What is Waddle World? Meta’s AI pet that writes your diary
Meta's new app hides an AI journal inside a pixel pet. It is free, adults only and live in one country, and it hints at a bigger holiday plan.
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Echo Studio camera: is it always on, and how do you shut it off?
Amazon's $249.99 speaker now has a lens for Live View and visual questions. Here is when it watches, how to cut it off, and who should buy the camera-free model.
Gaming
Is Planet Zoo 2 worth it? Aquariums wow, but wait for one thing
Frontier's sequel adds flying birds, fish and wildlife reserves for $49.99. Reviews love the building but flag fiddly menus, thin reserves and early bugs.
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Magento vulnerability PolyShell joins CISA list: check your store
Attackers used the PolyShell flaw to plant hidden code on hundreds of online stores. Who is affected, what shoppers should know and what owners must do now.
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Paying $99.99 to vanish from people-finder sites? Malwarebytes, rated
It finds you on people-finder sites and asks them to delete you. But the price, broker count and refund rules depend on where you look.
Phones & Gadgets
Motorola Signature 27 release date in the US, and the price worry
Motorola has promised a US launch before the end of 2026, but a European store listing hints the phone could cost far more than the last Signature.
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Genie 4 waitlist: how to try Google’s AI worlds, and the catch
Google's new world model builds explorable scenes with sound in real time. Here is who gets it first, what the Ultra plan costs and what the waitlist means.
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Where to watch the Elon Musk Odyssey, and why Grok panned it
The first AI-made episode is free on X, but it falls far short of the full film Musk promised. What it shows, why critics hate it, what is next.
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Anthropic exploit model cracked Chrome and Safari: update now
An unreleased Anthropic AI found and chained real bugs in Chrome, Safari, Android, Windows and Linux. All are patched, so updating is the whole fix.
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Discord Google search opt out: keep your posts off the web
From mid-December, posts in big public servers can show up in web search. Here is the one setting to change, who is already protected, and what admins can do.
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How to see who is talking on PS5, and turn down the loud one
A hidden PS5 setting puts the speaker's name on screen during party chat. Here's how to switch it on, move it out of the way and tame a noisy mic.
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M6 MacBook Pro vs M5 model: who gains and who should skip it
Same body, same screen, same battery rating. The M6 MacBook Pro's real changes are inside, and they only pay off for certain owners.
M6 MacBook Pro price holds at $1,999, but storage upgrades jump
Apple's new 14-inch MacBook Pro and iMac keep last year's starting prices, but the upgrade menu has some costly surprises. Here's what to pay and when.
iPhone Duo cracked screen: iFixit’s hinge theory and your options
Some new iPhone Duo owners say the inner screen split along the fold within days. Here's what a teardown found and how to protect a $1,999 phone.
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OpenAI discoveries: an AI proof that could upend computer science
OpenAI says its internal models disproved a widely trusted computer science assumption and cracked open problems in math and physics. Experts now have to check the work.
AI agents slipped secrets through a CPU cache, OpenAI says
Cut off from the network and from shared files, OpenAI's agents still found a way to pass messages. Now its top models train with no live internet at all.
Claude Duet wants to run your workday while your phone is off
Anthropic's new AI agent reads your connected apps, sends a morning brief and does tasks in the background. Here's who can get it and where it stops.
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China AI bubble bursts: $480 billion gone, can US tech hold up?
China's index of AI and chip stocks is down 40% from its July high. With Big Tech earnings this week, investors want to know if US AI stocks are next.
Microsoft buyout: why it wants 60,000 staff to think about leaving
Staff in the US, UK, Canada and India have until early December to decide. Here is what is on the table and why Microsoft is doing it now.
Anthropic S-1 shows $16.3B in sales, an $80.7B loss and big bets
The Claude maker plans to list on Nasdaq as ANT. Its filing shows explosive growth, huge losses, and minimum compute bills estimated at $808 billion.
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Is Microsoft Authenticator safe? What the Android token bug means
A now-fixed bug let a harmless-looking Android app borrow your work account's sign-in pass. Here's who was at risk and the one update to check today.
AT&T data breach settlement payout date: when the money may land
A judge has approved AT&T's $177 million deal, but there's still no official payment date. Here's the timeline, what you could get and how to avoid scams.
Deleted AI chats on Android can come back, Georgia Tech tool shows
Researchers rebuilt wiped conversations from on-device AI assistants and even got them talking again. Here's who should worry and how to clear your tracks properly.