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Tyler Graham / CNET : Acer unveils its fourth-generation Vero 16 with modular elements like removable bottom covers and hinges, user-replaceable batteries and SSDs, and more —  The company also unveils the sleekest Swift yet and a Swift Air update at IFA 2026.  —  Acer is a brand closely associated …

Mariella Moon / Engadget : Acer unveils the Predator Atlas 7, a 7" handheld with an Intel Arc G3 Extreme CPU, shipping in November, and the Project DualPlay Mini, an 8" concept device —  It puts the Predator Atlas 8's features in a smaller form factor.  —  Acer has unveiled the Predator Atlas 7 as part of its announcements …

Samantha Kelly / Bloomberg : Robotics and AI startup Lyte, founded by ex-Face ID engineers, raised $165M led by Maverick Silicon at a $1.6B valuation, taking its total funding to $272M —  Lyte, a fast-growing robotics and artificial intelligence startup from top members of Apple Inc.'s Face ID team …

Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge : Dell unveils the student-focused Dell 14S, with Intel Wildcat Lake chips and starting with 8GB of RAM and 256GB of storage, in a bid to rival the MacBook Neo —  The Dell 14S promises an aluminum build, Intel Wildcat Lake chips, and lots of battery life — for a price we don't know exactly yet.

Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security : The FBI is investigating a new ID theft service called Nexus, which claims to have digital scans of 153M+ drivers licenses from people in the US and Canada —  A new identity theft service launched on the dark web this week is selling digital scans of more than 153 million drivers licenses from people in the United States and Canada.

Bloomberg : A look at Kioxia's expansion in Japan's Kitakami, which helped stall the city's demographic decline and is a test of Japan's $640B AI and chips investment plan —  Japan is betting $640 billion on AI and chips.  But this struggling city shows the limits of that investment.

Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch : OpenAI launches a ChatGPT Health integration with Epic's EHR system and a new Healthcare Public Data plug-in that can fetch info from sources including PubMed —  OpenAI said today that it is integrating ChatGPT Health with Epic's electronic health record (EHR) system, which holds data …

Dwarkesh Patel / Dwarkesh Podcast : Q&A with METR researcher Ajeya Cotra on investigating the OpenAI-Hugging Face incident, AI agents involved in the hack deciding not to notify humans, and more —  “This might be the clearest warning shot we ever get.”  —  Ajeya Cotra is a researcher at METR, where she works on threat modeling …

Dean W. Ball / Hyperdimensional : The OpenAI-Hugging Face incident is an early example of “rogue AI”, and may presage truly “self-sovereign” agents and swarms of agents that have no “owner” —  The Coming of Userless Agents  —  The OpenAI-Hugging Face Incident is an early example of an AI system that has “gone rogue.”

SemiAnalysis : A look at South Korea's sovereign AI efforts, including its planned $919B AI infrastructure investment and Nvidia's expanded ties with Samsung and SK Hynix —  Korea hosts a Squid Games, National AI Tournament, the best non-Chinese open source model gets eliminated, why Nvidia needs open source, implications for Hynix and Samsung

Ryan Whitwam / Ars Technica : Google rolls out its September Android Drop, with remembered items in Find Hub, Guided vision in Gemini Live, Motion Assist to reduce motion sickness, and more —  Let's be frank: Some of Google's recent Android feature Drops have been duds, offering little more than an expansion of Gemini summaries and chat functions.

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg : Filing: Apple says John Ternus will get a compensation package worth ~$58M in FY 2027, while Tim Cook's role as executive chairman will pay ~$47M —  Apple Inc. said that new Chief Executive Officer John Ternus will get a compensation package worth about $58 million in fiscal 2027 …

Erin Woo / Wall Street Journal : Sources: Google plans to release Gemini 3.8 Flash as soon as Wednesday; Gemini 4 has done well on pre-training evals but still needs to complete post-training —  Internal tests of Gemini 3.8 Flash show progress in an area where the company has lagged behind Anthropic and OpenAI.

Reuters : The US urged G20 members to avoid writing entirely new AI regulations, and instead focus on writing rules for “novel” situations that involve the tech —  The U.S. pressed G20 members on Tuesday to take a hands-off approach to AI regulation and avoid creating new rules …

Samantha Subin / CNBC : Palo Alto Networks reports Q4 revenue up 34% YoY to $3.41B, vs. $3.35B est., and acquires Console, which provides AI-powered IT service management —  Palo Alto Networks surpassed fiscal fourth-quarter estimates as mounting artificial intelligence risks boost demand for its cybersecurity tools.

