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Engadget

Netflix is making a live-action PUBG show written and directed by Donald Glover

The streamer also has an Assassin's Creed series in the works, along with a Gears of War feature film. [...]

Don't expect more Assassin's Creed remakes anytime soon

Ubisoft shared some updates on the franchise, including confirmation of a New Game+ option for Assassin's Creed Valhalla. [...]

NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang may have been the target of a Chinese government spy

President Trump reportedly chose to do nothing in response. [...]

Meta will now alert parents if teens 'repeatedly' search for self-harm content on Facebook

The company will also notify parents about conversations with Meta AI. [...]

ThermoWorks debuts shorter version of its RFX Meat wireless probe for small cuts

The RFX Meat Mini offers nearly identical performance to the full-sized grilling probe. [...]

FromSoftware delays The Duskbloods until 2027

The studio is taking more time to refine the "rules and balance" of the Nintendo Switch 2 exclusive. [...]

DoorDash acquires Instacart in $17 billion delivery service merger

The deal combines the two largest grocery delivery platforms in the US. [...]

EasySMX S10 Lite review: A Switch 2 fidget toy with a weird removable faceplate

EasySMX is using Elizabeth Holmes levels of pedantry with this faceplate situation. [...]

Apple and Google fined in South Korea over app store violations

South Korean regulators found that Apple and Google violated the country's Telecommunications Business Act. [...]

Mashable Tech

MacBook Neo education discount reduced (again!)

The MacBook Neo just got a little more expensive for students. [...]

Apple just announced a touchscreen MacBook Pro: How to buy

Apple just announced the MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR Display. The touchscreen MacBook Pro has been long rumored and is finally available for purchase. [...]

Apples new MacBook Pro has one huge advantage over the old one, and its not the touchscreen

Apple's new MacBook Pro is more powerful than before, and has a nicer display, but the key upgrade for me is the reduced weight. [...]

How to unblock ePorner for free

How to unblock ePorner for free. Unblock ePorner for free from anywhere in the world. [...]

Kindle Scribe refurbs are all on sale again — how to buy for $75 off

Find the best Kindle Scribe deal at Amazon. Save 21% on the Like-New Kindle Scribe at Amazon. [...]

Whoop is cutting membership prices for Black Friday — check out every deal going live

Whoop's Black Friday sale starts Nov. 19, taking up to $60 off One, Peak, and Life memberships, plus 20% off accessories and apparel. [...]

Get 6 Microsoft Office apps for life for just $50

Secure Microsoft Office staples and new favorites permanently with this affordable lifetime license to Microsoft Office 2024 Professional Plus for Windows [...]

Amazon has slashed the price of the EF EcoFlow Delta 3 Max power station before Black Friday — save $450.01

Get the best portable power station deal. Save 20% on the EF EcoFlow Delta 3 Max at Amazon. [...]

Amazon just knocked over $50 off Sonys budget-friendly WH-CH730N headphones

Find the best headphones deal. Save 29% on the Sony WH-CH730N headphones at Amazon. [...]

Best audio players for kids: Screen-free entertainment for the whole family

Best screen-free audio players for kids, tested by kids and their parents. [...]

Mac Rumors

Apple Lowers App Store Fees in Taiwan Starting October 31

Apple is lowering the commission that it collects in Taiwan to 26 percent, down from 30 percent. Apple plans to drop the rate for in-app purchase and paid app transactions [...]

HomeView Pre-Order Returns to $289.99 on Amazon

Amazon's $9 pre-order discount on the HomeView has returned for the Space Gray color, allowing you to get the home hub for $289.99, down from $299.00. Note: MacRumors is an [...]

Apple Avoids Showing Pinched Fingers on iPad Mini Page in South Korea

In the U.S. and most other countries, Apple's website shows the new iPad mini being held by pinched fingers, but this is not the case in South Korea. The new [...]

Old 'Popcorn Time' App Left Hundreds of Thousands of Macs at Risk

If you installed Popcorn Time on a Mac years ago, part of the app may still be running, and it may have left your Mac open to attack. Security firm [...]

You Can Turn Off the New MacBook Pro's Touchscreen Functionality

The new MacBook Pro models with OLED displays have an accessibility setting that allows you to turn off touch input entirely, according to MacStories editor-in-chief Federico Viticci. He also said [...]

MacBook Pro Mini-LED vs. OLED Buyer's Guide: Every Difference

Apple's new MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR Display features tandem OLED technology, touchscreen input, the Dynamic Island, and a thinner, lighter design. It joins the existing Liquid Retina XDR models [...]

