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Terrence O'Brien is the Verge’s weekend editor. He’s covered the tech industry for over 18 years and knows a thing or two about synths. Meta’s Muse is apparently an effective AI assistant, but one that’s a little creepy. Part of that is because of
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In Brief 1:39 PM PDT · September 19, 2026 Embattled surveillance technology company Flock Safety unveiled a “generous” severance package for voluntary employee departures on Friday, according to a report in Wired. Flock reportedly expects a significant portion of its 1,500-person workforce to express interest in the buyouts, and
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Serving tech enthusiasts for over 25 years. TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust. The big picture: Researchers in Hong Kong have developed a technique that uses injected radio signals to extract audio and other information from headphones, phones and smart-home devices. Called InjectEave, the method targets analog
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President Donald Trump has responded in characteristic fashion to the recent debate around AI safety — by declaring that these concerns are part of a long line of hoaxes “generated by the Radical Left Dumocrats, for purposes of destroying our Country.” On Saturday, Trump began his musings on AI by writing
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With technology advancing by the day, protecting our privacy is getting harder. Hidden cameras are one of the biggest public concerns. There have been far too many cases of people finding cameras in places they didn’t belong: hotel rooms, bedrooms, and bathrooms in Airbnb rentals. The problem became serious
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It will also be the first time the company is adding V3 satellites to the Starlink constellation. SpaceX The next time SpaceX's Starship rocket launches, it will orbit our planet and add Starlink V3 satellites to the company's internet satellite constellation for the first time. SpaceX
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The president said he will soon announce an "AI czar" to run this newly made-up agency. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images As the industry calls for pumping the brakes on AI development, President Donald Trump is instead creating an "AI Force" and seeking a "czar"
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* Satellite imagery shows China building a roughly ~200m ship in Shanghai that analysts say is a mothership for submarine-sized drones * It pairs a bottom-opening well-deck and 12-arm cradle with an internal hangar that experts estimate holds four 115- to 148ft XXLUUVs * While the ship itself is shorter than an Essex-class
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* Samsung is shifting additional DDR5 and SSD production to outside manufacturers * The company needs internal factory space for advanced HBM production * DDR5 module assembly remains simpler than advanced HBM packaging processes Samsung Electronics is shifting all additional production of conventional memory modules onto outsourced partners going forward. The company is
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Serving tech enthusiasts for over 25 years. TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust. First look: Valve has open-sourced Lepton, the Android compatibility layer built for the Steam Frame headset, giving VR developers a way to bring existing Android games to the device without rebuilding them for an
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Don't they do the same thing? Smart TVs and standalone streaming devices, like Roku, Fire TV Stick and Chromecast, pretty much do the same thing. They let people watch content from platforms like Netflix, Disney+ and Hulu, among many others. This leads to a "one or the
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This move represents the first step in the CEO’s plan to slow down AI development. Chesnot/Getty Images Accenture's long list of consulting services is expanding to include evaluating Anthropic's frontier AI models for safety compliance. Anthropic announced the partnership that would allow Accenture to
