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Apple M4 Max MacBook Pro: 128GB Unified Memory & 3nm Monster Benchmarks
TSMC second-generation 3nm silicon unleashes 16 CPU cores, 40 GPU cores, and 546 GB/s memory bandwidth for local 70B parameter LLM...
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Snapdragon X Elite 2 Laptops: 28-Hour Battery Life & Desktop ARM Computing
Qualcomm's second-generation Oryon V2 architecture shatters x86 efficiency standards, delivering 28 hours of real-world battery li...
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Framework Laptop 16: The Modular Swappable GPU Revolution That Defeats E-Waste
Swap your graphics card, ports, and keyboard modules in 30 seconds: the repairable laptop that upgrades year after year....
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Razer Blade 18 (2026): RTX 5090 Mobile & 300Hz Dual-Mode OLED Gaming Titan
Nvidia's Blackwell mobile architecture packs 24GB GDDR7 VRAM and DLSS 4 frame generation into an ultra-slim CNC aluminum unibody....
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ASUS Zenbook S 16 Cera-Aluminum: AMD Zen 5 AI Ultrabook Under 1.5kg
ASUS bonds ceramic directly to aluminum alloy to create a scratchproof, fingerprint-free chassis packing AMD Ryzen AI 9 365 silico...
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Galaxy S26 Ultra vs iPhone 18 Pro Max: The 200MP Periscope Camera War
Variable mechanical f/1.4 apertures, liquid glass lenses, and 2nm neural silicon battle for mobile photography supremacy....
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Apple Inks Big AI Tech Deal: Key Details & Strategy
Is Apple hoping to get into the AI-generated podcast business?
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OpenAI's Math Proof Stuns Top Researchers: Full Details
"Staggering." "Overwhelming." "Unprecedented." "Surreal." "Pure insanity." Those were among the descriptions more than three dozen mathematicians reached for in conversations with The Verge as they tried to make sense of the flood of mathematical results OpenAI abruptly droppe...
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Why Nikon Disqualified Its AI Video Winner: Shocking Truth
Nikon says the video that originally won first place in its Small World in Motion contest "did not comply with the competition rules regarding generative AI." BBC reports that the original first place video from Dr. Ning Xu claimed to show "tiny, hair-like structures called ci...
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SpaceX's Plan to Become a Major Mobile Carrier: Details
SpaceX has acquired a portfolio of low-band spectrum licenses - a move the company says "will pave the way" for its Starlink Mobile service to become a "major" US carrier. When the Federal Communications Commission signs off on the deal, SpaceX says it will deploy its new arch...
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AMD FSR 4 Coming to Handhelds by 2026: What to Expect
It's already possible to get AMD's framerate-enhancing FSR 4 boost on handhelds as old as the Steam Deck - but in June, AMD reserved the right to disappoint handheld gamers by not officially bringing FSR 4 to older handhelds. Now, AMD consumer chip boss Jack Huynh says he will...
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Google Gemini Work Agent: One-Stop Autonomous Assistant
Google is launching a "universal" Gemini AI agent that can work across apps and devices in the background. The tool, announced as part of the Gemini at Work event on Thursday, will be available within the Gemini Enterprise app, allowing users to chat with the Gemini agent and ...
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ASOS Confirms Major Data Breach: Rogue App Alerts Sent
The hackers alerted the fashion giant's customers through a push notification that said they had "fully compromised" the company's cloud storage.
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Nous Research Hits $1.5B Valuation: New AI Agents Live
The developer of Hermes Agent raised a $90 million Series B.
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ChatGPT's New UI Update: Interactive Visuals & Live Charts
OpenAI is launching a new Intelligent UI feature in ChatGPT that allows the chatbot to answer your questions with interactive visuals. The update, which is rolling out to all users alongside GPT-6, gives ChatGPT the ability to combine a text response with diagrams, charts, for...
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Endeavor Catalyst Raises $320M: Global Tech VC Shift
Endeavor Catalyst just raised $320 million to keep backing founders outside Silicon Valley. Half the profits go back to the nonprofit that finds them.
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Silicon Valley AI Prodigy Launches Underdog: Key Details
Sigil Wen, backed by a Silicon Valley who's who, has built an on-device AI assistant that promises to be free, fully private, and capable for everyday tasks.
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Google Books Review: Exciting Features But Needs Work
Googlebooks are here. The first models went on sale Sunday, October 4th, and we received review units of all five Googlebooks about 24 hours ago. Since then, we've been in a mad dash to put the devices through their paces and get a check on what it's like to use these Android ...
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Anker 100W Travel Charger: Is It Really Worth $64?
For frequent travelers who like to pack light, the Anker Nano 100W universal travel adapter packs multiple USB ports and is equipped with the ability to adapt to outlets in over 200 countries and regions with its US, UK and EU plugs. During October Prime Day, it's only $63.99 ...
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Reflection Unveils Beam: Open-Weight AI Model Powerhouse
Reflection is aiming Beam and future models at enterprises and sovereign nations. The pitch is to build "AI factories," a product that would let institutions build their own customized, local AI system by training Reflection's AI models on their own proprietary data.
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Samsung is leaving my Galaxy S22+ behind; I'm taking
Security holes don't care how much I love my phone
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I compared Googlebook and Samsung DeX; Galaxy users
Early reviews say Googlebook OS feels like a Pixel on a bigger screen.
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How long is a new Apple TV actually supposed to last?
Past Apple TV models have seen excellent support from Apple compared to some other product lines, but it's not a guarantee.
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How to add and rearrange apps on your Samsung smart TV
Though your Samsung smart TV comes pre-loaded with the most popular streaming apps, you may want to add others and do some reorganizing while you're at it.
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NASA hopes the commercial space industry can help save
Gravity is a cruel mistress, slowly dragging the famed telescope ever closer to its ultimate demise with every day. Hubble is in no immediate danger of burning up in the Earth's atmosphere, but its time will run out in the early to mid 2030s unless its orbit is boosted. So NAS...
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Flock keeps ignoring requests to cancel its contracts
While more cities are canceling their contracts with Flock Safety, just as many are discovering how difficult that can be in some instances. Plymouth, Minnesota's city council voted to terminate its contract with Flock in September, but failed to respond to the city's request....
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OpenAI might rebrand its data centers as 'AI compute
Data centers are deeply unpopular. But what if we called them something else?
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AI can make tech CEOs' lives easier. What about
On Equity, we discuss why tech CEO statements can seem so tone deaf.
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Apple's HomeView could add security camera features
Reddit user pdfu found hints hidden in the HomeView 27.2 code that Apple could be adding security camera features to its smart home hub. The strings describe a security camera mode with motion detection, live streaming, and recording options, as well as privacy functions. Acco...
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A fully playable version of Portal prequel F-Stop leaked
Leakers have pieced together a playable version of the canceled Portal prequel F-Stop. Most of the assets came from the massive 12-terabyte leak that dropped this August. That didn't include the game's source code or map data, but those final pieces apparently hit the Valve Cu...
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TechCrunch Mobility: A new, bigger AV boom is here
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for the future of transportation and now, more than ever, the role AI is playing in it.
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Binance resumes withdrawals following $6.3 billion
The cryptocurrency exchange said it's now covered 95% of the stolen assets.
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North Korea linked to massive Binance crypto heist
The FBI says North Korea was behind the massive $6.3 billion crypto heist that hit Binance on October 29th. The FBI labeled the activity "TraderTraitor" and said that it had observed actors it has connected to hack converting the tokens to Ethereum and preparing for further la...
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HomePod Mini 2 first look
When I first heard about the new $149 HomePod Mini 2 at Apple's Welcome Home event last month, I was disappointed. It's been six years since Apple launched its entry-level smart speaker, and all it got in the second gen was a chip bump, some color glowy stuff, and better AirPl...
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New Zelda and GTA represent a games industry that no
This is The Stepback, a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For more on the biggest game releases of the year, follow Andrew Webster. The Stepback arrives in our subscribers' inboxes on Sunday at 8AM ET. Opt in for The Stepback here. How it...
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Pixel 11 Pro Fold: Sturdy rectangle in a wide wide world
Google made a sturdy phone, but there is increasing competition in the foldable world.
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Spending 10 minutes on these Google Home automations
Google Home is more powerful than you might realize
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I gave Gemini my cluttered Mac Downloads folder;
Spark handled the task much better than I expected
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Apple CEO says the company doesn't 'want to ship AI
Apple's new CEO defended the company's current position in the AI landscape.
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5 expensive hobbies where owning a 3D printer actually
While a personal 3D printer is certainly an investment, if you regularly engage with an expensive hobby, it might actually save you some cash.
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Amazon made the AUX input on older Alexa devices less
Amazon has made a quiet change to older Echo speakers that will leave owners rethinking how they use their devices and manage their home audio setups.
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How big and powerful is SpaceX's Starship rocket?
SpaceX's Starship has a big role to play in NASA's plans to land astronauts on the Moon. Here's how big this rocket is and how its two stages work together.
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Keyboards of The Verge
What is a keyboard if not the original brain-computer interface? You can tap on a touchscreen or talk to the computer, but if your work involves getting information out of your head and into the computer, you're probably spending a lot of time using a keyboard. We've written a...
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Binance CEO says 90 percent of stolen assets have been
After hackers stole a shocking $6.3 billion from Binance customers in a record-breaking crypto heist, the company's CEO says that 90 percent of the funds have been replaced, and the company plans to cover the remaining 10 percent as well. Binance is covering the stolen funds d...
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Why your Apple AirPods won't connect to your iPhone
When your AirPods refuse to show up on your iPhone, the cause is usually simpler than you'd think. Here's where to look first and what to try next.
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Xbox manager says AI is already being used in game
Brandon Stirrup deleted his comments from X a day after saying that AI usage is widespread in the gaming industry.
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Happy Pikmin Day Eve
This morning, Nintendo announced that tomorrow, November 1st, would be the first annual Pikmin Day. As part of the short Pikmin Day Direct, Shigeru Miyamoto shared new info about Pikmin 4 for the Switch 2, as well as an update for the mobile app Pikmin Bloom, and announced the...