Where to Pre-Order Apple's New MacBooks, iPad Mini, and iMac

Apple announced an array of new products this week, including the iPad mini 8, M6 iMac, M6 14-inch MacBook Pro, and PROLED XDR MacBook Pro. With new product announcements comes [...]

Apple Releasing HomePod Mini 2 Tomorrow With These New Features

Following more than two weeks of pre-orders, the HomePod mini 2 will begin arriving to customers and launch in stores this Friday, October 30. Siri AI will be one of [...]

How macOS Adapts Its Controls for Touch on the New MacBook Pro

Apple announced a new MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR Display on Wednesday. It's Apple's first Mac with a screen that supports touch, and demonstrations Apple gave to the media show [...]

Just Got an iPhone Duo? Try These Features First

Apple's iPhone Duo launched on Friday, October 23 in markets around the world. Keep reading if you're the lucky owner of Apple's first foldable iPhone. Whether you're upgrading from an [...]

The Next Web

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The Verge

You can generate and edit Google Docs files directly in Gemini chats now

Now you can generate, preview, and edit PDFs, Google Docs, Google Sheets, slide decks, Markdown files, TXT files, and code directly within Google Gemini. The new file editing capabilities are [...]

Ikea’s colorful donut-shaped smart lamp is $20 off

With its playful design, versatility, and relatively affordable price, the Ikea Varmblixt quickly became one of my colleague Jennifer Pattison Tuohy’s new favorite smart light products when she tested it [...]

Apple’s new laptop supports one of the coolest features for color pros

The new MacBook Pro brings with it a bunch of firsts for Apple laptops, the two flashiest being an OLED display and touchscreen functionality. But as an image-accuracy enthusiast, trained [...]

Utah charges Kalshi and its CEO with illegally promoting online gambling

Utah has filed criminal charges against Kalshi and its executives, accusing the prediction market of breaking anti-gambling laws, as reported by The Salt Lake Tribune and the Associated Press. The [...]

Data centers could send US climate pollution skyrocketing

The US power sector could release 42 percent more planet-heating carbon dioxide pollution by 2030 than it did in 2025 as it builds out more fossil fuel infrastructure to meet [...]

This open-source project lets you sync Withings data to other apps without a subscription

When it was revealed earlier this month that Withings would require new users to subscribe to a Withings Plus subscription to sync heath data from the company's devices to third-party [...]

Joshua Kushner’s Thrive Holdings is acquiring ADT for $7.6 billion

The Joshua Kushner-led Thrive Holdings is acquiring ADT in an all-cash deal valued at $7.6 billion. The deal is expected to close in the first quarter of 2027 and will [...]

Microsoft’s AI future has fewer jobs

To anyone listening closely to what Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has been saying over the past couple of years, this week felt like the clearest sign yet that AI is [...]

The NYT Cooking app is testing AI recipe modifications

The New York Times is testing a new AI feature for its Cooking app that helps users to modify recipes, and it has sparked some drama among users. Last Friday, [...]

There’s one week left to preorder the Ocarina of Time remake for $10 off

The long-awaited remake of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time for Nintendo Switch 2 launches next Thursday, November 5th. In other words, you have a week remaining to secure [...]

Ars Technica

Report: Trump did nothing with intel that China planted spy close to Nvidia CEO

Spy accused of exploiting Trump ties to Huang, funneling secrets to China. [...]

Turning a solar power system into its own backup

Plant design allows it to run on either stored solar heat or combustion. [...]

Kalshi and its co-founders face felony charges for violating Utah gambling laws

Charges filed as Trump admin tries to save Kalshi from Utah's total ban on gambling. [...]

Google admits AI search makes less money, but it's fixing that with more ads

Google's negative cash flow balloons to -$9.06 billion, and stock price tumbles following Q3 earnings. [...]

Massive leak exposes 41,000 DHS workers and undercover ICE agents

The leak reveals undercover agents, surveillance groups, and sensitive DHS access. [...]

SpaceX no longer needs NASA, and that's a problem for America's space agency

"NASA desperately needs SpaceX, and SpaceX knows it, and Elon knows it." [...]

ULA's Vulcan rocket is set to return to flight on Friday the 13th

This Vulcan launch will be first to use a full complement of 6 solid rocket boosters. [...]

As US ties fray, Europe plans first undersea cable link to Greenland

Europe's Pan-Arctic Cable will bypass US to link Canada, Japan, and South Korea. [...]

Peptide peddlers cheer as RFK Jr. unilaterally grants access, overruling FDA

Six unproven peptides popular with MAHA now under "enforcement discretion policy." [...]

