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LG's new MRGB95B is a 75-inch RGB LED TV priced at $3,600, running webOS with four HDMI 2.1 ports and Dolby Vision support, though it lacks Dolby Vision 2 and HDR10+. The reviewer found the set benefits from the brightness and color advantages of RGB LED backlight technology but still has drawbacks compared to cheaper rivals, and ultimately prefers LG's own OLED TVs overall.
Apple is said to be working on a new version of AirPods that includes built-in cameras, expected to launch next year. The report frames this as part of a broader industry push toward wearable devices with embedded imaging and sensing capabilities, following similar moves by Meta and Google.
Following Apple's unveiling of the iPhone Duo foldable, launching October 23, social media users have been using third-party apps and GitHub developer tools to recreate its cascading unfold animation on Samsung's Galaxy Z Fold 8. Samsung's One UI software, unlike Apple's iOS, does not include such a transition effect when switching between the cover and inner displays.
Vancouver startup Pikio has released the Si Oblik road cycling helmet, which uses a new internal safety system called Oblik. It scored 4.61 on Virginia Tech's STAR helmet-safety scale, where lower is better, beating the previous top performer, Canyon's Deflectr, which scored 6.82. Founder Daniel Abram says the design draws on 18 years of impact-protection research, including work at Simon Fraser University.
Criminal IP by AI SPERA is debuting AITEM (AI-Powered Threat Exposure Management) at GovWare 2026 in Singapore, positioning it as an advancement over conventional Attack Surface Management tools. The system aims to combine external asset data, open-source and dark web intelligence, internal infrastructure, Shadow AI exposure, leaked data, and vulnerability information into a single threat exposure platform. CEO Byungtak Kang said the company wants security teams to move from simply seeing threats to acting on them in real time.
New research finds that having a good relationship with one's manager correlates with higher job satisfaction regardless of whether employees work remotely, hybrid, or in-office. The finding comes amid continued employer pushes to bring workers back to physical offices after the pandemic.
Ring has announced its first smart lock, which can be unlocked via fingerprint scanning, a PIN pad, the Ring app, or Alexa voice commands. If the battery dies, users can manually turn an external dial to generate enough electricity to power the pad and unlock the door, rather than relying on a physical key. The lock uses a removable Quick Release Ultra battery pack that can be recharged indoors.
Circana data shared by analyst Mat Piscatella shows US consumers bought 559,000 game consoles in August, down 15% year-over-year and the weakest August since 2013. Average selling prices climbed to $541, with Xbox console prices up 26% to $529 and PlayStation up 20% to $597 year-to-date, both all-time highs. Unit sales fell across all three manufacturers: Xbox down 31%, Nintendo down 15%, and PlayStation down 11%.
Walmart has spent billions automating its warehouses but is struggling with tasks as simple as removing items from boxes, according to the Wall Street Journal. After testing multiple robotics vendors, Walmart deployed small wheeled robots in over a dozen warehouses, but these machines cannot handle heavier items like bags of dog food and frequently break down. WSJ sources say the engineers needed to maintain the robots cost more than the unskilled warehouse workers they were meant to replace.
The Verge's Installer newsletter highlights a new Facebook-focused film starring Jeremy Strong and written by Aaron Sorkin, along with Amazon's newly launched Alexa Tablet 12 Pro. The edition also rounds up other recommended shows, games, gadgets and a book about the AI industry.
A new employee reported being reprimanded by a manager for consuming a single cup of coffee daily at work. The incident, shared online, has prompted wider discussion about office culture and how new hires are treated. An expert cited in the discussion said the coffee itself wasn't the real issue at stake.
The creator of the rat compiler backend rewrote its x86-64 register allocator, discarding a 1392-line linear scan implementation that had grown incrementally over time. The replacement is a priority bin-packing allocator of 584 lines that assigns virtual registers to physical registers or stack slots by visiting live ranges in order of importance rather than program order, similar in approach to LLVM's greedy allocator.