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Motorola Signature 27 in an official Motorola launch photograph

Motorola Signature 27 German Listing Now Shows 7,000mAh Battery

Motorola's German Signature 27 page now advertises a 7,000mAh battery, matching other regions, although a conflicting 5,500mAh footnote remains.

November 13, 2026

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Schlage Sense Pro smart deadbolt installed on modern home door

Google Wallet Adds Digital Home Keys for Aliro Smart Locks on Android

Google Wallet home keys are rolling out in Google Home Public Preview, enabling NFC door unlocking and hands-free access with compatible Aliro hardware.

November 13, 2026

by Technology Desk

DOOM The Dark Ages Revelations DLC key art featuring the Slayer with Chain Spear

DOOM: The Dark Ages Slaughter Mode Launches November 16 for Revelations Owners

Slaughter Mode arrives November 16 with randomized combat, escalating difficulty and a risk-and-reward Skull system. Access

Apple TV 4K and Siri Remote in front of a television displaying the Apple TV interface

Siri AI Set for Older Apple TV 4K Models With tvOS 27.2.1

Apple lists tvOS 27.2.1 as the requirement for Siri AI on second-generation Apple TV 4K and

Samsung SmartThings hub and app displayed on a smartphone showing smart home device controls

Samsung Is Charging Developers $5 a Month for SmartThings API Access. The Exact Limits Are Still a Mystery.

Samsung will require non-commercial developers to pay $4.99 a month for SmartThings API access starting in October 2026. The company has not published rate limits, call caps, or a clear definition of

June 29, 2026

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Meta Ray-Ban smart glasses, which contain a camera indistinguishable from ordinary eyewear, at the centre of the EFF's NameTag facial recognition code discovery in June 2026

Meta Quietly Put Facial Recognition in Its Smart Glasses App. Then Someone Found It.

EFF researchers found dormant facial recognition code called NameTag already deployed inside Meta's smart glasses app on 50 million phones. Meta stripped it within 24 hours without explanation. Then it launched a

June 28, 2026

Artificial Intelligence·News·Technology

A developer's screen showing code in an AI coding agent environment, illustrating how prompt injection attacks in clean GitHub repositories can trick tools like Claude Code and Cursor into running malware

How a Clean GitHub Repo Tricks Your AI Coding Agent Into Running Malware

A demonstration by Mozilla's Zero Day Investigative Network shows how a GitHub repository containing no malicious code can trick AI coding agents into executing a reverse shell — by exploiting the feature

June 28, 2026

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Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 unfolded showing 8-inch LTPO OLED inner display with 200MP camera system ahead of July 2026 Unpacked event

Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold 8 Leak Leaves Almost Nothing for Unpacked to Reveal

A comprehensive leak ahead of Samsung's July Unpacked event has exposed nearly every detail of the Galaxy Z Fold 8, from a 200MP camera and 5,000mAh battery to a starting price of

June 28, 2026

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Instagram Your Algorithm feature menu showing topic personalization controls on the main feed, allowing users to adjust recommendation preferences

Instagram Hands Users the Keys to the Algorithm, Then Tells Them Good Luck Driving

Instagram is expanding its 'Your Algorithm' feature to the main feed, letting users pull down to see and edit the topics shaping their recommendations. Head of Instagram Adam Mosseri says the goal

June 28, 2026

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Star Wars Eclipse key art from Quantic Dream, the Paris studio where developers are striking against 115 planned layoffs

Quantic Dream Developers Strike as Lucasfilm Visits, Say Star Wars Eclipse Cannot Be Finished Without Them

Quantic Dream employees walked off the job the same day Lucasfilm representatives arrived to check on Star Wars Eclipse, warning that 115 planned layoffs would make it impossible to ship the game.

June 28, 2026

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Grand Theft Auto VI physical edition box containing a download code instead of a disc at $79.99 retail price

GTA 6’s $80 Physical Copy Is an Empty Box, and Retailers Are Already Walking Out

Rockstar confirmed on June 25 that GTA 6's physical edition will ship with a download code and no disc, at $79.99 — and at least two specialist retailers have already refused to

June 28, 2026

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Apple iPhone 18 concept showing the A20 chip with 9GB RAM configuration that falls below the 12GB Apple Intelligence requirement for iOS 27

Apple Built an AI That Needs 12GB of RAM. Then It Made a Phone With 9.

Ming-Chi Kuo's latest report says the iPhone 18 and 18e will ship with 9GB of RAM, not 12GB. Apple's own iOS 27 requires 12GB for its most advanced on-device AI. The math

June 28, 2026

Artificial Intelligence·News·Technology

Valve Steam Machine desktop gaming console running SteamOS with AMD hardware launching June 29 2026

Valve’s Steam Machine Launches at a Price It Never Wanted to Charge, and Scalpers Are Already Making It Worse

The Steam Machine arrives June 29 at $1,049, nearly $300 above Valve's original target, with first benchmarks showing 2019-era CPU performance and scalpers already flipping reservations for $2,900 on eBay. Valve says

June 28, 2026

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Android 17 QPR1 Beta 5 update running on a Google Pixel phone showing new Photo Shuffle wallpaper feature

Android 17’s Latest Beta Borrows Apple’s Playbook While Quietly Building Google’s AI Identity

Google's Android 17 QPR1 Beta 5 introduces an iPhone-inspired Photo Shuffle wallpaper and flashes Gemini Intelligence branding on the Pixel 10 Pro Fold, signaling a platform that is borrowing from Apple's polish

June 28, 2026

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Motorola Signature 27 German Listing Now Shows 7,000mAh Battery

Google Wallet Adds Digital Home Keys for Aliro Smart Locks on Android

DOOM: The Dark Ages Slaughter Mode Launches November 16 for Revelations Owners

Siri AI Set for Older Apple TV 4K Models With tvOS 27.2.1

Samsung Is Charging Developers $5 a Month for SmartThings API Access. The Exact Limits Are Still a Mystery.

Meta Quietly Put Facial Recognition in Its Smart Glasses App. Then Someone Found It.

How a Clean GitHub Repo Tricks Your AI Coding Agent Into Running Malware

Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold 8 Leak Leaves Almost Nothing for Unpacked to Reveal

Quantic Dream Developers Strike as Lucasfilm Visits, Say Star Wars Eclipse Cannot Be Finished Without Them

GTA 6’s $80 Physical Copy Is an Empty Box, and Retailers Are Already Walking Out

Apple Built an AI That Needs 12GB of RAM. Then It Made a Phone With 9.

Valve’s Steam Machine Launches at a Price It Never Wanted to Charge, and Scalpers Are Already Making It Worse

Android 17’s Latest Beta Borrows Apple’s Playbook While Quietly Building Google’s AI Identity

Radical Islam is being appreciated by Indian authorities too

Bangladesh; India’s Biggest Ally or China’s Dragon Nest?

Ahmadis in Bangladesh face fresh threat of persecution

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