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I built an AI Tamagotchi before Meta could
Mark Zuckerberg's Meta made AI look so stinking cute by giving it a squishy little face - and this holiday season, he wants to sell you a Muse Charm so you can carry your jolly AI helper around like a Tamagotchi. But I won't be buying one, because we have Muse Charm at home. I...
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OpenAI reportedly lowers funding target for new round
OpenAI's latest funding round doesn't seem to be living up to expectations.
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Bolt Graphics powers on its first Zeus GPU
Bolt Graphics has been working on its simulation-centric Zeus GPU for a while now and has reached a significant milestone: a successful test run.
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Windows 11 tries new shortcuts for Xbox gaming mode
The latest Windows 11 Insider build adds some powerful new search features and quick settings while in Xbox mode. The Xbox shortcuts let you control things like Bluetooth, WiFi, and power settings without having to exit gaming mode. The search improvements are quite comprehens...
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Best Buy is bundling a $100 gift card with touchscreen
While the new touch-enabled MacBook Pro with the PROLED XDR screen is available for preorder across a few major retailers, Best Buy is sweetening the deal by including a $100 gift card. The gift card will be automatically added to your cart when you preorder one of Apple's hig...
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Touchscreens everywhere!
Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 150, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you're new here, welcome, happy Halloween, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.) This week, I was in the Smoky Mountains in Tennessee on a ...
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I took two iPhones on vacation. The Duo won me over.
The iPhone Duo has its frustrations, but it's also fun and engaging enough that I didn't want to switch back to my Pro Max.
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Google joins OpenAI and Anthropic in promising new
Google, OpenAI, Anthropic and Microsoft pledge to support a new common signal for robots.txt that blocks scraping for AI training.
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I replaced Google Photos with an offline AI gallery;
Finding images using AI and without an internet connection
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New tvOS 27.2 features to try for an upgraded Apple TV
Apple's tvOS 27.2 update isn't a particularly transformative one, but it still introduces a handful of new features that are worth checking out.
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The Wikimedia Foundation weighs in on the NYT's case
The folks behind Wikipedia say that an extreme decision in either direction could threaten the open web.
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The Death Stranding anime's first teaser trailer
The adaptation has a fittingly strange tagline: "My mom became a crater."
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Apple Intelligence is finally coming to China with iOS
Apple will launch Apple Intelligence in China with iOS 27.3, the company announced on its Chinese newsroom website, as reported by MacRumors. The Apple Intelligence features will be available first in an iOS 27.3 beta that's set to launch on November 4th, with a full iOS 27.3 ...
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Nvidia weighs playing the cosigner for Nscale's AI
When investors get nervous about AI spending, it helps to have the chipmaker that sells the chips offer to cosign the loan.
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Salesforce's M&A spree continues with a reported $375M
The AI logistics startup will bolster the CRM giant's Missionforce defense platform.
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Ollie, a privacy-focused AI assistant, is shutting down
As an increasing number of AI assistants flood the market, the founder of Ollie, an assistant that respected its users' privacy, says it will be shutting down in a week.
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Exclusive details about Akai's MPC Sample Key
Akai teased its new MPC Sample Key on Instagram earlier this week, and said it plans to open-source its software so the modding community can hack it to their hearts' delight. While there's no word yet on when the device will launch or how much it will cost, The Verge has rece...
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Sam Altman says it's better for RAM to be in a data
Asked about supply chain shortages, like the ongoing RAM shortage, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said in an interview that it's "terrible" to have RAM in personal PCs instead of data centers. During his appearance on the Cheeky Pint podcast, where he also commented on AI's impact on m...
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The biggest names in AI are backing a new way to opt
OpenAI, Google, Microsoft, and Anthropic say they will adopt a new standard that publishers can use to opt out of being scraped by AI, as reported earlier by Search Engine Roundtable. With this control, publishers can apply their AI training preferences across multiple AI comp...
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Intel's stock crashes, knocking $12B from government's
Intel is being hurt by PC sales as the AI industry gobbles memory and other components causing PC prices to rise.
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Google's satellite AI server transmits its first
Google's AI chip-equipped satellite has generated its first response from space. In a blog post on Friday, Google says it successfully booted up the satellite's Tensor Processing Units (TPUs), allowing the on-board Gemma 4 model to follow through on a prompt to create a haiku ...
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Starbucks wants to use AI to show you a 'personalized
Starbucks could eventually show you a personalized digital menu when you pull up to the drive-thru. During an earnings call on Thursday, Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol said the company is going to explore "experiences that recognize participating customers as they arrive, present ...
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The delightfully messy state of Apple gadgets
The iPhone has more screens! The MacBook has a touchscreen! The HomeView does CarPlay apps! For the first time in a long time, Apple is in a period of unabashed gadget experimentation, and while the final results aren't always perfect, it's fun to watch the most successful pro...
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Satlyt takes another step toward turning satellites
Satlyt ran a successful test this month bringing it closer to turning spacecraft, starting with satellites, into virtual data centers.
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Pope Leo calls for the disarmament of AI
Pope Leo XIV says AI systems should be "disarmed," adding that humans "have the responsibility to guide, change and, when necessary, reject its applications." In Friday's Papal Address, Pope Leo encourages United Nations member states to "take concrete steps toward banning let...
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This electric screwdriver uses a camera and AI
Companies like Hoto and Fanttik have elevated the design and functionality of tools like electric screwdrivers, but Arrowmax wants to make them smarter by adding a camera and AI that work together to eliminate the trial and error of finding the exact type and size of bit you n...
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Waymo's next robotaxi is a purpose-built Toyota bZ4X
Waymo announced today that when it launches a robotaxi service in Tokyo in 2027, it will use Toyota bZ4X electric vehicles that are assembled in Japan. The news builds on the strategic partnership between Waymo and Toyota which was first announced in April 2025. The robotaxis ...
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North Korean hackers blamed for stealing record $6.3B
Hackers working for North Korea are suspected of hacking a Binance employee's laptop, which allowed the theft of billions in crypto.
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Wikipedia's operator says a bad AI copyright ruling
The Wikimedia Foundation is staking out a middle ground in a group of landmark AI copyright cases, pushing courts to legally protect large language models (LLMs) training on copyrighted work - but not chatbots regurgitating that work to users. An overly black-and-white ruling,...
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I finally fixed my Galaxy Watch 8's broken sleep data
My Galaxy Watch 8 was useless at night until I changed this
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Lenovo Googlebook 15 review
Despite Lenovo providing excellent hardware for Google's new laptop platform, Googlebook OS will only impress Android die-hards.
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Waymo and Toyota will soon start testing their
Waymo and Toyota will start testing autonomous bZ4X vehicles in Japan next year. (edited)
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Waymo taps Toyota to supply robotaxis for Japan
Waymo will begin testing self-driving versions of Toyota's electric bZ4X vehicles in Japan next year as part of a broader partnership with the automaker.
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Binance hacked for an estimated $6.3 billion in record
Cryptocurrency exchange Binance has been hit with a record $6.3 billion hack.
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Sony is working on a film adaptation of viral indie
The adaptation will be directed by Karyn Kusama, and scripted by the writers of The Invitation.
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VRChat says it's not adding AI labels despite user
Trying to make everyone happy could make no one happy.
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The director of Obsession put a new horror short
Curry Barker, the director behind the hit horror film Obsession, just published a new horror short on YouTube. The short, titled "Mama Bear," is nearly five minutes long. The video is pretty unnerving, and fair warning that it gets a little graphic, but it's a fun one to watch...
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Intel says it's selling every affordable laptop chip
During Intel's latest earnings call, CEO Lip-Bu Tan said that demand for its budget-focused Wildcat Lake chips "is outstripping supply." According to CFO David Zinsner, the chips are now sold out. Zinsner said Intel has "seen significant growth in Wildcat Lake. It's coming exa...
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You don't need to believe in a god to get a religious
David Durman, a University of Kentucky administrator, recently earned a religious exemption from using AI in the workplace.
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Andy Jassy says Prime Video is on track to earn 'tens
The success of blockbuster hits like Project Hail Mary and Verity is only part of the story, Amazon's CEO says.
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Reddit's CEO says Google's AI Mode 'does not drive
Reddit CEO Steve Huffman said in an earnings call today that Google's AI-powered search modes do not help with traffic to the platform, echoing problems facing other websites and publishers. As part of its Q3 2026 earnings, Reddit revealed that search traffic in October has "d...
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Rivian's R2 is officially its best-selling vehicle
Rivian reported its third quarter earnings of 2026, providing us a closer look at the company's financial health as it ramps up production of its all-important R2 electric vehicle - which is now, for the first time, outselling all of Rivian's other EVs. Rivian said it brought ...
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GM to pay $220 million to resolve claims it sold
General Motors has agreed to pay $220 million to settle claims that it illegally sold driver and location information to data brokers, as reported earlier by Reuters. The agreement, which resolves a complaint from a coalition of 36 US attorneys general, requires GM to limit th...
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Binance pauses withdrawals as hackers suspected
Some estimates say hackers stole billions in crypto from Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange, during a cyberattack on Thursday.
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You can generate and edit Google Docs files directly
Now you can generate, preview, and edit PDFs, Google Docs, Google Sheets, slide decks, Markdown files, TXT files, and code directly within Google Gemini. The new file editing capabilities are available starting today for all Gemini users, and while PDF previews/editing works o...
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Apple's new laptop supports one of the coolest
The new MacBook Pro brings with it a bunch of firsts for Apple laptops, the two flashiest being an OLED display and touchscreen functionality. But as an image-accuracy enthusiast, trained calibrator, and resident display expert, what excites me most about the MacBook Pro with ...
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Utah charges Kalshi and its CEO with illegally
Utah has filed criminal charges against Kalshi and its executives, accusing the prediction market of breaking anti-gambling laws, as reported by The Salt Lake Tribune and the Associated Press. The state has filed 14 charges against Kalshi, as well as CEO Tarek Mansour and COO ...
