technologyThursday, September 3, 2026
London's first self-driving taxis are here, but they still need a human driver in the front seat. It's a cautious step that says a lot about where autonomous vehicles actually stand, even as the tech industry barrels ahead on AI agents and data centers.
The robotaxi launch is a milestone, but the fine print shows how far we are from truly driverless streets.
Wayve's robotaxis are live on Uber, but with just 15 vehicles and a required safety driver, this is more a pilot than a revolution. It's a reminder that regulators and the public still aren't ready for fully driverless cars.
The agentic push keeps reshaping how companies build, evaluate, and even treat their employees.
Meta is quietly walking back its 'tokenmaxxing' policy, but pushing Hatch internally. The shift suggests even AI-hungry companies are realizing that forcing usage doesn't equal productivity.
The call for a standard agentic interface is a real pain point: every AI assistant renders forms differently, and frontend engineers are left cleaning up the mess. Until there's a common protocol, agentic UIs will stay fragmented.
Google is shipping Gemini Flash models at a breakneck pace, with 3.8 closing the gap on Opus 5. The rapid iteration is a sign of how competitive the agentic coding space has become.
The AI boom's side effects are showing up in energy grids and legal battles.
Gas power for data centers has nearly doubled in a year, a stark reminder that the AI boom isn't green. The tech industry's energy appetite is quietly driving a fossil fuel resurgence.
AI and the citywww.stripeeconomics.com
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Mars rovers give scientists a ground-level view of the red planet – peek inside their NASA control roomtheconversation.com
This massive HDMI problem affects more TVs than you thinkbit.ly
Google’s AI overviews reinforce some conspiracy theories – new researchtheconversation.com
New images show moon crater carved by SpaceX rocket | AP Newsapnews.comWorld's biggest modding site buys the No. 1 Steam resource — and fans are worriedwww.polygon.com
Nexus Mods, the largest modding community platform, has acquired SteamDB, a popular database for tracking Steam game statistics. The acquisition has sparked concern among users who fear that Nexus Mods may alter SteamDB's open and neutral nature, potentially compromising its util
MOA Foodtech Raises $3.8M to Expand AI-Led, Waste-Fermented Egg Substitute & Yeast Enhancerwww.greenqueen.com.hk
Spanish startup MOA Foodtech has secured €3.3M ($3.8M) in funding led by the European Innovation Council (EIC) Fund, Swanlaab Innvierte Agri Food Tech, and CDTI-Innvierte. The capital will be used to scale up production and expand distribution of its AI-led, fermentation-derived
Snowflake knocks it out the park with a stellar earnings and revenue beatsiliconangle.com
Snowflake Inc. reported strong second-quarter financial results, beating market expectations for earnings and revenue, and raised its fiscal year outlook. The company's performance, following similar positive reports from Salesforce and Workday, challenges narratives that softwar
Pods Ships Emergency Patches Across Six Major Versions After Critical Privilege Escalation Disclosurewww.therepository.email
Pods, a popular WordPress content development framework with over 100,000 active installations, has released emergency patches for six major versions following the disclosure of a critical unauthenticated privilege escalation vulnerability. The flaw, rated CVSS 9.8 and discovered
Gaming the system: how a Chinese-speaking actor turned Brazilian government sites into an SEO weaponwww.hendryadrian.com
Check Point Research has identified a cybercrime group known as Gambling Goblin, linked to Earth Berberoka, conducting sustained attacks against Brazilian government and educational institutions since mid-2025. The group utilizes malicious Apache modules, SEO manipulation techniq
Australian staff caught up in Uber’s global cull of 3300 jobswww.theage.com.au
Uber is cutting approximately 10% of its global workforce, amounting to about 3,300 jobs, with Australian staff among those affected. The company had 568 employees in Australia as of late last year. This reduction coincides with Uber's commitment to invest over $US10 billion in d
Trump administration backs OpenAI in New York Times' copyright case over training of chatbotswww.washingtontimes.com
The Trump administration has formally supported OpenAI in its ongoing copyright lawsuit against The New York Times. The legal dispute centers on whether OpenAI's practice of ingesting and processing millions of news articles to train its AI models constitutes fair use or copyrigh
What 516K AI Conversations Taught me About Educationhackernoon.com
Based on insights from 516,000 AI conversations via the Atom platform, this article analyzes the current state of AI in education. It argues that while information access is no longer the primary barrier in STEM learning, effective tutoring requires more than just providing answe
American Psychological Association calls for higher ed tech standards, not screen bans in new reportwww.chalkbeat.org
The American Psychological Association (APA) released a report criticizing the "gamification" of educational technology, arguing that elements like badges and flashing lights can harm learning. The APA advocates for higher standards for learning apps and platforms rather than imp
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