AI-generated screensaver ads coming to DirecTV's Gemini devices in 2026
DirecTV is preparing to bring a new form of advertising directly to television screens. Starting in early 2026, the company's Gemini and Gemini Air streaming devices will begin displaying AI-generated screensavers powered by Glance, a consumer technology company best known for embedding smart advertising feeds onto smartphones and, increasingly, connected TVs.
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Tesla offloads Cybertrucks to SpaceX and xAI as sales slump continues
Musk had high hopes for the Cybertruck. With its advanced tech and cyberpunk looks, he told Tesla investors in 2023 that he planned for the company to be producing around 250,000 units annually by 2025.
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Samsung ties employee payouts to stock price in first company-wide incentive program
For the first time, Samsung Electronics will link long-term compensation for all employees to the company's share price. The company will introduce stock-based awards for its rank-and-file, amid heightened competition and intensifying labor demands.
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Pixnapping attack lets malicious apps steal sensitive data from Android devices
Pixnapping is a newly disclosed class of side-channel attacks that targets Android smartphones. The attack, conceived by researchers, would allow a malicious app to leak secret information displayed on an Android device's screen – for example, one-time codes or other sensitive values shown by apps or websites.
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You'll soon be able to shop at Walmart directly through ChatGPT
Walmart has teamed up with OpenAI and will soon allow customers to shop their store using ChatGPT and its new instant checkout feature. Announced at the end of September, instant checkout is built with Stripe and leverages the agentic commerce protocol to help people make purchases with ChatGPT. Early partners...
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Microsoft's new image generator shows it's ready to go its own way on AI
Microsoft is accelerating its push to develop proprietary artificial intelligence technology with the introduction of MAI-Image-1, its first internally developed text-to-image generator. The new model has quickly attracted attention within the AI research community, earning a spot among the top 10 performers on the popular benchmarking platform LMArena.
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MetaGraph is like Google for DNA, just more compressed and jam-packed with genomic data
Mikhail Karasikov and his colleagues at ETH Zurich worked on MetaGraph, a search engine designed for genomic databases containing massive troves of DNA and RNA sequences. The project already provides access to millions of unique genetic sequences, and could one day open its doors to general users for custom genetic...
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Windows 10 support ends today, but security updates are still available for one more year
Following the end of official support, users have three options to continue receiving security updates on their PCs. The simplest approach is upgrading to Windows 11, but Microsoft's strict hardware requirements mean that many perfectly capable Windows 10 devices cannot legally update to the latest OS.
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Microsoft's October Windows 11 update adds AI shortcuts, tighter security, and a more unified Settings app
Microsoft began rolling out its October 2025 Patch Tuesday update for Windows 11 today, bringing a broad mix of new features and routine security fixes. The update applies to both the 24H2 and 25H2 releases, which share the same system architecture, and includes changes across security, system settings, and user...
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New 2D memory chip could extend Moore's Law into the atomic era
Researchers at Fudan University in Shanghai have developed the world's first fully functional memory chip made entirely from two-dimensional materials. The achievement, published in Nature, demonstrates that atomically thin semiconductors can be successfully integrated with conventional silicon systems, a milestone once thought to be decades away.
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