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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 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…

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 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 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…

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 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…

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…

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…

Audible is adding three new features designed to make audiobooks more interactive, including real-time character guides, AI-powered conversations with fictional characters, and visual information tied to places mentioned in a…

Amazon has redesigned its Kindle lineup with flush-front displays, thinner bodies, and lighter hardware, replacing the raised bezels that have surrounded Kindle screens for years. The company says new touch…

Amazon has introduced the Kindle Click, a $34.99 Bluetooth remote that lets readers turn pages without touching their Kindle. The accessory arrives alongside a redesigned Kindle lineup featuring thinner bodies,…

Satlyt has raised an $8 million seed round to develop software that lets satellites run AI models and eventually share computing workloads across orbit. Rather than building spacecraft, the startup…

Google has launched Gemini 4 Argon, a new AI model designed for complex coding, research, writing, and cybersecurity work. The company says Argon can autonomously identify, validate, and patch critical…

The Pentagon has launched Project Meridian, a 120-day effort to study how future wars could be fought and identify technologies the US military may need to develop, test, and deploy.…

Factory CEO Matan Grinberg has accused former board adviser Chris Degnan of sharing confidential information with rival AI coding company Cognition while advising Factory. Degnan denies the allegation and says…

More than 3 million current and former US military personnel, civilian workers, and others had personal information exposed in a months-long breach of the Defense Manpower Data Center, including Social…

DoorDash has unveiled a six-propeller autonomous aircraft for DoorDash Air, its in-house drone delivery service, after first developing the ground systems needed to move food from restaurant kitchens to customers.…

BMW’s 2027 3 Series offers a rare direct comparison between electric and gasoline-powered cars, with the electric version priced $4,400 below its closest gas equivalent. The electric i3 50 xDrive…

OpenAI has introduced a new Decisions API that uses its Luna model to choose between predefined answers for tasks such as classification, routing, and agent actions. The limited-preview tool is…