Saturday, November 7, 2026
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Tech / The Verge ·
Fox has officially closed its $22 billion acquisition of Roku, the companies announced on Friday. With Roku under its umbrella, Fox now controls a major streaming platform that reaches more than 100 million households in the US. First announced in June, the deal will allow Fox to bring Fox Sports,…
Tech / The Verge ·
Gift-giving isn't just about grabbing something solid under a determined spending limit. It's an expression of love, a way to show someone how well you really know them. That doesn't mean you have to do it all on your own, though. Sometimes you just need a push in the right direction to get things…
Tech / The Next Web ·
US stocks suffered their sharpest one-day decline in months on Thursday, November 5, as investors pulled back from the chipmakers, cloud providers and power companies that have driven much of this year’s market gains. The S&P 500 fell 4.4% to close at 7,353.73, its biggest single-day drop since…
Tech / The Verge ·
Netflix isn't done with Hawkins, Indiana just yet. The streamer just announced a live-action spinoff of Stranger Things which is expected to debut in 2028. It's called Other Worlds: A Stranger Things Adventure. There aren't a lot of details, but the show will be going back in time quite a bit.…
Tech / The Verge ·
The European Commission claims TikTok broke its online platform rules by offering a recommendation algorithm that creates a "rabbit hole effect" on users. In an announcement on Friday, the regulators allege TikTok's algorithm can harm users with "endless and repeated exposure" to content related…
Tech / The Verge ·
Note: Some spoilers for Control Resonant's "Recursions and Iterations" mission follow. One of Control Resonant's most memorable missions involves time travel - kind of. There are certainly multiple timelines intersecting, or maybe overlapping, or maybe running in parallel. As protagonist Dylan…
Tech / The Verge ·
When I first read Allison and Nilay's Verge review of the iPhone Duo, I was immediately struck by one of their complaints: that the cover display is too small. That's not how the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 feels, I thought. Had they got it wrong? After a week and a half using the Duo, […]
Tech / The Verge ·
It's a bad time and maybe also a great time to make a new smartphone. Brennan Jordan and Austin Boer are two-thirds of the trio behind the Enough Phone, a small phone that will run your choice of stock Android or the minimalist OdysseyOS. They're currently seeking funding on Kickstarter, and just…
Tech / The Verge ·
I've been wanting to try 3D printing, people tell me. Which printer should I get? I finally have a fairly easy answer: the Bambu Lab P2S Combo. The auto-loading, fully enclosed touchscreen printer is one of the very few I can recommend. It's the only one I'd buy for myself. It's on sale for $649 […]
Tech / The Verge ·
Tesla is getting the Cybertruck ready for retirement in an effort to ramp up its robotaxi output. In an X post on Friday, Tesla CEO Elon Musk said that the company will be "winding down" Cybertruck production at its Texas Gigafactory sometime around the middle of next year, "to make room for…
Tech / Ars Technica ·
"This is going to be a game-changer."
Tech / Ars Technica ·
Certain configurations of Alpine are affected. Other distros may be as well.
Tech / Wired ·
Every VPN says it’s the best, but only some of them are telling the truth.
Tech / Ars Technica ·
NASA’s X-70 Fractal announcement comes as agency aims to grow X-plane fleet.
Tech / Wired ·
I found discounts of up to half off some of the top WIRED-tested TVs.
Tech / Wired ·
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.
Tech / Ars Technica ·
Orange ear cushions included.
Tech / The Next Web ·
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 is technically offering schools more choice but not the choices anyone wants.
Tech / Ars Technica ·
Bitter energy drinks turned out to be ChatGPT-steered poisoning, lawsuit says.
Tech / Wired ·
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 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 ·
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…
Tech / Ars Technica ·
BMW has updated its flagship sedan with the newest EV and infotainment tech.