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TechmemeTrade5h ago

NY Gov. Kathy Hochul signs bills banning AI chatbots from using "unsafe features" for minors and requiring security features in internet-connected baby monitors (Raga Justin/Bloomberg Government)

Raga Justin / Bloomberg Government : NY Gov. Kathy Hochul signs bills banning AI chatbots from using “unsafe features” for minors and requiring security features in internet-connected baby monitors — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed two bills further curbing artificial intelligence risks for children …

The Next Web5h ago

Munich’s biggest taxi firm plans up to 500 Tensor robotaxis in Germany

Munich’s largest taxi operator plans to run up to 500 self-driving cars from US company Tensor in German cities. Tensor and Münchner Taxi Zentrum (MTZ) have signed a letter of intent. They said so in a press release on Tuesday, 27 October. They announced it at the Madrid Autonomous Mobility Summit. The fleet depends on […] This story continues at The Next Web

TechCrunch5h ago

Wiz’s CTO on PHP2Shell and the coming ‘vulnpocalypse’

The PHP scare may have faded from your feed, but the cleanup is far from over. Last week, two critical bugs in the open source language behind roughly 70% of websites left organizations scrambling to fix their systems, with some taking sites offline until the vulnerabilities could be patched. According to researchers who found the […]

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Engadget5h ago

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We're looking for freelance journalists who know their way around a tech blog. We're looking for freelance journalists who know their way around a tech blog.

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TechRadar5h ago

Amazon warns engineers just using more AI doesn't make them more productive, says they should avoid tokenmaxxing

Amazon urges developers not to blindly focus on AI tool usage The era of the "Renaissance Developer" using all kinds of AI is here It also urges workers to shun tokenmaxxing, and focus on building a deeper connection with customers Amazon has told its engineers to look beyond simply using AI to ensure their work gets done, and focus instead on the results of their labor. In a memo sent to its work…

Fast Company5h ago

McDonald’s or Starbucks? Fast food chain’s new 2026 holiday menu includes seasonal drinks, meal deals

It’s not even Halloween, but McDonald’s is just days away from dropping its new holiday menu . And this year, it includes a number of seasonal beverages, just like Starbucks’ popular annual holiday offerings . McDonald’s is putting its host of festive drinks on the menu on Tuesday, November 3—as well as a new $8 meal deal , arriving one day before. Here’s what to know. McDonald’s 2026 holiday menu…

ZDNet5h ago

Apple’s new touchscreen MacBook Pros may be late, but they have one big advantage

Apple finally revealed its new MacBook M5 Pro and Max with a touchscreen OLED display, bringing the best features from the iPhone to its laptops.

Wired5h ago

The New M6 MacBook Pro Has a Serious Price Problem

For $1,999, you could own an M6 Mac Mini and an M5 MacBook Air instead, both of which are on sale right now.

The Verge5h ago

Brendan Carr plans to let prisons jam cellphone signals

FCC Chairman Brendan Carr announced the agency will vote on November 19th on rules that would allow prisons to use signal jamming. Radiofrequency jammers are generally banned under Section 333 and the Communications Act of 1934, with few exceptions, and Carr has noted they've been permitted for use at some federal facilities already. Carr claims in a statement that jammers are needed because "For…

ZDNet5h ago

Your public Discord messages may soon appear in Google search results – how to opt out

Discord announced a new feature that can make your server messages discoverable on Google. Here’s how to opt out.

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Fast Company5h ago

Halloween hasn’t happened yet, but Americans are already obsessed with this Christmas trend

The year’s spookiest holiday is just around the corner, but some users on social media are already swapping pumpkins for Christmas trees. Christmas cookies are taking over social media platforms like TikTok and Instagram, with users readying for the holiday season almost a month early. Since Oct. 18, festive cookies, brownies, and pastry recipe videos have drawn around 43.1 million views across pl…

The Next Web5h ago

GitHub launches Copilot Fusion as agents start 40% of pull requests

GitHub launched Copilot Fusion at GitHub Universe, its developer conference, on Wednesday. The system decides which AI model, or mix of models, should handle each step of a coding task. It weighs what the task needs across reasoning, code generation, debugging and tool use. Jay Parikh, executive vice president of CoreAI at Microsoft, described it […] This story continues at The Next Web

Ars Technica5h ago

Google announces Gemini 4 Carbon, its latest frontier AI model that you can't use

It's almost like Google's got something to prove after taking a break from releasing new frontier AI models earlier this year. Just two weeks after rolling out Gemini 4 Argon , Google has announced Gemini 4 Carbon . This isn't the Flash model equivalent we've been waiting for but, rather, is an improvement on Argon, and like that model, Google is working on a staged release that could take a while…

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ZDNet5h ago

Amazon’s new Alexa Photo Frame could have what I’ve been missing – here’s why

You can ask Amazon’s voice assistant to show you your favorite photos.

