Amazon is adding a new Alexa-powered feature called “Update Me When” that can send personalized alerts about product launches, tours, books, shows, and other events that could trigger a purchase.
AIR’s platform can discover agents running at a company, continuously vets any skills and add-ons they use, and blocks any unwanted behaviour.
Microsoft 365 and Outlook are still seeing service degradations on Tuesday, the company’s status page indicates.
After launching a budget-friendly flood sensor last month with impressive battery life, Shelly announced a new $49.99 security camera today that can be used without any additional subscription fees – although that’s still an option if you want to expand its capabilities. The Shelly Camera will be available soon from the company’s online store and … Read more
Fambot is building an AI “chief of staff” to help families manage the emails, calendars, school updates, sports schedules, and other logistics of raising kids.
Flock’s searchable network of 130,000 license plate cameras around the U.S. have sparked bipartisan privacy and civil liberties concerns.
The Sonos Ace Ultra are what the original Ace should have been — headphones for the Sonos ecosystem. | Image: Sonos At an event in New York City, Sonos announced two new audio products – the Sonos Beam Ultra soundbar and Sonos Ace Ultra headphones, details of which were found in an FCC filing in … Read more
As much as any Apple product released during his time as CEO, Tim Cook’s tenure will be remembered for its ruthlessly efficient tight-rope walk between an autocrat in China and a would-be autocrat in the US. During his 15 years as CEO, Cook steered Apple through relations with both Chinese President Xi Jinping and US … Read more
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Florida is banning Flock cameras and other automated license plate readers across state highways, as reported earlier by NBC News and local news outlet WUSF. In a memo on Monday, Florida’s Department of Transportation says it’s revoking permits for all license plate readers, adding that they must be removed from state highways within 30 days. … Read more
At what point are there simply too many phones? | Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge We’re not even half a day into September, and two new smartphones have already launched: the Poco F9 Pro and F9 Ultra. We’re expecting more this week, as the IFA trade show kicks off in Berlin, before we get … Read more
Nvidia is officially launching DLSS 5 this week, following a divisive announcement in March where we likened the AI upscaling tech to a “real-time generative AI filter for video games” and “motion smoothing for video games, but worse.” DLSS 5 will officially be available on RTX 50-series desktop and laptop GPUs and through GeForce Now … Read more
Expectations for Tim Cook were almost impossibly high when he stepped in to replace Apple’s visionary cofounder in 2011. He inherited a company on a blockbuster run, after Steve Jobs returned and revitalized the Mac, launched the iPod, and oversaw the launch of the iPhone. Now, after 15 years in the CEO role, Tim Cook … Read more
Here you can see the Archer 8 Ultra (bottom) and the Deco 8 Ultra (top). | Image: TP-Link The Wi-Fi 8 standard is far from finalized, but TP-Link is almost ready to release its first hardware targeting the next-gen spec. It unveiled the Archer 8 Ultra tri-band router and Deco 8 Ultra mesh system at … Read more
Apple SVP John Ternus takes over as CEO from Tim Cook. | AFP via Getty Images For the first time since 2011, one of the world’s most valuable companies has a new leader, as today marks John Ternus’ first day as Apple’s CEO. He’s replacing Tim Cook, who will continue on as the executive chairman … Read more
The team behind Starcloud’s orbital data centers has a new high-risk space project: Sending a probe to Alpha Centauri.
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Dyson is expanding into oral care with its first toothbrush featuring a camera and flossing capabilities. | Image: Dyson Dyson is once again expanding its line of personal care products with a device that focuses on your teeth instead of your hair. As the name implies, the $499 CameraJet is the first electric toothbrush to … Read more
An under six-month regulatory rollout, 8% budget utilisation and a forward-looking bet on programmable finance are giving Pakistan an unusually different global technology story. For decades, Pakistan’s global technology story has usually been framed around potential: a young population, a large digital workforce and strong adoption, but institutions struggling to keep pace. Digital assets are … Read more
A few years ago, people noticed that ChatGPT was strangely bad at counting the letters in a word, or at simple tasks like reversing a string. How could a model that writes working code fail at something a child can do? The answer is buried in a step most people never think about. The model … Read more
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Magna’s investment in Yuma Energy has reached $87 million as the Canadian auto supplier increases its majority stake in the Indian battery-swapping firm.
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The SEO industry can’t agree on a name for what happens after an AI agent lands on your site. Some call it ASO, Agentic Search Optimization. Others call it ADO, Agentic Discoverability Optimization. Neither term is settled, and neither is a good pick. ASO already belongs to App Store Optimization. ADO has meant Azure DevOps … Read more
Shipaton 2026, one developer, two months, and a dungeon you have to walk into. To my dearest 12 readers from my last HackerNoon post, I know you 12 must have been on the edge of your seats, losing sleep and unable to focus at work. For that I am truly sorry, but fret no more! … Read more
NewsGuard is currently monitoring 3,749 AI-generated content farms across 16 languages. The figure was, as one would expect, smaller last month and will, of course, be greater next month. The main point is that it has definitely become cheap to publish large amounts of plausible text. The thing that hasn’t changed is that the reader … Read more