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Horror Story Looms as Children Get Stuffed Animals Powered by AI

futurism.com Unknown 2025-11-17 03:04:18

From Steven Spielberg's creepy "AI" (2001) to M3GAN (2022), toys imbued with artificial intelligence have been a source of fascination and terror in pop culture for decades. Now, in the face of all those cautionary tales, a new class of vaguely menacing chatty toys are being sold online — but unlike the "Gremlin"-esque Furbies of yore, these are powered by cutting-edge AI, and their danger quotient lies in what they may tell children or share with outside companies. As the New York Times repor

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Next year’s Apple Watch could add Touch ID, per leaked code

9to5mac.com Ryan Christoffel 2025-11-17 03:40:15

We’re just weeks away from the unveiling of Apple Watch Ultra 3 and Apple Watch Series 11. But leaked Apple code has now revealed a big new feature that could be coming to next year’s Apple Watch lineup: Touch ID support. Touch ID support might come to 2026 Apple Watch line Last week, Macworld published two articles based on leaked Apple code. One offered evidence of the M5 MacBook Pro being tested with a C1 modem for 5G connectivity. The other involved an M4 Ultra chip in development for a n

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NVIDIA is reportedly developing an AI chip for China more powerful than the H20

engadget.com Unknown 2025-11-17 03:30:57

NVIDIA is working on a new AI chip meant for the Chinese market that's more powerful than the H20, according to Reuters. It will reportedly be based on the company's latest Blackwell architecture, which can produce chips between seven and 30 times faster than its previous AI platform. Reuters says the product is tentatively named B30A and will have a single-die design, putting all its main components on a single piece of silicon. It will apparently be capable of half the computing power of NVIDI

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Nebraska man gets 1 year in prison for $3.5M cryptojacking scheme

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-11-16 05:05:03

A Nebraska man was sentenced to one year in prison for defrauding cloud computing providers of over $3.5 million to mine cryptocurrency worth nearly $1 million. Charles O. Parks III (also known as "CP3O") was arrested and charged in April with wire fraud, money laundering, and engaging in unlawful monetary transactions. He was facing up to 20 years in prison in December after admitting that he didn't pay a $3.5 million bill after renting cloud computing time from two providers for his cryptojac

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It’s Google’s turn to convince us to care about AI on our phones

theverge.com Allison Johnson 2025-11-17 03:00:00

is a reviewer with over a decade of experience writing about consumer tech. She has a special interest in mobile photography and telecom. Previously, she worked at DPReview. Any way you look at it, Android is in the lead. Google has shipped actual AI features on phones. And I don’t mean a silly AI image generator or a tool to rewrite your email like Shakespeare. I mean stuff that’s actually useful: putting six different events from an email on my calendar in one fell swoop, or asking my AI to f

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Silicon Valley's AI deals are creating zombie startups: 'You hollowed out the organization'

cnbc.com Ashley Capoot Salvador Rodriguez Annie Palmer 2025-11-17 08:36:59

Jaque Silva | Nurphoto | Getty Images Jeff Wang got a big promotion last month. There were lots of tears, but not the happy kind. The 39-year-old was unexpectedly named interim CEO of artificial intelligence coding startup Windsurf. The company had been in discussions with OpenAI about a potential acquisition that would have resulted in a handsome payday for many employees. But the talks fell apart and, on July 11, several founders and top researchers instead left to join Google as part of a $2

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NY Business Council discloses data breach affecting 47,000 people

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-11-17 08:04:08

The Business Council of New York State (BCNYS) has revealed that attackers who breached its network in February stole the personal, financial, and health information of over 47,000 individuals. As the state's largest statewide employer association, BCNYS represents over 3,000 member organizations, including chambers of commerce, professional and trade associations, and other local and regional business organizations, as well as some of the largest corporations worldwide, which employ more than

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‘Skibidi,’ ‘Tradwife,’ and 6,000 Other New Words Are in the Dictionary Now

gizmodo.com Aj Dellinger 2025-11-17 08:45:07

Before you roll your eyes at the Gen Alpha in your life for using made-up words, you might want to check the latest update to the dictionary. Cambridge University announced that its most recent revisions to the Cambridge Dictionary add 6,000 new words, including a slew of internet-pilled ones like skibidi, tradwife, and delulu. “It’s not every day you get to see words like skibidi and delulu make their way into the Cambridge Dictionary. We only add words where we think they’ll have staying powe

