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Mashable22d ago

The 15-inch MacBook Air M5 is $200 off for Prime Day — act fast to shop this rare Apple deal

SAVE $200: As of Oct. 5, the 15-inch MacBook Air M5 is available for $1,299 on Amazon. That's a $200 savings off the regular list price of $1,499. Opens in a new window Credit: Apple MacBook Air 15-Inch M5 $1,299 at Amazon $1,499 Save $200 Get Deal Apple deals are always a highlight of major sale events, such as October Prime Day , which officially launches tomorrow. After all, those big Apple dis…

TechRadar22d ago

The Urevo Spacewalk E1L walking pad is now under $130 at Best Buy

Anybody looking to get their steps in and continue their fitness goals over fall and winter — but doesn't like the idea of walking in the cold and dark, be it for comfort or safety reasons — should give under-desk treadmills or walking pads a look. Slimmer and cheaper than normal treadmills, they can slide under a sofa or bed when not in use, so they're easy to store. They're not fast because they…

Mashable22d ago

October Prime Day 2026: Live updates on Apple, Kindle, Lego, and Samsung deals

Amazon will host its annual Prime Big Deal Days sale on Oct. 6 and 7, and Mashable shopping experts will be bringing you live updates on all of the best October Prime Day deals . If you're looking to save on essentials or desperately need some relief from this year's tech price hikes , this is your chance to save some serious cash. We know that shoppers are keeping an eye on the build-up to Black…

The Next Web22d ago

Wikimedia says rogue OpenAI agents edited its wikis without approval

The Wikimedia Foundation says AI agents it believes OpenAI runs made unapproved edits to its wikis. They also tried and failed to break into a note-taking tool it hosts. Their traffic may have contributed to a partial outage in May, the foundation, which hosts Wikipedia, said in a blog post on Monday. Its investigation found […] This story continues at The Next Web

Mashable22d ago

The 5 best handheld gaming consoles, tested and compared: Switch 2, Steam Deck, MSI Claw 8

The best handheld gaming consoles are getting too expensive Thanks to the AI industry hogging all the memory components, gaming consoles are getting more expensive. In the past 12 months, Nintendo, Microsoft, and Sony all raised prices on their gaming consoles, and Windows laptops are seeing the same increases. It's not a good time to be a gamer. Even before the wave of price increases, handheld g…

Fast Company22d ago

Pete Hegseth’s Department of War backdrop draws comparisons to Nazi imagery on social media

A recent address to the military by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is drawing attention on social media, with users saying the event’s backdrop resembled iconography from the Third Reich. In an October 3 address at the United States Air Force Academy, Hegseth stood before a crowd of cadets in front of a monochromatic backdrop featuring a redesigned logo for the Department of War (DOW)—a secondary…

Ars Technica22d ago

Cable lobby to sue Trump FCC over repeal of national TV ownership cap

Cable lobby groups notified the Federal Communications Commission that they will sue the agency to block its controversial repeal of the National Television Ownership Rule, which limits the number of broadcast TV stations a single company may own. The cable groups said that larger broadcast TV station groups will have leverage to demand higher retransmission fees from TV providers, resulting in "h…

TechmemeTrade22d ago

SpaceX stock closes up 7.6% after Morgan Stanley called SPCX "cheap", reaching its highest level since mid-June and returning Elon Musk to trillionaire status (Lora Kolodny/CNBC)

Lora Kolodny / CNBC : SpaceX stock closes up 7.6% after Morgan Stanley called SPCX “cheap”, reaching its highest level since mid-June and returning Elon Musk to trillionaire status — SpaceX shares rose almost 8% on Monday, reaching their highest since mid-June, shortly after Elon Musk's company held its record initial public offering.

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TechCrunch22d ago

OpenAI will start watermarking ChatGPT’s text in the EU

OpenAI will watermark ChatGPT and Codex text in the EU to comply with the AI Act. Editing can make the invisible marks harder to detect, it says.

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Ars Technica22d ago

Texas city demands $2M for public records on Flock usage

As bipartisan backlash against Flock grows , some cities are asking anti-surveillance advocates and media outlets to pay eye-popping fees—including charging tens of thousands or even millions—to get information about how police departments are using and potentially abusing AI-enabled camera systems that track every vehicle that passes them. On Monday, the Texas Tribune reported that city officials…

Fast Company22d ago

Trump’s $500 ACA ‘refund’ checks won’t make a dent in rising healthcare costs

Last week, the Trump administration began sending $500 checks to roughly 1 million Obamacare enrollees in 30 states—a “refund” for what the administration calls “high costs imposed by the Biden administration’s gross mismanagement of Obamacare.” In a video posted to X on September 10, President Trump said that his “administration is doing the right thing and giving the money back to the people who…

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TechRadar22d ago

US counties are desperately trying to stop data centers from taking over: A look at how Charlotte, Pima County, and Guildford County are dealing with the onslaught - with an interesting catch

Guilford County, Pima County, and Charlotte are pausing new data centers, but none of the pauses currently affect projects already under construction Pima County, AZ, has passed a 120-day pause that does not affect existing projects, even as its legality remains disputed Charlotte, NC, wants to extend its 150-day pause by 11 months to October 2027, and Guilford County, NC, holds an October 15 hear…

TechCrunch22d ago

Etched fields funding offers at $40B+ valuation, sources say

Just a couple of months after its last big raise, the AI chip startup is already being plied with investment offers at double or more its current value, sources tell TechCrunch.

