The HomeView is smaller than I expected, has a surprising amount in common with the Apple Watch, and makes for a great smart home control panel.
Apple has co-developed the products with LG and Schneider Electric to work seamlessly with its Apple Home smart home platform.
The fourth-gen streaming box also gets a surround-sound upgrade and the ability to find your Siri remote.
The wall connector adds at least another $59 to the $299 HomeView price.
An up-close look at Apple’s second-gen smart speaker.
GM is using AI models and a new mini factory to build and test cheaper EV battery cells in half the time.
Tiny pickup trucks might just become a thing in the US if the California-based startup Telo has its way.
The Type 01 goes on sale next year for $130,000.
The iX4 is a sportier spin on the iX3, with the same powerful Gen6 battery providing class-leading range.
A $49 case that protects your console and offers customization via modularity.
Everything was great until he arrived.
It’s been a whirlwind time of coming to grips with Google’s new laptops, and we’ve got feelings about Googlebook OS.
The Alexa line is also Amazon’s first tablet to run full-fledged Android with access to the Play Store.
Academics will have to separate solutions from slop.
The Verge spoke to one of the mathematicians advising OpenAI as the field braces for a new wave of results that could upend their work.
‘The group will advise on the review and communication of emerging results.’
Two mathematicians at the heart of recent controversies tell The Verge how AI giants’ ‘childish’ rivalries are upending the field.
The Entertainment Software Association says in a “notorious markets” filing to the US Trade Representative that Anbernic’s emulator handhelds normalize “hardware-based piracy by delivering illicit catalogues through a polished consumer product,” as reported by TorrentFreak . The ESA is nominating Anbernic and other online marketplaces for the USTR’s “2026 Review of Notorious Markets for Counterfeiting and Piracy.”
The tool, which Six Colors recently slammed as “appalling,” pierces the AirTag’s speaker, preventing it from emitting sound. While Elevation Lab says it designed the tool to prevent thieves from detecting the presence of an AirTag, it also disables an anti-stalking feature that audibly alerts people when an unknown tracker is following them.
Elevation Lab says it has stopped selling the tool and will use its “patent on it to prevent anyone else from making one in the future,” according to MacRumors .
The chaos is surprisingly real for an Apple commercial.
SecurityWeek reports that Meta says “99% of the data the hackers took was business data, in the form of software code related to some of its products. The remaining 1% was personal data,” some of which was “synthetic or anonymized.” Most of that personal data reportedly belonged to Meta employees in the US.
I dove deep into smart home menus and swiped through endless faces to bring you a closer look at the features of Apple’s newest gadget for your home .
The new on/off toggle, arriving by the end of the year, lets you exclude “AI-generated tracks, albums, and the related artists” from search results. Deezer also launched an AI music detection tool earlier this year, after a surge in AI song uploads on its platform.
The recording device was apparently discovered plugged into a TV’s USB port in an executive meeting room.
Apple Music might be going monochrome.
“For gamers, DLSS 5 is a simple on-or-off toggle,” Nvidia told us in September, claiming DLSS 5 would “preserve artistic intent” behind games instead of just aging characters’ faces. But modders will have access to the same tools as developers, Nvidia now says — on October 23rd, it’s adding DLSS 5 to its RTX Remix tool for modding older DX8 and DX9 games. Used properly , it doesn’t look bad?
Shopify previously announced a partnership with Meta’s Muse for AI-powered shopping and checkout.
In an open letter , hundreds of researchers from around the globe raise concerns about the wave of rogue AI hacks on third-party companies. They urge AI companies to “adopt high-assurance containment systems,” as well as call for the development of an international body that keeps track of containment failures.
Following a recent trial , the jury found that Arm breached a Qualcomm license agreement and “negligently” interfered with Qualcomm’s relationship with Meta, as reported by Reuters . You can read the jury verdict here , and here are Qualcomm and Arm’s responses.
One year after a judge dismissed wiretapping charges against Burke, a federal grand jury has indicted him based on similar claims, as reported earlier by The Desk . Burke was arrested in 2024 in connection with an alleged hack on Fox News, which leaked parts of an unaired interview between Tucker Carlson and Ye (formerly Kanye West).
