CALWIRE Tech Report (Thursday, August 27, 2026)

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Today's top story: Google’s AI Mode can now track flight prices, help book hotels, and more. This roundup covers 12 stories from TechCrunch, VentureBeat AI, and Ars AI.

Google’s AI Mode can now track flight prices, help book hotels, and more
The updates indicate that Google is looking position to AI Mode as an AI travel agent of sorts, as it's moving beyond simply helpi... — TechCrunch

This former PG&E engineer is building a ‘Google Maps for the underground’
The startup just raised a $26 million Series A to grow its customer base and help reduce red tape for utility and construction wor... — TechCrunch

Hugging Face is selling a cute $399 open-source duck robot, Microduck
Hugging Face is taking orders for the Microduck, a $399 tiny open-source duck robot that developers can train at home out of the b... — TechCrunch

Hold up, there’s a new Twitter in town
Coates said in a LinkedIn post that the company is not trying to recreate Twitter. — TechCrunch

Sprains, pain, and whiplash: Waymo and Zoox test drivers are getting hurt as robotaxis scale
Test drivers for Waymo and Zoox sustained more than two dozen injuries in 2024 and 2025 from hard braking or other sudden movement... — TechCrunch

Orchestration is the new challenge for CX in the age of AI agents
Presented by Tata Communications Enterprises are deploying AI agents, voice AI, and automation across messaging, voice, and digita... — VentureBeat AI

Australian police arrest two over TeamPCP hacks targeting Mercor, OpenAI, and others
The arrests come after a wave of cyberattacks earlier this year targeting tech companies that rely on high-profile and widely used... — TechCrunch

AI’s memory crunch is coming for Android apps
Google is setting new memory-use limits for Android apps as AI data centers contribute to hardware shortages that could leave lowe... — TechCrunch

Here’s all the times AI has gone rogue and hacked other companies
A recap of all the incidents involving LLMs made by Anthropic, Meta, and OpenAI, which went rogue and attacked real companies and... — TechCrunch

Enterprise AI's real risk isn't autonomous agents. It's the complexity between them. — VentureBeat AI

Claude, Codex, and Hermes installed unowned code inside corporate networks — Ars AI

How much of a problem is AI’s water use?

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