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Neuralink Implant Lets ALS Patient Speak Again via Thoughts

Neuralink released a video showing Terry, an ALS patient and the third participant in its VOICE trial, communicating as his brain implant converts thought words into speech.

Katalyst to Demo Space-Based Power Beaming for Pentagon Program

Katalyst Space has been selected by the Pentagon's Operational Energy Capability Improvement Fund to demonstrate space-based power beaming to remote locations with the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory. Under the ASGARD program, a Katalyst Nexus spacecraft will use robotic arms to assemble a large-format power beaming system on orbit that converts solar energy into radio frequency microwaves and transmits it to Earth.

Gemini Notebook adds configurable output languages

Gemini Notebook now offers an Output Language setting for chat responses, study guides, documentation, Audio Overviews and Video Overviews. Google lists over 80 supported languages, though coverage can vary by feature.

Volkswagen ID. Buzz Sets Guinness Record: 92 Countries in 445 Days

Driver Rainer Zietlow covered 99,767 km in 445 days in a production Volkswagen ID. Buzz, visiting 92 countries across six continents with 16 ocean crossings. It set a Guinness World Record for most countries visited in a continuous journey by an electric vehicle, and the battery retained 95.75% state of health after 300+ charging cycles.

Ceer unveils EXOBOT, Saudi Arabia's first electric SUV and sedan

Saudi EV brand Ceer, founded by the PIF in 2022, revealed its flagship EXOBOT electric SUV and sedan. The SUV packs a 112 kWh battery, 850 hp and a 0-100 km/h time of 2.6 seconds with up to 560 km of NEDC range; seven models are planned over five years.

British Columbia Sues OpenAI Over Canada Mass Shooting Warning Failure

British Columbia filed a lawsuit in California on Monday against OpenAI, alleging the company could have used ChatGPT logs to warn police and avert a mass shooting in the Canadian province earlier this year.

Snapping elastic rods let frog-like robot outrun rigid legs on six terrains

Roboticists at UCLA Samueli and the University of Michigan showed that elastic rods can be bent and twisted to repeatedly snap between shapes, releasing stored energy so small robots can hop, flip and swim. The design outperformed rigid-legged robots across six terrain types.

Sennheiser MOMENTUM True Wireless 5 review: replaceable batteries and Dolby Atmos

Sennheiser's flagship 2026 wireless in-ears, the MOMENTUM True Wireless 5, succeed the True Wireless 4. They bring a redesigned ergonomic shape, new colors and case, improved ANC, Dolby Atmos audio, and replaceable batteries in both the buds and case.

Persona 4 Revival Brings Back Johnny Yong Bosch as Adachi

Atlus confirmed Johnny Yong Bosch will reprise his role as Tohru Adachi in Persona 4 Revival, making him the only original cast member returning for the remake. Judy Alice Lee (Aika Nakamura), Courtney Shaw (Nanako Dojima) and Ray Chase (Ryotaro Dojima) were also announced. The game launches Feb. 18, 2027 on PS5, PC and Xbox Series X, with a Switch 2 version on May 20, 2027.

GM Confirms Future EVs Will Still Drop Apple CarPlay

GM has denied reports that it is reversing its plan to drop CarPlay and Android Auto from future EVs. CarPlay support in the 2027 Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra applies only to gas-powered versions, while the electric 2027 Cadillac LYRIQ remains an exception.

U.S. jails expand continuous biometric monitoring as data rules lag

A growing number of U.S. jails are adopting continuous physiological and video monitoring of people in custody, while common rules for storing and accessing the data remain absent. 4Sight Labs urged agencies to add data-residency, access and deletion requirements; its systems are used by over 80 agencies in 19 states.

Bose launches TV Speaker (2nd Gen) soundbar for $299

Bose has introduced the TV Speaker (2nd Gen), a refreshed compact soundbar priced at $299, six years after the original. The key upgrade is a dedicated center-channel tweeter for dialogue, while single-HDMI and Bluetooth connectivity remain.

Microsoft reminds admins IE Mode in Edge ends by late 2029

Microsoft sent admins a reminder (MC1473151) that IE Mode in Edge will be retired by the end of 2029. The company will give at least one year's notice, but urges organizations to start migrating legacy apps now.

Bitcoin Hits $86,331 as SEC Clears Digital Securities Trading

Bitcoin rose 6.5% to $86,331, its highest since late January, after the SEC approved trading of digital versions of securities in the US. Falling oil prices and a broader return of risk appetite also helped crypto move past the stalled Clarity Act and recent Fed rate hike.

Largest Supernova Catalog Yet: 2,884 Explosions Hint Dark Energy May Evolve

An international team led by the University of Queensland compiled the largest catalog of 2,884 Type Ia supernovae. The data add to evidence that dark energy may change over time rather than remain constant, as the standard cosmological model assumes.

