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Apple's AI assistant Siri has been rapidly advancing in capability as of late, and here are some less obvious Siri Shortcuts that are worth your time.
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10/27/26
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According to Harvard, 2,200 S’poreans may have died from the 2015 haze. What could the 2026 toll be?
Disclaimer: Unless otherwise stated, any opinions expressed below belong solely to the author. Following the particularly severe haze episode in 2015, when skies over much of Southeast Asia were …
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Michael Petraeus (Guest Contributor) (via Vulcan Post)
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10/27/26
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Valida Pau / The Information:
Sources: chipmaker Onsemi is in talks to acquire 16-year-old chip startup Ferric for ~$1B; PitchBook: Ferric last raised a $32.1M Series C in December 2024 …
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Via Techmeme
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10/27/26
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Macworld
Apple has had a busy fall, with the launch of the iPhone Duo, HomeView smart hub, and the M5 Ultra Mac Studio. But there’s one more event this week, and it might be the …
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10/27/26
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Dell Cameron / Wired:
Letter: two Democratic senators allege the Trump administration withheld a secret FISC ruling on search filters that let analysts access Americans' messages — Two …
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10/27/26
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If there are good, nuanced ways to make use of generative AI in gaming, as I think there are, that doesn’t change the fact that there are nuance-free and terrible ways for advocating for AI in …
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Timothy Geigner (via Techdirt)
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10/27/26
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The most accurate way to read Mastercard’s Agent Pay for Machines (AP4M) right now is not its marketing page. It is the status code you get back. This newsroom fetched the program’s own hosts …
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Tessa Vaughn (via Forkast)
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10/27/26
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Kwanwoo Jun / Wall Street Journal:
SK Hynix plans to return $22B+ in dividends and ~$15B in buybacks to shareholders, on top of its ~$30B buyback program completed in August — The South …
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Via Techmeme
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10/27/26
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Predicts slower growth as savings from automation hit price of extended deals
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Simon Sharwood (via The Register)
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10/27/26
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Russia's UAC is testing Sberbank's GigaChat for aircraft design as sanctions accelerate domestic software adoption.
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Efosa Udinmwen (via TechnoBuffalo)
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10/27/26
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Kai Nicol-Schwarz / CNBC:
AMD says it will invest $1B in Meta's equity offering, its first Helios rackscale systems are installed at Meta, and its EPYC CPUs power Meta's Muse AI agent — …
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10/27/26
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While choosing Nvidia's 'Optimized' settings might be convenient, you shouldn't use them if you want the best performance. Here are the settings we suggest.
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10/27/26
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Massive note conversions reveal the true extent of Amazon's ownership in Anthropic.
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Marina Temkin (via TechCrunch)
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10/27/26
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Google LLC today previewed Genie 4, an artificial intelligence model that can generate realistic three-dimensional environments. The algorithm is the latest addition to a series of world models that …
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Maria Deutscher (via SiliconANGLE)
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10/27/26
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Rugtake's T3 Pro combines unusual wired connectivity, rugged construction, a 120Hz display, night vision cameras, and a 20,080mAh battery.
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Efosa Udinmwen (via TechnoBuffalo)
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10/27/26
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Reuters:
Toronto-based fintech Wealthsimple raised up to CA$425M led by GIC at a post-money valuation of CA$13.8B, up from CA$10B in 2025 — Oct 27 (Reuters) - Canadian financial services …
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10/27/26
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The biggest video game in history is prepping for launch, but is your home internet connection up to the task of ensuring it will download as quickly as possible?
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Max Langridge (via TechnoBuffalo)
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10/27/26
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Anonymous sources tell Bloomberg Apple has “discussed” some wild prices.
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Mike Pearl (via Gizmodo | Tecg. Science. Culture)
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10/27/26
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As of 23:43:22Z on October 27, the Hugging Face card for Mistral Large 4 remains a placeholder: “Upcoming release,” a current ETA of October 31, 2026, and 973 people waiting for artifacts that …
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Lena Park (via Forkast)
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10/27/26
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If you find yourself running out of mobile data every month but don’t want to spend too much, Felix Mobile’s Unlimited+ may be what you’re looking for — and you can take 50% off the first 6 …
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Via TechnoBuffalo
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10/27/26
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