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The MultiPot XL is cleverly designed to maximize flexibility without taking up too much cupboard or counter space

The Ninja MultiPo XL can prepare two different dishes with different settings at the same time It comes with a seven-liter 'MegaZone' pot, plus two 3.1-liter pots It's available now for £259.99 (about $350 / AU$490) My kitchen already contains more Ninjas than a bad kung-fu movie, all of which I've bought with my own money: Ninja has become my go-to brand thanks to clever design and decent pricing…

Daylight saving time is spooky this year: What to know about the 2026 clock change

It’s that time of year again—when the sun sets earlier, the days get shorter, and the nights get colder as we say goodbye to daylight saving time (DST). DST ends this weekend, in the early morning hours after Halloween for most of the U.S. If you are one of the many people who find the time change confusing, remember the clock “falls back” and a majority of the U.S. “gains” one more hour of sleep…

8BitDo’s new Xbox Elite-style controller sets a high bar for customization

8BitDo’s Ultimate 3E has a refined design, but it shows wear easily. | Image: The Verge It's hard to make an Xbox controller that stands out these days, especially one that's expensive, due to a wealth of great semi-affordable options. Still, 8BitDo's $150 Ultimate 3E is a bold controller that holds its own against other feature-packed options. It's made for Xbox and PC gamers who want a deeper le…

Voice AI in vogue: Nvidia releases new open transcription model

Nvidia just released a free speech-to-text model that can transcribe up to 40 languages, but it only works on recordings, not live audio, so it’s a big step for meeting and medical transcription tools while still leaving real-time use to rivals like ElevenLabs.

Sony’s translucent PS5 controllers are a nostalgic hit of retro gaming flair

Sony has announced a new range of PS5 controllers and console covers They come in three translucent finishes, including orange, green, and gray They play upon the transparent look that was popular in the 1990s Translucent gaming hardware is having a moment right now, with the Asus ROG Xbox Ally X20 and Microsoft’s see-through Xbox Series X leading the charge. Now, Sony is getting in on the act wit…

Blizzard’s comedic World of Warcraft: Forever mockumentary explores Azeroth

Blizzard has launched a World of Warcraft: Forever mockumentary The show is made with British comedian Bill Bailey It walks viewers through the ‘strange and wonderful world’ of Azeroth If you’ve ever been curious about the world and environments found in World of Warcraft and all its weird and wonderful inhabitants, Blizzard Entertainment has just released a new three-part mockumentary exploring e…

Sony Wants You to Forget About Discs With Its Gorgeous Transparent Controllers

Sony has new, spiffy see-through controllers and covers for its PlayStation 5 that let you see the hardware guts inside.

Apple 'Pro and Tell' event live —will we see a touchscreen OLED MacBook?

It's been a busy week for Apple, with the launch of the M6 iMac and MacBook Pro M6 following Monday's OLED iPad Mini reveal — but the biggest news is likely to come at a special event today with the launch of the company's first OLED MacBook with a touchscreen. Or that's what the rumors are saying, at least. TechRadar's Editor at Large Lance Ulanoff is at Apple's event in LA, so we'll be bringing…

Musk’s AI Odyssey arrives as a seven-minute episode, and critics pan it

Elon Musk’s AI Odyssey has arrived as a seven-minute first episode, not the full-length film he promised. Grok Imagine, the video tool behind it, posted the episode on X on 23 October. Wonder Studios, a London-based startup, made it with the US director Dev Walker. Watch Episode 1 of our Odyssey series made with Grok […] This story continues at The Next Web

Apple raises the MacBook Neo’s student pricing again

The MacBook Neo now starts at $649 on Apple's Education Store, up $150 from its initial $499 education starting price. As reported earlier by MacRumors , the student discount for the Neo received a $50 price bump in recent days, following a $100 price bump back in June . Apple's budget MacBook is now just $50 off its regular $699 starting price for students, rather than the usual $100 discount. Th…

UK government is considering using EVs to help balance the grid

Ministers are considering incentivizing vehicle-to-grid (V2G) tech It could allow carmakers to earn credits for installing V2G capabilities Critics say carmakers would produce more polluting cars as a result UK ministers are reportedly considering giving manufacturers extra incentives to add vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology to cars as part of its review of the zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) mandate .…

Senators Demand to Know if Dr. Oz Collaborated With Election Denial Groups

A far-right campaign claiming leftists are stealing votes from nursing home residents has centered on changing guidance from Mehmet Oz’s Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

Fake videos possibly linked to Russia are targeting these two Democratic Senate candidates

Social media videos believed to be produced with artificial intelligence and linked to Russia are misusing real people’s names and photographs to spread disinformation about two Democratic Senate candidates in the final stretch of midterm voting . One of the targets is Sherrod Brown, who is running against Republican Sen. Jon Husted in Ohio. The video, which appears to include some AI manipulation…

xAI is buying out homeowners who promise not to sue over data center noise

xAI’s Southaven, Mississippi data center. | Photo by Brandon Dill / AFP via Getty Images A subsidiary of Elon Musk's xAI is offering to buy up homes in a Mississippi neighborhood, as long as residents don't join a lawsuit targeting the company's nearby data center and power plant, according to a report from The Guardian . A realtor going door-to-door in the Southaven neighborhood reportedly told o…

Amazon’s new Echo Dot can turn into a Wi-Fi extender – how it works

Amazon’s new Echo Dot includes a built-in Eero Wi-Fi extender, along with other smart home features.