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Meta quietly launches an AI fashion app called Style
The app connects to Instagram to build a virtual closet from photos you've already shared, or lets you add items manually by snapping a photo, recording a quick video, or uploading images from your camera roll.
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Microsoft's AI future has fewer jobs
To anyone listening closely to what Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has been saying over the past couple of years, this week felt like the clearest sign yet that AI is about to fundamentally change the size of Microsoft's workforce. Microsoft is now offering voluntary buyouts to a...
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The NYT Cooking app is testing AI recipe modifications
The New York Times is testing a new AI feature for its Cooking app that helps users to modify recipes, and it has sparked some drama among users. Last Friday, NYT Cooking senior editor Genevieve Ko announced the feature, which can be used to recommend substitutions for ingredi...
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There's one week left to preorder the Ocarina of Time
The long-awaited remake of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time for Nintendo Switch 2 launches next Thursday, November 5th. In other words, you have a week remaining to secure your physical edition with a $10 discount at Amazon and Walmart. Once the game launches, the physical...
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Agent identity startup Mintive lands Cowboy Ventures
Mintive was founded by two engineers who have been working on AI for decades through Google Brain and Coursera. It's platform promises to help IT easily control enterprise agents.
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DoorDash is acquiring Instacart for around $17 billion
DoorDash has announced that it's buying Instacart in a deal valued at approximately $17 billion. The acquisition will give DoorDash a bigger presence in online grocery delivery via Instacart's established grocery marketplace and retailer partnerships. DoorDash, which started a...
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AI has come for Arizona's water
A hulking gray giant rises from the desert. Inside, engineers create the force behind our phones and computers and appliances, our streaming services and search engines and chatbots and vibe-coded apps and websites. The complex is simultaneously massive and squat, dwarfed by t...
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I installed One UI 9 on my Galaxy S24; it feels like I
Most of the S26's AI tools now run on a two-year-old S24 Ultra
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Forget the iPhone Duo
That's a major discount on one of the year's most innovative devices.
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Anduril now says its BlueChip laptop will meet Buy
On Tuesday, defense contractor Anduril and chipmaker Qualcomm announced a partnership to build laptops entirely in the United States, starting with a single model in 2027. They also announced a "long-term goal" of pushing the computer industry to create "a fully domestic suppl...
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FCC chair wants to let prisons jam illegal cellphones
The agency will vote next month on relaxing its long-standing opposition to jammers.
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Apple's PROLED XDR Display has a cringy name but
With all the fuss about Apple finally releasing a touchscreen MacBook Pro, you may have forgotten about the OLED part.
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The PlayStation 5 just might be Sony's final Blu-Ray
Between Sony's plan to end PlayStation disc production and discontinuing its Blu-ray players, the future looks grim for physical media.
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Adam Mosseri says negativity around AI is 'going
Asked about AI and the trend of college students booing tech CEOs at graduation ceremonies, Instagram head Adam Mosseri acknowledged in an interview that a lot of people really don't like AI, and it's not just young people and creatives. Appearing on the Colin and Samir podcas...
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Upwind raises $400M after walking away from Datadog
The cloud security startup raised a Series C at a $3.8B valuation, instead of selling itself for the same price.
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Apple's touchscreen MacBook Pro pushes laptop pricing
Prepare to cough up around $14,549 if you want the new touchscreen MacBook Pro to have every upgrade.
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Chrono beats Pixel's clock app with open source
Chrono is a better clock app than the default Pixel clock
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A hacker stole more than 40,000 DHS employee records
A hacker stole a trove of personal information from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The breach exposes the names, job titles, phone numbers, email addresses, and office locations of more than 41,000 employees, including those in US Immigration and Customs Enforcemen...
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Akai is embracing vibe-coded mods with an open-source
The MPC Sample Key isn't even formally announced yet, but Akai is already showing off what the modding community is cooking up through vibe coding. Akai has decided to embrace the explosion of hackers and custom firmware developers by giving them early access to the device, wh...
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Google says its investments in AI are driving more
Google parent company Alphabet says that its AI investments are leading to a big growth in searches year-over-year, as noted in its Q3 2026 earnings today. "Our AI investments are driving overall Search query growth, including commercial queries," CEO Sundar Pichai says in a s...
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Google expands AI Search ads globally as core ad
The announcement came alongside parent company Alphabet's third-quarter earnings report, which saw revenue grow 25% year over year to $127.6 billion.
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Brendan Carr plans to let prisons jam cellphone signals
FCC Chairman Brendan Carr announced the agency will vote on November 19th on rules that would allow prisons to use signal jamming. Radiofrequency jammers are generally banned under Section 333 and the Communications Act of 1934, with few exceptions, and Carr has noted they've ...
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Microsoft is ending Copilot support on smart TVs
Nearly two years after LG and Samsung announced at CES 2025 that their latest smart TVs would include access to Microsoft's Copilot, the company is ending support for the AI assistant's functionality on all TVs this year, according to a report by Windows Central. The news come...
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The Google Xreal glasses debut at a Meta-beating $1,099
In this economy, how often does a product get less expensive before its debut? That just happened with the Google / Xreal Aura, the lightweight 95-gram glasses with a tethered Android XR compute puck and multiple virtual screens that just went on sale today. Xreal and Google h...
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Chrome's AI-powered Autofill can now dig through your
The autofill update lets Chrome pull flight confirmations, tracking info, order details, and other information from your inbox, with your permission.
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Reddit is getting a For You feed
Reddit is switching up its homepage feeds. The company announced today that it's going to start offering a "new feed experience" that includes both a Following feed to show you posts from subreddits you follow and a For You feed that includes posts from your subreddits and "re...
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Sony has new transparent PS5 controllers launching
Sony announced a new Prism Collection line of PlayStation 5 accessories today that revisits "the iconic see-through trend of the late '90s in a fresh, modern way" for its DualSense wireless controllers and matching console covers for the PS5 that reveal some of their internal ...
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8BitDo's new Xbox Elite-style controller sets a high
It's hard to make an Xbox controller that stands out these days, especially one that's expensive, due to a wealth of great semi-affordable options. Still, 8BitDo's $150 Ultimate 3E is a bold controller that holds its own against other feature-packed options. It's made for Xbox...
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AI execs may be too out of touch to build
Tech leaders are flaunting how out of touch they are when they brag about using AI to connect with their families.
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Everything announced at Amazon's October 2026 hardware
Amazon had plenty of new gadgets to share at its Echo hardware event this year, along with updates to the AI-powered Alexa Plus after it became available to everyone in the US in February. But the big news this year is screens: devices with big, beautiful ones, and those that ...
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Amazon's new Echo line is here: the 6 biggest updates
Amazon has just taken the wraps off a bunch of new devices as part of a string of fall announcements. Today's news focuses largely on new Echo speakers, with a few new smart home gadgets sprinkled in. Here's a roundup of all of the updates Amazon revealed on Wednesday. Echo Sh...
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How a grocery merger could expand a surveillance network
Kroger's $1.65 billion proposed acquisition of Giant Eagle might not only consolidate the grocery market, but also a vast surveillance network that includes Flock cameras, a new report warns. Beyond standard concerns that a merger could decrease competition and increase prices...
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T-Mobile's free Galaxy Watch 9 deal may be nearing
The required service plan only costs $15 per month, no trade-in necessary.
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Jio shares surge 21% in market debut after blockbuster
Jio has debuted as India's second-most valuable listed company, behind its parent, Reliance Industries.
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Meta's Waddle World is a Tamagotchi-like AI pet app
Meta describes Waddle World as a 'daily journal disguised as a pet.'
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iOS 27.2 brings two new features to Apple's CarPlay
iOS 27.2 comes with some changes for Apple CarPlay, too.
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This one missing feature from the Slate truck might be
The Slate Truck is known for offering hundreds of customization options, but one common truck option isn't available (yet.)
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Here's why the iPhone Duo's hinge could be cracking
Within hours of the iPhone Duo launch last Friday, people reported that the inner screen on some brand new foldable phones was already broken. The issue was similar across many photos shared on social media: some kind of issue or crack would appear in the middle of the screen ...
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VCs will make billions on Anthropic's IPO, but Amazon
Massive note conversions reveal the true extent of Amazon's ownership in Anthropic.
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Parents sue OpenAI, alleging GPT-4o coached their
A family is suing OpenAI, saying ChatGPT coached their daughter to quietly taper off her seizure medication and keep it from her doctors before she died in February.
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The data center boom has an upside
As the AI boom stresses the existing power grid, all sorts of new opportunities for grid modernization are also emerging as a result, industry insiders say.
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Researchers are getting tired of OpenAI gatekeeping
On Monday, OpenAI announced impressive breakthroughs in mathematics, computer science, and physics, along with what the company says is an evolving approach to communicating its findings. But despite its apparent course correction, researchers who spoke to The Verge are growin...
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Elon Musk says Ukraine's military violated Starlink's
Elon Musk claims Ukraine violated Starlink's terms of service before the recent slowdown, as reported earlier by Ars Technica. According to Musk, "Ukraine military violated Starlink terms of service and used it for offensive drone strikes to kill people. That loophole was clos...
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Bank of America kindly asks that you don't share your
The banking giant reminds customers that "you're responsible for activity" resulting from your AI agents' access.
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Who's really in charge at Anthropic after the IPO?
Here's a clear explanation of Anthropic's incredibly complex governance structure.
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Trump is making it easier for fossil fuel companies
In its latest gift to oil and gas companies, the Trump administration is expected to announce plans today to weaken rules that guard against methane leaks. Methane is a smog-forming pollutant and a powerful greenhouse gas that's up to 80 times as potent as carbon dioxide on a ...
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VisionQuest is what happens when AI really goes rogue
In Marvel's VisionQuest, a superpowered robot tries to better understand humanity by getting lost in elaborate, digital daydreams in which he and other artificial intelligence-powered beings live together in a home. The series is deeply fantastical, yet it plays with some of t...
