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‘No Kings’ October 17 protest: 2,500 rallies, marches, and parties in all 50 states urge Americans to vote early in midterm election

The “ No Kings ” movement, which began as a populist protest against the Trump administration, has now morphed into a get-out-the-vote movement ahead of the U.S. midterm elections on November 3. On Saturday, October 17, “No Kings: Vote Early” is scheduled to take place, and more than 2,500 events are on the map in all 50 states. Organizers are preparing a range of events, from protests to neighbor…

United will now let you check if your flight has Starlink Wi-Fi

United has launched a tracker that you can use to check if your flight has Starlink Wi-Fi. United has launched a tracker that you can use to check if your flight has Starlink Wi-Fi.

Bee unveils two AI note-taking devices, its first new products since being acquired by Amazon

The Eclipse and Frontier are cheap and colorful, but you'll need a Pro subscription to make the most of them. The Eclipse and Frontier are cheap and colorful, but you'll need a Pro subscription to make the most of them.

Adobe rebuilt Photoshop and Premiere for NVIDIA's RTX Spark platform

Adobe has 'rearchitected' Photoshop, Premiere and Substance 3D to work faster on computers powered by NVIDIA's RTX Spark AI superchip. Adobe has 'rearchitected' Photoshop, Premiere and Substance 3D to work faster on computers powered by NVIDIA's RTX Spark AI superchip.

Amazon’s always-listening Bee wearable can now help you buy stuff

Last year, Amazon bought Bee , a relatively unknown startup with a $50 always-listening AI wearable that summarized every conversation you had. Today, the e-commerce giant is announcing two new Bee devices - and a new subscription to go with them. First is the $74.99 Bee Frontier, an updated version of the original Bee device. And coming soon is the $99.99 Bee Eclipse, a credit-card-shaped gadget…

Ledger’s new hardware wallet is an Android phone without the phone

The Atom couldn’t have launched at a worse time for Ledger. | Image: Ledger Ledger has announced its latest crypto-centric hardware effort, the Android-based Atom, a device that resembles a phone but is instead designed to be used alongside one. It arrives at a tricky time for Ledger, which has been forced to cease sales of some of its hardware across southeast Asia following hardware tampering in…

Amazon’s Bee launches two new personal AI devices, starting at $75

Amazon-owned Bee has launched its first new AI devices since its acquisition, including an updated wearable and a credit-card-sized recorder that attaches to smartphones. The devices can summarize conversations, create to-do lists, and integrate with Alexa and Amazon shopping, with prices starting at $74.99.

The Pokémon 2026 holiday collection has dropped — shop now to score a free sticker sheet

TL;DR: The Pokémon Center just launched its 2026 Winter Night Sky holiday collection , packing over 400 festive items spanning tree toppers, knit sweaters, plushies, and kitchenware. Every order from the drop placed before Dec. 25 includes a free sticker sheet while supplies last. Opens in a new window Credit: Pokémon Center Pokémon Center Holiday Collection 2026 Shop Now The…

A profile of Marc Andreessen, who sources say is close to White House COS Susie Wiles and has publicly described a fallout with Biden officials over AI policy (Austin Carr/Bloomberg)

Austin Carr / Bloomberg : A profile of Marc Andreessen, who sources say is close to White House COS Susie Wiles and has publicly described a fallout with Biden officials over AI policy — The prominent investor has said the Biden administration pushed him to the political right, but sources say his grievances don't always match reality.

Nvidia unveils investments in five more UK startups

Mexico's president signs decree ordering tech platforms to protect minors from adult content

Mexico's president Claudia Sheinbaum has signed a decree ordering digital platforms to protect children from accessing harmful content. Mexico's president Claudia Sheinbaum has signed a decree ordering digital platforms to protect children from accessing harmful content.

Sources and docs: while Bo Hines helped craft the crypto-friendly Genius Act, he had a 33% stake in consulting firm Nxum, which received millions from Tether (Sam Kessler/Wall Street Journal)

Sam Kessler / Wall Street Journal : Sources and docs: while Bo Hines helped craft the crypto-friendly Genius Act, he had a 33% stake in consulting firm Nxum, which received millions from Tether — Money from Tether flowed to Nxum while Bo Hines worked in the White House on landmark stablecoin legislation.

Optimizing Software Workflow: Exploring Fundamental Impacts in Technology

<img src="https://res.infoq.com/news/2026/10/optimize-software-workflow/en/headerimage/header-1791282094936.jpg"/><p>Software only has value when shipped; faster release cadence matters. Development, deployment, and operations require different thinking, metrics, and investments. There are four impacts in tech: product success, compute capacity, engineering capacity, and strategic innovation. The…

New Tiny11 Builder makes it easier than ever to declutter Windows 11

A new version of Tiny11 Builder is out that's 'completely redesigned' The developer has revamped the interface and made it more modern This means it's easier to use — and faster — when creating your own slimline take on Windows 11, for those keen on de-bloating the OS If you feel Windows 11 is too bloated, one way of tackling that is to make your own light version of the OS – and it's possible to…

Source: the US FTC issues ~50-page civil investigative demands to OpenAI and Anthropic over safety incidents, safeguarding practices, and consumer protection (Maria Curi/Axios)

Maria Curi / Axios : Source: the US FTC issues ~50-page civil investigative demands to OpenAI and Anthropic over safety incidents, safeguarding practices, and consumer protection &mdash; - The FTC sought documents from Anthropic and OpenAI with the scope of the probe focused on potential consumer protection violations, a person familiar told Axios.

