CultureMerriam-Webster takes in vibe coding, AGI and compute as a noun: 1,400 new words in the dictionaryThe American dictionary added 1,400 words and definitions on 25 September. Technology brings four: compute as a noun (a resource companies increasingly want more of), vibe coding, AGI and uncanny valley. Alongside them come parasocial, looksmaxxing, meme coin and trash panda.CultureMeta shrank virtual reality into 100-gram glasses and put the battery in your pocketAt Connect 2026 Meta showed VR glasses that it says are five times lighter than Quest 3, with a separate compute module linked by an optical tether. They go on sale in spring 2027 for $1,299.99. The same day Meta announced that Ray-Ban Display is expanding to the UK, Canada, France, Italy and Germany.CultureMeta is giving 15,000 pairs of glasses to blind people in IrelandThe donation covers every blind and visually impaired adult the Vision Ireland charity supports. The training that comes with them is paid for by Meta.CultureNetflix admits it: around 300 of its titles this year went through generative AIIn its Q2 shareholder letter, Netflix says generative AI was used in around 300 titles in 2026, mostly in post-production. What matters is where and to whom it was said: in an investor report, not to the viewer on screen.CultureRoblox launches Build - a game made from text, entirely on the phoneRoblox showed Build - a tool that turns a word description into a ready-to-play foundation, no line of code, no computer. The alpha launches on 28 July in New Zealand. The significance is in the numbers: a platform with millions of teenagers is dropping the barrier to zero.CulturexAI sues a user for bypassing Grok's safeguardsxAI filed a civil suit against a man from South Carolina, whom it accuses of opening accounts under a false identity and constructing deceptive prompts to bypass Grok's safeguards and produce sexualized images of minors. The company is seeking damages and a permanent ban from access.CultureChanel turned the Grand Palais into a dark fairy tale for Blazy's second couture collectionMatthieu Blazy showed his second haute couture collection for Chanel at the Grand Palais - a fairy-tale garden with giant beanstalks, drawn from a storybook found in Gabrielle Chanel's apartment.CultureJonathan Anderson showed his second haute couture collection for Dior - sculpture turned into a garmentOn July 6 at the Musee Rodin in Paris, Jonathan Anderson presented Dior's fall haute couture - his second collection at the head of the house, led by the language of sculpture.
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