The U.S. House passed the AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act last month, a bipartisan bill requiring automakers to include AM radio in new vehicles. The measure now goes to the Senate, where a companion bill has already drawn support, while a companion effort has gathered backing according to public records. Broadcasters like WGN-AM's Mary Sandberg Boyle back the bill, citing AM radio's role in emergency alerts, while the Alliance for Automotive Innovation opposes it.
Google has suspended its Open Source Software Vulnerability Rewards Program as of October 1, citing a sharp increase in automated submissions, most of which were invalid. The company said it plans to provide an update in the first quarter of 2027 and is directing researchers to its other bug bounty programs in the meantime.
Production has finished on 'Twilight of the Dead,' a long-delayed project tied to George A. Romero's zombie film legacy. The completion of filming moves the project closer to release after years of uncertainty.
President Trump hosted top AI executives at the White House to sign a 'Joint Commitment on Frontier Responsibilities,' a voluntary safety agreement with no legal force. He also signed an executive order directing U.S. officials to use the term 'super intelligence' instead of 'artificial intelligence,' and separately announced a new Super Intelligence Force over the weekend.
AWS chief Matt Garman published a roughly 3,000-word blog post asking local communities not to block new AI data center projects, comparing the buildout to the post-WWII national highway system. He said over 100 data center moratoriums are under consideration nationwide and argued blocking them would hurt US economic and national security interests, while dismissing concerns about electricity costs and pollution as misinformation, some of it allegedly spread by foreign adversaries.
A developer has released RemoveMacAI, an open-source command-line tool that disables Apple Intelligence features on macOS 27 and deletes the AI models left on disk, since Apple removed the single toggle for the feature in this release. The tool installs via a one-line script or Homebrew, shows users the current state before making changes, and can fully revert them. It also blocks macOS from re-downloading the models afterward.
Google's Nebraska data centers marked their electricity and water consumption figures as trade secrets in annual reports filed with the state's Department of Water, Energy, and Environment. But the redactions could be bypassed by highlighting and copying the blacked-out text, revealing that the Lincoln facility (Agate LLC) used 52.65 megawatts at peak demand and about 13 million gallons of water last year, while the Papillion facility (Fireball Group LLC) used nearly 548 million gallons. Across six reporting Nebraska data centers, total water use reached 765 million gallons.
A theatrical re-release of Avengers: Endgame has pushed it past Avatar to become the highest-grossing film of all time, generating over $126 million worldwide in its latest run. Disney says the Marvel Cinematic Universe's 38 films have now earned more than $35 billion combined, and that Disney titles occupy seven of the top 10 highest-grossing films ever. Separately, Coyote vs. Acme topped Apple TV's rental charts in the US and Canada after its Tuesday streaming release, holding a 96% Rotten Tomatoes critics' score.
A developer has released Arcadeia, an open-source, self-hosted web application for browsing, searching and managing personal photo and video collections. The tool generates animated thumbnails that preview key moments in videos automatically, and supports drag-and-drop imports, favorites, in-browser transcoding, and network storage connections. It is licensed under AGPL-3.0 and deployed via Docker.
Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reports Apple's upcoming MacBook Pro will be 'significantly lighter' due to miniaturized and rearranged internal components. The laptop is expected to feature an OLED touchscreen display and existing M5 chips rather than the M7 chips anticipated for early 2027, with a launch reportedly planned for next month alongside a new OLED iPad mini.
A commentator highlights a recurring AirPods issue: debris or misalignment in the charging case can prevent one earbud from charging, leaving users with a dead AirPod mid-use. They note Apple already notifies users to charge AirPods when the iPhone is plugged in, but there's no alert specifically for when one AirPod fails to charge in its case.
An Entrepreneur contributor argues that in real estate, discoverability through search, ads and social media has become commoditized, with most agents equally easy to find online. The piece contends that the real differentiator for winning clients is no longer visibility but whether prospective buyers and sellers actually trust and believe in an agent before ever speaking with them.
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