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  • Microsoft 365 Family subscribers will finally be able to share AI benefits
    by Tom Warren on October 9, 2026 at 7:14 am

    Microsoft bundled its AI-powered Office features into Microsoft 365 Personal and Family subscriptions last year, but it only allowed the primary account holder to access the AI benefits. Now, Microsoft is about to let Microsoft 365 Family and Premium subscribers share Copilot and AI usage features, alongside access to Office apps and OneDrive storage, with

  • US plans livestream of execution by firing squad
    by Jay Peters on October 8, 2026 at 10:32 pm

    The United States’ execution of the Fort Hood shooter will be livestreamed, anonymous officials from the Defense Department told the BBC and Associated Press. The planned execution of Nidal Hasan, the former US Army major convicted of killing 13 people at the Texas military base, was announced this week. He is scheduled to be executed

  • Anthropic launches free AI security scans for open-source projects
    by Stevie Bonifield on October 8, 2026 at 9:53 pm

    Anthropic’s offering to help open-source projects track down security vulnerabilities with a new service called OSS Scanner. It says open-source projects that opt-in will get “thorough, periodic security scans by our strongest models at no cost.” That could mean open-source projects get alerted about possible security issues sooner, but the trade-off is that OSS Scanner’s

  • SpaceX announces plan to become a ‘major mobile carrier’
    by Emma Roth on October 8, 2026 at 9:23 pm

    SpaceX has acquired a portfolio of low-band spectrum licenses – a move the company says “will pave the way” for its Starlink Mobile service to become a “major” US carrier. When the Federal Communications Commission signs off on the deal, SpaceX says it will deploy its new architecture that combines its satellite-to-mobile constellation with a

  • AMD will bring FSR 4 to handhelds by the end of 2026
    by Sean Hollister on October 8, 2026 at 9:01 pm

    It’s already possible to get AMD’s framerate-enhancing FSR 4 boost on handhelds as old as the Steam Deck – but in June, AMD reserved the right to disappoint handheld gamers by not officially bringing FSR 4 to older handhelds. Now, AMD consumer chip boss Jack Huynh says he will bring the tech to some handhelds

  • Apple will reportedly debut its first touchscreen MacBook in three weeks
    by Jay Peters on October 8, 2026 at 8:32 pm

    Apple is set to introduce a new MacBook Pro with a touchscreen and an updated iPad Mini “on or around” October 27th, Bloomberg reports. If true, that would put the event just two weeks after the October 13th event Apple announced today, which is rumored to focus on smart home products. Bloomberg says that the

  • California is trying to shut down robot vs. human cage matches
    by Jay Peters on October 8, 2026 at 8:06 pm

    The California State Athletic Commission sent a cease-and-desist letter to a startup that hosted a match between a human and a robot last month, as reported by The New York Times. The fight, which took place on September 18th, pitted a human, Frankie LaPenna, against a humanoid robot owned by a tech startup, Rek, that

  • ICE detainees in Georgia used the facility’s video calling software to expose the conditions inside
    by Gaby Del Valle on October 8, 2026 at 7:45 pm

    Four men detained at an ICE detention center in rural Georgia used the facility’s video conferencing software to expose both the conditions inside and President Donald Trump’s hostile takeover of the immigration courts. In the five-minute video, the men describe an intentionally dysfunctional legal system designed to keep them trapped in federal custody for months

  • Microsoft’s new Windows Search is exactly what Windows 11 needs
    by Tom Warren on October 8, 2026 at 7:30 pm

    Windows Search has been one of the most frustrating parts of Windows 11, and now Microsoft is addressing this with a significant overhaul. A new redesigned Windows Search is now in testing that is much faster, more capable, and a lot more modern. “This new Windows Search experience is built for speed,” says Anshul Rawat,

  • Paramount is making a Cyberpunk 2077 film
    by Jay Peters on October 8, 2026 at 7:14 pm

    Cyberpunk 2077 is heading to the big screen. Deadline reports that CD Projekt Red’s popular sci-fi video game franchise is being adapted into a live-action film by Paramount Pictures. There’s no details just yet on when the film might premiere. But Deadline says that Lorenzo di Bonaventura, who is known for producing the Transformers films,