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Cadence Design to acquire Hexagon's Stockholm-based design and engineering unit, a computer-aided engineering software provider, for €2.7B in cash and stock (Juby Babu/Reuters)

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Alibaba debuts Qwen3-Max-Preview, its largest AI model with over 1T parameters, showcasing strong benchmark performance; the model is not open source (Carl Franzen/VentureBeat)

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'The Threadspun Town' quest walkthrough in Hollow Knight: Silksong

Polygon - All

OpenAI told investors that it projects its cash burn this year through 2029 will rise to a total of $115B, about $80B higher than it previously expected (Sri Muppidi/The Information)

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Russell Wilson’s Latest Move With His Stepson Future Has the Internet Acting Petty — Again

The Root

Nvidia opposes the GAIN AI Act, saying the proposed US law forcing AI chipmakers to sell to US buyers first is "just another variation of the AI Diffusion Rule" (Zaheer Kachwala/Reuters)

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OpenAI is merging its Model Behavior team with its Post Training group to bring the work of the Model Behavior team closer to core model development (Maxwell Zeff/TechCrunch)

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The best robot vacuums we’ve tested for 2025

The Verge - All Posts

Silicon Valley’s most powerful alliance just got stronger

The Verge - All Posts

Qualcomm debuts Snapdragon Ride Pilot, a hands-free driver assistance system that is launching with the BMW iX3 and has been validated for use in 60+ countries (Andrew J. Hawkins/The Verge)

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Two authors file a proposed class action lawsuit against Apple, alleging Apple knowingly used a dataset of pirated books to train its AI models (Mike Scarcella/Reuters)

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What the new jobs report tells us, briefly explained

Vox - All

Peacemaker season 2 seems to be setting up a really bleak multiverse twist

Polygon - All

AppLovin stock jumps 7%+ and Robinhood jumps 8%+ in extended trading after S&P Global said the two will join the S&P 500 index on September 22 (Jordan Novet/CNBC)

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How to get a Dawntrail (Phantom) relic weapon in FFXIV

Polygon - All

Anthropic to Pay $1.5 Billion to Authors in Landmark AI Settlement

Daring Fireball

Classic Sesame Street episodes are coming to YouTube

The Verge - All Posts

Lilo & Stitch, The Naked Gun, and every new movie on streaming this week

Polygon - All

Can you play Silksong without playing Hollow Knight?

Polygon - All

US tech industry's eight companies valued at $1T+ gained a combined $420B in market cap this week, lifting their total value to $21T, led by a Google rally (Ari Levy/CNBC)

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