The Atari 800XL is returning as a hybrid console and computer with HDMI, USB ports, 25 built-in games and a $220 price. Preorders are open, with shipments set for April 23, 2027.
The Guardian reports astronomers have detected FRB 20240304B, the most distant fast radio burst yet recorded, which traveled over 10 billion years from a young galaxy.
SpaceXAI is joining the Omacom Foundation as a founding corporate patron and donating $1.5 million in Grok tokens to David Heinemeier Hansson's Omarchy Linux project, The Verge reported.
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Microsoft has unveiled the Surface Laptop Ultra, a $2,599 professional laptop powered by Nvidia's RTX Spark platform and Blackwell graphics. Shipping starts October 16, 2026, with configurations up to $5,899.99 and 128GB unified memory.
The second annual VRT Awards took place October 6 at the Edison Ballroom in Manhattan and will stream free on Philo in the US from October 9. Winners included Ariana Biermann, Meredith Marks and Luann de Lesseps, while viewers abroad may need a VPN to watch.
TechRadar Managing Editor Josephine Watson says Amazon's Alexa Tablet could win her back after her disappointment with the first Kindle Fire, according to an article published on October 8, 2026.
OpenAI told investors its annualized revenue is approaching $50 billion, below a widely reported $68 billion figure, sending Nvidia, Oracle and CoreWeave shares lower. USA Today sued OpenAI over training data, mathematicians questioned its latest proofs, and Arena raised at a $3.1 billion valuation.
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Google unveiled a unified Gemini agent that can plan and complete work on a user's behalf, launching first for businesses before a later consumer rollout, per a TechCrunch report.
Amazon unveiled three Alexa-branded tablets starting at $230, dropping the 15-year-old Fire name and, for the first time, shipping tablets with certified Android 16 and the Google Play Store.
AT&T subscribers reported receiving unexpected password-change texts and emails early Thursday, many arriving around the same time. No account compromise has been confirmed, and the carrier has been asked to explain the notifications.
TechRadar reports the Asus ZenDrive external DVD writer is down to $37.88 at Amazon, about 16% off, offering a portable way to read and burn CDs and DVDs on computers without an optical drive.
Microsoft's 2026 Surface Pro, a 13-inch Snapdragon X2 Elite 2-in-1 with 16GB of RAM and a 1TB SSD, is discounted $450 to $1,649.99 on Amazon, according to TechRadar.
Apple TV has unveiled the trailer for season 2 of its golf comedy 'Stick,' which returns November 4 with Owen Wilson as a former pro golfer chasing an unlikely comeback.
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Anthropic updated its usage policy on Thursday, banning sustained abuse of Claude and codifying restrictions on election interference, weapons software and surveillance.
Liquid AI is building personal AI that runs on phones, wearables, PCs and cars rather than in the cloud, COO Jeffrey Li said at the Fully Connected event, outlining a device-level context layer and a Mercedes-Benz collaboration.