SpaceXAI's Grokipedia, an AI-generated rival to Wikipedia, released a v0.3 update that overhauls its homepage with featured and most-read article sections, a redesigned live edits tracker, and a new logo. Article pages also received minor formatting tweaks, including cleaner fact tables and tighter text spacing. The update follows a period in which the site reportedly made no content changes for months after its late-October 2025 launch.
Neko Health, the preventative-health startup co-founded by Spotify's Daniel Ek, has launched its full-body scanning service in the United States after raising $700 million. The company joins rivals like Midjourney and Function Health in building businesses around consumer body scanning and early-disease detection. TechCrunch's Equity podcast spoke with Farooq Abbasi of Preface Ventures, an investor in Neko, about how the startup compares to competitors in this space.
Kyoto Animation has released a new Netflix anime series, 'Sparks of Tomorrow,' set in a steampunk-inspired world where inventions are driven by love. A review notes the show juggles multiple storylines that strain its otherwise strong animation, while its humor, emotional depth, and drama still come through.
Google announced Gemini 4 Argon, a new frontier AI model it claims leads the industry in coding, knowledge work, and cybersecurity tasks. The model is not yet publicly available, though Google engineers are already using it internally, including for data center memory optimization and migrating large C/C++ codebases to Rust. Google released benchmark results showing Argon outperforming rivals like GPT-6 Astra, Fable 5.1, and Opus 5.5, and confirmed it will support a 1 million token output limit, up from 64,000 in earlier Gemini models.
The Trump administration unveiled America.gov, a free chatbot meant to consolidate roughly 29,000 government websites into a single tool answering questions about tasks like applying for a passport, registering to vote, or tracking a tax refund. The bot, powered by Google's Gemini and xAI's Grok, currently only provides guidance and directs users to relevant forms and sites rather than processing personal information, though officials say it will handle form submissions and applications like Medicare enrollment next year. Users quickly tested the chatbot and found it gave answers—such as confirming Joe Biden won the 2020 election and that climate change is real—that contradict statements made by Trump and his administration.
9to5Mac editors shared the iPhone 18 Pro accessories they are personally buying, including Apple's 40W Dynamic Power Adapter, the TechWoven case, Anker's 3-in-1 MagSafe charger, and the FineWoven Wallet with MagSafe. The update notes that several of these items are currently discounted as part of early fall Amazon Prime Day sales.
Meta Platforms stock closed at $725.18 on Wednesday, up 27% from $572.34 at the end of August, marking its strongest monthly performance since November 2022. The rally followed the September 8 launch of Muse, Meta's personal AI agent app, which topped ChatGPT in Apple iOS downloads, and was reinforced by announcements at Meta's Connect conference and the hiring of former MongoDB CEO CJ Desai to lead a new enterprise AI unit.
A technical deep-dive explains functional ultrasound imaging (fUSI), a technique first demonstrated by Macé et al. in 2011, which rapidly captures video of blood-flow changes in brain tissue linked to neural activity. Unlike structural ultrasound's static images, fUSI isolates rapidly changing pixels to map vasculature, and the author describes researching the topic extensively, including reading a full ultrasound textbook, because technical details are scattered across application papers and specialized books.
Google has unveiled Gemini 4 Argon, a new frontier AI model designed for sustained reasoning over complex, long-running tasks including software engineering, legal and finance work, and cybersecurity defense. The model is initially rolling out only to trusted testers through Google's Fairwind Program, alongside engagement with a U.S. government voluntary pre-release access process. Pricing has been set at $2 per million input tokens and $10 per million output tokens, with cached inputs discounted 95%.
FCC listings have surfaced for two Samsung smart glasses models, reportedly tied to its partnerships with Gentle Monster and Warby Parker. The filings show model numbers SM-O200J and SM-O200P, each with several additional variant numbers, according to Droid Life.
Sensor Tower reports Meta's agentic AI assistant Muse has surpassed 5 million downloads roughly three weeks after its US launch, faster than ChatGPT, Grok, or Claude reached the same milestone. The app, which can browse the web and perform tasks like booking travel or sending emails, has held the top spot on the US App Store for 12 consecutive days.
Amazon has agreed to support Constellation Energy's efforts to expand power generation at its Calvert Cliffs nuclear plant in Maryland, including exploring the addition of new reactors. The move follows Amazon's earlier decision to scrap a planned data center deal in the state.
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