Tuesday, September 29, 2026 · Atlanta
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Front Page · Front Page · Reuters
The AI lab’s IPO filing devotes extraordinary space to the possibility that advanced systems could resist shutdown, manipulate people or cause catastrophic harm.
Front Page · Reuters
AMD is acquiring Fei-Fei Li’s World Labs, bringing spatial-intelligence models and one of computer vision’s most prominent researchers directly into the chipmaker.
Front Page · Atlantanewsfirst
Governor Brian Kemp’s 30-day order removes 33.3 cents per gallon from the state gasoline tax and 37.3 cents from diesel as fuel prices surge.
Technology & Making · Reuters
Its IPO disclosures show more than $518 billion in planned infrastructure commitments over a decade, much of it difficult or impossible to cancel.
Technology & Making · Reuters
Google is challenging Digital Markets Act orders that would give AI and search competitors greater access to its services and data.
Technology & Making · Reuters
Gimlet Labs plans to deploy Cerebras CS-4 systems for high-speed inference, with capacity rolling out over the next one to two years.
Business & Economy · Reuters
McDonald’s is using machine learning and transaction data to recommend local menu prices across its U.S. restaurant network.
Business & Economy · Reuters
The smart-ring company postponed its U.S. offering amid volatile markets, a useful temperature check on investor appetite outside pure AI.
Markets · Reuters
Global stocks are being tested by a 10-year U.S. Treasury yield around 5.27% and oil above $100, reviving the higher-for-longer problem.
Markets · Reuters
Oil rose for a second session as traders priced continuing supply risk despite renewed diplomatic contacts.
World · Reuters
Economists expect the official manufacturing PMI to edge above 50 after two months of contraction.
Technology & Making · Techcrunch
Meta launched an enterprise platform and recruited MongoDB CEO CJ Desai to lead the push.
Technology & Making · Techcrunch
The company is closing in on a $750 million funding round as demand grows for infrastructure that runs already-trained models.
Atlanta · Atlantanewsfirst
A proposed ordinance would require audits of police use, restrict vendor monetization of data and create a review panel.
Space · Apod
The Shrimp Nebula’s unusual shape is created in part by its fast-moving stellar remnant producing a bow shock.
Space · NASA
The cargo spacecraft fired for 18 minutes to raise the ISS orbit and improve phasing for an October crew launch.
History
Seven people ultimately died after cyanide was placed in Extra-Strength Tylenol capsules, transforming consumer packaging.
History
Congress rejected a $700 billion bank rescue plan and markets delivered what was then the Dow’s largest single-day point loss.
History
The inventor disappeared from a steamship crossing the North Sea; his death remains surrounded by mystery.
ESPN · Sports · Auburn Tigers Football
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Auburn visits Mississippi State in SEC playOregon's 'Shoe Ducks' jab at Ohio State tops college football Week 10 trollsSports · History
His over-the-shoulder grab in deep center field during the 1954 World Series became one of baseball’s defining images.
Rudolf Diesel, inventor of the engine bearing his name, vanished from a steamship on September 29, 1913; his death was ruled a suicide but remains the subject of conspiracy theories.
Source →The Shrimp Nebula spans roughly half the Moon’s apparent diameter in the sky even though it is extremely faint.
On September 29, 1982, the first victims died in the cyanide-laced Tylenol poisonings, a case that permanently changed tamper-evident consumer packaging.
Read more →Slow the pace and protect your focus today. Handle money and commitments conservatively, avoid reacting to every interruption, and use careful review rather than speed to get the important work right.
Virgo horoscope →Georgia fuel prices as the state gas-tax suspension takes effect
U.S. Treasury yields above 5% and oil above $100
Anthropic IPO disclosures and the scale of its compute commitments
Atlanta surveillance-technology legislation