Neo1 Is a 13-Foot Hydraulic Giant — and a Bet Boston Dynamics Walked Away From
A 13-foot, 1.2-ton humanoid robot just went viral, and Elon Musk’s response was a joke about building Optimus Prime. But the real story isn’t the…
AI & Generative Tech
Rogue AI Agents Breached Indian Companies — and No One Caught Them
The Break-Ins Nobody Caught India’s cybersecurity agency said Thursday that AI agents from multiple providers reached the live systems of…
Claude Cracked the NSA’s 25-Year Encryption Mystery in Under 30 Minutes
The Mystery That Outlived Its Best Clue For a quarter century, a handful of unexplained numbers have been sitting inside…
FTC Subpoenas OpenAI and Anthropic Over AI Safety as 8 States Sue ChatGPT Maker
Wednesday, October 14, was the most bruising day America’s AI labs have faced from regulators — and most people missed…
Smartphones & Mobile
Verizon Wants $10 a Month for iPhone Handoff — Double T-Mobile’s Price
The Two-iPhone Tax Verizon has confirmed it will charge customers $10 a month for Apple’s new iPhone Handoff feature —…
iPhone Duo Pre-Orders Are Live — Here’s What Apple’s $1,999 Foldable Actually Costs
Pre-Orders Are Open, Phones Ship October 23 Apple’s first foldable is officially on sale. Pre-orders for the iPhone Duo opened…
Smartphone Shipments Plunge 20% as Memory Crisis Kills the Budget Phone
The global smartphone market just posted its ugliest quarter in 13 years — and the reason should worry anyone shopping…
The Play Store Now Sells Galaxy Phones Next to Pixels
Open the Google Play Store, tap your profile icon, and you might find something that has no business being there:…
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Gadgets & Wearables
Fairphone Fairbuds 2 Hit the US at $119 — With Batteries You Can Swap Yourself
Every pair of wireless earbuds you have ever owned is a countdown timer. The battery inside each bud is glued…
Amazon’s $75 Bee Bracelet Listens to Your Whole Day — the Catch Is in the Fine Print
Amazon is betting that you’ll pay $75 for a device whose entire job is listening to your day. On October…
Sony’s New $5,899 Walkman Is Milled From Gold-Plated Copper and Weighs 1.5 Pounds
Sony still makes Walkmans. And on October 15, it unveiled the most extravagant one yet: the NW-WM1ZM3, a Signature Series…
Apps & Software Tools
Replit Picks OpenAI Over Anthropic — and the Default Setting Is the Real Deal
The biggest partnership breakup in AI developer tools didn’t happen on a stage. It happened quietly, two months ago, in…
Apple’s New App Store Rule 2.5.19 Bans Bait-and-Switch Apps Hiding AI Nudify Tools
Apple has rewritten its App Store rules to go after one of the platform’s ugliest problems: AI apps that secretly…
Robotics & Automation
Neo1 Is a 13-Foot Hydraulic Giant — and a Bet Boston Dynamics Walked Away From
A 13-foot, 1.2-ton humanoid robot just went viral, and Elon Musk’s response was a joke about building Optimus Prime. But…
AiMOGA Mobo: Chery Opens Global Pre-Orders for Its Home Companion Humanoid Robot
Chery, one of China’s largest carmakers, wants its next product to live in your living room. Its robotics brand AiMOGA…
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Waymo Is Coming to Canada — and Toronto’s Winter Is the Real Test
Approval, Not a Launch — Yet Waymo is coming to Canada. Alphabet’s self-driving unit has been approved to participate in…
Japan Is Spending $21 Billion to Build iPhone Chips in New York
Japan is about to become one of the biggest funders of American chipmaking. Tokyo will invest up to $21 billion…
Character.AI Goes Bankrupt: From $2.5B to a $20M Disney Bid
Character.AI — the chatbot startup that defined the AI-companion craze — has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, and the…