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I tried ChatGPT’s new virtual fitting room — it got the clothes right, but changed my body

ChatGPT has been pushing further into becoming a shopping assistant for a while now. You can ask it for product recommendations and it’ll find specific items, show you images, prices and links to buy them. Sometimes it’ll even add contextual details from what it knows about you, like your color preferences or budget, to help personalize its recommendations even more. I've been testing it over the…

How Inc. and Fast Company get inspiration from our archives

Hello and welcome to Modern CEO ! I’m Stephanie Mehta, CEO and chief content officer of Mansueto Ventures. Each week this newsletter explores inclusive approaches to leadership drawn from conversations with executives and entrepreneurs, and from the pages of Inc. and Fast Company . If you received this newsletter from a friend, you can sign up to get it yourself every Monday morning. Some of the m…

Feds Got Warrants to Use Fake Cell Towers to Hunt Down Don Lemon’s Producer

Investigators also sought permission to use an invasive surveillance tool called a cell-site simulators against journalist Georgia Fort and a Minnesota state Senate candidate.

Inside the mini factory where GM builds its EV future

If you're driving through GM's sprawling campus in Warren, Michigan, you'd likely ignore the pair of adjacent, anonymous white buildings tucked away in the upper reaches of the 710-acre space. Inside those buildings, which total half a million square feet together, is a massive construction project that's still in progress. Once completed, it will house GM's new Battery Cell Development Center, wh…

Presentation: You Can't Trust Your AI Bill. And Neither Can I

<img src="https://res.infoq.com/presentations/ai-cloud-cost-economics/en/mediumimage/erik-peterson-medium-1791451373591.jpg"/><p>Erik Peterson discusses why AI spend is eclipsing cloud bills, triggering a major software engineering cost crisis. He explains tokenmaxxing, unit economics, forced developer promotions, and why fully autonomous AI will write, deploy, and govern code by 2028.</p> <i>By E…

Podcast: What Does It Really Mean To Program With AI: A Conversation with Joy Ebertz

<img src="https://res.infoq.com/podcasts/what-really-mean-program-ai/en/smallimage/infoq-podcast-500-1791359941231.jpg"/><p>In this podcast, Michael Stiefel spoke to Joy Ebertz about how the use of artificial intelligence is changing the way architects and developers do their jobs. Focusing on the long term success of the business is one of the most neglected tasks of an architect. This task becom…

Article: When Should You Use Liquid Clustering? Benchmarking Lakehouse Layout Strategies

<img src="https://res.infoq.com/articles/liquid-clustering-lakehouse-layout/en/headerimage/liquid-clustering-lakehouse-layout-header-1791465984987.jpg"/><p>Physical data layout is one of the most consequential decisions in lakehouse engineering. The author compares Liquid Clustering, ZOrdering, and partitioning across four workload types on Delta Lake, uncovering two undocumented failure modes tha…

React 19.3: Adds a browser() API, Giving Client-Only Rendering a First-Class Name

<img src="https://res.infoq.com/news/2026/10/react-19-3-browser-api/en/headerimage/generatedHeaderImage-1791791785119.jpg"/><p>React 19.3 was released on September 9, introducing several features including the react-dom browser() API. This API allows components to opt out of server-side rendering, addressing issues with components that rely on client-specific data. It provides a cleaner solution f…

Microsoft President Brad Smith calls for global safety regulations for AI, arguing that milk and washing machines currently face more stringent safety standards (Mitchell Labiak/BBC)

Mitchell Labiak / BBC : Microsoft President Brad Smith calls for global safety regulations for AI, arguing that milk and washing machines currently face more stringent safety standards &mdash; Milk and washing machines are currently more regulated than AI, the president of Microsoft has said.

