Timef 09/30/2025

For years, customers have been using convoluted workarounds to transfer money between the two services.

Amazon unveiled new AI features for its Ring devices, such as the ability to identify familiar faces and help locate a lost dog.

Karandeep Anand, CEO of Character AI, joins the AI Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 to discuss human-like AI companions, ethical and technical challenges, and the legal scrutiny facing conversational AI.

The new Kindle Scribe has a larger 11-inch glare-free display, is just 5.4mm thick, and weighs only 400g. It’s also 40% faster when writing or turning pages.

Amazon announced new Fire TV devices, 4K Stick and Alexa+ AI features for TV viewers.

The embryos weren’t used to try to establish a pregnancy, but the researchers behind the technique say it could one day be used to address infertility.

Imgur, one of the web's most popular image sharing and hosting platforms, has shut off access to its site in the U.K., following a notice of a fine by the country's data protection watchdog.

OpenAI is reportedly developing a TikTok-like app where all short videos are AI-generated using Sora 2.

The Amazon Halloween store includes costumes, board games, decor, and candy.

Scan anything from anywhere with this lifetime subscription to SwiftScan VIP, now $59.99 (reg. $199.99) through October 12.

Amazon-owned Blink debuted new cameras with 2K resolution and an accessory that enables a wider field of view.

Disrupt is where companies meet their first investors, form game-changing partnerships, and spark the ideas that take them to the next level. Book your table now.

The EcoFlow Delta 3 Ultra Plus is on sale for $1,599, down from the list price of $2,899. The EcoFlow Delta 3 Max Plus with a 220W solar panel is on sale for $1,339, down from the normal price of $2,548. That's a 47% discount.

OpenAI announces 120-day plan to strengthen ChatGPT safeguards for teens, including parental controls and expert council on AI wellbeing.

The image-sharing site Imgur is now inaccessible in the United Kingdom.

As of Sept. 30, save $30 on the Arzopa Portable Monitor at Amazon.

The M4 iPad Pro with 2TB is down to its best-ever price at Amazon ahead of October Prime Day. Save nearly $500.

The central pitch of AI browsers like Perplexity’s Comet, Opera’s Neon, and The Browser Company’s Dia is that they’ll help you complete daily tasks more efficiently. While these are agents that are limited to one browser, Composite aims to build an agentic solution that helps professionals with their tasks, regardless of which browser they use. […]

CommanderAI built an AI-driven CRM and sales prospecting platform that continues the nuances of the waste management industry.

We’re offering exclusive bundle deals for founders and investors attending TechCrunch Disrupt 2025. Bring a group of 4 or more and save up to 20%. This offer ends Friday, October 3, at 11:59 p.m. PT.

Adobe's Premiere app is available on mobile devices, offering a variety of editing features, including some that are AI-powered.

Google has launched a new AI-based protection in Drive for desktop that can shut down an attack before it spreads—but its benefits have their limits.

Emily Bader and Tom Blyth star as Poppy and Alex in Netflix's "People We Meet on Vacation," based on the book by Emily Henry.

Ruggable just launched its All-in-One rug, which combines a washable rug and rug pad into one product.

People in 20 U.S. cities — including Atlanta, Austin, Miami, and San Francisco — can now apply to become a DoorDash Creator.

Cerebras initially filed to go public in September 2024 but ran into several regulatory delays due to foreign investments.

DoorDash's 350-pound autonomous vehicle will hold your food in its robot mouth as it drives 20 miles per hour to deliver it to you.

The Amazon-owned company will start by mapping public streets of the nation's capital before testing begins later this year.

Finally a proper hybrid, the Crosstrek has a near 600-miles range and full mechanical all-wheel drive. And, for the first time ever, a heated steering wheel.

The hype around delivery robots has fizzled, but DoorDash is still determined to launch Dot, an adorable red bot. It can ride on roads and in bike lanes, where it will face daunting challenges.

Spam emails can help improve security — if reported correctly. Learn how to report spam across major email services and get key tips to protect your inbox and personal data.

Conan O'Brien appeared on "The Late Show" for a hilarious and chaotic interview with Stephen Colbert.

Nothing on Monday revealed Playground, an AI tool that lets users create apps with simple text prompts and deploy them to a platform of sorts known as Essential Apps.

The company is replacing Daniel Ek with two co-CEOs: Gustav Söderström, currently co-president, and chief product and technology officer; and Alex Norström, co-president and chief business officer.

Hinge updated its policy enforcement. Now, it'll remove a single piece of problematic content from a profile instead of banning the profile.

Hinge won’t kick you off the app if just one thing on your profile breaks the rules but remove the content and prompt you to change it.

Whoop Advanced Labs marries subscription blood tests with its fitness device monitoring for tech-powered wellness advice.

This compact gaming desktop has great value and a solid upgrade path.

While October Prime Day doesn't start until Oct. 7, we've found some of the best early deals available at Amazon for under $50.

Google can create and manage passkeys from your browser, but the process is more involved than it suggests.

