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Featured Podcasts Channels with Peter Kafka: Larry Ellison's Media Ambitions & Kevin Roose on AI's Biggest Gamble Media and tech aren't just intersecting - they're fully intertwined. To understand how those worlds work, Peter Kafka talks to industry leaders, upstarts and observers.
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Featured Podcasts Channels with Peter Kafka: Larry Ellison's Media Ambitions & Kevin Roose on AI's Biggest Gamble Media and tech aren't just intersecting - they're fully intertwined. To understand how those worlds work, Peter Kafka talks to industry leaders, upstarts and observers.
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Ring, the Amazon-owned video doorbell maker, is entering a new market: smart locks. Ring’s new device isn’t exactly a copy-and-paste of the other locks already on the market, however, as it tackles a big issue that often deters people from embracing this kind of smart home equipment: the
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In Brief 7:00 AM PDT · October 7, 2026 Google on Tuesday launched a new site that lets anyone verify whether a piece of media, be it an image, a video or an audio clip, is generated using AI. The company had made this tool available to select journalists, media
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In six days, 10,000+ people from across the global startup and tech ecosystem will come together at San Francisco’s Moscone West for TechCrunch Disrupt 2026. If you’re planning to be one of them, don’t wait to register your ticket before prices increase at the door. Discounted
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These newly launched headphones feature a novel hybrid design that I can't say I've seen before. You can use them on your noggin as normal for private listening, or twist the headband so the cups combine to form a speaker for others to hear. The Neo
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A teenager from Amman, Jordan suspected of leading the prolific data theft and extortion group ShinyHunters has been detained and is reportedly cooperating with the FBI to identify other members of the hacking gang. KrebsOnSecurity has learned that the suspect, who uses the hacker handle “Rey,” was detained as ShinyHunters
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SynthID Detector will flag content created with AI tools from OpenAI, Google, Apple and other companies. Google Google is making SynthID Detector, its web tool for identifying AI-created and AI-edited content, available to everyone. The web-based tool is able to flag images, video and audio clips created with AI tools
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You can generate power by twisting the front latch back and forth. Ring Ring founder Jamie Siminoff thinks smart locks aren't popular because users are worried about what happens when they run out of power. Say what you like about keys, but you don't need to
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It's called Dialog and promises to turn "fragmented interactions into continuous customer relationships." Cisco is updating its Webex cloud collaboration platform to better accommodate AI agents. Perhaps the biggest bit of news here is a new toolset called Dialog, which is an "agentic harness"
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Whether you’re looking for the best spot for your air fryer or it’s getting cold enough to pull out a space heater, there’s one important thing to remember: Never plug either of those devices into an extension cord or surge protector. Doing so can create a fire
