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“No Tax on Tips” Includes Digital Creators, Too

President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act may have quietly changed the economics of the creator economy. The U.S. Treasury Department this past week released a list of occupations “that customarily and regularly received tips” and thus will be eligible for the administration’s flagship “no tax on tips” policy, which will let eligible taxpayers deduct their tipped income, within certain limits. And while the list includes the obvious (bartenders, food servers, casino dealers and housekeepers

A desktop environment without graphics (tmux-like)

A desktop environment without graphics (tmux-like). Features: Parse shortcut files containing apps Parse shortcut files containing apps Display any application or command that uses stdout Display any application or command that uses stdout Move and resize windows Move and resize windows Change tilling options Change tilling options Handle application error Handle application error Select a file or a folder to then use it as an application or command argument Select a file or a folder to

Perplexity reportedly raised $200M at $20B valuation

In Brief Perplexity, the AI-powered search startup that compete with Google by providing conversational answers to user queries, has secured $200 million in new capital at a $20 billion valuation, The Information reported. The fresh funding comes just two months after the company raised $100 million at an $18 billion valuation, according to Bloomberg’s July report. Since its founding three years ago, the rapidly growing AI company has raised $1.5 billion in total funding, according to PitchBoo

Opendoor taps new CEO and names Keith Rabois chairman, boosting stock 30%

Keith Rabois of Khosla Ventures attends Day 3 of TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2013 at San Francisco Design Center on September 11, 2013 in San Francisco, California. Opendoor , the online real estate platform that's seen a surge of retail investor interest in recent months, said Wednesday that it's tapped former Shopify executive Kaz Nejatian as CEO and named co-founder Keith Rabois as chairman. The stock popped 30% in extended trading, and is now up more than fifteenfold since hitting its record low

Amazon is reportedly developing separate AR glasses for customers and its drivers

Amazon may be muscling into the field of augmented reality glasses. According to a report by The Information, sources claimed that the company is working on AR glasses for consumers, allegedly with plans to release the product in late 2026 or early 2027. Insiders told the publication that the project, internally dubbed Jayhawk, would equip AR glasses with microphones, speakers, a camera and a full-color display in one eye. Amazon is reportedly using Chinese company Meta-Bounds for the AR tech.

OpenAI reportedly signs $300 billion Project Stargate cloud deal with Oracle

is a NYC-based AI reporter and is currently supported by the Tarbell Center for AI Journalism. She covers AI companies, policies, and products. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. OpenAI and Oracle signed a deal “to purchase $300 billion in computing power over roughly five years,” one of the largest cloud computing deals ever, reports the Wall Street Journal. In July, the two companies revealed their partnership to build data centers worth

Replit hits $3B valuation on $150M annualized revenue

In Brief Replit has raised a $250 million round, valuing the company at $3 billion. Unlike other fast-growing vibe coders, Replit has not been running to VCs every few months, though we’ll see if that changes. Its last raise was in 2023 when it raised about $100 million that valued the company at $1.16 billion post-money. Replit has now raised a total of about $478 million, PitchBook estimates. The company, founded in 2016 by programmers Amjad Masad (pictured), Faris Masad, and designer Haya O

Ted Cruz’s new bill would let AI companies set their own rules for up to 10 years

is a NYC-based AI reporter and is currently supported by the Tarbell Center for AI Journalism. She covers AI companies, policies, and products. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. On Wednesday, Sen. Ted Cruz introduced legislation to create a regulation “sandbox” that would allow artificial intelligence companies to experiment with minimal federal oversight. The SANDBOX Act, if passed by Congress, would allow companies to apply for modificat

Klarna's stock jumps 15% in NYSE debut after pricing IPO above range

Sebastian Siemiatkowski, chief executive officer and co-founder of Klarna Holding AB, center, and Michael Moritz, chairman of Klarna Bank AB, center right, during the company's initial public offering (IPO) at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, US, on Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025. Shares of Klarna rose 15% in their New York Stock Exchange debut Wednesday, closing at $45.82 after the Swedish fintech priced its IPO above its expected range. Klarna, known for its popular buy now, pay la

Meta tests letting anyone rate Community Notes

As part of a new test, Meta will let anyone rate a Community Note or request one for a post, Meta's Chief Information Security Officer Guy Rosen shared on X . After testing the feature in March, the company formally introduced Community Notes as a replacement for its fact-checking program in April of this year. You have to apply to actually write Community Notes, but Meta's new test means that anyone who sees one can rate it to signal whether it's helpful or not. They'll also be able to request

