Google benches open source bug bounty program following ‘significant rise’ in AI submissions

Mon, 05 Oct 2026 14:50:00 +0000

DJI's Osmo Pocket 3 action camera gets a welcome discount

Mon, 05 Oct 2026 14:47:15 +0000

How to turn on Developer Mode on your Chromebook

Mon, 05 Oct 2026 14:45:00 +0000

Enabling Developer Mode on a Chromebook unlocks new capabilities and app options. Here's where to find it.

The 4.5-star Samsung Galaxy Watch 8 is now cheaper than the Apple Watch SE 3

Mon, 05 Oct 2026 14:44:28 +0000

US judge rules a police Flock search was unconstitutional mass surveillance

Mon, 05 Oct 2026 14:43:35 +0000

A federal judge in Oklahoma has ruled that a deputy’s warrantless search of Flock’s licence plate reader network broke the US Constitution. In an order dated 1 October, Judg

Security teams are starting to treat AI like staff, and that means managing it

Mon, 05 Oct 2026 14:43:01 +0000

Ask anyone who has worked in a security operations center what the job actually involves, and you’ll hear a lot about alerts. Thousands of them, most of which turn out to be noth

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OpenAI is testing more ads in ChatGPT

Mon, 05 Oct 2026 14:38:31 +0000

Display ads, what a concept.

Researchers are tracking a Chinese AI ‘agent fleet’

Mon, 05 Oct 2026 14:35:09 +0000

Independent researchers discovered an agent swarm that seems to be running on Tencent's infrastructure and targeting Alibaba's map service, Amap.

Collibra acquires Munich’s trail ML to automate AI governance

Mon, 05 Oct 2026 14:33:36 +0000

Collibra has acquired trail ML, a Munich startup whose agents work out which AI rules apply to a system, check whether its controls work, and block agent actions th

HP Laptop down $250 from $589 — Walmart beats Amazon for Prime Big Deal Days

Mon, 05 Oct 2026 14:33:16 +0000

10 early Prime Day gaming monitor deals are live — beat the GPU bottleneck with deals on Samsung, Alienware, and MSI

Mon, 05 Oct 2026 14:33:04 +0000

Fix your setup bottleneck with early Prime Day gaming monitor deals. Save big on 1440p displays, high-refresh eSports screens, and curved monitors.

Amazon is dropping huge deals on robot lawn mowers ahead of Prime Day: Shop Dreame, Mammotion, and more

Mon, 05 Oct 2026 14:30:31 +0000

Early Prime Day deals have started dropping on select robot lawn mowers. Save on Dreame, Mammotion, and more models at Amazon.

I used GPT Image to edit an image instead of Photoshop, and it got closer than I expected

Mon, 05 Oct 2026 14:30:17 GMT

Not every edit needs a slider

Meet the Startup Battlefield 200 judges who’ll decide the winner at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026

Mon, 05 Oct 2026 14:30:00 +0000

Meet the final five Startup Battlefield judges who'll decide who wins the pitch competition at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026. Get your pass now to save up to $100, and get a second at 50% off.

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Prime Day deals on fitness trackers are live: Our favorite Garmin, Samsung, and Fitbit deals worth shopping early

Mon, 05 Oct 2026 14:29:26 +0000

Early Prime Day deals are already live on fitness trackers. Save on Garmin, Fitbit, and more ahead of the sale.

The new Dell XPS 13 is 'a rival to Apple's new budget-friendly MacBook Neo' — with $200 price drop at Best Buy

Mon, 05 Oct 2026 14:22:20 +0000

OpenAI’s chip chief tells More Than Moore he doesn’t fully trust AI design

Mon, 05 Oct 2026 14:17:02 +0000

OpenAI’s own AI models changed parts of its Jalapeño chip, and its engineers could not always say why. In one example, they saved more than 13% of die area, Richard Ho told I

Early Prime Day deals on speakers are live: Score huge discounts on Beats, Bose, JBL, and more

Mon, 05 Oct 2026 14:15:43 +0000

Early Prime Day deals are already live on speakers. Save on Beats, Bose, and more ahead of the sale.

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12 of the biggest hi-fi deals in Amazon's early Big Deal Days: AirPods, a Sony turntable and much more

Mon, 05 Oct 2026 14:08:08 +0000

This 1TB Samsung T9 portable SSD is £48 off and delivers transfer speeds of up to a blistering 2,000MB/s — and it's cheaper at Amazon than anywhere else right now

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

What’s Wrong With AI Safety Testing, and How to Fix It

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The idea that Anthropic, OpenAI and other AI companies could “embed” researchers from outside safety groups into their operations has been <a href="https://www.theinformation.com/articles/ai-safety-push-sparks-demand-watchdog-groups-critics-doubt-ind

Your expensive new router might be running worse than your old one due to one hidden setting

Mon, 05 Oct 2026 14:00:17 GMT

Using your new router's default channel settings could be ruining your Wi-Fi

I cleaned out my Google One storage and found 10GB I’d been paying to keep

Mon, 05 Oct 2026 14:00:15 GMT

It wasn't as difficult as I thought.

