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Talarico up 4 points in new Texas poll

Democratic Texas Senate candidate James Talarico is ahead of his Republican opponent Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in the race for an upper chamber seat in the Lone Star State by about 4 points, according to a new poll. In the Big Data Poll survey, 43.6 percent of respondents said they would back Talarico if…

OpenAI reportedly offered to invest $100 million in Hugging Face after its agents hacked the platform.

However, talks fell through “in the early stages,” according to CNBC. Nvidia agreed to acquire Hugging Face earlier this month for nearly $13 billion, and OpenAI’s offer “got the attention of” Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang. AMD and Salesforce also apparently had discussions with Hugging Face. [Link: OpenAI sparked Hugging Face bids with early investment offer ahead of Nvidia's $13 billion deal | https://www.cnbc.com/2026/09/28/openai-spark-hugging-face-bid-war-early-investment-bid-ahead-of-nvidia.html | CNBC]

Nvidia boosts buyback plan by $150B in new record

Technology giant Nvidia announced Monday it is boosting its stock buyback program by $150 billion, setting a record for the largest repurchasing allotment in history. The company’s board of directors authorized the increase, which boosts the total amount in Nvidia’s buyback program from $85 billion to $235 billion. Apple authorized a $110 billion buyback program…

Hen - Official Trailer - IGN

Check out the trailer for Hen, an upcoming film starring Ioannis Kokiasmenos, Maria Diakopanagioti, Argyris Pantazaras, Eleni Apostolopoulou, Mahmod Bamerny, Antonis Tsiotsiopoulos, and Antonis Kafetzopoulos. The Hen is played by Eszti, Szandi, Feri, Enci, Eti, Enikő, Nóra, and Anett.Hen chronicles a remarkable chicken as she escapes her grisly fate in this unorthodox and bold story from director György Pálfi and executive producer Ari Aster, telling a tall tale of human misery via a small bird in search of home. Hen is written by György Pálfi and Ruttkay Zsófia. Hen opens at the Quad Cinema in New York on November 6, 2026.

Today’s Vergecast: Shuhei Yoshida on the future of gaming.

How does the former Sony PlayStation veteran think games will be made and played, especially now that gaming has become an increasingly expensive hobby? (And how’s he liking his Steam Machine?) Today on The Vergecast, he joins The Verge’s Sean Hollister to talk about the shifts in the gaming industry. Watch | Listen | Get ad-free [Media: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ogs_XpJLinM]