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Apple launches its new touchscreen MacBook Pro
Apple's new touchscreen MacBook Pro starts at $2,899
Apple announces touchscreen MacBook Pro with OLED display
The OLED display is the main draw, but the price is a lot to reckon with.
Watch Apple’s reveal video for the touchscreen MacBook Pro
Apple just announced its first touchscreen MacBook at its "Pro and tell" event on Wednesday. It showed off the long-awaited touchscreen in a video of the new MacBook Pro during th…
Hands-on with Apple’s touchscreen MacBook Pro
Steve Jobs famously called touchscreen laptops "ergonomically terrible," and for over a decade, Apple stridently refused to make one. Today that all changes with the MacBook Pro -…
Apple's redesigned MacBook Pro has an OLED touchscreen, weighs just three pounds
It could use a more distinctive name, though.
Here’s where you can preorder the new OLED-equipped iPad Mini
Apple's smallest tablet is getting a bigger screen. Earlier this week, the company announced the eighth-generation iPad Mini alongside several new MacBook Pro models, bringing OLE…
Plato raises $16M to build fake offices where AI agents learn real jobs
Plato raised a $16M Series A led by Nava Ventures, with Gradient Ventures and Microsoft AI chief Mustafa Suleyman joining. It pays professionals to recreate their jobs as simulati…
Instagram doesn’t have a plan to pay long-form video creators
Instagram is testing long-form videos (again) to lure in creatives from YouTube, but the platform hasn't figured out how (or if) it'll actually pay them. After Instagram head Adam…
Fake PS5 emulators on GitHub are spreading password-stealing malware
This is according to the threat research arm of NordVPN.
Google to Allow One-Tap Android App Installs From Approved Third-Party Stores Outside U.S.
Third-party Android app stores can now apply to Google for permission to install apps with one tap, without Android's usual confirmation screens, and to update them in the backgro…
Apple announces its first touchscreen MacBook Pro
Apple announced an all-new MacBook Pro laptop with an OLED touchscreen at its "Pro and tell" event on Wednesday. It starts at $2,899 for the 14-inch model, or $3,399 for the 16-in…
Chrome’s AI-powered Autofill can now dig through your Gmail to fill out forms
The autofill update lets Chrome pull flight confirmations, tracking info, order details, and other information from your inbox, with your permission.
As AI agents reshape the web, Google opens Gemini and Search to more apps
A new developer platform will let businesses bring their services to Google's AI experiences, potentially changing how consumers discover and use apps.
Xreal Aura is a new wired headset powered by Android XR
Xreal Aura will start at $1,279 and will have multiple XR specific launch apps at launch
The Xreal Aura smartglasses are now on sale for a discounted launch price
The new wearable is the first of its kind to run on the Android XR platform.
Chrome’s enhanced autofill can now pull info from Gmail to help you fill out forms
Following improvements made to Chrome's enhanced autofill last year that included your name, passport number, email address, and physical addresses sourced from your Google Accoun…
RapidCanvas buys Entytle to sell AI agents to industrial manufacturers
Austin-based RapidCanvas has bought Entytle, whose AI helps industrial equipment makers such as Baker Hughes and Veolia find parts and service sales across machines already in use…
Physical Intelligence in talks at a $20bn valuation, Bloomberg reports
Robotics AI startup Physical Intelligence is in talks to raise money at a valuation of about $20bn. It builds AI software that lets robots handle real-world tasks. Rebecca Torrenc…
Sony ISP subsidiary data breach exposes 2.5 million customer records
Sony Network Communications has confirmed a data breach that compromised approximately 2.5 million records containing current and former customers' personal information. [...]
Samsung’s first clip-on earbuds, the $229 Galaxy Buds On, reach the US
Samsung is bringing its first cuff-style earbuds, the $229 Galaxy Buds On, to the US on 6 November. They clip around the earlobe and leave the ear canal open. They last 9.5 hours,…
Touchscreen MacBook live blog: On the ground at Apple’s launch event
Apple has already had a busy week. On Monday, it announced a new iPad Mini with an upgraded OLED display, and on Tuesday, we got M6 chip upgrades for the MacBook Pro and iMac. The…
Waymo for Business now sends robotaxi receipts straight to Ramp
Waymo’s business riders no longer have to file their robotaxi receipts by hand. Waymo for Business now works with Ramp, the corporate card and expense software company, Waymo said…
New York governor signs AI chatbot child safety law
A separate law aims to shore up security on connected baby monitors.
All the news from Apple’s ‘Pro and tell’ event
Apple’s “Pro and tell” event kicks off at 1PM ET / 10AM PT on October 28th. The event comes just a couple of weeks after Apple debuted the HomeView, its first smart display, and a…