Hardware
Hardware news — Friday 09 October 2026
150 stories from 7 sources, every one in English. Each links to its publisher.
- Apple TV 4K is included in the "old" product, and the fourth generation is expected next week.
- Porsche Delivery in 1-9 months 1785 000 vehicles decreased by 16% and the Chinese market by 33%.
- 2026 See you next week at the Paris Car Fair. China has a record one-third brand.
- Apple Home Apply new feature: iPhone Near the doorbell, vibrator Island preview video
- Gulman Exploding Apple iPhone Duo Collapse Screen Phone "Unique Eggs": The first turn-on displays custom users First Name
- Win11 Collapse: Microsoft Drive Quality Initiative, Intel GPU Drive Lead Fit 26H2
- BMW North America Survey: Electric car buyers want to go further than they want.
- Partial user feedback on Google Gboard input; Shift key failed; capital letters could not be entered
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Nothing's CMF is launching new products next week
Nothing's CMF sub-brand is on its way to becoming an independent Indian company, but that transition hasn't stopped it from churning out new products. Case in point: CMF has just announced that it will be launching two new products next…
- After the German Ministry of Transport objected, Tesla changed the name of the FSD to "Tesla Auxiliary Driver" on the European market.
- INTERVIECTION 4 “Argon (2006), 1801“Carbon (2006). BRAZIL
- A new clue to the Apple's first smart house, homeView's trademark.
- We have successfully launched satellite Internet low-orbit 27 satellite sets
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The First Trailer for ‘Exorcist: Martyrs’ Could Make You Forget All Your ‘Carrie’ Complaints
Mike Flanagan's Stephen King series just dropped on Prime Video, but he's already teasing a very terrifying return to the big screen.
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Google teases its new 'Fitbit Edge' wearable ahead of an October 12 reveal
Google has seemingly confirmed the rumored "Fitbit Edge" with social media posts teasing a new wearable coming October 12.
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Ukraine’s drones knock out AI data center belonging to "Russia’s Google"
Ukrainian drone strikes have knocked out two of five data centers belonging to the Russian tech giant Yandex. The damage has left Yandex, known as “Russia’s Google” because it operates the country’s most popular search engine, struggling…
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A Cray-1 supercomputer replica from 30 "obsolete" Mac Minis
The Museo de Historia de la Computación in Spain has unveiled a 1:1 scale visual replica of the famous Cray-1 supercomputer from 1976. Instead of sourcing expensive, cutting-edge tech to run the system, the creative team powered the…
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Decade-old RAM is making a comeback
CPU makers have noticed that the seemingly unending RAM price hikes are making it tough for a lot of us to upgrade our PCs. Their solution? A return to last-gen DDR4 RAM. Intel and AMD are making new CPUs that'll support the older, more…
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Flock Safety is reportedly planning major layoffs now that everyone hates it
Morale at one of the most reviled companies in America appears to be at an all time low.
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Free Meals and Other Perks From Big Pharma Really Do Sway Doctors, Review Finds
A new systematic review, published by Cochrane, has found a direct “dose-response” relationship between the number prescriptions for certain drugs and the amount of free meals given to doctors.
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Anthropic’s AI gave Philadelphia police a fake tip about an unsolved homicide
An Anthropic AI model provided false information about an unsolved homicide to a Philadelphia Police Department (PPD) tipline, according to a report from 6abc. In a statement released on Friday, the PPD said the AI model sent the tip…
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HMD Pulse 2T Pro specs and images leak showing a dot matrix rear display
At the beginning of September, the HMD Pulse 2 Pro got prematurely listed by a Swiss retailer, and that revealed its specs. The phone is still not official, but in the meantime we have a new leak from a reliable source of HMD-related…
- Micromether 3 Pro Sales today: 129 yuan, new CO2 concentration monitoring
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Did Claude Help an Amateur Astronomer Discover a New Planet?
Billions of exoplanets are believed to be out there awaiting discovery. AI—with its ability to sift through mountains of data—could speed that process along.
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Blogger Found Guilty of Harassment for Sending Shrek Penis Meme to Ohio State Senator
Some memes are too hot to handle.
