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Launches, updates, hands-on coverage.
- Linkerbot adds fingertip touch sensing to its robotic hands
Linkerbot's September 27th post lists a 320 x 240 grid, 0.05 mm spatial resolution and 0.1 N force sensitivity; it reports no manipulation benchmarks.
- Tesla owner swaps FSD subscription for open-source driver assistance
Mike LaBarbera says he installed sunnypilot on a comma four in February and has driven more than 12,000 miles with the Level 2 system.
- HeyPCB adds live multiplayer editing to its hardware-design workspace
Justin Kim says electrical and mechanical engineers can work on one board together; HeyPCB’s paid AI plans start at $20 a month.
- Ollaya runs open decision models locally behind a Jev-compatible API
Maintainer Mert Cobanov packages open decision models behind a TypeSafe-compatible API, with speed and calibration claims that still need a like-for-like test.
- Rivet launches a dating app where users help choose matches for others
Founder Taru Kapoor's app lets Matchers recommend potential pairs before daters decide whether to connect; Rivet says it raised $10.5 million from Peak XV Partners, Shine Capital and Blume Ventures.
- OpenAI's rumored 'o' agent points to a long-running Grok Bot-like product
An X user says the product, powered by an Astra variant called 'aeon,' is planned for OpenAI's September 29th DevDay.
- Old Digg is coming back, code reveals an unreleased user submission flow, as user voting came back this week
RuntimeWire found a path from source URL to editable draft and story preview, extending Digg's recent return to reader participation.
- You can now submit story ideas to RuntimeWire
Ryan Merket's Submit a Story flow accepts URLs, PDFs or pasted text, and lets readers choose when a finished draft goes to editors.
- Workshop gives comms teams scheduled AI agents; the approval step stays human
Workshop CEO Rick Knudtson says the add-on will handle recurring work, drawing on SharePoint and Workshop data while leaving each draft for a person to approve.
- Texture opens its US grid map to public edits and commercial use
CEO Sanjiv Sanghavi brings a consumer-product founder's approach to a data problem utilities and energy teams keep rebuilding in private.
- Meadow ships a $449 phone for leaving the main phone at home
Meadow founder Shreyas Narlanka has shipped the first bulk batch of its companion phone, which keeps maps, music and calls while blocking social media, browsing and feeds.
- CertifyOS launches shared credentialing program with UnitedHealthcare, Cigna and Centene
The September 23rd announcement names the three health plans as founding partners; CertifyOS says the service is planned to launch in fall 2026.
- Heart Aerospace redesigns its hybrid plane for 36 seats as JSX commits to 50
The deposit-backed agreement replaces part of a 2023 letter of intent; the aircraft is targeting service in 2031, pending FAA certification.
- WhiteFiber launches a two-site GPU supercluster as performance testing continues
CEO Sam Tabar is selling a way to pool compute across 83 kilometers; final fiber testing to confirm commercial specifications remains underway.
- Jon Miller launches Phave to make marketing automation reason through buying groups
The Marketo co-founder says Phave replaces rule-built campaigns with individualized sequences; the platform reached general availability in August and starts at $36,000 a year.
- Meta opens waitlist for AI tools that turn prompts into games for its social feeds
Horizon Create targets phones and Horizon Studio runs in a browser; both remain in gradual early access, with creator payouts still short on detail.
- Doltgres adds multidimensional arrays as it fills PostgreSQL compatibility gaps
The September 24th release handles nested arrays and their PostgreSQL functions, extending the product's post-1.0 push to behave like the database it aims to complement.
- Skydio adds a fixed-wing drone that launches and lands without a ground crew
CEO Adam Bry's latest aircraft extends the autonomy work behind Skydio from MIT research to dock-based infrastructure and emergency-response missions.
- Amap launches Qianyu, turning location data into no-code workflows
Amap says the no-code platform packages location analysis and fleet tasks into natural-language workflows. The launch extends a service that reported more than 170 million daily active users in 2025, while competing with established mapping APIs.
- Uber adds airport discounts and battery-aware trip matching for EV rides
Dara Khosrowshahi's new package spans cheaper airport pickups, battery-aware trip matching and delivery targets, as Uber's own scorecard shows gaps against earlier goals.
- Dolt adds wildcard filters so MySQL replicas can skip table families
Dolt can now mirror selected MySQL tables, giving teams a way to add queryable history without moving their primary database.
- Meta prices its 100-gram VR glasses at $1,300, with a puck in your pocket
Mark Zuckerberg's company says the glasses ship in spring 2027; a tethered puck carries their compute, battery and storage, and the full system is rated for three hours of media playback.
- Wasmer adds a Swift SDK for running sandboxed Python and Node.js on iPhone
The iOS backend uses WebKit inside a hidden WKWebView, requires iOS 27 or later and remains experimental; Wasmer says its demo app has not entered review.
- Skydio unveils a 100-mph drone that launches from a robotic dock
CEO Adam Bry says the fixed-wing F10 can fly 30 miles from its dock; Skydio's own materials differ on how long a flight lasts.