Saturday, November 7, 2026
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Tech / The Verge ·
Casio announced a new addition to its Casiotone line of portable electronic keyboards with a feature that could help aspiring musicians master skills like rhythm and timing without the frustrations or discouragement of hitting the wrong note. The Casiotone CT-FS1 is available now for $399.99 in a…
Tech / Wired ·
From hallucinations to partisan bias, artificial intelligence chatbots like ChatGPT and Claude are not helpful when it comes to Election Day.
Tech / The Verge ·
It's the midterms! Here's a fun fact for you as you head to the polls: Gas prices today are the highest ever recorded for a US Election Day. The national average for a gallon of gasoline is $4.12 and $6.28 for a gallon of diesel, according to GasBuddy. Meanwhile, the Strategic Petroleum Reserve,…
Tech / The Next Web ·
Bosch will move its semiconductor business into a dedicated division from January 2028, as the German supplier looks to expand chip sales beyond the automotive industry. The company is targeting annual semiconductor revenue of around €5bn by 2030, it announced today. The new unit, which will be…
Tech / The Next Web ·
Salesforce has signed a definitive agreement to buy Cresta, whose voice agents handle complex customer calls from start to finish, Salesforce said on Monday. The deal should close in the first quarter of Salesforce’s fiscal year 2028, subject to regulatory approvals. Salesforce did not disclose a…
Tech / The Next Web ·
Syncere, the Palo Alto startup behind the Lume robot lamp, has raised $11m in pre-seed funding led by a16z Speedrun, Andreessen Horowitz’s programme for early-stage founders. Draper Associates, Physical World, Sequel and SeaX Ventures also took part in the round. The company plans to use the money…
Tech / Wired ·
The inventive instrument maker collapsed into insolvency, leaving buyers empty-handed and users scrambling to keep their musical gear alive.
Tech / The Next Web ·
Adobe is adding fully licensed music from Universal Music Group and Warner Music Group to Premiere mobile, its free video editing app, the company said on Tuesday. The deal brings songs by some of the world’s most-streamed artists into the editing process. UMG’s roster includes Taylor Swift and…
Tech / The Next Web ·
San Francisco, California, USA, November 3rd, 2026, TechnologyWire Journify, the ad signal infrastructure company, today announced a $12 million Series A at four times its previous valuation. Al Mada Ventures led the round, co-led by returning investor Silicon Badia, with Shorooq and Bunat…
Tech / Ars Technica ·
After pioneering the passenger screen, Mercedes has designs on the windshield.
Tech / The Next Web ·
France’s Bull and Schwarz Digits, the IT arm of Germany’s Schwarz Group, plan to build a European AI and cloud infrastructure stack together. It would run from the servers to the software. The two companies agreed a memorandum of understanding (MoU), Bull said on Tuesday. They announced it at the…
Tech / Wired ·
The iPad Mini’s impressive new features make it a better tablet than ever—only to be betrayed by its higher price.
Tech / The Next Web ·
Corridian wants to move military cargo across contested oceans underwater, out of sight and without a crew. The New England defence startup came out of stealth on Tuesday with a $38 million seed round, according to its announcement. Point72 Ventures led the round, with Balerion Space Ventures,…
Tech / The Verge ·
Reddit is testing ads on another area of its platform: search. With this update, ads will appear within your search results "based on a range of factors, including contextual relevance to a search query," according to Reddit. That means searching for "espresso station" could present you with ads for…
Tech / The Next Web ·
Fourthline chief executive Paul Stoddart will run the identity verification group formed by his company’s merger with Spain’s Veridas, which closed on Tuesday. The two companies first announced the deal on 16 July. The combined company checks the identities of customers for banks and other regulated…
Tech / The Verge ·
If you’re looking for a good smart speaker, the Google Home Speaker is down to around $79 ($20 off) in all four colors at Best Buy, Walmart, and Target. That’s the best price we’ve seen for the Gemini-powered speaker, which launched in June and represents Google’s first smart speaker in several…
Tech / The Next Web ·
Samsung will use its second chip plant in Taylor, Texas, to make parts for AMD and Nvidia’s AI memory, South Korea’s Maeil Business Newspaper reported on Tuesday, citing industry sources. The plant will produce base dies for high-bandwidth memory, the logic layer that sits at the bottom of the…
Tech / The Next Web ·
In commercial real estate, speed can make or break a deal. Offers move in hours and capital moves in seconds, yet legal paperwork can still take weeks. Athena is changing that. The company has raised a $2.5 million pre-seed round led by a16z Speedrun. Athena’s proprietary AI agents work alongside…
Tech / The Next Web ·
CrowdStrike has agreed to buy two AI security companies, Fiddler AI and Dreadnode. It announced both on Tuesday at its Fal.Con Europe conference in Barcelona. Fiddler tracks what AI agents do and why. Dreadnode tests AI models, applications and agents for weaknesses before they go live.…
Tech / The Next Web ·
Reddit has asked Australia’s High Court to strike down the country’s world-first ban on under-16s holding social media accounts, arguing that the law is unconstitutional. The first legal challenge to the legislation opened in Canberra this week, Reuters reported. Reddit and a libertarian advocacy…
Tech / The Next Web ·
Apple is developing a tabletop home robot that could cost around $1,000, The Information reported on Monday. It would put a 9-inch screen on a swivelling robotic arm. Apple is aiming for a 2027 launch, but the device may not be ready until 2028, Aaron Tilley wrote. Apple’s codename for the device is…
Tech / The Next Web ·
Google’s Gemini chatbot may infringe EU copyright rules when it uses press articles to generate answers, an adviser to the bloc’s highest court said on Tuesday. The opinion draws a distinction between training AI models on copyrighted material and reproducing publishers’ work in the responses they…
Tech / The Verge ·
Originally released in early 2025 as an accessory for the iPad, Moft has redesigned its Dynamic Folio as a case for the iPhone Duo that does more than just protect Apple's folding phone. You can use it to prop the Duo up at several different angles for hands-free use, or reconfigure the Dynamic…
Tech / The Next Web ·
Zalando beat sales expectations in the third quarter and introduced its first AI-powered shopping tool, but investors focused on weaker margins. Shares in Europe’s largest online fashion retailer fell around 5% on Tuesday despite the stronger-than-expected revenue. Revenue rose 5.1% year on year…