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Artificial intelligence

White House Launches America.gov to Use Artificial Intelligence for Accessing Government Services

U.S. President Donald Trump announced the launch of America.gov, a conversational interface intended to simplify access to government information and services, with Google and the Gemini model participating, and Grok also being used, according to a government official. The project raises questions about the risks of hallucinations when users rely on model answers for visas, taxes, and benefits.

2026-09-29

Artificial intelligence

Instinct Platform Says Travel Accounts for More Than Half of Its Transactions as It Nears $1 Billion Annually

The founder of Instinct said that more than 50% of the platform’s transactions involving its AI agent relate to travel, and that annual transaction volume is approaching $1 billion, alongside 10% daily growth, according to his statements. Its plans for restaurant reservations raise questions about fairness and prioritizing some users over others.

2026-09-29

Artificial intelligence

Dazzle Tries to Build an AI Assistant That Understands Users Through Their Photo History

Through Dazzle, Marissa Mayer is betting that a personal photo library provides deeper context than email and calendars. The assistant reads photos to extract interests and habits and suggest activities or gifts, but it still suffers from memory gaps, and the privacy of this data remains a central question.

2026-09-29

Startups

EliseAI Raises $350 Million and Doubles Its Valuation to $4 Billion

The artificial intelligence startup EliseAI has raised $350 million in funding, increasing its valuation to $4 billion—twice its valuation at its Series E round in August 2025. The company develops software to automate administrative and operational processes in the housing and healthcare sectors.

2026-09-29

Artificial intelligence

ElevenLabs Launches Eleven v4 and v4 Turbo to Support More Than 90 Languages

ElevenLabs announced the Eleven v4 and Eleven v4 Turbo text-to-speech models, with support for more than 90 languages and voice cloning from a 10-second recording. The Turbo release targets real-time audio applications and AI agents, with a median time to first audio of about 150 milliseconds according to the company’s tests.

2026-09-29

Electric Cars

General Motors Prepares Tennessee Facility to Produce LMR Batteries for Electric Vehicles

General Motors plans to upgrade the Ultium Cells facility in Spring Hill to produce battery cells based on lithium manganese-rich (LMR) chemistry, with commercial production in the United States scheduled to begin by 2028. The company says these cells could offer 33% higher energy density than LFP batteries at a similar cost, making them candidates for electric vehicles targeting good range and a lower price.

2026-09-29

Startups

Oura Postpones Its $2.2 Billion Initial Public Offering Due to Market Uncertainty

Oura suspended its initial public offering, which could have raised up to $2.2 billion, despite growth in its paid membership and projected revenue. The decision delays plans by the company and certain shareholders to benefit from the offering’s proceeds or sell their stakes.

2026-09-29

Artificial intelligence

Wabi Redirects Its App from App Building to an AI Agent That Creates Interfaces on Demand

Wabi is shifting from a tool for building apps through text prompts to a personal agent that combines conversation, tasks, and interfaces designed in real time. The Wabi 2.0 release is currently available through limited invitations.

2026-09-29

Electric Cars

Lucid Brings the Gravity Interface to Air and Charges Some Early Owners $950

Lucid has begun rolling out the Air UX 3.0 interface for Air vehicles as part of a new software update, free for 2025 and newer vehicles. Some 2022, 2023, and 2024 vehicles require an infotainment processor upgrade costing $950 in the United States before the update can be installed.

2026-09-29

Startups

Tiny Health Raises $33 Million to Expand At-Home Gut Microbiome Testing

Austin-based Tiny Health raised $33 million in a Series B round led by B Capital to expand its at-home microbiome testing and partnerships with healthcare providers. The company plans to use the funding to develop its TinyAI tool and fund research testing whether changes in the microbiome actually improve health outcomes.

2026-09-29

Cybersecurity

Cloudflare Adds Detailed Monitoring of Post-Quantum Encryption in TLS 1.3

Cloudflare has added domain- and connection-level metrics and reports to monitor the use of post-quantum encryption in TLS 1.3 through HTTP Traffic Analytics, Log Explorer, and Logpush. The tools enable organizations to determine the percentage of connections protected by the X25519MLKEM768 algorithm, helping them audit their quantum readiness and identify connections that still rely on traditional encryption.

2026-09-29

Cybersecurity

Cloudflare Makes Threat Signals Free for All Accounts to Turn Threat Reports into Protection Rules

Cloudflare launched Threat Signals to subject open-source threat intelligence reports to automated analysis, extract indicators of compromise, and link them directly to WAF policies. It also expanded free access to the Threat Events Platform for all accounts, with higher limits and proprietary sources available to enterprise customers.

2026-09-29

Cybersecurity

Cloudflare Connects Risk Discovery, Application Protection, and Security Response in an Adaptive Framework for the AI Era

Cloudflare announced an integrated application security framework that connects vulnerability discovery, agent governance, runtime protection, and incident response within a continuous learning loop. The offering includes capabilities for scanning applications with language models, validating agent traffic, enforcing positive security policies, and expanding access to threat intelligence.

2026-09-29

Cybersecurity

Cloudflare Moves to Become a Public Certificate Authority and Plans to Issue Quantum-Resistant Certificates

Cloudflare announced that it has submitted applications to join the trusted root programs of Chrome, Apple, Microsoft, and Mozilla, along with an agreement to acquire a trusted root from GlobalSign. The company plans to launch production Merkle Tree Certificates in the first quarter of 2027, but it has not yet begun issuing certificates.

2026-09-29

Energy and Green Technologies

Ameren Missouri Proposes Greater Reliance on Coal and Gas to Power Data Centers

Ameren Missouri has submitted a long-term power plan proposing the addition of 5,400 megawatts of gas capacity by 2032, while reducing investments in wind and solar power and delaying coal plant closures. Sierra Club believes the plan could increase pollution, costs, and climate risks associated with growing demand from data centers.

2026-09-29

Cybersecurity

Vietnamese Citizen Charged With Money Laundering in $16 Million Cryptocurrency Fraud Scheme

U.S. authorities charged Trung Nguyen Van with money laundering for his alleged role in a “pig butchering” cryptocurrency investment fraud scheme, after tracing $16 million in transfers to his wallet. Case documents link his wallet to flows exceeding $53 million from fraud schemes targeting U.S. citizens.

2026-09-29

Cybersecurity

Exploitation of Unreported NetScaler Vulnerabilities Enables Backdoor Installation and Access to Internal Networks

Attackers exploited two zero-day vulnerabilities in Citrix NetScaler appliances to install PHP backdoors and a network tunneling tool, gain root privileges, steal credentials, and move within networks. Citrix released security updates, while Mandiant warned that disabling DTLS addresses only one of the vulnerabilities.

2026-09-29

Cybersecurity

FBI Urges ShinyHunters Members to Turn Themselves In After Suspect Arrested in the Netherlands

The FBI urged members of the ShinyHunters group to turn themselves in after the arrest of a 24-year-old Dutch man suspected of holding a leadership role within the group. The bureau says the group and its partners breached more than 140 organizations and obtained at least $70 million in extortion payments.

2026-09-29