Artificial intelligence drives the day in tech, with regulators pressing harder on safety while companies race to launch more powerful models and build alternatives to Nvidia’s dominance. Elsewhere, the consumer hardware cycle continues with new Google and Samsung devices, even a...
Artificial intelligence drives the day in tech, with regulators pressing harder on safety while companies race to launch more powerful models and build alternatives to Nvidia’s dominance. Elsewhere, the consumer hardware cycle continues with new Google and Samsung devices, even as a major UK manufacturer restructures on a much more traditional industrial scale.
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is investigating OpenAI, Anthropic and other AI companies over product safety and possible consumer harms. The move deepens regulatory scrutiny of generative AI at a time of growing public concern about how these systems behave, what risks they create, and whether current safeguards are adequate.
Google releases Gemini 4 Argon, which it describes as its most advanced AI model so far, with early access tightly focused on cybersecurity defense. The model is aimed at high-end professional work including coding, software engineering and enterprise knowledge tasks, signaling Google’s push to place frontier AI tools in sensitive real-world use cases.
DeepSeek and Huawei are releasing software tools to support AI chips built on Huawei’s Ascend platform, in a bid to reduce dependence on Nvidia. By opening up key components, the partnership strengthens China’s effort to build a more self-sufficient AI hardware and software stack amid export controls and geopolitical pressure.
Greggs plans to close four UK factories and cut about 740 jobs over the next two and a half years as it reshapes its manufacturing network. The company says it is consulting on the proposals and has not made final decisions, presenting the move as a consolidation of production and changes to how products are supplied.
Samsung unveils the Galaxy Tab S12 Ultra and Galaxy Tab S12+ along with a new SmartTag 3 tracker. The tablets are set to go on sale in select markets in early October, giving Samsung a fresh premium Android hardware push as it updates both its large-screen device lineup and its item-tracking accessories.
Google launches the screenless Fitbit Air in India, priced at ₹13,999, with sales beginning on October 2. The device is designed as a continuous health tracker without a display, with users checking metrics and insights through the Google Health app instead of on the band itself.
Top Tech stories
- FTC investigates OpenAI and Anthropic over alleged AI product safety and consumer harm risks (17 sources)
- Greggs plans to close four UK factories, affecting about 740 jobs (15 sources)
- Google rolls out Gemini 4 Argon with restricted access for cybersecurity defenders (12 sources)
- Harry and Meghan call paparazzi 'extraordinarily reckless' after being seen near children's school (10 sources)
- DeepSeek and Huawei release AI chip software to reduce reliance on Nvidia (9 sources)
- Google launches screenless Fitbit Air in India on October 2 for ₹13,999 (8 sources)
- Samsung launches Galaxy Tab S12 Ultra and Tab S12+ alongside SmartTag 3 tracker (7 sources)
- Hegseth names Musk, Luckey and Gingrich to lead Pentagon “Project Meridian” on future warfare (6 sources)
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