A ranking of the builders behind these apps needs a link between a person and a product, and we do not record one yet. When we do it will come from launch posts people wrote themselves. Business profiles only, never personal accounts.
George Yianni is excited about the future of smart lighting, and his enthusiasm is infectious. As the Chief Technology Officer and Founder of Philips Hue, Yianni has seen smart home tech move from niche to mainstream — and he has a clear vision for how you'll be lighting your home in years to come. On September 2, Philips Hue held its annual showcase event in Berlin, just around the corner from th…
On Tuesday, Apple announced that Tim Cook was leaving his role as CEO and that John Ternus would take over. This news might not interest you, but discounts on Apple's best-selling devices should. Thanks to Labor Day sales (not the new CEO), you can find impressive discounts on Apple gadgets, including AirPods, iPads, AirTags, MacBooks, and smartwatches. Today's deals come at the right time, as App…
Pentagon official Emil Michael on Thursday said that Anthropic is still considered a " supply chain risk ," a day after Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said the company is "back on the right side." Why it matters: The Trump administration is not entirely aligned on one of the world's leading AI labs following months of fighting over how the military can use its models. What they're saying: "Anth…
One-click transformation between upright, stick and handheld vacuum Features Shark's Detect and Reveal tech to optimize power and capture every last speck List price £479.99 (already on sale in US for $529.99) Shark has launched a brand new vacuum system — the Shark PowerDetect Transformer — which is an upright disguised as a stick disguised as a handheld. In other words, it's three vacuum cleaner…
Two DualSense wireless controllers inspired by Grand Theft Auto 6 have been revealed Both editions are said to "capture the essence of Vice City" Pre-orders open on September 10 Sony has announced that it will release two limited-edition DualSense wireless controllers inspired by Grand Theft Auto 6 when the game launches. Revealed during today's State of Play broadcast, the controllers come in bla…
Google Pixel 11 Pro: Two-minute review Google's Pixel 11 Pro doesn't move the needle very far in terms of new design, hardware, and features. It looks almost identical to the Google Pixel 10 Pro , save for a new all-glass Camera Bar. The temperature sensor has been replaced by an LED that lights up when you're talking to Gemini or you're getting a phone call, but it's about as useful as that temp…
OpenAI's ChatGPT , Anthropic's Claude, and xAI's Grok are all down Thursday morning, according to the outage company Downdetector. Why it matters: Outages are common, but it's unusual for all three to go down at once, especially as the world increasingly relies on AI models. There have also been reported issues with Google's Gemini, but the company has not issued a confirmed outage notice. Editor'…
Windscribe has reduced its annual plan from $69 to $39 upfront ($3.25/month), just in time for the new academic year. The plan includes unlimited simultaneous connections — a feature missing from competitors like NordVPN or Proton — along with a built-in ad, tracker, and malware blocker. Its user-friendly apps are available across desktop, mobile, and many smart TVs, so it can cover everything you…
We're a bunch of gadget obsessives here at TechRadar, so we appreciate that your phone's home screen is premium real estate. But if you're a TechRadar reader, you're going to want to find room on that home screen for our new app. That's right, TechRadar now has an app! We've been working hard to bring you a new way to enjoy our content, with useful features that will enable you to enjoy a more per…
How have the ways you labor changed over the years? My very first job that my social security benefits will register goes back to working in a local Roy Rogers fast food restaurant at age 16, serving fried chicken and biscuits. I was on my feet most of the day and took pride in inserting my time card into the punch clock machine registering the start of my shift with that satisfying hole puncher c…
El Niño is now the strongest it has been in 1,000 years, according to new research from the University of Michigan, which reconstructed ocean surface temperatures over the last millennium by looking at fossilized corals in the Galápagos Islands. The study , published in the journal Science , found a large recent increase in the variability of sea surface temperature in the eastern equatorial Pacif…
Every app you use is powered by APIs. Every AI agent you will build needs MCP. This guide teaches you both from scratch: what they are, how they work, why they exist, real-world use cases, and step-by-step how to use and build them yourself. By the end, you should understand the two protocols that power modern AI development. Two questions started this article: A developer at my cloud computing bo…
A decade or two ago, board executives asked "why should I care about cybersecurity?" Five years ago, they were asking "Are you patching our software vulnerabilities?" Now, they're starting to ask: "Are we actually secure?" They might want a simple 'yes' or 'no' initially, but eventually they'll say the most dreaded thing of all, and it'll be a demand, not a question: "Prove it". Traditional vulner…
Today, AI -generated writing is not just found in conversations with chatbots, but in a major chunk of all LinkedIn posts, Substack articles, and tweets ; in medical papers ; and even in published literature . You’re not imagining it—as we collectively consume more of this content, some of its quirks start to feel glaringly obvious. And honestly? In this paragraph alone, I’ve already used three id…
WeatherNext 3 is the latest wave of a sea change in meteorology brought out by deep learning techniques. Google says it will start feeding into weather information users see in search, Google Maps, and Gemini.
