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Dyson Ends Production of Its Unusual ‘Zone’ Air-Purifier Headphones

In 2022, Dyson surprised the tech world by launching the Dyson Zone—over-ear headphones that doubled as a personal air purifier. Now, as COVID-era concerns wane, the company is discontinuing this…

Report Says Apple’s Smarter Siri Will Arrive Next Spring

Apple is reportedly aiming to launch its AI-enhanced version of Siri in the spring of 2026. According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, this timeline represents an “internal release target” for what…

Trump Fails to Secure Appeals Court Rehearing for E. Jean Carroll Case

President Donald Trump lost his latest attempt to overturn a civil jury verdict that found him liable for sexually abusing writer E. Jean Carroll in the mid-1990s and defaming her…

Nintendo Switch 2 Sales Soar, U.S. Online Stores Show ‘Out of Stock’

Nintendo sold more than 3.5 million units of its new flagship Switch 2 gaming system within four days of its launch. Major U.S. retailers quickly marked the console as “out…

Coinbase Enhances Subscription Plan with American Express Credit Card Option

Coinbase on Thursday unveiled its first branded credit card in partnership with American Express. This card will be available exclusively to U.S. members of Coinbase One, the company’s monthly subscription…

AMD Unveils Next-Generation AI Chips Alongside OpenAI CEO Sam Altman

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) announced new details on Thursday about its next-generation AI chips, the Instinct MI400 series, set to ship next year. The company also introduced a full server…

Apple Patches Zero-Day iPhone Bug Exploited by Paragon Spyware

Researchers revealed on Thursday that two European journalists had their iPhones compromised by spyware developed by Paragon. Apple has since patched the vulnerability exploited in these attacks. Discovery and Patch…

Snapchat Introduces New Creator Tools, Simplifies Video Editing

As Snapchat continues its challenge against Instagram and TikTok, the company announced a set of new features designed to make content creation and sharing easier for creators. Among the updates…

Google to Reduce Pixel 6a Battery Performance After Fire Incidents

Google is preparing a mandatory software update for Pixel 6a users that will reduce charging speed and limit battery capacity on certain devices. This comes after two reports of Pixel…

Wikipedia Pauses AI Summary Project Amid Editor Backlash

The Wikimedia Foundation has paused an experiment that added AI-generated summaries to the top of Wikipedia pages following strong opposition from its community of editors. Called “Simple Article Summaries,” the…

Amazon Prime Video to Double Its Ads, Report Finds

Amazon’s streaming service, Prime Video, has quietly doubled the amount of advertising shown during its content, according to an exclusive report from Adweek. The report, based on information from ad…

Trump Administration Orders 500,000 Immigrants to ‘Self-Deport’ Following Protection Revocation

The Trump administration began issuing deportation notices Thursday to roughly 500,000 immigrants who had previously received temporary authorization to live and work in the U.S. through a special humanitarian program.…

Instagram finally lets users rearrange their profile grids

Instagram announced on Thursday a major update allowing users to rearrange their profile grids, along with testing a feature that lets users post content quietly—without having it appear in their…

OpenAI and Mattel partner to integrate generative AI into toymaking and products

Mattel, the iconic maker of Barbie and other beloved toys, has partnered with OpenAI to bring generative AI technology into the toy industry and its expanding entertainment portfolio. This collaboration…

Google Cloud outage disrupts large parts of the internet

Large parts of the internet experienced significant outages on Thursday, impacting various services ranging from the global cloud platform Cloudflare to popular apps like Spotify. Initial reports indicate that a…

Meta AI app raises serious privacy concerns

It sounds like the setup to a modern horror story: your browser history—or in this case, your AI chats—have been public all along, and you didn’t even know. That’s the…

iOS 26 Code Suggests Apple May Launch AirPods Pro 3 and New AirTag Soon

With the release of iOS 26, existing AirPods users will gain new features like studio-quality audio recording and an enhanced camera remote. But what about new hardware? While this week’s…

Disney and Universal sue AI company Midjourney over image use

Disney and Universal have taken legal action against AI company Midjourney, accusing its image generation tool of being a “bottomless pit of plagiarism.” The studios claim Midjourney’s software produces countless…

Trump announces rare earths deal with China is ‘done’

US President Donald Trump announced that talks to ease tensions between the US and China have concluded with a “deal.” Trump said China agreed to supply US companies with magnets…

Nvidia CEO declares this decade as the era of robotics and autonomous vehicles

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said autonomous vehicles (AVs) and robotics are poised for major growth in the coming years. “This is going to be the decade of AV [autonomous vehicles],…