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Elon Musk's tunneling company The Boring Co. announced a $23 billion valuation late Wednesday, alongside plans to expand into the Middle East. The firm, spun out of SpaceX in 2018, currently operates just one public loop in Las Vegas while pursuing roughly a dozen other city projects, including a contested 20-mile tunnel system under construction in Nashville.
A researcher named Jacob Coxon posted a resignation thread citing AI safety concerns, and the announcement unexpectedly spread far beyond the usual AI safety community. The post amplified earlier claims, including one from Evan Hubinger citing a greater than 10% probability of human extinction from AI, pushing extreme risk estimates into mainstream conversation. Commentators argue that rising AI capabilities and recent incidents made the public far more receptive to such warnings than in past years.
One year after Turning Point USA cofounder Charlie Kirk was fatally shot, unfounded theories about his death remain widespread on social media, amplified by influencers such as Candace Owens. Claims range from an exploding-microphone theory to allegations that accused shooter Tyler Robinson was merely a scapegoat acting on behalf of others, including Israel.
Apple has unveiled the iPhone Duo, a foldable device that reworks the traditional iPhone interface by orienting controls vertically instead of horizontally. The redesign reflects the physical shift to a foldable form factor, requiring interface elements to be rethought for the new screen shape.
Omarchy is a Linux distribution built on Arch that automates installation and configuration while integrating multiple AI coding agents such as Claude Code, GitHub Copilot CLI, and Grok CLI directly into the desktop. Users can pick a default agent to debug system issues, tweak settings, or build apps and themes, and can also run local models via LM Studio or Ollama. It targets developers on modern x86-64 hardware, though it can run on older machines too.
Apple's new Apple Watch Series 12 and Ultra 4, available for pre-order now and shipping September 18, introduce an Audio Intelligence system that can transcribe and summarize ambient conversations through features called Live Rewind and Siri Recap. The devices also add Sound Recognition for accessibility alerts and automatic Shazam-based Music Recognition, with both conversation-focused tools entering beta in late 2026.
Jim Cramer said on 'Mad Money' that despite rising oil prices hitting retail, staples and discretionary stocks like Comcast, Procter & Gamble and Stanley Black & Decker, he remains optimistic about the broader market. All three major indexes fell for a third straight session, but Cramer pointed to strong AI-related semiconductor stocks, resilient bank shares, and the potential for oil prices to ease as reasons for his continued confidence.
One year after cofounder Charlie Kirk's assassination, Turning Point is preparing to spend tens of millions of dollars backing Republican candidates in the 2026 midterms. Its super PAC is targeting $15-20 million in ads across three priority states—New Hampshire, Arizona and Nevada—while a separate nonprofit arm funds full-time field staff there and in seven other states where Democrats could flip seats. Key races include the New Hampshire Senate contest between John Sununu and Chris Pappas, and the Arizona governor's race pitting Katie Hobbs against Andy Biggs.
Danijar Hafner, a 31-year-old AI researcher named to MIT Technology Review's 35 Innovators Under 35 list, runs a quiet San Francisco startup filled with humanoid robots suspended from racks. He has spent years refining world-model-based agents by testing them against video games, and is now moving that work from simulations into physical robots operating in real environments.
MS NOW, formerly MSNBC, is rolling out a subscription program called Membership that aims to convert casual viewers into paying fans centered on its on-air talent, including Chris Hayes, Stephanie Ruhle and Rachel Maddow. Network president Rebecca Kutler said the offering followed a survey of 18,000 people before finalizing the plan, which she discussed in an interview ahead of the launch.
Star Trek celebrates six decades since its original series premiered in 1966, having since expanded into more than 25 series and films spanning multiple generations of fans. Media outlets are marking the occasion with retrospectives on the franchise's cultural influence, from its many captains to its shared lexicon of stardates, warp factors and Vulcan salutes.
OpenAI has released ChatGPT Images 2.5, which includes a new Sketch feature allowing users to draw a rough doodle inside ChatGPT and have it converted into a polished image based on typed instructions. Users can invoke the tool by typing @Sketch, then annotate specific parts of the generated image with comments to request targeted edits, such as changing eye color. OpenAI says the update also improves lighting and texture quality, strengthens multi-turn editing consistency, and cuts image generation latency by up to 50% compared to the previous version.