When one robot learns, every robot knows if they can communicate

The robots are among us. They’re carrying passengers through the streets of San Francisco, delivering parcels over the air, and working their way across farms, factories, mines, and industrial sites. The collision we’re now witnessing between artificial intelligence and the physical world is often described as “Physical AI” – machines capable of perceiving their surroundings, making decisions, and…

WhatsApp users may soon be able to schedule messages

WhatsApp is finally allowing message scheduling, a feature that's been available on Telegram since 2019. WhatsApp is finally allowing message scheduling, a feature that's been available on Telegram since 2019.

Danny Dyers SNL UK monologue is as sweary as youd expect

Danny Dyer hosted SNL UK on Saturday, and it was only right that the TV hard man beat up a few people on his way to the stage. In the clip above he does his best to keep the language as live TV-friendly as possible with a little help from Rivals co-star Lisa McGrillis, before showing off his (slightly limited) range of UK accents. Want more of the best of late night? Sign up for Mashable&rsquo;s T…

Your company has a strategy, and your team has no idea what it is

Somewhere in your organisation, right now, a team is making a decision. A product prioritisation call, a budget reallocation, a hiring choice, a client proposal. The people making it are smart, experienced, and acting in good faith. There is a fair chance they are making it with no idea what the company’s strategy says about [&hellip;] This story continues at The Next Web

AlterMe Review: Fitness Built Around My DNA

Six months with AlterMe’s smart ring and a fitness app helped me build better habits, but the genetic insights were less revealing than I’d hoped.

The Nespresso Vertuo Pop+ has dropped below $100 at Amazon — save $30 this week

SAVE $30 : As of Oct. 12, the Nespresso Vertuo Pop+ is on sale for $99 at Amazon. That's a 23% discount on the list price. Opens in a new window Credit: Nespresso Nespresso Vertuo Pop+ $99 at Amazon $129 Save $30 Get Deal A tasty coffee setup doesn't need to cost hundreds of dollars or require an advanced barista-level skill set. With the Nespresso Vertuo Pop+ , all you need to do is push a button…

A New Anti-Aging Drug Looks to Turn Back the Clock on Skin Age

After four weeks of using the cream, participants lowered the biological age of their skin by about two years on average.

The best mid-range Android tablet drops to $426.99: Save on the Samsung Galaxy Tab S10 FE

SAVE $52.99: As of Oct. 12, the Samsung Galaxy Tab S10 FE is on sale for $426.99 at Amazon. That's an 11% saving on the list price. Opens in a new window Credit: Samsung Samsung Galaxy Tab S10 FE $426.99 at Amazon $479.98 Save $52.99 Get Deal Tablets are handy for just about everything, from watching Netflix on the couch to getting work done while you're out and about. But with so many options ava…

IMF says AI investment is keeping global growth near 3%

IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva said on Monday that spending on AI infrastructure is helping the world economy grow by about 3% each year, even though energy prices are high. She made these comments in Bangkok at the start of the IMF and World Bank annual meetings, according to Reuters. According to Georgieva, Asian economies that [&hellip;] This story continues at The Next Web

The Ninja Foodi PossibleCooker Pro Plus is down to its lowest-ever price at Amazon — get $40 off

SAVE $40: As of Oct. 12, the Ninja Foodi PossibleCooker Pro Plus is back to its lowest-ever price of $139.99 at Amazon. That's $40 off its full price of $179.99. Opens in a new window Credit: Ninja Ninja Foodi PossibleCooker Pro Plus $139.99 at Amazon $179.99 Save $40 Get Deal Slow cookers are perfect for making warm, comforting meals during the cooler months of the year. If you're on the hunt for…

As economic and corporate research shows limited AI efficiency gains, surveys by Workday, Google, MIT, and others detail a human "verification tax" bottleneck (Sarah Kessler/New York Times)

Sarah Kessler / New York Times : As economic and corporate research shows limited AI efficiency gains, surveys by Workday, Google, MIT, and others detail a human &ldquo;verification tax&rdquo; bottleneck &mdash; As artificial intelligence automates office tasks, it is also creating a new type of human work.

