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Amazon unveils Echo Show 16 with Fire TV, Alexa+ and an anti-glare display
Amazon’s new Echo Show 16 combines Fire TV, Alexa+, and an optional anti-glare display, but the smarter setup costs more.
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Dictionary.com’s word of the year is one that you’re tired of seeing everywhere on the internet
Dictionary.com just crowned maxxing its 2026 word of the year. Here’s what the word means and how it went from gaming slang to everyday talk.
Ollama brings free, local text-to-speech to your Mac with natural-sounding AI voices
Ollama now lets Mac users turn text into natural-sounding speech locally with Phonon, a family of small text-to-speech models from Gradium. No subscription required.
Researchers develop a new forensic tool that can recover deleted AI chats from your phone’s memory
Think deleting an AI chat erases everything? Georgia Tech researchers developed a forensic tool that can recover deleted conversations from local AI apps and rebuild the information into a working session.
Those cute delivery robots could be the new Flock surveillance menace
Food delivery robots from Coco Robotics and Serve Robotics face lawsuits alleging they collected facial and hand measurements without consent, raising questions about biometric privacy and public surveillance.
OpenAI’s new GPT-6.1 Terra model gets Astra-like results for one-tenth the price
OpenAI says GPT-6.1 Terra can match Astra on Agents’ Last Exam while running more than three times faster and costing one-tenth as much per token.
ASUS is charging RTX 5090 money for Intel Arc, and your wallet may need a moment
ASUS has begun selling its UGen Intel Arc Pro B70 graphics card in parts of Europe for €1,799. The 32GB workstation GPU targets local AI inference and professional workloads.
As Anthropic goes public, it warns of AI’s catastrophic and existential risks to humanity
Anthropic’s IPO filing warns that increasingly capable AI systems could behave autonomously, enable cyberattacks, and create catastrophic or even existential risks.
New report confirms Anthropic’s Claude bypassed a paywall to access Georgia vote counts
Anthropic's Claude independently bypassed a paywall to access Georgia's aggregate vote counts, adding to growing concerns about AI agents taking unauthorized actions without human oversight.
Windows 11 could get a serious performance boost, but there’s a catch
A hidden setting spotted in an experimental Windows 11 build suggests Microsoft is preparing to take advantage of Intel's latest CPU technology. But don't expect your PC to suddenly become faster after an update.
The next MacBook Air could arrive early next year, but OLED will have to wait
Apple is reportedly planning a new MacBook Air for early 2027, with the M6 chip expected to headline the refresh while OLED remains off the table.
Apple wants touchscreens on Macs, but its MacBook lineup could get weird
Apple could soon have more MacBook tiers than ever, with entry-level Pros, high-end models, and OLED touchscreens complicating its laptop lineup.
Moonshot tells Kimi AI to code away, but leave the hacking alone
Moonshot AI is reducing the offensive cybersecurity capabilities of its Kimi K3.1 Pro model ahead of its open-weight release, as concerns grow over AI-powered cyberattacks.
Google changes its Workspace privacy promise on ads, and opting out limits Personal Intelligence
Google’s pledge to keep Gmail and Photos out of ad targeting now has an exception for connected AI search data.
OpenAI is locking its most advanced AI models offline after a string of security scares
After a model briefly reached the live web, OpenAI’s most advanced systems will now practice only on a simulated internet.
Your Windows touchpad is about to make scrolling long pages way less tiring
Microsoft is adding accelerated, edge, and single-finger scrolling to Windows touchpads, making it easier to move through long documents, webpages, and code with less effort.
This app turns the iPhone Duo into a pocket-sized Mac
Apple's iPhone Duo has barely arrived, and Headroom already has a clever trick for it: controlling a Mac from the foldable phone, complete with a keyboard that appears when the device folds
AI helped uncover a hidden PHP flaw. Now websites worldwide are facing millions of hacking attempts.
A critical PHP vulnerability has triggered millions of exploit attempts worldwide. AI tools helped researchers uncover the flaw, leaving governments and companies racing to patch vulnerable websites.
Microsoft has begun rolling out Copilot Code for building apps with natural language
Copilot Code is beginning to roll out through Microsoft’s Frontier program, letting users build workplace apps and workflows using natural language.
AI agents are acting like rogues and causing a huge headache for US banks
US banks are restricting third-party AI agents over concerns that automated tools could access accounts or initiate financial actions without clear customer control.
Canva enters the AI image generation race with Craft, and it’s thinking beyond pretty pictures
Canva has launched Craft, its first in-house image generation model. Trained on human-designed templates, it aims to create more accurate layouts, readable text, and visuals that are easier to edit.
Mori might be the cutest AI companion robot yet, and it reacts to you like a pet
OKA’s Mori is a cute AI companion that can recognize people, remember interactions, react to music, and behave more like a pet than a home assistant.
Arc browser is shutting down in December. Long live, ya trailblazer!
Arc browser is shutting down on December 22, following a long spell of maintenance-only work as the company behind it moves forward with its successor, Dia.
1Password wants AI agents to handle logins without ever taking a peek at your passwords
AI agents can now use credentials stored in 1Password to access your accounts without the passwords being exposed to the model.
AI chatbots are falling prey to manipulative prompts that could help stalkers spy on victims
Spyware, tracking and shared accounts need human help. Here’s what to do before trusting a chatbot’s tech-safety advice.
Tangerine for Mac makes file conversions seamless with a simple drag-and-drop gesture
Tangerine makes converting and editing files on your Mac easier with a handy radial menu that appears when you drag files while holding Shift. It offers a wide range of tools, but its $29.99 price tag might be hard to justify.
Microsoft may finally let you turn off some of Edge’s AI. But don’t celebrate yet
Microsoft Edge Canary is testing a new switch for disabling on-device AI features, giving users more control while leaving one important question unanswered: exactly what does it turn off?
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