Sep 7, 2026 ·
The Register
A PC began smoking and smelled like electrical damage after a replacement IBM mouse was plugged into the wrong but physically identical nine-pin RS-232 port, with power flowing to the wrong pin before the mouse was working again after correcting the connection.
Linus Torvalds said the Linux 7.3 release candidate’s unusually busy rc2 stage involved multiple major areas—filesystems fixes, a sizeable DRM pull with scattered fixes, plus networking, BPF, and several driver trees—rather than any single standout cause.
Sep 7, 2026 ·The Register
Thailand’s National Economic and Social Development Council has paused all datacenter builds and approvals in the country while it works out an appropriate regulatory framework.
Sep 7, 2026 ·The Register
Portable CarPlay screens typically cost under $50 and are often worth it when you can choose a 6–11 inch display with at least 1280x720 resolution plus audio support (AUX, Bluetooth, or FM) and wireless CarPlay (not wired).
Sep 7, 2026 ·
Engadget
Tamboran Resources began initial gas sales from the Shenandoah South Pilot Project in the Beetaloo Basin by delivering first gas into the Northern Territory network over the weekend, with commissioning now underway.
Sep 6, 2026 ·
Yahoo Finance
Time Machine on macOS creates local backups of your Mac (apps, photos, videos, and documents) to an external APFS-formatted drive, letting you restore individual files or your entire Mac without paying for cloud storage subscriptions.
Sep 6, 2026 ·Engadget
Walmart expects about $2.9 billion in tariff refunds and says it is using part of the benefit to lower prices, with Walmart U.S. gross profit up 1.6% from the boost and the effect expected in its current fiscal third quarter.
Sep 6, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
OpenAI will end access to its models through Cursor on November 12 after SpaceX’s closed $60 billion all-stock acquisition of Cursor’s parent company, Anysphere (closed August 14).
Sep 6, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Nvidia guided fiscal 2028 revenue growth to 70% (its first-ever year-ahead forecast), implying fiscal 2028 revenue around $673B–$700B and putting it on track to pass Apple and Alphabet by revenue.
Sep 6, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Apple Wallet card declines are often caused by an expired or reissued card not syncing yet, and the recommended fix is to remove the card from Wallet and add it back via Wallet’s Plus (+) button (Debit/Credit), which may require confirming with your bank or card provider app/phone call.
Sep 6, 2026 ·Engadget
Slate Truck is limited to US customers and sales—its preorder terms require buyers to live in the US, so Canada and other international markets are not available “for now.”
Sep 6, 2026 ·Engadget
Phil Schiller reportedly stepped down from App Store leadership partly because he was wary that John Ternus and Eddy Cue’s push to improve App Store margins and increase recurring revenue would heighten conflict with governments and developers.
Sep 6, 2026 ·
TechCrunch
An Amazon Air Boeing 767-300 cargo plane overran the runway during landing at Miami International Airport on Sunday, crashing into vehicles and causing multiple injuries.
Sep 6, 2026 ·
The Verge
McKesson agreed to buy privately held Precision Medicine Group in a deal valued at about $2.25 billion, adding clinical research, laboratory testing, and commercialization services to its Oncology & Multispecialty segment.
Sep 6, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
SpaceX says its first AI satellites using NVIDIA chips will launch in Q4 2027 and reach “significant scale” in 2028, with Musk citing a “Vera Rubin NVL72” space-optimized system for orbit in Q4 2027.
Sep 6, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
U.S. electricity demand is projected to rise 60% from 2025 to 2045—an AI-and-clean-power demand tailwind the article says Brookfield Renewable can capture.
Sep 6, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Orionx, a Tether-backed crypto exchange, shut down after an audit found a $7 million gap in client assets held in custody and temporarily suspended withdrawals as part of the closure process.
Sep 6, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Apple’s new Mac Mini starts at $899 with the M6 chip (first built on a 2-nanometer process) and is priced up from $799 for the prior model, while the new Mac Studio starts at $2,499 with M5 Max or $5,499 with M5 Ultra and begins shipping September 22.
Sep 6, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
BitGo will acquire NYDIG’s institutional trading business for about $42.5 million, mostly paid in BitGo stock, adding derivatives, structured products, and other capital markets services to its custody and settlement platform.
Sep 6, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
iOS 18 adds RCS support to iPhone, enabling Android-to-iPhone sharing without the older SMS-driven quality drop and letting iPhone users access higher image quality available via RCS.
Sep 6, 2026 ·Engadget
Goodyear extended its “Goodyear Forward” turnaround timeline after missing key targets, with debt still above $7 billion at the end of Q2 and a $453 million net loss through the first half of 2026 versus $131 million of operating income (1.6% operating margin).
Sep 6, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
