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Spotify says yes, it is busting people for using Family Plan sharing too widely
Spotify’s co-CEO said it will keep tweaking verification as people ‘find holes around’ methods like its new QR codes over time. Spotify’s co-CEO said it will keep tweaking verification as people ‘find holes around’ methods like its new QR codes over time. Spotify co-CEO Alex Norström confirmed on this week’s earnings call that the company is trying to catch Spotify Family plan users who don’t actually live together with a new QR code verification…
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Tech News
The next-gen Xbox won’t cost you $1,800. It can’t. Can it?
Didn’t Microsoft say the next Xbox needed to be affordable? Didn’t Microsoft say the next Xbox needed to be affordable? Fortune dropped a bombshell report on the future of gaming this week. According to the publication’s Microsoft insiders, the next Xbox is projected to cost between $1,200 and $1,800 when it arrives in 2028. My first reaction: The next Xbox is dead on arrival. It’s DOA. My second thought: Microsoft knows people won’t pay…
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IT & Science & Technology
MacBook Neo helps Apple soften the blow of global PC market downturn, per report
A new Counterpoint Research report on global PC shipments for Q3 2026 shows Apple outperforming the broader market, with the MacBook Neo helping cushion the impact of declining demand. Here are the details. In a new report released today, Counterpoint Research says global PC shipments plunged 21% during Q3 2026, compared with the year-ago period. In absolute numbers, Counterpoint says global shipments totaled 57 million units, with Lenovo leading the market with a 26.3%…
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Tech News
As blockchain investing falls out of vogue, a16z Crypto rebrands as a16z Frontier
In a sign that crypto and blockchain-focused investing has receded in importance, Andreessen Horowitz announced Thursday that it is renaming its digital asset unit from a16z Crypto to a16z Frontier. The practice, helmed by Chris Dixon, has raised nearly $10 billion across five funds since launching in 2018, backing some of the sector’s biggest wins, including Coinbase. Yet for years, a16z and rival venture firms struggled to push crypto’s utility beyond financial rails, trading…
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What to Know About Shamonda Virus Following the First Reported Human Infection
France confirmed the death of the first person infected with the Shamonda virus, which is known to affect cattle, sheep, and goats and was previously considered non-transmissible to humans. The French government asserts that, based on current knowledge of this pathogen, there is no risk to the general public. It emphasized, however, that health authorities are continuing to investigate. The report specifies that the case occurred in Lyon. The patient, who died earlier this…
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Cybersécurité
Switch 2 security takes a hit as hackers unlock homebrew access
A security researcher has demonstrated a software-only partial jailbreak of the Switch 2, gaining "userland" access that he says "lets us run homebrew, reverse engineer and mod Switch 2 games, back up save files off the Switch, and access most of the Switch 2’s peripherals through MMIO." The hack relies on the original Switch version of SmileBasic 4, the latest in a long-running series of programming environments and interpreters that run on Nintendo hardware.…
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Smartphones
iPhone Duo Launch Begins as First Orders Reach Customers
It's already Friday, October 23 in Australia and New Zealand, which means customers who pre-ordered an iPhone Duo are beginning to receive their devices. We are seeing first impressions and early photos from actual customers on the MacRumors forums, Instagram, Reddit, and other social networks. If your iPhone Duo has been delivered, let us know what you think of it in the comments below. MacRumors reader Boardiesboi is always one of the first to…
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Tech News
Moderna and Merck say their mRNA cancer vaccine cut death, recurrence by 42%
Personalized mRNA vaccines against melanoma—the deadliest form of skin cancer—reduced the risk of death or recurrence by 42 percent compared to standard treatment in a late-stage trial, pharmaceutical partners Merck and Moderna announced Thursday. The results are a significant advance in melanoma treatment; Merck and Moderna are already engaging with regulatory authorities to get the vaccine approved. More broadly, the vaccine’s success bolsters hope that mRNA vaccines and individualized cancer-targeting medicines offer a new…
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IA
OpenAI working on new $30B raise at $1.25T valuation ahead of IPO
OpenAI is reportedly close to securing another mega round of private funding, rather than plowing ahead with an IPO. The AI lab is working on raising up to $30 billion at a $1.25 trillion pre-money valuation in a round led by Coatue and investors in UAE, sources told CNBC. This follows a similar report by Bloomberg a month ago which said the AI lab was working on raising $30 billion at a $1.4 trillion…
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Apps & Logiciels
YouTube removing ‘Subscriptions’ bottom bar tab on Android, iOS after nearly a decade
YouTube is making a number of changes to its Android and iOS apps with the launch of custom feeds, including moving Subscriptions out of the bottom bar. On mobile, YouTube is “kicking off a series of updates to shape a more seamless Home experience.” This starts with a redesigned top bar with dedicated feeds. As part of this change, YouTube is removing the Subscriptions tab from its fourth position in the bottom bar. It’s…
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Tech News
Latest estimate for Starship launches required to support a Moon landing? 22.
