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The USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service has recalled nearly 30,000 pounds of raw beef imported from Argentina after discovering it skipped required import re-inspections. Despite no contaminant being identified, the agency labeled the beef a Class I hazard, its most severe risk category, and it remains unclear which retailers received the product.
TechCrunch's evening event series StrictlyVC is holding its first New York gathering in two years, set for September 10 in the West Village. The lineup includes investor Keith Rabois discussing venture trends and his early OpenAI investment, plus a conversation between Collaborative Fund's Craig Shapiro and D.C. United CEO Jason Levien on sports as a business investment, with Tristan Walker also joining discussions on AI and community.
Revolution Medicines received FDA approval this week for a pancreatic cancer pill, a milestone that comes after the company fielded acquisition interest from larger pharmaceutical firms but chose to remain independent. The decision allowed it to bring the drug through regulatory approval on its own rather than as part of a larger acquirer's pipeline.
The August 27, 2026 episode of 9to5Mac Daily rounded up recent reporting on rumored AirPods 5 features and Apple's plans to introduce advertising within Apple Maps. The podcast, sponsored by Backblaze, is distributed across major podcast platforms with a Plus subscription tier offering ad-free episodes and bonus content.
Stanford researchers, working with the Terminal-Bench team and scientists across disciplines, launched Terminal-Bench-Science, a benchmark testing AI agents on real scientific research workflows. The initial version includes 70 tasks spanning life, physical, Earth, mathematical, and engineering sciences, with Claude Opus 5 running Claude Code topping the leaderboard at a 30% resolution rate.
Job-market data from Indeed shows science postings requiring AI skills are climbing even as overall science job listings decline. Institutions like the Quadram Institute in Norwich now expect researchers outside traditional computing fields, including food scientists, to have basic machine-learning literacy, with its CEO calling the absence of such skills a red flag for candidates.
Meta has agreed to pay up to $18 billion to US states and roll out new safety features for teen users of Facebook and Instagram, resolving litigation over the platforms' impact on youth mental health. Coming changes include a two-hour daily usage cap for under-18s and a block on access between midnight and 6 a.m., with some restrictions removable only by a parent or guardian. The settlement applies only within the United States.
Mathematician Heisuke Hironaka has died, according to an obituary published in Nature. He was renowned for proving the resolution of singularities in algebraic geometry, a landmark result that addressed how to mathematically smooth out irregular points such as peaks, edges and self-crossings within geometric shapes.
Proton's new report examined VPN apps available in the US and found that 64 are linked to Chinese companies, many collecting device IDs, network data, carrier information and even user location. These apps were downloaded more than 13 million times in June alone, and 31 relied on shell companies in places like Singapore, Hong Kong and the UK to obscure ownership. About a quarter of the flagged apps were found actively tracking location data.
Apple has unveiled several Apple Pay upgrades tied to iOS 27, including a redesigned checkout screen that lets users swipe between cards and view balances and rewards at a glance. The company also partnered with American Express to let customers redeem Membership Rewards points directly during checkout, valued at 0.7 cents per point. Additionally, a new 'Tap to Share' feature extends Tap to Pay on iPhone, letting shoppers share contact and loyalty info with merchants in-store.
A string of automated pizza companies—including Zume, Pazzi, Basil Street and Picnic—have shut down after struggling to reliably assemble food with machines. Analysts note that robots often fumble ingredient placement, while human workers remain faster and more efficient at the task. Despite these setbacks, restaurateur Kindell is building his own 3D-printer-inspired pizza robot, aiming for a working prototype by 2027.
A California district judge ruled that the Defense Department's decision to designate Anthropic a supply chain risk earlier this year violated the First Amendment. The court found the move came after Anthropic refused to drop restrictions barring its AI from being used for mass surveillance of Americans or fully autonomous lethal weapons systems, part of a broader Pentagon push to renegotiate AI vendor contracts.