Google brings agentic AI to Gemini, starting with businesses |

At a Google Cloud event on Thursday, the company announced it’s bringing its Gemini AI into the agentic age, with the launch of a unified…

Anthropic changes usage policy to ban model abuse and election interference |

In Brief Posted: 11:16 AM PDT · October 8, 2026 Anthropic updated its usage policy on Thursday, codifying new prohibitions on election interference, weapons software,…

A startup founder who served time in prison is looking to court an untapped market: ex-cons |

Richard Bronson, an entrepreneur who recently launched a startup called Commissary Club, has an unusual background for a founder: in a previous life, he spent…

US bars Microsoft, Adobe, and major IT firms from green card program for skilled foreign workers |

8:42 AM PDT · October 8, 2026 The Trump administration is suspending Microsoft, Adobe, and several other technology companies from a program that helps skilled…

Natura’s $99 smart ring puts AI agents on your finger |

Meet Interface, a new $99 smart ring from AI and hardware startup Natura that’s designed for the era of AI agents. With a press of…

New York alleges TikTok gave teens, children a placebo safety feature instead of a real one |

In Brief Posted: 8:06 AM PDT · October 8, 2026 TikTok gave teens and children access to a placebo safety feature instead of a real…

Asos confirms breach of customer data after hackers send rogue app notification |

8:01 AM PDT · October 8, 2026 U.K. fashion retail giant Asos has confirmed a data breach of its customers’ personal information after hackers used…

Etched fields funding offers at $40B+ valuation, sources say |

1:24 PM PDT · October 5, 2026 Although it’s only been a couple of months since Etched raised $700 million at a $21 billion valuation,…

Lucid Motors' EV output falls to lowest level in almost 2 years |

Lucid Motors built 2,954 electric vehicles (EVs) in the third quarter of this year, a 54% drop from a year ago, as the company purposely…

OpenAI will start watermarking ChatGPT's text in the EU |

OpenAI will start adding an invisible watermark to text generated by ChatGPT and Codex in the European Union to comply with the EU AI Act,…