Threads now lets podcast hosts share tappable episode cards, transcripts, and guest tags, with profile banners and save options keeping shows visible. Creators also get episode reminders and views broken down by followers, non-followers, and total reach.
Files from a dismantled Flock camera show it captured 1.6 million images of 50,000 vehicles in 21 days, while an unencrypted partition held an encryption key. Its vision system also detected people, bicycles, bumper stickers, and other graphics.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang will join Satya Nadella and Pavan Davuluri at Microsoft’s October 7 event in San Francisco, where RTX Spark PCs and Surface Laptop Ultra pricing may take center stage. The event starts at 10 a.m. PT.
The companies are reportedly exploring an AI standards body without U.S. government backing, while executives acknowledge potential antitrust risks. OpenAI policy chief Chris Lehane confirmed on Sept. 15 that safety talks with Anthropic and Google DeepMind have lasted weeks.
X’s legal pressure has taken two privacy-focused X viewers offline: Nitter’s GitHub repo entered read-only status on Sept. 11, while XCancel suspended service again the following Monday. Both had briefly returned earlier in September.
After a September 2026 vote to put CEO Matt Mullenweg on paid leave, he used Slack to retake control in ~33 hours, reversing the move. Now the full board and execs—Toni Schneider, Sue Decker, Gen. Ann Dunwoody, plus CLO Andy Missan and CFO Mark Davies—have departed, sources say.
Instagram rolled out Sept 10, 2026, allowing users to add tagged posts to their main profile grid from a DM tag alert, the post, or the Tagged tab. The original isn’t duplicated or deleted and can be removed anytime without affecting Tagged, letting users highlight collaborations and brand campaigns.
Italian software acquirer Bending Spoons announced in September 2026 that it will purchase workplace collaboration platform Miro for $1.36 billion in cash — representing an equity value of $1.79…
In September 2026, Snapchat rolls out “Snapchat Plans” for in-app event organizing: invite up to 200 friends via chat, collect Going/Maybe/Can’t Go RSVPs, and send reminders 1 hour before. Hosts can update time, location, and attendees, and “My Plans” on profiles shows shared events—aimed at fixing details buried in group chats and competing with Partiful.
Automattic’s board placed founder/CEO Matt Mullenweg on paid leave, confirmed Sept. 9, 2026, after a Slack message says CFO Mark Davies and board members Ann Dunwoody, Toni Schneider, and Sue Decker voted him onto leave. Davies becomes interim CEO.
On Sept. 9, 2026, bipartisan lawmakers urged Commerce Sec. Howard Lutnick to place BellTroX, CyberRoot, and Sunkissed Organic Farms (formerly Appin) on the sanctions “entity list,” restricting U.S. transactions and cutting off software licenses/cloud. They allege 10+ years of cyberattacks and targeted espionage to manipulate litigation and run an “aggressive censorship campaign” via foreign courts tied to Qatar, citing past FIFA intrusions and a Reuters takedown order.
A Sept. 2026 class action alleges Anthropic’s Claude Max is deceptive: the $100 “5x” and $200 “20x” tiers allegedly count only five-hour windows with a weekly cap. Attorneys Monica Vaca and Kati Daffan say the key “session” definition is hard to find via links; Max launched April 2025, with the weekly limit added Aug. 2025.
