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When it comes to protecting data collected by smart devices such as smartwatches and fitness bands, the Electronic Frontier Foundation is cautioning that most of the companies aren’t closing their rings on privacy. In the report, “Most Smart Watches, Rings, and Bands Lack Basic Transparency Reports and Key Privacy
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Google’s Chrome browser has always been focused on pushing security updates. A decade ago it was controversial that the browser, the first to add automatic updates, distributed patches every six weeks. Now it's the norm for critical, widely used software to get security fixes every few weeks,
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Leaked marketing renders appear to show a new smartwatch and earbuds, too. by Jay Peters Jul 30, 2026, 4:57 PM UTC Image: Evan Blass Jay Peters is a senior reporter covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in 2019 after nearly two years at Techmeme. Weeks ahead
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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. Most carriers track everything. Cape doesn't. — Unlimited talk, text &
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Security experts have been sounding the alarm for years about the risks of using generic TV boxes that promise unlimited content streaming for a one-time fee, warning that they secretly rent the user’s Internet connection out to strangers. But a groundbreaking new analysis finds these devices also routinely spoof
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Serving tech enthusiasts for over 25 years. TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust. In a nutshell: Analogue's Nintendo 64 clone revitalized the N64 community when it launched last November, but pricing was high and availability was extremely limited. Those looking for a slightly cheaper alternative
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United Airlines has updated its baggage policy to prohibit humanoid and animal-like robots not just from passenger cabins but also from checked luggage. This is purportedly due to concerns over battery safety, but you have to admit it'd be pretty creepy to find out your seatmate was a
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Connecting user search intent with relevant ad experiences across channels is a longstanding challenge in digital advertising. Advertisers need sophisticated ways to reach audiences based on their demonstrated interests and behaviors, particularly their search activity, which is one of the strongest signals of user intent. Traditional keyword expansion approaches often
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I don’t often consider ditching Android, but GrapheneOS, a privacy-focused alternative, poses an interesting question: what security features am I missing out on by using Google’s mobile operating system (OS)? GrapheneOS is an open-source mobile OS, designed for Google Pixel phones (and soon Motorola devices), that promises better
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The Tech Panda takes a look at recent funding events in the tech ecosystem, seeking to know where the cash is flowing. Startup: Revspot Sector: B2C Revenue Technology Amount: US$4.8 Million Led by: Inflexor Ventures, Info Edge Ventures, Pentathlon Ventures, Silicon Road Ventures Revspot, an AI-native platform that
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David Imel is a technology reporter who has been covering the industry since 2007. He co-hosts the Waveform podcast with MKBHD. A former engineer, he now specializes in topics like computational photography and social media protocols. Do you remember Friend? The Friend that launched an AI pendant, spent $1.8
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A QA Engineer’s Guide to Testing GenAI Applications Testing software is no longer enough. In the age of generative AI, quality engineers must learn to test intelligence itself. Executive Summary Generative AI is transforming enterprise software at an unprecedented pace. Organizations are rapidly deploying: * AI chatbots * AI-powered search systems
