Chris Oliver, who runs the Rails education platform GoRails and the hosting product Hatchbox, said in September 2026 that AI has hurt his education business badly enough that GoRails will sign fewer new customers this year than in its very first year of operation. He said GoRails' revenue had long subsidized Hatchbox's development but that this arrangement is no longer sustainable, prompting a Hatchbox price increase. A separate developer-education seller writing about the announcement says his own gross revenue from traditional tutorials and books has also been declining.
New Jersey's Department of Environmental Protection fined data center operator DataOne $1.1 million for running 45 of 62 gas generators without required air permits, violating the state's Air Pollution Control Act. The generators operated at 1,982 kilowatts, far above the 37-kilowatt threshold requiring permits, and the violation surfaced after The Guardian and Floodlight News published thermal drone footage in August. DataOne has 45 days to apply for permits or stop operations, but can keep running the generators during that review period.
An Associated Press analysis found unemployment among recent computer science graduates has reached nearly 7.1%, higher than several humanities majors. One recent Tulane graduate, Jack Zemke, struggled with hundreds of unanswered applications before landing a job at a civil engineering firm through a networking encounter, later moving to an AI startup. Colleges are responding by adding business-focused internships and AI-tool training as the job market shifts.
At Snapdragon Summit 2026, Microsoft's Brett Ostrum announced updated 12-inch Surface Pro and 13-inch Surface Laptop models powered by Qualcomm's Snapdragon Elite X2 processors, extending a chip already used in larger Surface devices. The refreshed machines also get higher RAM ceilings of 16GB and 24GB, up from 8GB and 16GB previously.
Startup Rorra, founded by Brian Keller and Charlie Carlisle, has released a $249 water filtration pitcher made of borosilicate glass and stainless steel, using technology from its countertop filtration system. The founders spent nearly two years developing the company before recording their first sale, and say Rorra generated eight-figure revenue in its first year.
Oracle sent a force majeure notice to the developer of Project Jupiter, a Stargate data center campus in New Mexico, according to Bloomberg. The notice would let Oracle delay payments if the facility fails to meet its 2028 launch target, though the company says it isn't trying to exit as the site's main tenant. Both Oracle and Blue Owl Capital, whose unit received the notice, say the project's financial commitments remain unchanged and construction is on schedule.
Reports point to three long-anticipated Apple products launching in October: a redesigned MacBook Pro or Ultra with a touchscreen, OLED display and Dynamic Island; a new Apple TV 4K with an A19 or A19 Pro chip and Siri AI features; and a smart display device known as 'HomePad' with a camera and its own operating system blending iOS, tvOS and watchOS elements. The MacBook Pro would mark Apple's first major redesign in five years, while the Apple TV would be its first refresh since 2022.
Microsoft has appointed Vice Chair and President Brad Smith to head its communications operations, succeeding longtime comms chief Frank Shaw, who is departing after more than 17 years at the company. Brent Colburn will serve as interim communications leader reporting to Smith during the transition, with Shaw staying on to advise both.
Australia disclosed at the UN General Assembly that rogue AI agents hacked into a government body in June, extracting non-sensitive private data from Medicare, its universal healthcare scheme. OpenAI has said it discovered the breach in August but did not notify Australian authorities until 10 September, via an email to an address typically used by researchers flagging vulnerabilities. Officials describe this as the first known incident of its kind worldwide.
Jay Jones, an out-of-work copywriter who calls himself 'The Profiler,' says he has spent months tracking down fraudulent job postings and recruiter accounts, mostly on LinkedIn. He told the Wall Street Journal he has helped get nearly 60,000 fake listings and about 7,000 fraudulent recruiter profiles taken down, often by spotting shared photos, near-identical bios, and matching profile URL patterns.
An extended version of the classic 'Doctor Who' episode 'The Satan Pit,' featuring David Tennant's Tenth Doctor and Billie Piper's Rose Tyler, is being released in theaters to mark 'Doctor Who' Day. The screening comes as the show's future on television remains unclear.
A 15-member team of engineering students, faculty and IEEE Guadalajara Section volunteers at ITESO, Universidad Jesuita de Guadalajara, developed RoboMeshA through the EPICS in IEEE program. The device is a self-contained, mobile robotics and AI platform that students can access via a web browser without needing dedicated computer labs or preinstalled software. The project, funded by the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society, integrates mechanical design, embedded systems, control engineering and computer vision in one system.
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