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Today’s highlights
- Apple Pay finally launches in India after years on the sidelines — 2026-09-30
- Some of India’s largest banks are holding off on supporting Apple Pay initially.
- Sam Altman says OpenAI won’t go public until its models are safe — 2026-09-30
- For months, people have wondered when OpenAI will go public. CEO Sam Altman says it won’t happen until the company can make better promises about model safety, with no firm timeline in sight. “We intend to continue with
- Trump orders US government to call AI ‘Super Intelligence’ — 2026-09-29
- The US executive branch is no longer acknowledging the existence of “artificial intelligence.” Going forward, official policy websites, policy documents, and press releases will refer only to “Super Intelligence,” thanks
- America.gov gets really weird when you ask it about Minecraft, but it’s not a glitch — 2026-09-29
- For the sake of national security, it’s a relief to learn that America.gov is not hallucinating to the point that it’s penning lengthy poetry.
- Suspected ShinyHunters leader arrested in the Netherlands — 2026-09-29
- Dutch police say they arrested a 24-year-old Amsterdam man in connection with ShinyHunters, the hacking group that claimed responsibility for high-profile attacks on Ticketmaster, Rockstar Games, and more recently, the F
- The internet is convinced Elon Musk’s xAI trolled OpenAI’s ‘Dots’ launch — 2026-09-29
- Before OpenAI launched its new AI agent, Dots, on Tuesday, Elon Musk’s xAI had already acquired the domain name “dot.com,” which now redirects to the Grok chatbot download page.
- Your car and its mobile app are probably handing over all kinds of data to tech companies — 2026-09-29
- Researchers at Northeastern University found vehicles and their companion apps regularly shared detailed data with some of the largest tech companies.
- a16z-backed EliseAI raises $350M, doubles valuation to $4B — 2026-09-29
- EliseAI raises $350M, doubles valuation in a year.