Perplexity on Monday said it would launch a new subscription product called Comet Plus that gives participating publishers an 80% cut of all revenue earned from subscription fees.
Why it matters: Perplexity wants to play nice with publishers, but its new product will need significant user adoption to ensure its media partners reap meaningful rewards.
Apple sent invitations on Tuesday for a Sept. 9 media event where it is expected to introduce the latest crop of iPhones and other hardware.
Why it matters: Apple's fall product launch is one of the most-watched events in the industry; this year, the company is expected to add a thinner iPhone to its lineup.
NASCAR on Thursday will launch its first-ever Substack newsletter, becoming the first major sports league to partner with the email platform, NASCAR chief brand officer Tim Clark told Axios.
Why it matters: It's part of a broader effort by the league to provide younger fans with a closer connection to drivers and their stories off the racetrack.
An image-editing tool known as Nano Banana that went viral in recent days is indeed — as many users had guessed — a Google project, the company confirmed Tuesday, and is being added to the Gemini app.
Why it matters: Nano Banana is the latest in a series of image-editing tools that have captured the internet's public eye, impressing users with its ability not only to generate new images but to refine them — a skill that has proven elusive to AI makers.
IBM and AMD have agreed to collaborate on quantum computing, creating a powerful tech duo amid growing optimism that the technology will have real-world implications sooner rather than later.
Why it matters: Quantum computing could have huge implications for everything from drug discovery, to financial modeling, to AI development.
Harsh weather pummeled Burning Man's opening weekend as hordes of San Franciscans poured into Nevada for the annual art festival.
State of play: The weeklong event — which runs until Sept. 1 — is susceptible to weather extremes due to its remote location about 100 miles northeast of Reno in Nevada's Black Rock Desert.
A case of the flesh-eating New World screwworm parasite was detected in a person in Maryland who returned to the U.S. after traveling to El Salvador, the Department of Health and Human Services said Sunday evening.
Why it matters: "This is the first human case of travel-associated New World screwworm myiasis (parasitic infestation of fly larvae) from an outbreak-affected country identified in the United States," said HHS spokesperson Andrew Nixon in an emailed statement that noted the risk to public health in the U.S. from this case "is very low."
