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Amazon devices chief Panos Panay sees a future where AI devices replace the need to use apps
Amazon is placing its bets on ambient computing, not apps, as the future of personal AI. Alongside the launch of the company’s new AI wearables from Bee, Panos Panay, who serves as Amazon’s SVP of Devices, Alexa & Leo, took the stage at TechCrunch Disrupt on Thursday to talk more in depth about where he sees personal computing headed. “A lot of times, what you’re doing right now — what we all do right…
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Apps & Logiciels
Withings now charges $100 per year to sync your data to other apps
The feature will continue to be free for users who created a Withings account on or before October 12th, 2026. The feature will continue to be free for users who created a Withings account on or before October 12th, 2026. If you buy something from a link, The Verge may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. If you’re a new user of Withings’ fitness-tracking smartwatches or smart scales and want to sync and…
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Smartphones
Google updates Android earthquake alerts with more info, expands to 200+ regions
Google is delivering an update to Android’s earthquake alerts system that will show more information while also expanding support to over 200 regions across the globe. Launched in 2021, Android’s earthquake alerts system uses the sensors in Android smartphones to detect the earliest signs of an earthquake and provide a precious few seconds of warning prior to destructive impacts. While the system has had a couple of mishaps, it has also saved lives and…
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Tech News
Tesla Roadster : à quelle heure et où suivre la présentation en direct depuis la France ?
Tesla a enfin donné une heure pour la présentation du Tesla Roadster. Dans un message publié sur X dans la nuit de mardi à mercredi, la marque annonce un événement « streaming live this Thursday at 7:55pm CST ». En France, ça tombe en pleine nuit : 2h55 du matin, vendredi 16 octobre. Ce roadster électrique enchaîne les rendez-vous manqués. Tesla promettait une production en 2020. Puis la marque avait fixé un rendez-vous au…
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J’ai remplacé ChatGPT par une IA chinoise gratuite : 11h de vol sans Internet avec un PC Nvidia RTX Spark
Sur un stand, tout marche, et l’Editor’s Day organisé par Nvidia à San Francisco début octobre n’a pas échappé à la règle. Nvidia résume son ambition en trois mots, « The One PC », une seule machine pour créer, jouer et faire tourner des agents IA. Microsoft, lui, promet que Windows est prêt à l’accueillir. J’ai voulu voir ce qu’il en reste quand c’est moi qui installe tout, loin de toute prise. Le vol…
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Tech News
Bluesky wants to make it easier to buy, sell, and fundraise on the network
Bluesky plans to introduce payments in the coming months, a first step in its strategy to make money without relying on advertising. CEO Toni Schneider and COO Rose Wang outlined the plans Thursday at TechCrunch Disrupt, explaining how the company hopes to build on the commerce and fundraising activity already happening on its decentralized social network. “People are actually selling things, fundraising very successfully, supporting each other on the network,” Schneider said. “We want…
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FTC subpoenas OpenAI and Anthropic following safety failures
The department is investigating possible consumer harms at the major AI companies. The US Federal Trade Commission has subpoenaed OpenAI and Anthropic for information about recent safety incidents with both businesses' AI models. Axios first reported that agency had sent civil subpoenas to the companies, and a spokesperson from the FTC confirmed the action to CBS News. Axios' source said that the FTC is exploring possible consumer protection violations at Anthropic and OpenAI. The…
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Apps & Logiciels
Xpeng corrige un de ses points faibles dans ses voitures : des centaines d’applications grâce au Google Play dès 2027
Xpeng nous avait réservé une petite surprise en plein milieu du Mondial de l’auto. Le constructeur chinois Xpeng a annoncé, dans un communiqué, que Google Play arrivera directement dans ses voitures à partir de début 2027. Sur l’écran central, les conducteurs pourront télécharger des applications de musique, de podcasts, de vidéo, de navigation, de recharge ou de stationnement. Ils n’auront pas besoin de brancher leur smartphone. Xpeng promet des centaines d’applications adaptées à l’écran…
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Domotique
Apple HomeView unveiled, new Apple TV and HomePod mini first impressions
Benjamin and Chance react to Apple’s smart home event, with first impressions on the new Apple HomeView smart display, the insanely priced Apple TV 4K (fourth-generation), and the HomePod mini refresh. It remains to be seen whether these new initiatives in the Apple Home Collection can help move the needle on smart home uptake at large, but it’s a good start. And in Happy Hour Plus, the new iOS beta brings a new Apple…
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Tech News
Muse Spark Open : le nouveau modèle ouvert de Meta tourne en local sur deux Mac Studio M5 Ultra
Mark Zuckerberg, CEO de Meta, a annoncé sur X ce jeudi 15 octobre la publication des poids de Muse Spark Open, le dernier modèle de la famille Muse. Les poids sont les paramètres qui font fonctionner le modèle. En les publiant, Meta laisse n’importe qui le télécharger et le faire tourner sur ses propres machines, sans passer par ses serveurs. Et d’après Mark Zuckerberg, le modèle « tourne très bien sur les nouveaux Mac…
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Smartphones
Apple Photos in iOS 27 upgrades one of my favorite features in a big way
Apple Photos is full of exciting updates in iOS 27, including for one of my favorite features in the app: iCloud Shared Albums. Apple’s Photos app is one of my most-used apps, as I suspect it is for many iPhone users. It’s where all of the photos and videos I capture live, plus screenshots, pictures shared by friends, and more. But did you know that the Photos app also has a social media-style feature?…
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Actualité : Il cherchait simplement un endroit où camper sur des cartes satellites et découvre par hasard un cratère vieux de 390 millions d’années
Joël Lapointe cherchait tout simplement où voyager en camping. Pour ce faire, l’astronome amateur s'est tourné vers des cartes satellites en ligne quand un cercle près du lac Marsal a attiré son attention. Il a alors repéré un endroit qui se révélera être un cratère vieux de 390 millions d’années dans cette zone du Québec. Sur Terre, on trouve environ 200 sites d’impact répertoriés. Les géologues estiment qu’il y en a encore plusieurs autres…
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IA
Anthropic is letting METR researchers look under the hood with employee-level access
Anthropic is giving employee-level access to six researchers from METR, a nonprofit that tests frontier AI models, to independently assess Anthropic’s models, safety practices, and risk management, the company said in a blog post on Thursday. The arrangement comes at a time where incidents of AI agents acting outside their instructions have been disclosed every week or two since late August. The incidents have sharpened calls for independent checks on AI companies. “We want…
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Tech News
What did the Liberty Bell sound like? Science is on the case.