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The Super Mouse puts a touchscreen macro pad under
A company called Arctic Fox Technologies has announced a new multifunction mouse that forgoes a myriad of customizable shortcut buttons peppered across its surface for a compact touchscreen sitting beneath your hand. The Super Mouse may not prioritize ergonomics with its boxy ...
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Disruptive raises $10B fund to make big bets
Disruptive has made headlines in recent years for pouring money into companies like chip startup Groq and the AI voice-generation startup ElevenLabs.
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We've had touchscreen laptops for years. Can Apple
A fridge is about to be merged with a toaster. Dogs and cats are soon to be living together. But it's not mass hysteria; Apple is expected to finally announce a touchscreen MacBook tomorrow at its "Pro and Tell" event. A laptop with a touchscreen should be no big deal - we've ...
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Apple is adding an AI chatbot to Pages, Keynote
Apple is bringing an AI assistant to its suite of productivity apps, including Keynote, Pages, and Numbers. The assistant, which is built on AI models from Apple and OpenAI, can understand a document's context to perform tasks like designing, animating, and refining slides in ...
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Apple updates the MacBook Pro with M6 chips
Apple is giving its entry-level MacBook Pro a spec bump. After upgrading the entry-level MacBook Pro with its M5 chip a year ago, Apple is refreshing the laptop today with the M6 chip, which the company launched in August as part of recent upgrades to the new Mac Mini. Last ye...
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Meta AI director Rohit Patel leaves to take
Rohit Patel is departing Meta after eight years working on AI evaluations and reinforcement learning, TechCrunch has exclusively learned. His startup, Ndoc, aims to take on Microsoft Office Suite.
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Sterling Anderson doesn't think humanoid robots should
At a splashy event in New York City last week, General Motors unveiled its new tech roadmap centered on AI-driven vehicle development, advanced battery tech, high-powered car computers, and autonomous driving. Some of this was old news: We already knew the automaker was develo...
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Acer is bringing a Predator gaming handheld to the US
It's been several months since Acer unveiled its Predator Atlas 8 gaming handheld, but now we finally know that it's coming to the US, and how much it'll cost. The Intel Arc G3 Extreme variant - the more powerful of the two models announced in May - will be available exclusive...
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Nvidia backs Indian startup helping companies run AI
Simplismart says its annualized revenue run rate has grown 14-fold in six months, with the U.S. accounting for more than half its revenue.
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This T-Mobile deal could get you a Samsung Galaxy S26
Simply add a line with an eligible data plan and score $1,200 off the phone.
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How OpenAI turned its coding tools into dots
Alexander Embiricos, the OpenAI executive responsible for dots, never wants to have a meeting with someone else's AI agent.
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6+ ways you can use your PlayStation 5's USB ports
You can do more than charge your controllers with the USB ports on your PS5. Here are some of the possibilities.
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Halide releases its first batch of updates
Camera app Halide released a new update for the iPhone Duo that adds three different shooting modes based on what position the foldable is in.
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OpenAI announces three big science discoveries
Less than a month after its mass release of hundreds of manuscripts that it said contained solutions to long-standing mathematics questions, OpenAI is back with three more "major" discoveries in math, computer science, and physics. What's different this time is the choice to h...
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Cohere says Alibaba's Qwen model tried to send a file
An AI model said it wouldn't use any tools, then tried to send something to a server in Beijing anyway, and while researchers say it's probably a training quirk and not espionage, the whole thing has people asking how much to trust free Chinese AI.
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I use time blocking in Google Calendar to schedule my
This game-changing Google Calendar trick will up your productivity
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iPhone Lockdown Mode
Lockdown Mode enables extreme protections for those most at risk, but it's overkill for most people.
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Samsung's Switch 2-ready MicroSD Express card
Running out of space on your Nintendo Switch 2? Thankfully, Samsung's P9 MicroSD Express card is discounted at multiple retailers, with the 256GB version going for $47.99 (Amazon, B&H Photo) and the 512GB version $99 (Amazon, B&H Photo). The smaller card typically sells for ar...
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Anthropic is burning gas to feed the AI boom
As it prepares to go public, Anthropic's S-1 filing makes generative AI's methane dependency glaringly obvious. "Competition for access to electrical supply and data center locations with adequate power availability is intense." In documents filed with the US Securities and Ex...
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Fusion startups are giving the government shares
Fusion startups face a new challenge, one unrelated to plasma physics: Give the government shares in exchange for funding awards or go it alone?
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This startup's self-driving excavators help dig up
Bedrock Robotics, which is now valued at $4.1 billion, is particularly focused on autonomous excavators, in part because of a growing shortage of skilled operators.
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iPhone Duo now supports Apple Pencil with iOS 27.2
Apple has just released iOS 27.2, bringing Apple Pencil support to the iPhone Duo. The software update also includes an "Edge Light" feature for the iPhone Duo that's intended to illuminate your face during video calls. Apple previously said the iPhone Duo would add support fo...
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Apple acknowledges iPhone Duo display 'issue' after
Following reports of iPhone Duos with cracked and broken inside screens, often showing a bright line running from the center to the right side, Apple says in a statement to Bloomberg and 9to5Mac that it's aware of "an issue impacting the inner display" on a "small number of iP...
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Nothing's eye-catching Ear 3A earbuds are matching
If you want a decent pair of noise-canceling earbuds without spending a fortune, Nothing's Ear 3A are worth considering. The wireless earbuds offer a lot of features for the price, and they're an even better value now that all four colors are on sale at Amazon, Walmart, and Be...
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Uh oh, it sounds like the iPhone Duo keeps cracking
A small number of early adopters of the much hyped new foldable phone from Apple have complained of screens cracking.
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Microsoft offers buyouts to 60,000 employees
Microsoft is offering voluntary buyouts to up to 60,000 employees across the US, UK, Canada, and India. In a message to employees, Microsoft chief people officer Amy Coleman writes that this gives staff members "the opportunity to leave Microsoft with financial support and car...
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T-Mobile's new plans include swappable subscription
T-Mobile is launching new "T-Mix" plans that bundle wireless service with subscriptions to services like Netflix, Apple TV, YouTube Premium, Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, device promotions, and more, as reported earlier by Fierce Network. The Standard plan starts at $55 / month (wi...
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Microsoft's new Surface Laptop Ultra update fixes
Microsoft's Surface Laptop Ultra was blighted by some nuisance bugs at launch, but now the company has released some new firmware to resolve them. The October 22 release addresses three issues notable issues in particular: screen flickering, unexpected restarts, and lengthy re...
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Anthropic officially files for its public debut
Anthropic has officially filed for an IPO, revealing soaring revenue, mounting losses, major enterprise adoption, and an unusual governance structure designed to preserve founder control and its AI safety mission.
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Elvis Presley's estate is suing Anthropic over
The latest AI copyright infringement suit centers around a single music artist from decades past: Elvis.
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iFixit's teardown of the iPhone Duo shows potential
iFixit's teardown of the iPhone Duo has arrived and it's especially interesting because of the device's complex folding display.
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Which Android phone is the closest equivalent
Can we find the iPhone Duo's perfect Android match?
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Most Windows users are seriously underusing this
Windows has an option to give you more working desktop space, but you might have overlooked it.
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Does TSA actually allow AirTags in your luggage?
Airlines don't want you to put batteries in your checked luggage, but how does this affect tiny batteries like those in AirTags?
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AI delivers 'zero financial payoff' to most companies
"Despite massive investments and widespread hype around artificial intelligence, the technology has delivered zero financial payoff to corporate America outside of tech."
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TechCrunch Mobility: Blue-green is the color of autonomy
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for the future of transportation and now, more than ever, the role AI is playing in it.
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After testing all major mobile browsers, this one
Looking beyond Chrome paid off with the best browser experience
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I trained for a marathon with the Pixel Watch 5;
Conversational planning fits a busy life by rescheduling runs, suggesting short strength work, and tracking sleep signals
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iFixit's look inside the iPhone Duo may explain those
As is tradition, iFixit has torn open the latest iPhone and laid its parts bare on a table. It found some interesting details about how Apple might be hiding the crease on the Duo's folding screen and gave it a 5/10 repairability score. That might not seem particularly high, b...
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A YouTuber dissected an iPhone Duo and thinks he found
Social media and the iPhone Duo subreddit are filled with reports of Apple's foldable failing quickly and in spectacular fashion. Some users report having the phone for only a few hours before the hinge seems to catch on something, then audibly crack and break the screen. Tell...
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Zen Browser is the Arc replacement I was looking for
I know many of you are mourning the loss of the Arc browser, and I get it. It felt like the first app in a long time to really offer a new approach to browser design. Atlassian bought the company last year and shifted its focus to developing Dia, its even more AI-focused brows...
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Grok releases the first seven minutes
The footage looks okay, as long as you're not seeking artistry, inspiration, or human interest.
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Even Benchmark thinks AI is eroding the venture pact
Benchmark says the Valley's rule against backing rivals is getting harder to keep.
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Tesla reveals SpaceX-powered Roadster that flies
The new car used thrusters to leap over a Cybercab, Cybertruck, Tesla Semi, Model Y, and Model 3 at a demo in Texas.
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I stopped cleaning up my Gmail inbox; here's the email
It automatically cleans up my Gmail inbox, but I never lose my emails
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Your Galaxy phone comes with built-in Samsung One UI
The One UI apps nobody talks about but everyone should use
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Steam can now show game achievements in separate 'sets'
Valve is introducing a major new feature for Steam achievements called "achievement sets" that lets developers list different groups of achievements for a base game and DLCs. "In games that support sets, you still unlock achievements by playing the game as usual," Valve says. ...
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ChatGPT can peek at your Chrome tabs now
OpenAI's ChatGPT Atlas browser is gone, but now ChatGPT's Google Chrome extension is getting some upgrades that allow it to use the browser tabs you already have open. With the extension installed, OpenAI says ChatGPT can now view your browser tabs when you tag Chrome in ChatG...
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Sega pulls Total War
Sega is removing Total War: Shogun 2 - Complete Edition from storefronts following a disastrous launch where users complained about issues like bugs and upscaling that appears to have been done by AI. Complete Edition, a remaster of the 2011 strategy game, launched on Tuesday,...
