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Physical AI spotlighted at CES as smartglasses and robots aim to act in the real world — Zdnet.com

Physical AI spotlighted at CES as smartglasses and robots aim to act in the real world

Physical AI — AI implemented in hardware that perceives and acts in the physical world — was on full display at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), with companies including Nvidia and Qualcomm among those presenting models and hardware to advance the field. Physical AI is defined in the source material as systems

Meta reportedly to cut about 10% of Reality Labs staff as it shifts focus to AI — Images.cointelegraph.com

Meta reportedly to cut about 10% of Reality Labs staff as it shifts focus to AI

Meta is reportedly set to lay off around 10% of staff from its metaverse arm, Reality Labs, this week, the New York Times reported, citing sources close to the matter. Reality Labs has around 15,000 staff, and the cuts are expected to hit about 10% of the division — roughly

Samsung phones hide a Connectivity Labs menu with advanced Wi‑Fi tools — Zdnet.com

Samsung phones hide a Connectivity Labs menu with advanced Wi‑Fi tools

Samsung buries a hidden Connectivity Labs menu in its One UI interface that unlocks advanced Wi‑Fi tools on Galaxy S20 series phones and newer models. The menu is intended for users who want deeper network diagnostics and control. To access it you need a Samsung phone running One UI

Clear a Roku TV cache with a soft reset or power cycle — Zdnet.com

Clear a Roku TV cache with a soft reset or power cycle

Roku TV owners can clear the device cache to address sluggish performance using two quick methods: a soft reset via the remote or a system restart combined with a power cycle. If those steps fail, a factory reset is presented as a last resort. To perform a soft reset with

Amazon Fire TV Omni QLED (65-inch) offers strong picture and hands‑free Alexa+ — Zdnet.com

Amazon Fire TV Omni QLED (65-inch) offers strong picture and hands‑free Alexa+

ZDNET’s Maria Diaz tested Amazon’s Fire TV Omni QLED Series, using the 65-inch model priced at $850 as her family’s main television and calling it a significant upgrade from her four‑year‑old LG TV. Diaz said the QLED panel delivers a crisp, detailed image with lifelike

Jack Wallen names his top four web browsers, excluding Chrome — Zdnet.com

Jack Wallen names his top four web browsers, excluding Chrome

ZDNET writer Jack Wallen says that after using nearly every browser, his top four are Opera, Zen Browser, Tor Browser and FireDragon — notably excluding Google Chrome. Wallen praises Opera for its Workspaces tab management, new theming engine and strong performance. He notes Opera offers forced HTTPS, protection against malicious sites,

CES 2026 showcases eight notable audio products from headphones to car receivers — Zdnet.com

CES 2026 showcases eight notable audio products from headphones to car receivers

At CES 2026, exhibitors unveiled a range of audio products spanning headphones, smart speakers, smartglasses audio chips, open‑ear earbuds, modular home theater gear, brain‑computer interface headsets and an aftermarket in‑dash receiver. Highlights include Klipsch's HP‑1 closed‑back wireless ANC headphones in its Atlas lineup,

Design flaw causes Google AI Overviews to produce misleading health summaries — Cdn.arstechnica.net

Design flaw causes Google AI Overviews to produce misleading health summaries

An investigation and follow-up reporting found that Google’s AI Overviews can produce misleading health summaries because of a core design flaw in how the feature sources information. Ars Technica reported that Google built AI Overviews to show information backed by top web results from its page-ranking system, on the

Google's Gemini to power a more advanced, personalized Siri — Zdnet.com

Google's Gemini to power a more advanced, personalized Siri

Apple and Google announced a multi-year partnership in which Google's Gemini models and cloud technology will power Apple Intelligence features, most notably a more advanced and more personalized Siri, the companies said in a joint statement. In the statement, Apple referred to Google's AI as "

Chevrolet relaunches Bolt with new battery and 262-mile EPA range — Cdn.arstechnica.net

Chevrolet relaunches Bolt with new battery and 262-mile EPA range

Chevrolet has returned the Bolt to dealerships with a redesigned battery pack and an EPA-rated range of 262 miles, the company says. The car is being offered in LT and RS trims. Reengineering the Bolt required new cells, modules, and electronics that had to fit the original package and mounting

NASA outlines technology focus areas including lunar thermal, quantum, AI and XR — Nasa.gov

NASA outlines technology focus areas including lunar thermal, quantum, AI and XR

NASA has identified specific technology areas of interest organized under three objectives, covering lunar thermal management, flight software, quantum networking and sensing, miniaturized mass spectrometry, and AI/ML and extended-reality tools. Objective #1 areas of interest include thermal storage devices to manage electronics during lunar night, enhancing flight software to

How to protect your phone privacy at protests: disable biometrics and other tips — Zdnet.com

How to protect your phone privacy at protests: disable biometrics and other tips

ZDNET published a guide for people attending protests that recommends temporarily disabling phone biometrics and taking other steps to protect privacy and safety while demonstrating. The piece says smartphones are a powerful tool for communication, coordination and documenting events, but cautions they can also be used against protesters. If law