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Contest-Winning Microscope Video Thrown Out for Using Generative AI
Ning Xu's winning entry to Nikon Instruments' Small World in Motion competition was ineligible due to AI, a spokesperson for the contest told Gizmodo.
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Tesla’s ‘Full Self-Driving’ Becomes ‘Assisted Driving’ in Europe
The automaker has been criticized for misleading drivers with the feature’s name. Now it’s renaming it for European regulators.
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Amazon’s ‘Stargate’ Series Is Back in Development, This Time With ‘WandaVision’ Creator
An earlier incarnation of the new show from 'Stargate' veteran Martin Gero was tabled back in June.
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An Anthropic model submitted a false homicide tip to Philadelphia police
Thankfully, it does not seem to have diverted police resources.
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Ledger’s Crypto Wallets Reportedly Backdoored, $71 Million in Crypto Already Moved
An authorized Southeast Asian reseller is tied to reports of drained wallets.
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Your Ozempic Prescription May Come With a Surprising Bonus: Slower Aging
Recent data from Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly suggests GLP-1s can noticeably slow down people's molecular aging clocks.
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Ohio blogger found guilty of harassment for sending Shrek nude to senator
A jury found an Ohio political blogger guilty of telecommunications harassment after he sent an explicit image of Shrek to a Republican state senator. On Friday, a judge ordered DJ Byrnes, owner of political commentary blog The Rooster …
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Google is working on HDR emoji for Chat
An APK teardown of the latest version of Gmail revealed that Google is looking to bring HDR emoji to its Chat app. That’s the Google Hangouts successor, which is part of the Google Workspace suite, for those outside the loop on Google…
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We Have Entered a Cybersecurity Hellscape, Japan Warns
Worse than Godzilla.
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‘Pure insanity’: Mathematicians will need years to make sense of OpenAI’s latest drop
"Staggering." "Overwhelming." "Unprecedented." "Surreal." "Pure insanity." Those were among the descriptions more than three dozen mathematicians reached for in conversations with The Verge as they tried to make sense of the flood of…
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YouTuber Says Cops Paid Him a Visit After He Built Flock-Style Camera to Track Cops
It turns out that the gander is not actually super keen on what's good for the goose.
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PC shipments fall 20.1 percent in “sharpest decline” since Q1 2023
PC shipments saw a steep drop of about 20 percent in Q3 2026, analysts reported this week. The industry saw its “sharpest decline since “Q1 2023," Omdia said in an announcement toady. Global shipments of laptops, desktops, and workstations…
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Undersea Archaeologists Recover the Only Known Ring Engraved With the Lighthouse of Alexandria
Researchers suspect that the ancient bronze signet was used to notarize official documents.
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Your artwork could be featured in the next Debian release
The Debian Linux project has opened a call for community artwork submissions ahead of the release of the upcoming Forky (Debian 14). If you think you've got the artistic chops, your art could appear on the boot screens, login prompts, and…
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Brendan Carr says he’ll let Pete Hegseth decide whether TV networks can air the public execution
FCC chairman Brendan Carr said he will defer to Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on whether TV networks can air the planned execution of convicted Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan by firing squad. The Pentagon has said the execution will be…
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The Onion’s First Video Game Is an Action-Packed Voting Simulator
Players can double-jump away from poll watchers to cast their ballot or simply stay at home and jerk off.
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Feds Say Ransomware Expert’s Miracle Cure Was Just Paying the Hackers
An indictment says Zohar Pinhasi's MonsterCloud billed ransomware victims millions for a decryptor it did not have, then paid the attackers a fraction of that fee.
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Nikon microscopic video competition winner disqualified for using generative AI
The original first place video used AI in post-processing. | Image: Dr. Ning Xu Nikon says the video that originally won first place in its Small World in Motion contest "did not comply with the competition rules regarding generative AI."…
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Google teases Fitbit Edge launch next week
Google shared a closeup of its upcoming fitness tracker. | Image: Google It looks like Google is getting ready to take the wraps off its rumored Fitbit Edge next Monday. In a post on X , Google posted a picture of what appears to be the…
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The Coolest ‘Star Wars’ Books Just Announced for 2027
The 50th anniversary of 'A New Hope' and 'Star Wars: Starfighter' are just the tip of the iceberg.