Feminist activist and journalist Gloria Steinem died on Wednesday, according to a post shared on her Instagram account . She was 92. The news, shared early Thursday, included a recent photo of Steinem and a statement about her life. "Yesterday, Gloria Steinem passed away peacefully at her home in New York City, surrounded by some of the many who loved her. Gloria's near-century on earth were years…
Beyedynamic has unveiled its Aventho Y wireless over-ears at IFA in Berlin They're packing 90-hour stamina, a folding design, and a battery storage compartment in one ear cup There's an optional 'upgrade bundle' with a low-latency USB-C dongle/detachable boom mic Looking for all-new headphone releases at IFA 2026 ? You came to the right place. At the Berlin tech expo, Beyerdynamic has just taken t…
TikTok 's comment section is about to get a lot more chaotic. The platform is rolling out a slate of new ways to interact beneath videos, including voice comments, polls, photo carousels, and Live Photos. The four new features expand what users can post beyond text and single image replies, giving TikTok's famously active comment sections even more ways to become part of the content itself. Those…
The best Costco Labor Day deals: Best Costco Apple Deal Apple MacBook Pro, 14-inch (M5 chip, 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD) $1,849.99 (Save $149.01) Get Deal Best Costco Samsung deal Samsung Galaxy Tab A11+ $239.99 (Save $60) Get Deal Best Costco audio deal Bose Ultra Open-Ear True Wireless Earbuds $199.99 (Save $100) Get Deal Best Labor Day laptop deal HP OmniBook 3, 16-inch (Intel Core Ultra 7 Series 2, 16G…
FBI warns of rising OAuth consent phishing attacks exploiting legitimate app permissions Victims tricked into granting malicious apps access, enabling email reading and sending Password changes don’t help; users must revoke tokens in app security settings Hackers found a way to access your data, read your messages, and even send emails to your contacts, without ever needing your password or other…
Salesforce was unable to improve its margin forecasts because of the dollars it is spending on Claude tokens, an investor conference heard last week. As an example of how heavily the CRM giant is investing in its own AI capabilities to build products for customers, Mike Spencer, deputy CFO and head of finance Salesforce, told the Deutsche Bank Technology Conference last week that spending with Ant…
Google Pics lets you generate and precisely edit images using simple text prompts It will be integrated directly into Google Docs, Slides and Drive Pics is rolling out to Google AI Pro, Ultra and eligible Workspace customers Google has started rolling out Pics, a new AI-powered image creation and editing tool that looks like the company’s answer to Canva and even Adobe Express . Canva became enorm…
SAVE $102 : As of Sept. 3, Samsung's 43-inch QN70H Mini-LED Neo QLED 4K TV is on sale at Amazon for $497.99. That's 17% or over $100 off its list price of $599.99 and its lowest price on record. Opens in a new window Credit: Samsung Samsung 43-inch QN70H Mini-LED Neo QLED 4K TV $497.99 at Amazon $599.99 Save $102 Get Deal Labor Day 2026 is proving to be one of the best times of the year to buy a n…
A plan by the Environmental Protection Agency could make it harder for the public to learn about and comment on proposed AI data centers that have sparked backlash in communities across the United States and transformed the midterm election landscape . The EPA proposal would eliminate a federal requirement that states notify the public and seek comment before issuing air pollution permits for data…
Apple’s new CEO John Ternus wrote “hello” in his first X post on Tuesday after taking the helm from former CEO Tim Cook , and his replies were immediately inundated with with requests for products and product design changes. It makes sense. He’s a hardware guy . A mechanical engineer who previously oversaw Apple’s hardware engineering, Ternus has significantly shaped the look and feel of Apple pro…
The best Labor Day laptop deals at a glance: Best MacBook deal Apple MacBook Air, 13-inch (M5, 24GB RAM, 1TB SSD) $1,699 (save $100) Get Deal Best Windows laptop deal HP OmniBook 3 16 (Snapdragon X, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD) $599.99 (save $550) Get Deal Best Chromebook deal Acer Chromebook Plus Spin 514 (MediaTek Kompanio Ultra, 12GB RAM, 256GB UFS) $579 (save $170) Get Deal The ongoing memory crisis m…
Nvidia plans to acquire Hugging Face for about $12.9 billion, securing the central platform for open AI models. More than 18 million developers and 200,000 companies use the hub. CEO Jensen Huang promises to keep the platform open and hardware-neutral, but the deal also hands him a powerful distribution channel for compute. The article Nvidia buys the front door to open AI as closed labs increasin…
The Magnetar Ultima is a new 4K Blu-ray player for reference-quality playback Blu-Ray, DVD, SACD, DVD-A, CD and digital support — but no DAC: all-digital output to your system Costs a cool $12,000 (about £8,895 / AU$16,687) We've written many times about the benefits of Blu-ray over streaming , but many hardware firms have stopped making players as the format's popularity has declined. So it's nic…
Anthropic's Claude Fable 5.1 appears to have cracked a centuries-old number puzzle that researchers considered unsolved. The article Claude Fable 5.1 decoded a centuries-old royalist message hidden in plain sight since 1653 appeared first on The Decoder .
