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Shelly’s new presence sensor simultaneously detects up to ten people without a camera

Shelly’s new presence sensor simultaneously detects up to ten people without a camera

Following the launch of its $50 subscription-free security camera last month, Shelly announced another new accessory for...

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Microsoft’s new Photos app combines your PC, OneDrive, and iCloud galleries

Microsoft’s new Photos app combines your PC, OneDrive, and iCloud galleries

Microsoft has redesigned its Photos app for Windows 11, overhauling the editor and image viewer, and combining photos an...

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How Windows is being optimized for Nvidia’s RTX Spark laptops

How Windows is being optimized for Nvidia’s RTX Spark laptops

Microsoft and Nvidia held a launch party for the first wave of RTX Spark laptops last week in San Francisco, where a new...

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An Israeli firm is sending spyware through online ads, researchers say

An Israeli firm is sending spyware through online ads, researchers say

An Israeli ad tech firm worked with spyware companies to infect devices, including at Al Jazeera, by simply showing user...

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Microsoft says Windows 11 is now ‘more responsive’ and runs better on 8GB of RAM

Microsoft says Windows 11 is now ‘more responsive’ and runs better on 8GB of RAM

Earlier this year Microsoft laid out a plan to fix Windows 11, with a focus on performance, reliability, and the overall...

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GTA VI’s new trailer gives you one more look at Vice City

GTA VI’s new trailer gives you one more look at Vice City

The day is almost here, as Grand Theft Auto VI is just about a month away from finally coming out. But before that there...

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Quick question: Who exactly is iPhone Handoff for?

Quick question: Who exactly is iPhone Handoff for?

Last month, Apple announced a feature called iPhone Handoff. Not to be confused with that Handoff; this is a new one. iP...

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Google launches its ‘universal’ online shopping cart ahead of the holidays

Google launches its ‘universal’ online shopping cart ahead of the holidays

Google's intelligent AI shopping cart is finally here, and just in time to tempt users into Black Friday and seasonal ho...

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Amazon’s always-listening Bee wearable can now help you buy stuff

Amazon’s always-listening Bee wearable can now help you buy stuff

Last year, Amazon bought Bee, a relatively unknown startup with a $50 always-listening AI wearable that summarized every...

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Ledger’s new hardware wallet is an Android phone without the phone

Ledger’s new hardware wallet is an Android phone without the phone

Ledger has announced its latest crypto-centric hardware effort, the Android-based Atom, a device that resembles a phone ...

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Your secrets aren’t safe with this cute robot toy — they’re on Chinese servers ready to be hacked

Your secrets aren’t safe with this cute robot toy — they’re on Chinese servers ready to be hacked

There's a new digital pet in town - a cute little marshmallow of a robot that can change its cartoony expressions to mat...

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Big Walk skipped Xbox to boycott Microsoft’s involvement with Israel

Big Walk skipped Xbox to boycott Microsoft’s involvement with Israel

Big Walk's co-op multiplayer walking adventure has proved popular since launching in August, but Xbox players have been ...

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McKinsey is making job applicants spar with a fake AI client

McKinsey is making job applicants spar with a fake AI client

Consulting firm McKinsey & Company is going to ask some entry-level candidates to have a 10-minute conversation with...

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The best feature of Apple’s HomeView might be its simplicity

The best feature of Apple’s HomeView might be its simplicity

I'm just going to come right out and say it. I love the approach Apple has taken with the HomeView. I think it's the sha...

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Eight states sue OpenAI, saying ChatGPT isn’t safe for kids

Eight states sue OpenAI, saying ChatGPT isn’t safe for kids

OpenAI is facing a new wave of lawsuits from eight US states that accuse the company of harming children and misleading ...

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Microsoft and Japan took down a cybercrime network behind over a billion scam messages

Microsoft and Japan took down a cybercrime network behind over a billion scam messages

We've all gotten a scam text about a nonexistent parking ticket or a fake package delivery, but hopefully you'll start s...

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The AI race is back on

The AI race is back on

Last week, Anthropic and OpenAI looked like they had the AI race to themselves, pulling ahead with increasingly powerful...

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Now that Character.AI is going bankrupt, what happens to all of its users’ data?

Now that Character.AI is going bankrupt, what happens to all of its users’ data?

New York Attorney General Letitia James revealed a years-long multi-state investigation against Character.AI as they now...

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As a TV enthusiast, I was hoping for more from the Apple TV 4K

As a TV enthusiast, I was hoping for more from the Apple TV 4K

It's been four long years since the last Apple TV 4K was released, and in that time there have been lots of hopes and dr...

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YouTube sticks new labels on AI-generated songs

YouTube sticks new labels on AI-generated songs

YouTube is adding a "Made with AI" label to tracks that were "altered or fully generated" using AI, with a similar appro...

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Save up to 20 percent on gift cards for REI, Barnes & Noble, and more

Save up to 20 percent on gift cards for REI, Barnes & Noble, and more

While we cover a lot of deals on specific products, it’s rare that we find worthwhile savings on gift cards that let you...

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Apple’s new HomeView smart display is $10 cheaper at Amazon

Apple’s new HomeView smart display is $10 cheaper at Amazon

Apple only just announced on Tuesday that its first smart display, the HomeView, will arrive on November 13th, but you c...

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Sprout Pi adds Bluetooth, streaming, and USB-C to your aging iPod

Sprout Pi adds Bluetooth, streaming, and USB-C to your aging iPod

There's an entire cottage industry of iPod mods out there, but Sprout Pi and Sprout Pico are two of the few full motherb...

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My AI doppelganger tells me what to eat

My AI doppelganger tells me what to eat

This is Optimizer, a weekly newsletter sent from Verge senior reviewer Victoria Song that dissects and discusses the lat...

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OpenAI claims an ex-employee took its product plans and presented them to Apple

OpenAI claims an ex-employee took its product plans and presented them to Apple

OpenAI claims a former employee took more than 100 files related to its product plans before joining Apple. In a documen...

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Anthropic’s self-replicating AI warning is an alarming deja vu

Anthropic’s self-replicating AI warning is an alarming deja vu

Are legions of smart devices - fridges, ovens, vacuum cleaners, lawnmowers, security cameras, and TVs - conspiring to ta...

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Netflix is laying off around 1,000 employees

Netflix is laying off around 1,000 employees

Following a report last week that Netflix was planning to lay off five percent of the company, today the streamer's co-C...

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$15 gets you Psychonauts 2, the latest Like a Dragon game, and more

$15 gets you Psychonauts 2, the latest Like a Dragon game, and more

There are several deals happening right now on video games and gaming-related tech that are worth sharing. To start, thi...

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Apple’s new Find My-compatible remote will also work with your old Apple TV

Apple’s new Find My-compatible remote will also work with your old Apple TV

You don't need to buy the new Apple TV 4K just to get the updated Siri Remote with Find My and a built-in speaker, as it...

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