A professional has published a personal AI usage policy stating they do not currently use generative AI or large language models in their code, design, or correspondence. The policy, first drafted in mid-2025 and updated in May 2026, says they will avoid AI wherever practical but will still collaborate with clients and colleagues who use it, provided they are not held accountable for AI-generated portions of joint work.
Amazon is running a limited-time Lightning deal on the Anker Prime Power Bank, cutting its price from $329.99 to $259.99, a $70 discount. The 26,250mAh, 300W power bank can charge multiple devices simultaneously, including laptops, tablets and phones, and includes a smart display showing detailed charging status. It carries a 4.6-star rating and is noted as airline-friendly for travel use.
Researcher Jack Taylor found a second-order SQL injection flaw, CVE-2026-19949, in the All-in-One WP Migration and Backup WordPress plugin, used on over five million sites. Attackers can plant malicious data via trackbacks that activates when an admin exports or imports a site, exposing a secret key that lets them upload a malicious archive containing executable code and seize control of the website.
Gap is entering the handbag market with a new collection called GapBag, designed by Reed Krakoff, the former creative leader at Coach. The line reimagines Gap's denim and fleece staples as totes, crossbodies, shoulder bags and smaller accessories, launching online and in select North American stores on September 8.
A literary essay examines how Edgar Allan Poe's stories derive their terror not from the murders depicted but from the confessions that follow them, tracing this back to Poe's own career struggles as an editor at Graham's magazine in 1841 Philadelphia. It details Poe's financial precariousness as a writer, noting he earned little from his early books despite growing critical respect, and had to rely on magazine work to make a living.
Thyme Care, a virtual navigation platform for cancer patients, closed a $125 million Series E round led by Morgan Health with Humana and CVS Health Ventures participating, doubling its valuation to over $2 billion in less than a year. The company is also creating a new parent entity, Thyme Companies, to launch additional businesses tackling gaps in cancer care delivery, access and payment, with co-founder Robin Shah as executive chairman.
Google launched Gemini 3.8 Flash, its third Flash-tier model in six weeks, improving on coding, agentic tasks and multi-step reasoning while keeping the same pricing as 3.7 Flash ($0.75/$3.75 per million input/output tokens). Alongside it, Google introduced Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber, a specialized version tuned for vulnerability detection and automated patching, accessible only to vetted security teams through a new invite-only Fairwind Program.
Google published documentation outlining the intended uses and known limitations of Gemini 3.8 Flash, a model aimed at cost-effective, production-scale agent deployment for developers and enterprises. The company flagged persistent issues including hallucinations, occasional slowness or timeouts, and inconsistent knowledge freshness across domains despite a stated March 2026 cutoff.
Uber is cutting about 10 percent of its roughly 34,000-person workforce as part of a reorganization that removes management layers and merges overlapping teams. CEO Dara Khosrowshahi told staff the changes aim to reduce coordination overhead and speed up decision-making, while consolidating global teams primarily in New York and San Francisco. The company is also requiring most remote workers to relocate to an office and enforcing its three-day-a-week hybrid policy.
AI security startup HiddenLayer has closed a $100 million Series B led by Delta-v Capital, with Ten Eleven Ventures and others joining. CEO Chris Sestito says annual recurring revenue grew more than 10x in the past year, reaching the tens of millions, driven mostly by new enterprise customers in financial services, big tech, and government agencies including the Department of Defense.
Microsoft confirmed it is removing Cyberpunk 2077, Dead Cells, Frostpunk 2, Mullet Madjack and Superliminal from Xbox Game Pass on September 15. The company is adding replacement titles like Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War, but critics argue the incoming lineup doesn't match the quality of what's leaving.
Victor Miller, who wrote the original 'Friday the 13th' screenplay, has died at age 86. Miller created the film's central horror figures, Jason Voorhees and his mother Pamela Voorhees, who became enduring icons of the slasher genre.
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