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UK backs down in Apple privacy row, US says

feeds.bbci.co.uk Unknown 2025-11-17 16:05:13

UK backs down in Apple privacy row, US says 3 hours ago Share Save Zoe Kleinman • @zsk Technology editor Share Save Getty Images The US director of national intelligence says the UK has withdrawn its controversial demand to access global Apple users' data if required. Tulsi Gabbard said in a post on X the UK had agreed to drop its instruction for the tech giant to provide a "back door" which would have "enabled access to the protected encrypted data of American citizens and encroached on our

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Survey shows 98% of Android users want at least one of these big PIN upgrades

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-11-17 17:30:28

Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority Old vs new lock screen PIN entry screen UI in Android A regular lock screen PIN on your Android phone does the job most of the time, but what if you’re forced to unlock your phone when you really don’t want to? That’s where things get tricky. We recently asked you whether Android should go beyond the basics and offer something more innovative, such as a duress or decoy PIN. Plenty of you had a view about it. Don’t want to miss the best from Android Authority?

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Eight Sleep raises $100M to expand its AI-powered sleep tech

techcrunch.com Kate Park 2025-11-17 17:00:00

Roughly one in three adults in the U.S. regularly gets insufficient sleep, driving demand for tools that can monitor, analyze, and enhance rest. Eight Sleep, founded in 2014, offers AI-powered sleep tech products that promise to transform your bed into a preventive health device. The New York-based startup announced Tuesday that it raised a fresh $100 million round from investors such as HSG, Valor Equity Partners, Founders Fund, Y Combinator and athletes including Ferrari F1 driver Charles Lec

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PSA: One of the biggest Google Play Store alternatives is shutting down on Android tomorrow

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-11-17 16:51:09

Adamya Sharma / Android Authority TL;DR Amazon is shutting down its Appstore on Android tomorrow, August 20, 2025. Today is the day to make any changes to your subscriptions via the Amazon Appstore. You can spend your remaining Amazon Coin balance, or it will be refunded to you once the store shuts down. Amazon will shut down its Appstore on Android tomorrow. The Google Play Store alternative will cease to operate on Android devices starting August 20, 2025, and all the apps that you may hav

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Intel shares jump as Softbank to buy $2bn stake in chip giant

feeds.bbci.co.uk Unknown 2025-11-17 20:06:02

Intel shares jump as Softbank to buy $2bn stake in chip giant The BBC has contacted the White House and Intel for comment. The potential deal , which was first reported last week, aims to help Intel build a flagship manufacturing hub in Ohio. At the time, a White House spokesman told the BBC that the reports "should be regarded as speculation" unless officially announced. The announcement came just hours after new reports that the Trump administration is in talks to take a stake of around 10%

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Precision mapping tracks woody plant spread across Great Plains grasslands

news.ycombinator.com Emily Boragine 2025-11-13 18:39:24

This article has been reviewed according to Science X's editorial process and policies . Editors have highlighted the following attributes while ensuring the content's credibility: A small portion of the study area, zoomed in to show detail: (A) aerial imagery from NAIP RGB (red–green–blue; naked eye view); (B) visual of values in most important NAIP input for model training; (C) visual of values in most important NEON input for model training; (D–F) visuals of RF-classified models for all thre

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Google Translate Reportedly Adding AI Integration, Duolingo-Like Game Elements

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-11-17 16:02:20

Google Translate could soon get some major AI enhancements, like the ability to select different AI models and a game-like practice mode, according to a report from Android Police on Monday. Android analyst AssembleDebug looked into the Google Translate app's latest build, version 9.15.114, and found what appears to be new changes to the user interface. At the top, there's a new model selector, Fast and Advanced. Fast would presumably be for quick translation tasks, like deciphering menu items.

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman Believes We're in an AI Bubble

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-11-18 00:48:00

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman believes that, given all the AI hype from investors and capital expenditures, we're currently in an AI bubble. Altman made the statement during a conversation with The Verge and a handful of other reporters on Thursday. (Disclosure: Ziff Davis, CNET's parent company, in April filed a lawsuit against OpenAI, alleging it infringed Ziff Davis copyrights in training and operating its AI systems.) "Are we in a phase where investors as a whole are overexcited about AI? My opini

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Nvidia gives fake Harrison Ford better hair using spheres

theverge.com Tom Warren 2025-11-17 23:30:00

is a senior editor and author of Notepad , who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Indiana Jones and the Great Circle will be the first game to get Nvidia’s new RTX Hair features next month. Instead of using triangles to model hair, Nvidia will use spheres to improve Harrison Ford’s virtual hair in the Indiana Jones game. Image: Nvidia RTX Hair is designed to improve li

