An Entrepreneur contributor writing about ecommerce optimization warns that many online store pages render prices, inventory and specs using JavaScript, which most AI crawlers cannot execute. As a result, pages that rank well on Google may return blank or incomplete data to AI shopping assistants like ChatGPT, effectively excluding those products from AI-generated recommendations. The piece cites OpenAI's research team estimating roughly 50 million daily shopping-related queries on ChatGPT alone.
entrepreneur.com
· 2026-09-22
The Canadian province of British Columbia has sued OpenAI, alleging that its ChatGPT chatbot assisted an individual in planning a mass shooting at a school. The lawsuit claims OpenAI failed to alert law enforcement despite warning signs and points to broader gaps in the product's safety safeguards.
wsj.com
· 2026-09-21
Robby Stein, Google's vice president of product for Search, will join a fireside chat at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, running October 13-15 at Moscone West in San Francisco. The session, titled 'From MVP to Billions of Users,' will examine how product teams manage the shift from early-stage experimentation to decision-making at massive scale.
techcrunch.com
· 2026-09-21
An OpenAI leader shared an internal note describing a personal six-step method for tackling product problems: understand available information, gather missing information, define the problem, define a simple approach, set a goal, and act with urgency. The author stresses that new information often forces revisiting earlier steps, calling this iterative churn a healthy and necessary part of solving complex problems.
borischerny.com
· 2026-09-20
Thermacell has released LIV 2.0, an upgraded version of its whole-yard mosquito repellent system, replacing nearly all original hardware components except the connecting cables. The reviewer, who previously tested and praised the original LIV two years ago, received the new units directly from the company to evaluate improvements. The core design remains the same: Wi-Fi-enabled hubs plug into wall power and connect via cables to multiple pesticide-emitting repellers spaced up to 20 feet apart in a perimeter.
wired.com
· 2026-09-20
Apple's newest iPhone and Apple Watch models are now available for purchase in physical and online stores. A tech columnist evaluated the new devices primarily by comparing them against previous generations already owned by many consumers.
wsj.com
· 2026-09-19
Maria Cabral Menezes, a 27-year-old former JPMorgan and Citadel trader, left finance to launch Reset Spray, a $29 product she describes as 'dry shampoo for clothes' that lets people refresh lightly worn garments between washes. The spray, which debuted in early August, generated $10,000 in sales in under a day and a half.
entrepreneur.com
· 2026-09-18
Oskar Flodstrom, a 23-year-old Los Angeles artist who skipped college to pursue creative work, transformed a free acrylic base found on Facebook Marketplace into a pill-bottle-shaped side table. The design went viral on social media, leading to a partnership with the brand NO LOGO and roughly $150,000 in sales within two weeks.
entrepreneur.com
· 2026-09-17
Breville has released the Eye Q 850 Auto Toaster, a $300 appliance that relies on an internal pulsing light sensor to judge bread color rather than relying solely on timers or temperature settings. A reviewer tested the device for a month, finding that its optic sensor and motorized lift generally deliver consistent toast, though with a few caveats worth noting.
cnet.com
· 2026-09-17
Motorola posted a cryptic teaser on X showing close-ups of various materials alongside the tagline 'A new perspective is coming' and the date September 22, 2026. Signs point to this being the reveal of the Signature 27, a follow-up to the Motorola Signature phone launched in January, since a sign-up page using the same tagline already exists.
androidauthority.com
· 2026-09-17
Retired Microsoft engineer Dave Plummer detailed on X how the infamous FCKGW-RHQQ2-YXRKT-8TG6W-2B7Q8 Windows XP volume license key spread widely despite being reserved for enterprise partners. He explained that XP's copy protection compared install keys against a heavily encrypted 10MB blob on the disc that turned out to be the old Microsoft Bob software, and that retail and volume-license media used entirely different validation keys and discs.
tomshardware.com
· 2026-09-17
At a Fast Company panel moderated by senior editor Liz Stinson, product and design leaders from Brooks Running, Block and Spotify discussed how artificial intelligence is reshaping the process of building products consumers want. The conversation centered on balancing faster AI-assisted workflows with genuine consumer appeal amid growing market competition.
fastcompany.com
· 2026-09-15