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PNOĒ, the Malden, Mass.-based startup whose breath-analyzing mask used to bear an unfortunate resemblance to Bane’s, is launching a sleeker self-serve version on October 1 that lets gym-goers measure their VO₂ max and other metabolic markers in eight minutes without a trained operator.
A new rumor going around this weekend has put Xbox’s investment in Kojima Productions way above the real figure. But it remains to be seen just how spendy the projects will end up being.
The US and China agreed to set up a communication mechanism for artificial intelligence-related incidents. The post China and US Agree to Establish AI Safety Channel and Continue Trade and Military Talks appeared first on SecurityWeek.
A Geekbench listing spotted this week has put Samsung’s budget lineup back in the headlines for an unusual reason: reuse, not innovation. Multiple outlets, including GSMArena and Beebom, report that a device carrying the model number SM-M676K, widely believed to be the upcoming Galaxy M67, showed up in benchmark databases running the Exynos 2200, a…
The Federal Communications Commission handed the broadband and wireless industries a narrow but consequential win on September 23, 2026. The agency’s Office of Engineering and Technology (OET) granted expedited, one-year waivers to CTIA and USTelecom—The Broadband Association, letting suppliers serving their members make “necessary” hardware modifications to consumer routers and gateways that had already cleared…
Every enterprise now ships more APIs than webpages, and attackers know it. Salt Security, Wallarm, and Akamai API Security (the product born from Akamai’s 2024 purchase of Noname Security) have become the three names that show up most often when security teams search for a dedicated way to find, watch, and defend the endpoints that…
CONTROL Resonant has cleared a bar few big-budget action games manage in their first 48 hours: broad critical approval paired with a reception online that includes, oddly enough, players in piracy-focused communities telling each other to just buy it. Remedy Entertainment’s follow-up to 2019’s Control launched digitally on September 24, 2026 for Windows PC, PlayStation…
Corporate VPNs are dying a slow death, and the three companies racing to bury them just gave buyers a lot to think about in a single month. Twingate’s top self-serve tier, Business, is priced at $10 per user per month. Tailscale, meanwhile, quietly finished a shift from usage-based billing to flat per-seat pricing back in…