California signed AB 1130 to let regulators fine political influencers up to $5,000 per undisclosed paid post and refer repeat violators for possible misdemeanors.
Sep 20, 2026 ·
TechCrunch
NHTSA is working on a federal automated vehicle framework and plans to launch ASCEND with SAE to develop “ADS competency” and data-driven automated driving performance standards, which will inform future federal motor vehicle safety standard rulemaking.
Sep 20, 2026 ·TechCrunch
Charlie Munger said that if you can afford to self-insure, you should self-insure, because insurance only makes sense to cover losses you can’t pay for yourself—even though that view is “bad for Berkshire” given the company’s insurance business.
Sep 20, 2026 ·
Yahoo Finance
NextEra Energy secured up to $1.9 billion in U.S. Department of Energy loan financing to restart the shuttered Duane Arnold Energy Center in Iowa, aiming to resume operations in early 2029 pending regulatory approvals.
Sep 20, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Chevron plans to more than double the number of oil rigs it operates in Venezuela under a five-year plan to raise output to 600,000 barrels per day by 2031, up from about 290,000 bpd now.
Sep 20, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Board, a 24-inch touchscreen game table built for groups, has raised $35 million from VCs as it targets people playing together offline rather than one person using a screen alone.
Sep 20, 2026 ·TechCrunch
Paramount CEO David Ellison is reportedly looking for about 400,000 square feet of office space in Nashville for the next two to three years, potentially via a built-to-suit option.
Sep 20, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
This El Niño has reached “super” status after Pacific surface waters warmed to 2°C (3.6°F) above average, surpassing NOAA’s “very strong” threshold, and NOAA forecasts a 75% chance it will be the strongest event since 1950.
Sep 20, 2026 ·
CNET
SCP Foundation Wiki says it has had no communication with the filmmakers, producers, or distributors for V/H/S: SCP since the project was announced, despite several attempts to contact them.
Sep 20, 2026 ·
The Verge
American frontier AI models have scored about 7 months ahead of Chinese models on average since 2023, a gap that “has not closed.”
Sep 20, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Human attackers—rather than rogue AI—remain the biggest cybersecurity risk to energy systems, even as AI is increasing attackers’ capability and speed.
Sep 20, 2026 ·The Verge
Google said its Mandiant and Threat Intelligence teams had an undercover analyst inside TeamPCP’s inner circle almost from the beginning of the group’s rampage in March, enabling Google to disrupt the credential-theft campaign and warn providers and victims.
Sep 20, 2026 ·Ars Technica
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act does not make Social Security benefits fully tax-free; it provides a temporary enhanced senior $6,000 tax deduction for taxpayers age 65+ between 2025 and 2028, with eligibility tied to income thresholds.
Sep 20, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
T. rex body temperature is inferred at an average of 36.3°C (with a ±2.5°C uncertainty) from clumped-isotope measurements of tooth enamel, putting it roughly in the range of modern elephants (~36°C) and warmer than coexisting crocodilians (~30.9°C).
Sep 20, 2026 ·Ars Technica
Flock Safety is offering “generous” voluntary buyouts to cut staffing from its 1,500-person workforce, and says it will grant packages to a majority of employees who express interest.
Sep 19, 2026 ·TechCrunch
Donald Trump said he will soon announce an “AI czar” to run a newly created “AI Force,” describing it as a way to “cherish,” “help,” and “watch over” AI as it grows.
Sep 19, 2026 ·
Engadget
Jim Cramer said that in a rate-tightening cycle investors “cannot buy companies that are losing money left and right.”
Sep 19, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Anthropic will embed Accenture as a third-party evaluator to assess the safety and compliance of its frontier AI models, with both companies investing at least $1 billion each over the next five years.
Sep 19, 2026 ·Engadget
PureCycle will supply SnapPack Square EVO tamper-evident packaging units that include 20% PureFive recycled polypropylene, with the resin holding APR Certification for PCR content and being acknowledged under New Jersey’s Recycled Content Law.
Sep 19, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
CNN, MSNBC and POLITICO were turned away from the White House after a directive threatened to ban them, marking an escalation in the administration’s restrictions on press access.
Sep 19, 2026 ·The Verge