The last, best hope for space tourism just rolled onto a runway in Arizona

It has been nearly a year since any space tourism flights occurred. [...]

Tech Crunch

Uno reverse! After Wispr added meeting notes to its dictation app, Granola is adding dictation to its meeting notetaker. The voice AI wars are getting interesting. [...]

Mistral says its new model can afford organizations a kind of control over its cyber defenses that closed models can't. [...]

A top executive of a Singapore AI cloud company that was accused of illegally selling Nvidia chips to China could also have been a Chinese spy, sources have told the [...]

Dream is grounded in real physics and construction standards. Just as LLMs learn from text, Dream's world model is trained on more than 100 million square feet of building data [...]

SuperMe is a network of AI profiles built from the knowledge of real-life experts. When you ask a question, the platform determines which experts are best suited to answer and [...]

Mintive was founded by two engineers who have been working on AI for decades through Google Brain and Coursera. It's platform promises to help IT easily control enterprise agents. [...]

On Thursday, AI app Wabi, now describing itself as a "personal agent," said it has raised $55 million at a $1.25 billion valuation. [...]

The social networking site is facing criticism for blocking access to the site, which identifies thousands of ICE agents and other employees working for Homeland Security. [...]

The acquisition would bring two major players in on-demand delivery under one roof, combining DoorDash’s dominance in restaurant takeout with Instacart’s reach in grocery delivery. [...]

With Pipecat, Deepgram will likely gain a deeper understanding of real-time voice and video infrastructure. [...]

Slash Dot

Alphabet Heads For a $500 Billion Drop In Market Value

Yesterday, Google reported its Q3 results that showed searches made through its AI Mode generate less revenue than traditional search, even as overall search revenue grew 12% year over year [...]

Canada to Join EU Network of Supercomputers

Canada is joining the European Union's supercomputing network to give Canadian companies, startups, and researchers access to European computing resources for AI development. The partnership aims to strengthen AI cooperation [...]

DoorDash Strikes $17 Billion Deal For US Rival Instacart

DoorDash has agreed to acquire Instacart for about $17 billion as it expands beyond restaurant delivery and deeper into the U.S. grocery market. The deal, expected to close in late [...]

Reddit Is Getting a 'For You' Feed

Reddit is overhauling its homepage with separate "For You" and "Following" feeds, with the former combining posts from subscribed communities and algorithmic recommendations based on users' interests and activity. The [...]

'Please Let the Internet Die'

Slashdot reader fjo3 shares an article from Wired: The internet must be put out of its misery. Any rational observer can admit that the current iteration of the web -- [...]

Google Struggling to Make AI Mode Searches Pay

Alphabet shares fell nearly 10% after Google disclosed that searches through its AI Mode generate less revenue than traditional search, even as overall search revenue grew 12% year over year [...]

Ink Droplets In Motion Snag Top Prize In Nikon Small World Contest

A 25-year-old German photographer won the 2026 Nikon Small World competition with a microscopic image freezing ink droplets in midair as an inkjet printer deposits them onto paper. Ars Technica [...]

Bank of America Kindly Asks That You Don't Share Your Password With Your AI Assistant

Longtime Slashdot reader schwit1 shares a report from TechCrunch: In an email blast to customers titled "Protecting your finances in the Al World," Bank of America urged customers to never [...]

Anthropic Engineer Declares the Coding Interview Dead

An Anthropic engineering manager says he has stopped using traditional coding interviews because AI can now outperform candidates on the kinds of programming challenges they typically contain. "There's no more [...]

Massive Leak Exposes 41,000 Homeland Security Workers

A massive leak has exposed records tied to more than 41,000 DHS employees and contractors, including roughly 10,000 ICE personnel. The data, reportedly taken from DHS's Okta login system, reveals [...]

Tech Republic

Microsoft offers voluntary buyouts to 60,000 employees, including Copilot and Windows staff. Here's what the workforce changes could mean for enterprise IT teams. The post Microsoft Offers Buyouts to 60,000 [...]

Proton plans to reassess employees' AI skills in interviews that could affect their jobs, raising questions about AI adoption and workforce evaluations. The post Proton to Re-Interview Employees on AI [...]

ETH Zurich's experimental implant uses continuous glucose monitor readings to lower blood sugar without insulin. See how it works and what mouse tests found. The post New Implant Lowers Blood [...]

Samsung Galaxy Buds On launch in the US Nov. 6 for $229. Explore the open-ear design, battery life, audio features, compatibility requirements and key trade-offs. The post Samsung Launches $229 [...]

