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NVIDIA has released Kumo Tabular, an open foundation model for tabular classification and regression that predicts new rows in a single forward pass without training or feature engineering. It is available on Hugging Face under a commercial-use license and ranks first on four benchmarks, according to NVIDIA.
Amazon’s 2nd-gen Echo Auto is “Currently unavailable” and gone from direct searches, Android Authority reports. Its future is unclear.
IMAX Dome theaters, renamed from OMNIMAX in the 1990s, project fisheye-lens films onto domed ceilings up to nearly 100 feet across for a 180-degree field of view, and remain largely a science-museum format, according to Engadget.
A travel router logs into a hotel network once and rebroadcasts it as a familiar Wi-Fi signal, though the extra gadget mainly pays off for travelers carrying several devices.
Amazon is discounting Harry Potter Lego sets by up to 44% ahead of Prime Day on Oct. 6-7, with early deals open to non-Prime shoppers, according to TechRadar.
Konrad Zieliński, who lost his voice to cancer, founded Uhura Bionics to build non-invasive wearable devices that let laryngectomees speak with emotion. The startup will demo its Whitney device at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026.
OpenAI announced Dots personal agents and Codex cloud updates at DevDay while Florida sought an injunction to halt its development, GPT-6.1 Astra was paused over safety concerns, and tech leaders met Trump at the White House.
TechRadar has published a review of the Fujifilm Instax Pal 2, describing it as the cutest and priciest toy camera around. The review is credited to Cameras Editor Tim.
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.
Amazon cut prices on four devices on Sept. 29, 2026, led by the Pixel Watch 4 LTE's all-time low and the Echo Spot at half price.
Report: Gemini overlay may gain a Chat/Task selector, recent-chat and Proactive Assistance buttons, and a browser option.
TechRadar reported on Sept. 29, 2026 that Spotify was down for many users and that Anthropic's Claude was also down for many. Anthropic confirmed an active issue; other details were not provided.
TechRadar’s review of the HP OmniBook X 14 praises its thin build, Snapdragon performance, sharp touchscreen and more than 28 hours of battery life in testing. The laptop starts at £764, with limited ports and a reflective display cited as drawbacks.
Apple's iOS 27 release notes list more than 35 new and improved Shortcuts actions covering Messages, Reminders, Photos, VPN and stored content, plus three new automation triggers and a simpler way to build shortcuts.
Four UEFA Nations League matches on Sept. 28-29 will be available through free and paid platforms across Europe, the U.S., Canada and Australia.
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.
Leaked images indicate Amazon's next entry-level Kindle will come in light blue, green, mauve and black, with rounder screen corners and the power button moved to the top right edge.
A YouTuber says Meta’s Muse AI shared his home address with a stranger and accepted a lowball Facebook Marketplace offer.
Amazon has begun early Prime Big Deal Day discounts on Ring, Fire TV, Echo, tablets, robot vacuums and more ahead of October Prime Day, which runs Oct. 6-8.
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.
Apple's iOS 27 adds Apple Intelligence-powered natural-language reminder creation, a redesigned in-list metadata editor and more accurate grocery-list sorting in additional languages, according to 9to5Mac.
Nvidia unveiled Open Agent Safety Platform, pairing OpenShell software and Sentry hardware to keep AI agents in bounds.
Spotify appeared to be down on Sept. 29, 2026, with more than 3,500 Downdetector reports. Users reported slow service, login failures and search errors, according to Android Authority.