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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.

TechCrunch reports that developers can use Claude, Cursor, Codex and ChatGPT to handle messaging templates, testing and troubleshooting through the new MCP server.

TechCrunch's running “AI graveyard” list looks at projects and startups that shut down or missed expectations.

TechCrunch says the hotline is designed as a discreet channel for agents to tip off authorities about misbehavior they have witnessed.

TechCrunch reports that the five-year-old startup raised $108 million from The General Partnership, Index Ventures, General Catalyst and Andreessen Horowitz.

WIRED describes repeated clothing comments as an attempt to evade politics. CBS News recounts an interview with the AI actor that left its interviewer feeling creeped out.

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

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.

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.

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.

Gizmodo said the software also covered iPhones and that Intego’s back-to-school offer would run until September 30.

Fox News says conservatives accuse Harris of oversimplifying the technology, quoting her remark: “AI is kind of a fancy thing.”

Gizmodo reports that the Commerce Department reportedly pushed Kalshi to remove the tracker over national security concerns.

ZDNET reports that the DOJ argues AI training is transformative fair use, while publishers say unlicensed scraping threatens their survival.

Fox News reports that Facebook co-founder Dustin Moskovitz and his wife, Cari Tuna, are the main funders of Coefficient Giving, an organization associated with the effective altruism movement.

Nikkei Asia reports that a talent shortage is emerging as tech's biggest bottleneck as AI expansion booms.

ZDNET recommends the app for Linux desktop users who prefer dictation for taking notes.