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Wed, Oct 28, 3:16 PM ET
Apple unveils its first touchscreen MacBook Pro with M6 chips at "Pro and tell" event
Apple ended its week of announcements by reversing a decade of its own resistance to touchscreen laptops, pairing an OLED touch display with new M6 silicon.
The Verge · +14 outlets
Meta faces mounting legal exposure after New Mexico ruling pushes settlement exposure to $25B
A New Mexico judge's ruling escalated Meta's kids safety and privacy liabilities well beyond the $17 billion multistate settlement announced this summer, drawin
The Verge · +5 outlets
Reddit rolls out a For You algorithmic feed
The move takes Reddit further from its chronological, community-run roots toward the personalized feeds used by rival social platforms, with implications for tr
The Verge · +13 outlets
TikTok launches in-app restaurant guide, taking on Yelp and Google Maps
The U.S. joint venture is building out food discovery as a business line, turning local search into a direct competitive front with established review platforms
The Hollywood Reporter · +9 outlets
FCC's Carr plans vote to let prisons jam cellphone signals
The November 19 vote would carve a narrow exception into the long-standing ban on radiofrequency jammers under the Communications Act.
The Verge · +9 outlets
Google and Xreal debut Aura glasses at $1,099, undercutting Meta
The 95-gram glasses pair with a tethered Android XR compute puck and multiple virtual screens, pricing below rival smart glasses ahead of launch.
The Verge · +2 outlets
Hasan Piker files $72.5M defamation suit against Scott Jennings over lynching remark
The suit tests how far political commentators can go in characterizing a streamer's rhetoric, and puts a major creator's legal exposure on the record.
The Hollywood Reporter · +4 outlets
Meta considered "whisper strategy" to turn academics against Jonathan Haidt
Internal deliberations over quietly rallying researchers against a prominent critic underscore how aggressively platforms have pushed back on youth-safety resea
The Verge · +5 outlets
Tubi partners with TikTok on 10 original long-form series
The Fox-owned streamer is leveraging short-video distribution to promote longer-form originals, a crossover bet on TikTok as a discovery engine for TV.
Variety · +13 outlets
Netflix adapts iOS app to iPhone Duo with Clips push
Netflix is reworking its mobile strategy around short-form clips as it adjusts to new device form factors.
Forbes · +6 outlets
xAI buys out homeowners who agree not to sue over data center noise
The payouts show AI buildout costs spilling into local nuisance disputes as data center construction accelerates.
The Verge · +14 outlets
Texas voters oppose data centers in new polling
Local resistance to data center siting is becoming a political factor in a state central to AI infrastructure growth.
The Verge · +14 outlets
Microsoft ends Copilot support on LG and Samsung smart TVs
The retreat comes under two years after CES 2025 announcements that flagship TVs would ship with access to the assistant, signaling pullback on ambient AI integ
The Verge · +13 outlets
Elon Musk says Ukraine's military violated Starlink terms of service
The claim revives questions about who controls battlefield connectivity and how terms of service shape wartime use.
The Verge · +14 outlets
Palmer Luckey's Anduril is getting into laptops, claiming American-made production
The defense contractor's move into computing hardware tests whether domestic manufacturing claims can hold up at scale.
The Verge · +8 outlets
Google's next Genie AI model generates more realistic interactive experiences
The update signals continued progress on generative world models, which Google has been positioning for games and simulation.
The Verge · +14 outlets
Disney+ to add Channel 4 in the UK and Ireland in major deal
The carriage deal folds a major British broadcaster's catalog into Disney's streaming app in two key markets.
The Hollywood Reporter
Orit Michiel named president of ESRB
The Netflix and MPA veteran takes over the game industry's self-regulatory rating body on November 2nd.
Variety · +1 outlets

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