SiriusXM relaunched its Raw Comedy channel in April as Sebastian Maniscalco's Comedy Radio, curated and headlined by Maniscalco himself. The nonprofit Stand Up for Standup reports that the pool of comics receiving airplay on the channel has shrunk from over 800 to about 275 since March, with spins now concentrated among a handful of famous names. Comedians including Patton Oswalt, Margaret Cho and Dan Soder have publicly criticized the change, saying it cuts off visibility and royalty income for emerging stand-ups.
Google and Constellation Energy have agreed to a nuclear power deal described as the largest-ever 'uprate' project, a process that increases electricity output from existing reactors rather than building new ones. The agreement links a major tech company with a nuclear operator to expand capacity at current plants.
Amazon has cut the price of the Samsung Galaxy Watch 8 (40mm, LTE) to $269.99, down $80 from its $349.99 list price as part of a Prime Day sale. That matches nearly the lowest price the watch has seen, just $4 above the previous all-time low set during last year's Prime Day event. The deal requires an active Amazon Prime membership.
Researchers at Kyushu University's Faculty of Information Science and Electrical Engineering detailed a new VR system in a paper presented at SIGGRAPH Emerging Technologies '26. The chair uses a micromirror array and aerial imaging optics to project a stereoscopic, theater-like scene in front of the user without requiring any headset or head-mounted display.
Apple has rolled out public beta 2 of iPadOS 27.2, along with similar updates for tvOS 27.2 and HomePod software, to members of its public beta program. These builds mirror developer beta 3 released the previous day, and include minor design changes such as an updated Apple Books interface and a redesigned Apple Music logo.
Apple has pushed macOS 27.2 public beta 2 to users enrolled in its public beta program, a day after seeding developer beta 3. Build 26B5101f matches the developer release, and the main addition is support for five new Siri AI languages—French, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, and Spanish—alongside English.
Apple has released the second public beta of iOS 27.2, bringing its redesigned Health app to iPhone users testing the preview. Other changes carried over from the first beta include dual capture for Group FaceTime, expanded Siri language support, Apple TV app profiles on iPhone, and renamed sections in Apple Podcasts. Apple is expected to release iOS 27.2 officially later this month.
Amazon has removed Alexa's voice control over the AUX input on several older Echo devices, including the Echo Plus 2nd Gen, Echo 3rd Gen, Echo Studio 1st Gen, and Echo 4th Gen. Commands like "Alexa, play from line in" no longer work, though the physical 3.5 mm AUX ports still function and users can still toggle AUX input manually through the Alexa app.
California's SB 1406, which took effect September 30, 2026, closes a loophole that let wealthy residents register vehicles to out-of-state shell companies—often Montana LLCs—to avoid paying California sales and use tax. The law expands the 'California-ness' test, previously applied only to corporations and LLCs, to also cover partnerships and limited partnerships used to shield vehicle ownership from taxation.
Developer Josh Pigford built a free browser extension called Knockoff that grays out or hides generic, mass-produced brand listings on Amazon, making genuine brand products easier to find. Launched in early July, it works on Chrome, Firefox, Chromium-based browsers and Safari, and has surpassed 100,000 downloads. Pigford has said the tool builds on earlier similar extensions like AmazonBrandFilter and Amazon Brand Detector, and runs locally on users' devices.
Patchstack researchers found hackers exploiting stored XSS vulnerabilities in two unrelated WordPress plugins—Ninja Forms (CVE-2026-94504) and WPC Product Bundles for WooCommerce (CVE-2026-93836)—to plant backdoors and create rogue admin accounts. The campaign, first spotted October 4 against WPC Product Bundles users and a day later against Ninja Forms, injects a malicious script from 'imgcdn1[.]com' into order data or form submissions that executes when an administrator views it, installing a fake plugin disguised as 'WP Smart Thumbnails.'
An Entrepreneur contributor argues that small companies often rely solely on the owner's memory to explain past decisions, which creates risk when the owner isn't available. The piece recommends three recordkeeping components—a regularly updated business plan, bookkeeping, and corporate records—to document a company's direction, actual financial activity, and the authorization behind key decisions.
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