Cable lobby to sue Trump FCC over repeal of national TV ownership cap

Mon, 05 Oct 2026 20:47:48 +0000

OpenAI will start watermarking ChatGPT’s text in the EU

Mon, 05 Oct 2026 20:36:48 +0000

OpenAI will watermark ChatGPT and Codex text in the EU to comply with the AI Act. Editing can make the invisible marks harder to detect, it says.

Texas city demands $2M for public records on Flock usage

Mon, 05 Oct 2026 20:31:12 +0000

32GB DDR5 kits cost more than a flagship CPU, but waiting for RAM prices to drop is a trap

Mon, 05 Oct 2026 20:30:18 GMT

You're not waiting, you're gambling on RAM prices coming down.

US counties are desperately trying to stop data centers from taking over: A look at how Charlotte, Pima County, and Guildford County are dealing with the onslaught - with an interesting catch

Mon, 05 Oct 2026 20:25:00 +0000

Etched fields funding offers at $40B+ valuation, sources say

Mon, 05 Oct 2026 20:24:09 +0000

Just a couple of months after its last big raise, the AI chip startup is already being plied with investment offers at double or more its current value, sources tell TechCrunch.

2026-10-05T16:14:57-04:00

A ton of Amazon device deals are live for October Prime Day: Shop Fire TVs, Echo speakers

Mon, 05 Oct 2026 20:06:37 +0000

The best Amazon device deals are live for October Prime Day 2026. We found savings up to 45% on Fire tablets, Fire TVs, and Blink cameras.

Instagram is toying with a read-only mode for Plus subscribers

Mon, 05 Oct 2026 20:04:03 +0000

That's a nicer name than 'stalker mode.'

You don't need as many Android apps as you think — I proved it with a factory reset

Mon, 05 Oct 2026 20:01:14 GMT

You may be clogging your device with a bunch of apps that you rarely use.

Your browser has its own task manager, and it exposed my most memory-hungry tabs

Mon, 05 Oct 2026 20:00:18 GMT

I finally caught my worst tabs in the act

Wikimedia links OpenAI agents to an outage and unauthorized activity

Mon, 05 Oct 2026 19:55:11 +0000

Wikimedia says it's "deeply concerned about the impact of 'rogue' AI agents on platforms like ours.

14 Prime Day deals on Lego: We found rare deals on Lego Star Wars, Lego Pokémon, and more

Mon, 05 Oct 2026 19:51:14 +0000

Tons of Lego sets are on sale at Amazon for Prime Big Deal Days. We've gathered up 14 of our favorites to check out, including select Lego Botanicals builds, Lego Pokémon, and more.

GG EZ started as AI. Two creators made it human. Does that change anything?

Mon, 05 Oct 2026 19:39:34 +0000

Is "GG EZ" AI? The viral song started as an AI track before Kaien Nuen and Sugar Zhang remade it. Here's everything to know.

This Apple Watch Series 12 discount is the first one that actually matters

Mon, 05 Oct 2026 19:38:43 GMT

A good time to buy

After Factory’s public spat with Khosla, Menlo proudly invests

Mon, 05 Oct 2026 19:38:07 +0000

Days after Vinod Khosla called Factory a struggling also-ran, Menlo has shown up with a check and a glowing blog post.

Reflection debuts Beam, an open-weight AI model to rival Chinese models at lower compute cost

Mon, 05 Oct 2026 19:33:53 +0000

Reflection is aiming Beam and future models at enterprises and sovereign nations. The pitch is to build “AI factories,” a product that would let institutions build their own customized, local AI system by training Reflection’s AI models on their own proprietary data.

Claude Code now shows exactly why it burned your tokens, and I finally stopped guessing

Mon, 05 Oct 2026 19:30:17 GMT

The /cost is quite helpful.

2026-10-05T15:28:59-04:00

Nvidia RTX 5060 Ti gaming PC hits $999 with 8-core Ryzen CPU, 16GB RAM, and 1TB PCIe 4.0 SSD — $600 instant savings on a complete 1080p powerhouse

Mon, 05 Oct 2026 19:28:28 +0000

We found 10+ Prime Day deals for under $25 to add to your cart: Lego, streaming sticks, Owala bottles, and more

Mon, 05 Oct 2026 19:22:20 +0000

Save big with the best early Prime Day deals under $25 at Amazon. Find top-rated steals during October Prime Big Deal Days.

Command-line tool quickly removes Apple Intelligence from macOS 27

Mon, 05 Oct 2026 19:14:44 +0000

October Prime Day 2026: Live updates on Apple, Kindle, Lego, and Samsung deals

Mon, 05 Oct 2026 19:11:47 +0000

Get live updates on Amazon Prime Big Deal Days 2026. We found low prices on AirPods, Kindles, Bose headphones, and Samsung TVs.