Windows 11 Cloud Rebuild lets users reinstall PCs that won't boot without a USB drive. Learn how it works, recovery steps, and important data-loss risks. The post Windows 11 Gets [...]

Amazon’s five new Alexa devices add cameras, sleep sensing, and smart-home features. Compare prices, Alexa+ requirements, compatibility, and privacy controls. The post Amazon’s New Alexa Lineup: Five Devices, More Features, [...]

Compare LibreOffice and ONLYOFFICE on file compatibility, collaboration, macros, and migration costs to find the right office suite for your business. The post LibreOffice vs ONLYOFFICE: Which Suite Fits Your [...]

Meta’s Waddle World AI pet app brings journaling to the Philippines. Learn how it works, who can use it, and what its privacy disclosures reveal. The post Meta Launches Waddle [...]

Instead of paying iCloud or Dropbox more every month, get a 20TB cloud storage that stays with you for life. The post This 20TB Cloud Storage Lifetime Subscription is on [...]

Samsung faces a 20.1 billion won (US$15.2 million) fine over undisclosed Galaxy gaming limits. Learn what the case means for device buyers and IT teams. The post Samsung Faces $15.2M [...]

CNET Tech

This $740 Art Deco-Esque Espresso Maker Is a Meditation on Simplicity and Design

What makes the 9Barista espresso machine stand out, and is it worth $740? [...]

DoorDash Plans to Acquire Grocery Delivery Service Instacart in $17B Deal

When the deal is complete, both companies are expected to continue operating separately. [...]

Amazon Drops a Digital Photo Frame With Real Wood Finish and Unlimited Photo Storage

The pricey Alexa Photo Frame drops just in time for holiday gifting. [...]

Live Now! We’ve Folded the iPhone Duo Over 100,000 Times – Watch Us Fold It Thousands More

We’re using our custom-made robot to open and close the iPhone Duo hundreds of thousands of times. Watch along and get your questions answered by CNET editors live. [...]

Mistral’s New ‘Le Chonk’ AI Model Is Big, Open and Now Available for Download

Mistral Large 4 is a state-of-the-art model for cyberdefense, manufacturing, finance-related tasks and multimodal use. [...]

Amazon Echo Smart Speakers Now Have Cameras, Wi-Fi Extenders and Home Hubs Built in

The preeminent smart speaker just got a little smarter – and more expensive. [...]

100,000 Folds and Counting for the iPhone Duo in Our Fold-a-Phone Testing Machine. How High Will It Go?

We’re folding Apple’s iPhone Duo over and over — 900 times an hour — to test the durability of its hinge. [...]

I Spent Weeks With Keurig’s Posh, Plastic-Free Pod Coffee System: What Works and What Doesn’t

Alta is the brand’s first machine to brew 100% plastic-free pods. Here’s what I thought after weeks of testing. [...]

What’s Faster Than an F1 Car? The Data Behind the Race

For diehard fans and newcomers like me, tech offers deeper insights into the race while helping broadcasters tell a richer story. I went behind the scenes to see how it [...]

Touchscreen MacBook Pro Hands-On: Apple Finally Lets Us Swipe the Screen

A great-sounding display, but Apple seems out of touch for the touchscreen. [...]

Tech Radar

EV owners get some welcome UK Budget news — but big questions remain

Thinking of buying an electric car? Here’s what the latest UK Budget means for your wallet. [...]

A new cybercrime campaign uses fake AI apps with real-sounding names to infect people curious to try the newest tools

Experts warn ChatGPT and Claude are once again being spoofed to trick victims into installing a cryptocurrency miner. [...]

Upgrade to Windows 11 Pro for $10 and get BitLocker and Hyper-V for 95% off

This $10 Windows 11 Pro deal offers a license key for Microsoft's OS, with extras like Bitlocker for added business security. [...]

9 of the best iPhone 18 Pro cases, hand-tested by a serial iPhone user

I've picked out the best iPhone 18 Pro cases for style, durability, photography, and more. [...]

Oppo Pad 5 review: a solid budget-friendly iPad rival

The Oppo Pad 5 is a decent iPad rival with a beautiful display, plentiful battery life, and an appealing aesthetic — here’s whether I’d recommend it or not. [...]

How to watch The Celebrity Traitors season 2 episode 9  – Stream free from anywhere

Here's how to watch Episode 9 of The Celebrity Traitors online and for FREE with Claudia Winkleman hosting another 21 celebs at her Scottish castle. [...]

ExpressVPN for Android ditches the password hassle with new passkey and token logins

ExpressVPN's latest Android update adds email code, login token, and passkey sign-in, making it quicker and safer to get protected on a new device. [...]

