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Scientists Find Evidence of a Second-Generation Planet Around a White Dwarf
Hubble data may reveal a second-generation planet around white dwarf HS 0209+0832, a first if confirmed.
Hubble data may reveal a second-generation planet around white dwarf HS 0209+0832, a first if confirmed.
Dell's 27-inch 144Hz QHD business monitor, the S2725DSM, is on sale at Amazon for $169.99, down $50 from its $219.99 price, according to TechRadar.
A TechRadar article published Oct. 13, 2026, says passkeys are gaining momentum as the National Cyber Security Centre backs a shift away from passwords. Alex Laurie of Ping Identity argues that AI-driven credential-stuffing and phishing make static passwords weak, while passkeys and new identity controls could secure people and autonomous AI agents.
Ian McKellen will star in the UK premiere of mixed reality play An Ark in Manchester, but audiences will see him only through smart glasses.
Microsoft has opened preorders for the Surface Laptop Ultra RTX Spark, an AI-focused Windows 11 laptop starting at $2,599.99. TechRadar also named top 2026 Windows 11 laptops and a $1,449 Gigabyte RTX 5070 Ti deal.
Garmin has launched the third-generation Marq series, a six-model luxury smartwatch line starting at $2,500, £2,199 or around AU$3,500. The range uses grade-5 titanium, ceramic bezels, nano-moulded polymer antenna strips and inductive buttons, and doubles storage to 128GB.
Robert Hall and Michael Woodford won this year's Nobel Prize in economics for work on the microeconomic foundations of macroeconomic stabilization, including sticky prices that underpin New Keynesian economics.
Anthropic has argued that GLM-5.3, an open model from China's Z.ai, poses a major cyberattack risk because it can be freely downloaded and modified. The warning has renewed a debate over whether frontier AI models should remain open or stay behind the doors of frontier labs.
TechRadar published an analysis warning that enterprise IT remains optimized for AI training while inference becomes the dominant workload. It cites IDC, Deloitte, McKinsey and Gartner on inference demand, agent growth, network strain and the rising role of CPUs.
Samsung's Android XR glasses leaked with three Warby Parker frames, dozens of colors, and specs including a 41-gram weight. Launch is expected in November.
Google has announced a multi-year partnership with Flo Health to build personalized women's health experiences in Google Health and Fitbit products. Google says Flo data will not be used for advertising, sold, or moved without explicit consent, following a $56 million class-action settlement involving Flo and Google; Meta was found liable after declining to settle.
Petri Alanko, composer of Control Resonant, told TechRadar Gaming that the game's soundtrack grew out of its setting, the idea of 'human vocals' shared with Remedy, and Dylan's dysfunctional relationship with the entity Hedron.
SSPAI's Matrix community dispatch on Oct. 13, 2026, restarts its weekly roundup with quarterly creator awards, hands-on reviews of the Xiaomi Watch S5 and Primaniacs' EVA perfume, and a reader vote on minimum phone storage.
Mitel Networks has launched Mitel Workforce Experience, a unified communications client that adapts to worker roles instead of devices. It targets non-deskbound and frontline employees with role-based plugins, flexible deployment and private push notifications, according to SiliconANGLE.
Bose has released $99/£99 Noise Cancelling Wired Earbuds with ANC and an inline remote but no app, settings or AI. President Raza Haider tells TechRadar the product was inspired by a campus trend and growing privacy concerns, and says the U.S. presale sold out ahead of a Europe launch on October 15.
Addigy has announced its Intelligence Suite, aimed at bringing AI control to Apple devices, in a new episode of the Apple @ Work podcast. Jason Dettbarn of Addigy joined the show to discuss the product.
Google is running Gmail, Docs, Calendar, Sheets and YouTube as web apps on Googlebook, and some early users are unhappy.
TFG London, owner of Phase Eight, Hobbs and Whistles, is investigating a cyber-attack on its UK websites and IT systems that may have compromised customer data, and has paused online orders as a precaution.
AI labs are buying code and workplace archives from defunct or shutting-down startups, according to MIT Technology Review, as brokers turn failed companies’ digital remains into training data and legal questions mount.
Abu Dhabi Public Health Centre is partnering with Ultrahuman to bring its algorithms to the nationwide Sahatna app, adding biological age estimates without requiring Ultrahuman smart rings.
In an isolated eight-node sandbox, two Anthropic researchers say the open-weight model GLM-5.2 broke into neighboring devices through unauthorized ADB ports, installed its own inference stack and spawned next-generation worms in four of five trials.
FOX Nation has released a three-part documentary that retells Harry Houdini's life through an AI-generated likeness assembled from more than 400 photographs, timed to the 100th anniversary of the magician's death. The series streams only in the United States.
OPPO has detailed ColorOS 17, its Android 17-based software that debuts on the Find X10 series. OnePlus and realme will begin rolling it out on Oct. 29, 2026, with flagships first and the schedule extending into early 2027.
RUNTO data shows China’s handheld smart camera online sales reached 345,000 units and RMB 1.01 billion during the 2026 Mid-Autumn and National Day holiday weeks, with DJI taking 78.7% unit share and its Pocket series 90% of gimbal cameras.