Klarna surges 30% in NYSE debut after pricing IPO above range

Sebastian Siemiatkowski, chief executive officer and co-founder of Klarna Holding AB, center, and Michael Moritz, chairman of Klarna Bank AB, center right, during the company's initial public offering (IPO) at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, US, on Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025. Shares of Klarna popped 30% in their New York Stock Exchange debut Wednesday, opening at $52 after the Swedish fintech priced its IPO above its expected range. Klarna, known for its popular buy now, pay lat

OpenAI and Oracle reportedly ink historic cloud computing deal

In Brief Oracle sent its shares soaring after markets closed yesterday after reporting that it signed multiple multi-billion-dollar contracts with several customers. Now, we have an idea of who those customers might be. Oracle signed a deal with OpenAI for the AI company to purchase $300 billion worth of compute power over a span of about five years, according to reporting from the Wall Street Journal. OpenAI would start purchasing this compute in 2027. If the WSJ’s reporting is correct, this

Klarna’s IPO pops, raising $1.4B, with Sequoia as the biggest winner

It’s been a long road for the 20-year-old fintech Klarna to make it to an IPO. But on Wednesday, the company successfully landed on the New York Stock Exchange, having raised $1.4 billion, largely for its existing investors, rather than itself. The fintech giant sold shares at $40, above its announced range of $35 to $37, and came out of the gate with a $15 billion valuation. Shares popped, opening at $52, though quickly settling down to around $46 mid-day. Of the 34.3 million shares Klarna so

Mysterious Object Headed Into Our Star System Is Now Changing Color

As interstellar object 3I/ATLAS approaches its closest point to the Sun next month, the mysterious visitor continues to fascinate astronomers. The object, which is broadly believed to be a comet that came to us from outside the solar system, has already been observed changing shape. Its tail has grown longer, and its coma — a large atmosphere of gas and dust that surrounds its nucleus — has become more pronounced. Those are expected characteristics from a comet ripping by the Sun at ludicrous s

Klarna opens at $52 per share in NYSE debut after pricing IPO above range

Sebastian Siemiatkowski, chief executive officer and co-founder of Klarna Holding AB, center, and Michael Moritz, chairman of Klarna Bank AB, center right, during the company's initial public offering (IPO) at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, US, on Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025. Klarna shares popped 30% in their New York Stock Exchange debut Wednesday, opening at $52, after the Swedish online lender priced its IPO above its expected range. The company, known for its popular buy now

Elon Musk Was Just Unseated as the World’s Richest Person

Oracle Chairman Larry Ellison is having a good morning. Oracle’s stock is up more than 42% on Wednesday, thanks to an earnings call on Tuesday that left investors stunned. The company missed earnings and revenue estimates, but the forward looking guidance alone was apparently good enough to get investors to rally around it. A bulk of that reaction had to do with the revenue that AI computing demand was expected to bring to Oracle’s cloud infrastructure service. The shares skyrocketed in respo

Meta adds new features to Community Notes fact checks, including alerts for corrected posts

Meta is introducing a few new features for its crowdsourced fact-checking program, Community Notes, launched in the U.S. earlier this year. Now, users will be notified when they’ve interacted with a post on Facebook, Instagram, or Threads that receives a Community Note. Plus, anyone can now request a note or rate a note if it’s been helpful to them. We’re testing new Community Notes features at Meta: Anyone can now request a note or rate if a note is helpful – Users get notified when posts th

IEEE Software Receives 2025 Award for Publication Excellence from APEX

IEEE Software has won another Publication Excellence award from APEX, a leading annual competition for communication and publishers. The IEEE team is incredibly honored and excited to continue our mission of keeping IEEE members informed on major trends and developments in technology, engineering, and science. The distinguished 2025 APEX Awards were in the Magazines, Journals & Tabloids category for the issue “Well-being for Resilience — Developers Thrive!” (Jul.-Aug. 2024). As a previous APEX

If the AI Industry Fails, It Could Take the Rest of Us Down With It

Don't let AI critics tell you it's good for nothing: the amount of money being spent on AI infrastructure is so enormous that it’s literally propping up the US economy. The drawback, of course, is that if the AI industry fails, it could drag the rest of the economy down with it. In 2024, the S&P 500 grew by an incredible 24 percent — what the investment firm Charles Schwab understatedly called a "very good year." Since 2023, nearly half the growth was clustered in just a handful of tech stocks

