Tech / Ars Technica ·
NASA unveils mysterious X-70 experimental aircraft using AI-generated image
NASA’s X-70 Fractal announcement comes as agency aims to grow X-plane fleet.
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Airbnb says it’s launching an AI travel agent in the first half of 2027
Airbnb says its upcoming AI agent will help travelers plan trips, compare options, manage bookings, and get assistance throughout their stay.
Tech / Wired ·
The 7 Best Early Black Friday TV Deals (2026)
I found discounts of up to half off some of the top WIRED-tested TVs.
Tech / Wired ·
How Elon Musk and Big Tech Poured Millions Into the Midterms, and Lost
This week on “Uncanny Valley,” we discuss the historic blue wave that swept the midterms and delivered a rebuke to the Trump administration, Big Tech, and data centers.
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Asia can’t afford a ‘cloudless’ day. That means paying attention to undersea cables
More than 99% of all international data is carried not by satellites but by a physical backbone of subsea cables.
Tech / Ars Technica ·
Sony revives the original Walkman headphones, adds USB-C
Orange ear cushions included.
Tech / The Next Web ·
Instagram launches free Edits video editor for Mac with 4K exports
Instagram announced on Thursday that it is bringing Edits, its short-form video editing app, to desktop on Mac.The app is free to download, but it works only on Macs with Apple Silicon chips, from the M1 onwards, and users need an Instagram account to sign in. Instagram first launched Edits on…
Tech / Ars Technica ·
Google: Schools can keep search while skipping Gemini, but AI search is non-negotiable
Google is technically offering schools more choice but not the choices anyone wants.
Tech / Ars Technica ·
Lawsuit: Man introduced his wife to ChatGPT. She used it to plan his murder.
Bitter energy drinks turned out to be ChatGPT-steered poisoning, lawsuit says.
Tech / Wired ·
Ads in Chatbots Have Arrived. Here’s What’s Working—and What’s Not
As Anthropic maintains its vow to keep ads out of Claude, the rest of the AI chatbot industry is racing to win over advertisers without antagonizing users.
Tech / The Next Web ·
Meta adds real-time voice chat and animated avatars to its Muse app
Meta has added live voice conversations to Muse, its personal AI agent, so users can talk to it instead of typing. The update also gives Muse an animated avatar that reacts as the conversation goes on. The feature is available now in the Muse app on phones, the web and Mac, but only in the […]…
Tech / The Next Web ·
Omar Hamdi says AI will test whether PR firms can really scale
City A.M. reported on 6 October that the share of UK firms spending on public relations and management consultants fell to 4.2% in September, even as overall business spending rose 3.1% year on year and spending on AI services increased rapidly. For Omar Hamdi, chief executive of London-listed…
Business / Fortune ·
Tech stocks are suffering their biggest selloff since Covid, as investors see premature end to AI datacenter boom
Two days after voters overwhelmingly rejected data centers, the companies that make the chips, networking gear, and other tech for the facilities saw their stocks crushed.
Tech / Ars Technica ·
BMW bumps battery for the better: The 2027 i7 60 xDrive, driven
BMW has updated its flagship sedan with the newest EV and infotainment tech.
Business / Fortune ·
Wall Street’s best post-midterm rally in 44 years lasted just one day—then $3 trillion vanished as chip stocks plunged over AI fears
Chip and AI stocks led a delayed selloff on fears new Democratic governors will pause data centers. Analysts split on how long.
Tech / The Next Web ·
Anthropic lets Claude read your bank accounts, but not move money
Anthropic launched Personal Finance, a beta that lets US Claude subscribers on Pro, Max and Ultra link bank and card accounts through Plaid and ask about their spending. Claude can read balances and transactions but cannot move money, and the feature has no ads. Anthropic is letting some Claude…
AI / The Decoder ·
OpenAIs GPT-6 Cyber can both break into systems and propose how to fix them
With GPT-6 Cyber, OpenAI is introducing an AI model built to find security vulnerabilities in software, develop exploits, and suggest patches. According to OpenAI, it has already found 81 previously unknown vulnerabilities in Firefox and developed 948 working exploits in the Linux kernel,…
Tech / The Next Web ·
Google’s Gemini Omni 1.2 Flash makes 15-second AI videos for less
Google made Gemini Omni 1.2 Flash, its AI video model, generally available. It makes 15-second clips, up from 10, lets users edit them over several chat turns and costs 30% less, at about $0.07 a second for 720p video. Google has made Gemini Omni 1.2 Flash, the latest version of its AI video…
Tech / Wired ·
13 Best Early Black Friday Deals at Best Buy on Hot Tech (2026)
Get a head start on holiday shopping with discounts on WIRED-tested headphones, laptops, and TVs.
Tech / Ars Technica ·
Software squeezes more data out of Webb Telescope for imaging exoplanets
Software optimizes a physical model of the telescope to reduce noise.
Tech / Wired ·
The Blue Tsunami Swept Doctors and Scientists Into Office
More than 80 percent of congressional candidates backed by the pro-science PAC 314 Action won, including Michigan senator-elect and epidemiologist Abdul El-Sayed.
AI / TechCrunch ·
Meta says US users can now video chat with their Muse AI avatar
Meta's AI agent can now take calls as a customizable animated avatar, ahead of the launch of a Tamagotchi-like wearable designed to bring Muse to life.
Tech / Ars Technica ·
Kalshi court losses pile up as judges refuse to block state gambling laws
Kalshi can't avoid gambling law by claiming it doesn't offer gambling, state AG says.
AI / The Verge ·
OpenAI is stepping back from NDAs for data center projects
Following this week's midterms where voters resoundingly voiced their opposition to data center expansion, OpenAI today announced new commitments to communities where it is working on data center projects, including that it won't use non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) with public officials. Many…