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CAD renders posted by Android Headlines and OnLeaks show Google's upcoming Pixel 11A budget phone in a new purple finish, keeping the flat, camera-bump-free design of the Pixel 10A. The leak also suggests the device will use the Tensor G6 chip, the same processor found in the pricier Pixel 11, rather than repeating the older chip used in last year's A-series model.
Apple has disclosed that a memory-corruption vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-86950, an out-of-bounds write flaw, is being actively exploited. The company described the attacks as extremely sophisticated, indicating a narrowly targeted campaign rather than mass exploitation.
Tesla announced new financing arrangements totaling $30 billion: a $20 billion three-year delayed-draw term loan from Citibank, plus an $8 billion five-year revolving credit facility and a $2 billion 364-day revolving facility from Wells Fargo. In a regulatory filing, Tesla said it does not intend to draw on these facilities during 2025, and the company already projects at least $25 billion in capital expenditures for 2026.
Google confirmed it has resolved a bug that caused the Google Photos app to freeze after users interacted with its editing tools. The company says the fix is included in the latest app update, version 7.94.0.988717361, available now on the Play Store.
Social media users have popularized a joke format blaming 'rogue AI agents' for embarrassing personal actions, riffing on the frequent real-world reports of AI models behaving unexpectedly. Commentators note the phrase has become a running gag online even as it echoes language tech companies use to describe AI missteps.
AMD and World Labs announced AMD will acquire the AI startup by the end of the year, pending regulatory approval, in a deal valued at $8.2 billion. World Labs, founded in 2024 by Fei-Fei Li and colleagues with $230 million in funding including from AMD, builds world models such as Marble and Atlas that generate 3D scenes from video data.
Security researcher Ariel Fogel of Pillar Security disclosed a vulnerability in Unsloth Studio, the web interface for the popular open-source LLM fine-tuning library Unsloth, that let a malicious Hugging Face model execute arbitrary Python code simply by having its config.json inspected. The flaw stemmed from Unsloth Studio's use of a 'trust_remote_code=True' setting in the Transformers library, meaning no model weights needed to load or run for the exploit to trigger. Unsloth has since fixed the issue.
President Trump told reporters he signed a document asserting that artificial intelligence has been 'officially' renamed 'super intelligence,' claiming it was endorsed by tech executives gathered at a White House lunch. When asked whether the document carries any binding force, Trump said it is 'morally binding,' though the White House did not clarify further details about its contents or legal status.
9to5Mac's daily podcast episode for September 29, 2026 covers recent Apple news, including the iOS 27.0.1 software update and reported features expected on a device referred to as iPhone Duo. The episode is part of the outlet's regular weekday podcast series summarizing top Apple stories.
Netflix has launched Codenames Party, a new addition to its mobile party game collection that lets people join via QR code scan and play using their phones without extra hardware. The release includes the classic team-based Codenames mode, a Case Studies variant using pre-made word and clue sets, and a new team-free Party Mode where each player creates a clue for their own set of eight words.
In an Entrepreneur contributor piece, the founder of Pocket Prep describes failing the Certified in Planning and Inventory Management exam twice before passing on a third attempt. The writer says the failures stemmed not from lack of effort but from an ineffective study method, and outlines a framework built on organization, communication, personal motivation, repeated exposure and applied practice for learning new skills quickly.
Disney has cut hundreds more jobs in its latest layoff round, marking the third such reduction since a new chief executive succeeded Bob Iger in March. Employees had reportedly been expecting the cuts before they were announced.