Sep 05, 2026Twila Rosenbaum
Julie Zhu, a China market strategist, has spent years guiding global creators through the country's complicated social-media landscape. She helped Khaby Lame and Pamela Reif plan tours that combine cultural immersion with brand strategy. Her mission is to avoid one-off publicity stunts and build enduring Chinese fan bases.
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Sep 04, 2026Twila Rosenbaum
Three major AI chatbots — ChatGPT, Grok, and Claude — experienced overlapping outages on Thursday, disrupting users for a few hours. ChatGPT errors affected logins, voice mode, file uploads, and more. Anthropic linked Claude's issue to internal infrastructure, while xAI pointed to its Memphis data center.
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Sep 04, 2026Twila Rosenbaum
OpenAI has introduced GPT-6 Astra, calling it a major step toward artificial general intelligence and a generational leap in capability. The model arrives after a security incident involving an unreleased system, prompting the company to emphasize safety and alignment. OpenAI says Astra’s rollout begins with enterprise clients before expanding to all users over the coming days.
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Sep 04, 2026Twila Rosenbaum
1Password pledged $300,000 to the Omacom Foundation, which supports Omarchy Linux, created by David Heinemeier Hansson. Customers and employees are upset over the decision due to Hansson's long history of anti-immigrant and anti-vax comments. In internal messages, 1Password leaders said the donation was for the foundation, not DHH, and did not endorse his views.
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Sep 04, 2026Twila Rosenbaum
Anker has announced the Soundcore Sleep Earbuds 4 and 4 Pro for side sleepers, featuring improved audio masking, smaller contact areas, and wireless charging cases. The 4 Pro's SleepHub case adds an OLED display for phone-free control. Both models arrive later this year at $229.99 and $349.99 respectively.
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Sep 04, 2026Twila Rosenbaum
Michael Burry believes Nvidia's $12.93B deal to acquire Hugging Face is a no-brainer. Analysts say the move gives Nvidia a counterweight to OpenAI and Anthropic. Nvidia keeps the platform open, but retail sentiment has slipped bearish.
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