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14 stories · page 1 of 2Merriam-Webster takes in vibe coding, AGI and compute as a noun: 1,400 new words in the dictionary
The American dictionary added 1,400 words and definitions on 25 September. Technology brings four: compute as a noun (a resource companies increasingly want more of), vibe coding, AGI and uncanny valley. Alongside them come parasocial, looksmaxxing, meme coin and trash panda.
Read →Meta shrank virtual reality into 100-gram glasses and put the battery in your pocket
At Connect 2026 Meta showed VR glasses that it says are five times lighter than Quest 3, with a separate compute module linked by an optical tether. They go on sale in spring 2027 for $1,299.99. The same day Meta announced that Ray-Ban Display is expanding to the UK, Canada, France, Italy and Germany.
Read →Meta is giving 15,000 pairs of glasses to blind people in Ireland
The donation covers every blind and visually impaired adult the Vision Ireland charity supports. The training that comes with them is paid for by Meta.
Read →Netflix admits it: around 300 of its titles this year went through generative AI
In its Q2 shareholder letter, Netflix says generative AI was used in around 300 titles in 2026, mostly in post-production. What matters is where and to whom it was said: in an investor report, not to the viewer on screen.
Read →Roblox launches Build - a game made from text, entirely on the phone
Roblox showed Build - a tool that turns a word description into a ready-to-play foundation, no line of code, no computer. The alpha launches on 28 July in New Zealand. The significance is in the numbers: a platform with millions of teenagers is dropping the barrier to zero.
Read →xAI sues a user for bypassing Grok's safeguards
xAI filed a civil suit against a man from South Carolina, whom it accuses of opening accounts under a false identity and constructing deceptive prompts to bypass Grok's safeguards and produce sexualized images of minors. The company is seeking damages and a permanent ban from access.
Read →Chanel turned the Grand Palais into a dark fairy tale for Blazy's second couture collection
Matthieu Blazy showed his second haute couture collection for Chanel at the Grand Palais - a fairy-tale garden with giant beanstalks, drawn from a storybook found in Gabrielle Chanel's apartment.
Read →Jonathan Anderson showed his second haute couture collection for Dior - sculpture turned into a garment
On July 6 at the Musee Rodin in Paris, Jonathan Anderson presented Dior's fall haute couture - his second collection at the head of the house, led by the language of sculpture.
Read →SZA found her songs in a machine and told artists to reject it
238. That's how many of her own songs SZA found in a database for training AI. Then she turned publicly against the entire AI music industry and called on her fellow artists not to feed it. Her record label is already suing.
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