A US judge dismissed two class actions against LinkedIn over its scanning of users’ Chrome extensions after finding the plaintiffs failed to allege they had browser extensions that conveyed private information to LinkedIn, saying they likely can’t plausibly show a privacy violation—though he granted leave to amend.
Sep 10, 2026 ·Ars Technica
ISS recommended shareholders oppose Conagra Brands’ fiscal 2026 executive compensation due to weak financial performance and incentive targets that it said were inadequately explained.
Sep 10, 2026 ·
Yahoo Finance
Meta says it will start testing Community Notes in 16 Latin American countries and could “transition” to publishing Community Notes there while ending its third-party fact-checking program once confident it’s working, with contributors adding “additional context” to posts on Facebook, Instagram and Threads during the test
Sep 10, 2026 ·
Engadget
Apple Watch Series 12’s Audio Intelligence can turn the last 15 seconds of a nearby conversation into on-screen text via Live Rewind after a double-press of the Digital Crown, without bystanders’ consent in all-party consent states.
Sep 10, 2026 ·
The Register
The New York Times’ reporting in *Coding Kids* argues that big tech has spent 15 years embedding itself in U.S. schools—via AP Computer Science curricula from companies like Apple and Microsoft, Google’s Chromebook distribution and Classroom app, and Code.org campaigns—so students learn to use specific tools that can translate into future customers.
Sep 10, 2026 ·
The Verge
Jacob Coxon resigned from Anthropic, saying both Anthropic and OpenAI are “racing” toward self-improving superintelligence and “gambling with our lives,” while an Anthropic alignment stress-testing leader, Evan Hubinger, said Anthropic “earnestly believe[s] AI could kill all humans” and personally thinks it’s “>10% within the next decade.”
Sep 10, 2026 ·
CNET
FirstEnergy’s Potomac Edison asked the Maryland Public Service Commission for a $52.8 million distribution-rate increase that would raise the average residential customer’s monthly bill by about 5.3% if approved.
Sep 10, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
October WTI crude oil (CLV26) closed up +6.43 (+6.69%) to a 3.5-month high and October RBOB gasoline (RBV26) closed up +0.1826 (+5.69%) to a 2-week high on Thursday.
Sep 10, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Europe’s space agency is moving ahead with a European radar for the Venus Envision mission, after it began looking like NASA will not provide the radar instrument needed for Envision’s early-2030s launch (ESA now targets 2032).
Sep 10, 2026 ·Ars Technica
IDScan.net said an unauthorized third party may have accessed and/or copied customer information in its cloud accounts, potentially including full names and U.S. driver’s license or other government-issued ID numbers.
Sep 10, 2026 ·Engadget
Proxima Fusion plans to build a €140 million ($162.6 million) factory to produce fusion-grade high-temperature superconducting (HTS) tape, a key component for generating the magnetic fields that contain fusion plasma.
Sep 10, 2026 ·
TechCrunch
Google won an auction to buy a large operational dataset from Spirit Airlines’ bankruptcy, prompting objections that the sale could improperly transfer third-party vendor data and intellectual property, including trade secrets, to Google via broad and unclear data definitions.
Sep 10, 2026 ·Ars Technica
ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel will interview Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico on his Jimmy Kimmel Live YouTube channel only, and not broadcast on TV, citing Federal Communications Commission threats to ABC-affiliated stations’ licenses.
Sep 10, 2026 ·Ars Technica
Global spending on clean energy and clean tech fell 17% in the first half of 2026, according to Rhodium.
Sep 10, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
The U.S. Producer Price Index for final demand rose 0.4% in August after an upwardly revised 0.1% gain in July, and increased 5.4% year over year through August.
Sep 10, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Hexagon Energy and Weyerhaeuser closed a deal to develop geothermal projects that could provide an estimated 3 GW of generating capacity in Washington and Oregon.
Sep 10, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Gartner forecasts that by 2029 nearly one-third of employees laid off because of AI may need to be rehired, often at significantly higher cost.
Sep 10, 2026 ·The Register
The Federal Aviation Administration’s eIPP pilot program begins in Texas today to support test flights of electric, hybrid-electric, and autonomous aircraft before type-certification rules are finalized.
Sep 10, 2026 ·The Verge
Eighteen Willis Towers Watson employees quit within 44 minutes in Boston on Aug. 19 and allegedly walked next door to Lockton, taking clients that generated more than $5 million in annual revenue for WTW.
Sep 10, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Nintendo’s Customer Appreciation Sale runs from September 13 to September 26, and Nintendo says it’s “made possible in part” by about $300 million in tariff-related refunds it received from the US government.
Sep 10, 2026 ·Engadget
