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What to expect at Meta Connect 2024 — the next Quest VR headset

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Meta is holding its annual Connect developers conference next week, and it’s going to showcase a...
Meta is holding its annual Connect developers conference next week, and it’s going to showcase a bunch of expected and perhaps some surprise new VR and AR hardware — alongside what might be a heavy Meta AI showcase featuring the company’s newest Llama large language model and image generator in apps like WhatsApp.An...
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The Plucky Squire is an adorable adventure that mixes 2D and 3D

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The Plucky Squire is a game that leaps off the page — literally. It takes place...
The Plucky Squire is a game that leaps off the page — literally. It takes place in a storybook world rendered in an adorable two dimensions thanks to codirector and former Pokémon artist James Turner. But at certain points, the heroic lead character can venture into the real world and solve puzzles that mix 2D and 3...
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Meta has a major opportunity to win the AI hardware race

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AI wearables have had a cruddy year. Just a few short months ago, the tech world...
AI wearables have had a cruddy year. Just a few short months ago, the tech world was convinced AI hardware could be the next big thing. It was a heady vision, bolstered by futuristic demos and sleek hardware. At the center of the buzz were the Humane AI Pin and the Rabbit R1. Both promised a grandiose future. Neithe...
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Ford’s new Digital Experience brings Android and Apple into balance

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I’m seeing double as I cruise down the highway in a 2024 Lincoln Nautilus, a hybrid-powered...
I’m seeing double as I cruise down the highway in a 2024 Lincoln Nautilus, a hybrid-powered SUV under Ford’s luxury brand. I have Apple Maps running on the center touchscreen, projecting from my iPhone via Apple CarPlay. I’m also seeing the same map mirrored right above, taking up about a quarter of a massive displa...
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This little box provides on-demand power when off the grid

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EcoFlow’s Alternator Charger is a device you install in your pickup truck, van, or RV to...
EcoFlow’s Alternator Charger is a device you install in your pickup truck, van, or RV to charge the giant power station you carry to keep all your gear running.While your vehicle’s on, the Alternator Charger produces up to 800W. That’s about eight times more power than you can typically extract from a 12V cigarette ...
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Alexis Ohanian is premiering his women’s soccer show on X

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In a late Friday email, X CEO Linda Yaccarino announced the launch of a new “video...
In a late Friday email, X CEO Linda Yaccarino announced the launch of a new “video tab” feature (resembling a TikTok-style endless scroll, according to a source at X) and an X-exclusive reality series, called The Offseason, starring soccer star Midge Purce, and produced by investor Alexis Ohanian.This announcement c...
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OceanGate’s ill-fated Titan sub relied on a hand-typed Excel spreadsheet

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A former OceanGate contractor, Antonella Wilby, testified before a U.S. Coast Guard panel on Friday that...
A former OceanGate contractor, Antonella Wilby, testified before a U.S. Coast Guard panel on Friday that the company’s Titan submarine, which imploded last year during a dive to the Titanic’s wreckage, relied on an incredibly convoluted navigation system.As Wilby described it during the US Coast Guard Marine Board o...
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Californians can now add their driver’s licenses to Apple Wallet

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Apple announced that starting today, California residents can add their driver’s licenses and state IDs to...
Apple announced that starting today, California residents can add their driver’s licenses and state IDs to Apple Wallet on their iPhones and Apple Watches as part of the state’s mobile driver’s license (mDL) pilot program.As announced last month, up to 1.5 million pilot participants can add the documents to Apple Wa...
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The best smartphone you can buy for under $500

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Some of us take a kind of “I eat to live” rather than an “I live...
Some of us take a kind of “I eat to live” rather than an “I live to eat” approach to gadgets. They’re tools that help you get things done, not something you want to invest a lot of time or money in. If that’s you — and there’s no judgment here from a certifiable gadget nerd — then you can probably think of more...
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The FTC says social media companies can’t be trusted to regulate themselves

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The Federal Trade Commission published a new report about the data collection policies of social media...
The Federal Trade Commission published a new report about the data collection policies of social media platforms and video streaming services, and the results are damning, if not unexpected. The report, which was released on September 19th, found that these platforms not only surveil consumers but often retain vast ...
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Logitech is making 502 metal mice

