Meta's new AI fidget is a ... Tamagotchi?

The Social Network now joins several hardware startups which have attempted to use handheld devices to bring agentic AI to a more mainstream audience. The Humane AI pin and Rabbit’s r1 are just two examples. The Muse…

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Proxy adviser Glass Lewis merges with Clarity AI to expand in Europe

The two firms announced the deal on Thursday. The deal closed on 23 September, and no financial details were disclosed. The combined company will make Madrid its global centre for sustainability, data and AI work. It has…

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Meta’s Muse Charm looks like a Tamagotchi, but it’s tapping into a much newer trend

What the Charm is, however, is on-trend. Like it or not, the form factor could potentially appeal to Gen Z consumers who, in this post- Labubu era, have already been into various dangling items from keychains and bags.…

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Turtle Beach Rematch review: The cutest Switch 2 controller of the bunch

The noise was involuntary, high-pitched and entirely warranted, because this gamepad is a slice of handheld joy — and that's a feeling we could all use a little more of nowadays. On top of the adorable factor, the Turtle…

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Databricks buys Row Zero and is scouting for more startups to acquire

The story goes that Databricks’ finance team fell in love with Row Zero because it was a cloud tool that could scale beyond 1 million live spreadsheet rows. They were combining Row Zero with Databricks’ homegrown AI…

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Most Americans now oppose data centers in some way as tide continues to turn on AI technology

Surveying more than 10,500 US adults, the study found only 4% thought data centers are a positive thing for the environment, home energy costs and local residents' quality of life. On the flip side, more than half (54%)…

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It took MapQuest until 2026 to add public transit directions

MapQuest is having a moment after refusing to follow along with Google Maps and Apple Maps and rename Lake Ontario. Its decision to hold firm led many folks to turn to its app, which rocketed up the App Store and Google…

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I finally replaced Gboard with this underrated keyboard app; it's been a game-changer

It was familiar, reliable, and good enough that I never questioned it. But after switching to Samsung Keyboard, I noticed the little things that made typing feel better. I expected to switch back to Gboard within a few…

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Pixel Watches are getting a trio of free proactive health tools

Alongside the launch of the Google Pixel Watch 5 , Google announced several new health features that it said would arrive "later this year." Now, it looks like that time has finally arrived, with the company starting to…

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Google Photos' new Redact tool will make it easy to hide sensitive information

Google has listed some of its latest AI-powered updates for the Photos app, and they include a new "Redact" tool that lets you blur sensitive information and anything else you want in your images. Say, you have a picture…

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