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Withings wants new users to pay $100 a year to sync with Apple Health
The smart health company is gating third-party app syncing to its own subscription plan for new users.
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World Timekeepers Decide to Kill the Leap Second
Doing away with the leap second might prevent time-related computer anomalies in the future.
New proposed bill would make video games something you own, not rent
The "Power to the Players Act" bill would direct the FTC to write rules ensuring that buying a video game translates into ownership and not a revocabl…
Sega pulls Total War: Shogun 2 remaster from sale following disastrous launch
Sega is removing Total War: Shogun 2 - Complete Edition from storefronts following a disastrous launch where users complained about issues like bugs a…
Memtest86+ adds Arm support, new memory tests, and USB reports
Memtest86+ 9.0 brings the popular open-source memory testing utility to ARM64 devices, including Snapdragon X laptops and Raspberry Pi boards. The upd…
A piece of the world's oddest network deployment has gone up for auction — if you fancy owning a piece of pigeon-powered internet, it can be yours for just $4,000
A piece of oddball internet history has been sold at auction at Christie’s, with over $20,000 bid on a relic of an incredible experiment to send inter…
OLED MacBook Pro Won't Get M7 Chips Until Late 2027
Apple is "pretty much done" with M6 chips, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reiterated today on his podcast. Apple debuted the M6 chip in the Mac mini and has …
Strava announces coach-designed strength workouts with live set and rep tracking
Exercise-tracking platform Strava announced today a new expansion of its strength training features, adding coach-designed guided workouts with live s…
Denis Villeneuve Sees His James Bond Movie as a ‘Powerful Rocket’ Separating Him From ‘Dune’
Breaking away from Arrakis after three movies is understandably a daunting task.
Get Word, Excel, Outlook, and more for one $50 payment — but only until midnight tonight
Give your PC a total refresh with this lifetime license to Microsoft Office 2024 Professional Plus for Windows. TL;DR: Give your PC a total refresh wi…
The Kindle Paperwhite has been refreshed for 2026 — is it still a good buy?
This 7-inch, black-and-white e-reader is a level up from the base Kindle, and the model I'd recommend to most people. The Paperwhite sits in the middl…
Jura launches the C9 bean-to-cup machine with a mild, ready-to-drink 60C mode
The new compact coffee maker can brew 17 drinks, and offers a lighter brewing style that uses a smaller dose of coffee, brewed at a lower temperature.…
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How to Enable Global Privacy Control in Every Browser (and Why You Should)
Notify every website of your privacy preferences with a single setting Security-wise, most browsers are an open door, happy to reveal your screen size, operating system, language preferences, or GPU model when a website asks. But telling those websites to stop selling your data to third parties is still more confusing than it should be. Although about a dozen U.S. states—including California, Delaware, New Jersey, and Texas—now require businesses…
New Amazon Bee Personal AI Devices Will Listen and Record You
The Bee Frontier and Bee Eclipse use artificial intelligence to process conversations into summaries, to-do lists and more. Just make sure you ask peo…
The tech backlash is now in theaters
Though movies about disruptive tech founders are nothing new, 2026 has been unusually stacked with features that take a much more critical look at how…
The UK may expand the BBC license fee, charging residents to watch streaming services
If the proposal is enacted, it could cost $240 a year to watch YouTube in the UK.
Suzy Nelson transformed student life at MIT
Over the last decade, the vice chancellor has refocused the Institute’s approach to student life to center on student well-being. Suzy M. Nelson, MIT …
I Got Lost in the Surreal Fantasia of ‘A Garden of Spheres’ and Loved Every Moment of It
Multi Eisner‑nominated creator Linnea Sterte’s graphic novel sends a drifting god of destruction through a dragon‑filled land so alien its nothing sho…
One of the Best QLED TVs of 2026 Is Over $1,200 Off Right Now
The “Zero Border” bezel design gives it a modern, minimalist look. We may earn a commission from links on this page. Deal pricing and availability sub…
Microsoft’s October Windows 11 update fixes mouse stutter in some games
Microsoft’s October Windows 11 update fixes a bug that could make mouse input stutter in some games, along with several other system issues.
9to5Mac Daily: October 15, 2026 – OpenAI vs Apple, iPhone Duo details
Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from 9to5Mac. 9to5Mac Daily is available on iTunes and Apple’s Podcasts app, Stitcher, TuneIn, Google …
WaPo: Apple revealed as one of the top donors to Trump’s White House ballroom
A new investigation by The Washington Post reveals that Apple and Nvidia each pledged $25 million toward Trump’s new White House ballroom, making them…
Plex now helps sell movie theater tickets
Discovery data from Plex users will help studios, advertisers. Plex, which made a name for itself by letting users share movies they own, is now helpi…
We Got Hot and Heavy With Meta’s Muse—and Baffled by Apple’s HomeView
This week on “Uncanny Valley,” we dive into an unexpected Muse feature, shadowy spending from the largest pro-AI super PAC, and men’s tendency to lie …
Google reminds Android users of an overlooked scam detection tool
Circle to Search and Google Lens can also help you detect scams! TL;DR Google is highlighting Circle to Search’s existing ability to identify suspicio…
Supreme Court Weighs Major Video Privacy Case
A 1988 federal law could bar tech companies from using video viewing data for targeted ads without explicit user consent.
Jarred Pierce Brings a Personal Mission for Healthcare Choice to Chicago
For Jarred Pierce, giving people more choices in healthcare is personal. Long before discussingprovider networks or negotiating rates, he experienced …