Amazon just announced the Echo Show 16, and somehow its already on sale

TL;DR: The Amazon Echo Show 16 is available for preorder for $399.99 (normally $499.99) at Amazon when you click the on-screen coupon. That's a $100 discount on a smart display that doesn't even release until Dec. 16. Opens in a new window Credit: Amazon Amazon Echo Show 16 $399.99 at Amazon $499.99 Save $100 Preorder at Amazon Amazon just launched a new lineup of smart home tech, including an Ale…

Foundry, a manufacturing-as-a-service startup that builds factories with robots powered by physical AI models, raised a $100M Series A led by Marlinspike (Rocket Drew/The Information)

Rocket Drew / The Information : Foundry, a manufacturing-as-a-service startup that builds factories with robots powered by physical AI models, raised a $100M Series A led by Marlinspike — Large companies have learned over the past couple years that they can get more mileage out of AI agents by rethinking their processes from scratch …

Satya Nadella says he was wrong to think AI alignment would come with scale

Microsoft chief executive Satya Nadella no longer believes AI alignment will come just from making models more capable. He said so on a new episode of the 20VC podcast. Host Harry Stebbings had asked what he had changed his mind about in the past year. “I used to always think that alignment will just fall […] This story continues at The Next Web

Amazon debuts the Alexa Photo Frame and Echo Time smart clock, plus other upgraded devices

Amazon's other new decides include an upgraded Echo Dot, an Echo Studio with visual intelligence features, and the Echo Show 16.

Pokémon GO has kicked off its 2-part Halloween 2026 event — everything you can catch

TL;DR: Pokémon GO kicked off its two-part Halloween 2026 event on Oct. 27, featuring top-hatted Zubat, cape-wearing Pikachu, the debut of Shiny Greavard, and up to 3× Candy and Stardust via the Halloween GO Pass through Nov. 5. If you noticed PokéStops and Gyms looking a little more festive than usual this week, you aren't imagining things. Pokémon GO has officially kick…

The executive talent market is divided in two

Dropbox plans to cut ~6% of its staff, or ~200 jobs, costing $27M to $33M in severance and related costs, and says CTO Ali Dasdan will step down on November 18 (Anhata Rooprai/Reuters)

Anhata Rooprai / Reuters : Dropbox plans to cut ~6% of its staff, or ~200 jobs, costing $27M to $33M in severance and related costs, and says CTO Ali Dasdan will step down on November 18 — File hosting service Dropbox (DBX.O) said on Wednesday it would cut its global workforce by about 9% to align investments …

Krispy Kremes $13 Halloween dozen is officially live — how to claim through Oct. 29

TL;DR: Krispy Kreme’s limited-edition All Jacked Up Dozen is currently live for $13 in shops, at drive-thrus, and online — running now through Thursday, Oct. 29. If you’ve walked into a bakery lately, you already know holiday-themed treats usually come with a holiday-themed markup. Krispy Kreme seems to be going the other direction this week, quietly selling a full Halloween-them…

Apple Pro and Tell event: Everything announced so far, from iPad Mini to musical AI assistant

John Ternus has been busy since taking over as Apple's new CEO on Sept. 1. Two weeks after the company's "Welcome Home" smart home launch, the company is hosting the "Pro and Tell" event in Los Angeles today. Apple is widely expected to release a new MacBook Pro model with an OLED touchscreen at the event, and Ternus is teasing it on X. This Tweet is currently unavailable. It might be loading or h…

8 new Echo and Alexa smart home gadgets that Amazon just announced

Amazon often likes to unveil a plethora of products at the same time, and it's done so again: we've got eight different product announcements to talk about today, and they cover smart displays, smart speakers, and the wider Amazon ecosystem. Most of these products are available now, though some can only be preordered at the moment. Read on for all the details and pricing — at the time of writing i…

TikTok expands into restaurant guides with ‘Must Eat’ feature

The move puts TikTok in more direct competition with platforms like Yelp and Google.

