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Early launch deals live on Apple’s latest: Series 12, Ultra 4, Beats 360, Mac mini, more

Apple unleashed a collection of next-generation products this month, from the new AirPods 5 and Beats 360 ANC headphones (last day for the launch discount), the Apple Watch Series 12 and Ultra 4, right through to the latest M6-powered Mac mini and Mac Studio. All of which are accompanied by a series of new accessories. Amazon is also carrying over a number of launch discounts on some of them courtesy of its early fall Prime Day sale for folks loo…

24 mins ago • 9to5Mac

Amazon customers can’t opt out of driver camera glasses, Bloomberg reports

Amazon’s delivery drivers will soon wear smart glasses that take pictures “almost constantly” on foot, Bloomberg Opinion columnist Dave Lee reported o…

37 mins ago • The Next Web

Sick of Paying for Slow Unlimited Data? Readers Recommend This Mobile Carrier

Our People’s Picks awards narrowed down which mobile carrier is worth switching to, and the top pick may surprise you.

39 mins ago • CNET Tech

Condé Nast, Hearst among 300 publishers pressuring Congress to ban bot scraping

A cohort of news publishers are backing a recently introduced bill intent on stopping stealth bots scraping their content without paying content licen…

41 mins ago • Mashable Tech

Geekbench 7 results suggest OpenAI's dots run on nine-core AMD EPYC VMs

Post-launch Geekbench 7 runs show Debian Linux instead of the leak's Ubuntu. A pre-launch Geekbench 7 result, shared on X by INIYSA as one of OpenAI’s…

41 mins ago • Tom's Hardware

In Case You Forgot, ‘Wednesday’ Season 3 Is Indeed on the Way

It feels like a long time since we've seen Jenna Ortega getting spooky and ooky in Tim Burton's Netflix series.

42 mins ago • Gizmodo

How Often You Need to Order From Amazon to Cover the Cost of Prime

Should you get Amazon Prime? Let's do the math on that $139 annual fee. We may earn a commission from links on this page.Prime Big Deal Days (or Octob…

42 mins ago • Lifehacker

openSUSE Leap adds a new security layer: Immutable mode

One of the more secure Linux distributions has added another feature to help further lock it down.

44 mins ago • ZDNet Tech News

Leak reveals new design details about Apple’s upcoming smart display

Apple is less than two weeks away from launching its new smart display, according to a new Bloomberg report. The report also adds details about the de…

46 mins ago • 9to5Mac

Apple Event on October 13?

Earlier this week, Daring Fireball's John Gruber floated Tuesday, October 13 as a potential date for Apple to hand out iPhone Duo review units to sele…

48 mins ago • MacRumors

OpenAI says Moonshot-linked users tried to extract its AI reasoning

OpenAI says people linked to Moonshot AI, the Chinese developer of Kimi, were behind a coordinated campaign to extract the hidden reasoning of its mod…

48 mins ago • The Next Web

This Satellite Could Be the First Step Toward a Power Grid in Space

Star Catcher's network of spacecraft is designed to harvest energy from the Sun and beam it to satellites.

51 mins ago • Gizmodo

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Play Store premium gaming listings are really starting to take shape

Check out Google's latest progress on flashier Play Store pages for paid games. TL;DR Google Play has been working on more engaging app listings for premium games. We can now see a more fleshed out version of the updated layout, including some new graphical flourishes. Google’s also preparing to include a lot more detail about game features, helping shoppers make their purchasing decision. Is Google doing enough to promote Android as a home for t…

51 mins ago • Android Authority

Taxpayers Have Been Subsidizing Meta’s AI Data Centers: Report

Meta has been controversially taking advantage of a tax credit to build its AI data centers, the New York Times finds.

52 mins ago • Gizmodo

Reddit imposes new restrictions on Old Reddit

The Old Reddit is dying; the new Reddit struggles to avoid scraping.

52 mins ago • Engadget

Senate Democrats block datacenter energy bill

Republicans supported legislation although Democrats said it wouldn’t effectively address energy consumptionSenate Democrats on Wednesday blocked legi…

53 mins ago • The Guardian Technology

Apple Music 7.0 beta brings Liquid Glass redesign to Android

Apple Music for Android is getting a big Liquid Glass-inspired redesign with the latest 7.0 beta. more…

54 mins ago • 9to5Mac

Qalo’s Screenless Health Tracker Has a Smart Ring Companion, Too

Qalo's new subscription-free fitness SL-1 Smart Band works on its own as a Whoop competitor but is even better when paired with the company's smart ri…

56 mins ago • Gizmodo

Reddit says it has to cut back access to ‘Old Reddit’ because of AI bots

Reddit is further limiting who can use the "Old Reddit" experience as part of its efforts to combat scraping and automated traffic. Reddit recently st…

57 mins ago • The Verge

Reddit is killing RSS feeds and ending public API access because of AI bots

Reddit is ending support for RSS feeds, as the company continues tightening access to its trove of user-generated content.

57 mins ago • TechCrunch

Samsung’s new tablets arrive more expensive, and its tracker lasts longer

Samsung’s Galaxy Tab S12+ and S12 Ultra reach Europe on 7 October at 1,299 and 1,539 euros, roughly 180 euros above the model the first replaces, agai…

1 hour ago • The Next Web

CScale exits stealth with $145m to stop laser failures stalling AI

CScale, a Palo Alto startup building optical interconnect for AI data centres, has come out of stealth with $145m in Series C funding. The round takes…

1 hour ago • The Next Web

These Are the Best Deals on Apple Products From the October Prime Day Sale

While the discounts are few and far between, you can still save on these Apple devices. We may earn a commission from links on this page. Deal pricing…

1 hour ago • Lifehacker

Top AI tech executives promise to ‘self-police’ AI development

The heads of the biggest AI labs — Google, Anthropic, Meta, OpenAI, SpaceXAI, and Nvidia — went to Washington and signed the 'Joint Commitment on Fron…

1 hour ago • Tom's Hardware

The iPhone Duo is reportedly facing production challenges with low yields and quality concerns

According to an unnamed insider quoted by Chinese media outlet Jiemian News, final assembly yields for the Duo were only slightly above 60% as of Sept…

1 hour ago • TechSpot

1 in 8 Cancers Are Caused by Infections. The Biggest Culprit Isn’t HPV

A new WHO report quantifies the toll of HPV, HIV, and many other carcinogenic pathogens.

1 hour ago • Gizmodo

The ugly economics of consumer AI

There’s a reason frontier labs have gotten gun-shy about consumer AI — and it’s not because the tech isn’t good enough.

1 hour ago • TechCrunch