Far-Right Election Groups Are Now Targeting Nursing Homes

Inspired by new guidance from the Trump administration, right-wing election groups are targeting nursing homes, baselessly claiming that left-wing groups are stealing residents’ votes.

Java News Roundup: Grails 8, Open Liberty, GlassFish, Infinispan, LangChain4j, Spock

<img src="https://res.infoq.com/news/2026/10/java-news-roundup-oct05-2026/en/headerimage/java-news-roundup-image-1791799719812.jpg"/><p>This week's Java roundup for October 5th, 2026, features news highlighting: OpenJDK JEPs Proposed to Target for JDK 28; Lazy Constants elevated to Candidate status; the GA releases of Apache Grails 8.0 and Open Liberty 20.0.0.10; point releases of TornadoVM, Infin…

Sources: Tencent is planning a ~$5B bond offering, including $1.5B to $2B in dollar tranches, to fund AI expenditures, with the bulk going toward chip purchases (Janice Huang/Bloomberg)

Janice Huang / Bloomberg : Sources: Tencent is planning a ~$5B bond offering, including $1.5B to $2B in dollar tranches, to fund AI expenditures, with the bulk going toward chip purchases &mdash; Tencent Holdings Ltd. told fixed-income investors Monday that its planned bond offering of about $5 billion &hellip;

The ultimate holiday gift for sports card nerds — preorder Panini’s 2026 Mangaverse Football hobby boxes

TL;DR: Panini has officially revealed 2026 Mangaverse Football, a new trading card set featuring NFL stars, top college athletes, and gridiron legends illustrated in Japanese manga style. Hobby Boxes are available for preorder soon on Panini&rsquo;s site, with a guaranteed autograph per box. Opens in a new window Credit: Panini Panini Mangaverse Football Trading Card Box (Hobby) Learn More If you&…

CEOs say AI is helping their businesses be more productive — even if they're not always sure what's going on

AI named as one of the three biggest factors to boost productivity Visibility over costs and ROI falls short, study finds Legacy tech and skills gaps are ongoing issues Over half (50%) UK CEOs have credited AI with being one of the three biggest contributors to their productivity improvements over the past year, ranking ahead of more traditional aids like redesigning and simplifying business proce…

Fear of being ‘too much’ silences women leaders. Here’s how to ask anyway

“I don’t know if I came across super harsh or not. At some point, I lost sense of how I was showing up.” That was my client after having a hard conversation with one of her leaders about getting the resources she needed in her role. She had asked for help already, but the help they initially offered wouldn’t solve her real problem of being understaffed and without necessary technology systems. Fru…

Lyft’s historic wage theft settlement fixes the past but ignores the future

In early October, California state and city authorities reached a landmark settlement with the rideshare company Lyft over the state’s allegations that the company misclassified its drivers as independent contractors instead of employees, denying them wages and benefits they would have otherwise been owed between 2016 and 2020. If a judge approves the settlement—involving the state attorney genera…

Spredges, glitter, and lots of gold foil: Penguin is betting on deluxe book design to win over kids

This holiday season, you can give your child an actual Golden Ticket. It comes tucked inside a new special edition of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory , one of a slew of deluxe editions of books Penguin Young Readers is releasing this fall. The new volume is full of little surprises. Willy Wonka has scribbled notes throughout the book in his curlicued script and tucked bits of paper into the page…

They War-Gamed Dimming the Sun. It Went Even Worse Than You Think

Solar geoengineering could buy humanity time against climate change—or trigger a dangerous new arms race. A first-of-its-kind simulation offered a glimpse of what happens when geopolitics takes the wheel.

The Best Gifts for the Techie in Your Life (2026)

Don’t buy a loved one something you wouldn’t want for yourself. These are the must-haves that tech enthusiasts have on their wish lists this year.