Fifteen years after Steve Jobs’ death, Apple leaders and fans reflect on his legacy

Mon, 05 Oct 2026 19:09:11 +0000

Tim Cook, John Ternus, and others remember Apple co-founder Steve Jobs on the 15th anniversary of his death.

Arc Raiders and The Finals are both getting TV and film adaptations

Mon, 05 Oct 2026 19:07:04 +0000

There aren't many details on these upcoming game adaptations just yet.

2026-10-05T15:05:19-04:00

I turned my old Android phone into a universal remote, and it replaced five devices in my living room

Mon, 05 Oct 2026 19:00:17 GMT

Your old Android phone has an infrared blaster that modern phones ditched, and it's the best universal remote you'll ever use.

I stopped leaving Google Maps to research places; Ask Maps does it now

Mon, 05 Oct 2026 19:00:14 GMT

Now I can figure out whether a place is worth my time without leaving Google Maps to do the extra research somewhere else.

Kodiaks self-driving trucks are hitting the highways, and I took a ride in one

Mon, 05 Oct 2026 19:00:00 +0000

We ride in a Kodiak self-driving semi and see how its autonomous trucking technology works ahead of its highway debut.

Meet the first ever humanoid robot surgeon

Mon, 05 Oct 2026 18:58:12 +0000

See the first live surgery performed using a humanoid robot at UCSD's Center for the Future of Surgery.

OpenAI will add a digital watermark to text and code generated in the EU

Mon, 05 Oct 2026 18:55:40 +0000

This move is to comply with the EU's new AI transparency rules.

Ive been waiting months for these October Prime Day MacBook deals: Save up to $600 on the Air and Pro

Mon, 05 Oct 2026 18:55:31 +0000

We found the best early October Prime Day MacBook deals. Grab a MacBook Air for $200 off or a MacBook Pro for up to $600 off.

Instinct brings its AI agent to group chats, even for friends without an account

Mon, 05 Oct 2026 18:54:30 +0000

Instinct is launching group chats that let friends use its AI agent together for tasks like planning trips, organizing carpools, and coordinating events. The company says personal accounts remain separate, with permission required before personal agents share information or take action.

2026-10-05T14:41:48-04:00

I still shuck drives for my NAS, but the gamble isn't worth it anymore unless you have a backup plan

Mon, 05 Oct 2026 18:30:19 GMT

What used to be guaranteed success is now a betting man's game.

What is the purpose of a battery symbol next to a USB Port?

Mon, 05 Oct 2026 18:30:00 +0000

Typically, it means faster charging speeds and bi-directional charging.

TikTok rolls out an AI shopping assistant and one-click checkout

Mon, 05 Oct 2026 18:29:00 +0000

TikTok describes its new Shopping Assistant as a conversational AI agent designed to help users discover and purchase products.

Weve scoured hundreds of sales to find the 35+ best October Prime Day deals: Bose, Lego, Apple

Mon, 05 Oct 2026 18:25:09 +0000

Amazon's Prime Big Deal Days runs Oct. 6 to 7. Shop the best October Prime Day deals so far, with savings on Bose QuietComfort headphones and Echo Dot speakers.

Meta and Microsoft Push to Kick Their Claude Habits

2026-10-05T18:14:35Z

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Nintendo Switch 2 drops to £354.99 all-time low to defy the AI tax — pocket £65 in savings across these retailers

Mon, 05 Oct 2026 18:13:45 +0000

2026-10-05T14:08:39-04:00

At 19, founder raises $11M for Ghost, maker of a $3,499 computer for personal AI

Mon, 05 Oct 2026 18:07:07 +0000

Ghost's first product is Core, a personal computer designed specifically for AI agents that can take actions on a person's behalf.

Surprise surprise, AI data centers are still incredibly unpopular across the US — and nearly two-thirds of Americans say they oppose new facilities

Mon, 05 Oct 2026 18:05:00 +0000

Linus wrote Git in about 10 days, so I asked my local LLM to build something similar with one prompt

Mon, 05 Oct 2026 18:00:16 GMT

It did a better job than I expected.

My phone was blocking calls I actually wanted until I changed 4 settings

Mon, 05 Oct 2026 18:00:14 GMT

These Samsung call-blocking settings reject legitimate calls alongside spam.

Oura Ring 5 vs. Apple Watch Series 12: Which smart health wearable is right for you?

Mon, 05 Oct 2026 18:00:00 +0000

These two wearables offer extensive health tracking, but one of these is going to be a clear winner for you.

BYD is coming for Tesla's global EV sales crown, new sales figures reveal