In 2020, K-pop stans, organized via TikTok, requested tickets to Trump rallies and never showed up, putting the video-sharing platform on the president’s radar.

When it comes to choosing a good pair of headphones, what happens when you take features, design, and brand awareness out of the equation, and leave it all up to the sound?

Stephen Colbert has reacted to president Trump sharing an AI video of himself talking about a "medbed" conspiracy theory.

I tested an array of alternative sleep aids, from gummies to wearable patches, to see if they would help my chronic insomnia.

Prime Big Deal Days doesn't officially start until Oct. 7, but we tracked down some of the best early Lego deals available ahead of the sale event.

Anthropic is starting to train its models on new Claude chats. If you’re using the bot and don’t want your chats used as training data, here’s how to opt out.

As of Sept. 30, the Echo Pop is discounted at Amazon to $24.99, 38% off its list price of $39.99.

Jimmy Kimmel has responded to JD Vance saying he's "not funny" and "his ratings aren't very good."

Save 32% on the Kindle Scribe Essentials Bundle at Amazon.

Founded by a co-creator of ChatGPT, Periodic Labs aims to build artificial intelligence that can accelerate discoveries in physics, chemistry and other fields.

Save 50% on the Toshiba 55-inch Class C350 Series at Amazon.

"Hawk Tuah Girl" Haliey Welch makes a surprise cameo in Hulu's sports comedy "Chad Powers."

How to watch the Champions League for free. Watch Galatasaray vs. Liverpool in the Champions League for free from anywhere in the world.

Save 27% on the Roku Streaming Stick Plus at Amazon.

Answers to each clue for the September 30, 2025 edition of NYT's The Mini crossword puzzle.

Neon will write code snippets, includes an agent that will do tasks for you, and handles repeatable prompts.

Over 1.7 million Disney+, Hulu, and ESPN streaming subscriptions were reportedly cancelled during Jimmy Kimmel's suspension.

Haptic feedback and an improved shape build on an already-great mouse.

Netflix's teaser trailer for "Physical: Asia" shows 48 athletes from eight different countries competing in physical challenges.

The growth fund is nearly twice the size of its previous one.

See the moon phase expected for September 30, 2025 as well as when the next full moon is expected.

How to watch Champions League for free. Live stream Chelsea vs. Benfica in the Champions League for free.

How to watch Champions League for free. Live stream Kairat Almaty vs. Real Madrid in the Champions League for free.

Harvard researcher Avi Loeb says comet 3I/ATLAS weighs 33 billion tons and spans 3.1 miles, making it far larger than previous interstellar visitors.

The NYT Strands hints and answers you need to make the most of your puzzling experience.

Hints and answers to today's Hurdle all in one place.

The New York Times' latest game, Pips, brings domino fun to your desktop. How to play Pips as well as hints in case you get stuck.

Connections: Sports Edition is a New York Times word game about finding common sports threads between words. How to solve the day's puzzle.

Connections is a New York Times word game that's all about finding the "common threads between words." How to solve the puzzle.

Here's the answer for "Wordle" #1563 on September 30 as well as a few hints, tips, and clues to help you solve it yourself.

As of Sept. 29, you can get the Roku Streambar SE for $79, down from $99.99, at Amazon. That's a 21% discount and a $20.99 savings.

As of Sept. 29, Prime members can save 24% on the Apple AirTag four-pack at Amazon, letting you pick up these Bluetooth trackers for $18.75 each.

YouTube settles a lawsuit from the president, who objected to his channel being shut down after his supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol in early 2021.

Even with DJI drones under threat from a potential ban, the DJI Mini 4K drone is on sale for $249 on Amazon.

OpenAI launches Instant Checkout, which will allow ChatGPT to make some purchases for you. OpenAI says support for 1 million+ merchants is coming soon

New flagship headphones now cost $450 or more. So, in this economy, the $228 Sony XM4 headphones are still a worthy contender.

Give your videos a serious upgrade with a lifetime subscription to Macxvideo AI, now for just $24.99 (reg. $69.95).

SB 53 requires large AI labs – including OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta, and Google DeepMind – to be transparent about safety protocols. It also ensures whistleblower protections for employees at those companies.  

Mr. Trump sued Alphabet, the parent company of YouTube and Google, and other social media companies after the platforms suspended his accounts in 2021.

Insta's Twitter dupe Threads could soon surpass X in daily active users.

Amazon will issue $1.5 billion in refunds as part of an FTC settlement, with up to 35 million customers getting compensation. Will you be one of them?

Meta is tightening its AI chatbot rules to prevent child sexual exploitation and inappropriate interactions with minors.

The fintech startup had been acquired by JPMorgan Chase in 2021 for $175 million. The bank later accused Frank of lying about its customer base.

On Tuesday, Sept. 30, Amazon is hosting a Devices & Services event, and we could see a new Kindle, among other launches.

