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Retail giant Ahold Delhaize takes systems offline after cyberattack
Retail giant Ahold Delhaize, one of the world's largest food retail chains, confirmed today that it had to take some systems offline in response to a "cybersecurity incident" affe…
The tech behind your car's adaptive cruise control
Despite the fact that it functions using a basic camera-and-radar system, adaptive cruise control has proven to have significant influence over driving habits.
DeepSeek to lead seed round in $400mn robot AI start-up, Bloomberg reports
DeepSeek has agreed to lead the first funding round for Winverse AI, a start-up building AI for robots, Bloomberg reported, citing people familiar with the matter. The seed round …
How long can you expect an Amazon Kindle to last?
Amazon will support your Kindle for a while, but it should last much longer than that if you take care of it.
The OnePlus 16 is the company’s most interesting phone in years
Today the OnePlus 16 launched in China, the company's first flagship phone since quitting both the US and European markets this summer. As luck would have it, it also looks like t…
Nigerian fintech OPay files for New York IPO, Semafor reports
Pay, a Nigerian payments and lending app, has filed to list on the New York Stock Exchange, Yinka Adegoke reported for Semafor. Earlier reports put its likely valuation at about $…
GitLab warns of max severity code execution vulnerability
GitLab warned users today to immediately patch a maximum-severity vulnerability in the CI/CD Regular Expression Compiler that could let remote attackers run arbitrary code on targ…
Google announces the Fitbit Edge, a middle ground between Pixel Watch 5 and Fitbit Air
The Fitbit Edge offers more than the Air, but it's not a real smartwatch.
Microsoft’s new AI chip makes it less reliant on Nvidia’s GPUs
Microsoft is announcing its third-generation Maia in-house AI chip today, designed to be the "primary AI inference system" for Microsoft's products and services. Maia 300 not only…
The Fitbit Edge is for folks who don’t want to go totally screenless
The Fitbit Edge may not be Google's best-kept fitness-tracking secret, but as of today, its existence is official. The tracker sits smack-dab between the recently launched Fitbit …
CMF’s first wireless speakers look like musical milk cartons
The CMF Speaker Series are the first portable Bluetooth speakers from the budget-focused brand that Nothing created but is in the process of spinning off into an India-based stand…
Google teams up with menstrual health tracker Flo to develop new wellness hardware and sync apps
Flo Health users will able to sync their cycle data with the Google Health app starting early next year.
Google brings Health Guardian to the Fitbit Air and Edge, and expands automatic activity tracking
The company announced new health features for its wearables along with a new band for the Fitbit Air.
Google's sleek new Fitbit Edge is packed with health features and a replaceable battery
The Fitbit Edge will be in stores starting October 27 for $179.99.
Former Plaud exec raises $26M for AI app that listens to you in the background
Ambi is releasing apps for iPhone, Mac, and Apple Watch that enables ambient capture
What you can do when your Ethernet cable gets stuck
Ethernet cables are popular among PC gamers and people who favor a wired connection. However, they can get stuck, and this is what you can do if that happens.
Inside Amazon’s robotic arms race and what it means for the future of human work
The second-largest corporate employer has bet big on robot workers to scale.
How is Microsoft's Magnetic Connect different from Apple's MagSafe for MacBooks?
Magnetic Connect and MagSafe for MacBooks have a lot in common, but the Magnetic Connect charger brings more versatility.
AI minister warns 'likely' UK's cyber defences will be breached
Kanishka Narayan said the government will use advanced AI to strengthen the UK against cyber attacks.
Loops raises $3.5M to build the AI operating system for commerce
Online shopping has become very good at showing people thousands of products and surprisingly bad at helping them choose one. Loops was built around the idea that AI can collapse …
8BitDo Ultimate 2 review: The best Switch 2 controller out there
Everything is within reach on 8BitDo's Ultimate 2, even for small hands.
How Apple can win the smart home
This week, Apple is hosting its first-ever dedicated smart home event. While the company hasn't shared details about what it will reveal at the "Welcome Home experience" in New Yo…
Microsoft: Windows 11 23H2 reaches end of support in 30 days
Microsoft has reminded customers that systems running Windows 11 23H2 Enterprise, Education, and IoT Enterprise editions will stop receiving security updates next month. [...]
Bring Your Own Agent: Your Employees' Assistants Are Already Logged In
The personal AI agents rollout is going about as smoothly as expected: Amazon now blocks Meta's Muse because it doesn't identify itself as a bot while browsing; Instinct keeps rai…