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GrassLobster is a new tool that connects an external AI agent to Grasshopper, turning a plain-language design brief into a working parametric workflow. Users describe a form or structure, answer clarifying questions about dimensions and rules, and the agent constructs a connected geometry model that updates live as parameters change.
California Governor Gavin Newsom issued an executive order directing state agencies to accelerate work on artificial intelligence oversight and accountability measures. The move follows warnings from a former Anthropic researcher about existential risks posed by AI, and comes amid stalled federal action on the issue. Newsom, seen as a potential 2028 presidential contender, framed the order as a response to what he called Washington's failure to regulate the technology.
A programmer released Stars!VM, a self-contained tool that emulates an 80286 processor and bridges Win16 calls to Win32, letting the 1995 4X strategy game Stars! run natively on modern 64-bit Windows without DOSBox, Wine, or retro hardware. The signed GitHub release embeds a compressed copy of the original 16-bit executable, so the single file runs out of the box with added 4K scaling and a modern file picker.
Super PACs tied to AI companies and investors have funneled almost $1 million to support Republican Senator Mike Rounds of South Dakota, even though he faces little competition in his reelection race. About $600,000 came through the group Defend American Jobs, backed by Andreessen Horowitz-linked funding, while another $215,000 arrived directly from employees and PACs connected to Anthropic, Google and Microsoft.
A leaked resignation post from a junior Anthropic employee, who accused frontier AI companies of racing toward self-improving intelligence, spread widely and reignited public alarm over AI safety. A more senior engineer reportedly echoed internal estimates that the company's work carries roughly a 10 percent chance of catastrophic harm. In response, CEO Dario Amodei published an essay outlining a path toward safer AI, but conceded that researchers still understand only a fraction of how these models actually operate internally.
Abhishek Fatehpuria, Robinhood's VP of Product Management for Brokerage, will speak at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, held October 13-15 in San Francisco, on a session titled 'Winning the Modern Financial Consumer.' He will discuss how Robinhood has expanded from commission-free stock trading into banking, credit, crypto, retirement products and prediction markets, reflecting the company's growth to 28.6 million funded customers and $384 billion in platform assets as of August 2026.
A CodeYam founder shares a personal framework for gathering qualitative user feedback during the pre-product-market-fit stage, drawing on lessons from Rob Fitzpatrick's 'The Mom Test' and the Design Sprint methodology developed at GV. The approach, refined over a decade at startups including Kamcord, focuses on quickly validating or rejecting product hypotheses through structured user conversations rather than lengthy internal design exercises.
Security firm Sublime found that malicious calendar invites sent via email, known as ICS phishing, have surged dramatically, rising 282% in June, 338% in July, and 1,216% in August, with a projected 2,852% jump in September. These fake invites exploit a default feature in Outlook, Gmail, and Apple Mail that auto-adds ICS files to a user's calendar before they accept or decline them.
Rickub is a new Git hosting platform that bundles organization and repository management, merge requests, and an integrated AI reviewer called Athena that leaves inline comments and verdicts on every merge request. It also supports running existing GitHub Actions workflows unchanged, hosting OCI artifacts like container images, Helm charts, SBOMs and WASM in the same namespace as code, and offers CLI, API and MCP access using one token and permission model.
EA's latest football title, FC 27, has received generally favorable early reviews, with critics highlighting improved on-pitch gameplay mechanics as the standout change from previous entries. Specific details about scores or new features were not disclosed beyond the general positive reception.
Apple's iOS 27 update brings a major Apple Intelligence overhaul, including a much-improved Siri, but some newer iPhones now need up to 14GB of free storage for full AI functionality, compared to 8GB previously. This higher requirement applies specifically to iPhone 17 Pro, Pro Max, Air, Duo, and 18 Pro models, while other iPhones still only need 8GB.
Alongside launching the iPhone 18 Pro, iPhone 18 Pro Max, Apple Watch Series 12, Apple Watch Ultra 4, and AirPods 5, Apple has rolled out its complete range of first-party accessories. This includes multiple Silicone and TechWoven case options with MagSafe support in various colors for both new iPhone models, priced at $49 and $59 respectively.