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Honor teases the "Robot Phone", with an AI-enabled, gimbal-mounted camera that unfolds from the phone's rear and can capture photos and video in any direction (Dominic Preston/The Verge)

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A US judge sentences Matthew Lane, a 20-year-old Massachusetts man, to four years in prison after he pled guilty to hacking two companies, including PowerSchool (Nate Raymond/Reuters)

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Google’s AI video generator is getting better editing and more audio

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Apple doesn't include a charger in the box with the new M5 MacBook Pro in European countries, making users pay extra; the company cites local regulations (Joe Rossignol/MacRumors)

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The best iPad deals you can get right now

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How Trump is paying the troops

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★ The Just Plain M5 Chip Launches in Three Updated Products: 14-Inch MacBook Pro, iPad Pro (Both Sizes), and Some Sort of Headset Thingamajig Called Vision Pro

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Interborough Express Reaches New Milestone on the Road to Rollout

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The MLB app’s best feature is a 30-second delay

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David Sacks says Anthropic is running a "regulatory capture strategy based on fear-mongering", responding to Anthropic co-founder Jack Clark's post on AI policy (Dave Lee/Bloomberg)

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KPop Demon Hunters is headed back to theaters with a Halloween twist

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Here’s where you can preorder the new M5 MacBook Pro and iPad Pro

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Sam Altman says OpenAI is "not the elected moral police of the world" after receiving backlash for saying ChatGPT will allow "erotica for verified adults" (Ashley Capoot/CNBC)

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Viven, which builds AI "digital twins" that grant employees access to crucial information when coworkers are unavailable, emerges from stealth with a $35M seed (Marina Temkin/TechCrunch)

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Did Trump make the Gaza ceasefire happen?

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Sources: Chinese state actors compromised UK government servers for at least the last 10 years, routinely accessing low- and medium-level classified information (Alex Wickham/Bloomberg)

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2K hires Apex Legends producer to save hero shooter Project Ethos

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Silksong's new patch might've made some tools overpowered

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The iPad just got the chip it needs to be a smart home controller — again

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Sources: Anthropic is on track to meet an internal goal of $9B in annual revenue run rate by the end of 2025 and is targeting $20B to $26B for 2026 (Reuters)

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