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Indian edtech startup upGrad closes its acquisition of rival Unacademy in an all-stock deal valuing Unacademy at ~$206M, down from its peak $3.5B valuation (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch)
Memo: Savvy Games Group CEO Brian Ward, who oversaw the Saudi Arabian government's $38B investment in the video game industry since 2021, is stepping down (Cecilia D'Anastasio/Bloomberg)
Mozilla launches built-in ad blocking for Firefox on iOS, using Apple's WebKit Content Blocker and the EasyList filter to block third-party ads and trackers (Tom Warren/The Verge)
Roku unveils its first self-branded OLED smart TVs, starting at $999 for 55" and 65" 120Hz models and $1,299 for 144Hz models, sold exclusively via Amazon (Chris Welch/Bloomberg)
Nvidia plans to launch DLSS 5 on September 3 on RTX 50-series desktop and laptop GPUs and through GeForce Now, following a divisive announcement in March (Jay Peters/The Verge)
Sources: Salesforce is leading a $160M+ raise for HR software company HiBob at a $3.2B+ valuation, up from $2.66B in 2023; HiBob has raised $700M+ since 2015 (Bloomberg)
A look at Tim Cook's 15-year tenure: Apple silicon, wearables, hitting a $1T market cap, privacy, Apple Vision Pro, Apple Car, AI, App Store battles, and Trump (Emma Roth/The Verge)
Dyson unveils the $499 CameraJet, an AI-powered toothbrush with a 100K-pixel macro lens that scans at 28 images per second and is trained on nearly 470K images (Samantha Kelly/Bloomberg)
John Ternus takes over as Apple CEO and Tim Cook becomes executive chair; sources say Laura Legros, an Apple hardware VP who retired in 2022, has rejoined Apple (Kalley Huang/New York Times)
Shein ends flat at ~$6.20 per share on its first day of trading on the Hong Kong stock exchange, giving it a $26B market cap after raising $1.7B in its IPO (Jing Yang/The Information)
Under Tim Cook, Apple's market cap grew from less than $350B in 2011 to $4.6T, revenue went from $157B in FY 2012 to ~$477B in FY 2026, and shares rose 2,258% (Ryan Vlastelica/Bloomberg)
How lawn care YouTuber Greg Chism scaled a family channel to 13B views with YouTube's coaching, before YouTube banned it in 2017 following online backlash (Jon Ronson/New York Times)
Google raises the price of its Google TV Streamer by $50 to $150 in the US, as well as for "select" Nest cameras and doorbells, citing "rising component costs" (Abner Li/9to5Google)
Microsoft says it is testing a fix to an outage affecting Exchange Online and Outlook, lasting for 17+ hours from around 11:30AM ET on Monday (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
Hong Kong-listed Z.ai reports H1 2026 revenue up 5x YoY to ~$142M, with "open platform and API revenue" up 28x to ~$122M, and net loss down 12% YoY to ~$308M (Juro Osawa/The Information)

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Using High-Energy Laser, US Shoots Down Drones Near Mexico Border
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Sennheiser Momentum 5 Wireless Headphones Review (2026)
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Inside the Perimenopause Industrial Complex
Dyson’s Next Act Is an Electric Toothbrush With a Camera
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Dyson Promo Codes: 25% Off in September 2026
The Best Labor Day Mattress Deals on Beds We’ve Tried in Our Homes
Best Early Tech Labor Day Sales I’d Shop Myself (2026): AirTags, Dyson, and More
Asus ProArt 27 QD-OLED (PA279cdv) Review: HDR for All
Tempo Promo Codes: Get up to 60% Off Healthy Meals
George Santos Just Got Hit With Kalshi’s First-Ever Lifetime Ban
Why Food Keeps Making Everybody Sick This Summer
You Know Who Really Hates AI? Insurance Claims Adjusters
The 9 Best MagSafe Phone Grips for Your Butter Fingers (2026)
ATM Flaws Reveal Key Weaknesses in the Software Supply Chain
Google Maps Now Shows ‘Lake America’ Instead of Lake Ontario
Best Mesh Wi-Fi Systems (2026): I Tested Them All
Why the Hottest New Wearables Want to Be Ignored
The Best Label Makers (2026): Brother, Niimbot, Dymo
How to Escape Group Chat Hell
Scientists Create the Littlest Big Bang to Study the Universe's Origins
Soundcore Liberty 5 Pro Review: Master of Phone Calls
NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Has a Hidden Technological Leap
The Cybersecurity Apocalypse Is Coming in ‘Months,’ AI Giants Warn
How to Run a Chatbot on Your Own Computer
Psilocybin Might Make Your Brain Live in the Moment
Motorola Coupon Code for September 2026
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang Took a Call From Donald Trump in the Middle of an All-Hands
Milo Yiannopoulos Detained by ICE in Louisiana
Microsoft Teams Has Become a Haven for Scammers in China
Mice, a Caved-In Ceiling, and Cloudy Water: The GSA’s New Office Is Falling Apart
AI Has Human Doctors Asking: What’s Left for Us?
The 31 Best Deals From the REI Labor Day Sale
Best Laptops (2026): My Top Recommendations After Testing Hundreds
He Scraped All of Their Art for AI. Now He’s Collaborating on a Tool to Help Them

Engadget

Atlas' brain-monitoring wearable tells you how much you're in the moment
The pros and cons of using a TV as your computer monitor
NVIDIA's DLSS 5 launches with NBA 2K27 on September 3, but there's little reason for excitement
Roku is expanding its premium TV lineup with its first OLEDs
Sonos Open House: Live updates from the company's September 2026 product launch
You can use your phone as a Roku remote (and it's free)
Sony Bravia Theater Trio review: The three-piece soundbar alternative
Poco's F9 Ultra is a midrange phone with a flagship processor and a 185Hz display
What Android looked like in 2008 vs. today
United will now let you join standby lists for earlier flights through its mobile app
How to cancel your Whoop membership (and why you may want to)
Dyson's CameraJet is a $500 three-in-one toothbrush that scans your maw
Roland's new digital piano has built-in Wi-Fi that integrates with a teaching app
The Google TV Streamer now costs $150 after a 50 percent price hike
Samsung's new Galaxy Book 6 model is a budget-friendly $799 laptop
JBL just introduced a trio of Wi-Fi speakers for whole-home audio
How to make sure your Android phone is secure
The Starlink Mini X kit comes with an extra router, but do you really need it?
Apple adds more allegations to its trade secrets lawsuit against OpenAI
Here's how Nintendo missed the mark with the GameCube console

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