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Demand For .si Domains Surges After Trump Order Rebrands AI As “Super Intelligence”

The .si domain extension has seen a sharp increase in registrations after U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order directing federal agencies to replace references to “AI” and “artificial…

Tesla Delivers More Than 486,000 Vehicles In Third Quarter As Overseas Demand Offsets U.S. Weakness

Tesla delivered 486,532 electric vehicles during the third quarter of 2026, exceeding Wall Street expectations and marking its second consecutive quarter of stronger sales performance. The company also produced 464,391…

Rivian Recalls 14 R2 SUVs Over Improperly Tightened Battery Fasteners

Rivian has recalled 14 R2 electric SUVs after discovering that a fastener connected to the high-voltage battery may not have been properly tightened during manufacturing. The defect could cause a…

California Law Requires Robotaxi Companies To Provide Local Emergency Support

California has adopted new rules requiring autonomous vehicle companies such as Tesla, Waymo, and Zoox to provide local, on-the-ground support when their vehicles crash, become disabled, or interfere with emergency…

Lyft Agrees To Pay $272.5 Million To Settle California Driver Misclassification Case

Lyft has agreed to pay $272.5 million to settle allegations that it misclassified California drivers as independent contractors rather than employees between 2016 and 2020. The proposed settlement still requires…

Armadin Raises $255.5 Million At More Than $2.5 Billion Valuation

Armadin has raised $255.5 million in Series B funding at a valuation of more than $2.5 billion as the cybersecurity startup expands its autonomous security platform. The round comes about…

Trump Reportedly Consulted Grok About Venezuela Before Maduro Capture

President Donald Trump reportedly spent hours using Elon Musk’s Grok chatbot during a private meeting in December 2025, including asking how Venezuelans might react if President Nicolás Maduro were captured.…

OpenAI Adds Virtual Try-On And Favorites To ChatGPT Shopping

OpenAI has introduced two new shopping features for ChatGPT, adding virtual try-on for clothing and accessories and a Favorites tool for saving products inside the app. The update marks another…

Google Sends TPU Into Space As Project Suncatcher Tests Orbital AI Computing

Google has sent one of its Tensor Processing Units into space for the first time as part of Project Suncatcher, a long-term effort to determine whether large AI computing clusters…

Fervo Energy Starts Selling Power From Cape Station Ahead Of Schedule

Fervo Energy has started commercial electricity sales from the first section of its Cape Station geothermal project in Utah, one day ahead of its contractual deadline. The first GeoBlock reached…

OpenAI Parts Ways With Three Safety Researchers Over Alleged Information Sharing

OpenAI has parted ways with three researchers on its safety team after an internal investigation found they mishandled sensitive company information outside established procedures. The researchers allegedly shared confidential information…

Graphite Study Finds Thousands Of Persistent Writing Tells Across Leading AI Models

Graphite researchers have found that leading AI models still produce thousands of recurring words, phrases, and sentence patterns at substantially higher rates than human writers, even as familiar signals such…

MyMonthlyCar Connects Dealerships With Drivers For Month-To-Month Used Car Rentals

MyMonthlyCar is building an online marketplace that lets dealerships rent their used vehicles to drivers on a month-to-month basis. The Florida-based startup aims to give dealers another way to use…

AWS Releases Open Source Strands Decider 2B For Faster AI Agent Decisions

Amazon Web Services has released Strands Decider 2B, a small open source AI model designed to make fast decisions inside agent workflows without relying on a full large language model…

Shopify Launches Canvas To Build Online Stores By Chatting With AI

Shopify has introduced Canvas, a new AI-powered workspace that lets merchants build and customize online stores by describing what they want to Sidekick, Shopify’s AI agent. Instead of relying mainly…

California Governor Newsom Vetoes Bill Targeting Secret Recordings With Smart Glasses

California Governor Gavin Newsom has vetoed legislation that would have imposed new restrictions on secretly recording people with wearable devices such as smart glasses. Newsom said the proposal used definitions…

Tesla’s ‘Amazing Abundance’ Vision Still Lacks Detail More Than A Year After Master Plan IV

More than a year after Tesla published its fourth Master Plan, CEO Elon Musk continues to describe a future of “amazing abundance” driven by AI, humanoid robots, autonomous vehicles, and…

Airbnb Adds AI Search As Brian Chesky Questions Chatbot-Only Travel Interfaces

Airbnb has introduced AI-powered search as part of its fall product update, while CEO Brian Chesky says chatbot-only interfaces still do not work well for travel discovery. The company is…

Photon Raises $4.5 Million To Build AI Agents Across Messaging Apps

San Francisco, United States, October 2, 2026 — Photon has raised $4.5 million in seed funding as it builds infrastructure for AI agents that communicate through services such as iMessage…

Legato Launches $999 AI Hearing Glasses for Adults With Hearing Loss

Hearing technology startup Legato has launched Legato Frames, a pair of AI-powered hearing glasses designed for adults with up to moderate hearing loss. Starting at $999, the glasses integrate hearing-assistance…