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TechRadar's six-month review of the $299 Bird Buddy 2 smart feeder praises its solar roof, 2K video and app, while flagging missed sightings and a premium price.
Ninja's Pod & Grounds Coffee Maker is $30 off at Amazon for International Coffee Day, now $99.98, with four brew styles.
IO Interactive has launched 007 First Light's first free DLC, Extended Operations, with Update 1.3.0, adding New Game Plus, Photo Mode, a new Jungle Heist mission, a 00 difficulty, the Valhalla Protocol, new weapons, outfits, and over 700 fixes.
Airbnb has launched AI-powered search in its fall update, and CEO Brian Chesky tells TechCrunch that chatbots are not the right interface for travel discovery, while AI agents may need a new operating system and agent-to-agent interoperability.
Newsom vetoes California wearable recording bill, citing overly broad definitions.
German premium audio maker Loewe has announced the aura.matic, a £5,000 luxury espresso machine with twin bean hoppers, twin grinders and 18 customisable drinks, on sale later this year.
ESPN begins 4K HDR streaming in the US on iOS and Apple TV, with more platforms planned before the Super Bowl.
In a TechRadar article, Even Realities' founder and CEO argues that AI hardware makers must treat privacy as a design constraint from the beginning, especially as camera-equipped smart glasses create trust problems for wearers and bystanders.
TechRadar on October 1 flagged an HP OmniBook with an Intel Core 5 315 CPU and Wi-Fi 7 at $450 off, plus a 16-core Xeon mini PC from Newegg under $300.
According to 9to5Mac, iPadOS 27.2 will arrive later this month with a Siri contextual popup for selected text and user profiles in the Apple TV app.
Amazon has discounted Belkin’s 10,000mAh Qi2 15W Slim Magnetic Power Bank to $59.99 from $74.99, according to Android Authority. The $15 price cut is 20% off retail and the best deal the publication has seen on the accessory this year.
OpenAI introduced Dots, a GPT-6 Astra agent, at DevDay, pitching it as a professional tool against Meta's free Muse agent. Dots is limited to ChatGPT Pro users at $20 a month and up, while Muse is free to anyone with a Meta account.
At its World Tour London event, Snowflake said becoming a truly agentic enterprise rests on data foundations, model choice and an 'agentic control plane' that ties AI agents into core operations.
A Game Informer cover story has revealed new Grand Theft Auto 6 details, including a map twice as large as GTA 5's world, 170 animal species, a re-engineered weather system, and expanded NPC systems. TechRadar reported the disclosures ahead of launch.
IKEA and Xbox have launched the YXSTABY gaming furniture collection, a range that turns controller parts into seating and storage, and it goes on sale today in the US and UK.
Corsair's Harpoon v2 Wireless gaming mouse is $49.99 at Amazon, a $20 discount from its $69.99 list price, Android Authority reports.
Android Authority's October 2026 roundup features Adobe Premiere's long-awaited Android debut, plus SongFlip, Memoria, Rowtine and a long-delayed Material Files update.
TechRadar has begun a live build-up page for pre-orders of a new limited edition DualSense controller themed around Lisa, promising readers early links to bookmark. The page is being run by TechRadar Gaming's managing editor.
Walmart is expanding light-up digital shelf labels and new app tools to help shoppers and workers find products faster across U.S. stores, CNBC reports.
RoseBerry Media is recutting Neighbours into vertical microdramas for Epis, Variety reported Monday.
AOC has announced the Agon Pro AGP257FT, a 24.5-inch Full HD gaming monitor with a native 1,000Hz refresh rate and 1,050Hz overclock, set for Q1 2027 with pricing to be confirmed.
BBC One began airing The Celebrity Traitors: Uncloaked season 2 on October 1, with all ten episodes also free on BBC iPlayer. The companion show, hosted by Ed Gamble, is unavailable to stream in the US, Canada and Australia.
Mike Flanagan’s eight-episode Carrie series, his first project for Amazon’s Prime Video, retells Stephen King’s horror classic while making an anonymous Instagram account and online harassment central to Carrie White’s high school nightmare.
HP has announced the OmniBook 5 14, a $699.99 Windows laptop with OLED across configurations, up to Intel Core 7, and a 42-hour battery claim. The company also introduced the ProBook 4 G2iS business notebook.