The Verge22d ago

This startup is issuing AI-generated acne prescriptions

People in Utah can now use AI to get a prescription for acne treatment. On Monday, healthcare startup Nolla Health announced that users in the state can scan their faces using its app, allowing its AI system to analyze acne severity and autonomously write a prescription, as reported earlier by Bloomberg . The service is launching as a pilot program with gradually loosening physician oversight. Two…

Fast Company22d ago

Kittens just overtook puppies in American homes. Here’s who’s driving the cat boom

Cats are having a moment. In American homes, cats have long played second fiddle to dogs. More U.S. households own dogs, but the balance is starting to tip. Last year, the number of U.S. homes with a dog under a year old was basically equal to the number of homes with a cat under the same age, according to recent data from market research group Packaged Facts. In 2026, the ratio tipped to .94 pupp…

Engadget22d ago

Instagram is toying with a read-only mode for Plus subscribers

That's a nicer name than 'stalker mode.' That's a nicer name than 'stalker mode.'

Wired22d ago

Elon Musk’s Exes Are the Most Damning Part of a Massive New Documentary

Interviews with Justine Wilson and Ashley St. Clair in the nearly four-hour-long Musk paint the world’s richest man as capricious and cruel even toward those closest to him.

Engadget22d ago

Wikimedia links OpenAI agents to an outage and unauthorized activity

Wikimedia says it's "deeply concerned about the impact of 'rogue' AI agents on platforms like ours. Wikimedia says it's "deeply concerned about the impact of 'rogue' AI agents on platforms like ours.

Fast Company22d ago

Capcom says it will use AI to speed up game development times

Capcom saw tremendous success with the launch of Resident Evil Requiem earlier this year. The survival horror game has already sold more than 8.5 million copies, bringing in revenues topping $500 million and reigniting interest in the 30-year-old franchise. Resident Evil Requiem , like any AAA game, took a long time to make, with a development cycle spanning six years and including a reboot midway…

Fast Company22d ago

Elon Musk is going to rebrand his 3-month-old company because Trump says so

”No more AI. SI, it’s better,” said Elon Musk after announcing that he is rebranding his newly-branded artificial intelligence division: SpaceXAI will become SpaceXSI, replacing the acronym “AI” with “SI”, which stands for “super intelligence.” His X post came after a fanboy asked him if he was going to follow President Donald Trump’s suggestion to Silicon Valley moguls, asking them to use “super…

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Mashable22d ago

GG EZ started as AI. Two creators made it human. Does that change anything?

For the past few weeks, it's been nearly impossible to spend time online without hearing the phrase "GG fuckin' easy." Or, perhaps more accurately, "furkin' easy." You've probably seen the clip, too. A woman sitting at her desk with wavy red hair, clipped to one side and tucked beneath a pair of gaming headphones, sings, "GG fuckin' easy." A guy cuts in: "Hey, don't say that!" She looks almost sur…

TechCrunch22d ago

After Factory’s public spat with Khosla, Menlo proudly invests

Days after Vinod Khosla called Factory a struggling also-ran, Menlo has shown up with a check and a glowing blog post.

TechCrunch22d ago

Reflection debuts Beam, an open-weight AI model to rival Chinese models at lower compute cost

Reflection is aiming Beam and future models at enterprises and sovereign nations. The pitch is to build “AI factories,” a product that would let institutions build their own customized, local AI system by training Reflection’s AI models on their own proprietary data.

Ars Technica22d ago

Command-line tool quickly removes Apple Intelligence from macOS 27

A new tool is allowing Mac users the ability again to easily turn off Apple Intelligence with one click and free up to 12GB of storage. Unlike with previous versions of macOS, macOS 27 Golden Gate doesn’t have a toggle for turning off Apple Intelligence. That makes disabling AI features that you may not want more difficult. It also means that the AI models necessary for running Apple Intelligence…

Mashable22d ago

Fifteen years after Steve Jobs’ death, Apple leaders and fans reflect on his legacy

Fifteen years ago, on Oct. 5, 2011, the world lost Steve Jobs at the age of 56. Today, the people who worked alongside the Apple co-founder and those who built careers using the tools he helped create are remembering his influence. Among them are Apple executive chairman Tim Cook and the company’s new CEO, John Ternus, who succeeded Cook in September. "There are people who leave a mark on th…

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Engadget22d ago

Arc Raiders and The Finals are both getting TV and film adaptations

There aren't many details on these upcoming game adaptations just yet. There aren't many details on these upcoming game adaptations just yet.

