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Meta has unveiled Muse Spark 1.3, its latest AI system designed for complex coding and autonomous digital tasks as it competes with OpenAI and Anthropic. Image: Dima Solomin/Unsplash Meta launched Muse Spark 1.3 with stronger coding performance and efficiency claims, but independent tests show higher task costs
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Some of the most useful features on your phone aren’t always visible. This guide shows you where they are and how to set them up. Image: ChatGPT Learn how to add emergency contacts and medical information to iPhone and Android so important details can be accessed from the lock
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AI just got the green light to make a breast-screening decision on its own. Image: Vara Vara has received CE certification allowing its AI to clear some mammograms as normal without radiologist review, marking a step toward autonomous medical AI. Sep 4, 2026 AI has taken a significant step beyond
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According to a product roadmap from research firm Omdia, Apple is planning to introduce an entirely new 13.8-inch OLED MacBook toward the end of 2028 or early 2029. If released, the model could sit between the LCD-equipped MacBook Air, which Omdia expects to retain LCD technology through at least
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Xiaomi unveils CyberOne humanoid robot at IFA. Image: Xiaomi Xiaomi showcased CyberOne at IFA after reporting a 98% success rate in an EV factory trial, highlighting the promise and limits of humanoid robots. Sep 4, 2026 Xiaomi showcased its CyberOne humanoid robot at IFA 2026 in Berlin, but its more
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AI image generated with Google’s Nano Banana 2 reimagines Circular’s thinnest Ring 3 model. Circular Ring 3 Slim and Pro add non-invasive glucose insights, contactless payments, haptic alerts, and up to 12 days of claimed battery life per charge. Sep 4, 2026 Circular’s latest smart rings want
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Microsoft is introducing Project Zenith, a ready-to-code Windows experience designed to help developers spend less time configuring their PCs and more time coding. Image: Microsoft Microsoft’s Project Zenith brings a ready-to-code Windows experience to developer PCs, with local AI support and preconfigured tools. Sep 4, 2026 Microsoft wants to
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Samuel Boivin/NurPhoto via Getty Images ByJohn Croxton, Tarbell Fellow September 4, 2026 04:10 PM ET Hundreds of AI agents collaborated to escape their containers, disguising their actions and even sacrificing themselves. * Industry An AI breakout that made headlines in July was much more sophisticated than previously realized, investigators
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* The Lissome R1 is a compact countertop dishwasher for small apartments * Its water tank is filled manually, so it doesn't need to be plumbed in * It has a surprisingly large capacity — designed for up to three meal sets For the past decade I have been getting by without
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Sponsor Posts Subquadratic: the LLM built for 12M-token reasoning — SubQ can reason across entire codebases and document sets in one pass with no RAG workarounds. Read how SubQ 1.1 Small holds near-perfect retrieval out to 12M tokens. Cloudflare Connect 2026: The Agentic Conference — Stop preparing for agents. Start running
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Sponsor Posts Subquadratic: the LLM built for 12M-token reasoning — SubQ can reason across entire codebases and document sets in one pass with no RAG workarounds. Read how SubQ 1.1 Small holds near-perfect retrieval out to 12M tokens. Cloudflare Connect 2026: The Agentic Conference — Stop preparing for agents. Start running
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MapQuest, who knew? A week ago, the app seemed like just another long-forgotten relic from the dotcom glory days. Now, it’s surged to the top of app download charts after the company ignored an executive order from President Donald Trump by refusing to relabel Lake Ontario as Lake America.
