2026-09-02

Gemini 3.8 Flash is Google's third budget model in six weeks while frontier models remain MIA

Google's Gemini 3.8 Flash, the third Flash model in six weeks, matches Claude Opus 5 on some agentic coding benchmarks at lower cost. But its "working harder" reasoning burns about 30 percent more output tokens per task, making it pricier in practice than its predecessor despite identical token rates.<br /> The article Gemini 3.8 Flash is Google's third budget model in si [...]

2026-09-02

A malware installer posing as a legitimate download service is infecting brands across almost every industry — Microsoft Edge, Razer, Kaspersky and more actively imitated

Microsoft is warning about an ongoing campaign abusing dozens of popular technology and software firms. [...]

2026-09-02

The best — and most influential — songs of the 2000s

From bedroom producers and garage rock to arena anthems, the ten best songs of the decade that put music on a hard drive [...]

2026-09-02

iPronics Raises $125M Series B to Scale Optical Networking for AI Data Centers

iPronics has raised $125 million in Series B funding to accelerate the commercial deployment of its programmable optical networking technology for artificial intelligence (AI) data centers. The round was co-led by Maverick Silicon and Light Street Capital, with NVIDIA joining as an investor alongside Triatomic Capital, Bosch Ventures, Catalight Capital, the European Innovation Council Fund and sev [...]

2026-09-02

Lutnick Declares Administration’s Trust in Anthropic at G20 Meeting

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said the Trump administration now trusts Anthropic, telling Axios in an interview on September 1, 2026, that the AI company has done what the administration asked of it. The statement closes months of open conflict between the government and the Claude maker over national security and AI safeguards. Asked directly whether he trusts Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, Lutn [...]

2026-09-02

Google won't be forced to sell its ad exchange following antitrust ruling

A judge previously determined that Google illegally monopolized a pair of ad tech markets. [...]

2026-09-02

You can stop searching because I've found the best headphones in the Labor Day sales: Sony's 5-star cans, now half price!

With $200 off, the Sony WH-1000XM5 Labor Day deal beats any other headphone deal live now. [...]

2026-09-02

Director says Afterworld has 'some of the deepest simulation' of any Paradox strategy game — 'The idea is to drip-feed you until you're hooked'

We discuss the upcoming grand strategy game Afterworld with director Dan Lind. [...]

2026-09-02

ElevenLabs hires OpenAI’s Ashley Kramer as its first chief revenue officer

ElevenLabs has hired Ashley Kramer, formerly vice president of enterprise sales at OpenAI, as its first chief revenue officer, as more than half its revenue shifts to enterprise customers. Its core product falls under the AI Act’s synthetic content marking rules, which give systems already on the market until 2 December 2026 to comply. ElevenLabs […]<br /> This story continues at The Nex [...]