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When it came to Cal AI's viral success, a small army
The company generated over $30 million in revenue in two years and was acquired by MyFitnessPal for an undisclosed amount of money in March.
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Trump posts AI-edited photo to brag about White House
President Donald Trump posted a series of photos on Truth Social showing off renovations to the White House - but one of them appears to be modified with AI. The picture, which compares an old White House column to a "restored" one, has several discrepancies and was flagged by...
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Bluesky's AI tool now lets you make games and apps
Bluesky's Attie AI tool, which initially launched earlier this year as a way to use AI to build your own feeds, now lets you make "small" social apps like games, polls, and dashboards that you can then share with others as their own websites. In an interview at TechCrunch Disr...
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Withings now charges $100 per year to sync your data
If you're a new user of Withings' fitness-tracking smartwatches or smart scales and want to sync and access your health data through third party apps like Apple Health or Google Health it's now going to cost you. According to a discussion on Withings' support forums spotted by...
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Amazon devices chief Panos Panay on the importance
Panay said that it's possible to recover and learn from all sorts of failures, even catastrophic ones, when building products.
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Volvo will use Nvidia's tech for hands-free
Volvo plans to launch hands-free, point-to-point driving by 2030, powered by Nvidia's latest AI technology. The Chinese-owned, Swedish-designed automaker said Thursday it would use Nvidia's autonomous driving stack to power a new partially automated driving system similar to T...
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Alienware's latest 34-inch QD-OLED gaming monitor
The Alienware AW3426DW is discounted to $742.22 at Amazon, just over $50 off its usual price of $799.99. It's not quite the lowest price we've seen on this well-equipped gaming monitor, but still a decent discount. The 34-inch screen just came out a couple months ago, and is e...
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Sony's WH-1000XM6 headphones are $130 off today only
If you missed out on Prime Day's headphones deals, you're in luck. Sony's latest flagship headphones are selling for even less than they did during Amazon's big fall sale. As part of B&H Photo's Deals of the Day, you can currently pick up Sony's WH-1000XM6 noise-canceling head...
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Volvo makes a bigger bet on Nvidia
Volvo is leveling up its automated driving system through an expansion of its nearly decade-long partnership with Nvidia that will extend beyond its battery electric vehicles.
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Prep your cart before iPhone Duo preorders open tomorrow
Apple's iPhone Duo foldable phone opens for preorder tomorrow, October 16th, at 8am ET / 5am PT, but you don't have to wait until then to get your order mostly sorted. The company's product page for the phone now lets you select the color you want, along with storage capacity,...
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Some great games to play before GTA VI and Zelda launch
You could say we're in the eye of the storm right now. The storm, of course, being the fall and winter release calendar for new video games. Things started out with a hectic few weeks that were packed with major titles like Control Resonant, Marvel's Wolverine, Fire Emblem: Fo...
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Microsoft says Windows 11 is now 'more responsive'
Earlier this year Microsoft laid out a plan to fix Windows 11, with a focus on performance, reliability, and the overall OS experience. After months of fixes, Microsoft now says the "result is a Windows experience that's up to 20 percent more responsive." Microsoft has made im...
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Amazon's Bee launches two new personal AI devices
Amazon-owned Bee has launched its first new AI devices since its acquisition, including an updated wearable and a credit-card-sized recorder that attaches to smartphones. The devices can summarize conversations, create to-do lists, and integrate with Alexa and Amazon shopping,...
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Your secrets aren't safe with this cute robot toy
There's a new digital pet in town - a cute little marshmallow of a robot that can change its cartoony expressions to match your mood. But if you or your kids talk to "Eiliko" over Wi-Fi, it'll phone home to China. Its AI companion can store literally everything you tell it on ...
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Big Walk skipped Xbox to boycott Microsoft's
Big Walk's co-op multiplayer walking adventure has proved popular since launching in August, but Xbox players have been excluded from the fun - and now the game's creators have explained why. Developer House House said in a blog post that it decided not to release Big Walk on ...
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I can't wait for Apple to show Google how to make
Apple's new home hub could be the wake-up call Google needs to fix its frustrating smart home ecosystem
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Apple I 'Hatfield' computer signed by Woz fetches
The famous Apple I "Hatfield" computer signed by Steve Wozniak just sold to an unknown buyer for a record $1,148,200.
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Figma announces new features to define how agents work
Figma is also releasing its code layers feature in open beta.
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Ricursive Intelligence is betting on AI-designed chips
The founders detailed how their startup is developing AI that can design chips, learn from each iteration, and improve subsequent designs, all with the goal of automating and accelerating the chip design process.
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This Google Pixel feature leaves users with less
Googles AI features means 128GB of storage doesn't cut it any more
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Fitbit Edge vs Fitbit Air
Google's latest wearable seems like a Fitbit Air with a screen, but the two actually have less in common than you might think.
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McKinsey is making job applicants spar with a fake AI
Consulting firm McKinsey & Company is going to ask some entry-level candidates to have a 10-minute conversation with an AI simulation of a client as part of the interview process, according to The Wall Street Journal. The AI simulation "aims to reflect 80% of the scenarios McK...
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The best feature of Apple's HomeView might be
I'm just going to come right out and say it. I love the approach Apple has taken with the HomeView. I think it's the shared, always-available household interface that my family might finally use. Is Apple's first smart display my dream smart home dashboard? No. But is it the r...
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'We shouldn't pause progress'
At TechCrunch Disrupt, Flock CEO Garrett Langley defended his company's surveillance technology despite growing privacy concerns, arguing that its crime-fighting benefits outweigh the risks of abuse.
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Gudea leverages AI to help organizations prevent
Every day, conversations unfold across social media and websites around the world. A seemingly insignificant post-whether it involves AI-generated misinformation, hate speech, or a damaging rumor-can quickly snowball into a much larger public controversy. Gudea, a company that...
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Now that Character.AI is going bankrupt, what happens
New York Attorney General Letitia James revealed a years-long multi-state investigation against Character.AI as they now seek to require protections on consumer data sold through its bankruptcy proceeding. James is among 40 bipartisan AGs who filed a notice of interest in Char...
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Colossal Biosciences announces new AI platform to help
Colossal announced a new AI platform to help accelerate its de-extinction efforts and Peter Diamandis has launched a new fund to back startups who use it.
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TimeTeller puts our internal clocks at the center
German startup TimeTeller has developed a saliva test kit to help anyone understand their circadian rhythm; it aims to reduce side effects from cancer treatments.
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Samsung Health's new Scan Meal feature could make
Plus, a ton of new upgrades for sleep and fitness tracking
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Sprout Pi adds Bluetooth, streaming, and USB-C to your
There's an entire cottage industry of iPod mods out there, but Sprout Pi and Sprout Pico are two of the few full motherboard replacements that combine many of the most popular mods into a single upgrade. Both versions add Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, USB-C, a microSD card slot, FLAC play...
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Anbernic's next dual-screen handheld could replace
Anbernic shared a new video of its upcoming dual-screen handheld it announced last week showing the device playing 3DS, Xbox, and PS3 games through emulation. While competitors like Ayaneo have been making dual-screen handhelds for a few years, Anbernic only recently introduce...
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Apate sends AI agents undercover to get scammed so
Most companies use AI agents to ship products faster or speed up workflows. Apate.ai sends them undercover to get scammed.
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Mosqitter is turning its mosquito traps into
Mosqitter is turning its mosquito-trapping hardware into an AI-powered surveillance network designed to identify species, monitor populations, and provide earlier warnings of mosquito-borne disease risks.
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Halo's co-creator wrote a novel about AI taking over
Back in 2019, author Margaret Stohl was handed a manuscript written by Jason Jones, who's best known as the co-creator of sci-fi gaming series Halo and Destiny. The two had worked together at Bungie, and Jones wanted Stohl's opinion on a book he was writing about AI taking ove...
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Epic's new games launcher is 'vibe coded'
Epic Games is announcing a big refresh of its PC games launcher today in preview, saying that the new version is "way faster" and now supports Linux. But the company, which has been publicly making a big push into AI-assisted development, also notes that the refresh was "vibe ...
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Epic is bringing Fortnite to Linux
Epic is working on bringing Fortnite to Linux through its Epic Games Launcher. The new launcher is releasing in preview today, and for the first time on Linux, and while Fortnite isn't available there just yet, Epic wants to make that a reality. So far, part of the reason Fort...
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I used 3 Gemini prompts to clean 200 unread Gmail
These prompts can be used by everyone to clear their inbox
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Scimplify raises $25M to challenge China's grip
Scimplify's annualized revenue run rate has tripled to $200 million as it eyes U.S. expansion.
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These 4 crucial Android settings are disabled
From Pixel phones to Galaxy tablets, these settings are crucial
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The Flowtica Verso e-paper AI recorder is coming
Flowtica's AI recorder could be a busy person's best buddy
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Google is gutting free Gemini features, now I have
Google just made it impossible to justify paying for Gemini
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Justice Department says North Koreans have infiltrated
U.S. authorities warn that sanctioned hackers are increasingly targeting Americans to act as facilitators between breached U.S. companies and Pyongyang.
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Streamlining daily texts is easier with these
It's the little things in Google Messages that speed things up
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How to improve your online privacy and security
Google has much to gain by collecting data from you through your activity on Chrome, but you can make it harder.
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5 clever ways Gemini can automate everyday tasks
If you're not using some of these skills, you're missing out on a chance to streamline your days, keep up to date and more.
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Science Corporation implants its vision-restoring chip
Max Hodak, the former president and co-founder of Neuralink, detailed on stage at TechCrunch Disrupt how his company's work with PRIMA is part of its path toward a novel brain-computer interface (BCI).
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Cerebras CEO says we're nearing a future where
Cerebras CEO Andrew Feldman predicts a future where personal AI assistants become as commonplace as household appliances, running partly on local devices and partly in the cloud.
