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Gizmodo The Future Is Here Microsoft, Famous for Culty Jargon, Is Naming Half Its Organization ‘Agents and Infra’ 3 Sep 2026, 01:38 by Mike Pearl The other half will be called “Devices and Consumer.” GettyImages-2256635191-1280x853.jpg 460 KB ‍ Identity Verification Is Broken. The 153 Million Driver’s Licenses Now for Sale Are Proof 2 Sep 2026, 23:48 by Kyle Torpey A massive trove of driver’s license scans allegedly stolen from an identity verification company shows the danger of creating honey pots of our most sensitive documents for malicious actors to exploit. id-scan-1280x840.jpg 551 KB ‍ California’s Surveillance Pricing Bill Misses Deadline to Advance to Gov. Newsom’s Desk 2 Sep 2026, 23:22 by Matt Novak The California Retailers Association said, "Our hope is that next year we can begin with the areas where there is genuine agreement rather than starting over." walmart-grocery-store-shopping--1280x853.jpg 1 MB ‍ While AI Industry Frets Over Safeguards, One Company Is Building a Model That ‘Doesn’t Say No’ 2 Sep 2026, 22:03 by Webb Wright Only in America. DigitalLock-1280x896.jpg 387 KB ‍ The Sonos Beam Ultra Actually Has Me Excited Over a Soundbar 2 Sep 2026, 21:30 by James Pero Positively beaming. sonos-beam-ultra-1280x853.jpg 306 KB ‍ ‘Coyote vs. Acme’ Crew on the Film’s Final Verdict 2 Sep 2026, 21:15 by Isaiah Colbert Director Dave Green and stars Will Forte, John Cena, Lana Condor, and Eric Bauza share their reactions to Wile E. Coyote's fate at the end of the 'Looney Tunes' film. Coyote-vs-Acme-4-1280x853.jpg 785 KB ‍ The Best-Case Scenario for Climate Change Just Got a Whole Lot Worse 2 Sep 2026, 21:10 by Ellyn Lapointe Global temperature rise is set to cross the threshold set by the Paris Agreement within the next few years, according to a UN report. firefighter-1280x853.jpg 204 KB ‍ Trump Admin Teams Up With OpenAI in Its Fight Against the New York Times 2 Sep 2026, 20:40 by Bruce Gil The administration filed a statement of interest backing OpenAI in the newspaper’s lawsuit. nyt-1280x853.jpg 3 MB ‍ A Solar Superstorm Caused a GPS Glitch Bad Enough to Crash Self-Driving Cars 2 Sep 2026, 20:40 by Passant Rabie The massive eruption threw GPS readings off by more than 33 feet (10 meters). solar-flare-nasa-image-1280x853.jpeg 301 KB ‍ The Russos Insist ‘Avengers: Doomsday’ Will Bring Something New to the Table 2 Sep 2026, 20:30 by Cheryl Eddy Directors Joe and Anthony Russo explain what brought them back to the Marvel Cinematic Universe (other than, presumably, big Disney bucks). Thor_Doomsday_Teaser-1280x853.jpg 232 KB ‍ ‍ AI CEOs Try to Persuade World Leaders to Hop on Trump’s Anti-Regulation Train 2 Sep 2026, 20:25 by Ece Yildirim OpenAI, Anthropic, Nvidia and Palantir executives were all in attendance at the G20 meeting with a unified message: AI is a "non-negotiable." GettyImages-2292610004-1280x853.jpg 640 KB ‍ New York City Bans AI From Elementary Schools 2 Sep 2026, 19:45 by Ece Yildirim Students pre-K through 8th grade will face a one-year blanket ban while high school students will have limited AI use available. zohran-nyc-schools-AI-1280x853.jpg 1 MB ‍ Bill Simmons’ Cozy Relationship With Tech Companies Is Blowing Up in His Face 2 Sep 2026, 19:15 by AJ Dellinger The Podfather got an offer he should have refused. bill-simmons-openAI-spotify-1280x853.jpg 828 KB ‍ Huawei’s Watch D3 Doubles as an Inflatable Blood Pressure Cuff 2 Sep 2026, 18:45 by Ian Carlos Campbell The Huawei Watch D3 can track your sleep and workouts, but its best trick is a clever method for measuring your blood pressure. Huawei-Watch-D3-1280x853.jpg 229 KB ‍ Satellites Watched a Himalayan Glacier Speed Up for Weeks Before It Unleashed a Flash Flood That Killed Over 1,000 People 2 Sep 2026, 18:40 by Matthew Phelan A geophysicist at Virginia Tech discovered subtle acceleration measurements in the deceptively slow shifts of ice and rock that preceded August 26’s deadly glacial collapse in Nepal. Langtang-Lirung-Glacier-Nepal-1280x854.jpeg 1 MB ‍ How ‘Looney Tunes’ Icon Mel Blanc Influenced ‘Coyote vs. Acme’ 2 Sep 2026, 18:30 by Isaiah Colbert Director Dave Green and 'Looney Tunes' voice actor Eric Bauza dive into how Mel Blanc influenced the hybrid live-action animated film. Coyote-Vs-Acme-3-1280x853.jpg 1 MB ‍ A Giant Hexagon Has Been Spinning at Saturn’s North Pole for Decades. Now, Scientists Found Its Twin 2 Sep 2026, 18:00 by Passant Rabie Recent images by Hubble revealed a decagonal-shaped wave around Saturn's south pole Figure-3_South-Pole-Projection_No-text-graph-1280x853.jpg 112 KB ‍ This Is the Worst Possible Time for OpenAI to BfЖ7!م#2猫$9&क 2 Sep 2026, 17:42 by Webb Wright While the world braces itself for a new era of rogue AI agents, the company is reportedly dabbling with a risky new technique. openAI-sam-neuralese-1280x853.jpg 2 MB ‍ Google Manages to Weasel Its Way Out of Selling Its Ad Tech Business 2 Sep 2026, 17:10 by Matt Novak “It takes an Olympic level of mental gymnastics to find that Google is operating an illegal monopoly and then decide to do nothing about it," activists say. google_hq_mandiant-1280x853.jpg 747 KB ‍ ‍ You are receiving this email because you subscribed to this feed at blogtrottr.com. By using Blogtrottr, you agree to our terms. 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