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Nvidia releases a new small, open model Nemotron-Nano-9B-v2 with toggle on/off reasoning

venturebeat.com Carl Franzen 2025-11-18 08:24:47

Want smarter insights in your inbox? Sign up for our weekly newsletters to get only what matters to enterprise AI, data, and security leaders. Subscribe Now Small models are having a moment. On the heels of the release of a new AI vision model small enough to fit on a smartwatch from MIT spinoff Liquid AI, and a model small enough to run on a smartphone from Google, Nvidia is joining the party today with a new small language model (SLM) of its own, Nemotron-Nano-9B-V2, which attained the highes

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Nvidia Will Let You Add Your Own Steam Games to Stream Via GeForce Now

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-11-18 11:30:00

Nvidia's announcements at the 2025 Gamescom show were sprinkled with the usual minor technology refreshes across its software platforms, but the biggest updates are coming to its GeForce Now cloud gaming service. The company upgraded its highest-end GFN server clusters ("pods") used for Ultimate members with its new RTX GeForce 5080-equivalent graphics processors and is in the process of upgrading the network pipeline to deliver faster streams with less latency. In practice, that means a lot of

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X’s declining Android app installs are hurting subscription revenue

techcrunch.com Sarah Perez 2025-11-18 12:49:36

Elon Musk’s X is struggling on Android devices in terms of new installs, even while App Store downloads grow, according to new data from app intelligence provider Appfigures. In July 2025, X downloads on Google Play saw a significant decline, as new installs dropped by 44% year-over-year worldwide, even as iOS downloads grew by 15%. This steep drop in installs is pulling down X’s overall average, leading to a 26% decrease in total mobile downloads year-over-year as of July. That’s still slightl

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Tesla Optimus rival Unitree shines at the 'World Humanoid Robot Games' in China

cnbc.com Eunice Yoon 2025-11-18 17:16:19

The first "World Humanoid Robot Games" is in the books. The three-day competition hosted in Beijing wrapped on Sunday, attracting 280 teams from 16 countries, including the U.S. Teams used robots manufactured by Chinese companies such as Unitree and Booster. During the games, humanoid athletes competed in dance battles, martial arts, track and field events such as the 400-meter and 1500-meter races and long jump, and a soccer tournament. "Robots have stronger joints and core strength," said G

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NVIDIA's GeForce NOW game streaming gets RTX 5080 GPUs, better image quality and more

engadget.com Unknown 2025-11-18 17:30:40

NVIDIA's GeForce NOW game streaming service is leveling-up in September with the addition of RTX 5080 GPUs, which will allow for 5K streaming at up to 120fps (or 1080p/320fps for the truly frame-hungry). While you'll need to be on the $20-a-month GeForce Now Ultimate tier to use RTX 5080 streaming servers, NVIDIA at least isn't raising that tier's price. Subscribers at that level will still receive 100 hours of monthly playtime (with 15 hours of rollover), up to eight-hour long sessions and acce

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Webtoon Wants Video and Licensed Comics to Capture a New Generation of Readers

gizmodo.com Sabina Graves 2025-11-18 17:30:04

Webtoon is adding a new short-form video feature on its digital comics platform to continue to build out its multifaceted storytelling offerings. Many of Webtoon’s heavy hitters will get companion video episodes to supplement ways to experience its vast library. The English-language version of the app will kick off this feature with voice-acting narration, motion, and a score to highlight visual storytelling in a new way. Fourteen Webtoon originals will now include five-minute video episodes in

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Game Streaming Will Never Be the Same After Nvidia’s GeForce Now Update

gizmodo.com Kyle Barr 2025-11-18 17:30:24

What if game streaming was your main way to play your games? That idea—once merely a pipedream—is inching closer to reality with Nvidia’s latest update to GeForce Now. Come September, players will be able to rent out a server worth 100GB or more to play whatever game they want, so long as they already own it. Even with more games and better streaming visuals, streaming can’t replace all your gaming gear. But if you were feeling antsy about how much that new PC upgrade or future console could cos

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‘Play Instantly on Discord’: Fortnite will be Nvidia and Discord’s first instant game demo

theverge.com Sean Hollister 2025-11-18 17:30:00

is a senior editor and founding member of The Verge who covers gadgets, games, and toys. He spent 15 years editing the likes of CNET, Gizmodo, and Engadget. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Nvidia’s GeForce Now is getting a big upgrade next month — and it’s also part of an intriguing new experiment. Nvidia, Discord, and Epic Games have teamed up for an early test of instant game demos for Discord servers, which could theoretically let you