The Verge22d ago

Wikipedia operator says OpenAI’s ‘rogue’ bots may be linked to a May outage

Following many recent disclosures about AI agents accessing third-party websites and services, the Wikimedia Foundation, which hosts Wikipedia, says that it "can confirm that we have discovered some activity" by "rogue" OpenAI agents on Wikimedia platforms. The activity includes edits to Wikimedia wikis, "unsuccessful attempts" to "exploit" the Etherpad note-taking tool that the Wikimedia Foundati…

Mashable22d ago

Kodiaks self-driving trucks are hitting the highways, and I took a ride in one

Kodiak is gearing up to deploy its fully driverless semi trucks on highways later this year, starting with Ikea. I took a ride to see the autonomous tech in action. Read more about autonomous vehicles: California announces AV regulation, fines for robotaxis that impede emergency responders Can Waymo and Waze fix cities' potholes? Timecode chapters 0:00 Intro 0:33 Kodiak AI 1:22 Ride along 3:00 Int…

Mashable22d ago

Meet the first ever humanoid robot surgeon

We visited UCSD's Center for the Future of Surgery to learn about the first ever live surgery using humanoid robots. Read more about AI in health care: ChatGPT Health is now available to all users AI is changing health: Here's what you should know Timecode chapters 0:00 Introduction: Humanoid robots in surgery 0:35 The need for remote and robotic surgery 0:59 Challenges of adapting humanoid robots…

TechCrunch22d ago

Instinct brings its AI agent to group chats, even for friends without an account

Instinct is launching group chats that let friends use its AI agent together for tasks like planning trips, organizing carpools, and coordinating events. The company says personal accounts remain separate, with permission required before personal agents share information or take action.

The Verge22d ago

Hyundai CEO says only a ‘level playing field’ can minimize damage from China

Hyundai CEO José Muñoz, center, doesn’t think his company needs a strategy to combat Chinese imports. | Image: Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge There's been a lot of doom and gloom from the auto industry lately when the subject of China comes up. Automaker CEOs, in particular, warn that allowing low-cost, high-tech Chinese electric vehicles to be sold in the US would effectively spell the end of thei…

Fast Company22d ago

National housing market inventory growth accelerates again—here’s the data by state

Want more housing market stories from Lance Lambert’s ResiClub in your inbox? Subscribe to the ResiClub newsletter . Nationally aggregated inventory is up +5.6% on a year-over-year basis between September 30, 2025 and September 30, 2026. That marks three straight months where the year-over-year growth in active inventory for sale has accelerated. However, it’s only a tad acceleration from the low…

Fast Company22d ago

Sam Altman’s newest warning about the ‘bad things’ that come with AI is deeply unsettling

For the past month, slowing the development of artificial intelligence has been at the forefront of AI discourse. After a former OpenAI and Anthropic employee left the industry in September citing that “neither company is acting responsibly,” AI leaders and everyday citizens alike sounded off on the potential of an AI-powered doomsday . Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei responded with an essay about the…

Engadget22d ago

What is the purpose of a battery symbol next to a USB Port?

Typically, it means faster charging speeds and bi-directional charging. Typically, it means faster charging speeds and bi-directional charging.

TechCrunch22d ago

TikTok rolls out an AI shopping assistant and one-click checkout

TikTok describes its new Shopping Assistant as a conversational AI agent designed to help users discover and purchase products.

Fast Company22d ago

These 150 streets could be the best places to trick-or-treat in America

The spookiest holiday is right around the corner and seasoned trick-or-treaters know that not all streets are created equal when it comes to Halloween. As Halloween approaches, the Hershey’s-owned brand Reese’s found the country’s top 150 streets for trick-or-treating. The team at Reese’s analyzed data spanning from costume and candy purchasing trends to community participation, decorations, and w…

Fast Company22d ago

How Meta’s VR Glasses succeed where Apple’s Vision Pro fails

Apple’s Vision Pro was never going to be a big success right out of the gate. It wasn’t just the eye-watering $3,499 price—it was the headset’s reliance on highly advanced, low-yield OLED display panels from Sony, which could reportedly only be produced in quantities of under a million a year. There was never a scenario in which the Vision Pro could have turned into the next iPhone, or even the ne…

Wired22d ago

Astronomers Confirm Discovery of the Youngest Known Exoplanet Ever

Under 1 million years old, “Elias 2-24b” is now the youngest exoplanet ever observed, and it may force researchers to reevaluate theories about how planets are formed.

TechCrunch22d ago

At 19, founder raises $11 million for Ghost, maker of a $3,499 computer for personal AI

Ghost announced Monday its official emergence from stealth and an $11 billion seed round led by Andreessen Horowitz.

TechRadar22d ago

Surprise surprise, AI data centers are still incredibly unpopular across the US — and nearly two-thirds of Americans say they oppose new facilities

A majority of US voters (61%) now oppose AI data center construction Trump voters support construction, but only at 49%, versus 47% opposing Polling took place in early September 2026 The majority of US voters have expressed their opposition to further AI data centers, as newly published research by The New York Times and Siena University found 1,503 likely US midterm voters have major concerns ov…

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