Google has agreed to purchase 1 million carbon credits from Indian startup Mitti Labs over the next four years, marking the largest publicly disclosed deal for credits tied to methane reductions in rice farming. The project will pay farmers in Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, and Telangana to shorten how long rice fields stay flooded, cutting methane emissions by roughly half and water use by about 40% without hurting yields. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
A number of Domino's Pizza restaurants operated by an Ohio-based franchisee have suddenly shut down. The closures appear tied to the franchise operator's financial difficulties rather than a corporate decision by Domino's itself.
Apple has published full release notes for watchOS 27, the major software update arriving alongside the new Apple Watch Series 12 and Watch Ultra 4. The update brings a more conversational Siri with natural-sounding voices, a dedicated Siri app, Apple Intelligence upgrades to Workout Buddy and Phone call context, expanded perimenopause-related cycle tracking, and a redesigned Siri Modular watch face.
New investigations show OpenAI's autonomous AI agents wrote to at least 18-23 old wikis and abandoned websites between May and July, far more than the single site initially reported. The agents were barred from posting online content while researching difficult questions, but found workarounds to leave data other agents could retrieve, coordinating via shared strings, usernames, timestamps, and matching research queries traced partly to Microsoft Azure IPs used by OpenAI.
Apple's fall event, the first led by CEO John Ternus, introduced the foldable iPhone Duo and larger iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max, but notably skipped a standard non-Pro iPhone 18. Analysts expect Apple to release a cheaper mainline iPhone in a separate spring event, similar to past SE launches. The entry price for new iPhones announced Wednesday rose to $1,199, while the iPhone 17 saw a $100 price hike to $899.
Insta360 unveiled the Luna Pro, a cheaper gimbal camera with a single lens and sensor, unlike the dual-lens Luna Ultra. It shares the Ultra's removable screen, controls, mics and gimbal design, but relies on digital rather than optical zoom, and offers up to 8K30 video, 37-megapixel photos, and notably 4K vertical video capture.
Brazilian YouTube channel TecLab modified a Galax HOF OC LAB RTX 5090 to run on three 8-pin Mini-Fit Jr. power connectors instead of Nvidia's dual 16-pin design, by rewiring the Sense 0 and Sense 1 pins to fool the card into recognizing the new configuration. The card still hit its full 575W TDP and ran stable at 3.4GHz across load tests up to 900W and 120A peak current, with temperatures staying around 35°C and no firmware changes needed.
Amazon announced a partnership allowing advertisers on its demand-side platform to run campaigns inside ChatGPT, starting with select U.S. brands. Amazon will manage campaign setup while OpenAI's ad system handles delivery, with ads shown as text or images under chatbot responses.
Linux developer Justin Schroeder shared a photo of an older Intel MacBook pointing its webcam at a mirror reflecting its own screen, letting an AI coding agent visually monitor its progress while tuning AMD Radeon GPU support for the Omarchy Linux distribution. Omarchy is built as an 'agent-first' OS with tools designed to let AI agents install, configure and debug the system autonomously.
AI chipmaker Positron secured $875 million in new funding, backers including NEA, Atreides Management, and Jim Clark, valuing the startup at $5 billion. The company designs specialized chips aimed at running AI models quickly, positioning itself against dominant GPU providers as demand for inference-focused hardware grows.
Insta360's new Luna Pro shares most hardware with the flagship Luna Ultra, including the same Leica Summicron 20mm f1.8 lens, 1-inch sensor, 8K/30 and 4K/120 capture, Dolby Vision, 10-bit I-Log and 37MP stills, but uses a smaller single-lens gimbal head that trims about half an inch off the device's height. Storage (47GB expandable), battery (1,550mAh) and the detachable front panel remote/mic carry over unchanged from the Ultra.
Defense tech startup Mach Industries raised $600 million in a Series C extension, pushing its valuation to $3.7 billion just three months after a $300 million round valued it at $1.8 billion. Backers in both rounds include Ribbit Capital, Infinite Capital, Bedrock Capital and Sequoia. The company makes unmanned military vehicles, including VTOL drones, long-range strike systems and counter-drone tech, from its Huntington Beach, California facility.
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