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AI
OpenAI says it will give Ukraine’s civilian cyber-defence teams access to its Daybreak program, allowing authorised teams to review legacy software, investigate suspicious activity and test fixes.
Sources OpenAI
Football
Portugal began the 2026/27 UEFA Nations League with a 1–0 home victory over Wales, João Félix scoring the decisive goal. UEFA’s match report says the holders created the clearer chances but had to withstand a stronger Welsh spell late in the game before protecting the lead.
Sources UEFA
Economy / Markets
The Federal Reserve raised the federal funds target range by a quarter point to 3.75%–4.00% at its September meeting. The move ends a long stretch without a hike and keeps monetary policy focused on persistent inflation while officials weigh risks to employment and growth.
Sources Federal Reserve
AI
Google has introduced Gemini 3.8 Live with Live Avatar, pairing low-latency streaming video with the company’s real-time dialogue model. The feature is available in Gemini Enterprise and is designed to give enterprise conversations a visible, responsive persona rather than a voice-only interface.
Sources Google
Technology
Microsoft’s September security update highlights changes across Defender, compliance and endpoint management as AI agents increasingly operate inside employee workflows.
Sources Microsoft
Football
Norway beat Denmark 3–2 in the opening round of the 2026/27 Nations League, with Erling Haaland scoring twice in a match that changed direction repeatedly. The result gives Norway an early advantage in League A Group A4 before Sunday’s meeting with Portugal.
Sources UEFA
AI
OpenAI says ChatGPT Ads will begin rolling out in Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam and Taiwan. The expansion takes the advertising product beyond 60 countries, while OpenAI says paid Plus, Pro and Enterprise plans will remain ad-free and ads will be clearly separated from answers.
Sources OpenAI
Economy / Markets
The U.S. current-account deficit widened to $246.0 billion in the second quarter from a revised $212.6 billion in the first, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis.
Sources U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
Technology
Microsoft has announced Microsoft 365 G7 for Government Community Cloud environments, combining productivity, AI, agents, security, identity, compliance and governance.
Sources Microsoft
Football
The UEFA Nations League’s first matchday continues Friday with Italy hosting Belgium and Türkiye hosting France among the League A fixtures. UEFA’s official schedule also lists Georgia–Northern Ireland, Hungary–Ukraine, Poland–Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sweden–Romania and Montenegro–Cyprus.
Sources UEFA
AI
Airbnb is expanding access to OpenAI’s frontier models, including GPT-6 Astra, across engineering and product teams. OpenAI says the agreement builds on Airbnb’s use of Codex and extends model use beyond software work into search, fraud prevention, customer support and insurance-claim workflows.
Sources OpenAI
Technology
Google says anyone with a Google or Google Workspace account can now use Google Vids to create HD videos with Gemini Omni. The expanded access includes scene extension and duration controls, while generated clips carry an imperceptible SynthID watermark intended to signal their AI provenance.
Sources Google
AI
Google is rolling out Gemini 3.8 Flash TTS and Flash-Lite TTS for more expressive speech generation. The company positions Flash for detailed character direction and Flash-Lite for higher-volume production, with access beginning in Google AI Studio and the Gemini API and extending to products such as Google Vids.
Sources Google
Technology
AT&S and Marvell Technology have expanded their collaboration through a long-term agreement tied to advanced IC substrate capacity. The companies say the arrangement is intended to support growing demand for next-generation AI and cloud infrastructure, placing packaging capacity alongside accelerators as a strategic bottleneck.
Sources AT&S
Economy / Markets
The IMF’s World Economic Outlook page lists global growth projections of 3.3% for 2026 and 3.2% for 2027, alongside an expectation that global inflation will continue to fall.
Sources International Monetary Fund