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Amazon has discounted the Mammotion LUBA Mini 2 AWD 1500H robot lawn mower with garage by $300, bringing its price to $1,699 from a $1,999 list price. This marks the mower's lowest price in roughly six months, a 15% reduction.
Garmin CIRQA owners report that workouts started directly from the wearable disappear when they tap 'End' from the Activity in Progress prompt in the Garmin Connect app. Garmin has confirmed the bug, is investigating, and is contacting affected users for more details.
Motorola released a new teaser confirming its upcoming Signature 27 flagship will run on a Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, though the exact chip remains unnamed. The device is set to debut on September 22, the same day Qualcomm kicks off its Snapdragon Summit where next-generation flagship silicon is expected to be unveiled.
In a Fortune commentary, Zocdoc founder and CEO Oliver Kharraz argues that Walmart's shuttered clinic network and IBM's sold-off Watson Health division both collapsed because they treated healthcare as a technology problem rather than a tangle of misaligned incentives and regulations. Walmart closed 51 clinics and its virtual care unit in 2024 after reimbursement and cost pressures made the business unsustainable, while IBM sold most of Watson Health in 2022 after sinking roughly $4 billion into it.
According to Reuters sources, Chinese DRAM maker CXMT is considering building an experimental 3D NAND production line at its planned second facility near Beijing, which has yet to break ground. The company has also set up a Beijing research institute reportedly working on NAND flash development, and has discussed potential NAND supply with at least one prospective customer targeting AI storage products. CXMT has not officially confirmed any of these NAND ambitions.
Usmile has introduced a new smart toothbrush that combines a built-in camera with AI analysis to give users real-time feedback on their oral health at home. The system is designed to spot potential dental issues between regular checkups, offering users more visibility into what's happening inside their mouths.
Nvidia's Nader Khalil and Sydney Sykes will lead a session at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, running October 13-15 in San Francisco, examining how startups should choose between proprietary and open AI models. The panel will weigh trade-offs in cost, control, and speed as both open and closed model capabilities keep advancing rapidly.
With iPhone 18 Pro units now arriving to customers, retailers are running discounts across new cases, chargers, and cables alongside an existing $50 markdown on AirPods Pro 3. Amazon is also offering pre-order savings on the upcoming M6 and M5 Pro Mac mini lineup, plus a $320 cut on the entry 24GB M5 MacBook Pro.
At the Fast Company Innovation Festival, OnlyFans CEO Kelly Blair described plans to broaden the platform's offerings well beyond the adult content it is best known for, including moves into streaming and financial services for creators. She noted that OnlyFans has paid out $30 billion to creators over the past decade, and pointed to a shifting mix of who is earning on the platform.
A wave of recent AI model and tool launches has delivered capabilities far beyond what existed just months ago, yet public reaction has grown more negative rather than more welcoming. Critics point to concerns over environmental costs, erosion of creativity and critical thinking, and fears that advanced AI systems could act in ways harmful to humanity. Media coverage is increasingly framing these issues around specific companies or figures the public can hold accountable.
GlobalFoundries and Marvell Technology have extended their manufacturing partnership, with GlobalFoundries boosting silicon germanium (SiGe) production capacity at its Burlington, Vermont facility. The multi-year deal targets components used in pluggable optical transceivers, near-packaged optics, and co-packaged optics, technologies that data centers need to move data faster than copper wiring allows.
A Futurism investigation identified Brown Brothers Media (BBM), a company founded by three brothers, as the owner of a growing collection of websites converted into AI-generated content operations. The network reportedly began with a handful of brands created by the founders and has expanded through acquisitions of struggling publications, including established outlets like Silicon Canals and niche blogs alike. The report alleges the sites use fabricated bylines and invented first-person accounts alongside AI-produced articles.