A ranking of the builders behind these apps needs a link between a person and a product, and we do not record one yet. When we do it will come from launch posts people wrote themselves. Business profiles only, never personal accounts.
Contains spoilers for Alice and Steve season 1 Don't worry Alice and Steve fans, the Hulu ( Disney+ internationally) show is not leaving us on a cliffhanger. It's been renewed for another round, so rest assured, we should get some of those burning (no pun intended...) questions answered. Alice and Steve season 2: key information - Season 2 was confirmed in August 2026 - The core cast are expected…
According to an analysis by collusion.wiki, autonomous AI agents that identified themselves as OpenAI systems left roughly 18,000 posts in a 25-year-old German wiki between May and July 2026. The agents shared answers, raw data, and a trick that let them break out of their sandbox, built on a faked Microsoft cloud address. A single human moderator deleted dozens of pages every day for weeks, but h…
President Trump's envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner will travel this weekend to Moscow and Kyiv for talks on ending the war, U.S. officials said. Why it matters: This will be the first visit by Witkoff and Kushner to Kyiv since President Trump returned to office. State of play: Witkoff and Kushner will travel on Friday, hold talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin on Saturd…
For decades, the cornerstone of conservative wealth preservation has been tangible: real estate. The traditional investment mindset is rooted in a simple, enduring truth: they aren’t making any more land. Owning property provides a psychological and financial safety net, offering inflation hedging and steady appreciation. However, this "safe" asset class suffers from a massive, systemic flaw: illi…
Artificial Analysis : Artificial Analysis Coding Agent Index: GPT-6 Astra scored 67, roughly equal to Claude Opus 5, Fable 5, and Muse Spark 1.3, but trailing leader Fable 5.1's 70 — Fable 5.1 in Claude Code leads the Index with a score of 70. … Various effort levels of the model occupy the Pareto frontier of token efficiency.
TechRadar's finest are at IFA 2026 from September 4-8 Submit your questions here, and the team will reply to you Get the inside scoop on the latest tech straight from the show floor The TechRadar team has set up camp in Berlin for IFA 2026 , Europe's largest tech trade show, rushing between booths and exhibits to catch the most exciting new gadgets ,and shake hands with the 1,900 or so brands show…
TL; DR: The Dell 14S is a new affordable Windows laptop aimed at students and young professionals, with an aluminum build, up to 2.8K 120Hz display, all-day battery life, and four colorful finishes. At IFA 2026 in Berlin, Dell unveiled a new version of the Dell 14S aimed at students, young adults, and anyone who wants a solid everyday Windows laptop without paying for a premium model. It comes in…
PostgreSQL 19 is set to add standardized SQL syntax for querying property graphs. The open source database has steadily grown in popularity over the last five years, becoming the most popular among developers for the first time in 2023. Speaking to The Register, Alastair Turner, PostgreSQL evangelist at open source consultancy Percona, said the property graph query support in PostgreSQL 19 – due l…
We've been searching through all this year's Labor Day sales, and one thing is clear: A genuine 4K business monitor for $200 is still a rare find, so this deal really stood out to us. the Samsung ViewFinity S70H is down to $200 (was $300) at Amazon . This 27-inch 4K UHD monitor has an IPS panel, HDR10, and Samsung's built-in eye-comfort features. Whether you're upgrading a home office setup or add…
Companies continue to invest billions in their AI transformations, while their workers struggle to use AI effectively. Gartner forecasts AI spending to grow to $2.59 trillion this year, an increase of 47% from 2025. As AI adoption increases, employees have grown more comfortable using the tools to take over their administrative responsibilities, so they have more time to do higher-impact work. But…
Alienware introduces two new monitors to expand its QD-OLED lineup The AW3226Q is a new 4K tandem OLED RGB stripe gaming monitor available this fall Alienware also has a new esports QD-OLED monitor with a 560Hz refresh rate The gaming monitor market is heating up with new competition from Alienware, specifically via the new AW3926QW 5K2K ultrawide. However, it's not resting on its laurels. As repo…