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SpaceX buys spectrum for Starlink to become a full-fledged US mobile carrier
Elon Musk’s SpaceX has just acquired up to 14MHz of paired spectrum in the 800MHz band nationwide in the US, from Grain Management. Musk says this is "the last critical piece of the spectrum puzzle needed for SpaceX to provide complete…
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Bose Lifestyle Ultra Soundbar review: A great home theater option all by itself
Bose's latest soundbar pulls double duty as both a TV and music speaker. Plus, it doesn't need a separate subwoofer for adequate bass.
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Don’t Expect to Buy a New TP-Link Router in the US Any Time Soon
The company is struggling to prove it's separated itself from China.
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The Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra is down to $950 after Prime Day
Amazon has the Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra in black with 256GB of storage discounted to $949.99, a healthy discount from its usual price of $1,399.99. This phone’s standout feature is the adjustable privacy display, which can hide your entire…
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Elon Musk Has More Empathy for Robots Than Humans
"Cruelty to something that believes it is experiencing pain is not ok," Musk wrote about AI.
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‘Avatar: Seven Havens’ Is Getting Four Seasons, New Animated Series Following Kuruk
'Avatar Kuruk: Wave of Chaos' is an action-comedy animated series following the tragic waterbending Avatar's origins.
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Amazon’s new Kindles appear to have a light leak problem
Some users are reporting that the new Kindles have a light leak issue that is especially apparent when using dark mode. The latest base-model Kindles have a flush bezel that gives them a sleek appearance and looks great… as long as you…
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Intel is reportedly launching new CPUs on old sockets that support DDR4 memory
If you guessed the RAMpocalypse is involved...
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‘Street Fighter’ Has 2D Anime Flashback Sequences
A new video reveals popular animation studio Titmouse animated several Ryu and Ken scenes.
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What it's like to spend a night in a Pebble Flow EV RV
Staying in the tech-infused trailer can kind of feel like being in a spaceship - in a good way.
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Microsoft tries to spark new life into Windows
When Microsoft released Windows 11 five years ago, it felt like an operating system that was still being renovated, a work in progress . You'd think by now that those renovations would be complete, with Microsoft turning its attention to…
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Frances Haugen hopes The Social Reckoning will inspire more whistleblowers
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - OCTOBER 04: Frances Haugen attends the Social Reckoning world premiere at Regal Union Square on October 04, 2026 in New York City. (Photo by Sean Zanni/Getty Images for Sony Pictures Entertainment) | Getty Images for…
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Apple and LG leak shows new ‘tap to control’ HomeKit features
A post on X from "pdfu," who has previously posted leaks and renders of suspected Apple features and LG smart home gear , shows new details of rumored Apple Home accessories from LG. According to the new leak, they could include an…
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Apple iPhone 18 Pro Max running iOS 27.2 beta receives AT&T carrier update
Apple has released an emergency carrier bundle update for iPhone 18 Pro Max units on AT&T running iOS 27.2 beta. The update has version 72.0.3 and comes a week after Apple released carrier update 72.1 for iOS 27.0 users, while devices…
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The Most Amazing Cosplay of New York Comic Con 2026, Day 1
We saw a Matt Murdock and a Daredevil, plus a literal Storm.
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AI Companies Are Preparing to Shape the Rules After Everything Goes Wrong
Executives at major AI companies are reportedly planning for what happens the day after a major AI disaster.
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Vitamin D2 Supplements Have a Surprising Drawback. Here’s What to Take Instead
Not all vitamin D supplements do the same job. Here’s why that matters this winter.
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VHS Horror Tale ‘Posthumous’ Adjusts the Tracking on Generational Trauma
Josh Tanner’s supernatural tale taps into old-school technology for its tale of modern grief.
- East Windsman Twist 8 Land Cruiser: 6.7L Electricity-controlled pressurized diesel engine, full life system.
- INTERVIECTION INTERVIEW Apple Watch INTERVIEW, 1801 HarmonyOS 7.0.0.199 01
- The first clip of the new Mandarin "The Mission of Vision": Austro Recontrogression in Human Form, on October 14, Disney+
- The second big domestic cruiser, the Ida Flower City, will be operating as its mother port next year.
