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Google says Extended Thinking can talk through longer tasks as it works, with rollout beginning in Gemini Live, developer tools and selected Workspace features.

Core and Premium combine paid features across Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp. Meta says the apps’ core experience will remain free.

The company says it banned accounts, but has not established harmful intent or an imminent biological threat.

Meta is advancing custom MTIA silicon, planning to deploy MTIA 450 (Arke) in H1 2027 and MTIA 500 (Astrid) by end-2027. These target efficient inference workloads with better performance-per-watt and cost than Nvidia systems. Meta partnered with Broadcom and TSMC.

The September 14 updates address Remote Desktop failures, Linux shared folders and multichannel audio. Microsoft says some USB audio devices still may not work.

Apple rolled out iOS 27 with a major Siri overhaul powered by Apple Intelligence, offering conversational and context-aware responses. New child safety features include age-based app controls, Ask to Browse for website approval, Communication Safety detection, and Time Allowances for daily usage limits.

The Hill reports a 49–50 vote on a motion to proceed, with all Democrats and a few Republicans blocking the cryptocurrency regulation bill from advancing.

Axios says new CrowdStrike research shows how AI is lowering the barriers to cybercrime.

Google DeepMind announced Gemini 3.8 Live, a native speech-to-speech model with low-latency voice interactions, and Extended Thinking for complex multi-step reasoning. Both support visual context, multilingual switching, and agentic workflows available via Gemini API and Google AI Studio.

Village Media is launching an AI-powered community services tool through a partnership with OpenAI, Axios reports.

Pulse 2.0 reports that the cybersecurity company is expanding its platform for protecting robots, drones, autonomous vehicles and other intelligent machines.

Apple’s rebuilt assistant starts in English as a beta, requires a newer iPhone and initially excludes iPhones and iPads in the EU.

The redesigned interface debuts in the 2027 Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra, Ars Technica reports. Engadget describes split-screen support for CarPlay and Android Auto.

The account-free X reader cites a new legal development. Nitter’s repository is read-only, but permanent closure remains unconfirmed.

SecurityWeek reports 200 vulnerabilities patched with the iOS 27 and macOS Golden Gate 27 releases. iPhone in Canada says Canadian users must join an official waitlist to activate Siri AI.

Microsoft revealed a San Francisco event on how local AI will shape the PC, featuring CEO Satya Nadella, Windows chief Pavan Davuluri, and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang. Expectations include Windows improvements, new Surface devices with NPU capabilities for local AI, and Arm/Windows progress.

Latent Space previews a conversation with Richard Socher about the lab’s plans, problems with AI peer review and how much remains before artificial general intelligence.

Tom's Hardware reports that natural gas consumption by US AI data centers is projected to grow by 15 billion cubic feet per day as demand for computing increases.

Business Insider reports that Agility shared renderings of the teal-blue robot, which is supposed to detect nearby people and slow down or stop when they get too close.

CoinDesk reports that two Chinese firms allegedly laundered oil-sale proceeds through Binance accounts on behalf of the IRGC.