Some Apple Watch users report that after daylight saving time changes, the always-on display continues showing the old time while the watch's active display updates correctly. The bug surfaced first among European users whose clocks changed a week or two before the US switch, with reports shared on Reddit and X. Apple has acknowledged the issue and recommends switching watch faces, restarting the device, or waiting until midnight for automatic resolution.
9to5mac.com
· 2026-11-02
Several Canadian provinces and territories, including Alberta, British Columbia, and Manitoba, recently ended seasonal clock changes and permanently adopted daylight saving time. Following the switch, owners of the Lenovo Smart Clock Essential report on Reddit that the device's LED display is off by an hour, even though asking Google Assistant for the time returns the correct answer. Other Google Home devices, such as the TV Streamer and smart displays, reportedly updated correctly.
androidauthority.com
· 2026-11-02
Microsoft has filed a patent for an AI system that edits live video and audio in near real time, replacing or removing spoken words while adjusting a speaker's mouth and face to match. The filing, flagged by patent-tracker Patentlyze, describes using AI agents guided by user-set parameters to smooth these edits into live broadcasts or AR presentations.
futurism.com
· 2026-11-01
Americans set clocks back an hour overnight as daylight saving time ended, continuing the twice-yearly shift even though President Trump has publicly called for abolishing the practice. No federal legislation has changed the current system, so the fall-back and spring-forward schedule remains in effect nationwide.
yro.slashdot.org
· 2026-11-01
A blog post on argmin examines the history of attempts to formally define algorithmic efficiency in computer science, starting with Jack Edmonds' 1965 paper on finding maximum matchings in graphs. The piece argues that Edmonds struggled to find rigorous language for 'efficient' or 'good' algorithms, distinguishing them from brute-force approaches that scale exponentially with problem size, and that this gap spawned a field of complexity theory that drifted from real-world applications.
argmin.net
· 2026-10-31
Skywatchers can spot all planets in the solar system during November, with Daylight Saving Time ending Nov. 1 giving earlier sunsets and more viewing time before bedtime. Mercury becomes easier to see after reaching western elongation on Nov. 20, while Venus grows more visible as it moves farther from the sun throughout the month. Mars, Jupiter and Saturn remain visible nightly, with Jupiter, Mars and the star Regulus forming a notable trio in the eastern sky.
cnet.com
· 2026-10-31
Daylight saving time concludes at 2 a.m. local time on Sunday, when most US clocks move back to 1 a.m., giving people an extra hour of sleep overnight. Standard time will remain in effect until clocks spring forward again on March 14, 2027. Phones and computers adjust automatically, but devices like ovens, microwaves and car clocks typically require manual changes.
cnet.com
· 2026-10-31
Eye Security researchers discovered that a modified updater from the 2014 BitTorrent client Time4Popcorn was still silently running on more than 2.5 million Windows machines and roughly 300,000 Macs. The updater regularly checked in with domains that had since become available for registration, meaning anyone could buy one and push code with full system privileges to affected machines. Eye Security said it acted to secure the domains itself since no vendor remained to patch the abandoned software.
darkreading.com
· 2026-10-30
The games industry continues to revisit classic titles such as Ocarina of Time, Mario Kart, Final Fantasy and Pac-Man, updating them with modern graphics and expanded worlds for new generations of players. Researchers and gamers interviewed say the appeal lies largely in nostalgia, the emotional pull of revisiting familiar virtual environments tied to memories and relationships from earlier in players' lives.
bbc.co.uk
· 2026-10-30
OpenAI and Anthropic both announced AI-generated proofs this week that refute the exponential time hypothesis, a foundational assumption in theoretical computer science used to explain why certain problems require exponentially more effort as they grow larger. The proofs, published on GitHub in natural language and machine-checkable Lean format, have not yet been independently verified by researchers. OpenAI has reached out to the hypothesis's original proponents and other academics to help review and validate the findings, including funding a dedicated conference.
wired.com
· 2026-10-29
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake for Nintendo Switch 2 is set to release on November 5th, and retailers Amazon and Walmart are currently offering the physical edition for $10 off its $59.99 list price. Once the game launches, the physical version is expected to rise to $69.99, while the digital edition will remain at $59.99.
theverge.com
· 2026-10-29
A roundup of workplace experts offers guidance on making hybrid work arrangements function well, covering areas such as meeting structure, focus time, communication norms, and accountability. The experts argue that hybrid success depends on pairing flexibility with clearly defined expectations for employees and managers.
fastcompany.com
· 2026-10-29
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