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Apple home hub device built around Siri AI may be almost ready

The new device would reportedly either sit on a stand like a sliced-in-half HomePod Mini or attach to a wall. It will look like an Echo Show with a smaller display and offer pervasive Wi-Fi connectivity, an advanced…

The Wargame uses AI-generated footage to simulate Russian missile attacks on UK soil in shocking new Sky TV documentary series — 'this is not real, but it could be'

For the first time ever, we're about to see how one plays out. Based on its hit 2025 podcast of the same name, Sky TV has developed four-part docuseries The Wargame , which explores how a fictitious UK cabinet — made up…

The Vatican is turning its AI campaign into permanent machinery this week

The Pope was not present in the room, and Don Andrea Ciucci, chancellor of the Pontifical Academy for Life, read the message on his behalf. The message states that technological progress should serve the dignity of each…

NASA gives SpaceX a billion reasons to keep flying Crew Dragon

The $946 million contract modification covers Crew-15, Crew-16, and Crew-17, along with ground operations, launch, in-orbit services, return and recovery, cargo transportation, and lifeboat capability while the…

Don't throw away your old Android tablet — do this instead

When a tablet gets old, it can often become nothing more than an expensive coaster. That's doubly true of Android tablets, which run the gamut from premium to ultra-budget in quality. Once they can no longer reliably run…

Samsung and LG vow to remove 'botnet' apps from their smart TV app stores that turned sets into an AI scraping machines — but the shocking claim that over 40% of webOS apps had botnet code raises the question of how things ever got this bad

Back in April, it emerged that many apps and games included a feature called "residential proxy" that could be abused by bad actors. One example, IPIDEA, had enlisted millions of smart TVs in a network that could crawl…

From Energy Consumer to Grid Partner: Head-to-Head

Price volatility, grid constraints, electrification and the financial cost of disruption have made it a strategic operational issue. “Businesses also have far more control than they did previously. Battery storage…

Amazon bars Meta's Muse AI from shopping on its site

The AI companies are fighting over turf. Amazon has blocked Meta's newest AI agent from accessing its online shop, reports . Anyone using Meta's Muse to shop on Amazon is now being greeted with the message, "Continued…

The iPhone 18 Pro's fancy variable aperture camera is incredibly hard to repair

Apple's iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max come with a new feature for camera enthusiasts: variable aperture . Yet, as great as it may be for portraits or low-light shots, it also creates a repair challenge. According to iFixit…

From Energy Consumer to Grid Partner: The Business Case for Smart Power

Companies might negotiate supply contracts or invest in energy efficiency, but they generally remained passive customers of an electricity system controlled by generators and network operators. That relationship is…