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Amazon introduced a new $59.99 Fire TV Stick 4K, a redesigned Fire TV Remote, a simplified streaming-device lineup and Alexa+ upgrades for Fire TV and mobile. The stick ships now in 13 countries and is set for a Prime Big Deal Days discount.
OpenAI launched Dots, an always-on personal AI agent, at DevDay, following Meta's Muse release and intensifying competition with Google and Apple. Startups are raising large sums, but pricing and user retention remain open questions.
Apple's long-rumored smart home hub, a 6-inch display device built around the new Siri assistant and face recognition, is expected to launch on Oct. 13, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman.
Robinhood announced at its HOOD Summit in Houston that it will offer 24/7 trading in certain U.S. equities starting next year, add crypto perpetual futures and AI-powered automated trading tools, targeting active traders. Its shares rose 3% in early trading Wednesday.
Two Google alumni have closed an $11.3 million fund for early-stage AI startups, while Ascerta raised $18 million to help enterprises measure the business value of AI.
Samsung launched Galaxy Tab S12 Plus and Ultra, dropping the base model, and SmartTag 3 with iPhone support.
The full text of President Trump's "morally binding" AI safety agreement shows six tech leaders pledging to self-regulate frontier models through four oversight steps, but with no penalties for violations.
Holiday retail sales to top $1 trillion for the first time, with inflation driving growth as shoppers seek value.
OpenAI has launched Dots, GPT-6-powered always-on agents inside ChatGPT that work toward user-set goals between conversations. They are initially available to Pro and Business Premium users at no extra cost.
HONOR introduced the Life S3, a 3.68-inch E Ink reader that attaches magnetically to a phone and works standalone.
Micron reports after the bell Wednesday, with options traders pricing a 7% move and leaning bullish. Bond-market weakness and rising rates remain a risk to the AI trade.
Cloudflare plans to issue quantum-safe TLS certificates, using Merkle Tree Certificates and a GlobalSign trusted root.
The last U.S. forces left Iraq and Iraq declared Sovereignty Day. The Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration to resume third-country deportations for now. Trump backed voluntary AI self-regulation after meeting executives, with NPR reporting no new AI laws.
BYD has completed its 2,000th highway flash-charging station at Baoying Service Area in Yangzhou, setting up its first National Day holiday stress test. It is targeting 20,000 stations by year-end while adding cameras, voice reminders, storage and grid coordination to cut peak queues.
Apple Pay has launched in India, but the service initially works only with Visa and MasterCard credit cards issued by Axis Bank, leaving other major banks and the domestic RuPay network out for now.
OpenAI's dots and Meta's Muse push personal agents into daily life, while Anthropic flags GLM-5.3 cyber risks and OpenClaw, Codex Harness, and new Flash models reshape agent infrastructure and office work.
OpenAI's chief research officer Mark Chen defends its safety record after agent hacks at Hugging Face and Australia's health system. OpenAI says it paused training of its latest models and is reviewing agent logs back to January 2026.
Apple plans to launch its HomePad smart home hub on Oct. 13, reportedly alongside a new HomePod mini and Apple TV, Bloomberg reports.
iFi has released the UP Play and UP Play Max, and Questyle has launched the QCC Dongle Pro 2, three USB-C Bluetooth dongles intended to improve wireless audio from phones and game consoles.
Gotion launched a low-altitude battery and zero-carbon cloud; Huawei's 5,500 NPO optical engines will enter a 4,096-card Ascend 960 supernode.
Nonprofit sues OpenAI over July rogue-AI attack on Hugging Face, seeking injunction under California computer fraud law.
LiberNovo's Fall Prime Day sale runs through Oct. 5, offering up to 37% off Maxis and Omni ergonomic chairs, from $659 to $1,099.
New real-world data from Novo Nordisk show patients who moved from obesity injections to its oral Wegovy lost about 4% more body weight after three months, as the company also reported fresh CagriSema findings.
CreaXene, formerly Dreamore, has completed a brand upgrade and moved to creaxene.ai, as it shifts from a single AI generation tool toward an integrated creative platform. It plans an October canvas upgrade and late-October global cultural adaptation capabilities, according to Leiphone.