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Video Glasses Make 3D Movies Worth Watching Again, The Verge Reports
The Verge says video glasses finally make 3D movies compelling, but high-quality 3D copies remain hard to buy or stream.
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The Verge says video glasses finally make 3D movies compelling, but high-quality 3D copies remain hard to buy or stream.
Engadget's October 3 indie roundup leads with Star Wars: Galactic Racer, set for October 6, and also covers Sifu on mobile, Coffee Stain showcase news and Toem 2.
Engadget reported on Oct. 3, 2026, that the Nintendo 3DS remains appealing for portability and its game library, but rising used prices, closed online services and costly physical games make it a harder purchase for first-time buyers.
Engadget published a guide on Oct. 3, 2026, describing how old Android phones can be repurposed as kitchen displays, smart-home panels, offline GPS devices, monitors and gaming handhelds.
iQiyi and Changxin Media's AIGC-produced web film series "Soul Ferry: Floating Life Dreams" passed 10 million yuan in cumulative revenue share on Oct. 3, two days after its third installment launched, Leiphone reported.
Apple deals: $500 off 2TB M5 Pro MacBook Pro, AirTag 2 at $24, Beats 360 offers, HomeKit and charger discounts.
Android Authority spent a week testing Google's AI battery summaries on a Pixel 11 Pro XL. The tool names the apps draining your battery in plain English, but the reviewer says it needs deeper data and predictions to change how people actually use their phones.
TechRadar reported that Amazon's Oct. 6-7 Prime Day may bring discounts on color ereaders, including Kindle Colorsoft and Scribe Colorsoft, while Kobo, PocketBook and BOOX offer alternatives.
Mike Flanagan's modern-day adaptation of Stephen King's Carrie lands on Prime Video on October 7, with all eight episodes released at once, according to TechRadar.
TechRadar's weekly roundup covers Amazon's refreshed Fire TV Stick 4K, the privacy trade-offs of Meta's Muse AI agent, Peloton's claim that treadmill cameras beat smartwatches, Vivo's phone teleconverter lens and the Freckle kids' phone.
Android Authority tested four phones across Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 family. Galaxy S26 Ultra led CPU, POCO F9 Pro had best GPU stability, and POCO phones ran hottest.
Apple's first foldable iPhone, the iPhone Duo, has a wider passport-style design, and Android Authority says Android makers are likely to follow. Samsung and Motorola are already moving in that direction, while Android foldables may keep adding features Apple lacks.
Samsung's Good Lock Nice Shot module adds a delete button to the screenshot toolbar, letting users remove unwanted shots.
Psychologist Cindra Kamphoff, who coaches elite athletes, published a September book of techniques for managing performance anxiety, among them a mimed toilet flush used by a former Minnesota Vikings receiver after a 2020 playoff fumble.
Thrustmaster has announced the T-GT III steering wheel for PS4 and PS5, its first Direct Axial Drive bundle built for Gran Turismo 7, priced at $749.99 and launching December 3.
TDS Studio reviews CMF Clip Pro, the sub-brand's first clip-on earbuds, covering design, controls, LDAC, battery, calls and sound.
Utopai Studios' self-developed model Utopai X ranked second on Artificial Analysis's text-to-video with audio leaderboard as of Sept. 30, behind Wan 3.0 and ahead of Dreamina Seedance 2.5. The Mountain View-based AI-native film company is integrating the model with its PAI production platform across films and series planned for 2027.
IBM releases self-hosted Bob for on-prem, sovereign cloud and air-gapped agentic software development, with customers bringing supported models.
Prime Intellect has launched Prime Inference, a platform serving frontier open-source models through serverless endpoints and reserved GPU capacity, with GLM-5.3 running on GB200 NVL72 systems.
Microsoft AI launched MAI-Transcribe-2-Streaming, a real-time speech-to-text model ranked first by Artificial Analysis.
TypeSafe AI's Jev returns typed choices, scores and probabilities instead of generated text, pushing decision AI models into the mainstream. Fastino Labs and open-source developers have followed, while early evals show competitive accuracy at much lower cost and latency.
TechRadar says Amazon Australia shoppers should wait for discounts on Ninja, Dyson and Breville, not full price.
TypeSafe AI CEO Diogo Almeida discussed Jev in a Latent Space interview as QuantumBit reported the decision-making model at a $10 billion valuation, arguing reliability is the key to AI automation.
Apple is changing macOS privacy settings after a columnist said Meta's AI agent Muse referenced his Apple Messages without permission.