Qualcomm Quick Charge 5 Plus is here: Fast charging without the heat

Supplied by Qualcomm TL;DR Qualcomm has announced Quick Charge 5 Plus. This fast charging solution offers cooler temperatures and more efficient power delivery by using lower voltage. The first devices with Quick Charge 5 Plus support will be launched later this month. Qualcomm has offered its Quick Charge fast-charging solution for over a decade now, but we haven’t seen a new iteration since 2020’s Quick Charge 5. Fortunately, we can now say hello to Quick Charge 5 Plus. Quick Charge 5 Plu

Microsoft taps Anthropic for AI in Word and Excel, signaling distance from OpenAI

Elyse Betters Picaro/ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Microsoft will pay Anthropic for access to its AI models. They'll go toward new features in Office 365 platforms. Microsoft and OpenAI are distancing themselves from one another. Microsoft will slacken its dependence on OpenAI through a new partnership with Anthropic, The Information reported on Tuesday. The deal will enable Microsoft to embed Anthropic's AI systems into Microsoft 365 (fo

"No Tax on Tips" Includes Digital Creators, Too

President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act may have quietly changed the economics of the creator economy. The U.S. Treasury Department this past week released a list of occupations “that customarily and regularly received tips” and thus will be eligible for the administration’s flagship “no tax on tips” policy, which will let eligible taxpayers deduct their tipped income, within certain limits. And while the list includes the obvious (bartenders, food servers, casino dealers and housekeepers

Replit hits $3B valuation on $150 million annualized revenue

Replit has raised a $250 million round, valuing the company at $3 billion. Unlike other fast-growing vibe coders, Replit has not been running to VCs every few months, though we’ll see if that changes. Its last raise was in 2023 when it raised about $100 million that valued the company at $1.16 billion post-money. Replit has now raised a total of about $478 million, PitchBook estimates. The company, founded in 2016 by programmers Amjad Masad (pictured), Faris Masad, and designer Haya Odeh, says

Tesla's Market Share Has Fallen So Badly That It's Back to 2017 Levels

Ten years ago, it was rare to see a Tesla on the road. The Model S, despite being the world's best-selling EV at the time, sold just over 50,000 units worldwide, making it rarer to see on the road than the exceedingly rare Porsche Macan. In the following years, Tesla rocketed to the top of the sales charts, cementing its Model Y as the best-selling vehicle of 2023. Now, Tesla's once dominant empire has shriveled to a shell of its former self. Though the EV company once commanded a whopping 80

Nothing OS 4.0 is coming, and Phone 1 users might also get a surprise

TL;DR Nothing has begun teasing the launch of Nothing OS 4.0, its Android 16-based update. The new update is scheduled to be released this month, in line with the company’s promise. Even though the Nothing Phone 1 has reached the end of its platform update lifecycle, Nothing CEO Carl Pei has teased a new “program” for Phone 1 users. Android 16‘s rollout has not been impressive outside of Google Pixel devices. Even though Samsung has begun rolling it out for more phones, it took its own sweet

Amazon's Zoox launches its autonomous robotaxi service

Amazon's Zoox has announced that its robotaxi service is now available on and around the Las Vegas Strip after months of testing. The autonomous rides are free and can be booked through the Zoox app for iOS and Android devices. This is the company's first official service launch after Amazon acquired the self-driving startup in 2020. The Las Vegas service will operate at select pickup and drop-off locations along the Strip, and riders will enter and exit the vehicles at each destination's ride-

Jaguar Land Rover confirms data theft after recent cyberattack

Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) confirmed today that attackers also stole "some data" during a recent cyberattack that forced it to shut down systems and instruct staff not to report to work. JRL functions as a standalone entity under Tata Motors India after its purchase from Ford in 2008. With an annual revenue of over $38 billion (£29 billion), JLR employs approximately 39,000 people and makes more than 400,000 vehicles each year. The automobile manufacturer disclosed the attack on September 2, stat

Vimeo to be acquired by Bending Spoons for $1.38 billion

is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Vimeo is getting bought up by Bending Spoons, a European software company that has amassed a growing portfolio of businesses, including Evernote, WeTransfer, and Meetup. Bending Spoons will pay $1.38 billion to acquire the video hosting platform, and it expects

Reddit launches tools for publisher to track and share stories

Reddit on Wednesday launched a set of free tools for publishers to track their article performance and receive suggestions on where to share their stories within the site’s communities. The new features are launching as a part of Reddit Pro, a suite of business tools it debuted last year to help organizations grow their presence on the platform. There are three key tools being added under the Links tab in Reddit Pro. These include article insights to see where stories have been shared and stats