Move over, turn signals: the Feds want self-driving cars glowing cyan so we all know when nobody’s watching the road. Robo-uber, but make it mood lighting. 🚗💡 #CyanCars #Robotaxis #NHTSA #SelfDriving www.autoblog.com/news/the-fed...

The Feds Want Cyan Lights to Show When Cars Are Self-Driving

This new proposed mandate aims to make it clearer to road users and law enforcement when a car is using its autonomous driving systems.

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GM admits a Z06X “could make sense,” then immediately reminds everyone they can “do anything, just not everything”—especially not without a fat ZR1-sized check. Internet hype: 10/10, production odds: TBD. Corvette fandom left on read. #Corvette #Z06X #GM #cars www.thedrive.com/news/corvett...

Corvette Fans Want a Z06X. GM Asks If You'd Pay Almost ZR1 Money

Corvette and GM Performance chief Tony Roma told The Drive that a Z06X "could make sense," but when it comes to Corvette, "we can do anything, just not everything."

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New 2027 Stingray: +40 hp, +50 lb‑ft, +noise, +fuel bill… but barely quicker than grandpa’s 2020 Z51. Progress, American‑style. 🇺🇸 #Chevy #Corvette #CarAndDriver #Performance www.caranddriver.com/news/a741964...

We Tested Chevy’s New Small-Block V-8 to Find Out How Much It Improves the Corvette’s Performance

With the Z51 package and the new LS6 6.7-liter V-8 under the hood, how does the updated Stingray compare with the old one?

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In normal reality, taxes hurt. In tech billionaire reality, you spawn non‑voting stock, pay the “billionaire tax,” and keep 60%+ control like it’s a videogame cheat code. #META #TechLords #Prop40 techcrunch.com/2026/10/22/m...

Mark Zuckerberg's creative plan to pay California’s proposed billionaire tax without losing control of Meta | TechCrunch

A newly launched stock class being offered was partially engineered to help Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg pay the "billionaire's tax," should the measure be voted into law.

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Qualcomm and NVIDIA were having all the fun in ARM land, so AMD showed up late with “Soundwave” for Surface — and Apple’s MacBook Neo just became the main target. #AMD #SnapdragonX2 #RTXSpark #MacBookNeo wccftech.com/amd-arm-acti...

AMD To Bring "Arm" Action To Microsoft's Surface Laptops With Soundwave APUs In A Bid To Tackle MacBook Neo at Competitive Price Points

AMD's first Arm-based CPUs in over a decade, codenamed Soundwave, are heading to Surface laptops from Microsoft.

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Rumor mill: Xbox Project Helix could junk Blu-ray drives for Switch-style flash cartridges. Physical games 🎮 would live on while factories kill off disc hardware and publishers pay way more than $3 a disc for the privilege. Retro vibes meet cost-cutting.

Automakers: “More screens!”📺 China: “More buttons.” 🔘 Flush handles, giant displays and lazy-boy seats are all on the chopping block. Adapt or get regulated. Buttons are back, baby! #China #TouchscreenBan #CarTech #Cars carbuzz.com/china-miit-t...

They Won The War On Door Handles, Now China's Taking Aim At Touchscreens

Chinese regulators aren't too happy with those big old displays distracting drivers, and they're doing something about it.

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UMG calls DistroKid an AI-song super spreader, Sony backs them up, and now a judge might force the receipts. 📝 The robots are definitely in the chat. 🤖🎧 #MusicNews #AIGenerated #UMG #SonyMusic #DistroKid #SunoAI www.hollywoodreporter.com/music/music-...

Universal Music and Sony Want to Know How Many AI-Generated Songs DistroKid Releases

The companies filed a new case this week, arguing the information is crucial in the labels' lawsuit against Suno.

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The new Mission S concept showcases Porsche’s future design direction – and previews a future mid-engined sports car that will be positioned above the 911.

Toyota’s new “walk me” robo-chair climbs stairs, bows like a butler, and wins Red Dot’s top prize — but you still can’t buy one. Mobility with manners, minus a release date. #Toyota #WalkMe #RedDot #DesignConcept #MobilityAid www.yankodesign.com/2026/10/16/t...

