Amazonâs Prime Big Deal Days is one of the biggest shopping events of the year, and it officially kicks off tomorrow, October 7th. The two-day shopping affair will grant Prime members access to some of the best prices of the year on Amazon devices, as well as products from Sony, Sonos, Bose, Anker, Apple, and [âŠ] Read more âș
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Funcom, the Tencent-owned company behind the survival MMO Dune: Awakening, is making some major changes, including laying off staff and shutting down Metal: Hellsinger developer The Outsiders. Dune: Awakening had a promising launch, selling a million copies and becoming the companyâs âfastest selling game everâ less than two weeks after its June release. And in [âŠ] Read more âș
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Verizon has picked former PayPal head Dan Schulman to serve as its new CEO as the company enters its ânext phaseâ of growth, Verizon board chair Mark Bertolini says in the press release. Starting today, Schulman will replace outgoing CEO Hans Vestberg, who will now serve as a special advisor through October 4th, 2026. Vestberg [âŠ] Read more âș
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SwitchBot is expanding its already diverse line of smart home offerings with a new tracking fob that doubles as both a personal safety device and a quick way to gain entry to your home. SwitchBotâs Safety Alarm looks like a keychain flashlight and even has LEDs when you need some extra illumination and donât want [âŠ] Read more âș
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Paramount is acquiring The Free Press, an independent media publication started on Substack. As part of the deal, Paramount is installing The Free Pressâs founder, Bari Weiss, as the editor-in-chief of CBS News, according to an announcement on Monday. Before starting The Free Press, Weiss worked as an op-ed and book review editor at The [âŠ] Read more âș
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Hello, and welcome to Decoder! My guest today is Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe, and Iâm very excited to be talking to him on my show today. And when I say my show⊠I mean Nilay Patelâs show. This is my final episode filling in for Nilay while heâs out on parental leave. Iâm Joanna Stern, [âŠ] Read more âș
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Dbrandâs latest skins allow a wide range of non-Apple devices to don a âflawlessly colormatched knock-offâ of the âCosmic Orangeâ sported by iPhone 17 Pro models. The new gadget skins are available across every device covered by Dbrandâs portfolio starting today, including Apple and Android smartphones, laptops, tablets, earpods, and gaming hardware. For Apple customers [âŠ] Read more âș
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The MX Master 4 is Logitechâs latest wireless mouse in the MX series, featuring a new haptics-equipped thumb grip that can provide tactile feedback while multitasking. It just launched last week at $119.99, but Best Buy has it available in multiple color schemes for $89.99. You donât need me to tell you that this is [âŠ] Read more âș
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Collabs with fictional characters are on the horizon for Sora. Officially, that is, as OpenAI moves to restrict the flow of unauthorized horrors like meth-cooking and Nazi SpongeBobs and criminal PokĂ©mon that have plagued the platform from day one. Bill Peebles, leader of the Sora team at OpenAI, said fictional character appearances in videos, known [âŠ] Read more âș
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AMD is partnering with OpenAI to provide six gigawatts worth of processors for AI data centers, a move that challenges Nvidiaâs AI chip market dominance. The five-year agreement aims to help OpenAI bolster its infrastructure to meet growing computational demands for AI applications like ChatGPT, starting with a gigawatt deployment of AMD Instinct MI450 GPUs [âŠ] Read more âș
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Sora now lets you rein in your AI doubles, giving you more say on how and where deepfake versions of you make an appearance on the app. The update lands as OpenAI hurries to show it actually cares about its usersâ concerns as an all-too-predictable tsunami of AI slop threatens to take over the internet. [âŠ] Read more âș
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Handheld makers are throwing paint at the wall to see what sticks. They apparently can't compete with the Steam Deck on price, so they're trying giant handhelds, 3D handhelds, more familiar and comfortable handhelds, and premium handhelds with Switch-like detachable controllers that double as mice. Many now cost $1,000 or more. But boutique brand GPD [âŠ] Read more âș
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OpenAI and designer Jony Ive are trying to solve a number of technical challenges before releasing their mysterious AI gadget, according to a Financial Times report. Two of the challenges include figuring out the palm-sized deviceâs âpersonalityâ and how often it should talk. âThe concept is that you should have a friend whoâs a computer [âŠ] Read more âș
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For the last several years Netflix has been quietly banking episodes of a new show called Famous Last Words, interviews with famous people entering their twilight years. The catch is that episodes will only air after the subject passes away. The full list of interviewees is a closely guarded secret, but last week Netflix quietly [âŠ] Read more âș
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Rebrands rarely get much love. That backlash can be especially strong if youâre giving a facelift to a decades-old piece of software beloved by nerds around the globe. So, it was no surprise that when Audacity revealed its new logo people on the internet got a little worked up. And look, thereâs no two ways [âŠ] Read more âș
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If the only thing Roland ever released was the TR-808, the company would still deserve a place in the music gear hall of fame. The 808 is arguably the most important instrument since the creation of the electric guitar. It's been a cornerstone of hip-hop, electronic, and pop music for 45 years now, used by [âŠ] Read more âș
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Editorâs note: Amazonâs fall Prime Day event kicks off on October 7th; however, if you want to shop ahead of the two-day sale, weâve rounded up the best early Prime Day deals you can already get. If you choose to get an extra controller for your Nintendo Switch 2, you can spend a lot â [âŠ] Read more âș
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Life is a series of battles, and I just lost my last one against four gyoza on a skewer. It was an unexpected blow, because honestly, who could have expected me - a springy, respectably proportioned hot dog - to lose against a seemingly inflexible spear of small, unassuming dumplings? This is my struggle in [âŠ] Read more âș
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We've been working on a new show for the last few months, called Version History, and the first episode is now live! It's called "Hoverboards: so hot right now," and it's an hour-long tour of the biggest rideable gadget of the 2010s. Hidden inside the history of this weird two-wheeled scooter is a crucial inflection [âŠ] Read more âș
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This is The Stepback, a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For more on the intersection of transportation and technology, follow Andrew J. Hawkins. The Stepback arrives in our subscribers' inboxes at 8AM ET. Opt in for The Stepback here. How it started I vividly remember the first time I [âŠ] Read more âș
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