Apple could follow Google into the screenless fitness tracker race

The company is reportedly testing a tracker to rival WHOOP and the Fitbit Air, but don't expect it any time soon.

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ShinyHunters claims it stole FBI employee data. Here’s what we know.

ShinyHunters claims it stole FBI employee and applicant data and wants a warning retracted. The FBI is investigating, but the scope remains unverified.

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The Sideload 045: If everything’s important, nothing’s important

Welcome to episode 45 of The Sideload, a 9to5Google podcast. This week, Will is joined by Daniel Bader as they sit down with Kevin Michaluk (aka Crackberry Kevin) and Jeff Gadway from Clicks to discuss the upcoming launch of the Clicks Communicator . They…

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Windows CLOSEDQUORUM malware uses AI models to autonomously select post-compromise actions

'first' publicly documented Windows implant to use LLMs for C2

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Flagship Beats 360 headphones launch with colorful UltraPlush ear cushions

Beats has released its latest flagship headphones—the Beats 360 over-ear Dolby Atmos headphones. They offer the company's best active noise cancellation along with Personalized Spatial Audio. Swappable UltraPlush and Performance Knit ear cushions provide a…

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Rivian R3 will be ‘materially’ cheaper than R2, and R4 goes even lower

Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe says the upcoming R3 crossover will come in “materially lower” than the R2 on price, and that a follow-up model, the R4, will push prices down further still. He didn’t give a number. But it’s the clearest sign yet that Rivian plans to…

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Obsidian's best features have nothing to do with note-taking, and they replaced my entire workflow

If you're only using Obsidian for notes, you're using it wrong

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New Anthropic, OpenAI models make same promise: A little more for a lot less money

The frontier AI model race has entered its comparison shopping phase.

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Cyera has now raised $1.4bn this year to police AI agents

They need to trust what AI agents can see and do before they can scale them. Yotam Segev said that on Tuesday, about what the Global 2000 keeps telling his company. The Cyera cofounder and chief executive was announcing a $400m investment from Growth Equity…

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Apple adds RAW support for 11 digital cameras across iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Vision Pro

Apple today updated its official list of digital camera RAW formats supported across its platforms, adding support for 11 models from several manufacturers. Here are the details.…

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Electric Porsche Boxster spotted plugged in at Tesla Supercharger in California

Porsche’s upcoming Boxster EV has been spotted in California, Supercharging at a Tesla Supercharger, adding to speculation over the car’s release timing and details.…

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Blazing fast 25-inch Samsung Odyssey G4 monitor (300Hz) now available for just $189.99

Samsung's feature-packed gaming monitor just got cheaper, bringing fast performance, vivid visuals, and premium gaming features within easier reach.

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Mistral denies a fresh security breach, but the code on sale looks a lot like May's leak

Mistral says the "stolen" code now on sale may simply be what walked out the door earlier in May 2026.

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Big banks are worried AI agents could increase the risk of scams and fraud

Financial institutions are sharing their concerns about AI agents making purchases for users.

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Xbox lays off 268 more people as Activision takes over Halo and Bethesda absorbs Obsidian

Microsoft has cut another 268 jobs across Halo Studios, other first-party developers, and Xbox Game Studios management. The redundancies, announced by Matt Booty, Xbox's Chief Content Officer, are presumably part of the 1,600 set to occur through July 2027…

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Loved by 74% of players, this multiplayer RPG is at its lowest price on Steam

Deal | Published by Coffee Stain Publishing, Fellowship lets you choose from different heroes and explore dungeons filled with enemies alongside your friends or other players. And right now, this RPG is 50% off on Steam.

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60GHz radar finally solved the problem that's been killing smart home lighting for years

Motion sensors know you walked into a room, but 60GHz radar can know where you are inside it.

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Cheap big-screen LCD TVs could be in trouble for Black Friday — panel prices are going up

LCD panel prices are going up just in time for the peak TV buying season, and Samsung is considering dropping QLED

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OpenAI's New GPT-6 Sol and Luna Models Bring Astra Improvements to Cheaper Tiers

OpenAI today launched GPT–6 Sol and GPT–6 Luna, two new models that follow GPT–6 Astra. OpenAI says the new models were developed using methods similar to Astra's for improvements in professional work, factuality, coding, computer use, and alignment. GPT–6…

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Adobe Premiere finally lands on Android, but has steep RAM requirements

Android creators finally get a powerful new editing option, but Adobe's latest mobile app comes with a few notable catches.

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Anthropic’s new Claude Opus 5.5 packs more brains for fewer bucks

It's 30% faster and 40% cheaper than Opus 5.

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BMW’s new iX3 gets an early loyalty discount

The 2027 iX3 is just arriving at dealerships, and BMW wants to keep drivers with the brand by offering an early loyalty discount.…

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Rabbit’s new AI agent doesn’t need an R1 to run

Rabbit, the company behind the underwhelming R1 device, is rolling out a standalone AI agent that you don't need its hardware to use, as reported earlier by Wired. The startup says its new OS3 "agentic operating system" runs in the cloud but operates locally…

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Apple Maps blurring alleged detention centers in China, claims local laws require it

The data provider for Apple Maps in China has reportedly begun blurring more than just military facilities, leaving Apple in the wake of another potential mapping-related scandal. Apple Maps may have another controversy on its hands After decades of building…

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Google Home speakers are baffling owners with pulsating lights that won’t go away

The LED lights stuck in an endless pulsing loop and no one knows why.

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ChatGPT-6 Sol and Luna are here: Pricing and benchmarks data

GPT-6 Sol and Luna launched on Tuesday, allegedly with less propensity for mistakes.

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The AI boom runs on tens of millions of workers nobody has figured out how to pay, Papaya Global wants to fix that.

Ask an AI lab where its workforce is and you get a map, not an address. Researchers in London and Zurich. Engineers in Tel Aviv and Bangalore. Robotics technicians at sites that did not exist a year ago. And underneath all of it, the people who label the…

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Security firm finds naming AI agents after Seinfeld characters helps bots join the team

Not that there's anything wrong with it

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Tim Cook meets EU chief Ursula von der Leyen as bloc pushes new child safety rules

Keeping with Apple’s pledge that Tim Cook would remain involved in Apple’s government relations around the world after stepping down as CEO, he met this week with Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission. Here are the details.…

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Cities across US oppose Trump FCC plan to preempt local broadband rules

Cities defend permit requirements, say ISPs aren't building networks fast enough.

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