Flock CEO Garrett Langley used a TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 appearance to defend his company's license plate reading cameras, saying privacy concerns should not halt the technology, and disputed how much audio its devices capture.
TechRadar: $199 HP Walmart laptop is not good, but free Microsoft 365 worth $70 makes it more appealing.
Hikvision won the 2026 CIIF Industrial Automation Award for its AI-powered ultrasonic inspection technology. At the Shanghai fair, it showcased more than 100 industrial digitalization products and launched over a dozen new products, including 3D AXI inspection equipment and large-model-based monitoring and safety systems.
Walmart has cut the Gigabyte Gaming A16 Pro, a 16-inch laptop with an Nvidia RTX 5070 Ti GPU, 32GB of DDR5 RAM and an Intel Core 7 240H, to $1,449 from $2,149.99, saving $700.99, according to TechRadar.
A survey of 6,300 European online banking users found 26% had switched banks over poor digital services. Banks are using AI and generative AI to deliver real-time personalized recommendations, communication and support.
TechRadar reports that Google has begun automatically linking Android users’ phone numbers to all signed-in Google accounts, drawing privacy complaints. Users can disable the feature, but already-linked numbers remain unless removed manually.
Nvidia plans to invest in five more UK startups working on AI drug discovery, infrastructure and quantum computing, Sifted reports, extending its European push.
Samsung: foldable searches up 300% in four weeks around Apple's iPhone Duo launch; Galaxy Z Fold 8 demand up 16%.
A TechRadar article by Wasabi's vice president of cloud strategy argues that enterprises focused on GPU compute must also optimize storage across the AI lifecycle, including data mobility, security and predictable costs.
Motorola says the Signature 27 is scheduled to get up to seven major Android OS updates and bi-monthly security updates for up to seven years, according to Android Authority, which notes the pledge does not match Pixel or Galaxy flagships on monthly patches.
YouTube is reportedly in talks with publishers to launch a dedicated audiobooks feature, possibly included with its $16-a-month Premium plan and arriving as soon as 2027.
Shaoshupai editors reviewed a ZTE RedCap portable Wi-Fi, OnePlus 16, a MUJI mug and a Chiikawa toy, focusing on prices, battery life, connectivity and daily usefulness.
Microsoft's compact, rechargeable Xbox Nano Controller launches November 4 at $49.99/£44.99, with pre-orders open and holiday offers tied to Samsung TVs and Meta Quest.
AI infrastructure engineers in China are seeing sharp pay gains, with top talent earning up to 8 million yuan a year as model makers chase GPU cost savings, a Leiphone report says.
As cold and flu season runs from October through May, NPR News shares a prep kit list from a pediatrician and pharmacist, including symptom-specific medications, hydration supplies and monitoring tools.
Proofpoint added a Microsoft 365 tenant risk dashboard, Teams security training and new AI features to its MSP Platform suite.
PHANES AI and Tinno Mobile released SeePhys Hub on Oct. 14, a wearable system that records first-person vision, hand touch and whole-body movement together, and converts the raw human data into multimodal training sets for robot learning.
MIT Tech Review reports on six speculative ways to preserve the mind beyond death, from head transplants to AI clones.
Frozen pig kidneys rewarmed and worked after transplantation, unpublished research says, aiding organ banking hopes.
Cook says China's first Apple Intelligence features are approved and will enter beta in late October, excluding Siri AI.
Shanghai AI Laboratory visiting scholar Xu Disheng and colleagues at Greater Bay Area University used the Shusheng-S2 science model in a human-machine collaboration to complete a proof of the three-dimensional Ghys conjecture. A Peking University team led by Dong Bin and Liu Ruochuan formalized and verified the proof with Lean and the SHEAF framework, according to Leiphone. The paper is on arXiv and the formal code is on GitHub.
TechRadar: Acer Swift Spin 14 AI is powerful with great battery, but price and sound hold it back.
Enterprise AI investments often fall short because LLMs lack access to core business systems, TechRadar reported. The article points to the Model Context Protocol and accounts payable automation as examples of how connected AI agents can act within business guardrails.
TechRadar compares USB hubs and docking stations: both expand connectivity, but ports, power, price, speed and display differ.