1. Tom Sachs x NikeCraft General Purpose Shoe "Demerits" in black leather with royal blue pull-tabs
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    The Daily Roundup: Tom Sachs Nike GPS 'Demerits,' Baker Mayfield's Thumb Injury, Jalen Brunson's Thirty Third Management Group, and EliseAI's $350M Raise — September 30, 2026

    Tom Sachs and Nike release the GPS 'Demerits' today; Baker Mayfield is out three weeks with a dislocated thumb; Jalen Brunson launches Thirty Third Management Group; and EliseAI raises $350M at a $4B valuation.

    ·3 min read
  2. Dr. Fei-Fei Li speaking at the AI for Good Global Summit
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    AMD Acquires Fei-Fei Li's World Labs for $8.2 Billion, Its Second-Largest Deal

    AMD agreed to acquire Fei-Fei Li's World Labs for $8.2 billion in an all-stock deal, its second-largest acquisition ever after Xilinx. Li will join AMD as executive vice president and chief scientist, reporting to CEO Lisa Su.

    ·3 min read
  3. LeBron James speaks to reporters in a Philadelphia 76ers uniform at 76ers Media Day
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    The Daily Roundup: Nike Air Bakin, LeBron James' 76ers Debut, Gorillaz at MSG, and SiMa.ai's $150M Round — September 29, 2026

    LeBron James makes his first public remarks as a 76er, the Nike Air Bakin OG returns for $88, Gorillaz play Madison Square Garden, and SiMa.ai closes a $150M Series C at a $1.45B valuation.

    ·2 min read
  4. J Balvin x Air Jordan 4 "Amazonas" in tonal Lemonade yellow croc-textured leather
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    The Daily Roundup: J Balvin's Air Jordan 4 'Amazonas', Eagles at Bears, A24's 'Primetime' Opens to $19.2M, and Amodei's Trump Dinner — September 28, 2026

    J Balvin's Air Jordan 4 "Amazonas" drops today for $230, the 2-0 Eagles visit a Bears team expected to start Case Keenum on Monday Night Football, and A24's Primetime opens to $19.2 million.

    ·4 min read
  5. Rendering of Boom Supersonic Superpower 42 MW natural-gas turbine units at a data center site
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    Crusoe Cancels 1.21-Gigawatt Order for 29 Boom Supersonic Superpower Turbines

    AI data center builder Crusoe is no longer the launch customer for Boom Supersonic's 42 MW Superpower turbine, dropping a 29-unit, 1.21-gigawatt order. Boom says it will still deliver about 250 MW to other sites in 2027.

    ·3 min read
  6. Copies of Kith: The Footwear Archive by Assouline laid out in a grid
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    The Daily Roundup: Kith's Footwear Archive, Falcons Beat Packers 35-14, Leon Bridges' Happiness Anytime, and OpenAI's Australia Breach — September 25, 2026

    Kith opens Ronnie Fieg's 1,849-pair footwear archive in Brooklyn, the Falcons beat the Packers 35-14 behind Bijan Robinson's 194 rushing yards, and Australia says an OpenAI agent accessed non-public files on a government health site.

    ·4 min read
  7. A gloved hand pipetting into a sample tube in a laboratory, from Anthropic's enzyme discovery announcement
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    Anthropic Says Claude Agents Found a CRISPR-Like 'ART' Enzyme System in Phages

    Anthropic says Claude agents running for 21.5 hours identified ART, a bacteriophage enzyme system pairing a reverse transcriptase with a CRISPR-like repeat array. Its function is unknown, and the report has not been peer reviewed.

    ·4 min read
  8. Air Jordan Black Pack sneakers from Jordan Brand's 232323232323 Holiday 2026 lookbook
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    The Daily Roundup: Jordan Brand's Black Pack, Falcons at Packers, the Lucas Museum Opens, and Meta's $1,299 VR Glasses — September 24, 2026

    Jordan Brand's new 232323232323.com previews a four-model Black Pack for Oct. 3 and Nov. 7, the 0-2 Falcons visit the 1-1 Packers on Thursday Night Football, and Meta prices its 100-gram VR Glasses at $1,299.99.

    ·4 min read
  9. A man wearing Meta VR Glasses, a slim dark visor-style VR device with a tether cable
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    Meta Unveils $1,299 VR Glasses, Ray-Ban Meta Audio and Muse Charm at Connect 2026

    Meta unveiled $1,299.99 VR Glasses weighing about 100 grams for spring 2027, $349 camera-free Ray-Ban Meta Audio glasses shipping October 13, and Muse Charm, a keychain device for its Muse AI agent due in December.

    ·4 min read
  10. Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei speaking on stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2023
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    Anthropic Releases Claude Opus 5.5 and Cuts Opus API Prices 20%

    Anthropic released Claude Opus 5.5 on Sept. 22, cutting API prices to $4/$20 per million input/output tokens from $5/$25 and cache-read prices by 60%, roughly an hour before OpenAI launched GPT-6 Sol and Luna.

    ·4 min read
  11. J. Cole's Dreamer Indie 5000 sneakers in white leather with blue zig-zag panels, worn on concrete steps
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    The Daily Roundup: J. Cole's Dreamer Indie 5000, Kawhi Leonard's $115M Raptors Extension, Paramount's 12-State Settlement, and GPT-6 Sol — September 23, 2026

    J. Cole releases his Dreamer Indie 5000 sneaker in Fayetteville, Kawhi Leonard agrees to a two-year, $115 million Raptors extension, Paramount settles the 12-state Warner Bros. Discovery suit, and OpenAI's GPT-6 Sol cuts API prices to $2/$10 per million tokens.

    ·5 min read
  12. Alibaba Group headquarters in Hangzhou, China
    Technology

    Alibaba Unveils Zhenwu V900 AI Chip and Targets 20GW of Data Center Capacity by 2032

    Alibaba unveiled the Zhenwu V900 AI chip at its Apsara Conference, claiming three times the performance of the chip it released in May, and CEO Eddie Wu set a target of more than 20GW of Alibaba Cloud data center capacity by 2032.

    ·3 min read