T-Mobile's iPhone Duo deal has just gotten even better — the device is now up to $1,200 off with a line or trade

Even with heavy backorders, T-Mobile's deal on the iPhone Duo has just been improved significantly [...]

How to watch The Madame Blanc Mysteries season 5 on Channel 5 — it's *FREE*

Jean White is back for more mystery solving in this cosy crime drama. Here, we explain how to watch The Madame Blanc Mysteries season 5 for FREE in the UK [...]

GigaOm

Work Week | How Not To Connect

| Slack Steps In It | Staffbase Raises $145M | Airtable Valued at $5.7B | Box on the Block | CoScreen Launches |:::Photo by Stephen Phillips — Hostreviews.co.uk on UnsplashIn Slack is becoming a [...]

Circling Back To Dropbox Spaces

How is the beta test proceeding?Continue reading on GigaOm » [...]

Work Week | Ahren’s Challenge

| LinkedIn Marketplaces | Virtual Events Are Hot: Hopin and Hubilo | Asynch Video: Weet | Microsoft Viva |Photo by Philipp Berndt on UnsplashQuote of the MomentIt is a huge misunderstanding that the [...]

Work Week | Focus and Asynchronous Communication

The pandemic is leading people away from endless video meetingsPhoto by Stefan Cosma on UnsplashI came upon Complish a few months ago and thought I might fool with it before writing it [...]

Work Week | Trello Goes Overboard

Trello is becoming more like a spreadbase, like Notion, Airtable, or CodaTrello has announced the availability of a variety of new views, so users are no longer limited to the now-familiar [...]

Work Week | Microsoft Viva Changes Everything

Employee experience platforms, not intranetsContinue reading on GigaOm » [...]

Work Week | One Step Beyond Logic

| Citrix buys Wrike | Personio raises $125M | SalesLoft raises $100M | Softr raises $2.2M | Divvy raises $165M |Photo by Shane on UnsplashToday’s Work Week is inspired by Frank Herbert:Deep in [...]

Work Week | Execution Versus Innovation

| Virtual Events: Hopin buys Streamyard | PPM: Planview buys Clarizen, Changepoint | OKR: Gtmhub raises $30M | Work Chat: Channel Calendars |Photo by Ian Schneider on UnsplashI took some time [...]

Working in Notion | Part 2

The intersection of journaling and work managementContinue reading on GigaOm » [...]

Enterprise-Ready-As-A-Service: WorkOS

Crossing the enterprise-readiness chasmContinue reading on GigaOm » [...]

Tech Viral

Windows 11 WiFi Disconnects Frequently? 6 Ways to Fix it

Using Windows 11 and facing problems with your Wi-Fi? It’s a very common issue. Lately, many Windows users have contacted us asking how to fix Wi-Fi disconnecting automatically on Windows [...]

How to Remove the Language Switcher Icon from Windows 11 Taskbar

If you don’t change the language of your Windows 11 system very often, you might want to remove the language switcher from the Windows 11 taskbar altogether. You can do [...]

How to Enable Do Not Disturb Mode in Windows 11

Microsoft tweaked the interface of Do Not Disturb and added a few new options. All notifications will be sent directly to the Notification Center when you enable Do Not Disturb [...]

How to Hide & Show the Taskbar in Windows 11

On Windows 11, you can hide the taskbar to get some extra screen space. If you don’t want to turn off the taskbar completely, you can enable auto-hide, which keeps [...]

How to Manage App Permissions on Windows 11

If you download apps from the Microsoft Store, you can grant apps the permissions it needs without worrying about any privacy & security issue. However, if you download apps from [...]

How to Fix Chrome Keeps Running Even After Closing It

Google Chrome is known for being a resource hungry application. It can slow down your computer by eating up RAM resources. And the worst is that you can’t do much [...]

How to Enable Automatic Battery Saver in Windows 11

If you are using Windows 11 on your laptop, the first thing you might want to adjust is the power plan. Windows 11 overhauled the Power & Battery management page, [...]

How to Enable or Disable Mouse ClickLock in Windows 11

ClickLock is a very simple feature that allows users to lock down the primary mouse button after a single click. In simple terms, the feature lets you select or move [...]

How to Use BitLocker on Windows 11 Without TPM

Like every other drive encryption tool for Windows, BitLocker also has a few requirements. For instance, BitLocker is designed to run on a computer that has a Trusted Platform Module [...]

How to Enable or Disable Inactive Window Scrolling in Windows 11

When the inactive scrolling feature is enabled, users need to hover their mouse pointer over any open window and use the mouse wheel to start scrolling. This frees users from [...]