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Amazon is selling the Apple Watch Series 12 GPS 42mm for $349.99, a $50 reduction from its $399.99 list price, marking its lowest price since release. The watch includes Apple's Health Sensing System with readiness insights and watchOS 27 features, plus up to 24 hours of battery life and WR50M water resistance.
Amazon's October Big Deal Days event is running through tomorrow night, offering discounts on Apple products including laptops, desktops, headphones and accessories. The Verge reports some discounts are exclusive to Prime members, while other retailers are matching or beating Amazon's prices on the same items.
Nintendo's Switch 2 Pro Controller costs $90 and offers HD Rumble 2, motion controls, Amiibo support, mappable rear buttons and a redesigned thumbstick system aimed at preventing drift. Reviewers note it remains comfortable and reliable after extensive use, prompting a look at lower-cost alternatives that replicate many of its features for less money.
Apple is reportedly developing a significant MacBook Pro overhaul that could arrive later this year, following the March refresh. Expected changes include a shift from mini-LED to OLED displays, the first touchscreen on a Mac, and a Dynamic Island replacing the current notch, according to reporting that cites Ming-Chi Kuo and Bloomberg. Apple is also said to be reworking macOS so controls dynamically resize and respond to touch gestures like pinching and scrolling.
Newegg is offering Gigabyte's RTX 5070 Ti Windforce 16GB graphics card for $1,099 through a promo code revealed after signing into a Newegg account and clicking through a discount prompt. The card is a triple-fan, dual-slot design measuring 304mm long, running at 2,497 MHz core clock with 16GB of GDDR7 memory on a 256-bit bus, and uses the 12V-2x6 power connector with a included 8-pin adapter.
The Document Foundation, which makes the open source LibreOffice suite, says it will not build generative AI into the software for now. It calls this a deliberate design choice meant to keep documents from being uploaded to external servers, and notes users can still connect local AI models through extensions if they wish.
Pebble is updating its all-electric Flow trailer for the 2027 model year with a larger solar charging option. The trailer's 45 kWh LFP battery can now be paired with up to 4 kW of solar panels, combining a roof-mounted panel with four additional portable panels, up from the earlier 1.1 kWh roof-only setup.
On the opening day of Pwn2Own Ireland 2026, security researchers chained 32 zero-day vulnerabilities to breach devices across categories including mobile phones, printers, smart home gadgets and AI systems, earning $388,500 in prizes. Samsung's Galaxy S26 was compromised twice, while VinSOC researchers led the leaderboard after chaining seven zero-days against a Philips Hue Bridge Pro and five against Oracle's Autonomous AI Database. Other targets included OpenAI's Codex coding agent, Lexmark and Canon printers, a Sonos Era 300 speaker, and LiteLLM, though an attempt on the Google Pixel 10 failed within the time limit.
Alan Kay, writing for Apple Computer, published 'The Early History of Smalltalk' as part of ACM's HOPL-II conference proceedings in 1993. The paper traces how 1960s ARPA-era research into interactive computing, graphics and simulation languages led to the development of Smalltalk and object-oriented design. Kay describes his vision of a handheld 'Dynabook' and a messaging-based, cell-like model of software architecture as foundations for personal computing.
Amazon's fall Prime Day sale has launched with AirPods Pro 3 at $179 (down from $249) and AirPods Max 2 at $429, a $120 discount. The sale also includes record-low pricing on several Apple Watch Series 12 models, up to $150 off the new M6 Mac mini lineup, $200 off the Mac Studio, and $200 off M5 MacBook Air models.
Code found in the Android 17 QPR3 Beta 1 release references a 'Face Active Illumination' system, including settings for brightness scale and toggles governing when it can activate, such as during bedtime, driving, dark environments, or Do Not Disturb mode. The code does not specify what hardware would provide the illumination, though it appears aimed at improving face unlock performance when lighting is poor.
A technology explainer examines why mesh Wi-Fi systems typically use internal rather than external antennas, unlike traditional routers. It explains that mesh networks rely on nodes placed throughout a home to repeat signals, reducing the need for the extended range external antennas provide, while internal omnidirectional antennas better support seamless handover between nodes.