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Strava announces coach-designed strength workouts with live set and rep tracking
Exercise-tracking platform Strava announced today a new expansion of its strength training features, adding coach-designed guided workouts with live set and rep tracking. Here are the details. A few months ago, Strava announced an overhaul of its strength training experience, with a dedicated workout log for tracking sets, reps, and weights, automatic muscle maps, and more. Today, the company unveiled new features that build on that, including coach-designed strength workouts that guide users through…
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The tech backlash is now in theaters
Between The Social Reckoning, You Can See Everything, Musk, and Artificial, filmmakers are taking Big Tech to task. Between The Social Reckoning, You Can See Everything, Musk, and Artificial, filmmakers are taking Big Tech to task. Though movies about disruptive tech founders are nothing new, 2026 has been unusually stacked with features that take a much more critical look at how Silicon Valley is reshaping our reality. Aaron Sorkin’s The Social Reckoningframes Mark Zuckerberg…
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The UK may expand the BBC license fee, charging residents to watch streaming services
If the proposal is enacted, it could cost $240 a year to watch YouTube in the UK. The UK government will consider charging residents a national fee to access video streaming content, meaning it may cost almost $240 a year just to watch YouTube in the region. The Independent reported that later this year, UK leaders will propose extending the BBC license fee to cover streaming video platforms. For our non-UK readers, the license…
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9to5Mac Daily: October 15, 2026 – OpenAI vs Apple, iPhone Duo details
Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from 9to5Mac. 9to5Mac Daily is available on iTunes and Apple’s Podcasts app, Stitcher, TuneIn, Google Play, or through our dedicated RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. Sponsored by Backblaze: Backup you can rely on. Save 20% with code 9to5daily. New episodes of 9to5Mac Daily are recorded every weekday. Subscribe to our podcast in Apple Podcast or your favorite podcast player to…
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Apps & Logiciels
WaPo: Apple revealed as one of the top donors to Trump’s White House ballroom
A new investigation by The Washington Post reveals that Apple and Nvidia each pledged $25 million toward Trump’s new White House ballroom, making them two of the project’s largest donors. Here are the details. “Apple, Amazon, Lockheed Martin, Microsoft, Google, Coinbase, Comcast and Meta are just some of the major companies who have made donations to build President Donald Trump’s proposed 90,000-square-foot ballroom, according to the White House.” The controversial project, whose estimated construction…
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Plex now helps sell movie theater tickets
Plex, which made a name for itself by letting users share movies they own, is now helping sell movie theater tickets. The company is looking to monetize its content-discovery capabilities and expand its business beyond its media server software. Plex partnered with Fandango, which has sold movie tickets since 2000, to drive ticket sales from people searching for movies to stream. Per the announcement: Starting today, Plex users in the US will see a…
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Google's $5 AI plan is getting a major downgrade starting November 13
What you need to know Google is notifying AI Plus subscribers that access to Pro models in Gemini and AI Mode will change on November 13. Users on the $5 Google AI Plus plan will lose the ability to select Pro models but can continue using Flash models. Keeping access to Gemini's Pro models will require Google AI Pro, which costs $20 per month, four times as much. Google has started notifying users that…
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Hegseth’s dubious low-T screening may flag up to 25 percent of the Army
Up to a quarter of active-duty Army members could receive a low testosterone result from mandatory military screening, despite the true prevalence of the condition likely being a tiny fraction of that figure, according to a study published Thursday in JAMA. The finding adds to concerns that the mandatory screening announced by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in July will lead to a cascade of unnecessary medical evaluations for military members. Those evaluations could result…
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Trump posts AI-edited photo to brag about White House restoration work
A ‘before and after’ photo of a freshly painted White House column was modified with AI. A ‘before and after’ photo of a freshly painted White House column was modified with AI. President Donald Trump posted a series of photos on Truth Social showing off renovations to the White House — but one of them appears to be modified with AI. The picture, which compares an old White House column to a “restored” one,…
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Apple Pledged $25 Million to Trump's White House Ballroom
Apple pledged $25 million for Trump's White House ballroom, according to a list of donors obtained by The Washington Post. Chipmaker Nvidia also committed $25 million, making Apple and Nvidia two of the top donors. Other donors include Microsoft, Comcast, Amazon, Cisco, Meta, T-Mobile, HP, Google (from a lawsuit settlement), Palantir, Salesforce, and Micron. Private donations on the list totaled $333 million, with some donors paying in full and some paying in installments. The…
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Apps & Logiciels
Apple Sports update improves Live Activity support, adds soccer leagues from around the world
Apple updated its Apple Sports app today with improvements to Live Activities and support for five additional soccer leagues. Here are the details. The Apple Sports app has been receiving updates at a steady pace lately, bringing support for more leagues and sports, along with deeper integration with iOS features. Today’s update to version 4.5 continues that trend, adding support for five soccer competitions from around the world: Additionally, the app’s Live Activities can…
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Xreal One Pro Plus is official: Here's what changed from the One Pro
What you need to know Xreal has launched the One Pro Plus AR glasses with brighter Sony Micro-OLED displays and improved viewing modes. The new glasses reach 1,200 nits of peak brightness, up from 700 nits on the previous One Pro model. The One Pro Plus retains the X1 chip and 57-degree field of view, with pricing starting at $599 in the U.S.. Xreal today announced the launch of its latest AR glasses, called…
