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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Meta debuts Meta VR Glasses, a ~100g VR headset with an external compute pack, three-hour battery life, ~2.5K resolution per eye, on sale spring 2027 for $1,299  —  Meta Platforms Inc. on Wednesday launched $1,299 virtual-reality glasses that undercut Apple Inc. in price and size while putting …
Hamish Hector / TechRadar:
Meta VR Glasses hands-on: supremely comfortable to wear, excellent for multitasking, immersive content looks beautiful, and relatively low cost  —  Meta Connect just ended, and the biggest announcement of the night for me was easily the debut of Meta's VR Glasses — even if they were leaked ahead …
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Meta unveils the Ray-Ban Meta Audio, its first pair of glasses without cameras, offering up to 12 hours of battery life, starting at $349 and shipping October 3  —  Meta Platforms Inc. is expanding its smart-glasses lineup with camera-free models, support for the popular new Muse assistant and a hearing-aid mode.
Karissa Bell / Engadget:
Meta announces Ray-Ban Meta Gen 3 with better battery life, a programmable action button, an added microphone, and two new frame styles, starting at $449
Robert Hart / The Verge:
Anthropic says Claude autonomously discovered a new enzyme system in the DNA of bacteriophages, somewhat similar to CRISPR, the first result from its new biolab  —  It took nearly 1,000 Claude agents 21 hours and 210 million tokens to uncover the ‘novel enzyme system.’
Ben Fritz / Wall Street Journal:
YouTube rolls out tools for microdramas, an AI storytelling assistant for script analysis, video A/B-testing, and more, as it battles Netflix over top creators  —  Google-owned platform rolling out better tools for digital producers that could help it keep more of their content exclusively
Reece Rogers / Wired:
At its Made on YouTube event, YouTube unveils Custom Feeds, an LLM-powered feature that lets users generate and save tailored homepage video feeds, for US users  —  In YouTube's latest update, viewers can tweak what the algorithm shows on their front page and curate it to a specific vibe.
Jay Peters / The Verge:
Meta says users will be able to video chat with Muse, agents will get their own email addresses, and Muse will get computer use on Mac and smart glasses support  —  Muse started as a chatbot but will soon be an AI avatar you can talk with over video.
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Meta previews Muse Charm, a palm-sized Tamagotchi-like device for using Muse, with a ~2-inch OLED screen, front and rear cameras, and 5G, on sale by year's end  —  Meta Platforms Inc. unveiled a palm-sized, dedicated gadget for using Muse, the company's popular new artificial intelligence assistant …
The Age:
Australian PM Anthony Albanese says an OpenAI agent gained unauthorized access to a public-facing Medicare portal in June, accessing public and non-public files  —  Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has revealed that an artificial intelligence agent developed by OpenAI infiltrated …
Google:
Google releases Gemini 3.8 Flash TTS and Gemini 3.8 Flash-Lite TTS, its “most expressive audio generation models yet”, with support for more than 100 languages  —  Gemini 3.8 Flash TTS and Gemini 3.8 Flash-Lite TTS are our most expressive audio generation models yet.
Reuters:
A sample of FBI data allegedly stolen by ShinyHunters includes granular detail on officials' job assignments on China, Russia, cartels, cyber, and other issues  —  FBI data allegedly stolen by the hacking group ShinyHunters carries granular detail about scores of bureau officials' job assignments …
Ezra Klein / New York Times:
Q&A with Jensen Huang on AI creating more jobs than it destroys, pushing back against AI doomerism, Chinese open models, the Hugging Face acquisition, and more  —  This is an edited transcript of “The Ezra Klein Show.”  You can listen to the episode wherever you get your podcasts.
Zac Bowden / Windows Central:
Microsoft unveils the $1,149+ Surface Pro 12-inch and the $1,199+ Surface Laptop 13-inch with Snapdragon X2 Plus, and a new Surface Mouse with built-in haptics  —  If you're a fan of Microsoft's smaller and lighter Surface PCs, we've got some good news!  During Qualcomm's annual Snapdragon Summit event …
Rick Porter / The Hollywood Reporter:
Disney raises Disney+ and Hulu prices, the fourth price hike in as many years; the ad-free tiers will each cost $21.49/month, an increase of $2.50  —  Subscribing to a bundle is now almost exactly half the price of individual plans for each streamer.
Mark Bergen / Bloomberg:
Microsoft plans to invest more than $10B through 2030 in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, and the UAE, including a $7.9B UAE investment it announced last year  —  Microsoft Corp. pledged about $2 billion in additional spending in the Middle East, providing the first significant update on its business …
Todd Bishop / GeekWire:
At its Accelerate conference, Amazon says it is opening its seller tools to third-party AI agents, starting with Claude, in beta for US merchants  —  Amazon announced new AI tools for its independent sellers Wednesday, led by a plugin that lets them run their Amazon businesses from Anthropic's Claude or Amazon's own Quick assistant.
Kate Clark / Wall Street Journal:
Pilgrim, whose device combines air sampling and genomic sequencing to detect biological threats, raised a $25M seed led by Buckley at a $150M valuation  —  Pilgrim has raised $25 million and has developed a 50-pound device that detects biological threats  —  Two Anthropic leaders are investing …
@openai:
OpenAI says ChatGPT Voice can now be powered by GPT-6 Astra, Sol, and Luna, use plugins like email and calendar, and be used in ChatGPT Work on web and mobile  —  We heard you loud and clear. ChatGPT Voice can now: - Use plugins like your email, calendar, and Slack. - Be powered by GPT-6 Astra, Sol, and Luna. - Be used in ChatGPT Work on web and mobile, so you can create docs, decks, sites, and spreadsheets or tackle complex tasks in the browser, just by ...
Damien Cave / New York Times:
Gallup survey of 37 countries: in 34, positive AI sentiment outweighed the negative; 90%+ of people in China and 66%+ in Nigeria say AI will improve daily life  —  A Gallup poll found that a majority of people surveyed across 37 countries said they were curious or excited about artificial intelligence, more than scared or worried.
Brian Kennedy / Pew Research Center:
Survey: US public perception of data centers has sharply deteriorated since January, with 54% viewing them as bad for the environment, as local opposition rises
Bloomberg:
Sam Altman and Dario Amodei tell the UN Security Council that governments and industry should coordinate on AI safety standards and critical decisions  —  OpenAI Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman and Anthropic PBC CEO Dario Amodei urged world leaders to work together on artificial intelligence …
Marina Temkin / TechCrunch:
Colorado-based Enveda, which uses AI to discover new drugs in the natural world, raised a $311M Series E at a $2B valuation, double its valuation a year ago  —  Enveda, a biotech startup that uses AI to discover new drugs in the natural world, has raised a $311 million Series E at a $2 billion valuation.
Sam Yam / @samyamiam:
Patreon co-founder Sam Yam says he is joining OpenAI to lead Creator Product, alongside Patreon's Head of Product Drew Rowny and Head of Engineering Shannon Ma  —  1/ I'm joining @OpenAI to lead Creator Product after over 13 years since starting @Patreon. Coming with me are my favorite crew Drew Rowny and Shannon Ma, Patreon's (now former) Head of Product and Head of Engineering. We're going to build together with Creators at OpenAI and share early access to ...

