September 16, 2026

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Automattic's interim CEO and legal chief signed reciprocal severance deals during Mullenweg's brief ouster: CFO Mark Davies and legal chief Andy Missan signed each other’s severance agreements while Matt Mullenweg was on leave, providing a year of salary and additional equity vesting if their departures qualify for the benefits. Read More

Former Waymo CFO jumps to self-driving startup Wayve: Elisa de Martel, who left her position as chief financial officer at Alphabet's autonomous vehicle company Waymo in January, will be based out of Silicon Valley. Read More

After accusations of selling 'perv glasses,' Meta prepares to sell a pair without a camera: Can Meta dodge the "pervert glasses" accusations with a new camera-free product? Read More

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Clean tech startup Fluxnium found a way to tap 50,000 years' worth of nuclear fuel: Fluxnium's fibers can extract uranium directly from seawater, which has enough of the nuclear fuel to power thousands of generations. Read More

Anthropic merges Claude chat and Cowork in one interface: Anthropic is initially releasing these features to Pro and Max plan subscribers. Read More

Google says some Pixel phone owners were hacked in zero-day attacks: The Pixel phone maker said there are indications that a bug in the phone's modem "may be under limited, targeted exploitation." Read More

Former Infosys chief's AI startup nabs another $53M: The Palo Alto startup says it has landed multiple seven-figure enterprise contracts within months of launch. Read More

Amazon gives its workers a raise of $1 per hour: Amazon's investment in these raises comes out to over $1.5 billion, or about 0.06% of its $2.68 trillion market cap. Read More

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Last but Not Least

Your AI agents can now control your Google Home devices: Google is launching early access to a new MCP server for Google Home, allowing AI agents like Claude, ChatGPT, and others to control connected devices, review camera summaries, and access smart home activity using natural language. Read More

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