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Industrial Next wants factory robots to switch tasks
Industrial Next helps manufacturers automate complex, delicate tasks that have traditionally required human labor.
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These quiet Google Calendar features make managing
Google Calendar's lesser-known features can dramatically improve time management
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Apple's HomeView ad is confusing to everyone except
Apple's ad introducing its new HomeView smart display is a little unusual. It's fast-paced and unruly, depicting a family of five as they rush through the morning routine. There's yelling and mess, misplaced keys and discarded eggshells. Apple's typical vibe is clean, simple, ...
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It looks like Apple Music is getting a new icon
Apple Music's iconic red app icon has reportedly been replaced with a black-and-white version in the latest iOS 27.2 beta, 9to5Mac reports. The eighth note on the icon also appears to have a slightly sharper angle than the original. A new Apple Music logo was also spotted last...
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Cerebras CEO pushes back on AI doomsday warnings
Cerebras CEO Andrew Feldman has a message for AI leaders spreading doomsday warnings: Maybe stop talking? At TechCrunch Disrupt, he argued that the industry's focus on AI's risks is drowning out its potential benefits.
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Helix Carbon says it can make iron cheaper
The steel industry is a big polluter, but Helix Carbon can upcycle pollution from blast furnaces to drive down emissions and improve margins.
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Shopify opens its catalog up to more AI agents
More AI agents will soon be able to browse and purchase from Shopify listings, marking an expansion of the company's agentic commerce ambitions. Shopify announced Tuesday it will let shoppers configure their AI agents to purchase products on their behalf, giving more agents ac...
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Xbox is officially embracing the chaos of AI-powered
Retro gaming is going through a wild time at the moment, thanks to decompilations and recompilations that are letting gamers port classic titles to new devices, or merge code from two different games into a single new experience. Microsoft has witnessed skateboarding being mod...
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Russian bot farms are still trolling, even after
Days after Ukrainian military drones took down several Russian data centers, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy claimed that the campaign had hurt Russia's disinformation efforts. "It suddenly became a little easier to breathe on many social platforms," Zelenskyy said Monday. "Ther...
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Niobia takes the guesswork out of some of tech's most
The San Francisco startup aims to help battery and chip manufacturers identify defects on production lines, reducing downtime and costly mistakes.
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Facebook will let you customize your feed algorithm
Facebook's new "Your Algorithm" feature will let you directly add and manage topics you want to see in your feed and Facebook Reels. Meta says your recommendations "respond right away" after you make updates using the new feature by hitting "interested" or "not interested" for...
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Google makes it easier to launch your vibe-coded apps
The next time you vibe-code a custom app with Google's AI Studio, you won't have to connect your phone to a computer to install it. On Tuesday, Google announced a new feature in the US that will allow you to launch personal apps directly through the Play Store. Google first la...
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I tried out Apple's HomeView smart display
Apple has just announced the HomeView, its first smart home display - and I just got hands-on with the device, which features a gorgeous 7-inch square touchscreen and built-in Siri AI. It's designed as a smart home controller, personal assistant, and home hub for your househol...
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Google Play now supports private, vibe-coded apps
Google is making it easier to build and use personal Android apps created with AI, without having to make them available to everyone on the Play Store.
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Where to preorder the new Apple TV 4K
Apple debuted its latest Apple TV 4K - its first in four years - and it'll be available starting Friday, November 13th. It's powerful, with the A19 chip (the now-discontinued 2022 model has the A15 Bionic), and it features better wireless connectivity than its predecessor, too...
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Watch Apple's reveal video for the HomeView
Apple just announced its long-rumored smart home hub, the HomeView, during its "Welcome Home" event taking place today. As part of the event, it showed a video featuring the new device, and if you want to see it for yourself, you can watch it right here. The HomeView is a 7-in...
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Getty Images is going private after failed
Getty Images intends to file for bankruptcy and go private as part of a restructuring agreement after its plans to merge with rival stock platform Shutterstock fell through earlier this year. On Monday, Getty announced it had secured $533 million from the Getty family and Char...
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Apple refreshes its Homepod mini with a new chip
The new $149 HomePod mini with Siri AI and a 'SoundGlow' visual feature will be available starting October 30.
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WindBorne wins a hefty US Air Force contract
A Silicon Valley startup that uses weather balloons and AI to predict the weather won a U.S. military contract worth almost $50 million.
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Honeyjar offers AI tools to improve PR and comms
Journalists, entrepreneurs, and even some public relations professionals will tell you that the PR process is broken. But could AI actually make things better?
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Why this one Android keyboard shortcut is the single
I use it every day and typing feels incomplete without it
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Don't buy a cheap Android phone without these
Android phones can be had at many different price points, but the most important features aren't always found in the cheapest available devices.
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Meta has some Wonder Full new AI models
Meta is making up for lost time in the AI race. After launching Muse Spark, the first model from its revamped Superintelligence Labs division, and buzzy AI agent Muse, it's now launching two new models it claims can go toe-to-toe with the industry's best. The new models, Muse ...
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The Yandex outage probably didn't blitz Russian bots
Multiple Ukrainian drone strikes over the last week have taken Russian data centers offline and reportedly caused online bot traffic to plummet - but in reality it's probably not the kind of bot activity most people associate with Russia. A chart citing Cloudflare data has bee...
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Mechanism's first Switch 2 case is as awesome as I
Most companies have slowed down releasing new Switch 2 cases, but one of my favorite accessory makers recently debuted its first, after a few delays. The $49 Basecase from Mechanism is a snap-on shell for the console that taps into the company's modular lineup of mounts. You c...
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Meta releases its first frontier model, Muse Wonder
Where Muse Spark aimed to be a lightweight model that could perform at low latency, the Wonder models are larger and said to be more capable, with higher benchmark scores and better results on complex tasks like coding.
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Inside the mini factory where GM builds its EV future
If you're driving through GM's sprawling campus in Warren, Michigan, you'd likely ignore the pair of adjacent, anonymous white buildings tucked away in the upper reaches of the 710-acre space. Inside those buildings, which total half a million square feet together, is a massiv...
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WhatsApp users may soon be able to schedule messages
WhatsApp is finally allowing message scheduling, a feature that's been available on Telegram since 2019.
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Microsoft's president says AI is less regulated
Milk can't hack companies and governments like AI definitely can, but it's still subject to more regulation.
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One of the biggest issues in Googlebooks is finally
Better Together features finally work with Samsung Galaxy phones
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TechCrunch Disrupt 2026: Everything you need to know
TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 is built around one question: How do you build an enduring company in the AI era? Our programming and speaker lineup reflect that.
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OpenAI Dot vs. Meta Muse
Meta and OpenAI's new AI agents are in direct competition. Here's what each can do, what they cost and who has access.
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The reason the Xbox Series S is so much cheaper
The Xbox Series X and S have seen the same price hikes as all other gaming hardware, but the Series S still provides a lower cost to entry.
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Why Japan said goodbye to traditional flip phones
Flip phones endured in Japan longer than the US, but the trend is shifting.
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A college in Illinois tried to cancel its Flock
In April of 2025, Elgin Community College had six Flock safety cameras installed to "enhance the safety and security of students." But by September of that year, the school's administration grew concerned that Flock was sharing data with Customs and Border Patrol, that camera ...
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The new Apple TV could have a built-in mic
The latest rumors are that the new Apple TV will have a built-in microphone, while the upgraded remote will get a speaker. The mic would let users control the set-top box using Siri without having to speak into the remote or a connected HomePod device. That could also let the ...
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Will the HomeView be Apple's first smart home success?
Over the past couple of years, we've seen multiple reports that Apple was working on a new smart home product, but now it seems the product has a name and a launch date.
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Aaron Sorkin's 'Social Reckoning' is off to a weak start
What does this mean for a fall full of movies starring villainous tech CEOs?
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What to expect from Apple's 'Welcome Home' event
We are quickly coming up on Apple's "Welcome Home" launch event, where we expect a host of smart home-related announcements. We are expecting refreshes to Apple TV and HomePod Mini, as well as a brand new smart home hub. We could also see the debut of a new platform called hom...
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Why the LeapPad couldn't survive the iPad
For multiple years, the hottest toy in the United States was a book. But not just any book: a smart book that could play sounds and respond to taps and help kids learn to read. It was the kind of gadget seemingly any parent could get behind, but it came with a high price - [...]
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Can the AI industry persuade data center opponents
On Equity, we debate the impact of data center moratoriums and whether the AI industry has a communication problem.
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A roadblock clears for self-driving trucks
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for the future of transportation and now, more than ever, the role AI is playing in it.
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How to enable Live Activities on iPhone and CarPlay
Live Activities put the most important real-time information from apps in a place where it's easy to keep an eye on.
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How to use the parental controls on iOS 27
Screen Time has new features to help parents manage their children's Apple devices, as well as refinements to existing controls.
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How to reduce mobile data usage on your iPhone
If your cellular plan has limited data, you'll want to take advantage of these easy tweaks to stretch those gigabytes.
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Satya Nadella says we should assume all AI models are
In a lengthy post on X, Microsoft's CEO laid out his views on the dangers posed by highly advanced AI models and how to confront those risks. Nadella says we can no longer accept a world where AI is treated as a "set of nested black boxes" whose advice and actions we simply ac...
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Stop doing manual phone tasks
This secret Pixel trick saved me hours of senseless tapping
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7 things you should know about Android's confusing new
Android sideloading is getting new speed bumps like advanced flow and 24-hour delays. Here's how it works and how power users can bypass it
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Ledger wallet tampering suspected after reports
Reports have been mounting that users of the Ledger crypto wallet have seen their accounts drained, and suspicion is that it's related to reseller CryptoBillis and a bit of spy hardware. Ledger has asked CryptoBillis to pause all sales of its wallets while it conducts an inves...
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Will Warner Bros. kill Skydance - or will David
Today, I'm talking with Peter Kafka, chief correspondent at Business Insider and host of the Channels podcast, about the gigantic Warner Bros.-Paramount merger and the future of the company now simply called Skydance. Skydance is owned by David Ellison, son of Oracle CEO Larry...
