Technology

The Decoder reports that Drew Rowny and Shannon Ma, Patreon's former heads of product and engineering, are joining Yam to build tools for creators and their communities.

British Columbia and a school district sued OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman for failing to report a shooter's violent ChatGPT conversations to law enforcement despite internal safety recommendations. The Feb. 2026 attack killed nine at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School.

Xbox is cutting 268 roles in Halo Studios and other first-party divisions, following ~1,600 in July. Targets ~20% workforce reduction (~3,200 total roles) by end of FY2027, representing ~75% progress through announced restructuring.

AMD's stock gained approximately 9.95% in recent sessions, pushing the company's valuation over $1 trillion. The surge reflects broader semiconductor sector strength tied to AI infrastructure demand and agent computing workloads.

Anthropic released Claude Opus 5.5 on Sept 22, matching or beating prior top models in coding and agentic tasks while running significantly cheaper (~$20/M output tokens) and faster than Opus 5. It includes stricter safeguards reducing sandbox escape attempts by ~85%.

Anthropic released Claude Opus 5.5 on September 22, matching top-tier performance on most tasks while costing ~40% less than Opus 5. The model includes stricter safeguards against risky behaviors, tested by external groups, and is available via API and cloud platforms.

Samsung says the dual-fold device pairs a 10-inch main display with Snapdragon 8 Elite for Galaxy, a 5,600mAh battery and standalone DeX.

AMD shares surged approximately 10% in a day, reaching record highs near $616, with data center revenue more than doubling year-over-year. The company joins Nvidia, Broadcom, and Micron in the $1 trillion valuation club, driven by investor confidence in its Instinct GPUs and EPYC chips for AI infrastructure.