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1981.

Perplexity’s Comet AI browser now free; Max users get new ‘background assistant’ (techcrunch.com)

2025-10-31 | by Rebecca Bellan | get Meta Quest → | tags: assistant, background, comet

1982.

Your Service Desk is the New Attack Vector—Here's How to Defend It. (bleepingcomputer.com)

2025-10-31 | get Meta Quest → | tags: desk, points, user

1983.

Perplexity acquires the team behind Sequioa-backed AI design startup Visual Electric (techcrunch.com)

2025-10-31 | by Ivan Mehta | get art supplies → | tags: electric, perplexity, startup

1984.

NL Judge: Meta must respect user's choice of recommendation system (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-10-31 | by Rejo Zenger | get Atomic Habits book → | tags: choice, feed, judge

1985.

A lucky customer already has the Pixel Watch 4 before launch, and they’ve shared its core apps (androidauthority.com)

2025-10-31 | get Google Pixel → | tags: app, pixel, reddit

1986.

Neon app to sell your audio calls says it will return after massive security breach (9to5mac.com)

2025-10-31 | by Ben Lovejoy | get Meta Quest → | tags: app, neon, record

1987.

T-Mobile’s satellite service now supports Google Maps, WhatsApp, X, and more (theverge.com)

2025-10-31 | by Jess Weatherbed | get smartphone → | tags: apps, mobile, satellite

1988.

New to GIMP? 10 tips for getting the most from this free image editor (zdnet.com)

2025-10-31 | by Jack Wallen | get Google Pixel → | tags: filters, gimp, image

1989.

The work AI should really be doing, according to these pros (zdnet.com)

2025-10-31 | by Webb Wright | get iPhone → | tags: ai, company, creative

1990.

CSS Unit Might Be a Combination (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-10-31 | by Miriam Suzanne | get Meta Quest → | tags: font, size, units

1991.

Venmo and PayPal Add Payment-Transfer Support, but Do This First (cnet.com)

2025-10-31 | by See Full Bio | get Meta Quest → | tags: make, payment, paypal

1992.

Instagram head says company is not using your microphone to listen to you (with AI data, it won’t need to) (techcrunch.com)

2025-10-31 | by Sarah Perez | get smartphone → | tags: company, meta, mosseri

1993.

Venmo and PayPal Add Payment-Transfer Support: But Do This First (cnet.com)

2025-10-31 | by See Full Bio | get Meta Quest → | tags: make, payment, paypal

1994.

Anker offered to pay Eufy camera owners to share videos for training its AI (techcrunch.com)

2025-10-31 | by Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai | get digital camera → | tags: ai, company, eufy

1995.

Don't cancel Netflix yet: These secret codes can unlock the full catalog of shows for you (zdnet.com)

2025-10-31 | by Chris Bayer | get Roku Streaming Stick → | tags: code, codes, movies

1996.

UK government tries again to access encrypted Apple customer data: Report (techcrunch.com)

2025-10-31 | by Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai | get Microsoft Surface Laptop → | tags: apple, british, government

1997.

MX Master 4 vs. Magic Mouse – can Logitech’s haptics finally get me to retire Apple’s magical gesture action? (9to5mac.com)

2025-10-31 | by Justin Kahn | get gaming keyboard → | tags: just, logitech, master

1998.

Microsoft to force install Microsoft 365 companion apps in October (bleepingcomputer.com)

2025-10-31 | get Microsoft Surface Laptop → | tags: 365, apps, companion

1999.

Building the heap: racking 30 petabytes of hard drives for pretraining (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-10-31 | by Standard Intelligence Team | get Microsoft Surface Laptop → | tags: cost, data, datacenter

2000.

OpenAI Ridiculed for Its Latest Cash Grab (futurism.com)

2025-10-31 | by Sharon Adarlo | get Amazon Echo Dot → | tags: chatgpt, new, online

2001.

Google Drive for desktop gets AI-powered ransomware detection (bleepingcomputer.com)

2025-10-31 | get Chromebook → | tags: drive, file, google

2002.

Building a 30 PB storage cluster in the heart of SF (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-10-31 | by Standard Intelligence Team | get Emotional Intelligence book → | tags: cost, data, datacenter

2003.

UK government tries again to access encrypted Apple customer data: report (techcrunch.com)

2025-10-31 | by Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai | get Microsoft Surface Laptop → | tags: apple, british, government

2004.

Meta greenlights Facebook, Instagram ads based on your AI chats (cnbc.com)

2025-10-31 | by Jonathan Vanian | get smartphone → | tags: ai, generative, meta

2005.

Critics slam OpenAI’s parental controls, while users rage, “Treat us like adults” (arstechnica.com)

2025-10-31 | get Emotional Intelligence book → | tags: chatgpt, openai, raine

2006.

Spotify now lets you exclude specific songs from your algorithm (theverge.com)

2025-10-31 | by Jess Weatherbed | get Echo Dot → | tags: future, recommendations, song

2007.

Spotify now lets you exclude tracks from your taste profile, improving recommendations (techcrunch.com)

2025-10-31 | by Sarah Perez | get Echo Dot → | tags: feature, profile, spotify

2008.

Snapchat to charge users for storing their old photos and videos (feeds.bbci.co.uk)

2025-10-31 | get Emotional Intelligence book → | tags: memories, save, snapchat

2009.

Styx Emulator Public Release (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-10-31 | get Meta Quest → | tags: builder, error, processor

2010.

Epic Games says Apple’s new install process cuts user drop-offs by 60% (techcrunch.com)

2025-10-31 | by Ivan Mehta | get iPhone → | tags: app, apple, epic