Mashable5h ago

Heres how much a maxed-out touchscreen MacBook Pro will cost you

The touchscreen MacBook Pro is finally here – and it's pricey. On Wednesday, Apple unveiled its first-ever touchscreen laptop, the MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR Display . The starting price for the 14-inch model powered by the M5 Pro chip with 24GB of memory and 1TB of storage is $2,899. While that's quite costly, remember, that's just the base model for the device. Looking to completely max o…

Engadget5h ago

Sony's new see-through DualSense controllers let you game like its 1999

The company is also releasing matching PS5 console covers. The company is also releasing matching PS5 console covers.

The Verge5h ago

Microsoft is ending Copilot support on smart TVs

Nearly two years after LG and Samsung announced at CES 2025 that their latest smart TVs would include access to Microsoft's Copilot, the company is ending support for the AI assistant's functionality on all TVs this year, according to a report by Windows Central . The news comes not from an official announcement from LG, Samsung, or Microsoft, but from an on-screen notification that appeared on Wi…

Wired5h ago

I Put a Bunch of AI Agents in Charge of a Fantasy Soccer Team. They’re Not Better Than Humans—Yet

To experiment with AI’s predictive skills, I let Codex loose on a fantasy team. It tried to bench Erling Haaland at first, but it soon learned the error of its ways.

TechmemeTrade5h ago

Apple adds a 512GB RAM configuration for the Mac Studio with the M5 Ultra chip, starting at $22,299; the M5 Max model maxes out at 128GB of RAM (Joe Rossignol/MacRumors)

Joe Rossignol / MacRumors : Apple adds a 512GB RAM configuration for the Mac Studio with the M5 Ultra chip, starting at $22,299; the M5 Max model maxes out at 128GB of RAM — Starting today, the Mac Studio with the M5 Ultra chip can be configured with 512GB of RAM on Apple's online store, but it is an expensive upgrade.

TechmemeTrade5h ago

Artificial Analysis unveils the Intelligence Index v5 with new coding and science benchmarks; 60% of the Index is based on private test sets or held-out answers (Artificial Analysis)

Artificial Analysis : Artificial Analysis unveils the Intelligence Index v5 with new coding and science benchmarks; 60% of the Index is based on private test sets or held-out answers — The Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index is our composite measure of model capabilities across tasks reflecting real-world usage today. v5 …

The Next Web5h ago

SK Hynix profit jumps 632% as it says memory shortage will last to 2030

SK Hynix reported record third-quarter results on Wednesday, 28 October. Operating profit rose 632% from a year earlier to 83.3 trillion won (about $62bn). Revenue rose 328% to 104.6 trillion won, it said in its earnings release. It is the first time the South Korean memory maker’s quarterly sales have passed 100 trillion won. Its […] This story continues at The Next Web

Fast Company5h ago

How FDA scientists opposed the Trump administration’s push for easier access to peptides

A plan to give Americans easier access to unproven peptide drugs favored by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was opposed by most Food and Drug Administration scientific staff members, who had limited input in drafting the policy, according to six people familiar with the policy’s development. The document, which covers certain injectable peptides popular within the wellness industry, recentl…

TechRadar6h ago

Bank of America tells customers to stop sharing banking passwords with AI agents — agentic payments are becoming a major thorn in the side of banking

Stop giving out your username and password to your AI assistant, Bank of America warned customers AI agents are now capable of making agentic purchases, but that doesn't mean they should Customers are being locked out of accounts thanks to erroneous purchases made by AI agents Bank of America has requested that customers do not share their usernames and passwords with anyone, “including an Al-enab…

The Verge6h ago

Surprise: The Google Xreal glasses debut at a Meta-beating $1,099

In this economy, how often does a product get less expensive before its debut? That just happened with the Google / Xreal Aura, the lightweight 95-gram glasses with a tethered Android XR compute puck and multiple virtual screens that just went on sale today. Xreal and Google have just announced the headset costs $1,099 through the end of the year, down from the $1,279 that Xreal was charging for e…

The Verge6h ago

Here’s where to preorder the latest MacBook Pros

Apple finally showed off its 14- and 16-inch MacBook Pro laptops that have the PROLED XDR display at the October 2026 " Pro and Tell " event. The long-awaited laptops feature a Tandem OLED display with full touch capabilities, while also cutting some weight, and bringing back the glowing Apple logo. While a little less exciting, there's also an updated 14-inch MacBook Pro that includes Apple's M6…

The Next Web6h ago

Anthropic gives US governments 40% off Claude in new GSA deal

Anthropic will give US government buyers a 40% discount on Claude under an expanded deal with the General Services Administration (GSA). The company announced it in a blog post on Tuesday, 27 October. For the first time, the discount also covers state, local, tribal and territorial governments. It applies to Claude Enterprise, Claude for Government […] This story continues at The Next Web

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The Next Web6h ago

Anthropic manager drops coding interviews because Claude is better at them

Anthropic engineering manager Felix Rieseberg has dropped the coding interview from his team’s hiring. He explained the change in a blog post on Tuesday, 27 October, titled “Hunger beats tenure: Advice for junior engineers”. Rieseberg has led engineering for Claude.ai, Claude Code Desktop and Anthropic’s Cowork tool, according to his bio. He previously worked at […] This story continues at…

