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Kalshi Klear, the company's internal clearing house, files for CFTC approval to add margin trading as it seeks to attract institutional liquidity (Davis Giangiulio/CNBC)
Snorkel AI, which offers an "agentic data development platform" with humans and AI agents to create and vet data, raised $350M at a $3.5B valuation (Krystal Hu/Reuters)
Microsoft lays off 268 Xbox staffers across Halo and other studios, as part of an ongoing gaming "reset"; Activision will take over Halo and two other games (Tom Warren/The Verge)
Apple announces new $350 Beats 360 headphones, with IPX4 rating, swappable ear cups, a replaceable battery, ANC, Find My support, and more (John Higgins/The Verge)
Sources: after a deadly school strike in Iran, US Central Command changed its targeting process, integrated open-source data, and upgraded Palantir's Maven (Katrina Manson/Bloomberg)
Sources: Xi Jinping is unlikely to bring corporate executives to his DC summit with Trump; industry officials expected them at a dinner with top US tech CEOs (Wall Street Journal)
Adobe launches its free Premiere video editing app on Android, nearly a year after its iOS launch, to replace Premiere Rush, set to lose support on September 30 (Julian Chokkattu/Wired)
Apple quietly updates its press release to say new Photographic Styles texture and grain controls are limited to iPhone 18 Pro models and the iPhone Duo (Tim Hardwick/MacRumors)
UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham says he plans to use the UK's upcoming G20 presidency to broker a global AI governance deal, ahead of the UN General Assembly (Politico)
Alphabet-owned robotics software company Intrinsic open-sources Intrinsic Core under Apache 2.0, giving developers building blocks for physical AI systems (Mike Wheatley/SiliconANGLE)
Australian healthcare AI startup Heidi raised $340M, including a $100M Series C led by Blackbird at a $900M valuation, taking its total funding to $430M+ (Olivia Poh/Bloomberg)
Baselayer, which uses AI to help financial institutions verify businesses and assess fraud risk, raised a $35M Series A led by M13, for ~$40M in total funding (Mary Ann Azevedo/Crunchbase News)
a16z invests $35M in Horowitz Andreessen Academy, an independent, unaccredited two-year alternative to college; Anthropic, Meta, and others will provide compute (Katherine Bindley/Wall Street Journal)
Cisco Talos releases CAIRN, an open-source framework designed to classify and analyze AI-integrated malware by tracking AI metadata and behavioral fingerprints (Lily Hay Newman/Wired)
Cognex agrees to acquire robotics and 3D computer vision company RealSense in a ~$600M deal, including $500M in cash; Intel spun off RealSense in July 2025 (Sophie Shulman/CTech)

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Everything You Know About Political Violence Is Probably Wrong
Is a Home Security System Subscription Worth It? (2026)
I Built AI Clones of My Coworkers. Things Got Weird
Patti Harrison Had Dreams of a Tech Utopia. Silicon Valley Smashed Them
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A New Chatbot Wants to Unlock the Secrets in Tattered Ancient Greek Records
How to Use AI With Your Privacy Intact
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AI, Tariffs, Rare Minerals: What to Expect From Trump’s Upcoming Summit With Xi Jinping
Dyson Won’t Say What’s Wrong With Its CameraJet Toothbrush
Here’s the iFixit Repairability Rating for the iPhone 18 Pro
Got an Android Phone? Google Thinks You’ll Probably Want a Googlebook Laptop
Apple Mac Mini (M6) Review: For the AI Curious
US and China Discuss Alerting Each Other to AI National Security Threats
Bambu P2S Combo 3D Printer Review: My Own Little Plastics Factory
Justice for CSS
The Search for Silicon Valley’s Most Powerful Woman
Women Still Face Too Much Bullshit—in Silicon Valley and Beyond
We Surveyed 634 Women Who Work in Tech. They Let Loose
Factor Delivery Meals Review (2026): Tender Salmon, Room to Grow
After 8 Years in Space, ‘BepiColombo’ Is Finally Approaching Mercury
Thermacell LIV 2.0 Review: Taking My Yard Back
Welcome to Dogs Anonymous, the Online Support Group for Pet Owners on the Brink
Meta's Muse Is Better at Surveilling Than Helping Me
It’s Donald Trump Versus MAGA on Data Centers
Meet the Academics Trying to Stop You From Having Sex in Robotaxis
What You Need to Know About the Foreign-Made Router Ban in the US
How to Avoid Scams and Sketchy Products on Amazon (2026)
What ChatGPT Thinks It Knows About You Is Affecting Its Answers. Here’s How to Change That
Tiny Hairs That Help Corals Breathe May Malfunction in Warming Oceans
Forget the AI Slowdown—the Vulnerability Explosion Is Already Happening
Tired of Cluttered Productivity Apps? This One’s Just a Text Document
Samsung Galaxy Watch9 Review: I Don’t Need Another Health Score
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Mathematicians Hate AI. They Can’t Quit It

Engadget

Five reasons to stick with your iPhone 17 Pro instead of upgrading to the 18 Pro
Xbox 'reset' continues with 268 job cuts and Activision making the next Halo game
NVMe vs. SATA SSD: What's the difference between the two drive types?
Robotaxis aren't always a smooth ride - here's what passengers should look out for
Beats 360 review: Customizable headphones capable of double duty
Beats 360 vs AirPods Max 2: How do Apple's flagship headphones compare?
Beats 360 vs Sony WH-1000XM6: How these high-end wireless headphones compare
How Beats designed the Beats 360 headphones
How to enter VR mode on Steam
Sonos Beam Ultra review: A huge Atmos upgrade for $699
Sonos Ace Ultra review: Giving the people what they want
The creator of Windows Task Manager has 'vibe coded' a new version that runs on macOS and Linux
Adobe Premiere mobile is now available on Android
Turning your old PC into a media server is easier than it sounds
XPENG's Iron humanoid robot walked out immediately after being assembled
Peloton has made a foldable (treadmill)
Polymarket is reportedly lobbying European nations not to be treated as a gambling website
Apple opens a dedicated concert venue with spatial audio and multi-cam video recording
OpenAI faces lawsuit from British Columbia over Tumbler Ridge shooting
Why it's important to unplug your PC during a power outage

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