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TechRadar43d ago

Researchers can make headphones leak audio through a wall, but the 30-meter claim has a few caveats

HKUST (Guangzhou) and HK PolyU researchers' InjectEave beams a radio carrier at devices so their own circuits leak analog audio The leaked audio has already been decrypted by the device itself, making encryption offer no protection against such an approach The 30m headline needed a pricey amplifier pushing output to 10 W, while standard ranges of 1 to 6m were measured by detecting a test tone Rese…

Engadget43d ago

The EU will force data centers to disclose their energy and water use

The EU has proposed a sustainability labeling system ahead of bringing in minimum data center performance standards. The EU has proposed a sustainability labeling system ahead of bringing in minimum data center performance standards.

Wired43d ago

Dyson Won’t Say What’s Wrong With Its CameraJet Toothbrush

Despite admitting to a “component issue,” the company refuses to say what went wrong, how many units are affected in how many countries, and why it won’t recall its $500 AI toothbrush.

Fast Company43d ago

Despite the hype, innovation isn’t getting any faster. Here’s why

Today it’s become an article of faith that everything moves faster . Business pundits tell us that we’re living in a VUCA world (Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and Ambiguous). These are taken as basic truths that are beyond questioning or reproach. Yet are things actually moving any faster than in earlier eras? The evidence is surprisingly scarce. Certainly productivity isn’t growing any faster. The…

InfoQTrade43d ago

Uber Redesigns M3DB Sharding with Subclusters to Limit Failure Impact

<img src="https://res.infoq.com/news/2026/09/uber-m3db-subcluster-sharding/en/headerimage/generatedHeaderImage-1788717337142.jpg"/><p>Uber has redesigned shard placement in M3DB with fixed size subclusters to limit the impact of node failures, maintenance, and cluster scaling. The approach bounds shard dependencies, preserves replica isolation, and uses a greedy algorithm to select shard migration…

InfoQTrade43d ago

Cloudflare Introduces the Agent Development Lifecycle to Replace Traditional SDLC

<img src="https://res.infoq.com/news/2026/09/cloudflare-adlc-agents/en/headerimage/headerADLC-1789999617492.jpg"/><p>Cloudflare has introduced the Agent Development Lifecycle to enhance AI-driven engineering. The approach replaces the traditional SDLC, addressing bottlenecks in testing, deployment, and maintenance. Key components include automated software factories, dynamic orchestration, advance…

Ars Technica43d ago

Review: Neagley is a worthy spinoff to megahit Reacher

Prime Video looks to have another hit on its hands with Neagley , a new spinoff series set in the same universe as the streaming platform’s critically acclaimed Reacher , now in its fourth season. Both shows are solidly addictive escapist fare, and while Neagley has some uneven elements, it mostly sticks to the successful formula while exploring new ground to give a very different main character h…

Wired43d ago

Bambu P2S Combo 3D Printer Review: My Own Little Plastics Factory

The Bambu Lab P2S Combo makes useful, polished objects without requiring advanced technical skills.

TechRadar43d ago

Streams and roundabouts: Apple Music just fixed one long-running issue, while Spotify added a different one

Apple changes playlists to give you more control over your library Spotify bans free listeners from hearing new music, for three days One's good, one's bad. Guess which! A few years ago, a word was coined to refer to companies' attempts to make their products worse to increase profit margins — it's a profanity so I can't use it here, but some call it platform delay — and two fresh pieces of music…

Mashable44d ago

AI actress Tilly Norwood bugs out, speaks Cantonese in Piers Morgan interview

Cantonese is spoken by more than 80 million people on Earth, and also evidently by one nonexistent actress who lives inside the computer. The southeastern Chinese dialect made a surprise appearance on Piers Morgan Uncensored , a talk show hosted by British TV personality Piers Morgan. Morgan was "interviewing" Tilly Norwood , an AI-generated actress who has become more or less synonymous with AI-g…

Ars Technica44d ago

Don't call it an SUV: The Ferrari Purosangue review

Ferrari’s two-seat sports cars might be the brand’s identity, but the Italian automaker has always catered to customers who want to bring more than one passenger along for the ride. It started building cars with back seats in the 1960s with the 250 GT 2+2; as the name suggests, the second row was more for occasional use, something that was true all the way through to the 612 in the early 2000s. Fe…

Wired44d ago

How to Avoid Scams and Sketchy Products on Amazon (2026)

Amazon is a murky mess of ads, unknown sellers, misleading sales, and specious information. Stay safe while shopping on Prime Big Deal Days and beyond with these tips and tricks.

Ars Technica45d ago

Rings around a tiny body have changed over the past decade

For decades, astronomers thought rings were something only giant planets had. That changed in 2013, when a small, dark body orbiting between Saturn and Uranus passed in front of a star and blinked twice on either side of the main event, revealing two narrow rings around an object barely 250 kilometers across. “It was a surprise,” says Pablo Santos-Sanz, an astronomer at the Instituto de Astrofísic…

Wired45d ago

An Editor’s Picks: The Best Gifts for Bird Lovers

Whether they’re into feeders, field guides, or games, these tried-and-tested picks are sure to land perfectly.

Fast Company45d ago

This gadget—and free software—makes e-reading fun again

Hello again, and welcome back to Fast Company’s Plugged In . At first blush, it sounds like a canonical example of a gizmo the world could live without. The device in question is a truly diminutive e-reader designed to snap magnetically to the back of your phone—you know, the one that can already run a variety of e-book apps. It has no direct access to an e-book store, complicating the essential t…

TechCrunch46d agoalso covered by 1 other

World model companies are keeping a lot of secrets

Everyone in the world-models space is sitting on a pile of cash and a ton of buzz, but good luck getting anyone — from the founders to their own data suppliers — to tell you what they're actually building.

Ars Technica46d ago

Meet the winner of Nikon's Small World in Motion video contest

Abnormal beating of airway cilia from a child with Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia, a genetic disorder affecting respiratory function. Credit: Ning Xu, Tsinghua University Abnormal beating of airway cilia from a child with Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia, a genetic disorder affecting respiratory function. Credit: Ning Xu, Tsinghua University A Chinese optical engineer is the winner of this year's Small Worl…

TechRadar46d ago

'Information-collecting monstrosities' — Are Chinese connected cars really worse for your privacy?

All across British roads, a new — albeit increasingly familiar — silhouette is rapidly taking over. Nicknamed the " Temu Range Rover ," feature-packed Chinese SUV models from companies like Jaecoo, Omoda, Great Wall Motor (GWM), and BYD are attracting UK buyers with the luxury feel of an iconic Range Rover at a fraction of the price. Naturally, drivers are getting worried. The issue isn’t just Chi…

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Fast Company46d ago

The Navy’s push for shipboard laser weapons just got a new entrant

This article is republished with permission from Laser Wars , a newsletter about military laser weapons and other futuristic defense technology. The U.S. Navy has awarded a modest contract to America’s largest shipbuilder for a new high-energy laser weapon for maritime operations. Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) and defense contractor EO Solutions—not to be confused with Australian laser weapo…

Ars Technica47d ago

A dolphin named Bubbles makes other fish vomit, then eats it

Staff at the Lady Elliott Island Eco Resort off the southern Great Barrier Reef in Australia are well acquainted with the shenanigans of a male bottlenose dolphin they've nicknamed Bubbles. Bubbles has been around since at least 2017 and regularly harasses local bigeye trevally , chasing a fish around and stressing it so much that the fish throws up what it has consumed. Bubbles then devours the r…