IDC: Server Market Grew 52% to $166.3B in Q2 2026

IDC estimates the worldwide server market hit $166.32 billion in Q2 2026, up 52% year over year and 35.6% sequentially. GPU-accelerated systems accounted for 52.5% of revenue ($87.4 billion), with average selling prices up 43.5% to $170,220, while XPU system sales jumped 3.4x to $27.5 billion.

Minecraft Live September 2026 set for September 26

Mojang confirmed Minecraft Live will take place on September 26 at 10 AM PT / 7 PM CEST. The stream is expected to show upcoming 2026 game drops and likely the next chapter of Minecraft Dungeons 2.

Dave Plummer Releases Task Manager OG for Windows, macOS, and Linux

Retired Microsoft engineer Dave Plummer, author of the original Windows Task Manager, has released Task Manager OG (TMOG), a modern replacement that runs on Windows 11, Windows 11 on Arm, macOS, and Linux. A free version is available, while TMOG Pro costs $39.95 and adds Power & freq, Flight Recorder, Connections, Drivers, and benchmarks. The app is fully native code with no Electron.

Apple may launch screen-less Watch Air health tracker to rival Whoop and Fitbit Air

Bloomberg reports Apple has spent about a year exploring a screen-less health band, the most plausible concept in a broader wearable redesign. The sensor stack and Readiness scoring engine already shipped in Watch Series 12 and Ultra 4, but there is no name, price or launch date.

California Gov. Newsom signs seven bills regulating data centers

California Governor Gavin Newsom signed seven bills aimed at regulating the fast-growing data center industry. The new rules impose requirements on electricity costs, water use, and local oversight.

iOS 27 adds a standalone Siri app to the iPhone Home Screen

Apple has released iOS 27 with a new standalone Siri app, pre-installed on iPhone for the first time. It offers a chat-style interface with conversation history, iCloud sync across Apple devices, and access to personal context. The app is limited to Apple Intelligence-capable devices, starting with iPhone 15 Pro.

Kev: open decision models let AI agents choose without generating text

Developer Jared Palmer released Kev, a family of open decision models built on Qwen 3.5 with 0.8B, 4B and 9B parameters. Kev is prefill-only: it scores candidates in a single forward pass via a pointer head, skipping autoregressive decoding. Kev-9B reached 83.7% accuracy on the project's locked out-of-domain test.

Treasury chief: AI bosses, not bots, will be held liable for criminal acts

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said humans, not AI models, are responsible for the criminal actions of AI agents, citing the Hugging Face incident involving OpenAI. He rejected labs' proposals to shield them from legal liability for damages caused by rogue systems.

Australian RAM and SSD prices surge as memory shortage tightens supply

Australia's memory shortage has pushed a Samsung 4TB SSD from about A$500 to A$1,149 and 16GB RAM modules from about A$60 to A$200–300. Gartner expects DRAM and SSD prices to rise as much as 130% by the end of 2026, while HPE cut quote validity from 30 to 14 days.

Meta's Muse hits 902K+ downloads in six days after launch

Sensor Tower data shows Meta's new AI agent Muse was downloaded over 902K times in the six days after its Sept. 8 launch, compared with 773K for Meta AI in the same post-launch window. META shares jumped more than 12%.

Apple VP Says Ceramic Shield 2 Makes Screen Protectors Unnecessary

Apple VP of hardware engineering Tom Marieb said Ceramic Shield 2 delivers three times the scratch resistance of the previous generation, making third-party screen protectors unnecessary on modern iPhones. The cover glass debuted with the iPhone 17 lineup and is used on the iPhone 18 Pro and the outer display of the foldable iPhone Duo.

iOS 27.2 beta code reveals new Apple Music, CarPlay Ultra and HomePad features

The second iOS 27.2 beta has minimal user-facing changes, but code reveals upcoming features: live countdowns for new album releases in Apple Music, a Drive Mode theme for CarPlay Ultra that syncs in-car ambient lighting, an Extended Erase option for wiping iPhone data, and a demo mode for the rumored HomePad smart home device.

Federal Court Rules Cancellation of Solar For All Program Unlawful

A federal judge in Rhode Island ruled that the EPA acted illegally by cancelling the $7 billion Solar For All program. The program was meant to cut electricity bills for over 900,000 households and create 200,000 jobs.

ARMSX3 brings RPCS3 PS3 emulation to Android

ARMSX3, an ARM-native port of the RPCS3 PS3 emulator, is now available for Android. It needs a Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 or newer and at least 8 GB of RAM; in testing God of War 3 and GTA 5 dropped below 10 FPS in combat, while The Last of Us failed to load.

VulcanForms, Specter Aerospace to Build Hypersonic Munitions Production

VulcanForms and Specter Aerospace have partnered to mass-produce low-cost airbreathing hypersonic munitions, interceptors and cruise missiles for the Department of War, pairing metal additive manufacturing with hypersonic vehicle development. The site, timeline and financial terms were not disclosed.