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Associated Press:
Judge Timothy Kelly heard arguments in the lawsuit over White House access for three news outlets but didn't immediately rule on a restraining order request

A.J. Katz / The Wrap:
Over 120 journalists at Business Insider and Politico signed on to a letter protesting parent company Axel Springer's decision to honor Peter Thiel on Thursday

Hannah Fingerhut / Associated Press:
An Iowa judge dismisses Trump's lawsuit accusing The Des Moines Register and pollster J. Ann Selzer of misrepresenting the state of the 2024 presidential race

More News

John Reynolds / Tech.eu:
London-based AI life sciences startup Basecamp Research raised a $140M Series C led by S32, with participation from Anthropic, taking its total funding to $225M
Natasha Mascarenhas / Bloomberg:
Bessemer raised $5.75B, allocating $4B to growth-stage funding, including young companies raising large rounds at high valuations, and $1.75B for early-stage
Jagmeet Singh / TechCrunch:
Ema, which uses AI agents to automate corporate processes across HR, IT, and finance, raised a $77M Series B led by Creaegis, taking its total funding to $140M

Earlier Picks

Claudia Chong / The Information:
Carnegie China: China passed the US as the top destination for elite AI talent in 2025, rising from 2022's 27.1% share to 40.6%; the US fell from 46.4% to 34.2%
Henrique Almeida / Bloomberg:
Portuguese surveillance drone maker Tekever announces the first close of a $580M Series D led by UC Investments and Baillie Gifford at a $6.4B valuation
More: Tekever, CNBC, DroneXL, Quartz, and Financial Times
X: @benmoores2 and @business.  LinkedIn: TEKEVER
Financial Times:
Sources: China's SASAC, which oversees state-owned companies, is surveying the number of Broadcom switches in state-backed data centers amid a domestic AI drive
Angus Whitley / Bloomberg:
The US criticizes Australia's digital duty-of-care proposal, which has a provision that would require social media platforms to let users opt out of algorithms
David Gewirtz / ZDNET:
Anthropic raises its five-hour usage limits by 20% on Pro, Max, and Team plans, and gives subscription users a rate limit reset
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