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Nvidia’s app gets global DLSS override and more control panel features

theverge.com Tom Warren 2025-11-18 17:30:00

is a senior editor and author of Notepad , who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. The Nvidia app is getting improvements to DLSS override, more control panel features, and Project G-Assist changes this week. Nvidia has been gradually improving its new app over the past 18 months since its release, and it’s getting closer to fully migrating all the legacy control panel op

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Nvidia’s GeForce Now is upgrading to RTX 5080 GPUs and opening a floodgate of new games

theverge.com Sean Hollister 2025-11-18 17:30:00

is a senior editor and founding member of The Verge who covers gadgets, games, and toys. He spent 15 years editing the likes of CNET, Gizmodo, and Engadget. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. It’s been two and a half years since Nvidia’s GeForce Now cloud gaming service got a big boost in graphics, latency, and refresh rates — this September, Nvidia’s GFN will officially add its latest Blackwell GPUs. You’ll soon be able to rent what’s effec

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China's inaugural 'Robot Olympics' delivers impressive feats and disastrous falls

engadget.com Unknown 2025-11-17 22:14:50

The first-ever World Humanoid Robot Games have come to a close with some new world records, but don't expect them to beat humans in a 100-meter dash any time soon. The three-day robotics event in Beijing, China that saw humanoid robots compete in everything from boxing to cleaning concluded this weekend. According to the World Humanoid Robot Games, more than 280 teams from 16 countries, including the US, Germany, Brazil and the host country, entered their robots into the event. A majority of th

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First images from Fallout season 2 tease New Vegas

engadget.com Unknown 2025-11-18 22:25:28

The second season of Prime Video's Fallout is coming this December and the marketing machine is just starting to ramp up. The streamer has released some light plot details and, more importantly, several cool images. Two of these photos reference the franchise's iconic New Vegas location, which was teased at the end of the first season. Prime Video says that season two will take "audiences along for a journey through the wasteland of the Mojave to the post-apocalyptic city of New Vegas." However

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Substack turns on iOS in-app payment option for all paid newsletters

engadget.com Unknown 2025-11-19 03:22:37

Substack now lets users subscribe to any paid publication via an in-app purchase from the official iOS app. The news comes after the company tested the feature with 30,000 creators. This makes subscribing to something a much speedier affair, with the entire process taking just a few taps on the old smartphone screen. Prior to this, it wasn't always possible to upgrade to a paid subscription directly in the app. Showing off that it's more expensive to use iOS. (Substack) However, there's a fai

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Horror Story Looms as Children Get Stuffed Animals Powered by AI

Next year’s Apple Watch could add Touch ID, per leaked code

NVIDIA is reportedly developing an AI chip for China more powerful than the H20

Nebraska man gets 1 year in prison for $3.5M cryptojacking scheme

It’s Google’s turn to convince us to care about AI on our phones

Silicon Valley's AI deals are creating zombie startups: 'You hollowed out the organization'

NY Business Council discloses data breach affecting 47,000 people

‘Skibidi,’ ‘Tradwife,’ and 6,000 Other New Words Are in the Dictionary Now

UK backs down in Apple privacy row, US says

Survey shows 98% of Android users want at least one of these big PIN upgrades

Eight Sleep raises $100M to expand its AI-powered sleep tech

PSA: One of the biggest Google Play Store alternatives is shutting down on Android tomorrow

Intel shares jump as Softbank to buy $2bn stake in chip giant

Precision mapping tracks woody plant spread across Great Plains grasslands

Google Translate Reportedly Adding AI Integration, Duolingo-Like Game Elements

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman Believes We're in an AI Bubble

Nvidia gives fake Harrison Ford better hair using spheres

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Nvidia Will Let You Add Your Own Steam Games to Stream Via GeForce Now

X’s declining Android app installs are hurting subscription revenue

Tesla Optimus rival Unitree shines at the 'World Humanoid Robot Games' in China

NVIDIA's GeForce NOW game streaming gets RTX 5080 GPUs, better image quality and more

Webtoon Wants Video and Licensed Comics to Capture a New Generation of Readers

Game Streaming Will Never Be the Same After Nvidia’s GeForce Now Update

‘Play Instantly on Discord’: Fortnite will be Nvidia and Discord’s first instant game demo

Nvidia’s app gets global DLSS override and more control panel features

Nvidia’s GeForce Now is upgrading to RTX 5080 GPUs and opening a floodgate of new games

China's inaugural 'Robot Olympics' delivers impressive feats and disastrous falls

First images from Fallout season 2 tease New Vegas

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