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Clucky’s new alarm app has an option where users are woken up to the sound of a rooster. They then complete a mission to turn it off.
While Oura has largely dominated the smart ring market for years, a growing number of rivals are now racing to dethrone it by trying all sorts of approaches to get an edge over it.
Americans are vibe-coding trading algorithms and handing over their stock portfolios to AI agents. Welcome to the world of the robot retail investor.
I love field recordings. I love making them. I love them when they’re incorporated into my ambient music. They’re great background noise for working or sleeping. But they’re also great for active listening, focusing in on the fine nuances of burbling brooks or urban chaos. Earth Garden gives you a globe to explore with real…
When iOS 27 lands later this month, it will have a feature called iPhone Handoff that lets you switch between two phones using the same number. It was briefly mentioned during the WWDC keynote back in June, but there were no details at the time. Now there’s a demo clip showing how to set up…
NVIDIA’s DLSS 5 went live on September 3, 2026, bundled with NBA 2K27 and a new Game Ready driver, and the headline number NVIDIA put on stage was hard to miss: “up to 370 frames per second” on a GeForce RTX 5090 at 4K with ray tracing turned on. Within days, independent testers at outlets…
According to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), CD sales exploded in the first half of 2026. A new report from the organization says 17.5 million CDs were sold in the first six months of the year, up from just 12 million during the same period in 2025. That’s a jump of 45.7 percent,…
SpaceX and Tesla directors are backing academic research and a commercial venture seeking approval for MDMA-assisted therapy.
The two companies that make most of the world’s memory chips just admitted, in the driest possible language, that they no longer trust Washington’s export rulebook to stay put. On September 5, 2026, the fallout from a policy shift that took effect at the end of last year is still working its way through the…
