CJ Desai is leaving MongoDB, where he had served as CEO for less than a year, to become Meta's chief enterprise platform officer, reporting directly to Mark Zuckerberg. He will head Meta's newly announced Enterprise Platform, which aims to bring tools like Muse agent and Meta Business Agent to businesses and developers. MongoDB's board has installed former CEO Dev Ittycheria as interim president and CEO following the announcement.
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier has filed for a court order blocking OpenAI from using language and behavior in ChatGPT that mimics human emotion or first-person identity, arguing it misleads users into trusting the bot as a friend. The filing also seeks to prevent OpenAI from releasing new AI models without independently vetted safety guardrails, citing recent security incidents and warnings from researchers and former employees. This follows Florida's earlier lawsuit against OpenAI over safety concerns.
Delhi's electricity distribution, once plagued by daily outages and losses exceeding half of all power supplied, was overhauled starting in the early 2000s through privatization of utilities and investment in modern grid technology. The reforms replaced aging infrastructure and weak accountability structures that had let theft and equipment failures drain the system for decades.
OpenAI has formed an independent nine-member Advisory Group on Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence, announced via a post on Terence Tao's blog, meant to help review and communicate the company's mathematical results. The group's first task is reportedly helping coordinate release of numerous new results from an unreleased OpenAI model, but mathematicians who spoke to The Verge, including a group member, described the rollout as messy and confusing.
The UK government has published a draft document called 'Using AI ethically and sustainably' that instructs civil servants on responsible AI use, including skipping courtesy phrases like 'thank you' to reduce environmental impact. The under-600-word guide also tells staff to follow department-specific AI policies, use lighter-weight AI models where possible (such as Gemini Flash over Gemini Pro), and verify AI outputs for accuracy and fairness before use.
Major U.S. airlines and industry analysts say ticket prices could remain elevated even as jet fuel costs decline, citing volatility in fuel prices since the Iran war began. Government data show average fares rose from $405 in late 2025 to $436 by mid-2026, even as jet fuel benchmarks fell sharply from an April peak to a wartime low in June.
Turtle Beach has released the Afterglow Wireless Controller for Nintendo Switch 2, a transparent gamepad with adjustable RGB lighting priced at $65. The controller includes TMR thumbsticks with a drift-free guarantee, mappable rear paddles, up to 30 feet of wireless range, and USB-C charging, and is similar in size to Nintendo's own Pro Controller.
Bose has launched new Noise Cancelling Wired Earbuds, its first wired earbud product in 11 years. Consumer audio president Raza Haider said the product went from concept to market in about eight or nine months, faster than typical audio product cycles. Early reviewers who tested a late-stage prototype reported strong sound quality and effective noise cancellation compared to cheaper wired options like Apple EarPods.
Arlington-based Quartermaster has closed a $140 million Series B just months after a $43 million Series A, with about $100 million in equity from Insight Partners, Overmatch Ventures and existing backers, plus a $40 million debt facility from Stifel. The company makes 'SmartMast,' a hardware package of cameras and radios mounted on ship masts that delivers real-time maritime data beyond basic AIS location pings.
Arlington-based Quartermaster raised a $140 million Series B just months after closing a $43 million Series A in May, according to CEO Neil Sobin. Roughly $100 million came from equity investors led by Insight Partners, with new backer Overmatch Ventures and existing investor First Round Capital, while the remaining $40 million came as debt financing from Stifel. The startup builds weather-hardened camera and radio hardware called SmartMast that mounts on ship masts to deliver real-time maritime data beyond basic AIS location pings.
Google's new Pixel Search app, which expands the app drawer search bar to surface photos, emails and other content, ships preinstalled on the Pixel 11 series but isn't officially available for older Pixels. Android Authority found that the app can be manually sideloaded onto older Pixel devices, provided they are running the Android 17 QPR2 Beta 5 update or newer; installation fails on stable Android 17 QPR1 builds.
9to5Mac's latest Security Bite roundup finds that ClickFix, a technique tricking victims into pasting Terminal commands themselves, has become the default delivery method for nearly all new Mac stealer malware since the Q1 2026 review. Researchers at Group-IB, Huntress, and Kaspersky have each identified new malware families—including ClickLock, a Go-based stealer, and a MacSync variant disguised as Homebrew—all using this same social-engineering approach. The report notes attackers are adding persistence, backdoors, and infrastructure hidden inside Apple's own services.
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