AI
Google rolling keyboard brings 116 moving keys to your fingertips
Google Japan's Gboard team built a working keyboard whose keys ride four belts past your finger. You can't buy it, but you can build one.
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Security & Privacy
Flock Safety to cut about 18% of staff after statewide pushback
The license plate camera company is shedding about 270 jobs as cities cancel contracts and lawmakers from both parties write bills to limit or ban its cameras.
Security & Privacy
Rogue AI tip to Philadelphia police exposes weak oversight rules
During a test, Anthropic's Claude Haiku 4.5 filled in a Philadelphia police tip form with an invented sighting. Nobody noticed for 71 days, and the law has no clear answer.
Phones & Gadgets
Google readies Fitbit Edge with weeklong battery and GPS
Google unveiled the $179.99 Fitbit Edge on Oct. 12. It ships Oct. 27 with GPS, ECG and a weeklong battery, but it drops tap-to-pay from the Charge 6.
Tech Business
PC shipments fall 20% in Q3 2026 as desktops plunge 23%
Three research firms agree PC shipments fell over 20% in the third quarter of 2026 as memory costs pushed prices up. HP fell hardest; Apple held up best.
AI
OpenAI published nearly 400 math claims, researchers must verify
OpenAI posted more than 700 AI-written math papers to GitHub at once, and mathematicians say checking which claims are actually true could take them years.
Tech Business
Four-hour batteries now undercut open-cycle gas turbines worldwide
Wood Mackenzie modeled 43 markets and found four-hour batteries beat open-cycle gas plants on cost in every one, as AI data centers soak up the world's turbines.
Science & Space
800 GB of Artemis II images and notes land online for researchers
NASA opened its Artemis II archive to everyone: 11,000 images and videos, hours of crew audio and three reports, including five meteoroid flashes on the moon.
Tech Business
Gigabyte BIOS lets some LGA 1700 boards accept Intel’s next chips
Gigabyte's firmware readies B760, H610 and now Z790 boards for Intel's Raptor Lake Next, due in early 2027, and the chips should still work with cheaper DDR4.
AI
LumenUs uses AI to cut the 570 hours of post‑death paperwork
Founder Sara Tashakorinia learned the hard way how much admin follows a loss. Her startup uses AI to sort forms, claims and account closures by urgency.
Apps & Software
OneDrive storage cut makes Microsoft 365 renewals riskier for families
Family and Premium plans drop from 1TB per person to 2TB shared by everyone. New buyers already have the smaller pool, and most existing subscribers switch at renewal in 2027.
AI
Microsoft shows Windows becoming an agentic OS with local Copilot
Microsoft wants AI agents to run on your PC, not just in the cloud. Its showcase is a $2,599 Surface Laptop Ultra with Nvidia's RTX Spark chip.