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Month: September 2026

Technology

Boox’s tiny Picco e-reader should land in November

Boox teased the Picco, its take on the buzzy Xteink X4 e-reader, back in July, but provided almost no details. Now, thanks to some reporting out of IFA, we’ve got a bit more info, though sadly still no price. Unlike the Xteink devices, the Picco will not have magnets on the back for attaching to…

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Technology

Europe has its first commercial orbital rocket

German company Isar Aerospace has successfully launched Europe’s first entirely commercial orbital rocket. It attempted to achieve the feat last March, but that lasted all of 30 seconds before the vehicle crashed into the sea and exploded. This time the company managed to get the two-stage Spectrum into low Earth orbit from a Norwegian spaceport.…

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Technology

An Amazon cargo plane crashed at Miami International Airport

A plane bearing an Amazon logo overran the runway at Miami International Airport on Sunday during landing, crashing into vehicles and resulting in multiple injuries. The extent of the damage or the seriousness of the injuries was not clear at the time of publication. In the aftermath of the incident, the FAA released a statement…

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AI

Seattle Times and Newsday sue OpenAI and Microsoft for infringement

The Seattle Times and Newsday are just the latest plaintiffs to take OpenAI to court, alleging copyright infringement. The two outlets say the company used their journalism as training data for its AI models without permission and often reproduces passages from their reporting in response to user queries. This is similar to lawsuits filed by…

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Apps

Ryzen AI Max PRO 400: 192GB Memory Runs 300B LLMs [2026]

AMD has pushed the memory ceiling on its flagship AI PC silicon to a level that changes what “local AI” actually means. The Ryzen AI Max PRO 400 series, led by the Ryzen AI Max+ PRO 495, now supports up to 192GB of unified LPDDR5X-8533 memory, with as much as 160GB allocatable directly as GPU…

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