Every Remedy game has an 'absolute evil lurking' at its core that affects the music, says Control Resonant composer, and he uses the player's 'intelligence and the ability to think' to portray the 'psychological aspect' in the soundtrack

Control Resonant composer Petri Alanko says every Remedy game has "absolute evil lurking in there" Alanko says he and Remedy rely on players' intelligence to understand the "psychological aspect to it all" He adds that "Remedy is not a dictating entity; we don’t do walking simulators, and we don’t hold hands" According to Control Resonant composer Petri Alanko, every Remedy Entertainment title has…

Digital infrastructure company SWI raised €800M to upgrade its data centers, including some from Genesis Digital, a bitcoin miner snarled in FTX's bankruptcy (Alexander Osipovich/Wall Street Journal)

Alexander Osipovich / Wall Street Journal : Digital infrastructure company SWI raised &euro;800M to upgrade its data centers, including some from Genesis Digital, a bitcoin miner snarled in FTX's bankruptcy &mdash; Data-center company sees potential in what has been described as one of Sam Bankman-Fried's &lsquo;most reckless investments&rsquo;

The more autonomous AI becomes, the more human strategy matters

For the past few years, much of the conversation around AI has centered on capability. We have watched it move from generating content and summarizing information to analyzing data , writing code and completing increasingly complex tasks. Now, with the rapid development of AI agents, we are beginning to hand over not just tasks, but portions of workflows and decisions as well. That progression has…

The Dreame L40 Ultra Gen 2 robot vacuum and mop is $250 off at Amazon — last chance to save

SAVE OVER $200: As of Oct. 12, the Dreame L40 Ultra Gen 2 robot vacuum and mop is on sale for $499.99 at Amazon. That's a $250 discount off its full price of $749.99. Opens in a new window Credit: Dreame Dreame L40 Ultra Gen 2 Robot Vacuum and Mop $499.99 at Amazon $749.99 Save $250 Get Deal A selection of robot vacuums are still discounted at Amazon after October Prime Day . If you're looking for…

Mars may be a hellhole, but the moon is not far behind

Welcome to the second space race. You can be forgiven for experiencing déjà vu. Last time, it was the Soviet Union and the United States vying to be the first to plant some flags. Now it’s a sprint to the lunar surface between America and China—alongside a host of varyingly friendly and rival nations—plus a cornucopia of private spaceflight companies. And this time it looks like they’re getting re…

European consumers are begging for better customer support

Pokémon TCG 30th Celebration Booster Bundles are now under $90 at Amazon

TL;DR: The Pok&eacute;mon TCG 30th Celebration Booster Bundle is on sale for $89.86 at Amazon. Opens in a new window Credit: The Pok&eacute;mon Company Pok&eacute;mon TCG 30th Celebration Booster Bundle $89.86 at Amazon Get Deal Tracking the Pok&eacute;mon TCG market is still a wild ride. Sometimes we're looking at record-low prices on new releases. Sometimes we're looking at a "deal" that's actua…

Nicolas Cage says he refused Amazon’s AI waiver for ‘Spider-Noir’

Nicolas Cage says he refused to sign an AI waiver from Amazon for “Spider-Noir”, the Prime Video series it cancelled last month. He told a New York Comic Con panel on Saturday that he will probably not work with the studio again, Variety reported. “Amazon is a very AI-friendly company, to the tune of $50 [&hellip;] This story continues at The Next Web

Christian leaders are weighing in on AI earlier than they did with other tech, as AI leaders' talk of creating a new consciousness fuels religious concerns (Tim Higgins/Wall Street Journal)

Tim Higgins / Wall Street Journal : Christian leaders are weighing in on AI earlier than they did with other tech, as AI leaders' talk of creating a new consciousness fuels religious concerns &mdash; Religious leaders are weighing in, creating a new political risk for the creators of the technology

Data centers produce heat year-round. Here’s how to save it for winter

You have probably noticed it on a hot summer day: A basement feels cool even when the air outside is baking. The ground does not heat up and cool down as fast as the air does. A few hundred feet down, it stays close to the local yearly average all year, which can be around 50 degrees Fahrenheit (10 Celsius). In Verona, Wisconsin, the health software company Epic Systems has spent two decades turni…