low $1,650, down from $1,900—a $250 savings and the first meaningful discount on the flagship foldable.
Sep 8, 2026 ·CNET
Autonomous trucks are already operating in 28 states, but uShip CEO Sean Wu says the freight economy hasn’t felt their full impact yet and predicts a consolidation wave that will reshape logistics across both public and mid-market players.
Sep 8, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Rockstar partnered with Nopixel to bring Nopixel V to GTA Online, enabling Nopixel’s roleplay server improvements through the GTA V Enhanced Edition on PS5, Xbox Series, and PC.
Sep 8, 2026 ·CNET
The U.S. Commerce Department finalized $300 million in CHIPS and Science Act awards—$100 million each to D-Wave Quantum (QBTS), Rigetti Computing (RGTI), and Quantinuum (QNT)—and will take minority, non-controlling equity stakes in Rigetti and D-Wave in return.
Sep 8, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Google Cloud’s AI accelerator chip business is “twice as large” as a cloud computing rival, according to Alphabet executive Thomas Kurian.
Sep 8, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
A Dallas County judge still has not affirmed C.H. Robinson’s $604 million verdict in the Lipa v. Lupus Superior case, and the delay means the ruling must be confirmed before any appeal can proceed.
Sep 8, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Nike shareholders rejected a climate proposal that urged more transparency about how the company plans to reach its emissions-reduction targets, and Nike did not disclose the vote tallies.
Sep 8, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
October WTI crude (CLV26) closed up +1.55 (+1.69%) to a 3-month high, while October RBOB gasoline (RBV26) closed up +0.0379 (+1.18%).
Sep 8, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