The Liberty Bell, with its famous crack, hasn't been rung in 180 years, but that hasn't stopped scientists from pondering what the bell might have sounded like when tolling. In honor of the nation's 250th anniversary, researchers at Penn State University have modeled its acoustic properties, drawing on data collected from one of the bell's replicas. The work was first presented at a meeting of the Acoustical Society of America in Philadelphia earlier this…
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IT & Science & Technology
Touchscreen MacBook Pro Could Launch on November 6
Apple is planning to introduce new OLED touchscreen MacBook Pro models on October 27 or October 28, and the machines could launch on Friday, November 6, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman said during his latest podcast. Apple retail stores apparently have a "big floor reset" scheduled for the evening of Thursday, November 5, and into Friday, November 6, which Gurman says could be in preparation for the new Macs. The store reset will follow a debut…
Lire l’article completApple might just be Samsung’s best foldable salesperson yet
TL;DR Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold 8 series is seeing strong demand, exceeding the company’s initial sales expectations. Samsung says demand for its latest foldables is up 16% since launch, while Google searches for Samsung foldables have surged 300% over the past month. Apple’s entry into the foldable market with the iPhone Duo could be driving more consumers to explore Samsung’s alternatives. There’s no denying that Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold 8 series is having its…
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Smartphones
Apple execs talk Samsung’s role in creating iPhone Duo display
Apple is widely reported to have Samsung as its key supplier in building the iPhone Duo’s folding display. As a result, some have claimed that Apple is just “using a Samsung display.” Here’s how Apple addressed that question in a new interview. Last month, YouTuber MrMobile (Michael Fisher) had the chance to interview a trio of key Apple staff who were involved in iPhone Duo’s development. The sit-down took place following the iPhone Duo…
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Bluesky expands its AI-powered Attie app to let anyone build websites, games, and more
Open social network Bluesky is once again expanding beyond its flagship app. At TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 on Thursday, the company announced the launch of a new tool that allows creators to make websites, quizzes, games, polls, and other interactive experiences. The tool is an expansion of Attie, Bluesky’s more experimental platform, which initially offered AI-powered technology for building custom social feeds. With its new creation capabilities, the idea is to allow everyday users to…
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The facts matter: Google updates AI Overviews, drawing more attention to linked sources
What you need to know Google is rolling out several updates for Search AI (AI Mode and AI Overviews) to help fuel user confidence when searching. Search AI will now feature inline source links higher in responses, while also displaying "more engaging" links with thumbnail photos. Timely news articles in Search AI will be housed in a carousel for quicker perusal. AI Mode and AI Overviews are two prominent features in Google Search nowadays,…
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Tech News
Black Sea drone attacks enter NATO country's territorial waters for first time
Russian drones are suspected of sinking a cargo ship and leaving chemical tankers ablaze near the Black Sea coasts of Bulgaria and Romania, respectively. The latest attacks mean that at least seven ships have been attacked in the exclusive economic zones of NATO member countries—and even within Romania's territorial waters if Russian involvement is confirmed in the case of the chemical tankers. Such attacks have spurred requests for NATO to redeploy counter-drone systems to…
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E Ink's new Kaleido 4 could inch us closer to the perfect color e-reader
The new display tech offers improved color reproduction and refresh rates. E Ink has announced the latest version of its Kaleido color e-paper technology, introducing improvements that could be the selling point of future e-readers and writing tablets. The company's new Kaleido 4 display is supposed to be able to produce a wider range of colors, while improving things like refresh rate, a common problem with e-paper screens. Kaleido 4 "doubles the color gamut…
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Microplastics in water aren’t inert and make damaging chemicals on their own
One reason plastics are used so often is that they’re chemically inert, meaning bags, food containers, and cups don’t react with what we put in them. Yet they can still break down into microplastics, which turn up in drinking water, human blood, arteries, and brains. The consequences of that are uncertain. “Whether microplastics can directly cause human disease is still being researched,” said Wei Min, a chemist at Columbia University. In a new Nature…
Lire l’article completFairphone shares when Fairbuds 2 US sales are set to begin
TL;DR Fairphone is known for its eco-friendly, repairable mobile hardware. In addition to its smartphones, the company has released Fairbuds earbuds and headphones. It’s now introducing its second-generation model, the Fairbuds 2. Being a responsible consumer is just so attractive these days, and the good news for anyone looking to take on that mantle is that we’ve got some great hardware options that make it easier than ever. Companies like Fairphone have been creating…
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Riot will sunset League of Legends Classic in January 2027
The throwback mode may reappear as a limited-time event in the future. Riot Games introduced League Classic in July, offering players a way to re-experience the League of Legends as it was in past years. However, the attempt to recapture the spark of nostalgia from its long-running MOBA appears to have quickly fizzled. League Classic will be ending at the close of Season 3, which will be in early January 2027. In the interim,…
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