Pins matching date:2026-09-03

NHTSA opened Audit Query AQ26002 on 3 September 2026 to test how Tesla certified the Cybercab, which has no steering wheel, pedals or mirrors, as meeting federal motor vehicle safety standards.

From 3 September 2026 Zoox riders could book driverless trips between Harry Reid International Airport and the Las Vegas Strip, the company's first airport service, with pickups at both Terminal 1 and Terminal 3.

OpenAI releases GPT-6 Astra, which it calls the world's most intelligent and aligned model, first to a limited set of organizations and then to paid ChatGPT plans, the API and AWS; it is the first OpenAI model rated Critical for cybersecurity.

Orion's new 60 g Poca Chip Hwangchiz (yellow cheese) is the first Poca Chip with a double cheese coating, launched in South Korea on 3 September 2026.

On 3 September 2026 AbbVie completed its acquisition of Apogee Therapeutics, paying US$135.11 per share in cash for a total equity value of about US$10.9 billion.

Regional Indian dishes named for the highway linking Delhi and Mumbai, from Rasika and Chai Pani alumni.

Oriental Brewery's Cass Zero won the non-alcoholic beer category at the 2026 Brand of the Year Awards, decided by more than 770,000 consumer votes. Cass also won the beer category for the fourth year running.

At IFA Berlin on 3 September 2026 Xiaomi Auto signed memoranda of understanding with eight German dealer groups, laying the groundwork for its European entry in 2027.

Bahrain opened financial bids for the Sitra independent water and power project on 3 September 2026; Saudi Arabia's Acwa undercut Abu Dhabi's Taqa on both power (BD17.1652/MWh) and water (BD0.4915/m3) for the plant with a 30 MIGD seawater reverse osmosis unit.

NVIDIA is buying Hugging Face, the open-model hub used by more than 18 million developers, for $12,930,300,000, and says the platform will stay open to other chips, clouds and model makers.

New Core ($195), Advanced ($395) and Max ($550 per user a month) editions of Agentforce Sales, Service and Industries bundle Slack, Tableau Next, security and Flex Credits into one purchase.

Revenue fell 4% and comparable sales 9%, and Lululemon cut its 2026 outlook to a 5-7% sales decline and EPS of $9.48-$9.73; a $134.5 million tariff refund propped up margins, and the shares fell about 20%.

Volkswagen's supervisory board approved a group-wide cut of about 50,000 more positions, including management roles, on top of earlier programmes that bring planned job reductions to around 100,000 by 2030.

Victoria's Secret & Co. reported second-quarter 2026 net sales up 10% to $1.611 billion and operating income more than six times higher than a year earlier, as CEO Hillary Super's turnaround continued and the company teased a bigger annual fashion show for the rest of the year.

On 3 September 2026 Kalle Lappinen found about 4.5 kilograms of silver coins and objects buried in two birch-bark containers in a forest near Sysmä, far larger than the previous Finnish record from 1895.

Lotte Wellfood's Gunwi Apple series puts apples from Daegu's Gunwi County in 15 products, from Mongshell to Kkokkalcon, unveiled on 3 September 2026.

On 3 September 2026 Adobe announced that Anil Chakravarthy, president of its Customer Experience Orchestration business, will become president and CEO on 1 December 2026, with Shantanu Narayen moving to executive chair.

Meta announced its Kuna, Idaho data center is online on 2026-09-03. This newer announcement supersedes the earlier information sheet’s future-tense description.

F&N Magnolia's limited-edition My Melody & Kuromi stick, made with real strawberries and yoghurt, sells in Singapore at S$8.40 for four or S$2.20 each, with a restyled Raspberry Ripple tub at S$6.42.

Water Corporation announced in early September 2026 that the two boring machines at Perth's A$2.8 billion Alkimos Seawater Desalination Plant had completed the 2.5 km intake and 4 km outfall tunnels, the longest of their kind in Australia, leaving fit-out of the plant for the 2028 start-up.

September reporting discusses Kuosheng alongside Maanshan. Sources conflict on whether Kuosheng formally filed a restart application in March; this pin records the dated planning report, not a verified regulatory submission or operating approval.

July 2026: the trade gap was $88.6 billion, up $17.4 billion from the revised prior month. Exports fell to $310.7 billion and imports rose to $399.3 billion. Released September 3, 2026.

Supreme releases a Fall 2026 collection with photographer Larry Clark that uses pictures from his 1971 book Tulsa and new photographs made for Supreme, across a varsity jacket, tees, a skateboard and a zine.

Tesla put its two-seat Cybercab, which has no steering wheel or pedals, into robotaxi service in Austin after an invitation-only launch at ACL Live on 3 September 2026, opening rides to the public the next evening.