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The US and Mexico Are Bracing for a Cyclone Triple Threat This Weekend
Forecasters are monitoring three cyclones set to make landfall on North American coastlines over the next two days.
- Kwok Wahdong, a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, was awarded the 2026 International Astronautical Federation “Celebrity Hall” Award to host the development of the world's first scientific satellite for sustainable development.
- "EDF200259"
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YouTube, Meta, and Twitch won’t say if they’ll allow the US government to livestream an execution
YouTube, Twitch, Meta, and X aren't saying whether they'll allow the US government to livestream an execution on their platforms. The four companies didn't respond to The Verge 's requests for comment after an unnamed Pentagon official…
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The AI is in the computer
It's gadget season, and a lot of companies are launching a lot of new products. But whether it's Microsoft dropping a high-end laptop , Amazon shipping a fancy Android tablet , or Apple diving headlong into the smart home, the actual…
- The first X 700 will officially be offline on October 10th, at a pre-sale price of $24.98 million.
- 10 nm! Grofand Target 2028 Annual Production 7nm Class FD-SOI Process
- Q06 New Ninder-era battery selection, 602 km
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The RedMagic 12 Pro+ is shaping up to be an RGB lover’s dream
RedMagic’s upcoming flagship, the 12 Pro+, is set to launch in China next week. After revealing the phone’s design and color options recently, the brand has now shared details about the device’s cooling system. The RedMagic 12 Pro+ will be…
- Peng G9L Automotive Director announces that the Paris Car Show will be officially launched on the global market and land 64 countries and territories
- INTERVIEW MOOM-V2.5-Pro 01, 1801 V2.6 01 BRAZIL
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Nothing May Finally Give Fans the One Gadget They’ve Been Begging For
All signs point to a first-ever Nothing home audio product.
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The First Trailer for the ‘Crossed’ Movie Is Finally Here
Plus, Michael Johnston to play 'new character' in 'original formula' 'Mummy 4.'
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Trump’s attempt to rename AI is looking awfully artificial
President Donald Trump has a knack for turning words against his enemies. His first successful presidential run was built on monikers like "Little Marco" and "Crooked Hillary"; he changed "fake news" from a phrase describing scammy media…
- Curbing the spread of harmful aquatic organisms, international standards for the debugging of ship ballast water management systems, developed under our leadership, have been issued
- The State Council issued its Opinions on the Development of New Quality Productivity: Accelerating the development of new energy grids, artificial smartphones and a new generation of smart terminal scenarios such as computers, human robots, etc.
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Computer market shipments fell 20% between July and September
According to the latest data from IDC, global computer shipments fell 20.1% in the third quarter of the year (July-September) compared to the same period last year, reaching 62.7 million units. This is the second consecutive quarter of…
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Anker’s Latest Portable Home Backup Battery Won’t Suck Itself Dry So Fast
The Anker Solix S5000 only draws 8.8W when it's idle.
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Though ‘Critters’ Is a Love Letter to Early 1980s Horror, We Had a More Personal Reaction
Dee Wallace, M. Emmet Walsh, and Scott Grimes star in the 1986 horror film, celebrating its 40th anniversary this year.
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Instinct was the buzziest AI agent around — can it survive Muse?
Instinct’s agent is always just a text away. Before there were cute little guys , there was Instinct. In August, the startup got its AI agent to market with an unusual playbook: invite-only, no marketing, and barely so much as a website…
- Q3 Anti-corruption circulars 41 persons processed, covering groups of regular employees, outsourced personnel, interns, etc.
- Ministry of Commerce: Central European parties reach an understanding on mixed car trade in a manner consistent with WTO rules
- The Jiley Motors Group ' s brand of Gigi announced its official entry into the Canadian market and has fully advanced retail and service networking locally
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A week with Googlebooks: four notes from our testing so far
Software, software, software. | Photo: Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge Google's new operating system is off to a rocky start . The five newly launched Googlebook laptops have hardware that ranges from great to excellent, but the…
- Counterpoint: 1806 MacBook Pro INTERVIEW OLED INSTRUTION, 1801 50%
- Mini 4 Pro release: 1,000 dollars with tablets, 7,400 nucleotide processing Device
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A Student Found a New Giant Isopod That Had Been Mislabeled for Decades
A huge bug-like crustacean, roughly 12.7 inches (32.2 centimeters) long, spent over three decades misidentified as a known species as it sat inside the University of Tübingen in Germany.
