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Neurable introduced the Neurable One, brain-scanning headphones with 12 EEG sensors built into the earpads designed to track focus during work, study or gaming. The Boston-based company had previously licensed its sensor technology to partners like Master & Dynamic and HP's HyperX, but CEO Ramses Alcaide said it chose to build its own hardware this time. The headphones go on sale in October through Neurable's website.
Phoebe Bridgers has instituted a strict no-phone policy on her current tour, requiring fans to lock away smartphones, smartwatches and smart glasses in Yondr pouches for the duration of her shows. Without devices to record the performance, some attendees have resorted to sketching the stage and lighting displays by hand, with examples shared on Reddit.
Leaker pdfu, who previously uncovered iPhone Duo StandBy mode screens in Apple's Xcode simulator, has now found evidence that Apple's upcoming HomePad will include a similar 'Photo Face' setup step. According to the leaker, the HomePad setup process runs through the Home app and prompts users to create a Photo Face using iCloud Photos, pulling in a few high-resolution images immediately while the full library downloads.
New York City's click-to-cancel rule took effect Thursday, requiring businesses to make canceling a subscription as easy as signing up for one. The city's Department of Consumer and Worker Protection says the policy could save residents between $21.5 million and $162.5 million a year, and residents can now file complaints with the city over violations.
Neon, distributor of Parasite and Anora, announced an anthology film based on the SCP Foundation's collaborative horror fiction community. Unlike A24's recent V/H/S-branded SCP project, Neon contacted the SCP Wiki admin team beforehand and committed to releasing the film under the required Creative Commons ShareAlike license. The project is expected to hit theaters next year and will feature work from emerging filmmakers within the SCP community, though it won't be an official or compensated SCP production.
Huawei unveiled the Mate 90, Mate 90 Pro, Mate 90 Pro Max, and Mate 90 RS Ultimate Design phones alongside a separate accessory called the Ruiying Z10. The Z10 attaches magnetically via a 'HyperClick' mount to the Mate 90 Pro Max Collector's Edition and Mate 90 RS Master Edition, adding a one-inch 50MP RYYB sensor with continuous optical zoom from 24mm to 240mm (roughly 1x to 10x) and a variable f/2.0-f/4.5 aperture.
OpenAI unveiled Dots, an AI agent powered by GPT-6 Astra, at its DevDay conference, positioning it as a direct competitor to Meta's free Muse agent platform. Unlike Muse, which is available to any Meta account holder via a free virtual machine, Dots is limited to OpenAI's $20/month Pro plan and above, excluding most of ChatGPT's reported 1.2 billion users.
Researchers led by Michal Irani at the Weizmann Institute built an AI system that reconstructs images a person is viewing from their fMRI brain scans, aiming for closer matches in structure and content than prior decoders. The system uses two coupled models—a decoder that splits predictions into image structure and content, and an encoder that predicts brain activity from images—trained together to refine outputs via a diffusion model. About 70% of training images were never actually shown to subjects in a scanner, since the encoder generated synthetic brain-activity pairings for them.
An Android Authority writer describes keeping a four-year-old Nothing Phone 1 running after it reached the end of official software support. The fixes included a third-party battery replacement, switching to a slower 18W charger and thinner case to reduce heat, and moving to lighter, open-source apps to cut battery drain and improve speed.
The Call Center Doctors rented a four-GPU Nvidia H200 server on September 27 to run DeepSeek V4.1 Flash for its Claude Code coding agents instead of Claude Opus 5.5. The firm found the on-demand box cost $440.88 a day versus $184-$223 a day to get the same work done through DeepSeek's API, and it ultimately switched back to Opus 5.5, which worked out cheaper than keeping the rented hardware running.
A growing number of employers are abandoning the once-a-year engagement survey model, which typically produces a flurry of scorecards, town halls and action-planning committees before fading from attention. In its place, organizations are adopting more frequent, lighter-touch feedback methods meant to capture employee sentiment on an ongoing basis rather than in a single annual snapshot.
MSG owner James Dolan and his family have donated roughly $108,000 directly to Republican gubernatorial candidate Bruce Blakeman, the Nassau County executive who is trailing Governor Kathy Hochul by nine points or more in most polls. Blakeman has proposed expanded surveillance infrastructure, including license plate readers and biometric tracking along the city-suburb border, and supports data centers, AI deepfakes, Flock surveillance, ICE and private militias. Dolan previously donated to Hochul in the last election cycle and has also given significant sums to Trump's 2020 campaign and the RNC.