October 11, 2026

Tech & AI

Tech & AI

Android 17 Motion Assist Reaches Pixel Phones

Android users who get queasy while scrolling in a moving car may soon have a built-in option, as Motion Assist begins appearing on select Pixel phones. Motion Assist, an Android 17 feature designed to reduce motion sickness when people use their phones in moving vehicles, has started appearing on select Pixel phones, according to Android

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Whoop just released a jewelry-inspired band: Meet the Meridian

Whoop just debuted its new Meridian band, offering a more stylish titanium band to fit your personal style. Made of waterproof stainless steel mesh, the Meridian band is designed to be worn with all your jewelry. The new Whoop Meridian band is designed to be worn alongside your jewelry. Credit: Whoop The biggest issue with

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How to See the Partial Lunar Eclipse and Blood Moon on August 27

If you missed the spectacular solar eclipse earlier this month, you have a chance to catch another stunning astronomical phenomenon: a partial lunar eclipse and “blood moon” that will occur on Thursday night into Friday early morning. Earth’s shadow will cover nearly all of the bright lunar disk and will cast a reddish or orange

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Viral AI startup Instinct has raised $350 million at a $2.5 billion valuation

Instinct, a startup founded only last year and helmed by a 23-year-old, has managed to ride the wave of AI enthusiasm toward a gargantuan valuation over the course of the summer. The company, which offers an AI assistant that has inspired enthusiasm among its early users, told the Wall Street Journal on Wednesday that it

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Life360’s $8 Pet Tag vs Pet GPS: What Each One Does

Life360 has launched a $7.99 Pet Tag that gives owners a cheaper alternative to its Pet GPS tracker, but the two products do very different jobs. The tag works only after someone finds a pet and scans its QR code, while Pet GPS can actively track an animal that has wandered away. Life360 announced the

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Best Lenovo tablet deal: Legion Tab Gen 5 is $160 off

SAVE $160: As of Aug. 26, the Lenovo Legion Tab Gen 5 (8.8-inch, Snapdragon) is down to $689.99. That’s an 18% discount. $689.99 at Lenovo $849.99 Save $160   The Lenovo Legion Tab Gen 5 just dropped to $689.99 at Lenovo, down from $849.99 — an 18% discount that knocks $160 off Lenovo’s gaming-focused tablet.

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There Are No Trans Women in the WNBA, so Right-Wingers Are Making Some Up

“Look, I’m not trying to do a conspiracy here,” wrote right-wing commentator Sydney Watson in an X post on Monday, before proceeding to implicitly endorse one. The Australian YouTuber, who has more than a million followers on that platform, had shared a 2024 video of Brittney Griner, center for the WNBA’s Connecticut Sun, admiring a

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Meta agrees to sweeping changes to restrict kids’ access to its apps as part of settlement with states

Under the terms of its $18 billion settlement to resolve claims brought by 29 U.S. states over children’s safety, Meta on Wednesday agreed to sweeping changes designed to restrict minors’ access to Instagram and Facebook. The changes include a daily time limit, a restrictive “Night Mode,” autoplay controls, and more. The social media giant says

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Microsoft Teams’ New Policy Lets Admins Automatically Block Meeting Bots

Meeting bots have crashed one too many calls, so Microsoft is giving IT departments a bouncer. Microsoft is rolling out a Teams policy that can automatically block detected external bots from joining meetings, removing the need for organizers to approve or reject them manually. The feature builds on Teams’ existing bot-detection system, which currently sends

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ChatGPT can now do things on your behalf without seeing your login details

ChatGPT can now check your insurance, cancel flights, or reschedule deliveries for you, all seemingly without seeing your login details. Announced by OpenAI on X, the AI assistant will be able to complete tasks for users that they’d usually have to open a new browser and log in with a username and password to do.

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