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Engadget

How much power can a 1kW wind turbine produce for your home?

A 1 kW wind turbine can help with your electric bill, but the wind determines how much.

1 hour ago

Engadget

How much power can a 1kW wind turbine produce for your home?

Engadget

What can you use your Apple Watch Ultra 4 action button for?

Here's what your Apple Watch Ultra 4 action button can really do, from launching workouts and retracing routes to controlling smart home devices with one tap.

2 hours ago

Engadget

What can you use your Apple Watch Ultra 4 action button for?

Engadget

Oura Ring can track new stats related to cardio fitness

Oura has updated its smart rings with new cardio fitness-related metrics, including VO2 Max estimates.

2 hours ago

Engadget

Oura Ring can track new stats related to cardio fitness

Engadget

Fitbit Edge vs. Fitbit Inspire 3: How these Google fitness trackers compare

Google's latest tracker is a middle ground between a simple tracker and full smartwatch.

3 hours ago

Engadget

Fitbit Edge vs. Fitbit Inspire 3: How these Google fitness trackers compare

TechCrunch

Hugging Face CEO warns that Netflix's OpenAI hack documentary isn't accurate

Before you share the Netflix documentary "AI Gone Rogue" take note. Clem Delangue, Hugging Face's co-founder who is featured in the film, says it went "full doomer mode" and isn't accurate.

3 hours ago

TechCrunch

Hugging Face CEO warns that Netflix's OpenAI hack documentary isn't accurate

Engadget

The next Xbox might cost $1,800, report says

Microsoft is targeting a 2028 release for its next-gen Xbox, which could be incredibly expensive, according to details reported in a profile with Xbox's CEO.

3 hours ago

Engadget

The next Xbox might cost $1,800, report says

Engadget

What to expect at Apple's 'Pro and Tell' event on October 28

From the first touchscreen MacBook to an OLED iPad mini, here's everything Apple is expected to announce next week.

3 hours ago

Engadget

What to expect at Apple's 'Pro and Tell' event on October 28

TechCrunch

Anthropic’s cloud partnerships are getting messy

Anthropic is reportedly struggling to secure enough compute from cloud providers that increasingly view it as a competitor, even as its infrastructure spending balloons ahead of a planned November IPO.

4 hours ago

TechCrunch

Anthropic’s cloud partnerships are getting messy

Ars Technica

Microsoft reportedly projects $1,200 to $1,800 price for 2028 Project Helix

Xbox maker is also apparently planning its own gaming handheld for next year.

4 hours ago

Ars Technica

Microsoft reportedly projects $1,200 to $1,800 price for 2028 Project Helix

WIRED

A New Rocco Smart Fridge Just Dropped. So Did the Prices (2026)

Save $100 on the new Essential or $200 on the original, and give your holiday drinks a place of their own.

4 hours ago

WIRED

A New Rocco Smart Fridge Just Dropped. So Did the Prices (2026)

TechCrunch

OpenAI acquires startup Orchestra Bio⁠ to beef up its biotech business

OpenAI says it's adding Orchestra's team and technology to work on Rosalind, its AI model for life sciences research, and to its related Rosalind Workbench tool, a harness that aims to help researchers plan experiments and analyze results.

4 hours ago

TechCrunch

OpenAI acquires startup Orchestra Bio⁠ to beef up its biotech business

Ars Technica

JustWatch, which tackles streaming fragmentation, launches own streaming service

A lifetime ad-free subscription is available.

5 hours ago

Ars Technica

JustWatch, which tackles streaming fragmentation, launches own streaming service

Ars Technica

Meta drops the word "train" from its commercial TOS after AI backlash

Meta changes AI scraping policy but won’t add language respecting robots.txt.

5 hours ago

Ars Technica

Meta drops the word "train" from its commercial TOS after AI backlash

Ars Technica

Gemini's Personal Intelligence is coming to cars

It's probably time to audit your Gemini settings.

5 hours ago

Ars Technica

Gemini's Personal Intelligence is coming to cars

TechCrunch

Google is bringing a more personal version of its Gemini AI assistant to your car

Google is bringing Gemini's Personal Intelligence feature to cars, allowing its AI assistant to draw on information from Gmail, Calendar, Maps, YouTube, and other Google services to deliver more personalized responses while driving.

5 hours ago

TechCrunch

Google is bringing a more personal version of its Gemini AI assistant to your car

Ars Technica

OpenBSD 8.0 arrives with security record still intact

OpenBSD 8.0 lands with Intel Arc support, ARM64 hibernation, and 64-vCPU guests

5 hours ago

Ars Technica

OpenBSD 8.0 arrives with security record still intact

Ars Technica

The Internet goes on high alert after discovery of 8 compromised TLS certs

Intermediate certs allow anyone to mint web credentials for any Internet server.

5 hours ago

Ars Technica

The Internet goes on high alert after discovery of 8 compromised TLS certs

TechCrunch

GM to close Detroit battery assembly plant, but not for reasons you might think

GM is shuttering the Brownstown Battery Assembly Plant, though the closure has nothing to do with the automaker's electrification strategy.

5 hours ago

TechCrunch

GM to close Detroit battery assembly plant, but not for reasons you might think

TechCrunch

ChatGPT now lets you lock your chats

The company says the feature is designed for situations where users might be discussing something personal or planning a surprise and want to keep those conversations private when handing their device to friends or family to show them something in another chat.

6 hours ago

TechCrunch

ChatGPT now lets you lock your chats

WIRED

Hatch Sleep Clock Review: A Contactless Sleep Tracker (2026)

I’m obsessed with sleep data, but I don’t love wearing a smartwatch to bed. Can the Hatch Sleep Clock give me the best of both worlds at an affordable price?

9 hours ago

WIRED

Hatch Sleep Clock Review: A Contactless Sleep Tracker (2026)

WIRED

An AI Agent Joined a Listserv of Top Internet Researchers. The Reply-All Chaos Is Still Unfolding

Hysteria over the agent's appearance in a 7,500-person group reveals that internet experts have outdated notions of privacy.

10 hours ago

WIRED

An AI Agent Joined a Listserv of Top Internet Researchers. The Reply-All Chaos Is Still Unfolding

WIRED

How ‘Final Fantasy VII Revelation’ Strikes the Balance Between Old and New

Game director Naoki Hamaguchi talks about scale and expectations for one of gaming’s most ambitious remakes.

15 hours ago

WIRED

How ‘Final Fantasy VII Revelation’ Strikes the Balance Between Old and New

WIRED

Sexual Assault Is a Free Speech Issue

Mary Anne Franks has spent years fighting against online abuse. When people are abused with impunity, she says, the message becomes “We do not care about women’s voices.”

15 hours ago

WIRED

Sexual Assault Is a Free Speech Issue

WIRED

This New Food Delivery App Could Be the Antidote to Menu Markups

By sticking to in-store menu prices and a flat 5 percent fee, Olo wants to take the sting out of ordering dinner.

15 hours ago

WIRED

This New Food Delivery App Could Be the Antidote to Menu Markups