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TikTok just released a standalone Shop app, but it's not in America just yet

TikTok just released a standalone TikTok Shop app for iOS and Android, which was first spotted by social media consultant Matt Navarra . The app is currently available in several regions throughout the world, including…

The Blue Tsunami Swept Doctors and Scientists Into Office

And each had the backing of the political action committee 314 Action Fund, which focuses on electing pro-science voices to public office. “We really benefit by having those data-driven, fact-based decisionmakers…

Samsung Galaxy Fit 4 could have NFC

While new smartwatches have come and gone, we have seen a resurgence in fitness trackers, with brands like Google and Garmin introducing new products in order to revitalize the market. Add Android Police on Google Add as…

The Xbox PC app is getting a speed boost

The Xbox app for PC is about to get a little faster. Microsoft updated the app for Xbox Insiders on Thursday with performance and navigation improvements, presumably ahead of a full release. The company says the Xbox PC…

Meta says US users can now video chat with their Muse AI avatar

First introduced at Meta’s Connect developer conference in September, the video-chatting feature involves new AI models, Muse Realtime Avatar and Muse Realtime Voice technology, which help power the digital avatar that…

Kalshi court losses pile up as judges refuse to block state gambling laws

Kalshi is having a bad week in the federal court system. Two circuit appeals courts rejected the prediction market’s latest attempts to block state gambling laws in Connecticut, New York, and Nevada. Kalshi is separately…

Warby Parker seemingly spilled the beans on Google's Android XR smart glasses launch

According to Warby Parker's third quarter earnings release , the brand's Intelligent Eyewear collection will open for orders on November 12. "One week from today, on November 12, we'll begin accepting pre-orders for our…

The FAA is finally phasing out floppy disks from air traffic control

The flight agency announced today that it is modernizing some air traffic control systems that have to date been running on floppy disks. You read that right: floppy disks. For those of you too young to remember, floppy…

Meta warns that election backlash against data centers could make AI expansion harder

“The visible sort of manifestation of AI is a data center, and it’s something that people can say, ‘I don’t want this in my community,’” she explained. “I think there’s an underlying bigger issue, which is how people…

OpenAI released a new cybersecurity model. Is that enough?

Justicz, who has a hobbyist’s interest in cybersecurity and previously found a vulnerability in the same codebase, told TechCrunch that he found this issue using GPT 5.6 Sol, released in July, through the AI maker’s…