Toyota’s ‘Wheel-less’ Wheelchair wins the 2026 Red Dot Concept Luminary Award - Yanko Design

Somewhere around age eight, I decided the coolest vehicles in the universe all had legs. The AT-ATs in The Empire Strikes Back, the mechs in every anime I wasn't supposed to be watching, all of them w...

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Buy some headphones or AirPods. Stop using your speakerphone in public. Nobody wants to hear your inane, stupid conversations about absolutely nothing.

Sony’s PS6 could be the first console you have to finance 😵 PS6 🎮 specs sound dreamy: 32GB RAM, 2TB SSD. The nightmare?😈 A likely $1,000+ 💰 launch price because memory alone is near $700. Pay to play, literally. #PS6 #PlayStation6 #GamingRumors #ExpensiveAF wccftech.com/sonys-playst...

Sony's PlayStation 6 Price Is Set To Surpass $1000, As RAM and SSD Costs Have Risen Over $680

PlayStation 6 RAM and SSD costs near $700, pointing to a PS6 price over $1000 and likely 32GB RAM / 2TB specs

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Microsoft's $4.3K 🤑 Surface Laptop Ultra is an 🤖 Al beast that outruns a Mac Studio. 💻👨‍💻👩‍💻 That is until you yank the charger 🔌 and remember physics is real. thenewstack.io/surface-ultr...

Samsung quietly drops a nuclear option on annoying apps: AI Network Guard in One UI 9 cuts their internet, their ads, and their sneaky tracking—if you can dig it out of the secret menu. #Samsung #OneUI9 #Security #LifeHack www.howtogeek.com/galaxy-phone...

Galaxy phones can fully block internet access for individual apps with this new One UI 9 setting

A versatile yet underrated tool that has been locked away in a hidden menu.

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Xreal’s latest AR glasses fix the brightness problem, but leave the rest largely untouched #smartglasses #wearables www.digitaltrends.com/computing/xr...

Xreal’s latest AR glasses fix the brightness problem, but leave the rest largely untouched

AR glasses sound magical until I imagine wearing them somewhere bright. That’s why a new pair launched today caught my eye. Xreal’s 1 Pro Plus refreshes its One Pro glasses (which float a virtual scre...

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Xbox just dropped a baby-sized Nano controller so cute you’ll forget it’s missing pro features—and probably your dignity. 😄 It Comes with Game Pass on select Samsung TVs because of course it does. #XboxNano #Gaming #SmolController gizmodo.com/xbox-nano-co...

Xbox Is Putting the Cute Back in Gaming

Bring on the smol controllers!

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GTA 6 held hostage by a meme coin. 😵😄 CyberLeek wants $30M or “physical discs and a public apology” before dropping a “full story mode” leak. Gamers get FOMO, lawyers get busy. #GTA6 #CyberLeek #Gaming www.gamesindustry.biz/group-behind...

Group behind GTA 6 leaks threatens to release alleged full build of game including story mode

Warning reportedly states "Take-Two gets one way out: physical disks and a public apology"

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Governments from Australia to the U.S. are suddenly freaking out about smart glasses. From Oslo to NY, Judges, cinemas, Concerts, Parks and Governments think they’re low-budget espionage gear—and they’re being banned in more places. #Privacy #SmartGlasses #Wearables www.yahoo.com/news/world/a...

Factbox-Countries weigh banning smart glasses over privacy concerns

Oct 6 (Reuters) - Governments, courts and companies are considering restrictions and examining existing rules on smart glasses amid worries that the technology, brought to mainstream by Meta's Ray-

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Windows 11's Dynamic Lock can use your Bluetooth-paired phone to automatically lock your PC when you walk away. www.neowin.net/guides/how-t...

How to make Windows 11 lock itself when you walk away

Windows 11 can use your phone to tell when you've walked away and lock your PC automatically. Here's how to set it up.

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Remember slamming your Motorola RAZR shut for drama? Now foldables like the Galaxy Fold8 and iPhone Duo charge flagship prices to let you cosplay 2004 with a flexible screen. mezha.ua/en/articles/...

While NVIDIA flexes CUDA, AMD’s busy copying Samsung’s Apple takedown: build a rival platform, lock in Meta & Microsoft, and grab Fei‑Fei Li’s World Labs for fresh AI workloads. The underdog just got teeth. 🐶🦾 #TechDrama #AI #Semiconductors #AMD #NVIDIA www.sammyfans.com/2026/10/04/a...

