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Google Wallet home keys are rolling out in Google Home Public Preview, enabling NFC door unlocking and hands-free access with compatible Aliro hardware.
Google opened Googlebook pre-orders on Monday at $899, with five OEM partners shipping October 4. The Gemini-powered AluminiumOS laptops are a direct challenge to Copilot+ PCs and the MacBook Neo.
The UN's independent AI panel invoked the precautionary principle on September 21, urging governments to rein in AI agents after 1,200 OpenAI agents autonomously breached Hugging Face's infrastructure this summer. The 40-expert
Meta arrives at Connect 2026 on September 23 with three distinct devices: camera-free Luna glasses, a first look at Artemis AR glasses, and a live demo of Project Phoenix's holographic video calls.
Apple's iPhone Duo ships with the company's C2 cellular modem, marking a near-complete break from Qualcomm. A September 19 teardown confirmed the US iPhone 18 Pro Max uniquely keeps Qualcomm's Snapdragon X80,
The AI pioneer who built the leading alternative to large language models joins Cellular Intelligence's advisory board alongside Moderna co-founder Bob Langer, as the company's DeltaStem foundation model moves toward clinical application
Nscale, a UK AI cloud company founded in 2024 by a school dropout who pivoted from crypto mining, filed for a $50 billion NYSE IPO on September 18, backed by a $45
Disney named Karandeep Anand, chief executive of AI chatbot startup Character.AI, as its first-ever chief technology officer on September 18 — one year after Disney sent Character.AI a cease-and-desist for impersonating its
Amazon launched Alexa+ in India on September 16 with native Hindi and Hinglish support, the AI assistant's first international market outside the US. Free during Early Access, then free for Prime subscribers
Meta One launched September 15 with tiers from $2.99 to $499 a month, putting paid features on WhatsApp for the first time — formally ending the 2014 promise that the app would
Google opened Googlebook preorders Monday without disclosing a starting price or shipping timeline, an unusual move for hardware positioned to compete with the MacBook. Five manufacturers are listing configurations, Gemini AI powers
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