- Mi 18 Fold Mid-Fold Cell Phone Top Rabbit, September Android Flagship Performance List, XO3 Chips with an average run of 4.62 million.
- The story drives the End-of-Day Sandbox, The Frozen Era, to land.
- Check out the SC50D surveillance go-up: 5 million pixel cameras, 309 yuan
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Meta is banning TikTok ads across its platforms
Meta has banned ads from TikTok's Chinese parent company ByteDance across the US and several other countries as the rivalry between the major social media operators heats up, as reported earlier by Bloomberg . The ban, which went into…
- An annual pre-certification for the new season of The New World, 4.2. Announce
- The news is that China is Pura X View, and 400 million flats have been cut.
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The humble Playdate has become one of gaming’s best deals
The Playdate, Panic's tiny yellow handheld that launched in 2022 , has slowly but surely become a great deal - which is a good thing, because everything else in gaming has only gotten more expensive . Despite being a weird device with a…
- Ulyseau: 1 October, single-day power exchange, 33 341 times high.
- Real heat production without electricity: Mi air conditioning 11.11 Strong wind 1.5s 1850, standing 3 4119s
- Five days, the total ticket room broke 200 million.
- The Chinese and Chinese railways sent more than 8 million passengers, served more than 120 cross-border passengers 950,000 times
- Mi rolls out REDMI display frame arm: hidden liner, compatible VESA 75x75/100 x 100 mm wall, 299 yuan
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Global Xiaomi 18 Pro Max has its chipset and RAM amount confirmed by a benchmark
Xiaomi has already confirmed that the 18 Pro and 18 Pro Max will be launched internationally, unlike their predecessors from last year. And so with the 18 Ultra rumored to have been canceled, the 18 Pro Max will essentially be the…
- Dawn 8000 support reusable rocket development for ultra-high-resolution CT scans of engine tail flames
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Webb telescope detects galaxy origin of the farthest fast radio burst we've seen to date
Astronomers used the Webb telescope to see where the farthest fast radio burst we've ever seen had come from.
- Super-frequency 3 C3 T300 BK Seaview machine box distribution: 240mm water cold, 129 yuan
- IFAC: National estimate of wholesale sales of new energy and vehicle manufacturers in September 2026 1.67 million, an increase of 12 per cent over the same period
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‘Halloween’ Is Returning to Theaters to Celebrate Its Favorite Holiday
Haddonfield's hometown hero will slash his way across theaters in the U.S. and 12 more countries this spooky season.
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What to expect at Apple's 'Welcome home' event next week
The company is reportedly rebooting its smart home ambitions with a smart display and a whole bunch of other accessories.
- 46999 MEDI, 1801 EVO-X5 Pro NIAI
- In a speech about car safety, he said that what matters is the concept of safety, the bottom line and the principle of vehicle design.
- The September experience report was released by the Chinese computer Hong-Mong: a new immersion, a chart, an Ii, a small job model, etc.
- Five minutes full, and a cumulative service of 1.22 million cars over the period of the national holiday.
- 2027 deep blue L06 and wind-tracking officially on the market.
- Mi's "The Me's Laundromat's Sanitary Three Cans 11kg" opened for sale.
- VGN INTERVIEW 75 Turbo 01: 01.005mm RT RT 01N 8/WHz RHz 01,339
- Limin DYNAMIC VISION 360 ARGB One-size water cooler heater: cold head with 5 inch revolving panel from $549
- You know, the driver: I've got an I.I.D.
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Anthropic now offers a free vulnerability-finding service for open-source software
Anthropic is offering open-source projects a new way to check for vulnerabilities with its OSS Scanner.
