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On the other hand, Malwarebytes said this incident is related to an alleged leak that includes usernames, email addresses, phone numbers and more.
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Parting with your money has never been easier.
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-YouTube introduced some new filters to its advanced search tools today. Possibly the most exciting change is that Shorts are now listed as a content type, so the three-minute-or-less videos can be excluded as results in your searches.
-After years of testing its humanoid robot, Boston Dynamics' Atlas is entering production. The first companies that will receive deployments are Hyundai and Google DeepMind, the firm's newly minted AI partner.
-UK-based EV startup Longbow Motors showed off one of its high-performance electric machines with advanced in-wheel motors from Donut Labs.
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LG's vision for a "zero labor home" feels more aspirational than actually possible.
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-OpenAI is launching a new feature that will allow users to connect medical records and wellness apps to ChatGPT in order to get more tailored responses to queries about their health.
-Apple announced that JPMorgan Chase will be the new issuer for the Apple Card. According to the tech company, the transition to the new provider should take about two years to complete
-Ubisoft is closing a Canadian studio just over two weeks after it unionized. The company told GamesIndustry.biz that the closure of Ubisoft Halifax was part of "company-wide actions to streamline operations" and unrelated to the unionization.
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NVIDIA has begun production on its new Vera Rubin supercomputer.
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-The appropriately-named Lenovo AI Glasses Concept promises to transform "how users interact with their surroundings and unifies their workflow."
-Meta has teamed up with Garmin, as well as a handful of research partners, to explore some intriguing use cases for its wrist-based controller. The social media company has previously worked with Garmin on fitness integrations for its glasses.
-The Chinese micromobility company Navee introduced the UT5 Ultra X, a dual-motor e-scooter with an advertised top speed of 43 mph along with an auto-following golf cart and a seaplane?
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How the display tech is different from Micro LED, Mini LED and OLED.
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-As early as the end of this year, your earbuds could pull double-duty, pumping out tunes and keeping an eye on your brain’s health. The product being released today is the NAOX Link NX01, an in-ear EEG designed to replace the wire-covered caps you’ve seen at a sleep clinic.
-Birdbuddy was one of the first smart bird feeder brands, with a wildly successful Kickstarter back in 2020. And this year, they’ve added birdsong to their species identification capabilities.
-For better or worse, CES 2026 is shaping up to be a big year for humanoid robots. Chinese company Agibot showed up with two: the roughly human-sized A2 and the slightly smaller X2, both of which were displaying their surprisingly impressive dancing abilities.
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The 1S is a spec bump of the original One, and it's cheaper.
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-SwitchBot turned up to CES with a wearable microphone which records and transcribes every noise to come from your mouth.
-Samsung had a big surprise for folks last night at CES 2026: A massive 130-inch Micro RGB TV.
-Lockin debuted its newest smart lock model. It charges wirelessly via an optical infrared beam with a four-meter range.
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Adam Mosseri says creators should prioritize "unflattering" images to prove they are real.
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-Starlink will lower the orbits of roughly 4,400 satellites this year as a safety measure, according to engineering VP, Michael Nicolls. In a post on X, Nicolls wrote that the company is "beginning a significant reconfiguration of its satellite constellation," in which all satellites orbiting at around 342 miles will be lowered to around 298 miles.
-Rather than the very tall towers typically used for this approach, Airloom's structures are 20 to 30 meters high and are made of a loop of adjustable wings that move along a track, a design that’s sort of like a roller coaster.
-The Swiss minimal phone pioneer Punkt is back with another model, the MC03. The new handset continues Punkt's focus on privacy, security and digital minimalism.
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Turn your Apple tablet into the ultimate productivity tool with the right gear.
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The companies, products and trends that fared the best over the last 12 months.
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-In its worst-case-scenario model, the IDC predicts PC shipments could shrink by up to 8.9 percent in 2026 because of the high cost of memory.
-Meta has acquired an AI startup called Manus — known for its custom research and website-building agents — in a deal valued at more than $2 billion. It's reportedly one of the largest acquisitions yet involving a startup nurtured in China's AI ecosystem.
-Samsung will have two new inexpensive mobile devices arriving on the US market next month.
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The two-armed, five-fingered robot named CLOiD is supposed to help with tasks around the home.
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-Considering the caliber of President Trump's other appointees, Jared Isaacman is probably the best candidate for the job. Outside of being a successful entrepreneur, he has flown fighter jets and been to space twice as part of the Inspiration4 and Polaris Dawn private missions.
-Michał Kiciński, co-founder of CD Projekt, has acquired total ownership of the DRM-free video game storefront GOG. The digital video game platform was started by CD Projekt in 2008 with a stated mission to preserve "Good Old Games" (hence the GOG acronym).
-Ubisoft had to shut down Rainbow Six Siege's servers and roll back transactions, a situation that came from a widespread breach that left various players with billions of in-game credits, ultra-rare skins of weapons, and banned accounts.
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CEO Sam Altman posted about the role on X, saying the models 'are starting to present some real challenges.'
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-Apple has requested to appeal to the UK's Court of Appeal, which would escalate the case beyond the Competition Appeal Tribunal. The latest appeal attempt follows an October decision from the CAT, where the court found that Apple engaged in anticompetitive practices by exploiting its dominant market position with the App Store to charge higher fees.
-Ubisoft has shut down Rainbow Six Siege's servers and is in the process of rolling back the fallout of a widespread breach that left various players with billions of in-game credits, ultra-rare skins of weapons, and banned accounts. As of Sunday afternoon, the status page on Rainbow Six Siege's website still shows "unplanned outage" on all servers across PC, PlayStation and Xbox.
-The aim is for Google Photos to work seamlessly with Vision AI Companion, Samsung's souped-up version of Bixby. This would help to make user photos part of the day-to-day TV experience, with photos appearing while navigating the TV's OS during "contextual and convenient moments."
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