Stevie Bonifield
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Supernatural VR fitness app relaunches with higher price
The beloved VR workout game returns as an independent app in early access, doubling its subscription cost but promising new content weekly.
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Airbnb bans hosts from making guests do chores
Airbnb's new policy stops hosts asking guests to wash dishes, do laundry or take out trash, with limited exceptions.
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European carriers team up on satellite without Starlink
Deutsche Telekom, Orange, Telefónica and Vodafone are bidding jointly for spectrum to offer direct-to-device satellite service in Europe, planning to handle ground infrastructure while a separate partner provides the constellation.
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iPhone Duo preorders already delayed to 2027
Apple's first foldable iPhone sold out online within an hour of preorders opening, pushing delivery estimates into next year.
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Trump cancels livestream of execution
Donald Trump says the public execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan will not be streamed, reversing an earlier plan by the Pentagon.
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Microsoft and Japan dismantle billion-message scam network
Microsoft and Japan's National Police Agency took down a marketplace enabling over a billion phishing messages targeting 75,000 organizations worldwide.
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Decade-old RAM is making a comeback
Intel and AMD are releasing new CPUs for older DDR4 memory as price hikes make DDR5 upgrades unaffordable for PC gamers.
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Nikon competition winner stripped of title for using AI
Dr. Ning Xu's first-place video in Nikon's Small World in Motion contest was disqualified after he admitted to using generative AI in post-processing.
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Anthropic offers free AI security scans for open-source code
Anthropic launches OSS Scanner to help open-source projects find vulnerabilities using AI, but without human review of the results.
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GTA VI leaker returns with 25-minute naked gameplay video
Cyberleek posts lengthy footage showing Jason and Lucia playing through Vice City unclothed, including story spoilers and a tank conjured from thin air.
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Samsung's Galaxy S26 prices jump another $100
Samsung has raised Galaxy S26 prices by up to $200 since launch, pushing the base model to nearly $1,000.
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Amazon's delivery glasses snap photos constantly
Amazon plans to equip delivery drivers with smart glasses that take thousands of photos per shift, raising privacy concerns customers cannot opt out of.
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Meta’s Muse AI agent: Creepy but effective
Meta’s Muse AI agent works well but leaks user data, sparking privacy concerns.
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Amazon's Fire TV Stick 4K drops the power cable
Amazon simplifies setup and its streaming stick lineup with a device that draws power from your TV.
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AI researchers warn superintelligence poses extinction risk
Researchers from OpenAI, Google and Anthropic released videos claiming advanced AI could be catastrophically dangerous, with some estimating human extinction odds as high as a coin flip.
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Firefox gets round tabs and Compact Mode
Mozilla launches a redesigned Firefox with bubble-like tabs, new themes, and the return of Compact Mode to all users.
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Florida wants ChatGPT to stop acting human
Florida's attorney general is suing OpenAI to block ChatGPT from using first-person language and emotional mimicry that he says deceive users into trusting the AI.
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Tesla's Optimus robot hits production snags
Tesla's humanoid robot is struggling to meet ambitious manufacturing targets, with hands still requiring manual assembly.
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Google's Gemini now makes business calls for you
Google's AI assistant can handle entire phone calls with local businesses on your behalf, from reservations to stock checks.
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Meta Connect 2026: The 7 biggest announcements
Meta unveiled lightweight VR glasses, camera-free smart glasses, and new AI features at its annual showcase.
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Meta's smart glasses get Muse AI and accessibility upgrades
Meta is bringing its AI agent to Ray-Ban glasses alongside hearing enhancement, better photo capture, and smarter navigation.
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Una Watch brings repair and openness to sports watches
A $199 GPS sports watch with modular design, open-source code, and user-friendly repairability challenges the closed ecosystem of mainstream fitness trackers.
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Five new Googlebook laptops arrive this fall
Google's first branded laptops from Acer, Asus, Dell, HP, and Lenovo start at $899 and ship October 4th.
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Hackers used Claude to break into OpenAI
Three researchers exploited an image processing flaw to access OpenAI's most sensitive code repository in under 72 hours.
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Claude Code launches agent management system
Anthropic's revamped Projects feature lets users control multiple AI agents that work together in the cloud with shared memory and goals.
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Claude launches Docs and Slides to rival Google's AI tools
Anthropic's AI assistant now lets you create and edit documents and presentations directly from chats.
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Meta's slimmest headset may have leaked early
Firmware files appear to show Project Phoenix, a glasses-shaped Meta headset with a wired compute puck.
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GoPro Defends Starman Merger to Concerned Fans
CEO Nick Woodman insists consumer action cameras remain GoPro's core focus despite a $285 million merger with Starman.
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Google’s Gemini 3.8 Flash Trades Tokens for Power
Google's latest AI model uses extra reasoning steps to deliver top-tier coding and agentic performance.
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