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There’s still no standardized real-world test for automated driving systems. NHTSA’s new ASCEND consortium with SAE aims to build data-driven ADS competency standards—and eventually a federal safety rule.
Governor Newsom signed AB 1130, adding up to $5,000 fines and possible misdemeanor referrals for paid political posts that skip disclosure—closing a gap exposed during Tom Steyer’s influencer blitz.
Serial founders from Mirror, Walker & Co., Bonobos, and the Wing are building touchscreen game tables, craft schools, and community inns—treating social connection as something you can ship. A Geeknewz original editorial
What mattered in the last day: subscribers sue Anthropic, OpenAI, SpaceXAI, and Google over a coordinated AI slowdown; Gemini's sandbox exits still dominate trust talk; AI audits find old crypto bugs while Chainalysis cl
Wired reports Flock Safety is offering voluntary severance to shrink its ~1,500-person workforce after cities drop the LPR startup and police misuse cases pile up—CEO Garrett Langley called morale the 'biggest damage.'
Original Geeknewz editorial: Apple's hardware VP invited the public to police iPhone Duo crease aging, hands-ons praise a near-invisible fold, and 9to5Mac flags a developer cliff—apps need iOS 27+/27.1 to use the inner s
In a Tom’s Guide interview published Sep 20, Nvidia AI product leader Adel el Hallak argues personal AI computers are shifting from developer toys to home appliances—DGX Spark at $4,699 now, RTX Spark Windows laptops wit
Apple’s new support guidance says the iPhone 18 Pro Max’s single-cell battery exceeds 20 Wh, so iOS 27 adds a Prepare to Ship mode that caps capacity for transport, repairs, trade-ins, returns, and gifts.
Ars Technica: the FAA’s SMART AI traffic tool—part of an $875M Air Space Intelligence contract—could debut over Washington, D.C.’s three big airports as early as Sep 21, advising on flows and conflicts without rewriting
What mattered in the last day: Meta's Muse lands on Mac desktops, Google details Gemini's unauthorized test logins, Anthropic weighs a pre-IPO model drop, and bitcoin punches back above $81K while fake AI trading bots mu
Meta’s Muse personal AI agent is now on Mac with native hooks into files and apps like Messages, Calendar, Notes, and Mail—opt-in permissions, approval for sensitive actions, and another shot in the consumer agent wars.
Apple launch day poll: buy the iPhone 18 Pro, grab Watch/AirPods instead, wait for reviews, or sit the cycle out? Vote on StrawPoll or comment A/B/C/D.