15+ early Black Friday deals under $25 that dont suck

The best early Black Friday deals under $25: best Amazon device deal Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K $19.99 (save $40 with Prime-exclusive on-page coupon) Get Deal best apple deal Apple AirTag (2nd gen) $23 (save $6) Get Deal best toy deal Play-Doh Blooms Rosy Petite Flower Bouquet $18.74 (save $6.25) Get Deal best home deal Blink Mini 2K+ $16.99 (save $33) Get Deal Working with a smaller budget this holi…

CISA confirms attackers are exploiting both PHP2Shell flaws

The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has put both PHP2Shell flaws in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogue. It made the change on Monday, according to its alert. Federal civilian agencies have until Thursday, 29 October, to fix CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619. Last week, CISA warned about the flaws but said it had not seen […] This story continues at Th…

Here’s Virgin Galactic’s new Apeiron spaceship

Virgin Galactic's new spaceship is here, dubbed "Apeiron" by popular vote from a public poll . Apeiron is the first of the company's new Delta-class spacecraft, but it isn't slated to launch for nearly another year. Earlier this week, Virgin Galactic announced another delay in its launch timeline: The lead Spaceship's first commercial spaceflight is now expected in early Q2 2027, and the second Sp…

Netherlands to cut 25,000 government jobs as it turns to AI

The Dutch government plans to cut an estimated 25,000 full-time jobs in central government, it said in a statement on Monday. The cuts are spread over several years. They should save €900m in 2027, rising to €3.5bn a year from 2035. The cuts do not cover all Dutch government jobs. Police and defence are among […] This story continues at The Next Web

Gartner report finds just 3% of organizations say they've hit productivity and savings goals from using AI

Gartner report finds many firms aren't seeing benefits from AI Just 3% of businesses have hit their targets on AI This is despite many firms expecting AI technology to have a significant effect, and spending big to do so New research has claimed barely any organizations are seeing real success when it comes to the results of heavily implementing AI in their workplace. A report from Gartner found j…

New MacBook Pro too pricey? The excellent MacBook Air 13 M5 has just dropped to its lowest price in months

The big headline in Apple news this week is the debut of a brand new MacBook Pro series with the M6 chipset. The brand has just refreshed its flagship laptops with a shiny new processor without hiking the prices, but these new machines still start at an eye-wateringly high $1,999. If you're on more of a budget, then I'd highly recommend checking out the MacBook Air 13 (M5) for $1,099 (was $1,319)…

10 Months Into AI for GTM That Actually Works: The CRO Matters More Than Ever. Every Other GTM Role Is in Flux.

We are about 10 months or so into AI for go-to-market that actually works: agents running real motions in production, booking real meetings and closing real dollars. In that time, agents have absorbed much of SDR, first-line support, a growing share of CS, and big parts of marketing ops and RevOps. Self-serve is closing deals that used to need a rep. Org charts that looked permanent in 2025 now ge…

Samsung Galaxy Buds On's pricing and availability has been revealed, and the debut clip-on open earbuds cost a lot more than I was expecting

Samsung Galaxy Buds On cost $229, on sale November European price unconfirmed, will hit shelves some time in 2027 That asking fee makes them some of the priciest new open earbuds One of the biggest draws of the best open earbuds is that they're pretty inexpensive. The lack of ANC, fancy ear tips and oodles of in-ear-exclusive features means that the go-to picks generally cost no more than the best…

Oracle co-CEO Mike Sicilia questions whether all of today's work will be 'necessary' going forward, says AI will 'give people more time to be human'

Oracle co-CEO says workplace priorities could shift as AI picks up more and more work Oracle has already saved days in its recruitment business Will humans be replaced, or will they just have different work to do? Oracle co-CEO Mike Sicilia has questioned how much of the work employees carry out today will actually be necessary in the future, with artificial intelligence not just speeding up some…

Meta has a new AI pet app called Waddle World

Meta has launched a new app called Waddle World, which essentially looks like a Tamagotchi clone, but with AI.

Airbnb Cuts Recommendation Staleness from 2 Days to Seconds with Chronon

<img src="https://www.infoq.com/styles/static/images/logo/logo_bigger.jpg"/><p>Airbnb extended its Chronon feature platform with Push Mode and Near Real-Time Model Transform to update sequence-based recommendation embeddings within seconds. The architecture reduced embedding staleness from nearly two days to under a minute and improved offline NDCG by 1.67%, while online testing increased uncancel…

UK Budget: Capital gains, work visas and young entrepreneur allowances

X adds an intrusive promotional animation of an arm reaching across the screen to direct users to a "promote" post button, targeting verified and Premium users (Andrew Liszewski/The Verge)

Andrew Liszewski / The Verge : X adds an intrusive promotional animation of an arm reaching across the screen to direct users to a &ldquo;promote&rdquo; post button, targeting verified and Premium users &mdash; You have to hand it to X's latest promotional gimmick. &mdash; After Elon Musk warned that &hellip;

Chinese PCB maker Dongshan rises on its Hong Kong debut, after raising ~$1.3B in an IPO, below its $3B goal, at a $30B valuation, amid a tricky IPO market (Sangmi Cha/Bloomberg)

Sangmi Cha / Bloomberg : Chinese PCB maker Dongshan rises on its Hong Kong debut, after raising ~$1.3B in an IPO, below its $3B goal, at a $30B valuation, amid a tricky IPO market &mdash; Suzhou Dongshan Precision Manufacturing Co. shares erased an opening slide to trade higher in their first day of trading in Hong Kong &hellip;