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Sep 16, 2026
OpenAI once again has to answer for its agents, the Automattic story gets even stranger, and Zooming on a rollercoaster
Sep 15, 2026
The Clarity Act is now on ice until 2027, OpenAI looks to raise a round at a $1.2 trillion valuation, and a two-week boot camp for ultra-rich Gen Zers
Sep 14, 2026
AI powerhouses meet as fears about LLMs mount, China calls warnings about AI "fear mongering," and "mouthfeel" takes hold in the food and beverage industry
Sep 11, 2026
Anthropic reveals more abuses of its technology, Automattic's CEO claims he's back, and parents have a new challenge: "fambushing"
Sep 10, 2026
OpenAI's CEO is considering ways to slow AI's development, San Francisco's mayor declares a rent emergency because of AI wealth, and U.S. Open status symbols
Sep 9, 2026
Automattic CEO Mark Mulleg has been forced to take a leave of absence, Apple unveils a new foldable iPhone, and the rise of parental "Do-Overs"
Sep 8, 2026
Amazon faces nationwide class-action lawsuit, a math professor claims OpenAI stole his work, and a new Elizabeth Holmes documentary has people talking
Sep 5, 2026
OpenAI once again has to answer for its agents, Federal regulators are already investigating Tesla's robotaxi service, and Burning Man is a big, muddy mess
Sep 3, 2026
Nvidia makes a big bet on open source, Moonshot AI files to go public, and Burners are getting older and richer
Sep 2, 2026
Google wins a big victory in court, Cognition closes in on a giant round, and the grim business of cleaning up Waymo cars
Sep 1, 2026
OpenAI accuses Apple of anti-competitive behavior, John Ternus takes over as Apple's CEO, and "pheromone-maxxing" is now a thing
Aug 31, 2026
Amazon is accused of scamming merchants out of billions, Ryan Breslow tries to save Bolt with a last-ditch bridge financing, and full-body MRI scans take off
Aug 28, 2026
OpenAI pulls the plug on SpaceX's Cursor, Anthropic moves closer to "recursive self-improvement," and Miami's jet set love their helipads and private docks
A coalition of tech heavyweights issue a warning about AI hacks, a federal judge blocks the Pentagon from blacklisting Anthropic, and treehouse rentals for connoisseurs
Aug 27, 2026
Meta will pay up and make changes to its apps to protect kids, Nvidia gets closer to buying Hugging Face, and books that teach babies about quantum physics
Aug 25, 2026
Anthropic is throwing around some big numbers, DeepSeek is lining up a monster round, and the rise of the "meat proxy"
Aug 24, 2026
The Feds take a new tack on H-1B visas, Oura's imminent IPO just got very pricey, and Chinese humanoid robots race into the record books
Aug 21, 2026
DeepSeek's new V4 Flash model raises the stakes in the U.S.-China AI rivalry, New York now boasts more tech talent than the San Francisco Bay Area, and vintage baby clothes are a thing
Aug 20, 2026
Researchers warn that Polymarket could be providing signals to U.S. adversaries, TikTok is facing scrutiny for disabling a safety feature, and "clawcades" make a comeback
Aug 19, 2026
Moderna’s stock pops after its cancer vaccine succeeds in a late-stage trial, Cognition denies SpaceX M&A rumors, and a new video game tests players’ ability to survive Paris heat
Aug 18, 2026
OpenAI's numbers pale in comparison to Anthropic's rapid growth, Meta faces off against 29 state AGs, and Eric Schmidt puts his superyacht up for sale
Aug 17, 2026
The Justice Department investigates Andreessen Horowitz, Travis Kalanick lays into VCs, and London bureaucrats try to limit "high-volume vertical drinking"
Jul 31, 2026
DeepSeek's new AI almost matches OpenAI’s GPT-5.6 Luna at a fraction of the cost, researchers conclude VC-backed startups commit more fraud, and "naked dressing" has a moment
Jul 30, 2026
Anthropic admits its AI models hacked three companies, a hot AI hedge fund stumbles, and a “turducken” fossil
Jul 29, 2026
OpenAI's agents penetrated four other online services in addition to Hugging Face, xAI fights a law to prevent nonconsensual sexualized images, and Ferrari's Luce defies the haters
