Shield AI valuation could top $20 billion in new funding talks, six months after a $12.7 billion round, repricing autonomy software in defense AI.
Valve opens Steam Frame VR headset reservations at $1,059 through September 17, with a randomized lottery and purchase invitations from September 18.
Foundation Future Industries won a $24 million Pentagon battle robot contract and is testing a combat humanoid with US forces after fielding only about 10 units.
Shanghai AI Lab's Atria Dawn Preview is a 744B open-weight agentic model under MIT license, with 256K context and frontier-class agent benchmarks.
Waymo began Waymo Las Vegas autonomous rides on Sept 14, 2026, its 15th US city, covering 24 square miles with the 6th-gen Ojai fleet.
The Tesla Autopilot crash filing confirms a fatal Mesa stop, then redacts the narrative and system status, leaving the public record unexplained.
The AI safety debate plays out on television while a $24M Defense Department contract and battle robot testing show where US AI rules are really written.
Samsung Galaxy S26 FE launches in India at Rs 79,999 with One UI 9 first, Exynos 2500 and a 50MP camera; sales begin September 18.
Agility Robotics Digit 5 is a cage-free humanoid rated 10:1 run-to-charge, with $300M in orders and a $2.5B SPAC listing ahead of 2027.
GPT-6 Astra lands in GitHub Copilot Pro+, Max, Business and Enterprise with admin opt-in, added latency, and a skeptical prediction market.
Rivian robotaxi self-certification in Texas clears Uber-backed Level 4 service for 2028, with no independent safety body verifying the claim.
Grindr UK privacy settlement: £26m for 12,000 users over HIV-status data sent to ad partners, paid in two £13m instalments by March 2027.
The OpenAI Glass Imaging acquisition, reported above $300M, adds neural-network camera software from ex-Apple engineers to OpenAI's hardware push.
Googlebook pre-orders open September 21 at 9 a.m. ET via Acer, ASUS, Dell, HP and Lenovo, while pricing, models and shipping dates stay unannounced.
Bell AI Fabric expansion lifts Saskatchewan capacity to 1.2 GW and C$52 billion, powered by an off-grid gas plant Bell funds in full.