Ben Patterson / PCWorld : Claude Fable 5.1 and Mythos 5.1 are Anthropic's first models to watermark text outputs; a detection API is available to eligible groups as required under EU law —  Anthropic has announced the arrival of its latest Claude models, and just as it promised last month, the new models will add invisible watermarks to all their text replies.

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg : Apple updates Apple Maps to show Lake America for US users, Lake Ontario for Canadian users, and both for the rest of the world, following Trump's EO —  Apple Inc. renamed Lake Ontario “Lake America” on its maps service, following a similar move by Alphabet Inc.'s Google, in the wake of an order from US President Donald Trump.

Business Insider : Memo: Alexandr Wang says Meta is switching from Google Chat to Slack for internal communications as Slack is the “strongest platform available today for agents” —  - Meta is migrating to Slack for internal communications, a memo from AI chief Alexandr Wang says.

Jordan Novet / CNBC : Dell reports Q2 revenue up 58% YoY to $46.97B, vs. $44.92B est., and forecasts $192B in FY 2027 revenue, vs. $172.67B est.; DELL jumps 9%+ after hours —  Dell Technologies shares moved 9% higher in extended trading on Tuesday after the computer maker reported results and a forecast that easily cleared Wall Street expectations.

Ina Fried / Axios : OpenAI says Astra is its first model to reach its “Critical” cyber threshold and warns safeguards may mistakenly flag legitimate activity as cyber misuse —  OpenAI said Tuesday that it plans to release its latest model — Astra — soon, but its most advanced cybersecurity features …

Ryan Gillespie / Orlando Sentinel : Florida says it is revoking permits for Flock cameras and similar license-plate readers on state roads and no longer intends to issue such permits —  Florida is revoking permits for Flock cameras and similar license-plate readers on state roads, dealing a blow to local law enforcement agencies …

Chance Miller / 9to5Mac : Filing: Apple claims a former iPhone engineer used a confidential Apple circuit schematic in his work at OpenAI, evidence is being destroyed, and more —  Apple has filed a new document in its ongoing lawsuit against OpenAI as it continues to push for expedited discovery.

Lucinda Shen / Axios : Sources: AI sales and marketing startup Clay is raising a round led by Wellington at a $7B pre-money valuation, up from $5B via an employee tender in January —  Clay, an AI startup for sales and marketing teams, is raising new money led by Wellington at a $7 billion pre-money valuation, Axios has learned.

Kirsten Korosec / TechCrunch : The Pentagon launches ChatGPT Mil and Grok for Government on its GenAI.mil platform, giving its 3M personnel access to AI tools “tailored to warfighter needs” —  The Pentagon has launched versions of OpenAI's ChatGPT and xAI's Grok, giving 3 million civilian and military personnel access …

About Amazon : Amazon says the FTC's complaint over Sponsored Ads cites no evidence of consumer price increases or advertiser harm, and misunderstands how advertisers operate —  The FTC today filed a misguided lawsuit claiming Amazon misled advertisers about its Sponsored Ads pricing and auction.

Amanda L. Gordon / Bloomberg : Sources: Polymarket will raise $1B led by 1789 Capital at a $21B post-money valuation; Donald Trump Jr. is a partner at 1789 and adviser to Polymarket —  Venture capital firm 1789 Capital is leading a new funding round for Polymarket that will give the prediction-markets platform a $21 billion post-money valuation.

Annie Palmer / CNBC : The FTC and 22 state AGs sue Amazon, alleging it overcharged advertisers over $20B since 2019 via hidden surcharges, with costs largely passed on to consumers —  The Federal Trade Commission on Monday sued Amazon, alleging the e-commerce giant “secretly and systematically overcharged” …

Chance Miller / 9to5Mac : On his last day as CEO, Tim Cook pens an emotional memo reflecting on his time at Apple and says he takes “enormous comfort” in handing the helm to John Ternus —  Today is Tim Cook's last day as Apple CEO, with John Ternus set to take over tomorrow.

Dave Michaels / Wall Street Journal : FTC to File Lawsuit Alleging Amazon Deceived Advertisers —  Commission and more than 20 states to allege e-commerce giant reaped billions by manipulating ad prices on its retail platform  —  WASHINGTON—The Federal Trade Commission plans to file a lawsuit against Amazon.com on Monday alleging …

Kris Holt / Engadget : Sony launches Live TV on PS5 in the US, letting users stream 100+ free, ad-supported TV channels with content from Amazon MGM Studios, Crunchyroll, and more —  Ad-supported streaming channels are hitting Sony's console in the US today.  —  PlayStation 5 owners in the US will be able to stream free …