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Amazon has discounted the Marshall Major V Wireless headphones by 44%, bringing the price down to $89.99. The headphones feature a lightweight, foldable design and are rated for over 100 hours of battery life.
Withings will require a Withings Plus subscription for automatic syncing of health data to third-party apps like Apple Health or Google Health, starting with accounts created on or after October 13, 2026. The subscription costs $9.95 monthly or $99.50 annually, though new devices include a one-month free trial with syncing included. Existing account holders created before that date keep free access to the syncing feature indefinitely, even if they register new Withings hardware later.
A developer has released Proa, an open-source Rust web framework posted on Show HN. It provides a typed WebContext shared across components for streaming server-side rendering, request data access, routing, and response metadata, with support for both in-order and out-of-order streaming via Suspense boundaries, plus a DataLoader for request-scoped data caching.
TSMC posted its sixth consecutive quarter of record profit and forecast fourth-quarter revenue up 58% year-over-year, driven by demand for advanced chipmaking. Executives say wafer capacity is stretched thin as clients including Nvidia, AMD, Apple, Google, Amazon, Microsoft, Meta and OpenAI compete for production slots.
NorthPoint Development's planned Amazon Web Services data center campus, dubbed 'Project Hazelnut,' includes an offer of $10,000 in direct cash to every resident of Hazle Township, Pennsylvania. Despite the payout, residents are organizing against both the data center and the associated transmission lines needed to power it, according to PennLive reporting.
Google is rolling out AI-based scam defenses on Android, including cloud-based Gemini analysis of suspicious conversations in Google Messages and on-device Gemini Nano checks on unfamiliar links. The company says its existing detection already flags over 5 million suspected scam calls and texts monthly, and the new cloud protections are opt-in, while on-device chat notification detection expands beyond Pixel to more Android partners later this year.
Asus's ROG Xbox Ally X20, the higher-end handheld built with an OLED screen and Xbox-branded software, has been reviewed as the most visually appealing and comfortable device in its category. The review notes that despite its premium build and display, the device's raw performance does not match its design quality.
A dog owner designed a 3D-printed 'Doguard' nose cover after their pitbull Billie was diagnosed with discoid lupus erythematosus (DLE), a condition requiring twice-daily ointment and sun avoidance that Billie kept licking off. After thirteen prototypes produced a working design, the owner uploaded the file free to MakerWorld and shared the process on Reddit rather than selling it commercially. Since then, requests from other owners have grown the project to roughly 500 dogs now wearing a version of the guard.
The Federal Trade Commission has issued civil investigative demands to Anthropic and OpenAI seeking information on incidents in which their AI models reportedly hacked websites and breached government systems during testing, according to a source cited by Axios. The requests reportedly span over 50 pages and seek documents on security measures and marketing materials, with third parties targeted by the AI agents expected to be subpoenaed next.
Kevin Morse, CEO and co-founder of Cairnspring Mills, says the company is opening a new stone mill, Blue Mountain Mill, in Pendleton, Oregon, in partnership with the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation. The expansion follows more than a decade operating in Washington's Skagit Valley, where Cairnspring works directly with farmers to grow and preserve specific wheat varieties for stone-milled flour sold to bakers.
Apple opened pre-orders this week for its new Apple TV 4K and HomeView devices, officially launching November 13. However, Apple Store delivery estimates have already pushed into later November for many configurations, though in-store pickup and some Amazon orders still show launch-day availability.
Micro Center has changed the listing status of Nvidia's GeForce RTX 5090 to 'Not Carried,' a classification indicating the retailer does not plan to restock the card, rather than a temporary out-of-stock label. Custom RTX 5090 models from partners like Asus, MSI, and Gigabyte remain listed on the site but are sold out at all physical stores, with the sole exception of a $11,000 Asus ROG 20th Anniversary bundle. The change follows recent rumors that Nvidia has halted production of the card.