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Blue Origin’s next launch now won’t happen until 2027
It’s reportedly set for sometime in January.
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It’s reportedly set for sometime in January.
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In its latest earnings report, Co-CEO Dave Gilboa also hinted at when the glasses will ship, saying, “on November 12, we’ll begin accepting pre-orders for our first Intelligent Eyewear collection and look forward to delivering customer orders during the holiday season.” Gentle Monster’s Android XR glasses are also expected to arrive this fall. [Link: Warby Parker Announces Third Quarter 2026 Results | https://investors.warbyparker.com/news/news-details/2026/Warby-Parker-Announces-Third-Quarter-2026-Results/default.aspx | Warby Parker]
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Apple has updated a support page to say that, when you’re trying to set up Siri AI, you “might” get put on a waitlist — previously, the document indicated that you would get added to a waitlist, as spotted by 9to5Mac. [Link: Apple disables Siri AI waitlist in iOS 27, with one exception | https://9to5mac.com/2026/11/04/apple-disables-siri-ai-waitlist-in-ios-27-with-one-exception/ | 9to5Mac]
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Among other findings, METR says that Anthropic is “likely improving the capabilities of their models on well-specified tasks at around twice the rate they did between March 2024 and October 2025.” That acceleration is “likely” thanks to Anthropic’s extensive use of AI to do R&D. METR was in communication with Anthropic on this report starting in mid-August, and it submitted the final public report on November 3rd; in mid-September, CEO Dario Amodei published his “We Must Pace the Frontier” essay. [Link: Independent Assessment of AI R&D Acceleration at Anthropic in October 2026 | https://metr.org/blog/2026-11-05-anthropic-ai-rd-acceleration-assessment/#executive-summary | METR]
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Samsung’s latest folder is already on sale.
Technology
Do you want to chat with your Muse?
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That’s a lot of retro games.
Technology
CEO Peter Stern hinted at the upcoming product in an earnings call, saying it will combine “state-of-the-art software powered by AI,” premium equipment, human instruction, and community features. It will be the first in a new category for Peloton, but probably won’t be a wearable. [Link: Peloton Announces Q1 FY2027 Financial Results | https://investor.onepeloton.com/news-releases/news-release-details/peloton-announces-q1-fy2027-financial-results | Peloton]
Science & Climate
Bloomberg has a breakdown of how Starlink Mobile will operate — and what SpaceX still needs to do to get its hybrid 5G network up and running. [Link: How Musk Plans to Shake Up the US Wireless Industry | https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-11-05/how-musk-s-starlink-can-challenge-at-t-verizon-and-t-mobile?srnd=phx-technology | Bloomberg]
Technology
With access to your bank account via Plaid, Anthropic’s chatbot will try to explain where your money is going and what you can afford.
World News
EA’s latest American football game is joining the Luna standard tier alongside NBA The Run, Mixtape, and Kingdom Come Deliverance II, Amazon announced today. [Link: Luna November Content Update | https://www.amazongamestudios.com/news/articles/luna-november-2026 | Amazon Game Studios]
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The new version of Google’s video generation model allows you to generate clips at a specific length, from three to 15 seconds. Google says Omni 1.2 Flash can also make edits to a video without re-generating the entire clip, and is better at generating scenes with continuous camera movements and “natural-sounding” dialogue. [Link: Gemini Omni 1.2 Flash: Fast and cost-effective with longer clips | https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/technology/developers-tools/introducing-gemini-omni-1-2-flash/ | Google]