TechCrunch reports that Richualist founder Dawn Myers has developed Mint, a refillable hair tool that detangles, conditions, gels and styles textured hair in one stroke, aiming to cut wash-day styling from about 80 minutes to 7-10 minutes.
Atlassian's top AI executives used the Team Europe 26 conference to argue that companies have already adopted AI but still lack ways to use it well, pitching "multiplayer" agents, automatic model selection and new Loom and Rovo features as the fix.
NASA published over 800GB of Artemis II science data, including more than 11,000 photos and videos, 8.5 hours of audio and crew-annotated images of lunar impact flashes, The Verge reported.
Engadget outlines Google Pixel update windows: Pixel 8 and newer get seven years, Pixel 6 and 7 families and the original Pixel Fold get five, and models through the Pixel 5a no longer receive updates.
Efferon NEO, a pediatric blood purification device from startup Efferon, received CE marking in April and is used in 30 countries. The company is preparing an FDA filing and targets $2 million in annualized revenue by the end of 2026.
Engadget published a guide to lesser-known Waze features, including contact-based navigation, custom voice prompts, advance trip planning and search-bar diagnostic codes.
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PolyAI and Otter executives say voice AI still lacks its ChatGPT moment, citing fast reasoning, speech recognition accuracy and transparency as key barriers.
U.S. software development job postings have risen nearly 15% since February 2025, when Anthropic launched Claude Code, even as overall job postings fell, according to CNBC. The increase is concentrated in senior and AI-related roles, suggesting AI is reshaping software work rather than simply eliminating developer jobs.
Apple is expected to announce a smart home hub called HomeView at its October 13 event and ship it in mid-November with an A18 chip, according to a report citing Bloomberg's Mark Gurman.
Engadget explains the difference between Android Automotive, an open-source car operating system, and Google Built-in, a licensed app suite that includes Google Maps and Gemini.
Vurt, a vertical microdrama streaming startup, has launched Apple TV and Android TV apps, offering 3,500 episodes across more than 100 shows. Its userbase has grown from 10,000 to 675,000 since March as it bets on free, ad-supported vertical entertainment for wide screens.
Two SiliconANGLE reports say enterprise AI programs face hidden data movement and testing costs as agentic workloads scale, with 95% of gen AI pilots showing little P&L impact.
MobLand season 2 episode 5 arrives on Paramount+ in the US and Canada on Friday, October 16 at 12am PT / 3am ET, TechRadar reports, marking the halfway point of a 10-episode run that continues weekly through November 20.
TechRadar reports that ICFO researchers in Barcelona have announced a solar cell design that could, in theory, surpass the 33 percent Shockley-Queisser limit, though tests showed only small gains. Engadget reports that cleaning dirty solar panels can recover output, but payback depends on soiling, rainfall and cost.
Google is reportedly developing a second Google TV Streamer with built-in microphones, presence sensing, a faster chipset and more storage, according to 9to5Google. No launch date or pricing has been reported.