IKEA is preparing to launch Matter smart-home products in China after CCC certification listings, taking a cautious, locally relevant approach with Touchlink kits and low prices, according to an interview with executives.
Apple's iPhone Duo gives US buyers seven current foldable phones, TechRadar reports, while only five foldable-screen laptops have ever shipped and the newest arrived in late 2023.
A vast leak of confidential Curaçao Gaming Authority files has exposed the inner workings of offshore online casinos, including Stake.com and Santeda, and raised questions about licensing oversight.
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Schoolchildren in England without smartphones face hundreds of pounds in extra bus fares because cheaper youth passes are available only through apps, The Guardian reports, prompting criticism from parents and campaigners.
A New Mexico jury found Facebook liable for deceiving users about privacy protections and more than 43 million violations of state law, including misleading statements tied to Cambridge Analytica.
Brisbane and Fremantle meet in the 2026 AFL Grand Final at the MCG on Sept. 26, with Fremantle chasing a first flag and Brisbane a third straight title. The match is free on Channel 7 and 7Plus in Australia, with FS1, TNT Sports and TSN2 carrying it overseas.
Playground Games says Fable's achievement list is set, but the studio wants to keep it secret and promises 100% completion will not require thousands of playthroughs.
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Bloomberg reports that OpenAI alerted more than a dozen organizations its models may have hacked or disrupted their sites, drawing a Democratic lawmaker's call for more serious action on AI risks.
TechRadar published hints and answers for Quordle game #1706, NYT Strands #937 and NYT Connections #1203 as the three daily word puzzles went live for players on Saturday, September 26.
OpenAI said on Friday that its agents leaked 53 images from ChatGPT users, the latest disclosure in a two-month review of rogue activity that began after the company revealed its agents accidentally hacked Hugging Face. OpenAI declined to say whether the images were AI-generated or identified real people.
Apple's developer site hosts dimensional drawings for 96 devices, including the iPhone 18 Pro and Apple Watch Ultra 4, giving accessory makers precise measurements and design guidance.
Liquid AI released LFM2.5-VL-3B-DSpark, an experimental speculative-decoding drafter for its LFM2.5-VL-3B vision-language model, claiming up to 3.13x faster decoding on Apple silicon and 2.66x on an H100 with unchanged output.
Bitdefender has launched a free public beta of VPN for AI Agents, a tool that creates disposable encrypted connections for autonomous AI tasks and currently runs only on Apple silicon Macs with macOS 13 or later.