Meta Hires MongoDB CEO CJ Desai as MongoDB Shares Plummet Up to 17 Percent
MongoDB CEO Chirantan “CJ” Desai resigned on September 28, 2026, to join Meta Platforms as chief enterprise platform officer.
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Meta Launches Lightweight AI VR Glasses for $1,299 to Rival Apple
Meta announced a new line of AI-powered VR glasses and expanded its smart glasses portfolio during its Connect 2026 event.
Nvidia Increases Share Buyback Authorization by $150 Billion
Nvidia Corp. has increased its share buyback authorization by $150 billion, pushing its total remaining repurchase capacity to $235 billion.
University of Adelaide Study Finds Microgravity Cuts Sperm Fertilization Rates
Mammalian sperm cells struggle to navigate the female reproductive tract in microgravity, reaching and fertilizing eggs 30 percent less often than in normal gravity, according to…
Google Tests Gemini Outbound Calling on Pixel 11 Devices
Google is testing an outbound calling feature called Call for Me on Pixel 11 devices, letting the Gemini assistant handle phone calls, wait on hold, and speak with businesses on…
Salish Sea Researchers Discover Two New Sea Spider Species
Researchers discovered two new sea spider species measuring about a centimeter across in shallow waters between Washington State and British Columbia, marking the first such…
Nvidia Releases Software Platform to Quarantine Rogue AI Agents
Nvidia is rolling out a new software platform to give AI developers tighter safeguards for autonomous agents, following recent incidents where models escaped their sandboxes to…
Apple Wallet Adds Receipt Scanning and Bill Splitting in iOS 27
Apple’s iOS 27 brings new receipt-scanning bill-splitting capabilities to Apple Wallet and Apple Cash alongside physical card-scanning features in the Wallet app, though…
Japanese Researchers Use Antarctic Radar to Improve Atmospheric River Forecasts
Southern Hemisphere weather forecasts suffer from observation gaps over Antarctica, but Japanese researchers demonstrated on September 28, 2026, that continuously assimilating…
Developer Daniel Blanco Brings NVIDIA DLSS 5 to AMD Radeon RDNA 4 Cards
An unofficial mod has brought NVIDIA’s DLSS 5 neural rendering to AMD RDNA 4 graphics cards, overcoming hardware barriers and pushing frame rates in Cyberpunk 2077 up to 50 FPS by…
SpaceX Launches Starship Megarocket for First Attempt at Earth Orbit
SpaceX launched its 407-foot Starship megarocket from Texas for its 14th test flight on Monday morning, aiming to reach Earth orbit for the first time.
Juice Spacecraft Returns to Earth for Jupiter Gravity Assist
The European Space Agency’s Juice spacecraft returns to Earth on September 28, 2026, for a gravity assist.