Economy

Einride and Lidl have started daily public-road operations with a cab-less SAE Level 4 autonomous truck in Germany, marking a significant step for autonomous freight.

Hyundai has nudged lease prices for the IONIQ 5 higher in September 2026, with monthly payments rising by about $10 versus August.

The proposal, authored by Balancer Labs CEO Marcus Hardt and published on the Balancer governance forum Monday, calls for an orderly wind-down and distribution of the remaining treasury, currently worth more than $9 million, to BAL tokenholders.

On September 15, 2026, MediaTek officially launched the Dimensity 9600 Pro flagship chip at its annual Dimensity flagship new product launch event.

At TechCrunch's StrictlyVC event in New York on Thursday night, Insight Partners managing director Deven Parekh made a case that has become contrarian in modern venture capital: his firm is deliberately staying diversified while rivals concentrate their bets on frontier AI labs such as OpenAI and Anthropic.