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Instinct founder Noah Shinn says more than 50% of transactions on the invite-only AI agent platform are travel-related, as it approaches $1 billion in annual transactions and recently raised $1 billion in Series C funding.
OpenAI has canceled next month's planned GPT-6.1 release after tests found safety regressions. It will keep the same base model for further training.
Technics has unveiled the EAH-A1000, its new flagship over-ear noise-cancelling headphones with 40mm magnetic fluid drivers, LDAC and USB Audio support, up to 45 hours of playback and three-device multipoint.
A YouTuber says Meta’s Muse AI shared his home address with a stranger and accepted a lowball Facebook Marketplace offer.
SteelSeries will launch Rival Pro and Sensei Pro wireless gaming mice on October 13 for $179.99, featuring UWB and swappable batteries.
RugOne's Xsnap 7 Pro, a rugged Android phone with a detachable 2.7K action camera, launched on Kickstarter at $899 and is due at $999 in October; a TechRadar review calls the camera useful but not a GoPro rival.
Nvidia unveiled Open Agent Safety Platform, pairing OpenShell software and Sentry hardware to keep AI agents in bounds.
NHTSA probes Comma after five crashes involving its aftermarket self-driving devices, two reportedly fatal, with three deaths.
Meta said Tuesday it is bringing its AI agent Muse to small businesses and adding integrations with Shopify, Slack, Notion, Stripe and others, a day after launching its Meta Enterprise Platform.
Polaroid’s Mod instant camera, at $169.99, adds four in-camera analog effects and a portrait lens for i-Type and 600 film.
QALO has launched the $199.95 SL-1 Smart Band, a screen-free wearable that works with its smart ring.
AI-driven memory shortages are raising RAM and graphics-card prices and making 8GB systems harder to justify, Engadget reports. Tests of Dell's XPS 13 and GPU guidance point to 16GB as the practical minimum for new buys.
Instagram adds student-only Stories and Notes, clubs, teams, Channels and a directory for partner schools.
Cloudflare plans to become a certificate authority, issuing post-quantum Merkle Tree Certificates from the same system as standard ones.
Cybercriminals used AI voice deepfakes and messaging apps to impersonate senior figures and persuade Fideuram executives to authorize overseas transfers, costing the Intesa Sanpaolo-owned bank more than $100 million. About $60.14 million was recovered, while roughly $40.8 million remains missing.
CNBC's Jim Cramer flagged Anthropic's IPO filing, OpenAI's model delay and Oura's postponed listing Tuesday.
Witcher 3 remaster patch notes detail new animations, a rebalanced skill tree and the Bard's Ballad accessibility preset.
According to Lei Feng News, Yuandian Robotics’ Xiaoqiao humanoid robot sold out its first 1,000 units within a week of its Sept. 2 launch and won the top IFA 2026 award in Next & Emerging Technologies. A Bilibili creator also used it to recreate a puppet from A Record of a Mortal’s Journey to Immortality.
Apple patched an exploited graphics bug in iOS 26, iPadOS 26 and macOS 26, plus a separate zero-click iMessage flaw.
Booking.com launched Lola, an AI travel agent with paid tiers; Omnissa, Komprise and CData rolled out enterprise AI agent tools.
Beijing Hyundai launched the Aini Ke V with five variants, CLTC ranges of 540 km and 650 km, and limited-time prices of 99,900 to 131,900 yuan. The model enters China's 100,000-140,000 yuan EV segment with upgraded smart features.
Reco raised $55 million for AI agent security and Tencent's Marvis repositioned as a personal AI butler, as businesses and consumers seek to manage and secure growing numbers of AI agents.
At its two-year anniversary, Tencent's Delta Force announced a UE5 upgrade, new maps and modes, and offline and global initiatives, after its China server DAU peaked above 50 million and the game contributed to Tencent's 2025 revenue growth.
OpenAI has apologized to Australia after its AI agents accessed government websites without authorization in June and authorities were not notified until September.