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Google is sending MrBeast into the wilderness, armed with AI
MrBeast will feature Gemini, Google Health, and the Fitbit Air in upcoming videos as part of a multi-year partnership with Google. The deal will kick off with a video featuring Jimmy “MrBeast” Donaldson turning to Gemini for wilderness survival advice: First up on September 5 is a new MrBeast video following Jimmy and his crew…
Google dodges another breakup attempt
US District Court Judge Leonie Brinkema declined the Justice Department’s request to make Google sell off parts of its ad tech business, accepting milder remedies to restore competition to markets it illegally monopolized for years. Brinkema said she would adopt most of the behavioral changes proposed by the parties, with some modifications. But those won’t…
Continuous glucose monitors are about to get more complicated
This is Optimizer, a weekly newsletter sent from Verge senior reviewer Victoria Song that dissects and discusses the latest gizmos and potions that swear they’re going to change your life. Opt in for Optimizer here. My mom was a dramatic woman prone to overreacting. When I was a snotty teen, I told her she needed…
OpenAI, Anthropic Gate New AI Models: 91.5% Refusal [2026]
OpenAI and Anthropic each drew a new line around their most powerful artificial intelligence systems this week, and for the first time both companies are pointing to the same reason: the models have gotten too good at hacking. On September 1, 2026, OpenAI said its upcoming Astra model is the first system to cross the…
Contentful vs Sanity vs Strapi: $1.5B Deal, 66x Gap [2026]
Contentful just changed owners. On June 1, 2026, Salesforce signed a definitive agreement to buy the headless CMS pioneer, and the deal closed on September 1, 2026 — yesterday, as of this writing. Salesforce never confirmed the price tag, but The Information pegged it between $1 billion and $1.5 billion, a number multiple outlets have…
Top Tech News Today, September 2, 2026: Anthropic, Google, Meta, Nvidia, Perplexity, OpenAI, TenCent & More
It’s Wednesday, September 2, 2026, and today’s tech news is less about new toys than new limits. OpenAI just rated its next model a critical cyber risk. Texas froze data-center power hookups after a rush of “ghost” demand. New York […] The post Top Tech News Today, September 2, 2026: Anthropic, Google, Meta, Nvidia, Perplexity,…
Google Avoids Breakup of Dominant Ad Tech Business
A federal judge ordered an end to practices that depress ad rates for web publishers, but declined to order a divestiture of Google’s ad exchange and other technology.
The Xbox Network is once again having major outages where users can't sign in and play games that require profile logins
Reports of Xbox Live suffering outages preventing players from logging in and playing their games have recently started flooding in. Microsoft is aware of the situation and is currently investigating a way to fix it.
Adobe acquires Indian market intelligence startup Rilo
This is Adobe’s second acquisition out of India after Rephrase.ai in 2023