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Sony Update 10/4/24: It’s been a week since we started covering Best Buy’s early deals, and none of the deals we first pointed out have stopped. But Best Buy is currently in ‘Member Deals Days’ mode (through Sunday, September 29) so we know that some of the deals we cover today are going away *very* … Read more

Your Amazon Prime Video experience will be getting just a little bit worse in the coming weeks and months, as the company announced Wednesday that it plans to increase the number of ads shown on the streaming service. According to a report from The Financial Times, the changes will take effect early next year. However, … Read more

When we think of grasping robots, we think of manipulators of some sort on the ends of arms of some sort. Because of course we do—that’s how (most of us) are built, and that’s the mindset with which we have consequently optimized the world around us. But one of the great things about robots is … Read more

OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT, has raised $6.6bn in its latest funding round, as investors including its early backer Microsoft continue to bet big on artificial intelligence (AI). The deal gave the tech company a value of $157bn (£118bn) – similar to investment bank Goldman Sachs and more than most of America’s biggest companies – … Read more

Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More As the generative AI continues to progress, having a simple chatbot may no longer be enough for many enterprises. Cloud hyperscalers are racing to build up their databases and tools to help enterprises deploy operational data … Read more

Amazon’s Prime Big Deal Days sale — also known as October Prime Day — kicks off Oct. 8. You’ll be able to snag killer deals on all sorts of fun tech gifts for friends, family, or yourself. As we roll into the event, Amazon has already begun to cut prices for computer monitors that are perfect … Read more

Meta is rolling out some of the features to its AI-powered Ray-Ban smart glasses for users in the US and Canada. CTO Andrew Bosworth on Threads that today’s update to the glasses includes more natural language recognition, meaning the stilted commands of “Hey Meta, look and tell me” should be gone. Users will be able … Read more

The A3 comet will soon be visible in the night sky, but the clock is ticking on its ideal viewing time. Known officially as Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS, the celestial object reached a state known as its “perihelion” on Sept. 27, meaning the point at which it’s closest to the sun. It’ll reach the point closest to … Read more

We might someday be able to have replacement insulin-making cells on demand. Scientists in China have presented early clinical trial data suggesting that a person’s stem cells can be turned into a steady supply of the pancreatic cells responsible for producing insulin. If truly successful, such a treatment would essentially cure type 1 diabetes. While much … Read more

On top of a table, Princess Zelda magically binds herself to a green machine pouring gusts of wind. She goes zooming across the screen instantly as the air blasts the table forward as well as any jet engine. “Table go vroom-vroom” reads the caption—just a small taste of what an inventive player can do in … Read more