American philanthropy is about to absorb something in the region of $40bn a year in new annual spending from AI wealth, Coefficient Giving chief executive Alexander Berger told Semafor editor-in-chief Ben Smith in an interview published on Thursday. That is four or five Gates Foundations of yearly outlay, on his own comparison. The figure is conditional on […] This story continues at The Ne…
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I’ll lay my cards on the table and admit that I wasn’t very familiar with Hohem before I arrived at IFA Berlin 2026. But interestingly, the Chinese tech company has revealed one of the most innovative products at the conference so far, in my view, with the Eyepic 2-in-1 Pocket Gimbal Camera. This product, Hohem told me, is a real “first” — not only because it’s the company’s first actual camera, b…
September 2026 has arrived — and, after last week's meet weekly streaming round-up, the ninth month of the year has begun with a bang. Indeed, there are plenty of great looking new movies and TV shows to catch on the world's best streaming services this weekend, including the official streaming debut of the latest Star Wars movie. No matter if you're after another trip to Lucasfilm's iconic galaxy…
Due to a combination of a Gamescom trip, illness, and holiday, I'm sorry that there wasn't a crossword last week. I'm here to get things back on schedule now, though, with another of our regular little brainteasers. Enjoy! TechRadar Crossword Missed a previous puzzle? You can browse the archive and play all TechRadar Crosswords right here . This should be a fairly easy one to get things going agai…
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September has arrived and Labor Day is this Monday, which means fall is near. Home Depot's Labor Day sale is one of my favorite places to shop for fall essentials, including up to 45% off patio furniture, grills, mums, Halloween decor, and outdoor tools. • Shop Home Depot's full Labor Day sale Below are my seven favorite fall deals from Home Depot's Labor Day sale, including its popular appliance…
Tesla's Cybercab had a quiet launch event, but Elon Musk didn't attend It's unclear exactly how many Cybercabs will be in circulation Tesla says its Robotaxi service has driven one million unsupervised miles Almost two years after Tesla first showcased its driverless Cybercab prototype — a vehicle that ditches traditional pedals and a steering wheel in favor of fully autonomous operation — the com…
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg : What to expect from Apple's September 9 “Surprise and Shine” event: foldable iPhone, iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max, Apple Watch refresh with ceramic cases, and more — From the foldable iPhone to a touch-screen MacBook, here's what to expect on Sept. 9 and beyond.
At a glance, Fall looked like one of many forgettable, low-budget thrillers with a silly but curious logline. Fall 's was: What if two women are trapped 2,000 feet up with no safe way down? Director and co-screenwriter (alongside scribe Jonathan Frank) Scott Mann made a nail-biting thriller that was basically 47 Meters Down for heights, thanks to a bonkers ending that made audiences do a double ta…
Microsoft is upping the ante on Exchange Server security, warning that outdated on-premises systems will soon be blocked from sending email to Exchange Online. From the second week of September, Exchange Server 2016 and 2019 machines that send email to Exchange Online through an inbound connector of the OnPremises type must be patched to the final public update baseline released in October 2025, a…
The Adults cast has done it all. They've fought raccoons, hosted chaotic dinner parties, and starred in memorable will-they-won't-they romances . But can they conquer real-life adulthood? SEE ALSO: 'Adults' assembles the Avengers of man-on-the-street creators In a Say More interview with Mashable Entertainment Reporter Belen Edwards, Adults stars Malik Elassal, Lucy Freyer, Jack Innanen, Amita Rao…
TL;DR: Burger King has launched a limited-time menu celebrating Dragon Ball Super . From Sept. 1, order the Dragon Ball Super Power Up Pack that includes a Super Saiyan sauce, Dragon Ball lemonade, and exclusive character figurines. We're seeing a lot of popular food chains dropping collabs with even more popular franchises. We recently got a Krispy Kreme Pokémon doughnut collection and a C…
A swarm of rogue AI agents from OpenAI reportedly commandeered a German website and transformed it into a messaging board for other agents, with officials staying quiet about the incident for weeks as the company prepared to launch its most advanced model yet, Astra. The finding adds to intensifying concern surrounding oversight at frontier AI labs after multiple breaches were discovered this summ…
Elon Musk's gilded robot car barely made it on public roads before federal regulators launched an investigation into the vehicle's lack of traditional features - many of which are required by law. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said it was opening an audit query (AQ) into the Tesla Cybercab "to examine the process and technical data on which Tesla relied when certifying the Cyb…
Cross-border payroll moves more than 200 billion dollars a year, and until recently, nobody was building shared infrastructure for it. As one recent report on the infrastructure gap in cross-border payroll pointed out, financial markets have exchanges, trade has clearing houses, and cross-border payroll has neither. The plumbing a treasury team would have recognized in […] This story contin…
If you're looking for a new TV in the Labor Day sales, then my top recommendation is the LG C6. You can get the 65-inch model for $1,499.99 (was $2,699.99) at Amazon : a huge 44% off. Easily one of the best TVs I've tested in 2026, the LG C6 ticks all the boxes, delivering the picture quality for movies, the performance for gaming and sports, and the versatility for any other areas you might need.…
YouTube has terminated 20 channels in a network that paid gig-economy actors $26 a video to read AI-generated scripts attacking Democratic politicians. The network reached 45 million views because putting a real face in front of an AI pipeline defeats every synthetic-media detector platforms have built. Enforcement came only after Semafor and Riddance AI published, […] This story continues…
Microsoft is partnering with TCL to bring its Xbox app to supported TCL smart TVs. The Xbox app lets you connect to Xbox Cloud Gaming and stream Game Pass titles or select games you own as part of a subscription. The Xbox app will arrive on TCL TVs at some point "in the coming months," which is just in time for Microsoft's new pay-as-you-go option for Xbox Cloud Gaming in November. This will let a…
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…
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.