ShinyHunters claims FBI hack: 'This is NOT financially motivated'

This time it's personal

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Anthropic’s cheaper Opus arrives weeks before its IPO

Anthropic released Claude Opus 5.5 on Tuesday at $4 per million input tokens and $20 per million output, below the $5 and $25 that Opus 5 has carried since July, and says it performs similarly to the more expensive Fable 5.1 on most work. It is the first…

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Apple Puts AirTag-Sized AI Pin on Hold

Apple has paused development on a camera-equipped AI wearable, reports Bloomberg . The device was described as a pin or pendant that could be attached to clothing or worn around the neck. A camera would relay information about the wearer's surroundings to…

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Apple’s next wearable bet could be a screen-less fitness band to rival Whoop and Fitbit Air

Apple is developing prototypes of a screenless fitness tracker similar to Whoop, although a release is still uncertain and likely years away.

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Sihoo’s Doro C300 Pro V2 is a truly adaptive ergonomic chair

This article is sponsored by Sihoo

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Trump rebrands artificial intelligence as super intelligence

Speaking at the United Nations General Assembly, President Trump declared that the word artificial makes the technology sound fake, rejecting international control schemes.

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OpenAI contractors were reportedly fired for using AI to train ChatGPT — here’s how they got caught

OpenAI contractors were reportedly fired for using AI to train ChatGPT. Here’s how they were caught — and why the story is so unusual.

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ABBYY gives old-school OCR a job in the AI pipeline

FineParser runs in a CPU-powered container, preserving tables and layout before handing documents to an LLM

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Beats 360 headphones are built for workouts with sweat resistance and swappable cushions

Beats 360 brings sweat resistance, swappable cushions, and premium noise cancellation to over-ear headphones, giving workout-focused listeners a new alternative to AirPods Max 2 models.

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Anthropic launches Claude Opus 5.5, promising Fable-level performance at a lower price

Anthropic says Claude Opus 5.5 rivals Fable 5.1 on most work at 40 percent lower cost than Opus 5, with tougher safeguards.

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Beats 360 Ear Cushion Kits Just $9.99 Each Until the End of October

Apple today unveiled new Beats 360 over-ear headphones , and it is offering introductory pricing on extra ear cushions. Now through October 31, extra Performance Knit and UltraPlush ear cushions with matching headbands in a variety of colors are available on…

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Future Apple Watch could be screen-less Whoop competitor, says rumor

Apple is reportedly at the prototype stage for a new fitness and health tracker that looks less like an Apple Watch , and more like Whoop's device. Apple wants to compete with Whoop - image credit: Whoop When Apple published its heart study intended to…

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Save $160 on this tiny Ryzen 7 Beelink SER8 mini PC with 32GB of DDR5 RAM

We loved the style of the Beelink SER8 mini PC when we tested it in our studio. It takes up barely any desk space while packing Ryzen 7 power and 32GB DDR5 RAM.

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Z.ai apologised, open-sourced ZCode, and wiped the commit history

In response to the ZCode product security issues reported by the community, we have completed the necessary remediation and sincerely apologize to all our users. Z.ai posted that on Monday, on ZCode’s official account. The Beijing company, formerly Zhipu, put…

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Leak reveals BYD’s ambitious plans: Air suspension and roof-mounted LiDAR for the Han EV

The BYD Han, once a highly successful electric sedan, is facing a sharp decline in sales in China. The company reportedly has a secret plan to keep its former flagship EV from being discontinued. New leaks about the third-generation model, known internally as…

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Toyota orders workers to train humanoid robots but says humans won't be replaced

Toyota's push comes as automakers race to develop and deploy humanoid robots.

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Texas Governor Greg Abbott and California Governor Gavin Newsom just introduced new data center rules — and it's a big win for local communities

Texas and California are listening to the voices of its people, and they're making data centers harder to build.

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Apple is reportedly working on a Whoop-like fitness tracker

Apple is working on a new fitness tracker with a screenless design, similar to the one made by Whoop, according to a report from Bloomberg. A prototype of the device reportedly has "a thin fabric band with a sensor-equipped computing module." The device is in…

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Microsoft Takes Down EvilTokens Device-Code Phishing Service Tied to 12,000 Inbox Compromises

Microsoft on Tuesday announced the takedown of the EvilTokens device code phishing service that it said used artificial intelligence (AI) "at every step of the attack chain." The action, carried out with authorization from the U.S. District Court for the…

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Raspberry Pi RAM Restrictions No Big Deal, Frankly

Hacking on Raspberry Pi board internals is one of my favourite topics. I know a bunch of obscure things about these cute little boards. Three years ago, I covered a …

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13 years of hard drive failures could tell us what age HDDs actually become risky

Hard drives have a reputation of being painfully slow, fit for secondary and archival storage alone. Ever since SSDs replaced them for most use cases , they have only had cost in their favor. While they remain popular for NAS use, reliability remains a key…

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I replaced Gemini with a local AI model on my phone; battery drain was surprisingly low

Battery drain should be the least of your worries

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Save 72% on a lifetime plan to Mail Backup X Individual

A perfect solution for mail backup, archiving, email management, and mail conversion for Windows and macOS.

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The tiny magnetic e-readers from Xteink that attach to your Pixel are on sale right now

Qi2 or MagSafe have always been one of the wildest but useful additions to phones like the Google Pixel or iPhone, and the best accessory might just be another display on its own. Xteink’s magnetic mini e-readers, like the X4 Pro, are on sale while stock…

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Bambu Lab R1 laser cutter and engraver review

Bambu Lab enters the dedicated laser market with a powerful 55W CO2 laser cutter, featuring superb positioning, automatic alignment, and outstanding results.

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IT mistake erases 11 years of viewing history for hospitals’ maternity records

The English hospitals recovered patient care data only.

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The TCL TAB A1 falls back to its all-time low with an 18% discount

TCL TAB A1 drops to $179.99 on Amazon, matching its all-time low for a big 11.1-inch Android tablet.

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Dutch government publishes call from 21 countries and the EU for international oversight of frontier AI

A joint statement released today by the Dutch government has seen leaders and ministers from 21 countries, together with the European Commission, call for tighter control over frontier AI models, including mandatory testing before their release and the…

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Blizzard confirms Diablo 5 won't gloss over Diablo's takeover of Sanctuary — 'It's not going to take place entirely off-screen'

Blizzard Entertainment has confirmed that Diablo 5 players will get to see how Diablo conquered Sanctuary, despite how the game starts.

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Joby just flew a plane 3,199 miles across the US with no pilot at the controls

The aircraft left Concord, California, earlier this month. A safety pilot was aboard, but Joby said the pilot did not help operate the aircraft. Read Entire Article

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