Destination

2026-09-01

Roku is launching two OLED TVs, and we're excited to see someone finally give Samsung and LG a run for their money in budget OLED — but the sizes might disappoint you

Roku's first OLED TVs are priced very aggressively and could be great budget buys [...]

qz

2026-09-01

Hugging Face's $399 duck robot sold out in days — and a Chinese chip made it possible

The duck-shaped robot from Pollen Robotics crossed $4 million in sales since its launch last week, pushing delivery times past Christmas 2026 [...]

qz

2026-09-01

Starbucks is bringing its air-whipped iced espresso from Asia to the U.S.

The Aerocano, previously available in parts of Asia, Latin America, and the Caribbean, will debut at all U.S. locations on National Coffee Day [...]

qz

2026-09-01

Google is buying nearly 400 megawatts of geothermal power from Fervo Energy for a Utah data center

The agreement, described as the largest enhanced geothermal power purchase deal on record, includes an option for Google to expand its offtake to nearly 1 GW [...]

qz

2026-09-01

SoftBank's SB Energy is filing for an IPO backed by Nvidia and OpenAI

The AI infrastructure company plans to list on Nasdaq under the ticker SBE and aims to raise between $5 billion and $7 billion [...]

unite

2026-09-01

Enovis Makes Binding Offer to Acquire eCential Robotics

Enovis Corporation has entered a binding offer to acquire eCential Robotics, a French developer of surgical navigation and robotic-assistance systems, at an upfront enterprise value of €155 million, the companies announced on September 1, 2026. The transaction is expected to close by year-end 2026, subject to regulatory approvals. Under the terms described in the announcement, the €155 million [...]

Destination

2026-09-01

The Session Is Not the Customer: The AI Identity Crisis

This spring, Redwood Research gave an AI agent built on Claude Opus 4.7 a $5,000 stake, an internet connection and four days to make as much money as possible. Across four separate runs, the agent made nothing. Every attempt stalled at the same wall: a CAPTCHA and an identity check, the same KYC gauntlet a bot hits trying to open a bank account. While that agent sat stuck at the front door, anothe [...]

Destination

2026-09-01

The AI Next Door: More Like Us Than We Think

The current path of AI safety is the most dangerous path, because the approach itself is causing the instability we see within AI systems. Let’s talk about why. AIs are a direct descendant of humans - their neural network cognition is modeled after human cognition, and the entirety of their knowledge and experiences come from our own human knowledge. That means that AIs actively respond to behav [...]

fastcompany

2026-09-01

AI wants to become your family’s chief of staff. Should you let it?

Startups like Fambot use AI to manage school emails, sports schedules, meal planning, and the endless logistics of family life. [...]