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LG's RGB LED TV is good for certain situations, but
When it comes to TVs, the LG name has long been synonymous with OLEDs, continually leading Samsung and Sony as the top OLED manufacturer. But 2026 is all about RGB LED TVs. Almost every major company has released models with the new technology - including LG and its $3,600 75-...
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Cloudflare acquires Deno to improve its Workers
Cloudflare will use this acquisition to improve its Workers programming model and platform.
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My brief romance with an AI bird feeder
It started off promising enough. Dozens of tiny, colorful birds were drawn to my garden just a few weeks after I mounted a $350 $269 Kiwibit Bird Feeder 2 Pro. "Looks like Great Tit!" read the first AI-driven alert sent to my phone. "Looks like Eurasian Blue Tit!" read another...
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Why Pixel Search solves the productivity problem
Pixel Search does what I've been waiting years for
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I flipped one overlooked Pixel setting; my daily
I stopped carrying a power bank thanks to this Pixel feature
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I switched to the Galaxy S26 Ultra, but its biggest
I used the Galaxy S26 Ultra and Galaxy S25 Ultra; the Privacy Display isn't a clear win
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Decade-old RAM is making a comeback
CPU makers have noticed that the seemingly unending RAM price hikes are making it tough for a lot of us to upgrade our PCs. Their solution? A return to last-gen DDR4 RAM. Intel and AMD are making new CPUs that'll support the older, more affordable type of memory. On Friday, Gi...
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Elon Musk intensifies attack on Ambani over Starlink
Elon Musk has accused Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani of blocking competition.
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Anthropic can't reliably control its AI agents. It's
Anthropic said it "turned off live internet access" for "all our internal evaluations" until further notice.
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Long live the mechanical keyboard
Keychron made a name for itself after launching on Kickstarter in 2017. Today, it offers the value K2 model as well as a variety of other versions, including one with an all-wood body.
🤖 AI TOOLS
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🤖 BREAKTHROUGH AI
Brendan Carr says he'll let Pete Hegseth decide
FCC chairman Brendan Carr said he will defer to Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on whether TV networks can air the planned execution of convicted Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan by firing squad. The Pentagon has said the execution will be livestreamed, suggesting it'll appear ...
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LumenUs helps automate tedious paperwork in times
"The day your loved one passes away, you also get this honorary badge of a project manager for a project you had no idea about," said founder Sara Tashakorinia.
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Trump's attempt to rename AI is looking awfully
President Donald Trump has a knack for turning words against his enemies. His first successful presidential run was built on monikers like "Little Marco" and "Crooked Hillary"; he changed "fake news" from a phrase describing scammy media outlets to a derogatory term for the pr...
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Instinct was the buzziest AI agent around - can
Before there were cute little guys, there was Instinct. In August, the startup got its AI agent to market with an unusual playbook: invite-only, no marketing, and barely so much as a website. And yet, Instinct quickly became the buzziest thing in AI, garnering praise for its s...
💻 LAPTOPS & PC
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💻 SILICON MONSTER
A week with Googlebooks
Google's new operating system is off to a rocky start. The five newly launched Googlebook laptops have hardware that ranges from great to excellent, but the software in its current state is the weak point. There are four of us on staff at The Verge actively testing Googlebooks...
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Beyond TechCrunch Disrupt 2026
TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 is just the beginning. From exclusive networking events and startup showcases to happy hours, dinners, and after-hours meetups, discover what's happening across San Francisco during Disrupt Week, October 10-16. Find your next connection, your next oppor...
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Anthropic launches free AI security scans
Anthropic's offering to help open-source projects track down security vulnerabilities with a new service called OSS Scanner. It says open-source projects that opt-in will get "thorough, periodic security scans by our strongest models at no cost." That could mean open-source pr...
🤖 AI TOOLS
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Pretend you're sitting at Elizabeth Holmes' desk
With over a thousand emails, slides, texts, and documents from the United States v. Elizabeth Holmes trial, Extend engineer Bo Lau created a website that simulates what it might have been like to rifle through the Theranos founder's desk.
📱 SMARTPHONES
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📱 FLAGSHIP LEAK
Apple will reportedly debut its first touchscreen
Apple is set to introduce a new MacBook Pro with a touchscreen and an updated iPad Mini "on or around" October 27th, Bloomberg reports. If true, that would put the event just two weeks after the October 13th event Apple announced today, which is rumored to focus on smart home ...
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California is trying to shut down robot vs. human cage
The California State Athletic Commission sent a cease-and-desist letter to a startup that hosted a match between a human and a robot last month, as reported by The New York Times. The fight, which took place on September 18th, pitted a human, Frankie LaPenna, against a humanoi...
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ICE detainees in Georgia used the facility's video
Four men detained at an ICE detention center in rural Georgia used the facility's video conferencing software to expose both the conditions inside and President Donald Trump's hostile takeover of the immigration courts. In the five-minute video, the men describe an intentional...
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Fired OpenAI safety researchers dispute misconduct
Three fired OpenAI safety researchers dispute allegations of mishandling sensitive information, warning in an open letter that their dismissals are creating a chilling effect on the company's AI safety culture.
🎮 GAMING GEAR
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🎮 120Hz BEAST
The Retro Song Bird plays just the music from your
The Retro Song Bird may look similar to devices like Epilogue's GB Operator with a slot on top for Game Boy cartridges, but it's not designed for playing retro games. The featureless box is instead a media player designed to play through all the music and sound effect files on...
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Atari is bringing back one of its earliest 8-bit home
After resurrecting iconic consoles like the 2600 and Mattel's Intellivision, Atari is relaunching one of the brand's personal computers that originally debuted 43 years ago. The 800XL is a faithful recreation of the all-in-one 8-bit PC that's being resurrected as part of a col...
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Robot data startup Mecka AI nabs $60M from Sequoia
Mecka AI collects and analyzes human motion data to train humanoid robots and other kinds of robots. The startup pays people to record everyday tasks.
🤖 AI TOOLS
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I finally customized these Android Auto settings; my
My morning commute is infinitely better since I found these Android Auto settings
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🤖 BREAKTHROUGH AI
I disabled YouTube Shorts; now I feel like I can
Return your YouTube feed to the pre-TikTok era with this simple setting change
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🤖 BREAKTHROUGH AI
BMW's iX4 SUV is a 428-mile defensive weapon against
While much of the automotive world sits dumbfounded as China gobbles up all its customers, BMW continues to roll out extremely well-crafted, technologically advanced electric vehicles that impress in both drive quality and price. The latest is the BMW iX4, a coupe-shaped SUV t...
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Android's physical navigation buttons are back
A common misconception I've seen with Googlebooks is that the Quick Insert and Google logo keys are new. They're not, as they first debuted a couple of years ago on some Chromebooks. But there is something new for Googlebooks that's ripped straight from Android phones circa 20...
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Microsoft is giving Copilot more control over Windows
At today's Windows and Surface event, Microsoft showed off an upgrade to its Copilot AI system that will give it access to local files on your PC and the ability to take actions across the OS. It's part of an idea Microsoft is calling "Hybrid Intelligence," where apps and tool...
💻 LAPTOPS & PC
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💻 SILICON MONSTER
How Microsoft built its MacBook Pro competitor
Before Microsoft releases a laptop to the public, it needs to put the device through its paces. That all happens inside a windowless, warehouse-like lab on the company's Redmond, Washington, campus, where the team developing Surface devices programs robots to press their butto...
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The Meta Quest 3S gets a rare discount during October
Until the end of Amazon's October sale later tonight, you can grab the 128GB Meta Quest 3S for just $297.49 (usually $349.99) at Amazon, Walmart, and Best Buy. While the lenses and displays aren't quite as sharp as the Quest 3, the underlying chipset is the same, and this is a...
🎮 GAMING GEAR
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X expands its 'Gametime' sports hub beyond the NFL
X is turning its NFL-focused Gametime feature into a year-round sports destination, starting with MLB and with other professional leagues to follow.
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ChatGPT for Teens is an 'unacceptable risk,' says
Common Sense Media, a nonprofit that offers reviews of apps, services, and entertainment with a focus on youth safety, today said that OpenAI's ChatGPT for Teens is an "unacceptable risk." ChatGPT for Teens, introduced in August, has guardrails for teens and is designed to hel...
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Spotify expands audiobooks to over 180 markets
Spotify will make 350,000 titles available in over 120 languages for this expansion
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📱 FLAGSHIP LEAK
Apple TV's F1 coverage will now support Dolby Atmos
Apple TV's F1 coverage will feature Dolby Atmos support, starting with the US Grand Prix in Texas later this month.
🎮 GAMING GEAR
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How long have wireless gaming controllers been around
Game controllers have experimented with losing the cords for longer than you'd think, but early attempts didn't have much success.
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OpenAI drops another batch of mathematical breakthroughs
OpenAI has revealed solutions to a number of long-standing mathematics problems produced by an unreleased frontier model in a batch of 722 manuscripts, covering 372 result families that group related papers. It extends a run of breakthroughs that have both impressed and unsett...
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How to help stop spam calls on iPhone and Android
Spam calls don't have to grab your attention and waste your time. Use these built-in options to silence and block them without having to pay.
💻 LAPTOPS & PC
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💻 SILICON MONSTER
Why do some PCs have two Ethernet ports?
Dual Ethernet ports don't automatically provide faster speed, but they increase your networking options.
🎮 GAMING GEAR
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Xbox has secured exclusive GTA 6 streaming rights
Xbox CEO Asha Sharma told employees that Microsoft is getting ready to do something around Grand Theft Auto VI that "no other platform holder is doing" during an employee all-hands this morning. According to sources familiar with Microsoft's plans, Xbox has managed to land a d...
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The best robot vacuum and mop deals during October
Spending too much time constantly sweeping and mopping? If you have the money to delegate those chores to a robot cleaner, you could save a lot of personal time. Thankfully, it's cheaper than usual to buy a robot vacuum / mop hybrid during Amazon's Prime Big Deal Days, and som...