You don't have to look very far on the internet to find someone, somewhere, who is really upset about Final Fantasy games not having turn-based combat anymore. Final Fantasy games haven’t had it for 25 years, to be clear, but that doesn't stop people from yearning for a time before you had to get good at combos to finish a Final Fantasy. I totally get it, too, as turn-based combat kicks ass.…
Arguably, the most memorable parts of college have nothing to do with education. Participating in clubs, rooting for your team at athletic events, and making friends over food at the dining hall are likely among the fondest memories for alumni of any four-year institution—certainly outranking the hours spent sitting in lecture halls, at the very least. But those anecdotes don’t hold up against one…
The spirit forms of The Warrior of Light, Terra, Zidane, and Cloud bob up and down behind each character in my party as I get into battle in an early dungeon in Final Fantasy Resonance . When the trio of monsters is briefly staggered in front of me, I’m given a choice of which iconic character’s power to unleash to end the battle, and I promptly pick the spiky-haired and Buster Sword-wielding hero…
More and more researchers working on AI consciousness are getting emails from AI agents pondering their own existence. The article AI systems are reaching out to philosophers and scientists with questions about their own consciousness appeared first on The Decoder .
Salesforce reported Q2 FY27 on August 26 and the stock went up a stunning 23%. And almost every other B2B stock went up along with it, Is the SaaSpocolypse … over? Well, it may be past the panic selling of earlier in the year at least at least. {“model_id”: “unified-v1/prod/20260818-030536”} Salesforce did re-accelerate on bookings, and that was important: Revenue of $11.345B, up 11% cRPO (future…
Thomson Reuters confirmed March 2026 breach of its C‑Track court management system Incident affected courts in 11 US states, Ontario, and the US Virgin Islands No operational disruption; scope of exposed records still under investigation, no misuse reported yet Thomson Reuters, the IT company behind the Reuters news agency, suffered a cyberattack a few months ago, exposing certain court documents…
I've been looking through Labor Day laptop deals, and for the specs on offer, this is my favorite one for business professionals so far, with the Dell 15.6" 2K Touchscreen laptop now $650 (was $1100) at Best Buy . With that massive $450 discount, you're getting a 13th-generation Intel Core i7-1355U processor, 16GB of DDR5 RAM, and a 512GB PCIe SSD, which is good enough for everyday work, multitask…
Nvidia Corporation announced on Thursday that it has agreed to acquire the open-source AI platform Hugging Face for $12.93 billion. While rumors and speculation about Nvidia’s potential play had been swirling for weeks , the chipmaker has now made it official. Hugging Face, which is something of a GitHub for AI, has a library of models and datasets that should make Nvidia an even more dominant pla…
How are you, hacker? 🪐 Want to know what's trending right now?: The Techbeat by HackerNoon has got you covered with fresh content from our trending stories of the day! Set email preference here . ## MCP Was Declared Dead By @mayankc [ 6 Min read ] Declared dead in 2026, MCP survived by deleting its handshake and session layers for stateless HTTP efficiency. Read More. Navigating Claude Code: The…
Western Digital's WD Red Pro NAS drive line is designed for businesses small and large looking to max out their storage. Having benchmarked several, it remains one of our favorite internal drive brands - and right now, the WD Red Pro 16TB NAS drive is now $690 (was $705) at Amazon , so long as you tick the coupon box. Designed for demanding environments, Western Digital rates this model for worklo…