The final Disrupt Stage lineup: Three days of conversations you won’t hear anywhere outside of TechCrunch Disrupt 2026

Mon, 05 Oct 2026 14:00:00 +0000

The full TechCrunch Disrupt Stage lineup revealed, featuring Max Hodak, Mark Wahlberg, Benchmark partners, and more. Register now to save up to $100 on your pass and get a second at 50% off.

Dutch eyewear chain Hans Anders stops selling Meta’s Ray-Ban glasses

Mon, 05 Oct 2026 13:59:40 +0000

Hans Anders, one of the largest Dutch eyewear chains, has stopped selling Meta’s Ray-Ban smart glasses in the Netherlands and Belgium. The chain tol

Apple adds new Full Disk Access controls on Macs because of AI agents

Mon, 05 Oct 2026 13:50:50 +0000

Apple will add new controls to Full Disk Access on the Mac. Users will only be able to give an app that level of access “with very explicit user action”. The company

I've tested dozens of coffee makers, and these are my top 3 De'Longhi recommendations

Mon, 05 Oct 2026 13:50:45 +0000

Take $40 off the blistering Ryzen 7 9800X3D and get two freebies

Mon, 05 Oct 2026 13:47:51 +0000

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The real reason your keyboard has F1 through F12

Mon, 05 Oct 2026 13:45:14 GMT

Those keys are there for a reason.

Siri can index more of your personal data — here's how to limit it

Mon, 05 Oct 2026 13:45:00 +0000

If you're concerned about Apple's new digital assistant, here's how you can restrict its access to your data.

The best headphones and earbuds deals before October Prime Day — my favorite Bose headphones are on sale

Mon, 05 Oct 2026 13:42:53 +0000

Mashable's headphones expert sourced deals on headphones and earbuds live ahead of Prime Big Deal Days, which starts on Oct. 6.

The best AirPods deals ahead of October Prime Day: $79 AirPods are live

Mon, 05 Oct 2026 13:40:54 +0000

Amazon's October Prime Day is just around the corner. Here are the best AirPods deals leading up to the sale.

PwC and Cohere form an enterprise AI alliance, launching first in Canada

Mon, 05 Oct 2026 13:39:38 +0000

PwC and Cohere have announced a global alliance to sell secure enterprise AI, beginning in Canada, with no client, value or timeline disclosed. Cohere markets itself as a sovereign AI company while complet

AI glasses face their first major government crackdown

Mon, 05 Oct 2026 13:39:30 +0000

Slovenia’s .si domains hit 20,000 in a day after Trump renamed AI

Mon, 05 Oct 2026 13:37:48 +0000

Slovenia’s domain registry recorded 20,276 new .si web addresses in the 24 hours to Monday afternoon, the live counter on Register.si shows. The .si country code matches the initials of “sup

Walmarts Fall Deals event is live one day before October Prime Day

Mon, 05 Oct 2026 13:36:53 +0000

Walmart is holding a Fall Deals event from Oct. 5 through Oct. 11, which overlaps Prime Day. Save on tech, home, toys, and more.

I found 15 early October Prime Day earbuds deals that are worth buying: Shop Bose, Apple, Beats, and more

Mon, 05 Oct 2026 13:32:19 +0000

Early October Prime Day deals on earbuds are live from Bose, Apple, Beats, Soundcore, Baseus, and more

Mammotion’s Luba 3 AWD 3000 robot lawn mower is down to its best-ever price at Amazon — save over $1,000

Mon, 05 Oct 2026 13:26:19 +0000

Get the Mammotion Luba 3 AWD 3000 Robot Lawn Mower on sale for $2,109 at Amazon. Save 36% on this all-terrain, wire-free robot mower before the limited-time deal ends.

Apple will start limiting Mac disk access for developers due to risk of AI agents

Mon, 05 Oct 2026 13:25:00 +0000

Tencent scores 100,000 offshore AI chip deal with Oracle for $7 billion despite climbing prices

Mon, 05 Oct 2026 13:20:00 +0000

Rare Apple deal alert: The AI-friendly Apple Mac mini M5 Pro is over $100 off at Amazon

Mon, 05 Oct 2026 13:17:59 +0000

Get the best Apple deal at Amazon. Save $149.01 on the Apple 2026 Mac Mini Desktop at Amazon.

Dutch retailer Hans Anders halts sales of Meta Ray-Ban smart glasses over privacy concerns

Mon, 05 Oct 2026 13:16:24 +0000

Are phone coolers actually worth it?

Mon, 05 Oct 2026 13:15:00 +0000

Phone coolers will make the back of your phone cooler, but whether this has any practical effect depends on how hot the device is running.

Google says some Android apps need developer tuning on Intel Googlebooks

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

Google has said a small number of complex Android apps and games need developer tuning to run properly on the Intel versions of its new Googlebook laptops, which reached Britain, I

I've picked the 27 best gadget discounts in Currys' Epic Deals event

Mon, 05 Oct 2026 13:11:58 +0000

Apple AirPods 4 are now just $74 for Prime Day, but were still waiting for Amazon to match Walmart

Mon, 05 Oct 2026 13:11:18 +0000

Get the best Apple AirPods deal at Walmart. Save $50.99 on the Apple AirPods 4 at Walmart.

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