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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.
Formula 1 is reportedly considering fast-tracking new engine regulations to 2030, a year earlier than planned, after the 2026 hybrid rules proved too ambitious. According to Autosport, manufacturers are converging on a 3.0-liter V8 turbo paired with a scaled-back electric motor, reversing the current near 50:50 split between combustion and electric power.
TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 will host a panel titled 'Building AI Systems When Failure Is Not an Option,' featuring Shield AI CTO Nathan Michael, Waabi founder and CEO Raquel Urtasun, and General Motors Director of Robotics Strategy Mikell Taylor. The session will cover safety culture, testing and validation, regulatory challenges, and trust-building for AI deployed in physical, high-stakes settings like aircraft, vehicles and robots. Attendees can save up to $200 on passes if purchased before September 25 at 11:59 p.m. PT.
Cal AI, an AI nutrition app that estimates calories and macros from meal photos, was co-founded by Zach Yadegari at age 17 and grew to more than 15 million downloads and over $30 million in annual revenue. MyFitnessPal acquired the company in a deal that closed in December 2025. Yadegari is set to discuss the app's growth and his approach to capitalizing on it at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026.
TechCrunch is offering ticket discounts of up to $200 on passes for its Disrupt 2026 conference, running October 13-15 at San Francisco's Moscone West, with the discount window closing September 25 at 11:59 p.m. PT. The event features a Builders Stage, roundtables and breakout sessions covering fundraising, AI adoption, hiring and startup strategy, with more than 250 speakers including founders, VCs and operators expected to attend.
Meta opened pre-orders for its Ray-Ban Audio glasses, a $349 device shipping October 13 that handles music, calls and its Muse AI assistant without any cameras, offering up to 12 hours of battery life. The company also unveiled a slimmer VR headset at Connect 2026 and continues selling its camera-equipped Ray-Ban Meta Gen 3 glasses, starting at $449 with a 12MP camera and six-microphone array.
The Canadian Centre for Cyber Security has updated its May advisory to warn that CVE-2026-48842, a pre-authenticated SQL injection bug in Roundcube Webmail's virtuser_query plugin, is now being exploited in the wild. Roundcube patched the flaw in May with versions 1.6.16 and 1.7.1, but Shadowserver still counts over 523,000 internet-exposed Roundcube instances, with no clear data on how many remain unpatched.
Opera has rolled out an opt-in feature letting its free desktop VPN automatically switch on when a device connects to public or unsecured Wi-Fi networks. The rollout starts today in the US and France, and users can toggle the setting off in preferences if they prefer manual control.
CISA updated its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog to flag CVE-2026-63077, a critical TeamCity authentication bypass patched by JetBrains on July 25, as now being abused in ransomware attacks. JetBrains had already confirmed in-the-wild exploitation on August 7, and CISA had ordered federal agencies on August 5 to secure their systems within three days. Shadowserver currently tracks roughly 160 unpatched TeamCity servers still exposed to the flaw.
Microsoft has resolved a bug that stopped File History from backing up or restoring files to external drives or network locations after the September 2026 security update. The fix ships in the optional cumulative updates KB5124006 and KB5124010 for Windows 11 26H1 and 24H2/25H2 respectively. Affected users had seen crash events referencing FileHistory.exe, false 'Reconnect your drive' prompts, and backups that stopped updating.
At KDE's Akademy 2026 conference, former Apple and Google UX designer Scott Jenson called on open-source developers to experiment with desktop interfaces beyond the decades-old windows, icons, menus and pointer model. Jenson, who now works with Mastodon and Home Assistant, said he left Google over cultural changes there and now tries to bring better UX practices to open-source projects despite their limited staffing.
At Meta Connect 2026, Meta introduced the Ray-Ban Meta Audio, its first camera-free smart glasses, priced from $349 and shipping October 13. The company also revealed the Ray-Ban Meta (Gen 3), a slimmer version of its camera-equipped glasses with up to nine hours of battery life and a customizable action button, alongside a new Muse Charm accessory built for Meta's Muse AI assistant and a lightweight VR headset called Meta VR Glasses.