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* Amazon has made Alexa+ free to use on Fire TV devices * You can ask it to find movie recommendations and also integrate it with other smart home devices * The best part is that you don't need an Amazon Prime membership to make the most of it Access to
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* Another next-gen battery upgrade has been reported * Zinc-iodine batteries are now more stable * The tech promises a more sustainable lithium-ion replacement Lithium-ion batteries had a good run, but the next generation of battery technologies are rapidly approaching for consumer devices and large-scale industry use. One of the leading candidates to
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In Brief 5:11 AM PDT · August 20, 2026 Meta on Thursday announced a new Mac app for Meta AI with built-in system-wide dictation. The app can also look at the current screen and answer your questions based on the context using its Muse Spark model. The company said that
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Threat actors have been exploiting a recent MLflow vulnerability to steal sensitive information, including credentials and secrets. An open source AI engineering platform, MLflow allows users to manage the end-to-end machine learning lifecycle and deploy AI agents, LLMs, and ML models in production. It has over 27,000 GitHub stars
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The Pixel 11 Pro Fold's spotlight feature is its durability. / Abrar Al-Heeti/CNET 8.4 Pros & Cons * Durable build * Thinner design over last year * Slimmer bezels and slightly larger cover screen * Plenty of handy AI and software updates * Cameras and battery are a step down from other
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When you search for self-cleaning water bottles, two brands tend to dominate the results: Larq and Sans. Self-cleaning water bottles primarily use UV-C light to purify water, removing at least 99.9% of bio-contaminants such as salmonella, E. coli and staphylococcus. And some self-cleaning water bottles offer additional features, including
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As students, teachers and families return to classrooms, campuses and online learning platforms at the end of summer, cybercriminals are preparing for the new school year as well. According to Check Point Research, the education sector remains the world’s most targeted industry, facing significantly more cyberattacks than any other
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Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways * Incogni's new study of 13 AI platforms ranks them by privacy risk. * The largest AI platforms turn out to be the most privacy-invasive - with one exception. * Here's what to know
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Jess Weatherbed is a news writer focused on creative industries, computing, and internet culture. Jess started her career at TechRadar, covering news and hardware reviews. Slack is introducing dedicated channels where teams can vibe code together with AI agents instead of jumping between different tools and conversations. The Slack Code
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Public-facing workers are being filmed, harassed, and creeped out by AI-powered smart glasses. by Mia Sato Aug 20, 2026, 12:00 PM UTC Mia Sato is features writer with five years of experience covering the companies that shape technology and the people who use their tools. In August, Toru Hinkle
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Meta has filed a US patent application describing AI glasses that could recognize people, analyze their expressions and actions, and create personalized video highlights from social events. The application (US 2026/0238876 A1), filed in February and published last week, is titled "Smart Cameras with Assistant Systems." It&
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Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways * Google's course builds practical AI skills from basics to app building. * The hands-on Gemini training is broad, useful, and well-built. * Move fast to beat the trial clock and avoid Coursera's fee.
