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Google has announced the Fitbit Edge, a fitness tracker positioned between the Pixel Watch 5 and Fitbit Air. It has a 1.34-inch OLED display, week-long battery life, and more health sensors than the Air, at about half the price of the Pixel Watch 5.
Honeyjar, founded by veteran PR executives, is offering AI tools to automate public relations and communications tasks. The startup, attending TechCrunch Disrupt, has drawn 10,000 waitlist signups and beta users including Nextdoor.
IDC: Q3 2026 PC shipments fell 20.1% to 62.7 million units, the worst third quarter on record, as AI-driven memory costs squeeze demand.
Cisco and Nvidia unveiled silicon, open rack designs and optical modules at OCP Summit to ease AI data-center scaling.
XGIMI has launched the Horizon 30 Pro, Max and Ultra Max, three Google TV projectors with RGB triple-laser light, 4K/120Hz support and higher brightness. US pre-orders start at $1,899.
Beats confirmed a Pokémon collaboration for its Beats Pill Bluetooth speaker with a teaser, after a Pikachu version appeared in Target social posts earlier this month.
A US custom PC maker says retail GPU prices are set to rise significantly, as reports point to higher AMD VRAM costs, rising component prices and Nvidia diverting GB202 chips away from the RTX 5090.
US-listed medtech Stryker is set to invest around $400m in UK robotic surgery company CMR Surgical, with an option to acquire it outright and exclusive US sales rights for its robot-assisted surgery system.
NordVPN has added Call and Message Protection to iOS and launched HangUp, a free standalone iPhone app for blocking spam calls. HangUp requires only a free Nord account, not a VPN subscription.
Apple reportedly raised iPhone Duo supply-chain orders by 30% ahead of Friday pre-orders, with 2026 supply nearing 10 million units.
Ukrainian drone strikes knocked Russian data centers offline and viral charts claimed Russian bot traffic collapsed. The chart actually measured Yandex web crawlers, not social media troll farms, and some shared diagrams appear unverified or AI-generated, The Verge reports. Yandex Pay remains offline.
Google has made the switch from the Fitbit app to Google Health mandatory, prompting a non-dismissable update notice and complaints from users who say key tracking features have disappeared.
Microsoft unveiled Maia 300, its third-generation AI chip, aiming to cut reliance on Nvidia for AI inference.
Surfshark's early Black Friday deal offers its One VPN plan at Starter pricing for 15- and 27-month subscriptions.
Google has unveiled the Fitbit Edge, a $179.99 hybrid tracker between the Fitbit Air and Pixel Watch, with a larger OLED screen, GPS, health sensors and a replaceable battery. It also announced Health Guardian updates, automatic activity tracking improvements and a Flo Health partnership.
French supermarket chains said a cyberattack forced their refrigeration systems to shut down, Le Monde reported on 12 October 2026, without naming the retailers or the attackers.
Mistlabs has raised $26 million and launched its Ambi ambient AI app out of beta on Apple devices, offering real-time suggestions while leaving third-party disclosure questions unresolved.
Amazon operates more than 1 million warehouse robots and plans to expand its fleet, even as labor advocates and researchers question how AI-driven automation affects the more than 1.5 million people who work alongside them.
Citroen unveiled a retro electric 2 CV concept at the Paris Motor Show 2026, targeting a 2028 launch near $15,000.
Microsoft is embedding Word, Excel and PowerPoint editing and sharing inside Copilot, starting with Frontier users.
Apple released its first foldable iPhone Duo on Sept. 10, 2026, entering a market Huawei has led for eight years, according to Leiphone. Huawei's Mate X7 and earlier foldables remain dominant, with IDC showing a 60% China share in Q1 2026.
Apple is expected to unveil a smart home display and refreshed HomePod Mini and Apple TV at its first smart home event.
Loops Smart AI has raised $3.5 million in seed funding led by a16z speedrun to expand a unified AI layer for online retailers, combining search, shopping assistance, product data enrichment and virtual try-on.
Microsoft's Surface Laptop Ultra introduces Magnetic Connect, a magnetic charging port built on USB-C Power Delivery that can also carry data and peripherals, unlike Apple's proprietary MagSafe.