Waymo averages 500,000 paid robotaxi rides every week but 80% of its ~4,000-vehicle fleet is concentrated in California and Texas, where Texas grew 49% in the past three weeks to 1,102 registered vehicles as of Sept. 24.
Sep 24, 2026 ·
TechCrunch
Modern Warfare 4 Season 1 will add a Warzone toggle (off by default) that hides player skins from other Call of Duty universe sources by replacing them with standard Operator appearances for the game mode.
Sep 24, 2026 ·
Engadget
CDC confirmed that ordering for COVID-19 vaccines is now open, after a previous unexplained delay.
Sep 24, 2026 ·Ars Technica
Google will launch a test satellite carrying lightly modified TPU/Trillium compute from its Project Suncatcher on October 1 aboard SpaceX’s Falcon 9 to evaluate whether its homegrown AI hardware can survive launch, space radiation, and cooling in orbit.
Sep 24, 2026 ·
The Register
Microsoft is moving communications into its Corporate, External, and Legal Affairs (CELA) organization, with vice chair and president Brad Smith taking over while chief communications officer Frank Shaw departs later this year.
Sep 24, 2026 ·
The Verge
Ray-Ban Meta Gen 3 starts at $449 (up $70 from Gen 2) and improves battery life to up to 9 hours per charge (+1 hour) and up to 50 hours with the charging case (+2 hours), plus a 6-mic array (+1 mic).
Sep 24, 2026 ·Engadget
Disney’s Ludwig Von Drake—the “uncle” character related to Donald Duck—was partly based on early Space Age rocket scientist Wernher von Braun.
Sep 24, 2026 ·Ars Technica
WordPress 7.1.2 patched CVE-2026-87902, a flaw that lets unauthenticated attackers achieve remote code execution (RCE) by forcing page template resolution to include a chosen readable local PHP file outside active theme directories.
Sep 24, 2026 ·
Computerworld
Nicolas Cage plays John Madden for the first time in David O. Russell’s biopic Madden, which opens in theaters on November 11 and comes to Prime Video on November 18.
Sep 24, 2026 ·Engadget
F-Droid released Android app repository version 2.0, a complete redesign that adds a redesigned Discover screen, improved search (including by app descriptions, categories, and translated content), new search filters, and automatic app update fetching and installation by default.
Sep 24, 2026 ·The Register
Nexterity’s remote-controlled robot is designed to loosen and tighten four bolted flange joint bolts at a time by sliding around a pipe, aiming to reduce the dangerous, injury-prone manual torque work in pipefitting.
Sep 24, 2026 ·TechCrunch
December’s Symbiosis update will add a team deathmatch mode and a permanently available PvE mode, along with an overhaul to the Perimeter zone and the introduction of the Tick Queen boss, plus a new shell archetype (“Bishop”) and a new social space with a firing range for onboarding.
Sep 24, 2026 ·Engadget
Google Wallet added multiple new 2026 features, including in-Wallet package tracking, TSA PreCheck Touchless ID access at 65 US airports, and a new child allowance/tap-to-pay system.
Sep 24, 2026 ·
ZDNet
Netflix will release episode 2 of Steel Ball Run: JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure on Friday, Sept. 25, and Stages 2 and 3 will stream across 11 episodes with new installments each Friday.
Sep 24, 2026 ·
CNET
Google’s Gemini 3.8 Live now supports “Live Avatar,” letting Gemini Enterprise customers talk to the model while an animated persona lip-syncs and changes facial expressions in real time.
Sep 24, 2026 ·The Verge
Docker Cloud Sandboxes use full micro VMs to prevent AI agents running in containers from accessing mounted host secrets, as shown when Claude could probe for a locally stored secret and Docker socket inside a regular container but failed inside a sandbox (“The isolation holds”).
Sep 24, 2026 ·The Register
CVS settled a lawsuit over alleged disclosure of customers’ data from cvs.com, cvshealth.com, and its mobile app for $20.5 million to avoid further litigation costs and disruptions.
Sep 24, 2026 ·CNET
F-Droid 2.0, its first major client overhaul in 10 years, is rolling out with a new Kotlin Compose UI and easier app discovery and installs.
Sep 24, 2026 ·Ars Technica
Grand Theft Auto 6: The Goodtime State – Vice City Collection is available to preorder for $400 on Rockstar Games, and it ships with the game on Nov. 19 but does not include the game.
Sep 24, 2026 ·CNET
Meta’s Ray-Ban Display glasses and other Meta AI non-display smart glasses will get New York Times Cooking integration with a “hands-free mode” that provides audio cues for recipe steps, with steps restructured into brief instructions and ingredients/measurements aligned to the dish.
Sep 24, 2026 ·Engadget