Ars Technica6h ago

Amazon turns its most capable smart speaker into a smart camera, too

Since debuting in 2019, Amazon's Echo Studio targeted users who wanted superior audio quality from their Alexa-based smart speaker. The latest Echo Studio adds another less-expected differentiator: an integrated camera. The Echo Studio with Home Camera, released alongside a pile of other Alexa devices today, doesn’t have many audio upgrades over the standard Echo Studio. Each speaker has one 3.75-…

TechmemeTrade6h ago

Google and Xreal launch the Xreal Aura wired XR glasses, with Android XR and a puck with Snapdragon Reality Elite, for $1,099+ through December, then $1,279+ (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)

Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch : Google and Xreal launch the Xreal Aura wired XR glasses, with Android XR and a puck with Snapdragon Reality Elite, for $1,099+ through December, then $1,279+ — At the Android Developer Summit on Wednesday, Google's smart glasses partner Xreal launched its new Xreal Aura wired smart glasses …

ZDNet6h ago

These Claude Enterprise features let you track AI ROI – what’s new

Is your pricey Claude Enterprise account worth it? Anthropic is trying to surface insights with three tools.

Fast Company6h ago

This company wants to use AI to reverse aging — here’s how

What if AI could reset the clock on your body’s aging? In this episode of Adventures in AI , Drew Taylor, founder of Acorn Biolabs, talks about how artificial intelligence is transforming regenerative medicine, from predicting how a stem cell will perform using a single image to building treatment plans tailored to your unique biology. We also tackle the unexpected side of living longer, including…

TechRadar6h ago

How to watch Celebrity Race Across The World 2026 for free, online and from anywhere

If you love watching celebrities being put through their paces in intense challenges, you've come to the right place as Celebrity Race Across The World returns on Wednesday, October 28 at 8pm BST , with Jeff Stelling and Ella Eyre among the contestants this year. They'll be joined by musician Sam Ryder and Princess Andre (daughter of Peter), as well as their chosen family members for a gruelling j…

The Verge6h ago

You can see every red flag in Theranos 2.0

They’re getting the band back together for Theranos 2.0. Supposedly. | Photo: Getty Images This is Optimizer , a weekly newsletter sent from Verge senior reviewer Victoria Song that dissects and discusses the latest gizmos and potions that swear they're going to change your life. Opt in for Optimizer here . From afar, it's easy to look back at the Theranos debacle and scream at Nathan Fielder that…

Mashable6h ago

The biggest MacBook surprise of the day? The glowing Apple logo is back.

So, Apple's got new MacBook Pro devices to show us. They're very powerful; they have touchscreen OLED displays for the first time, and they're the MacBooks you'll lust over from now on (until the new ones come along). That's all fine and dandy, but the coolest thing about these new Macs isn't even listed in the tech specs . The two colors on offer, Space Black and Silver, are standard fare for App…

Ars Technica6h ago

Cadillac Escalade IQ review: Huge battery, huge range, huge SUV

“Please have at least 125 miles of range left when we pick it up.” That request from the people who look after the Cadillac press cars wasn’t going to be hard to honor. The electric Escalade IQ arrived with an indicated range of 440 miles (708 km), and with a full week of work to squeeze in, getting anywhere close to needing to recharge it seemed unlikely. With more than 200 kWh of lithium-ion bat…

Mashable6h ago

Apple just announced a touchscreen MacBook Pro: How to buy

TL;DR: Apple announced the new MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR Display . The touchscreen MacBook is available for purchase now, starting at $2,899. Opens in a new window Credit: Apple MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR Display Starting at $2,899 Preorder at Apple During its " Pro and Tell " event on Oct. 28, Apple announced the long-awaited (and long-rumored ) touchscreen MacBook Pro. Officially named MacBoo…

The Next Web6h ago

Apple launches its first touchscreen MacBook Pro, from $2,899

Apple unveiled a redesigned MacBook Pro with a touchscreen, an OLED display and a Dynamic Island, after two decades of rejecting touch Macs. The 14-inch model starts at $2,899 and weighs 3 pounds; the 16-inch starts at $3,399. It arrives on 6 November. Apple has unveiled a redesigned MacBook Pro with a touchscreen, ending two […] This story continues at The Next Web

The Verge6h ago

Here’s how macOS is changing for touchscreens

Reach out and touch screen. Touchscreen laptops are nothing new in the Windows world , but Apple has only just announced its first MacBook with a touchscreen. Apple isn't rushing to change a bunch of things in macOS to optimize for touch, though; most of the touch action will be in the apps themselves, it seems. As far as major macOS changes go, iOS's Dynamic Island will be debuting on the new Mac…

Ars Technica6h ago

Google AI gets cagey when asked who won the 2020 elections

If you ask some prominent US politicians who won the 2020 presidential election, you might get some weasely answers that fail to directly acknowledge Joe Biden's win that November. If you ask Google's AI Mode the same question, you might get an evasive answer that simply tells you to consult with outside sources. When I put the direct question of "Who won the 2020 presidential election?" to Google…

Engadget6h ago

Apple's first touchscreen MacBook Pro feels both familiar and radically improved

It's thinner, lighter and has a better screen - but it's still a MacBook Pro. It's thinner, lighter and has a better screen - but it's still a MacBook Pro.

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