Financial Times : Some European defense officials push back on efforts to cut reliance on US tech, warning it could leave Europe with inferior systems and greater cyber risks — Brussels' effort to reduce US technology dependence could create greater risks elsewhere, defence officials and contractors say
When it comes to tech IPOs, big names have dominated the headlines in 2026. First, it was Elon Musk’s SpaceX in June. Anthropic’s highly anticipated public offering is expected to occur this fall. And either late this year or early next, ChatGPT maker OpenAI is expected to make its market debut. But now, a much smaller tech company has announced plans to go public. Oura, Inc, the maker behind the…
The Roomba Duo is two robot floor cleaners in one. The original robot vacuum company showed off a concept robot at the IFA tech show in Berlin today. The Roomba Duo combines a heavy-duty floor-washing machine with a smaller, slimmer Roomba. The two floor cleaners can move around your home together, with the main unit mopping and sweeping larger floor areas and the smaller unit lowering mechanicall…
TL;DR: Live stream select La Liga fixtures for free on CazéTV . Access these free live streams from anywhere in the world with ExpressVPN . The Premier League has fast-paced football that's all about physicality. The Bundesliga has the best attendances in incredible stadia. Ligue 1 is all about young talent coming up against the strength of PSG. But what about La Liga? The top of the Spanis…
TL;DR: Live stream select Ligue 1 fixtures for free on CazéTV . Access these free live streams from anywhere in the world with ExpressVPN . Ligue 1 doesn't have the same reputation as the Premier League or La Liga, but PSG has just secured its second consecutive Champions League title, so perhaps it's time to reassess the quality of France's top league? We know that there's a gulf in qualit…
GPT-6 Astra just scored 92.7% on understanding how to interact with your apps, up from 5.6's 76.9% New recurrent depth reasoning also allows Astra to think about your problem in a new way OpenAI admits there are some safety concerns about how GPT-6 reasons OpenAI has lifted the wraps off its next-generation model, GPT-6 Astra, and it's being positioned as much more than a conventional chatbot. Wit…
Welcome to Edition 9.09 of the Rocket Report! This edition includes an update from Blue Origin on the groundbreaking of a new Payload Processing Facility in Florida. It has been about a month since the company offered any meaningful news on its heavy-lift New Glenn rocket, which remains grounded after an on-pad explosion at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in May. The official line from Blue Ori…
The annual Labor Day sales tend to be associated with grills and appliances rather than the latest tech, but it's actually a great time to shop. For example, right now you can get a number of record-low prices on Samsung's latest 2026 TVs. Released earlier this year, most of these displays have had relatively minor price cuts until now. This week, however, you can currently get up to $1,100 off pr…
IFA, Berlin's huge annual tech expo, is where some of the biggest tech firms unveil their latest innovations — and this year is one of the strongest we've seen in a long time for interesting new releases. IFA is a great place to find fascinating new gadgets and devices, ranging from next-gen AR glasses to self-driving personal mobility vehicles, and from weird new kitchen appliances to armies of h…
The Boox Go 6 (Gen II) is a versatile Android ereader with the ability to take notes directly in books. The Boox Go 6 (Gen II) is a versatile Android ereader with the ability to take notes directly in books.
Shares of Lululemon Athletica (Nasdaq: LULU) are down more than 20% in premarket trading on Friday. The plunge follows a disappointing second quarter earnings report , released by the Canadian apparel company on Thursday. Lululemon’s revenue fell 4% year-over-year (YOY) to $2.4 billion. It failed to meet the company’s predicted 2% to 3% decline, “with the shortfall driven predominantly by China Ma…
The popular JavaScript package manager pnpm, already known for its speedy downloads, has further cut installation times by up to 90 percent thanks to a complete rewrite in Rust. Yet the freshly released version 12 of pnpm should not cause consternation while upgrading, its maintainer says. “Upgrading should not feel like a migration. The commands, flags, settings, and lockfile format of pnpm 11 al…
Sean O'Kane / TechCrunch : The NHTSA opens a probe into Tesla's decision to launch its new Cybercab on public roads in Austin with no steering wheel or pedals — The United States' top automotive safety regulator has opened an investigation into Tesla decision to launch its new Cybercab on public roads with no steering wheel or pedals.