Microsoft has created a new Xbox Labs group to experiment with decompiling and recompiling games.
Druski, a comedian and actor, will host on November 7th, according to Puck and Variety . He has more than 6 million subscribers on YouTube , 13.6 million followers on Instagram , and 15.6 million followers on TikTok .
A report from Reuters suggests that OpenAI and Anthropic considered tighter restrictions for third-party evaluators over concerns that they could leak trade secrets.
When reached for comment, OpenAI told Reuters that “its standard practice is to redact confidential information” and that evaluators can disclose if it made significant redactions. Anthropic reportedly said that it has “made clear” to existing partners that they can control their own review and publishing process.
Following Trump’s attempt to rename AI , which Silicon Valley is falling in line with , si.gov is the “official home of America’s work to lead the world in Super Intelligence.” It has a lot of Fancy Web Design animations that are honestly really distracting.
Also, ai.gov now redirects to the new site.
You can get the Nothing Headphone A at a steep discount when you also buy a Charli XCX album.
Zelenskyy celebrated ‘less division’ on social media after the strikes but the data isn’t backing that up yet.
Ford’s former EV and software chief will run Rivian’s robotics startup at a time of maximum hype for physical AI.
Alongside its big Argon 4 launch , Google has announced that it’s embedding Antigravity’s agentic coding interface directly into the Gemini app. Antigravity is only available in the Gemini app with an AI Ultra subscription.
Greta Gerwig’s take on The Magician’s Nephew looks promising , though it might have a bit too much CG for my taste. The film debuts February 12th in theaters and will stream starting April 2nd .
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In light of the news that a new Apple TV 4K is coming soon, I wanted to share praise for Conduit , an Android app that closely mirrors the built-in remote app for iPhones and iPads. It’s free and ad-free, but paying $1 unlocks a bunch of features, including letting it control multiple Apple TVs, touchpad controls, volume control with my phone’s volume rocker, playback controls from the pull-down menu, and other customization options.
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NHTSA has received a petition requesting an investigation into Model Y and Cybercab vehicles exceeding active school zone speed limits.
The X4 Pro adds a touchscreen, lighting, and improved software, making it even easier to recommend.
Meta’s bringing Instagram’s “Your Algorithm” feature to Facebook, and using LLMs more to rank content.
Google will also allow YouTube Premium subscribers to continue listening to videos while driving.
A new “Game finder” feature is rolling out to English language users in the US today that explains why a Play Store game is being recommended to you, based on reviews and your gameplay habits. App recommendations are also coming to Gemini Live, and the Ask Play chatbot can now generate side-by-side app comparisons within search results.
You can now launch your vibe-coded app directly from the Google Play Store.
The HomeView is smaller than I expected, has a surprising amount in common with the Apple Watch, and makes for a great smart home control panel.
The show will star Danielle Deadwyler and Himesh Patel as the leads, but a source tells Variety they will play new characters, not Dana Scully and Fox Mulder.
A special edition Beats Pill puts Mimikyu and a (visibly worried) Pikachu onto the portable speaker’s grill. It also comes with a lanyard with a Poké Ball charm.
The device launches on Thursday, October 15th for $149.99, and you’ll be able to purchase it from Apple’s website and Target in the US.
A viral photo purporting to show Mia Goth in a T-shirt seemingly referencing her divorce spread from Instagram across the web. It was AI.
The Italian software company says the layoffs include a “large part” of the Airtable team. Bending Spoons, which now owns Vimeo, Eventbrite, WeTransfer, AOL, and several other brands, has become known for purchasing companies and then laying off staff .
We have a lot of questions about Apple’s new smart-home gadget — and all the updated ones , too. Come hang with Jen Tuohy, Nilay Patel, and me in an hour or so as we talk through all of today’s announcements, get Jen’s first hands-on impressions, and have deep existential debates about Siri. See you soon!
The experience includes an AI avatar version of host Andy Cohen. It was originally announced in March with a summer release window , so it’s arriving a bit later than expected.
A first look at Apple’s new video doorbell, security cameras, thermostats, and more.
After months of trailing its rivals, Google says Argon competes with the industry’s best.
We’ll have hands-on impressions shortly, but take a look at Apple’s smart display hub on table and wall-mount setups.
