Underdog Is the AI Assistant With No Cloud, No Subscription, and No Ads
Every question you ask an AI assistant costs the company money. So they bill you a subscription, or mine your data to cover the spread….
AI & Generative Tech
Jamie Dimon Says Anthropic’s Mythos Pushed AI Cyber Risk Up 10x — the Insurance Market Disagrees
Jamie Dimon does not do AI hype. So when the head of America’s largest bank puts a number on the…
Reflection’s “Beam” Aims to Beat China’s Open AI Models on Price, Not Power — and It Says So
A two-year-old Brooklyn startup just launched an open-weight AI model — and opened with an admission no other American lab…
Google Slashes Free Gemini to Its Weakest Model on October 9
Your free Gemini is about to get noticeably dumber. Starting October 9, Google will limit users without a Google AI…
Smartphones & Mobile
Foldable October: iPhone Duo vs Pixel 11 Pro Fold vs Galaxy Z Fold8 — Which $2,000 Phone Deserves Your Money
October 2026 is the first month in history with three flagship foldables on the table at once. Apple’s iPhone Duo…
Xiaomi 18 Ultra Reportedly Canceled — The $1,500 Phone That Never Was
Let’s be clear up front: this is a report, not a confirmed fact. According to a new report from prolific…
Google’s Pixel 10a Just Got $100 More Expensive — and the $500 Phone Is Dead
Google didn’t announce it. There was no blog post, no press event, no cheerful email. But sometime on October 3,…
iPhone Duo Costs $400 More in China — and China Is Where Apple’s Foldable Will Be Won or Lost
The iPhone Duo lists at 15,999 yuan in China. That is roughly $2,400 — about $400 more than the $1,999…
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Gadgets & Wearables
Apple’s Smart Home Secret Isn’t the HomePad — It’s the LG Logo on the Doorbell
Everyone is watching October 13 for Apple’s HomePad — the 6-inch smart home hub, the new HomePod mini, the upgraded…
Samsung Galaxy Buds On: $220 Clip-On Earbuds With 9.5-Hour Battery and Gemini Live
Samsung just entered the open-ear race — quietly. On October 1, Samsung unveiled the Galaxy Buds On, its first clip-on…
Casio’s $80,000 Sapphire G-Shock Took Nine Years to Survive a Drop
There is now a G-Shock that costs more than a car. Casio has unveiled the MRG-D5000, the first production G-Shock…
Apps & Software Tools
Underdog Is the AI Assistant With No Cloud, No Subscription, and No Ads
Every question you ask an AI assistant costs the company money. So they bill you a subscription, or mine your…
TikTok AI Shopping Assistant and Buy Direct: Your For You Feed Is Now a Checkout
TikTok wants to sell you things without you ever leaving the scroll. On October 5 — timed to Advertising Week…
Robotics & Automation
RobCo’s $1B Valuation Is a Price Tag, Not a Payday — and Its CEO Is Moving to Texas
Munich-based RobCo crossed the $1 billion valuation line on Monday — roughly doubling its valuation from January’s $100 million Series…
Tesla Is Shrinking Optimus’s Brain to Get the Robot Out the Door
Elon Musk just admitted, in public, that Tesla can’t build enough of its own AI chips to feed its humanoid…
Space & Exploration
Latest Tech News
Denmark’s 8.8 Million-Record Breach Is Its Biggest Hack Ever — Here’s the Timeline
The Danish government confirmed Monday that hackers stole the names, addresses, and CPR numbers of roughly 8.8 million registered people…
NYC Forces AI Giants to Testify Under Oath — Starting Today
Today, the AI industry’s most powerful companies are being sworn in. Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, and Meta will publicly testify under…
Apple Is Rewriting macOS Permissions After Meta’s Muse Was Accused of Reading Private Messages
Apple said Friday it will change macOS to make it unmistakable when AI agents ask for access to everything on…