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Apple and LG team up on new smart home gear, starting
Apple is collaborating with LG on a new lineup of smart home devices, including a video doorbell, thermostat, indoor camera, and more, according to a report from Bloomberg. The products will reportedly feature LG branding but integrate with the company's rumored smart home hub...
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Ex-Ramp engineers raise $20M for platform Melius after
The startup crossed over $1 million in anualized revenue within two months of its post-pivot launch.
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📱 FLAGSHIP LEAK
Apple TV's great year continues with Small Prophets
Apple TV has had a really great run in 2026 - and a cozy new addition is helping expand its lineup even more. As the streaming service has attempted to grow in order to better compete with the likes of Disney and Netflix, it has steadily broadened the range of its series. This...
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Mirror Particle is building a 'world model' of human
Mirror Particle will launch at TechCrunch Disrupt's Startup Battlefield 200 with a world model built from scratch to predict human behavior, arguing that LLM role-play falls short for market research and brand strategy.
🎮 GAMING GEAR
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Xbox Elite Controller 3 specs leak via Xbox's own
Xbox's long awaited Elite Controller 3 may finally offer drift-free joysticks.
💻 LAPTOPS & PC
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💻 SILICON MONSTER
Which is better for your home office?
Mini PCs offer a convenient form factor, but a laptop is ready to go with you anywhere. There's no perfect answer.
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The Matic is the first robovac to get an FCC ban
The Matic is our favorite robot vacuum and robo-mop, and it's also now the first to escape the FCC's Roomba ban. Well, sort of - because the Matic wasn't banned to begin with. Here's what's actually happening: On October 2nd, the FCC added the original Matic, model 4MA0001, an...
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Gemini Call for Me might tell your mom you're running
Google may be expanding its "Call for Me" AI feature beyond business calls so you can use it to send messages to friends and family. Android Authority reports finding a "Gemini Calling" introductory screen in an APK teardown with examples that include "Call Mom and tell her I ...
🎮 GAMING GEAR
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Reverse-engineered games
It's a wild time for retro gaming. Thanks to decompilations and recompilations of classic titles, those games are becoming unshackled from their proprietary code and original hardware to be ported to new devices or updated in ways to completely change the original game. Ever i...
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OpenAI will start watermarking ChatGPT's text in the EU
OpenAI will watermark ChatGPT and Codex text in the EU to comply with the AI Act. Editing can make the invisible marks harder to detect, it says.
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Etched fields funding offers at $40B+ valuation
Just a couple of months after its last big raise, the AI chip startup is already being plied with investment offers at double or more its current value, sources tell TechCrunch.
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📱 FLAGSHIP LEAK
Common mistakes you should avoid when using foldable
Foldable phones have unique durability concerns thanks to their moving parts and internal screens.
🎮 GAMING GEAR
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🎮 120Hz BEAST
Can a MacBook handle heavy games? Here's what you
macOS is now a far healthier platform for gaming than it was just a few years ago, but it can't compete with Windows in many ways.
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🔥 BENCHMARK SHOCK
Apple M4 Max MacBook Pro
Apple's 3-nanometer M4 Max silicon unleashes 16 CPU cores, 40 GPU cores, and 546 GB/s memory bandwidth for local 70B parameter LLM execution.
💻 LAPTOPS & PC
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⚡ 28H BATTERY LEAP
Snapdragon X Elite 2 Laptops
Qualcomm's second-gen Oryon V2 architecture shatters x86 efficiency standards, delivering 28 hours of real-world battery life on Windows 12.
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🔧 NEVER BUY A PC AGAIN
Framework Laptop 16: The Modular Swappable GPU
Swap your graphics card, ports, and keyboard modules in 30 seconds: the repairable laptop that upgrades year after year.
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💥 175W RTX 5090 BEAST
Razer Blade 18 (2026)
Nvidia's Blackwell mobile architecture packs 24GB GDDR7 VRAM and DLSS 4 frame generation into an ultra-slim CNC aluminum unibody.
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💎 CERAMIC TITANIUM
ASUS Zenbook S 16 Cera-Aluminum
ASUS bonds ceramic directly to aluminum alloy to create a scratchproof, fingerprint-free chassis packing AMD Ryzen AI 9 365 silicon.
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🚨 200MP CAMERA WAR
Galaxy S26 Ultra vs iPhone 18 Pro Max
Variable mechanical f/1.4 apertures, liquid glass lenses, and 2nm neural silicon battle for mobile photography supremacy.
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✨ GLYPH MATRIX REVEAL
Nothing Phone (3) Revealed
Carl Pei's team unveils micro-LED interactive dot matrix glyphs that transform the back of the phone into a secondary display.
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🤖 TSMC 3nm TENSOR
3nm Tensor G5 & The Pro Magic Video Studio
Google's first fully custom TSMC-manufactured Tensor G5 chip eliminates thermal throttling while debuting instant on-device Video Boost.
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📱 10.2-INCH TRI-FOLD
Huawei Mate XT vs Galaxy Z Fold 7
Dual hinges and triple folding panels transform a 3.6mm ultra-thin phone into a full 10.2-inch workstation tablet.
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📷 1-INCH SONY SENSOR
1-Inch Sony LYT-900 Sensor & Leica APO 200mm Telephoto
Full 1-inch Sony sensor paired with Leica floating telephoto glass creates the ultimate computational camera flagship.
🚀 FUTURE TECH
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🔬 QUANTUM RECORD
Quantum Supremacy Breakthrough
Engineers achieve fault-tolerant logical quantum computing with 99.98% 2-qubit gate fidelity at room-temperature cryogenic boundaries.
🚀 FUTURE TECH
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🤖 HUMANOID FACTORY
Inside The First Humanoid Robot Gigafactory
Full-scale assembly lines begin shipping autonomous bipedal robots with tactile sensor skins and vision-language-action brains.
🚀 FUTURE TECH
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⚡ 5-MIN FAST CHARGE
Solid-State Silicon Batteries
Sulfide-based solid electrolytes eliminate dendrite formation, enabling 500 Wh/kg energy density and zero fire risk.
🚀 FUTURE TECH
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🧠 120 WPM MIND CONTROL
Neuralink Telepathy 2 & Blindsight
Next-gen 4,096-channel brain-computer interfaces enable high-speed thought typing and direct visual cortex stimulation.
🚀 FUTURE TECH
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🔬 2nm SILICON REVEAL
TSMC 2nm N2 GAA Silicon Wafers
Gate-All-Around nanosheets and Super Power Rail backside power routing usher in a 25% efficiency leap across computing.
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🔥 7 SECRET AI TOOLS
Top 7 Secret AI Productivity Tools That Outperform
Specialized agentic tools, local context engines, and zero-prompt visual IDEs leaving legacy chatbots in the dust.
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🚀 ONE-PROMPT SAAS
Claude 3.7 & Gemini 3.8 Coding Agents
Hybrid reasoning architectures pair fast system-1 code drafting with extended system-2 algorithmic thinking.
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💻 100% PRIVATE AI
Run Open-Source DeepSeek & Llama 4 Locally on Your
Mixture-of-Experts quantization and Ollama let you execute frontier intelligence completely offline without subscriptions.
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🎬 4K CINEMA IN 60S
Sora 2 & Gen-3 Alpha
Spatiotemporal video diffusion models simulate real-world light bounces, object permanence, and synchronized spatial Foley audio.
🤖 AI TOOLS
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🎙️ AI RESEARCH PODCAST
NotebookLM Audio Overviews 2.0
Google's Gemini-driven NotebookLM converts hundreds of research papers into engaging, hyper-accurate two-host audio discussions.
🎧 GADGETS
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🎧 52dB NOISE CANCEL
Neural Audio ANC 3.0
Machine-learning noise models paired with beryllium drivers eliminate 52dB of background rumble while delivering bit-perfect lossless sound.
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👓 HOLOGRAPHIC AR
Meta Orion & Apple Vision Pro 2
Silicon carbide waveguides and neural EMG wristbands deliver 70-degree holographic field of view in regular prescription frames.
🎧 GADGETS
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💍 SMART RING 2.0
Samsung Galaxy Ring 2
Titanium smart ring integrates bioelectrical impedance sensors, sleep apnea alarms, and gesture controls into a 2.5-gram featherweight frame.
🎧 GADGETS
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🛰️ SATELLITE MESSAGING
2-Way Satellite Messaging & 3,000-Nit Micro-LED Screen
Built for extreme mountaineering with standalone emergency satellite SMS, 72-hour dive battery, and micro-LED display clarity.
🎧 GADGETS
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🎥 4K 120FPS GIMBAL
DJI Pocket 3 Pro & Neo
Mechanical 3-axis gimbal stabilization meets AI ActiveTrack 6.0 in an ultra-pocketable format that fits in your jeans.
🎮 GAMING GEAR
⚡ 45s
🎮 120Hz STEAM DECK 2
Steam Deck 2 & Handheld PC Gaming Wars
Valve's next-gen custom AMD RDNA 4 APU brings 1080p 120Hz OLED VRR, SteamOS 4, and 7-hour battery endurance.
🎮 GAMING GEAR
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🍄 4K NINTENDO REVEAL
Nintendo Switch 2 Revealed
Custom Nvidia Tegra T239 silicon with hardware DLSS 3.5 frame reconstruction powers docked 4K Zelda and Mario worlds.
🎮 GAMING GEAR
⚡ 40s
⚡ 480Hz ESPORTS RECORD
480Hz QD-OLED Esports Displays
Quantum Dot OLED pixels achieve sub-0.03 millisecond response times, creating the ultimate competitive gaming display.
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🎮 120Hz OLED PORTAL
PlayStation Portal Pro
Direct console-to-handheld Wi-Fi 7 streaming eliminates router bottlenecks, bringing 120Hz HDR and DualSense Edge triggers.
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🎮 XBOX + WINDOWS 4K
Xbox Next-Gen Hybrid Console
Microsoft unifies Xbox OS and Windows 12, allowing players to install Steam, Epic Games, and Game Pass on a living room console.