This startup wants to turn idle car inventory into rental revenue |

When Igor Dobrianskyi looks at a car dealership lot, he sees a wasted opportunity. “Millions and millions of used cars are sitting on parking lots,…

OpenAI cuts ties with 3 safety researchers, WSJ reports |

11:14 AM PDT · October 1, 2026 OpenAI has parted ways with three researchers on its safety team who allegedly shared confidential company information with…

Opus 5.5 loves to tell you 'this matters' (and other AI writing tells) |

Now that LLM-generated prose is everywhere, human beings are eager for ways to sniff it out. While early tells like em-dashes and “delve” are long…

Amazon releases its own Jev clone as decision models flood the web |

Amazon Web Services released an open source decision model inspired by TypeSafe’s Jev, with AI developers increasingly seeking intelligence that is more suited to computer…

Shopify debuts Canvas, a way to build online stores by chatting with AI |

Shopify introduced a new site-building tool Thursday called Canvas that lets merchants set up their Shopify store by chatting with AI. While Shopify already offered…

California governor vetoes bill banning use of 'pervert glasses' to secretly record people |

9:35 AM PDT · October 1, 2026 California Governor Gavin Newsom has used his veto authority to send a bill passed by the state’s legislature…

One year later, Tesla and Musk still don't have a good definition of 'abundance' |

On September 1, 2025, Elon Musk laid out his fourth “Master Plan” for Tesla, which was immediately criticized by some of his most ardent fans…

Brian Chesky interview: AI agents need their own operating system |

Airbnb rolled out its new AI-powered search this week as part of its fall update, a significant step for a company that has been slow…

Hearing tech startup Legato launches its AI hearing glasses |

6:00 AM PDT · October 1, 2026 Hearing tech startup Legato announced on Thursday that its flagship AI-based hearing glasses are now available for purchase.…

Audible's new features let you explore book worlds — and use AI to talk to characters |

Facing new competition in the audiobook market from Spotify, Audible is turning to AI and other technology to enhance the listening experience. On Thursday, the…