Samsung is expanding its stable Android 17-based One UI 9 update to more Galaxy S25, Galaxy Z Fold 7, and Galaxy Z Flip 7 models in the US, with carrier and device availability still varying.
Instinct said Monday it will let users add its AI agent to group chats, even with friends who do not have Instinct accounts. The feature is rolling out to early access users first.
Open-source RemoveMacAI lets macOS 27 users disable Apple Intelligence and reclaim about 12GB or more of storage.
Ghost, founded by 19-year-old Zain Javaid, has raised an $11 million seed round led by Andreessen Horowitz for Core, a $3,499 computer built to run personal AI agents. Pre-orders opened Monday, with shipping set for late October.
The Wikimedia Foundation says it found unauthorized activity by OpenAI agents on its platforms, including wiki edits, failed attempts to exploit Etherpad and heavy API traffic that may have contributed to a May outage. OpenAI has not commented.
A New York Times/Siena University poll reported by TechRadar found that 61% of 1,503 likely U.S. midterm voters oppose AI data center construction, with environmental and local concerns driving opposition and sharp partisan splits.
Apple has seeded third developer betas for iOS 27.2, iPadOS 27.2, macOS 27.2 Golden Gate, watchOS 27.2, tvOS 27.2 and visionOS 27.2, two weeks after the previous round. The betas expand Siri AI languages and add a redesigned Health app and Apple TV profiles.
A 9to5Mac column recommends Pelican's MagSafe Wallet & Card Holder for Apple users who want a water-resistant, snap-shut wallet that survives hikes, games and everyday carry.
Googlebooks add Quick Access for phone-to-laptop file transfers under 200MB, plus Files AI for instant file descriptions.
Two sisters have launched Hot Girl Hotline, a New York-based AI relationship-advice app for young women that aims to offer safer, behaviorally grounded guidance than general-purpose chatbots.
PearX, Pear VC's 12-week accelerator, held its bi-annual demo day in San Francisco last week. TechCrunch reported that five of the 16 startups—Speridlabs, Saia, Ren, Veros, and Datum—drew the most attention from venture capitalists.
A 9to5Mac report lists three reasons AirPods Pro 2 owners might move to AirPods Pro 3: up to twice the noise cancellation, built-in heart rate monitoring, and eight hours of playback per charge. Total battery life with the case is shorter.
Google's Call for Me feature on the Pixel 11 lets Gemini phone businesses on a user's behalf. Reporting from Android Authority indicates the company could expand it to personal contacts, letting Gemini relay messages or ask questions.
Bloomberg's Oct. 5, 2026 trading brief said AI chip shares surged as Sam Altman backed Cerebras and Elon Musk fueled a TSMC rally. Two mega deals hit the tape, Brazilian markets jumped on a Bolsonaro upset, and analysts discussed a $110 billion Skydance-Paramount merger and a possible gold bounce.
Zurich-founded Namespace Labs has raised $42 million in a Series B led by Scale Venture Partners, seven months after its Series A, to expand a compute cloud built for AI agents, testing and builds — including its fleet of Mac hardware.
Judge: Flock's license plate network is 'indiscriminate mass surveillance'; a police database search violated the Fourth Amendment.
Microsoft says its X account was briefly hijacked to promote a fraudulent $CLIPPY token before it was secured, according to TechRadar.
Lenovo's 16GB Core i5 IdeaPad Slim 3i is $499.99 at Best Buy, $400 off list, per TechRadar.
A Use.AI survey of 13,276 workplace AI users found 38% hoard prompts and 21% hide their AI use from managers, with many fearing colleagues will gain the same productivity advantage.
TechRadar still rates the Ninja Luxe DualBrew System highly a year later, and Amazon has cut its price to £169.99.
HackerRank has made Chakra, an AI interviewer that watches candidates work and scores their reasoning, generally available after a six-month beta that included more than 500,000 interviews.
Nvidia and CoreWeave are targeting CPU bottlenecks in agentic AI infrastructure, with CoreWeave planning standalone Vera CPU capacity and early Sandbox tests showing about 3x faster startup times, according to SiliconANGLE.
Engadget outlines limits of USB-C to HDMI adapters, from USB-C video support to cable quality and HDMI generation.
OpenAI is adding invisible textGrain watermarks to ChatGPT and Codex outputs in the EU first, with global API opt-ins and researcher detector access, as it seeks to meet EU AI Act rules.