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Amazon is placing its bets on ambient computing, not apps, as the future of personal AI. Alongside the launch of the company’s new AI wearables from Bee, Panos Panay, who serves as Amazon’s SVP of Devices, Alexa & Leo, took the stage at TechCrunch Disrupt on Thursday to talk more in depth about where he sees personal computing headed. “A lot of times, what you’re doing right now — what we all do right now — is we have to remember what we’re asking our tool to do for us,” Panay began, explaining that this is how we engage with…

Anthropic is giving employee-level access to six researchers from METR, a nonprofit that tests frontier AI models, to independently assess Anthropic’s models, safety practices, and risk management, the company said in a blog post on Thursday. The arrangement comes at a time where incidents of AI agents acting outside their instructions have been disclosed every week or two since late August. The incidents have sharpened calls for independent checks on AI companies. “We want to be publicly accountable for the decisions we’re making,” Anthropic said in the blog post. “We aim to close the gap between what evaluators understand about…

Bo Hines, previously a crypto adviser to US President Donald Trump who later joined stablecoin issuer Tether, reportedly kept a stake in a company that profited from the passage of a stablecoin bill when he was still at the White House.According to a Wednesday report from The Wall Street Journal, Hines had a one-third stake in the investment company he co-founded, Nxum, while pushing US lawmakers to pass the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for US Stablecoins, or GENIUS, Act. The legislation reportedly came amid Nxum receiving $6.3 million as part of a deal with stablecoin issuer Tether, behind the…

The MTA has removed four fare checkers involved in a violent incident in Brooklyn from their duties pending an investigation into how an effort to check on potential fare evasion turned into a physical clash, transit officials said Thursday. “[NYC Transit President] Demetrius [Crichlow] and the team at Transit have elected to put those inspectors on the bench,” MTA chariman Janno Lieber told reporters. “They’re out of service, pending the investigation.” Lieber said that he had reviewed the surveillance footage — first reported by the Daily News — showing members of the MTA’s Evasion and Graffiti Lawlessness Eradication (EAGLE) team…

Published Oct 15, 2026, 11:38 AM EDT Nathan Round, part of GameRant’s talented Game Guides team, is the leading voice for all things Call of Duty and Fortnite. His main focus is covering the meta for Call of Duty, along with providing comprehensive guides for Fortnite, including how to complete the latest quests, the best weapons for the season, and much more. Fortnite’s second and final update for its 2026 annual Fortnitemares event is here, continuing the Halloween celebration with new Sprites like the One Wish Willow Obsession Sprite, a revamped pool of Loot Hacks, and more. While the final update…

Bitcoin (BTC) dipped below $80,000 on Thursday as US Producer Price Index (PPI) data significantly beat expectations.Key points:Bitcoin briefly traded below $80,000 on the back of a 100-basis-point overshoot in US PPI inflation data.September PPI measured 6.3% against market expectations of 5.3%, the biggest monthly jump since March 2022.BTC price analysis saw the potential for a “volatile retest” of trend lines around $78,000 next.Biggest PPI increase since March 2022 adds to Bitcoin tailwindsData from TradingView showed BTC/USD slipping to its lowest levels since Sept. 18, declining as much as 1.8% on the day, before rebounding to around $81,000.BTC/USD one-hour chart.…

Google on Thursday said “Universal Cart,” a tool that lets users collect and monitor products they find across search and in the Gemini app, is now available to U.S. users. The company first previewed the tool at Google I/O in May. The idea is to make online shopping easier to manage. Find something you like, save it to your cart, and move on. When you return later, your items and shopping progress are still there, so you don’t have to hunt down the same products or start over. Universal Cart can collect items from multiple retailers, turning it into a…

Check out the companies making the biggest moves premarket: CoreWeave — Shares of the cloud infrastructure technology company fell for a second day, losing 6% on Thursday as investors worry that CoreWeave, along with other technology companies, are borrowing too much for an artificial intelligence build-out. Rocket Lab — The space company dropped nearly 10% after it delayed the launch of its Neutron rocket to 2027. SK Hynix — Shares for the Korea-based company slid over 7% as investors are concerned over funding the artificial intelligence build-out. The drop also follows a 7.6% drop in the South Korean Kospi index…

There are quite a few status effects and conditions to go over in Star Wars: Galactic Racer, and while some are positive, most are negative that you’ll want to counter and avoid! Below, we’ll share a full glossary of Star Wars: Galactic Racer status effects, so you know what they look like, what they do, and how you can stop them from hindering your race and preventing a secured victory. Related Star Wars Galactic Racer: Best Racer Styles Tier List (Campaign & Multiplayer) We’ve ranked every Racer Style in Star Wars: Galactic Racer for Multiplayer and Campaign, so you know…

Cryptocurrency hacks soared to $1.18 billion across 107 recorded incidents in the third quarter of 2026, according to security company Hacken.Hacken’s Q3 report attributed 77% (about $906 million) to compromised suppliers or developer tools, publicly disclosed fixes that had not been deployed, or other components outside security reviews.The four largest incidents included the $387 million Bitget hack, the $320 million Liquid Network exploit, the $120 million Tectonic exploit, and the Coldcard firmware vulnerability, associated with an estimated $115 million in losses.This Q3 was the most damaging quarter for crypto hacks since Q1 2025, when Bybit’s $1.4 billion loss to North…