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Amazon devices chief Panos Panay on the importance of failure and bouncing back from it
Amazon executive Panos Panay has a message for startup founders: Failure is an inevitable, required part of building a successful product. Panay, Amazon SVP of Devices, Alexa, and Leo, shared that advice onstage at TechCrunch Disrupt in San Francisco, drawing on his own experience at Microsoft, where he spent more than 19 years and weathered one particularly expensive failure. “You have to be willing to fail, and actually, not just willing, you actually have…
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Smartphones
IDC: Apple closes in on Samsung as global smartphone shipments see record decline in Q3
In a report published today, IDC says Apple saw a 4% year-over-year decline in global iPhone shipments during Q3 2026, but its share of worldwide smartphone shipments increased 23.1% over the same period last year. Here’s why. IDC says its preliminary data on global smartphone shipments for Q3 2026 show a 22% drop compared to Q3 2025, which is in line with other regional and global trends reported recently. The culprit, as even occasional…
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ANBERNIC is quietly removing a controversial extra from its Android handhelds
Credit: Hadlee Simons / Android Authority TL;DR ANBERNIC has started removing optional microSD card bundles from several handheld listings on its official store. The changes follow an ESA complaint accusing ANBERNIC of selling devices bundled with unauthorized games. ANBERNIC hasn’t confirmed a connection, but the move may be intended to head off further action against the company. ANBERNIC has had quite a week. After recently unveiling its Nintendo 3DS-inspired RG DDS handheld — whose…
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Cybersécurité
Targeted ads delivered 0-click exploits to install mercenary malware
Researchers say that mercenary hackers laced ads with zero-click exploits that installed sophisticated malware on the devices of targeted individuals when they did nothing other than load a website or open an installed app. The finding, published Thursday by the University of Toronto’s Citizen Lab, said the incident is likely to be the first confirmation of zero-click mercenary spyware delivered through targeted ads. The attacks, which worked on iOS and Android devices, are particularly…
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Above the 911? Porsche previews a new mid-engined supercar.
Porsche showed us a preview of a new model this afternoon as it unveiled the Mission S concept in New York. It’s a mid-engined sports car that will slot into the Porsche range above the 911. But this won’t be a limited-run car like the Carrera GT or 918 Spyder—instead it will be a regular production model, part of Porsche’s plan to dig itself out of a financial hole by 2035. Things have been…
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NY congressman to introduce bill protecting video game ownership
Representative Ritchie Torres wants the FTC to establish regulations ensuring you can play the games you've purchased. Representative Ritchie Torres (D-NY) has announced plans to introduce a bill calling on the Federal Trade Commission to protect people's ability to own and play the video games they've purchased. The Power to the Players Act hasn't been introduced in Congress yet — but at least in spirit, it sounds like it lines up with the Stop…
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Smartphones
Sony just canceled a promised Android 17 update for one of its Xperia phones
Sony isn’t exactly known for speedy Android OS updates, but the company has now completely canceled an Android 17 update for one of its Xperia phones. In a notice on its website, Sony says that it will not provide an Android 17 update to the Xperia 10 VI despite initially promising “three Android OS upgrades” for the device. Sony announced the Xperia 10 VI in 2024 as an upper-mid-range device. It has a Snapdragon…
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Meta launches an open-weight AI model that runs on Macs
Meta has launched what it calls the “most capable” open-weight model in the United States. Dubbed Muse Spark Open, the model also has the distinction of having been designed to work with Macs. The new model, which leverages 816 billion parameters and a 1 million token context window, claims to offer superior performance to other popular open-weight models, according to evaluation results released by Meta on Thursday. Muse Spark Open is natively multimodal and…
Lire l’article completActualité : Le propriétaire d’une boutique rétro découvre dans sa réserve 97 cartouches NES de Nintendo considérées introuvables, certaines pourraient valoir des milliers de dollars
Kevin Braun est le propriétaire de OneStopWonders, une boutique rétro du Wisconsin, aux États-Unis. Lorsqu’il tombe sur cette petite boîte avec 97 cartouches intactes qui regroupent Super Mario Bros. et Duck Hunt sur NES, il pense les revendre autour de 10 à 15 $ pièce. Mais en vérité, on parle de plusieurs milliers de dollars. Quand il trouve cette boîte, Kevin Braun la montre à Jason Ganos, un collectionneur spécialisé en Nintendo qui dirige…
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Here’s Apple’s official response to OpenAI’s trade secret theft allegations
Apple has responded to OpenAI’s allegations that one of its former employees who departed for Apple took confidential files along with him. Here are the details. Earlier this year, Apple filed a trade secret misappropriation lawsuit against two former employees (Chang Liu and Tang Tan), OpenAI, and io Products. And while this case has had its twists and turns, things took an even more unexpected turn yesterday when a new OpenAI filing alleged essentially…
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If you're forgetful, Amazon's Bee Frontier, Bee Eclipse use AI to remember for you
What you need to know Amazon launched the Bee Frontier and Bee Eclipse wearable AI products that listen in on your conversations for transcription, summary, and reminder creation. The Bee Eclipse magnetically attaches to the back of your phone and can listen in on your calls, while the Frontier is a wrist-bound wearable for conversations. Privacy is a huge topic for Bee, and the company said your conversations are encrypted on your phone and…
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Bluesky’s AI tool now lets you make games and apps to share on social
Attie launched earlier this year as a way to build your own feeds with AI, but Bluesky is expanding what it can do. Attie launched earlier this year as a way to build your own feeds with AI, but Bluesky is expanding what it can do. Bluesky’s Attie AI tool, which initially launched earlier this year as a way to use AI to build your own feeds, now lets you make “small” social apps…
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