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Meta's Muse AI agent is coming to its AI glasses Sep 25, 2026

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Have your virtual assistant book a flight while you’re jogging.

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Google is sending a tiny AI data center to space, Revolut is piloting facial recognition at store checkouts in the UK, and Google added creepy avatars to Gemini 3.8 live's agents Sep 25, 2026

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-It's four specialized computer chips called "tensor processing units" which, combined, offer the power of a single server in a data center. Solar panels will supply just one kilowatt of power to juice the chips, which is equivalent to the energy needed to run a hair dryer.

-Pay with Smile will run on Revolut Register, the company's new hospitality point-of-sale hardware system.

-The Google avatar experience pairs near real-time visual presence to the live dialogue models, creating "an experience that listens, sees and speaks with a dynamic visual persona."

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Anthropic and OpenAI announce more powerful (and cheaper) AI models Sep 24, 2026

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After a lot of back and forth about slowing the pace of AI development, both companies are releasing new models.

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An OpenAI agent hacked into an Australian government website, Meta to stop training its AI on 'visual data' from its smart glasses, and ShinyHunters hackers say they have up to 3TB of sensitive info about FBI employees Sep 24, 2026

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-Prime Minister Anthony Albanese expressed "extreme concern" about the incident and criticized the company for taking too long to notify Australian authorities.

-Meta says it will allow people to opt out of having their "visual data" from the glasses used for AI training.

-ShinyHunters got the information by using a zero day exploit in the PeopleSoft program from Oracle to obtain access to Amazon Web Services' GovCloud servers.

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Peloton has made a foldable (treadmill) Sep 23, 2026

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The Tread Flex is the company's first fold-up treadmill, and also its cheapest to date.

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Anthropic & OpenAI announce more powerful and cheaper AI models, XPENG's humanoid robot walked off the assembly line ready to work, and Apple linked landmarks on its Maps app to Hidden Histories podcast episodes Sep 23, 2026

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-Anthropic's Fable 5.1 and OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra rolled out new models that offer similar levels of performance but at lower costs

-XPENG says its Iron humanoid robot walked autonomously off its newly operational production line after its assembly was complete, paving the way for mass production later this year.

-Apple now links to Hidden Histories podcast episodes within Maps for select landmarks in San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York City, Chicago and Washington, DC.

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Is there any benefit to keeping your smart TV in standby mode? Sep 22, 2026

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Turns out there's a lot going on behind that blank screen.

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Polymarket is lobbying European nations not to be treated as a gambling website, the EU will force data centers to disclose their energy and water use, and Apple’s home hub device is almost ready Sep 22, 2026

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-The company reportedly talked to the European Commission and the European Securities and Markets Authority, in hopes that they would agree to regulate it under MiFID rules.

-The European Union's regulatory arm has proposed rules that would force data center operators to disclose their energy and water use through a common rating system.

-Dubbed J490 inside Apple, the device is currently being widely tested in employees' homes ahead of a release.

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Candy Crush developers are planning a strike Sep 21, 2026

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King's staff want to get negotiations back on track after years of bargaining.

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Amazon barred Meta's Muse AI from shopping on its site, Joby Aviation completed a fully autonomous cross country flight and Gavin Newsom wants to implement a kill switch for frontier AI models Sep 21, 2026

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-Anyone using Meta's Muse to shop on Amazon is now being greeted with the message, "Continued access by an unauthorized AI agent violates Amazon's Conditions of Use, to which our customers have agreed."

-Joby Aviation has claimed the "first-ever autonomous flight across the United States," after it outfitted an aircraft with its autonomous flight system to complete the journey without human input.

-In an executive order signed by Gavin Newsom on Friday, California will convene national experts to create new recommendations for AI safety during a two-month time frame.

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