AMD wants to do to NVIDIA what Samsung did to Apple

AMD is taking a page from Samsung’s playbook against Apple, but this time the target is NVIDIA and its dominance of AI computing. The comparison is less about AMD trying to destroy NVIDIA and more abo...

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Gen Z won’t wear rubbers, so the Aussies brought in Bill Gates & robots to engineer a contact-lens hydrogel condom. No smell, no latex, total protection. Will it save us from STIs or just make the Olympics wilder? 🚨👀 #FutureTech #TechTrends #BioTech #HealthTech youtu.be/IuksJ-lsg8g?...

Is this the world's best condom? | A Current Affair

YouTube video by A Current Affair

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UK firms gave AI the keys to the office, then acted shocked when 53% of agents went rogue 🤖 UK’s AI agents are apparently on a Skynet cosplay tour, with over half of CIOs saying their bots broke the rules and attacked businesses and customers. 😒😵😮 www.techradar.com/pro/over-hal...

Over half of UK firms say an AI agent has gone rogue on them — and affected their business or their customers

Don't say Skynet

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Biotech just proved Diabetes days are numbered. 💊💉😷 Scientists just found a “gene off-switch” that makes ordinary pancreatic cells spit out insulin like tiny factories—mice diabetes basically ghosted 👻. Human trials are the next stop. #Diabetes #GeneEditing #Biotech www.wired.com/story/pancre...

Some Pancreatic Cells Are Just One Genetic Tweak Away From Treating Diabetes

By deactivating a gene, researchers were able to cause cells in the pancreatic ducts to produce insulin to regulate blood sugar.

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Starlink is great until your dish throws a tantrum 🤬 You can expect random dropouts, snail-speed evenings, vanishing Wi‑Fi, trees nuking your signal, and weather KO’ing your net. So what are you're potential fixes? Wiggle cables, reboot, pray. 🤔 #Starlink #Internet www.bgr.com/2229031/comm...

5 Of The Most Common Issues With Starlink Internet (And How To Fix Them) - BGR

Discover five common Starlink internet issues, from slow speeds to signal loss, plus practical fixes to get your connection working reliably again.

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Are you willing to pay for YouTube to escape ads?? 🤔 YouTube’s “free” tier is now an ad-soaked hostage situation. Meanwhile creators are held ransom by unskippable ads and brutal monetization rules. #YouTube #YouTubePremium #adhell #creatoreconomy www.pocket-lint.com/youtube-free...

YouTube's free version is almost unusable now

Google clearly wants you to pay for Premium, and isn't supporting the creators it depends on.

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New Smart home insurance is determined to reduce payouts with tech. Old-school insurance: wait for disaster, write a check. New-school: AI, leak bots and shutoff valves stalking your plumbing so it never gets that dramatic. #InsurTech #SmartHome #AI #IoT www.techradar.com/home/smart-h...

Stop waiting for disaster to strike: How AI and smart home tech are predicting risks early to deliver cheaper home insurance

As our homes become increasingly digitised, the data generated can be used to detect insurance risks before they happen and ultimately deliver lower premiums.

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Doing the lord's work via TikTok 🤖 A TikToker Says Her Date Wouldn’t Stop Talking About His Ex — So She Became His Therapist and Reunited Them at the Bar. dailydot.com/tiktoker-say...

TikToker Says Her Date Wouldn't Stop Talking About His Ex — So She Became His Therapist and Reunited Them at the Bar

A woman says her first date kept talking about his ex, so she became his therapist and helped the pair reunite.

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DraftKings says “play responsibly,” then rolls out the red carpet when you spiral, showering big losers with VIP Invites. A reporter went on a binge to test the apps gambling addiction controls. The results are not surprising. 👎 😌 readwrite.com/draftkings-v...

Flock seeks to have security researchers' map of Flock cameras taken down www.tomshardware.com/tech-industr...

Flock seeks to have security researchers' map of Flock cameras taken down — unauthenticated flaw exposed 335,701 camera locations nationwide

It could also potentially be used to track key personnel heading to and from sensitive sites like military bases, intelligence agencies, and law enforcement headquarters.

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