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OnePlus 15 receives ColorOS 17 Open Beta just days before the official OS launch
Oppo officially confirmed the ColorOS 17 global launch for October 13 next week, and OnePlus just opened up registrations for OnePlus users to get an early taste of the software. Notably, this isn't the final build of the software that…
- Classic strategy game, The Age of Ice and Frost.
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Misuse of the post-sale rule for a box of horses: a woman 3 months of malicious “refund only” 399 items of merchandise subject to criminal coercive measures by the police
According to information from IT House, on 9 October, the Shanghai Police Department recently found a case of malicious “refund-only” fraud in the Cao Cao police station, involving a suspect who had made use of the after-sale rules of the…
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The ‘Lanterns’ Finale Was Its Most Popular Episode Yet
Aaron Pierre and Kyle Chandler's DC show ended on a high note earlier this week.
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The Best Mac Desktop to Buy (2026): Mac Mini, Mac Studio, or iMac?
Apple’s Mac desktops have become some of the most sought-after computers this year, driven by surging interest in agentic AI. Here’s which model to buy depending on your use case.
- ANBERNIC preview double-screen handler RG DDS: High-to-Tone Dragon G2 Gen 2, Inline scalable toucher
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Netflix releases trailer for its miniseries about Sam Bankman-Fried's scandal-ridden crypto exchange
Watch the trailer for Netflix's The Altruists, a mini-series about the rise and fall of cryptocurrency exchange FTX.
- According to the news, the Centre urgently sent out a survey questionnaire to major cars on the total materials for brake pedals, focusing on non-metal material applications.
- A discount or a MOVA: P70S live-water-cleaning towed robot 3299 → 999 yuan 2000 to rob
- Weibo, CEO, Wang Gao Fei, talk about the V800 brake pedal incident.
- Mission: will increase overweight, big size, walk downstairs, etc. Heavy
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Best Battery-Powered Leaf Blowers (2026): Tested for Power, Battery Life, and Noise
It’s finally time to ditch the gas canister—I tested these cordless leaf blowers on gravel, wood chips, and even a 5-pound concrete paver.
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The Series Premiere of ‘Avatar: Seven Havens’ Is a Little Rocky, But It’s Got Potential
The new 'Avatar: The Last Airbender' sequel series feels boldly alien in all the right ways narratively—and noticeably less so in the animation department.
- Hirondelle Group released the September Production and Sales Express: Honda sales decreased 86.02 per cent per year, Toyota 28.37 per cent
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OnePlus 16 display specs confirmed
The OnePlus 16 is going official next week and ahead of the big unveiling, the brand revealed more key info for the upcoming flagship. The phone will be equipped with a BOE X4 LTPO OLED display. The panel is set to bring 1.5K resolution…
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Meta bans TikTok ads from its platforms in tit-for-tat row
Meta has placed a complete ban on ads and marketing from TikTok's US minority owner, ByteDance.
- In November, a free upgrade was launched: undelivered vehicles will directly optimize parts, clearly not "recall"
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OpenAI doubles down on decision to fire three AI safety researchers
OpenAI is standing firm on its decision to fire three safety researchers after an investigation found they committed "a significant breach of trust." In a post on X on Friday, the company said Jasmine Wang, Tomek Korbak and Mikita Balesni…
- General State Radio and Television Service: 181 in September to deal with the television drama tort account, clearing the tort link 3,39 million
- Counter-sale sub-cards: Sam's member store intends to limit the binding of family and friends cards.
- Do you know how to get an inside job? Known: false
- Connect to port: The new Emperor's post will open on October 12th, using the “cooperative inspection, one-off” customs clearance model
- 1299 U.S.$ 978: Chinese for FreeClip 2 Ears Plugin Kyodong
- Qu405-N150-8G Four Trays NAS Distribution: Double 2.5G Net, Double M.2,2599
- iQOO Neo12 Cell phone officer declared "See this month": internal fan design, called Ultra class power.
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Bean bag new: support canvas function, model updated
IT House News, 9 October, says that the soybean bag today announces a new plaque feature in the mission model, that complex tasks are easier to operate, that they are more interactive, that they can be viewed and compared at any time, that…
- Mimi's acoustic electric toothbrush T302 Bottled: four clean models, IPX8 waterproof, initial offer of $139