Google releases new firmware update for older Nest speakers

Google has a new firmware update on the way for previous-gen Nest speakers The changes include audio streaming upgrades and fixes to smart home controls You'll need to be signed up to the Google Home Preview Program to update your devices Google may be sunsetting its Nest smart-home brand as it makes room for new hardware, but the tech giant isn’t leaving its older smart speakers out of the firmwa…

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Defiant Flock CEO says 'we shouldn't pause progress' of its ALPR cameras

Flock’s CEO has defended his company’s products in the face of criticism He said "we shouldn’t pause progress" in the name of privacy His comments at times contradicted those on Flock’s website Flock has repeatedly found itself in hot water over the past few months, with the automated license plate recognition cameras causing controversy amid privacy concerns and widespread public backlash. But sp…

Is a new $199 HP Walmart-exclusive laptop any good? No, but a free 1-year subscription to Microsoft 365 worth $70 instantly makes world’s cheapest Windows laptop more attractive

We live in very weird times, where AI suddenly sent consumer tech back at least a decade. Here I am casting my gaze on a laptop that wouldn’t have been out of place in 2016. This HP laptop is a Walmart exclusive, has no name and costs only $199 , down from $259. It is the cheapest new Windows laptop in the US (and possibly in the whole world, I looked almost everywhere). What you get for your hard…

Ramp raised $1.85B led by Dragoneer at a $60B valuation, up from $44B after raising $750M in June, and hits $2B in annualized revenue, up from $1.5B in June (Rebecca Torrence/Bloomberg)

Rebecca Torrence / Bloomberg : Ramp raised $1.85B led by Dragoneer at a $60B valuation, up from $44B after raising $750M in June, and hits $2B in annualized revenue, up from $1.5B in June &mdash; Ramp has surged to $2 billion in annualized revenue, the fintech company plans to announce Thursday &mdash; a milestone that's helped attract fresh investor capital.

This startup is turning fallen leaves into biodegradable plastic

First-generation bioplastics were made from food crops like corn and sugar. A new biomaterials startup is using something very different: the autumn leaves collected by cities each fall. The startup, Perennial Polymers , extracts the natural polymers in leaves—lignin and cellulose—to make plastic that can easily break down. It’s an approach that can ultimately be less expensive than making other b…

How the Minnesota Twins kept fans safe during a recent nearby shooting

On September 2, 40 minutes before Target Field opened its gates for a Minnesota Twins game against a division rival, the Detroit Tigers, a man opened fire nine blocks away in downtown Minneapolis, resulting in three deaths and six injuries, including law enforcement officers. “The number of emergency vehicles going by the stadium, headed that direction, was frightening. It was a nonstop cascade of…

Even female chatbots get paid less than male AI agents

Even chatbots aren’t immune from human prejudice. A study earlier this year aimed to chart how humans interact with AI at work, depending on how the agents are designed and presented. That included asking participants to work with two human-like AI assistants, one presenting as male and one as female, then judging them on trustworthiness, the quality of their work, and how much they deserve to be…

Presentation: What 25 Trillion Tokens Reveal About How Developers Actually Adopt AI Agents

<img src="https://res.infoq.com/presentations/agentic-ai-developer-trust-adoption/en/mediumimage/brendan-oleary-medium-1791452159106.jpeg"/><p>Brendan O'Leary discusses how real-world AI adoption depends on building trust rather than chasing model benchmarks. Drawing from 40 trillion tokens of usage data, he explains the four rungs of the AI adoption ladder and analyzes key failure points in conte…

Kids’ Content Is Deeply Broken. A New Platform Wants to Fix It

Low-quality AI-generated content currently dominates children’s media. Maka, a streaming platform run by child development experts, is offering an alternative.

Your secrets aren’t safe with this cute robot toy — they’re on Chinese servers ready to be hacked

Eiliko. | Photo by Sean Hollister / The Verge There's a new digital pet in town - a cute little marshmallow of a robot that can change its cartoony expressions to match your mood. But if you or your kids talk to "Eiliko" over Wi-Fi, it'll phone home to China. Its AI companion can store literally everything you tell it on Chinese servers, where hackers can easily gain access or even hijack its pers…

This Gigabyte A16 Pro laptop with $700 off has a secret weapon for video editors, and it's not just the RTX 5070 Ti GPU

With Nvidia's October Studio Driver bringing optimizations for Adobe Premiere Pro and DaVinci Resolve, I've been looking for video editing laptops that can take full advantage of GPU acceleration. Right now, the Gigabyte Gaming A16 Pro is my standout pick. The Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Laptop GPU is the main draw here for real-time effects, but the 32GB of DDR5 RAM gives the machine breathing roo…

Hyper-personalizing European banking experience with AI

European consumers continue to bank with traditional institutions, but many are clearly less satisfied with the experience. Earlier this year, a leading digital banking platform provider published the results of a survey of 6,300 online banking users across Europe. Although 82 percent of respondents used a traditional bank as their main provider, 26 percent had switched banks in the past because o…

Citizen Lab details AdFection, a zero-click spyware campaign where an Israeli ad company routed targets to spyware servers and infected dozens of devices (Wired)

Wired : Citizen Lab details AdFection, a zero-click spyware campaign where an Israeli ad company routed targets to spyware servers and infected dozens of devices &mdash; Researchers at The Citizen Lab have for the first time released technical evidence of sophisticated mercenary spyware being distributed via online advertising.

