Microsoft is partnering with TCL to bring its Xbox app to supported TCL smart TVs, with the rollout expected “in the coming months” as of September 2026. The app will allow TCL TV owners to access…
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman apologized on September 4, 2026, just hours after the company launched GPT-6 Astra, after paying subscribers were unable to access the new model despite expecting immediate…
Microsoft has given its developer-optimized Windows experience a formal name: Project Zenith. Announced in 2026, the initiative is designed for developer-focused devices equipped with 64GB or more of…
TikTok withdrew from a planned congressional appearance in September 2026, citing concerns it would face questions about its child safety practices, according to the chair of the House Select…
Nvidia says its free, open-source Personal AI Router (PAIR), announced in Sept. 2026, lets Windows/Linux/macOS machines discover compatible home computers and coordinate local agentic inference via Ollama and LM Studio. Nvidia’s demo household totals ~165 teraflops.
On Sept. 3, 2026, ChatGPT, Grok, and Claude suffered near-simultaneous outages, cutting off access including logins and features like file uploads, voice mode, and image generation. OpenAI said errors rose around 11AM ET and noted a mitigation with “degraded performance” while teasing Astra; Anthropic blamed an “infrastructure issue” from ~10:30AM ET (eventually Opus 4.8/5), and Grok’s X app showed “model is overloaded.”
Google rolled out Gemini 3.8 Flash in September 2026, adding iterative tool-calling and more reasoning steps for complex tasks. Token pricing stays $0.75 per million input tokens and $3.75 per million output tokens, but Google warns costs could rise—Artificial Analysis reports totals about 40% higher than 3.7 Flash.
1Password is facing significant backlash from customers and employees after pledging $300,000 to the Omacom Foundation, the nonprofit that oversees Omarchy, a Linux distribution created by David…
On Sept. 2, 2026, Judge Leonie Brinkema refused to make Google sell ad-tech units, opting for behavioral remedies over breakup. The DOJ proved tying Doubleclick for Publishers (DFP) to AdX, but Brinkema found it failed to show monopoly of advertiser-side tools.
Microsoft is preparing to roll out its memory integrity security feature to more Windows 11 devices in October 2026, a move that could affect PC gaming performance on some hardware.
The feature, a…
Google announced a September 2026 feature drop for Android devices, introducing several updates including a tracker-free item location tool in Find Hub, a new motion sickness aid called Motion…
Apple’s Sept. 2026 motion seeks expedited discovery, alleging OpenAI is destroying trade-secret evidence in its lawsuit over ex-employee Chang Liu. Apple says OpenAI handed over Liu’s company MacBook on Aug. 21 and, after inspection, found he downloaded and used a confidential Apple circuit schematic; OpenAI disputes and calls it “a mess of Apple’s own making.”