NASA does not have, nor want, nuclear weapons. But when it comes to a particular metric that is part of the Artemis Program to land people on the Moon, NASA guards a particular number like they are trying to prevent outsiders from cracking nuclear codes. I am speaking of the number of Starship launches required to fuel a Starship-based lunar lander in low-Earth orbit such that it can fly out to the Moon, land…
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IA
Canva’s first AI image model plans designs before generating them
Canva Craft can generate images at up to 2K resolution and in more than 30 aspect ratios. Canva Craft can generate images at up to 2K resolution and in more than 30 aspect ratios. If you buy something from a link, The Verge may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. Canva is diving even deeper into AI with the launch of an image generation model that competes directly with those from OpenAI, Microsoft,…
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PC shipments dropped over 20 percent in Q3 due to RAM price hikes
Counterpoint Research says higher prices are tanking demand for new PCs. Counterpoint Research says higher prices are tanking demand for new PCs. Demand for new PCs took a hit after months of price hikes, with Counterpoint Research reporting global PC shipments fell 21 percent year-over-year in Q3 2026. That’s in line with earlier reports from IDC and Omdia. It’s not just PCs, either — that same quarter, smartphone shipments also hit a 14-year low.…
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IA
1Password for Agents Keeps Your Passwords Hidden From AI
Popular password management app 1Password today announced 1Password for Agents, a platform that gives AI agents safe access to user credentials for completing tasks. The platform lets AI agents access logins, passwords, and other data without seeing or storing the information. Agents can send a request to sign in to a website or account, and users can approve or deny the request. 1Password says the agent uses a unique digital key to verify its…
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IA
Designing an AI serving harness built to last
The next competitive advantage in enterprise AI has less to do with which model you choose than with what you build around it. That’s an important shift. For the past several years, much of the AI conversation has centered on model capability: bigger models, better reasoning, larger context windows, higher benchmark scores. Those advances have been extraordinary. But as AI moves from experimentation to production, the question facing enterprise leaders has changed—it’s no longer,…
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Tech News
Fall 2026 earnings watch
Every company is suddenly an AI company. Compute is an asset. Cars are flying. We’ve been promised robots — again. It’s time again to dig through earnings reports, listen to investor calls, and call out the latest wins and losses from around the tech sector and what it means for where the companies go next. Sure, let’s smoosh SpaceX and Tesla together, who cares Just because Tesla’s Optimus is in production doesn’t mean it’s…
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Comcast loses more customers, claims other ISPs' cheap prices are "irrational"
Comcast reportedly plans significant job cuts in its cable division as the firm continues to lose residential broadband and TV customers. Comcast lost 144,000 residential broadband customers in Q3 2026, up from a 91,000-customer loss in the same quarter a year ago, the company said in its earnings report today. Comcast historically capitalized on a lack of competition for high-speed wired broadband. But now it faces stronger competition from fixed wireless providers and from…
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Rivian buys world model startup to accelerate self-driving ambitions
EV maker Rivian has acquired Third Dimension, a UK startup founded by veterans of the gaming and autonomous vehicle industries that uses AI to turn images and videos into lifelike 3D worlds. Rivian isn’t getting into gaming, but it does want to leverage Third Dimension’s technology to turn real-world data and build 3D worlds that can accelerate the development of its advanced driver assistance features and the self-driving system for the robotaxis it plans…
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Smartphones
Samsung reiterates that Galaxy Z Fold 8 is a hit, and that iPhone Duo puts a spotlight on it
In a post in its UK Newsroom, Samsung reiterates that the Galaxy Z Fold 8 series has been a huge hit, including in Europe. Samsung says that the Galaxy Z Fold 8 series is performing considerably better than the Galaxy Z Fold 7, with a 45% increased in sales in Europe when focused in to the first nine weeks post-launch. Over the month of September, Samsung adds that searches for the Galaxy Z Fold…
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A new subscription service promises an evolving collection of 'bold and bizarre' indie games
Publisher Pantaloon says the Playbill won't feature games that use generative AI in any way. Curator-turned-publisher Pantaloon has unleashed a subscription service that fans of indie games might be interested in digging into. The Playbill is a take on Xbox Game Pass, albeit one that focuses on "bold and bizarre" titles. The initial lineup features third-party games such as Buckshot Roulette, Silt, Ex Sanguis and Cabin Factory. Those sit alongside Pantaloon's own games: Sub-Verge,…
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Smartphones
iPhone Duo 24 Hours Later: Your Questions Answered
MacRumors videographer Dan Barbera got his iPhone Duo a day early, so he spent today answering some of the questions people are asking about the new device. On app optimization, some apps scale to fill the Duo's screen, and others have been updated for the actual Duo form factor with unique features for the different positions. Netflix has a special mode for a half-fold, for example. There are apps that haven't been updated at…
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Domotique
Matter et Thread : ce qui change vraiment pour une maison connectée fiable : expérience utilisateur
Matter et Thread : ce qui change vraiment pour une maison connectée fiable Choisir des objets connectés reste une source d'hésitation pour beaucoup de foyers, non par manque d'envie, mais par crainte d'un système fragile : applications multiples, coupures inexpliquées, appareils qui ne se parlent pas. Matter et Thread sont souvent présentés comme la promesse d'une interopérabilité enfin réglée. Avant d'y voir une solution miracle, il est utile de distinguer ce que ces standards…
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Smartphones
Google explains how to fix time zones on Android amid changes in Canada
As Canada makes changes around Daylight Savings, Google is explaining how to deal wiith the time zone change on your Android phone. When Daylight Saving Time comes to an end next month, parts of Canada will not be rolling back their clocks as the time change becomes permanent. Manitoba announced the change in September, with other parts of the country, including Alberta and British Columbia, also no longer changing their times twice a year,…
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Tech News
Quand une recommandation devient une influence : ce que nos interfaces savent déjà faire : déploiement et adoption
Quand une recommandation devient une influence : ce que nos interfaces savent déjà faire Une interface qui suggère une musique, un article ou un objet ne se contente plus de ranger une liste par pertinence. Elle apprend une préférence, l'anticipe, puis la renforce en l'exposant plus souvent. Ce glissement, silencieux, transforme un outil d'aide à la décision en force qui oriente la décision elle-même. Comprendre à partir de quel moment une suggestion cesse d'éclairer…
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