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 turn phones into deepfake factories….
AI & Generative Tech
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…
Anthropic’s $16.8B Quarter Sets Up a $2T IPO
Anthropic had a message for investors this week: the math works now. At a closed-door investor day at its San…
Smartphones & Mobile
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:…
OnePlus 16R Leaks Clash: 200MP or Triple 50MP Cameras?
The OnePlus 16R doesn’t exist yet, and it already has two origin stories. Within days of each other, two separate…
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Gadgets & Wearables
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…
Alibaba’s $450 AI Glasses Take on Meta — in China Only
Alibaba just went to war with Meta — over your face. At a Hangzhou event on October 13, the Chinese…
Apps & Software Tools
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…
WhatsApp Guest Calls: Join a Call With No Account, No App, No Time Limit
WhatsApp spent more than a decade on a simple rule: no phone number, no account, no conversation. That rule just…
Robotics & Automation
Agility’s Digit 5 Charges in 9 Minutes, Works 20 Hours a Day
Humanoid robots no longer have a walking problem — they have a charging problem. Agility Robotics announced on October 15…
German Police Seize Robot — the Real Culprit Was the Remote
Cologne police have impounded a humanoid robot — and now face a question no court has cleanly answered: when a…
Space & Exploration
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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…
FBI Arrests OpenAI Engineer for Bugging Office
The FBI arrested an OpenAI engineer on Tuesday on charges of planting a concealed listening device in an executive conference…