Microsoft Offers Buyouts to 60,000 in AI Workforce Shift
Microsoft is offering buyouts to around 60,000 employees, but that number is not a layoff count. It is the size of the eligible pool, and…
AI & Generative Tech
Alibaba’s Qwen Tried to Send a File to Beijing
An AI model that said it would not touch any tools tried to send a file to Beijing anyway. That…
Britain’s 100M Pound AI Biosecurity Lab Is Real, but Most of the Industry Money Isn’t Cash
Britain is building a laboratory for a threat that does not exist yet in the form officials fear most: a…
Banned in Washington, Bankrolled in Beijing: DeepSeek’s $15 Billion Answer to the US Crackdown
Two days after Washington ordered civilian agencies to rip DeepSeek out of their systems, the Chinese AI lab has reportedly…
Smartphones & Mobile
Samsung Is Making 20% Fewer Galaxy A Phones
Samsung’s cheapest phones may soon get harder to find, and possibly more expensive when you do find them. A new…
iPhone Duo ‘Crackgate’: Foldables Cracking at the Hinge Hours After Unboxing
Apple’s first foldable iPhone has been on sale for three days, and a small but strikingly consistent set of complaints…
Apple Just Ordered 44% More iPhone Duos, but That Does Not Mean You Will Get One Sooner
Apple’s first foldable iPhone goes on sale today, October 23, starting at $1,999 in the United States. And on the…
iPhone Duo Goes on Sale Friday — but Apple Just Told Walk-In Buyers Not to Bother
Apple’s first foldable iPhone goes on sale Friday, October 23, and if your plan is to stroll into an Apple…
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Gadgets & Wearables
Apple’s OLED iPad Mini Arrives at $699 After Two Price Hikes
Apple has given its smallest tablet its biggest overhaul in years, and the headline upgrade comes with a price tag…
Huawei’s Watch D3 Puts a Medical-Grade Blood Pressure Lab on Your Wrist
Huawei has launched the Watch D3 in the UAE, a smartwatch it describes as a multi-scenario, medical-grade blood pressure monitor…
The FCC Just Blocked Two Gadgets for the Chips Inside Them — and Your Next One Could Be Next
For the first time, the U.S. government has blocked gadgets not because of the brand on the box — but…
Apps & Software Tools
OpenAI Dots: The Assistant That Works Unasked
OpenAI’s always-on assistant has a name that sounds like punctuation, a price tag that sounds like a commitment, and a…
Instagram Quietly Lands on Apple TV, Completing Its Living-Room Takeover
Instagram has arrived on Apple TV, quietly closing one of the last gaps in its slow move from phone app…
Robotics & Automation
GXO Sends Digit Robots to Two More US Warehouses
GXO Logistics is sending humanoid robots to two more American warehouses — and this time, the news is not a…
Toyota’s 400,000-Robot Plan Is Not What the Headlines Say It Is
Toyota is stepping up its humanoid robot push, and the headline version of the story is easy to get wrong….
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Microsoft Offers Buyouts to 60,000 in AI Workforce Shift
Microsoft is offering buyouts to around 60,000 employees, but that number is not a layoff count. It is the size…
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In Melbourne, residents parked their cars in front of work crews to stop concrete power poles going up. In Virginia,…
Meta’s $25 Billion New Mexico Penalty Is Just the Start – the Meter Now Runs at $10 Million a Day
A New Mexico judge has ordered Meta to pay $25 billion, among the largest US corporate penalties. But the number…