I got the email the other day. Frank Holding Jr., Marc Cadieux and Jesse Hurley, letting me know that starting in early October, the rollout of a “united brand strategy” begins. And the SVB brand will now be retired. Translated: Silicon Valley Bank Technology and Healthcare Banking becomes First Citizens Innovation Banking. SVB Global Fund Banking becomes First Citizens Fund Banking. SVB Go become…
This is today’s edition of The Download , our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Data from drones in Ukraine is fueling a new Wild West marketplace —Cory Alpert, a researcher at the University of Melbourne studying AI’s impact on democracy, who previously served in the Biden White House. Battlefields in Ukraine are littered with the remnant…
OpenAI launched Daybreak for Frontline Defenders , offering $1B in credits for resource‑constrained security orgs Priority goes to essential services, governments, banks, nonprofits, and open‑source maintainers Initiative includes training, partnerships, and a water‑sector pilot with MS‑ISCA for local defenders OpenAI is offering a billion dollars in credits to security organizations who want to u…
A German chemicals company is considering closing the American plant that Washington’s new polysilicon tariffs were supposed to protect. Wacker Chemie has lost its last two customers for the material since the measures were announced and is weighing the future of a factory in Charleston, Tennessee, that employs about 600 people, Reuters reported in an exclusive. […] This story continues at…
Landing an entry-level job is difficult enough. It becomes even harder when you’re competing against technology that can take on an ever-growing range of tasks—without ever drawing a paycheck. For recent college graduates, the repercussions are already hitting. Tasks that once helped them get their foot in the door are increasingly being automated by tools such as ChatGPT. Even coding, long treate…
<img src="https://res.infoq.com/news/2026/09/kubernetes-kyaml-manifests/en/headerimage/generatedHeaderImage-1787909718521.jpg"/><p>Kubernetes is encouraging developers to take a closer look at KYAML, a stricter dialect of YAML designed to make Kubernetes configuration more explicit, predictable, and less prone to common YAML errors.</p> <i>By Craig Risi</i>
Apple is expected to reveal new iPhones soon, including its first foldable iPhone . Bridget Carey gives her expert guide on what you should really pay attention to at the Sept. 9 'Surprise and Shine' presentation. Watch more about Apple's September event: The surprises we expect and want from Apple’s surprise and shine event Timecode chapters 0:02 How do you get people to pay double for an i…
Organizational culture is often defined by its values, or lack thereof. Values are a key ingredient in “what’s it like to work here” that potential hires try to discover before signing on. It’s also what causes current employees, clients, or customers to stay or leave. Values often get defined in mission statements or corporate branding . But stating what they are doesn’t always make them so. We a…
Claude has the ability to use past chats with you as context for current and future prompts, so it's important that they are accurate. Claude has the ability to use past chats with you as context for current and future prompts, so it's important that they are accurate.
Instagram's visible AI labels are supposed to help people quickly spot synthetically generated content at a glance. Over the last few weeks, however, users have been reporting that the system has gone haywire. They say Meta has been automatically applying an "AI Content" label to images that they didn't create or edit using generative AI tools. Meanwhile, actual AI imagery is slipping through the…
Europe's biggest tech trade show, IFA , has taken over Berlin this week - and we've been on the ground all week checking it out in person. We figure you have questions, so we're hosting an AMA that's exclusive to Verge subscribers at 12PM ET today. That's when we'll start dropping answers, but you can ask your burning questions whenever you'd like. I'm Dom Preston, a news editor here at The Verge…
Works great on a sunny day. | Image: Bluetti Bluetti doesn't want you to call the Pioneer 5000 a solar generator (SoGen), even though that's what it is. What makes it slightly different from other large power stations that can be charged off solar - aka, a SoGen - is the dolly cart and up to 18KW of instant surge power available to start heavy equipment like air compressors, water pumps, and indus…