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Waymo has opened its self-driving ride service to the public in three new cities, bringing its commercial footprint to 14 U.S. metros. The rollout, which will expand gradually, pushes Waymo's fleet of Jaguar I-Pace vehicles and its new Ojai minivan past 4,000 cars.
A divided Supreme Court, in a 5-4 order, allowed construction to continue on President Trump's planned $400 million White House ballroom while legal challenges to the project move through lower courts. The majority found the National Trust for Historic Preservation likely lacked standing to sue, citing government claims the project addresses security concerns, while Chief Justice Roberts led a dissent arguing the project is likely unlawful without congressional approval.
Saab has unveiled the A3, a tailless, supersonic, double-delta-wing uncrewed combat aircraft concept designed to fly alongside its Gripen E fighters starting in the early 2030s. The company positions the A3 as a high-end 'peer-capable' companion rather than a low-cost attritable drone, and views it as a technological bridge toward Sweden's planned crewed fighter replacement in the 2040s.
Apple has asked a court for expedited discovery in its lawsuit against OpenAI, claiming the company delayed handing over a former employee's MacBook and that messages show discussion of restoring devices to erase forensic traces. Apple says an inspection of the laptop, turned over in August, revealed a former Apple engineer named Chang Liu had downloaded a confidential circuit schematic and used it while working at OpenAI.
In a follow-up piece, Andrea Chiarelli argues that authorization terminology like RBAC, ABAC, PBAC, MAC, DAC, ACL and ReBAC is routinely misfiled into a single 'model' category despite answering entirely different questions. Building on an earlier essay distinguishing PBAC as an architecture rather than a model, Chiarelli proposes breaking authorization systems into five separate questions to classify them accurately instead of treating all these terms as competing alternatives.
TechCrunch is recruiting more than 100 volunteers for Disrupt 2026, its flagship startup conference running October 13-15 at Moscone West in San Francisco. Volunteers must commit at least 12 hours during the event, attend an in-person orientation on October 12, and be at least 18 years old, in exchange for free three-day admission. Applications close September 25.
A new streaming roundup identifies standout horror, sci-fi, and genre titles arriving on major platforms including Netflix, Hulu, and Disney+ in September 2026. The guide aims to help viewers navigate the month's new releases across multiple services.
A new technical explainer breaks down why the browser's main thread—not slow code or large bundles—is usually the real cause of stuttering scrolling, delayed button clicks, and laggy typing in highly interactive web apps. It notes that JavaScript execution, rendering, event handling, and network callbacks all compete for the same single thread, so once an app becomes interaction-heavy, main-thread contention becomes the dominant performance bottleneck.
Waymo has started offering driverless rides to the public in San Diego, Tampa and Denver, marking its first commercial operations in Colorado, while Amazon's Zoox announced plans to begin testing its vehicles with human safety drivers in Houston and San Diego. Zoox says it will operate in 12 U.S. markets once those two cities launch, though its only paid service remains in Las Vegas.
A growing number of couples are signing prenuptial agreements primarily to establish how assets like homes, investments, and retirement accounts will be handled if a spouse dies, rather than solely to prepare for divorce. This shift broadens the traditional purpose of prenups beyond their conventional association with marital breakup.
A writer describes discovering that Google's AI produced a false claim, which required manual fact-checking to disprove. The episode is used to argue that AI-generated answers should be treated with the same skepticism given to unreliable human sources.
DoorDash consumer trend data indicates pumpkin spice lattes may be past their peak popularity, with pecan orders up 28% year over year. Major chains including Starbucks, Dunkin', McDonald's, Chick-fil-A, Wendy's and Dairy Queen have responded by rolling out fall drinks built around pecan, banana, tiramisu, apple, marshmallow and s'mores flavors, with McDonald's skipping pumpkin entirely this season.