Google sparks privacy outrage with new Android phone number default

Android devices have started automatically linking your phone number to all signed-in Google accounts This is a privacy issue for anyone with multiple accounts who doesn't want their phone number linked to secondary ones You can toggle this feature off, but some users claim it reverts back anyway Google has never exactly been a bastion of privacy, but its reputation has just taken another hit with…

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang hails OpenClaw as helping the future of robotics, but calls for controls, 'so we can realize the incredible future potential of the technology that we’re building'

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has laid out his vision of how OpenClaw will help shape the future of technology - with a particular focus on robotics. Speaking at a “Build a claw” event in London, Huang explained how OpenClaw and AI agents as a whole can spur on incredible advancements in a range of fields. However it was the field of humanoid robotics that seemed to catch his fancy, with Huang outlining…

A hack of Internet-connected fridge controllers across ~700 European supermarkets exploited critical vulnerabilities in three models flagged by Claroty and CISA (Dan Goodin/Ars Technica)

Dan Goodin / Ars Technica : A hack of Internet-connected fridge controllers across ~700 European supermarkets exploited critical vulnerabilities in three models flagged by Claroty and CISA &mdash; Earlier this week, a mass hack of refrigeration systems at an estimated 700 supermarkets throughout France caused them to suddenly malfunction &hellip;

Apple I 'Hatfield' computer signed by Woz fetches a record $1.15 million at auction

The famous Apple I "Hatfield" computer signed by Steve Wozniak just sold to an unknown buyer for a record $1,148,200. The famous Apple I "Hatfield" computer signed by Steve Wozniak just sold to an unknown buyer for a record $1,148,200.

Democrats Are Gearing Up to Investigate the Trump Administration. It Won’t Be Easy

As a recent government report on DOGE shows, even getting basic information out of the Trump administration will put a new Congress to the test.

Survey: nearly 40% of US adults, and ~50% of those aged 18 to 29, participate in an online community; social media is the primary venue for online communities (Pew Research Center)

Pew Research Center : Survey: nearly 40% of US adults, and ~50% of those aged 18 to 29, participate in an online community; social media is the primary venue for online communities &mdash; Nearly 4 in 10 U.S. adults - including about half of those 18 to 29 - are part of an online community

TSMC CEO C.C. Wei says the company is in talks over Elon Musk's Texas-based Terafab project, but stresses that any participating fab "has got to be run by TSMC" (Debby Wu/Bloomberg)

Debby Wu / Bloomberg : TSMC CEO C.C. Wei says the company is in talks over Elon Musk's Texas-based Terafab project, but stresses that any participating fab &ldquo;has got to be run by TSMC&rdquo; &mdash; Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. is in discussions about collaborating with Elon Musk's Terafab project &hellip;

He helped build Meta’s smart-glasses technology. Now he wants to take on Big Tech’s grip on personal AI

AI -powered smart glasses promise to keep your phone in your pocket, but their usefulness depends on how much work they can take off your day. Meta ties its glasses to its own AI services, while Google is courting eyewear makers with Gemini. As an AI assistant learns a wearer’s preferences, it can become more useful and harder to replace. If that knowledge cannot move to a competing brand, choosin…

How to watch Olympique Lyonnais vs. Crystal Palace online for free

TL;DR: Watch Olympique Lyonnais vs. Crystal Palace in the Europa League for free on Caz&eacute;TV . Access this free livestream from anywhere in the world with ExpressVPN . The Europa League always feels like a winnable competition for Premier League sides. Crystal Palace won the Conference League last season, so they've got recent experience of winning a European trophy. The opposition will be mu…

YouTube is reportedly gearing up to offer audiobooks

YouTube is already talking to publishers about offering audiobooks on its platform, The Wall Street Journal says. YouTube is already talking to publishers about offering audiobooks on its platform, The Wall Street Journal says.

Abdulrahman Alfozan, who worked at Meta and gained US residency in 2020, advised Saudi organizations and is listed as a venture partner at Riyadh-based RAED (Emmy Martin/New York Times)

Emmy Martin / New York Times : Abdulrahman Alfozan, who worked at Meta and gained US residency in 2020, advised Saudi organizations and is listed as a venture partner at Riyadh-based RAED &mdash; The employee, now fired, had said he advised government agencies in Saudi Arabia. He was also listed as a partner at a venture firm with a Saudi prince.