Malaysia temporarily blocks Grok AI over capacity to produce sexualised images — I.guim.co.uk

Malaysia temporarily blocks Grok AI over capacity to produce sexualised images

Malaysia has temporarily blocked access to Elon Musk’s Grok AI, saying it will restrict the tool until effective safeguards are implemented. The move came a day after Indonesia took similar action amid a wider global outcry. Governments and regulators have acted over Grok’s image tool, which is embedded

Anthropic rolls out Cowork preview to let Claude automate complex tasks — Zdnet.com

Anthropic rolls out Cowork preview to let Claude automate complex tasks

Anthropic is launching Cowork for its Claude chatbot as a research preview, a feature that gives the model more agency to automate routine but time-consuming tasks. Cowork is built atop Claude Code and is designed to execute complex functions with minimal human prompting while keeping users updated on the steps

Amazon discounts Kindle Colorsoft to $200 in early Black Friday sale — Zdnet.com

Amazon discounts Kindle Colorsoft to $200 in early Black Friday sale

Amazon is selling the Kindle Colorsoft at 20% off, reducing the price to $200. ZDNET reviewer Allison Murray said she went hands-on with the Kindle Colorsoft when it debuted in 2024 and found it still outperforms other color e-readers she tested. She wrote that Amazon gave the model a noticeable

ChatGPT Plus and Codex used to debug WordPress plugin; host caching required escalation — Zdnet.com

ChatGPT Plus and Codex used to debug WordPress plugin; host caching required escalation

A ZDNET writer used the $20-per-month ChatGPT Plus plan together with GPT-5.2-Codex inside VS Code to diagnose and patch a bug in an open-source WordPress privacy plugin, but the final resolution required the hosting provider to disable host-level caching. The writer said Codex asked for a settings export, inspected

Candidate recounts experience of an AI avatar conducting job interviews

Independent.co reports an author’s first‑hand experience of a job interview conducted by an AI avatar created by HR‑tech firm TestGorilla, an interface designed to look and sound human and used by companies and recruiters to filter candidates. The piece describes the avatar — nicknamed “Carl” by the

Victrola debuts Soundstage soundbase for turntables at CES 2026 — Zdnet.com

Victrola debuts Soundstage soundbase for turntables at CES 2026

Victrola used CES 2026 to introduce the Soundstage, the company's first soundbase designed to sit under a turntable and replace bookshelf or tabletop speakers to save space. The compact unit offers wireless connectivity and is intended as a higher-quality alternative to all-in-one systems for vinyl setups. Victrola says

Survey finds US buyers prefer home charging as EV interest stays limited — Cdn.arstechnica.net

Survey finds US buyers prefer home charging as EV interest stays limited

A Deloitte survey found most US car buyers would prefer to charge electric vehicles at home: 77 percent said they would prefer home charging, while 13 percent said they would prefer charging at work. Respondents cited lower fuel costs as the top reason to choose an EV (52 percent), ahead

Ofcom opens formal probe into X over Grok’s sexualized AI images — Static01.nyt.com

Ofcom opens formal probe into X over Grok’s sexualized AI images

British regulator Ofcom has opened a formal investigation into X, the social media platform owned by Elon Musk, over the spread of artificially generated sexual images of women and children created by Grok, X’s artificial intelligence chatbot. Ofcom said it will consider whether X violated a law aimed at

Linux Mint 22.3 Zena focuses on polish and Cinnamon refinements — Zdnet.com

Linux Mint 22.3 Zena focuses on polish and Cinnamon refinements

Linux Mint 22.3 “Zena” is a classic point release that emphasizes polish, quality-of-life fixes and refinements to its default Cinnamon desktop, making it a solid choice for everyday use. Under the hood, Mint 22.3 sticks with the Ubuntu 24.04 LTS base updated to 24.04.3 and

AI costs set to rise as DRAM, licensing and token use increase — Zdnet.com

AI costs set to rise as DRAM, licensing and token use increase

Users and developers will likely pay more for AI this year as rising hardware costs, new content licensing and growing token consumption push prices up, according to the report. AI runs on a token economy in which both input and output are billed as tokens, and the highest immediate cost

Lumus debuts 70-degree ZOE prototype and slimmer Z-30 updates at CES 2026 — Zdnet.com

Lumus debuts 70-degree ZOE prototype and slimmer Z-30 updates at CES 2026

At CES 2026 Lumus showcased waveguide advances that pushed field of view and thinness in a smart-glasses form factor, including a ZOE prototype exceeding 70 degrees and updated Z-30 optics. The company demonstrated fragile early units on the show floor, with one prototype reportedly held together by tape and the

Terra Industries raises $11.75M to build Pan-African defense systems — Techcrunch.com

Terra Industries raises $11.75M to build Pan-African defense systems

Terra Industries, a defense startup based in Abuja and founded by Nathan Nwachuku and Maxwell Maduka, announced Monday that it has emerged from stealth with a $11.75 million funding round led by Joe Lonsdale's 8VC. The company said it designs infrastructure and autonomous systems to help governments