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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.
MapQuest hit No. 1 on the U.S. App Store on Sept. 2, 2026 after refusing to rename Lake Ontario “Lake America” under a Trump Aug. 27 executive order; Sensor Tower estimates 632K U.S. downloads from Aug. 27–Sept. 1.
On Sept. 2, 2026, Judge Leonie M. Brinkema ruled Google won’t have to divest its ad business, but must change practices to help competitors. The order gave no specifics and the written ruling is sealed 14 days; it stems from the DOJ’s 2023 ad-tech antitrust case after an April 2025 illegal-conduct finding.
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…
A suspected massive data breach at Louisiana-based identity verification company IDScan may have exposed more than 150 million driver’s license and passport photos belonging to people in the United States and Canada, according to a report published in early September 2026 by…
Reliance Jio expanded its JioPC cloud service in September 2026 to any internet user in India, removing the previous requirement to be a Jio broadband subscriber. The service streams a virtual PC…
Wonderful, the Israeli-Dutch AI startup, raised $550M in a Series C at a $5B valuation—over 2x its ~$2B valuation from ~six months earlier. Insight Partners led; Salesforce joined. Wonderful AI OS works across 35+ countries, coordinating agents and workflows across any AI model.
Trump’s DOJ filed a 20-page brief in Sept. 2026 backing OpenAI in the New York Times lawsuit, arguing copyright limits on LLM training would harm U.S. competitiveness and “thwart” progress if fair use is misunderstood. In SDNY, the question is whether training on copyrighted books and articles is “transformative.”
On Sep 2, 2026, X shifted U.S. creator payouts from Stripe to X Money for Original Content Rewards and subscriptions: instant access, no $30 minimum (previously every two weeks). X Money accounts auto-receive; Sept 7 retires the Creator Revenue Sharing Program.
Adobe has acquired Rilo, an India-based marketing intelligence startup, in a deal involving licensing and team acquisition, TechCrunch reported on September 2, 2026. Financial terms were not…
Amazon announced in September 2026 that it is adding a scam-detection feature to Alexa for Shopping, its consumer AI service, allowing customers to verify whether suspicious emails, texts, and other…
HiddenLayer (Austin) raised $100M Series B in Sept 2026, led by Delta-v Capital. Chris Sestito says ARR grew 10x to “tens of millions,” and 90% of that came from customers signed in the past year. Gartner forecasts $2.83B AI security spend in 2026 (+83%).
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.
Law firm Edelson PC filed 30 additional lawsuits against OpenAI in a California court on Tuesday, September 2, 2026, expanding litigation tied to the Tumbler Ridge mass shooting that left eight…
On Sept. 2, 2026, Adobe said Firefly, Photoshop and Premiere are now accessible in Slack via Slackbot, which uses existing chat context to route requests and turn work into PDFs or images. The Adobe for Slack MCP app will provide 70+ tools at launch for Business+ and Enterprise+ teams.
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…
X says it’s investigating a wave of unsolicited password reset emails tied to the September 2026 launch of X Money, which includes a bank card. On Sept. 1, product engineer Mridul Singhai said there’s no evidence of any breaches and apologized for the multiple emails; Grok is telling users to enable two-factor authentication, and counsel James Burnham vowed to hold attackers accountable.
Google’s September 2026 Android rollout adds five updates, led by Motion Assist (Android 17): a bubble overlay that tracks a vehicle’s motion, with auto activation, Quick Settings, and customizable shape/color/transparency. It also brings Guided Vision (Gemini + camera on Android 9+ where Gemini is available) and “remembered items” in Find Hub, optionally with photos.