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Amazon Launches $34.99 Kindle Click Remote for Hands-Free Page Turning

Amazon has introduced the Kindle Click, a $34.99 Bluetooth remote that lets readers turn pages without touching their Kindle. The accessory arrives alongside a redesigned Kindle lineup featuring thinner bodies,…

Satlyt Raises $8 Million to Build a Shared Computing Layer for Satellites

Satlyt has raised an $8 million seed round to develop software that lets satellites run AI models and eventually share computing workloads across orbit. Rather than building spacecraft, the startup…

Google Launches Gemini 4 Argon With Focus on Cybersecurity and Complex Coding

Google has launched Gemini 4 Argon, a new AI model designed for complex coding, research, writing, and cybersecurity work. The company says Argon can autonomously identify, validate, and patch critical…

Pentagon Launches Project Meridian With Elon Musk, Palmer Luckey and Newt Gingrich

The Pentagon has launched Project Meridian, a 120-day effort to study how future wars could be fought and identify technologies the US military may need to develop, test, and deploy.…

Factory CEO Accuses Board Adviser of Sharing Information With Rival Cognition

Factory CEO Matan Grinberg has accused former board adviser Chris Degnan of sharing confidential information with rival AI coding company Cognition while advising Factory. Degnan denies the allegation and says…

Pentagon Data Breach Exposes Personal Records of More Than 3 Million People

More than 3 million current and former US military personnel, civilian workers, and others had personal information exposed in a months-long breach of the Defense Manpower Data Center, including Social…

DoorDash Unveils Six-Propeller Drone for DoorDash Air Delivery Service

DoorDash has unveiled a six-propeller autonomous aircraft for DoorDash Air, its in-house drone delivery service, after first developing the ground systems needed to move food from restaurant kitchens to customers.…

BMW’s New Electric i3 Costs $4,400 Less Than Comparable Gas-Powered 3 Series

BMW’s 2027 3 Series offers a rare direct comparison between electric and gasoline-powered cars, with the electric version priced $4,400 below its closest gas equivalent. The electric i3 50 xDrive…

OpenAI Introduces Decisions API for Fast, Low-Cost Software Automation

OpenAI has introduced a new Decisions API that uses its Luna model to choose between predefined answers for tasks such as classification, routing, and agent actions. The limited-preview tool is…

Reddit Will End RSS Feeds in November and Shut Down Its Public API in 2027

Reddit is ending support for RSS feeds on November 13 and plans to shut down remaining public API access in March 2027, citing large-scale scraping and automated abuse. The changes…

Meta Disputes Claim That Muse Read Private Messages Without Permission

Meta has disputed a journalist’s claim that its Muse AI agent accessed private Apple Messages without permission, saying the integration requires users to explicitly enable multiple system and application-level controls.…

Consumer AI Agents Gain Momentum as Monetization Questions Persist

Consumer AI agents are attracting users and investors as products such as Meta’s Muse, OpenAI’s Dots, and Instinct take on everyday tasks including travel bookings, restaurant reservations, and subscription cancellations.…

DoorDash Launches AI Agent That Lets Users Order Food Through Apple Messages

DoorDash is launching an AI-powered ordering agent that lets users find food, build a cart, and place orders through Apple Messages without navigating the DoorDash app. The system can understand…

Destro Emerges From Stealth With $8 Million to Coordinate Warehouse Robots and Workers

Destro has emerged from stealth with $8 million in seed funding for software that coordinates robots, workers, carts, and trucks inside logistics facilities rather than building robots itself. The round…

FedEx Orders 2,000 Harbinger Electric Trucks in Deal Worth Over $300 Million

FedEx has ordered 2,000 electric delivery trucks from Harbinger in a deal valued at more than $300 million, marking the EV startup’s largest bulk order to date. Harbinger plans to…

Instinct Adds Curated Product Recommendations as Users Question Unsolicited Suggestions

AI assistant startup Instinct has introduced Instinct Selections, a recommendation feature that suggests restaurants, travel ideas, and shopping products using lists curated by people such as chefs, designers, architects, and…

Content Creation Degrees Gain Ground as Universities Teach the Business of Social Media

Universities in the UK and US are offering degrees in content creation that teach students how to produce social media content, build audiences, work with brands, and turn online activity…

Texas Farmers Turn to Solar Leases as Rising Power Demand Reshapes Rural Land

Texas farmers are increasingly leasing agricultural land to solar developers, providing some families with long-term income as drought, extreme weather, and rising farming costs put pressure on their operations. The…

US Battery Startups Bet on Sodium-Ion Storage as Demand Grows

US battery startups are pushing sodium-ion technology into home, vehicle, and grid storage as companies look for alternatives to lithium-ion batteries. San Diego-based Unigrid has already shipped its first 100…

Dangote and Kenya Break Ground on $16 Billion Lamu Oil Refinery

Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote and Kenyan President William Ruto have broken ground on a $16 billion oil refinery in Lamu that is planned to process 700,000 barrels of crude a…