Ubigi’s Japan data eSIMs are discounted 15% with code CNETJP15, dropping the 8-day plan from $25 to $21, the 15-day plan from $39 to $33, and the 30-day plan from $65 to $55.
Sep 24, 2026 ·
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Xiaomi’s 18 Pro and 18 Pro Max are now available in China, with prices starting at 5,999 yuan ($894) and 6,999 yuan ($1,043), and they’re planned for a global release later this year.
Sep 24, 2026 ·
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Asus says an intruder accessed customer order information in part of its eShop, including contact details and order records, but it has not disclosed how many customers were affected.
Sep 24, 2026 ·
The Register
Razer’s Kiyo V2 Pro webcam captures 4K video at 60 fps, using Sony’s 8.3-megapixel STARVIS 2 sensor with an f/1.9 lens for improved low-light performance.
Sep 24, 2026 ·Engadget
Shield AI, Waabi, and General Motors will discuss how to test, validate, and earn trust in real-world AI systems where failure has high consequences on TechCrunch Disrupt 2026’s Real World AI Stage.
Sep 24, 2026 ·
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NASA chief Scott Isaacman said China’s potential lunar landing would force countries worldwide to question “whose security guarantee” to trust and which technology, military hardware, standards, and AI guidance to follow, rather than being a purely symbolic milestone.
Sep 24, 2026 ·Ars Technica
Most regulated-industry AI projects stall on data sovereignty—specifically where data lives, who can access it, and what auditors will accept as evidence—rather than on the model itself.
Sep 24, 2026 ·The Register
Lovable’s annualized run-rate revenue has crossed $600M, up from about $500M when it last disclosed the figure in June.
Sep 24, 2026 ·TechCrunch
A proposal for an “AI-native KDE” at KDE’s Akademy conference sparked an online backlash over LLM-assisted contributions, culminating in a deleted discussion thread and multiple bans.
Sep 24, 2026 ·The Register
Ando launched out of stealth with an app that positions AI agents as native participants in team messaging—granting agents identities and inboxes so they can join channels, DMs, group chats, and even transcribed live calls, and notify humans without waiting for approvals.
Sep 24, 2026 ·TechCrunch
Cal AI, an AI-powered nutrition app co-founded by Zach Yadegari at 17, reached 15+ million downloads and $30 million in annual revenue in under two years before being acquired by MyFitnessPal in a deal that closed in December 2025.
Sep 24, 2026 ·TechCrunch
Researchers say air-gapping AI tools can reduce external attack routes, but it “reduces realism” and is therefore a trade-off rather than a sufficient safety blanket for testing real-world behavior.
Sep 24, 2026 ·
The Verge
Philadelphia Fed President Anna Paulson said further “modest further tightening” may be warranted to return inflation to 2%, citing underlying inflation still running around 2.5%–3% and “well above” the 2% target.
Sep 24, 2026 ·
CNBC
Google’s Project Suncatcher will launch a satellite carrying its Tensor Processing Units (TPUs) aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 on October 1 to test how the chips handle space radiation and thermal stress.
Sep 24, 2026 ·The Verge
A U.S. Senate Judiciary subcommittee hearing on Flock’s “AI Surveillance Network” highlighted concerns about ALPR cameras storing large troves of images and enabling relatively easy access to data, with a sheriff ending a Flock contract and a Florida woman reporting 13 days in jail after being incorrectly identified by Flock cameras as linked to a crime scene.
Sep 24, 2026 ·The Verge
Meta says its Muse AI agent “is surprisingly good” and that its Meta Glasses design includes a visible recording light, but critics press that broader social rules and enforcement are still missing as millions of users adopt the device in unexpected ways.
Sep 24, 2026 ·The Verge
Liquid AI’s experimental DSpark draft model for LFM2.5-VL-3B adds 280M parameters (an 8.9% increase) while delivering up to 3.13x faster decoding on-device and 2.66x faster decoding on an H100 without changing output quality.
Sep 24, 2026 ·Hugging Face
TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 pass savings of up to $200 end September 25 at 11:59 p.m. PT, with a second guest ticket at 50% off.
Sep 24, 2026 ·TechCrunch
Waymo reported 271 million driverless miles through the end of June across five cities and said its vehicles saw 82% fewer injury-causing crashes than human drivers, including 95% fewer serious-injury-or-worse crashes and 86% fewer pedestrian injuries.
Sep 24, 2026 ·The Verge
US prosecutors allege Oxygen Forensics sold digital forensics software to multiple US agencies while the same Russian development operation also supplied software to Russian security services, including the FSB, under different product names.
Sep 24, 2026 ·The Register
