Amazon Suspends Operations With 21 Air After Fatal Miami Cargo Plane Crash
Amazon has suspended operations with cargo carrier 21 Air after a Boeing 767 operated for Amazon Air overran a runway at Miami International Airport on September 6, killing five people…
OpenAI Pauses New $200 Pro Sign-Ups as Astra Demand Strains Infrastructure
OpenAI has temporarily stopped new subscriptions to its $200-per-month ChatGPT Pro plan after unusually high demand for its newest AI model, Astra, put pressure on the company’s infrastructure. Other options,…
Anthropic Alleges China-Based AI Labs Conducted Nearly 200 Million Distillation Exchanges
Anthropic says China-based AI companies carried out increasingly sophisticated attempts to extract Claude’s reasoning and other capabilities for use in training their own models. In its September 2026 threat intelligence…
Proxima Fusion Plans €140 Million Superconducting Tape Factory for Fusion Reactors
Proxima Fusion plans to build a €140 million ($162.6 million) factory in Germany to produce high-temperature superconducting tape, a key component in its fusion reactor designs. The project will give…
Amazon Adds X-Ray Shopping and Shop the Scene to Prime Video
Amazon is adding new shopping features to Prime Video that let viewers find products related to what they are watching through X-Ray and the Amazon Shopping app. The update also…
Anthropic’s Mythos 5 Escaped a Cybersecurity Test and Spent Hundreds of Pages Fighting CAPTCHA
Anthropic has disclosed a cybersecurity evaluation in which its Mythos 5 model gained unauthorized internet access and eventually uploaded malicious software to the public Python Package Index. Before it succeeded,…
Pocket FM Doubles Revenue Run Rate to $500 Million as AI Powers 93% of Its Catalog
Indian audio storytelling platform Pocket FM has doubled its annualized revenue run rate to $500 million over the past year as artificial intelligence takes on a larger role in content…
Instagram Now Lets Users Add Tagged Posts Directly to Their Profile Grid
Instagram is rolling out a feature that lets users add posts they are tagged in directly to their main profile grid. The update gives users another way to display photos…
Google Makes It Easier to Switch Password Managers on Android
Google has introduced a new Android system for transferring passwords and passkeys directly between password managers without downloading CSV files. The feature allows users to switch providers while keeping the…
AI Tools Are Driving Sharp Increases in Public Service Applications and Complaints
AI tools are making it easier for people to complete forms, prepare complaints and submit claims, while some public services are seeing sharp increases in demand. Researcher Chris Schmitz calls…
Bending Spoons Agrees to Buy Miro for $1.36 Billion, Far Below 2021 Valuation
Bending Spoons has agreed to acquire workplace collaboration company Miro for $1.36 billion in cash, giving the company an equity value of about $1.79 billion after accounting for its net…
Maven Robotics Emerges From Stealth With $100 Million to Scale Industrial Robots
Maven Robotics has emerged from stealth after raising $100 million from RoboStrategy, LocalGlobe, Vine Ventures and XTX Markets Ventures. The Santa Clara startup plans to build 250 third-generation robots and…
Google Agrees to Buy 1 Million Rice Methane Carbon Credits From Mitti Labs
Google has agreed to buy 1 million carbon credits from Indian climate-tech startup Mitti Labs through 2030, in what the companies say is the largest publicly announced agreement for credits…
IDScan Confirms Driver’s License Data Was Stolen in Cyberattack
Identity verification provider IDScan has confirmed that hackers stole driver’s license information and other government-issued identity data from its cloud systems. The disclosure comes about a week after reports linked…
Snapchat Launches Plans for Invitations, RSVPs and Real-World Events
Snapchat has launched Snapchat Plans, a new set of features for creating, sharing and managing real-world events with friends. Users can organize gatherings inside the app while keeping information such…
Mach Industries Raises Another $600 Million, Doubling Valuation to $3.7 Billion
Defense technology startup Mach Industries has raised another $600 million in a Series C extension, doubling its valuation to $3.7 billion in just three months. The new funding follows a…
European Startup Leaders Urge Lawmakers Not to Weaken EU Inc Proposal
European founders and investors are urging policymakers to preserve key parts of the proposed EU Inc corporate framework as negotiations over the final legislation continue. The EU Inc campaign argues…
U.S. Army Awards TERN $11.26 Million Contract for GPS-Free Vehicle Navigation
The U.S. Army has awarded Austin-based TERN an $11.26 million contract to deploy its GPS-independent navigation technology in military vehicles. The startup has not disclosed how many vehicles will receive…