Thursday · November 12, 2026 Vol. I · No. 315
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Technology

Technology · Hardware & Devices

Qualcomm is making not one but two versions of its flagship Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 chip

That video capture is nothing to sneeze at.

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Motorola's new Signature 27 is among the first smartphone to use the Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 processor

Not bad for a quick refresh.

Technology · Hardware & Devices

How to set up 5.1 surround sound system for your Xbox

Your Xbox is surround-sound capable, and it's easy to enjoy 5.1 or even 7.1 immersive sound for your favorite titles.

TECHNOLOGY
Technology · Startups

Qualcomm launches two new smartphone chips with emphasis on AI

Qualcomm said that its new top chip can run 30B mixture-of-expert model locally.

Technology · Software & Apps

Tech Life

China is competing with the United States and other nations to develop AI.

TECHNOLOGY
Technology · Hardware & Devices

Motorola’s wild-looking Signature 27 runs Qualcomm’s new Extreme chipset

Motorola is the first company to announce a phone running Qualcomm's top-end Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 chip. The Signature 27 looks set to be Motorola's most advanced flags…

TECHNOLOGY
Technology · Hardware & Devices

Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 comes in an Extreme version too

Qualcomm has announced the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6, this year joined by the 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 too. The company describes both new phone chips as flagships, and the spec diffe…

TECHNOLOGY
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Apple clarifies that Texture and Grain controls are exclusive to the latest iPhones’ cameras

Apple's new texture and grain controls for stylizing photos will be more limited on older phones than initially expected. A confusingly worded press release from Apple indicated t…

Technology · Software & Apps

Microsoft disrupts AI-assisted platform that compromised 12,000 accounts

EvilTokens provided an end-to-end platform that makes mass compromises faster and easier.

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Technology · Hardware & Devices

Score free Pixel Buds 2A when you preorder a Googlebook at Best Buy

The Android-powered Googlebooks are coming soon, with familiar brands and specs that rival Windows Copilot machines. For anyone eager to get their hands on any the new laptops, th…

Technology · Software & Apps

Lawsuit demands OpenAI pay for new school after ChatGPT used in shooting

British Columbia sues OpenAI, demands Tumbler Ridge shooter’s ChatGPT logs.

TECHNOLOGY
Technology · Startups

Apple could take on Whoop with a new fitness tracker, report says

Apple may be developing a new fitness tracker as part of its new generation of hardware devices.

Technology · Startups

OpenAI names the four things it wants safety assessors to test

That access should enable assessors to challenge our assumptions, identify risks we may have missed, and reach their own conclusions about the effectiveness of our safeguards. Ope…

Technology · Startups

Meta jumps 11% as investors bet on its Muse agent

Meta’s shares closed up 11.43% at $741.25 on Monday as investors piled into the company’s bet on AI agents. Trading volume hit 48.5 million shares, well above the three-month aver…

Technology · Startups

OpenAI cuts GPT-6 prices in half with Sol and Luna

They are also half the price per token, and even less per task. Sam Altman wrote that on X on Tuesday, about GPT-6 Sol and GPT-6 Luna. OpenAI released both models the same afterno…

TECHNOLOGY
Technology · Cybersecurity

ShinyHunters claims FBI hack, data theft in PeopleSoft zero-day breach

The ShinyHunters extortion gang claims it breached FBI systems using a new Oracle PeopleSoft zero-day vulnerability, gaining access to internal services and stealing sensitive dat…

Technology · Hardware & Devices

Anthropic and OpenAI announce more powerful (and cheaper) AI models

I thought we were supposed to be slowing down the frontier.

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Technology · Startups

Meta admits Muse’s likeness to OpenClaw isn’t a coincidence

Meta says Muse was built from scratch, but acknowledges the AI assistant was "heavily inspired" by OpenClaw — down to some of its workspace filenames and content.

Technology · Software & Apps

Adobe Premiere finally brings powerful video editing to Android, and it's free

You don't even need a Creative Cloud login to edit clips, but AI features cost extra.

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Trump tells the UN that AI is now ‘super intelligence’

Donald Trump used his address to the UN General Assembly in New York on Tuesday to give artificial intelligence a new name. From now on, he said, US government documents would cal…

Technology · Startups

Coinspaid Dev’s Alexey Tulia on engineering leadership when AI reaches production

Alexey Tulia, Executive Leader at Coinspaid Dev, discussed the changing role of engineers and CTOs during the AI Impact in Engineering panel at Tech Race Summit 2026 in Warsaw. Hi…

Technology · Startups

Legora’s CEO says Europe should not build a frontier AI lab

I think a lot of it is marketing, to overemphasize the proposed capabilities. Max Junestrand said that in Amsterdam on Tuesday. He was asked about the summer’s run of incidents in…

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Hacking group ShinyHunters claims it breached the FBI, stole agents’ and applicants’ data

The theft of agents' personal information could present a major counterintelligence threat, where agents and their families are extorted into cooperating with a foreign government.

Technology · Hardware & Devices

How to use Google's Find Hub to locate your Android phone

Is your Android phone missing? Here's how you can use Find Hub to look for it.