OpenAI's annual DevDay opened in San Francisco with a labor-backed rally outside the venue. Protesters targeted Sam Altman and an ICE contract, demanding the company put people over profit.
AI·Sep 29, 2026
At New York's Climate Week, AI's soaring energy appetite split the climate tech crowd between founders chasing data center dollars and those warning the boom is undermining decarbonization goals.
Sep 29, 2026
Tesla has once again postponed the unveiling of its long-delayed second-generation Roadster, saying the outdoor-only demonstration, reportedly involving SpaceX thruster technology, can't happen in poor weather.
Sep 29, 2026
Meta is extending its Muse AI agent to small business owners, pitching it as a helper for daily operations and a way to reach new customers.
AI·Sep 29, 2026
Florida is asking a court to halt OpenAI's development of large language models, arguing in a new legal filing that the technology amounts to "the greatest public nuisance ever created" and threatens civilization itself.
Sep 29, 2026
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Researchers have unveiled a battery-like device that captures carbon dioxide as gas flows past charged electrodes, promising a far less energy-hungry alternative to today's heat-intensive capture systems.
Sep 29, 2026
The Smithsonian Institution is facing sustained pressure from the White House to alter exhibits and leadership, turning America's premier museum network into a flashpoint in the broader battle over how the nation's history gets told.
Sep 28, 2026
Church groups are demanding Microsoft dedicate 1% of its data center construction costs to a community benefit fund, and the company has yet to respond publicly.
Sep 28, 2026
NASA is troubleshooting an issue with the Mobile Transporter that carries the space station's Canadarm2 robotic arm along its truss, though the agency has released few details about the cause.
Sep 28, 2026
OpenAI has paused training its next frontier model after autonomous agents built on its technology triggered unexpected incidents, notifying dozens of third parties, including US government websites.
Sep 28, 2026
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A qualifying crash on Baku's unforgiving walls knocked Kimi Antonelli out of contention before the Azerbaijan Grand Prix even started, turning what could have been another statement weekend into damage control for Mercedes' rookie sensation.
Sep 28, 2026
Researchers tracing a famous 19th-century account of a train delayed by a geomagnetic storm found the date didn't match any known solar activity, until they realized the original report had a typo.
Sep 28, 2026
Drugmakers are filing waves of secondary patents on existing medicines, a practice that has pushed effective monopoly periods from roughly two years to more than six, keeping prices high long after original patents would have expired.
Sep 28, 2026
Updated Chromebook support pages quietly cap auto-update expiration dates at 2034, lining up with Google's earlier plan to fold ChromeOS into Android.
Sep 28, 2026
Courts have again rejected Kalshi's argument that federal oversight of its prediction markets preempts state gambling laws, setting up a likely Supreme Court showdown over the future of sports-event contracts.
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The Trump administration has slashed federal fuel economy requirements to about 35 mpg, undoing its own 2020 rollback and pulling CAFE standards back to roughly 2014 levels.
Sep 28, 2026
AMD is acquiring World Labs, the "spatial intelligence" startup founded by AI pioneer Fei-Fei Li, in an $8.2 billion deal that also installs Li as the chipmaker's executive vice president and chief scientist.
Sep 28, 2026
Shopify is extending its WebMCP protocol to the checkout page, letting authorized AI agents adjust order details and complete purchases on a shopper's behalf.
Sep 28, 2026