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The universal push for better hydration has produced a seemingly endless supply of water bottles that promise to keep H2O cold for hours, days, even months. Admittedly, “months” is a stretch, but given recent advances in insulation technology, that milestone may not be far off. Fresh off Stanley’s early-2020s
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Microsoft and Nvidia held a launch party for the first wave of RTX Spark laptops last week in San Francisco, where a new wave of AI PCs took center stage amid a packed crowd and a lively hands-on area. A day after the media event, I was invited to a
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7:29 AM PDT · October 15, 2026 Google on Thursday said “Universal Cart,” a tool that lets users collect and monitor products they find across search and in the Gemini app, is now available to U.S. users. The company first previewed the tool at Google I/O in May.
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If you're building a NAS or running out of room on your existing one, you'll know that high-capacity hard drives can be expensive. But one I'd definitely consider is the 16TB Seagate IronWolf, which is tailored for adding more space for backups, media libraries,
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Private Internet Access (PIA) has announced the addition of 10 new locations to its server network, building on recent expansions by adding servers in the Americas, the Middle East, Africa, and Australia. The announcement follows the addition of 15 new locations in September 2026 and forms part of a larger
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The UK’s Legal Aid Agency (LAA) has discovered that records dating back to 1978 were compromised in an April 2025 data breach. In May last year, the UK Ministry of Justice agency said hackers had accessed and exfiltrated the personal information of individuals who applied for legal aid, but
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The U.S. government is moving closer to requiring covered critical infrastructure organizations to report significant cyber incidents within 72 hours and ransomware payments within 24 hours. But for operators of industrial control systems, the challenge will extend beyond deadline compliance; they must first determine whether an incident has occurred,
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* Stephen J. Bigelow, Published: 15 Oct 2026 Modern cybersecurity depends on two factors: spotting real threats and neutralizing them before they can damage the business. That might sound simple, but putting these factors into practice is another matter entirely. Increasingly complex infrastructures, dependencies and access demands are creating new and
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TP-Link is dangling a $1 billion investment in American manufacturing to secure a conditional approval exemption from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regarding the U.S. ban on foreign-made Wi-Fi routers over national security concerns. Indeed, the White House had granted temporary exemptions to several major networking vendors, but TP-Link
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New soundtracks and breathing exercises are designed to encourage mindful browsing. Opera Opera has relaunched its very mindful Air browser with a host of new anti-distraction features. The audiovisual makeover is designed to help you focus better on what you're actually supposed to be doing, rather than encouraging
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ServiceNow has today announced AI Passport, a new capability within its (newly renamed) Super Intelligence Control Tower that ties an agent’s level of authority to the business context in which it operates. The aim is to give enterprises a verifiable record of what an agent is allowed to do,
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Cameron Faulkner is an editor covering deals and gaming hardware. He joined in 2018, and after a two-year stint at Polygon, he rejoined The Verge in May 2025. Apple’s iPhone Duo foldable phone opens for preorder tomorrow, October 16th, at 8am ET / 5am PT, but you don’t have