DeepSeek has gone viral. Chinese AI lab DeepSeek broke into the mainstream consciousness this week after its chatbot app rose to the top of the Apple App Store charts (and Google Play, as well). DeepSeek’s AI models, which were trained using compute-efficient techniques, have led Wall Street analysts — and technologists — to question whether the U.S. can maintain its […]

Gavin Newsom signed a major safety law on artificial intelligence, creating one of the strongest sets of rules about the technology in the nation.

Amazon robot vacuum deals are going hard before Prime Big Deal Days even starts. Save on the newest Roombas and the new Dreame Aqua10 Ultra Roller.

There were no injuries, but the building has been deemed unfit for occupation. Faraday's landlord is currently trying to find a new tenant as the EV startup's lease is expiring.

The Y Combinator startup, raised a Series A led by Peak XV Partners.

These updates show us that Meta wants fans to take Facebook more seriously as a place to engage with creators.

Researchers at DeepSeek released a new experimental model designed to have dramatically lower inference costs when used in long-context operations.

How to turn off ChatGPT memory, voice chat, and image generation, plus more restrictions parents should know about.

The platform appears to closely resemble TikTok and is powered by Sora 2, OpenAI's latest video generation model.

This type of frictionless experience has the potential to spark a new movement in how people shop online – one that moves away from search engines like Google and e-commerce platforms like Amazon towards conversational agents with curated recommendations, comparisons, and easy checkout experiences. 

The Glassboro Public School District in New Jersey has partnered with ZeroEyes and InformaCast to detect visible firearms and alert staff and law enforcement within seconds.

Venture capital is filled with investors who claim they’ve got inside access to the next big thing. Meanwhile, Gabriel Jarrosson, a French engineer-turned-YouTuber-turned-investor, has built his VC firm around a single filter: if it isn’t a Y Combinator company, he won’t invest in it. That discipline pushed Jarrosson from filming scrappy venture explainers in Paris […]

Parents everywhere are probably tired of hearing 'six, seven' over and over. Here's what that meme means.

Anthropic announces Claude Sonnet 4.5, an AI model that will power Claude Code, popular with vibe coders.

Apple's latest iOS update is here, but it's not a major one.

The best unlocked phone deals ahead of Amazon Prime Big Deal Days include the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip7 and Motorola Razr Ultra.

Anything raised an $11 million funding round led by Footwork.

Anything raised an $11 million funding round led by Footwork.

Hackers use fake Google search results to trick users into downloading lookalike apps laced with malware that have been pushed to the top.

The Lenovo Legion 7i Gen 10 laptop comes with a gorgeous HDR-ready OLED display, making it great for more than gaming.

LockBit is a cybercrime group responsible for one of the world's most dangerous ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) platforms.

iOS 26: How to turn off Liquid Glass

October Prime Day doesn't kick off until Oct. 7, but we tracked down five of the best early headphones deals.

Anthropic says its new AI model is robust enough to build production-ready applications, rather than just prototypes.

30+ TVs are on sale the week before Prime Big Deal Days. Check out cheap QLED TVs in every size, plus LG C5 OLED deals.

Prime Big Deal Days is Amazon's next big sale and it's coming October 7 and 8. Here's everything you need to know and a preview of the early sales.

Portable power stations from Anker, Bluetti, EcoFlow, and more are up to 50% off ahead of October Prime Day.

Someone in the UK was able to recover their stolen motorcycle via Apple's AirTag device.

Here are the best early Prime Big Deal Days DJI deals we could find as of Sept. 29. Shop drones, mics, and cameras.

As of Sept. 29, Mashable readers can get 65% off the Fortect Ultimate: All-in-One Antivirus, VPN, Driver Updater and PC Optimization suite, dropping its price from $169.94 to $58.95.

Mashable's senior shopping reporter and resident laptop expert rounds up the best early October Prime Day MacBook deals on Amazon.

A consortium of investors has bought out one of the biggest video game developers in the world, Electronic Arts

Brave is debuting a new detailed answer feature for its AI-powered search

The Nespresso Vertuo Next is on sale for $116.35 at Amazon, saving coffee lovers 35% on National Coffee Day.

Older Z Flip cover screens just got a massive upgrade.

Bad Bunny will headline the Super Bowl 60 halftime show, sparking excitement and mixed reactions from fans online.

There is plenty of free coffee on National Coffee Day.

Emma Thompson and Ruth Wilson lead Apple TV+'s new crime thriller "Down Cemetery Road." Watch the trailer.

Google is updating its corporate branding to reflect its commitment to AI, which is to say it has a slightly different logo now.

As of Sept. 29, the JBL Live 460NC wireless on-ear headphones are on sale for just $39.99 at Walmart and JBL.

The Blueair ComfortPure 3-in-1 air purifier is on sale at Amazon for $284.98, down from the normal price of $599.99. That's a 53% discount.

Amazon knocked $100 off the Kindle Scribe ahead of Prime Big Deal Days, making it a much more affordable $299.99.

Here's how you can win a limited-edition KitchenAid stand mixer inspired by Taylor Swift's new album, "The Life of a Showgirl."