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№260 | Thursday, September 17, 2026 | 06:30 AM ET
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Independent reporting on tech & markets
TechEchelon
● The Brief
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Good morning. Five stories, before the opening bell. Written for readers who already know the basics.
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№01 · ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Snap Targets Enterprise Market With $2,000 Specs AR Glasses, Partners With Nvidia, AWS, and Salesforce
Snap is partnering with Nvidia, Amazon Web Services, and Salesforce to push its $2,195 Specs augmented reality glasses into the enterprise market, while also launching a new consumer AI assistant called Specs Intelligence.
Sara Montes de Oca ·
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№02 · BUSINESS & FINANCE
Amazon Secures Warrants to Buy Up to $340 Million in Generac Stock in Data Center Power Deal
Amazon received warrants to buy up to $340 million in Generac stock as part of a backup power supply agreement for its data centers, sending Generac shares up more than 40% in after-hours trading.
Jay Goldberg ·
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№03 · CYBERSECURITY
Banking Malware KREMLIN Force-Installs Browser Extensions to Steal Credentials from Chrome and Edge
A Brazilian banking malware operation called KREMLIN has been silently force-installing malicious extensions on Chrome and Edge since mid-2025, bypassing Chromium's cryptographic integrity checks to steal credentials, session tokens, and sensitive user data, according to Elastic Security Labs.
Marc Sabatini ·
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№04 · ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Reddit Co-Founder Alexis Ohanian Says Tech Industry Has Done a "Tone Deaf" Job Explaining AI Risks
Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian told CNBC the tech industry has done a "tone deaf" job explaining AI risks, calling for substantive debate over politically motivated framing as concerns about recursive self-improvement mount at OpenAI and Anthropic.
Sara Montes de Oca ·
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№05 · ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
AI Buildout Pushes Amazon, Alphabet, Meta, and Microsoft to Top of U.S. Capital Investment Rankings
A new report from the Progressive Policy Institute finds that Amazon, Alphabet, Meta, and Microsoft collectively account for more than half of a key U.S. capital investment benchmark, driven almost entirely by AI infrastructure spending.
Jay Goldberg ·
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