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Your Apple AirPods' chirping noise doesn't just mean low battery
Learn why your Apple AirPods are making a noise - and how to turn the sound off.
Web host Squarespace lays off 19% of its employees
The website builder said that the job losses are part of a broader restructuring of its organization.
The Apple Watch Ultra 4 is $100 off, matching its best price to date
The Apple Watch Ultra 4 is the company’s most capable smartwatch. Whether you intend to put its many tracking features to the test, or you simply want the longest battery life of any Apple Watch, it’s currently on sale for $699.99 ($100 off) in multiple colors at Amazon, matching its all-time low price. Powered by […]
New York Times and other outlets sue web browser Brave over alleged content scraping
The New York Times is suing privacy-focused web browser company Brave for allegedly scraping the outlet’s copyrighted and unlawfully distributing it to its own customers, like Anthropic and Perplexity.
Snap settles lawsuit accusing platform of fueling teen depression and eating disorders
The plaintiffs said they started using YouTube as young as age 3 and other social media platforms at around age 9 and developed compulsive usage habits that they attributed to features such as autoplay and infinite scrolling.
Snap settles social media addiction lawsuit to avoid trial
Snap CEO Evan Spiegel was due to testify in the upcoming trial.
Why some websites are blocking AI agents from accessing the web
AI agents can be a great tool to help make purchases for you online - but it can become a frustrating problem if the website you're using blocks their access.
Anthropic clamps down on Claude’s AI video game clones
Anthropic has updated Claude Code's system prompt to prevent the AI tool from being used to recreate existing video games, as reported by Tom's Hardware. Retro gaming is currently being overrun with AI-made decompilations, recompilations, and ports, but while Anthropic will still let people use Claude Code to make games, it doesn't want people to […]
Xbox’s former COO has ‘serious concerns’ about her abrupt departure
Xbox's former chief operating officer, Helen Chiang, suddenly left Microsoft less than two weeks ago after being promoted into the role in July. I wrote in my Notepad newsletter last week that it seemed very weird for Chiang to suddenly depart Microsoft after 21 years with a surprisingly short memo from Xbox CEO Asha Sharma. […]
Coming in 2027: Apple’s $1,000 home robot for FaceTime and switching on lights
Apple robot backed by CEO John Ternus may have hefty price tag and limited uses.
SpaceX is reportedly looking at buying Boost Mobile or using its cell network
A potential deal with Boost Mobile could serve as a shortcut to establishing SpaceX as a mobile carrier.
Claude’s new rules against game cloning won’t stop the AI copying boom
The tsunami of imitators is way bigger than any one model maker can stem.
OpenAI pitches data center power plants as a way to protect nearby areas
In an announcement on Monday, OpenAI says it will pilot its "Grid Protectors Program" at an upcoming data center in Effingham County, Georgia, where the company promises to free up to 1,000 megawatts of power during extreme weather or emergencies, enough to power air conditioners in around 700,000 homes. The announcement comes as opposition to […]
In one of the largest deals in tech history, Marvell buys Lumentum for $115B
Marvell's planned purchase of Lumentum is one of the biggest acquisitions in tech history. And they both have the same strategic investor: Nvidia.
The New York Times sues Brave web browser for AI scraping and bypassing paywalls
The New York Times and a group of other publications have filed lawsuits against the company that makes the Brave web browser over alleged unlawful scraping to train AI and also letting users bypass their paywalls, as reported by Reuters. According to a complaint filed by the companies that run New York Daily News, the […]
Readwise takes on Amazon’s Kindle and Goodreads with its new app for book lovers
Readwise Books combines an ebook store, reading tracker, detailed reading stats, and AI features in a bid to challenge Amazon's ecosystem.
Gemini could be poking through your emails - here's how to stop it
Gemini can read your emails, summarize them and draft replies. If you'd rather it didn't, here's what Google actually does with your data and how to opt out.
Apple’s ‘Ultra’ smart home robot might have to wait until 2028
Apple has reportedly delayed the launch of its rumored smart home robot until next year at the earliest or possibly even 2028, according to The Information. It says the robot's hardware "has been finished for around two years," but that the software isn't ready. The device's software team has reportedly pushed to delay the launch […]
Anti-Oligarchy Activists Plan to Dox Elon Musk and Hundreds of Billionaire-Linked Homes
The Capytistas, a secretive group claiming more than $1.2 million in backing, started with Elon Musk and Tesla’s board. Members argue that those who buy political power deserve the scrutiny they’ll impose.
Squarespace is laying off around 300 employees
The website-building platform Squarespace is laying off 19 percent of its employees as it works to "simplify" its operations, Squarespace spokesperson Jeff Seedman says in a statement to The Verge. The job cuts will affect around 300 of Squarespace's 1,800 employees. "The changes are intended to simplify how we operate, sharpen our priorities and enable […]
One annoying problem with the iPhone Messages app has an easy fix
Apple's iMessage app offers a lot of useful features and several default apps included in its latest update. However, they may be in an order you dislike.
Asus ROG Rapture GT-BN98 Pro Review: Welcome to Wi-Fi 8
The first Wi-Fi 8 router has arrived. This quad-band gaming beast from Asus is fabulously fast and feature-packed.
42AI comes out of stealth with $62.5M and a world model that can ‘predict human behavior’
Here's a question straight out of sci-fi: What if AI could predict what you were going to do before you decided to, even in a completely new situation?
Meta settles social media addiction lawsuit, averting trial
Two plaintiffs alleged that Meta and Snap designed their social media platforms to foster addictive behavior.