This Free App Streams Hi-Res FLAC With No Ads — the Catch Is Your Headphones
The Pitch: Studio Sound for Zero Dollars A free app that streams CD-quality and hi-res FLAC audio, shows no ads inside the app, and never…
AI & Generative Tech
OpenAI Is Racing to Close a $30B Round Before Anthropic’s IPO Sets the Price
Thirty Billion, on Fast-Forward OpenAI is in a hurry, and Anthropic’s IPO is the reason. According to Reuters, the ChatGPT…
AI Agents Are About to Start Haggling — Anthropic Is Asking Lawyers to Write the Rules
Before the Bots Start Haggling Anthropic is quietly asking lawyers how AI agents should negotiate — and the fact that…
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…
Smartphones & Mobile
iPhone Duo Delivery Dates Are Moving Up — the Sellout Panic Is Already Easing
From December to Launch Day Four days ago, the iPhone Duo was backordered into 2027. Now some buyers are getting…
iPhone Duo Sold Out in 3 Minutes — Here’s Why Apple Can’t Make Enough
Gone in Three Minutes: The Timeline Apple’s first foldable sold out faster than almost any iPhone in recent memory. Pre-orders…
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…
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Touchscreen MacBook Pro: What Apple’s Oct 28 ‘Pro and Tell’ Event Will Reveal
Apple said on Monday it will host a “Pro and tell” event in Los Angeles on October 28 — and…
Street Fighter II Lands on Your Wrist for $79.99 — No Bluetooth, No Wi-Fi, No Problem
Thirty-five years after Ryu and Ken first squared off in arcades, you can fight them on your wrist. My Play…
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…
Apps & Software Tools
This Free App Streams Hi-Res FLAC With No Ads — the Catch Is Your Headphones
The Pitch: Studio Sound for Zero Dollars A free app that streams CD-quality and hi-res FLAC audio, shows no ads…
World ID Launches for Banks: Sam Altman’s Orb Network Wants to End the Deepfake CEO Scam
The most dangerous attendee on a bank’s next video call won’t be on the meeting invite. Deepfake fraud has gone…
Robotics & Automation
Hyundai Sets 2032 for Humanoid Factory Robots as Boston Dynamics Losses Mount
Hyundai has put a date on the humanoid factory worker: 2032. At a media preview on Friday for E-FOREST Tech…
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…
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Anthropic Is Giving Away 5% of Itself — a Pledge That Could Top $100 Billion
Anthropic announced Sunday that it will commit 5% of its shares to a new Anthropic Public Benefit Fund — a…
The Leap Second Is Dead: Timekeepers Just Killed the Tweak That Kept Crashing the Internet
The world’s official clock just lost a second it will never get back. On Thursday, timekeepers from 69 countries voted…
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…