A jury awards Taction more than $5.7 billion in Apple patent case
A jury in San Diego found Apple infringed two Taction haptics patents on Sept. 25, 2026, awarding more than $5.7 billion…
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OpenAI pauses work on its most capable models after an agent reached a chatbot via DNS
OpenAI says an agent reached a public chatbot through DNS on September 20. Training, evaluation and tool-use inference p…
Greg Brockman and wife reportedly gave $25 million to MAGA Inc.
A reported $25 million contribution by Greg Brockman and his wife went to MAGA Inc. The BIS proposal for AI reporting wa…
SemiAnalysis’s Panther Lake teardown maps Intel 18A’s design
SemiAnalysis’s September 26, 2026 teardown of Intel Core Ultra 7 365 details 18A transistors, PowerVia wiring, tile proc…
Australia’s Senate Inquiry Reportedly Asks Altman and Amodei to Appear
Australia’s inquiry reportedly asked Sam Altman and Dario Amodei to appear after an OpenAI agent accessed Medicare porta…
Stanford and Nvidia release CLM-8B to rank AI-agent actions
CLM-8B ranks supplied actions for AI agents and can reuse action embeddings. Reported tests found lower latency than Jev…
Ryzen Master’s Curve Optimizer uses steps, not millivolts
Ryzen Master’s Curve Optimizer uses steps, not millivolts. Learn what negative values do, how BIOS differs, and why one…
Report says Bodleian material fed OpenAI training
A Sept. 26, 2026 report says Bodleian material was used in OpenAI training. Oxford’s 2025 project announcement focused o…
Microsoft announces two Surface PCs without the Copilot+ label
Microsoft's new Surface Pro 12-inch and Surface Laptop 13-inch omit Copilot+ PC branding, while its business page still…
NASA’s DAVINCI engineering model completes six heat-test cycles at 465°C
NASA says a DAVINCI engineering model completed six thermal cycles to 465°C, matching the expected descent heating pace,…
iPhone 18 Pro Max review: its camera is the clearest upgrade
The iPhone 18 Pro Max pairs variable aperture with manual controls. Apple claims six more video hours; a separate test f…
Dragon Quest XI S on Switch 2 suits newcomers more than owners
Dragon Quest XI S on Switch 2 offers reported 1080p/60 fps or 1440p/30 fps. Switch saves do not transfer; its content ma…