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Logitech is celebrating the 10th anniversary of its G502 gaming mouse with a limited-edition aluminum version....
Logitech is celebrating the 10th anniversary of its G502 gaming mouse with a limited-edition aluminum version. The G502 X Plus AL Edition has the same functionality as the standard wireless G502 X mouse, plus an aluminum chassis with laser-etched markings, including a serial number from 1 to 502. Sorry to put my hig...
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Apple Intelligence is now available in public betas

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Hipstamatic’s new app collects everyone’s party photos for you

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Hipstamatic’s new Party! Disposable Camera app is designed to digitally replicate the experience of guests snapping...
Hipstamatic’s new Party! Disposable Camera app is designed to digitally replicate the experience of guests snapping candid photos at a wedding or other event using a disposable film camera. There are no film development fees afterward, but it’s only free if your guest list is no larger than five people.At its core, ...
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You might get offered promo codes if one of these delivery robots runs into you

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One of Starship Technologies’ autonomous food delivery robots tripped up a school employee at Arizona State...
One of Starship Technologies’ autonomous food delivery robots tripped up a school employee at Arizona State University last September. As 404 Media reports, when contacted by the police, an employee asked for the person’s info to share insurance info and to offer a few promo codes.A police report said video footage ...
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The Apple Watch is now a better TV remote

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Cruise plots its robotaxi return to the Bay Area

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Almost a year since the horrifying crash in which one of its driverless vehicles ran over...
Almost a year since the horrifying crash in which one of its driverless vehicles ran over and dragged a woman 20 feet, Cruise is planning its return to the Bay Area. The company said in a post on X that it is deploying “several” manually driven mapping vehicles in Sunnyvale and Mountain View, with the goal of progre...
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The Pixel Buds Pro no longer let you ‘touch and hold’ to hear notifications

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Here are the best Kindle deals right now

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When it comes to finding a device to read ebooks, you have a few options to...
When it comes to finding a device to read ebooks, you have a few options to choose from. You can always buy a tablet or use your phone, but those devices are multipurpose and can be used for a ton of things, like surfing the web or doom-scrolling on X. If you are looking for something to strictly read books, e-reade...
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The lone US manufacturer of boutique keycaps may have just been saved

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Signature Plastics, the Custer, Washington-based company known for specialized mechanical keyboard keycaps, has announced it’s being...
Signature Plastics, the Custer, Washington-based company known for specialized mechanical keyboard keycaps, has announced it’s being acquired by a Portland-based investment group that intends to keep the company operating with all employees maintained. This comes after majority owner Bob Guenser announced his plans ...
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SocialAI: We tried the Twitter clone where no other humans are allowed

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Remember the last time you posted a salient take to social media and got zero engagement,...
Remember the last time you posted a salient take to social media and got zero engagement, or trolled? Now you can avoid that with a new “social network” full of inane AI chatbots that will — your pick! — debate you, attack you, or even just say nice things if you want.It’s called SocialAI, and the very first thing i...
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OpenAI’s new model is better at reasoning and, occasionally, deceiving

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In the weeks leading up to the release of OpenAI’s newest “reasoning” model, o1, independent AI...
In the weeks leading up to the release of OpenAI’s newest “reasoning” model, o1, independent AI safety research firm Apollo found a notable issue. Apollo realized the model produced incorrect outputs in a new way. Or, to put things more colloquially, it lied.Sometimes the deceptions seemed innocuous. In one example,...
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RCS texts on the iPhone aren’t encrypted now, but that could change

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The GSM Association, the organization that develops the RCS standard, said on Tuesday it’s working to...
The GSM Association, the organization that develops the RCS standard, said on Tuesday it’s working to enable end-to-end encryption (E2EE) on messages sent between Android and iPhone. E2EE prevents third parties, like your messaging service or cell carrier, from viewing your texts.In the announcement, GSMA technical ...
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EA is launching a social app for its sports games

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The Sonos Arc Ultra and Sub 4 have leaked, and they’re likely coming soon

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The next flagship soundbar from Sonos will be called the Arc Ultra, and marketing images of...
The next flagship soundbar from Sonos will be called the Arc Ultra, and marketing images of the product have been posted on X today. They line up with the photos I published back in July and offer yet more confirmation that the Arc Ultra will support Bluetooth audio playback. Sonos itself has managed to leak details...
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