ZdnetHow to shop with AI: 6 ways I find deals, price track, and let agents buy for meForget the old way of shopping. In 2025, AI can help you find the right product for the best price in minutes. Here's how.Dec 06, 2025
Slashdot'Rage Bait' Named Oxford Word of the Year 2025Longtime Slashdot reader sinij shares a report from the BBC: Do you find yourself getting increasingly irate while scrolling through your social media feed? If so, you may be falling victim to rage bait, which Oxford University Press has...Dec 06, 2025
Fast Company15 tech gifts that older people will actually useAsk friends what kind of tech gift you should get for your parent, grandparent, or another older person in your life, and chances are you’ll get the same generic suggestions, like a digital picture frame or a portable Bluetooth speaker....Dec 06, 2025
Fast CompanyWhatnot’s CEO on the rise of live shopping.While digital live shopping has been popular for years in Asia, the phenomenon has only recently begun to take off in the U.S., thanks in large part to the rise of retail disruptor Whatnot. The platform’s cofounder and CEO, Grant...Dec 06, 2025
SlashdotMeta Confirms 'Shifting Some' Funding 'From Metaverse Toward AI Glasses'Meta has officially confirmed it is shifting investment away from the metaverse and VR toward AI-powered smart glasses, following a Bloomberg report of an up to 30% budget cut for Reality Labs. "Within our overall Reality Labs portfolio we...Dec 06, 2025
TechdirtACIP Decides More Newborns Do Need To Catch Hepatitis BThe fucking maniacs did it. We talked yesterday about how newborn vaccinations for hepatitis B were on the agenda for this latest meeting at ACIP, the CDC’s immunization advisory panel. You likely know all this already, but RFK Jr. fired...Dec 06, 2025
SlashdotOpenAI Has Trained Its LLM To Confess To Bad BehaviorAn anonymous reader quotes a report from MIT Technology Review: OpenAI is testing another new way to expose the complicated processes at work inside large language models. Researchers at the company can make an LLM produce what they call a...Dec 06, 2025
SlashdotBlackest Fabric Ever Made Absorbs 99.87% of All Light That Hits Italternative_right shares a report from ScienceAlert: Engineers at Cornell University have created the blackest fabric on record, finding it absorbs 99.87 percent of all light that dares to illuminate its surface. [...] In this case, the...Dec 06, 2025
SiliconANGLESpaceX reportedly seeking $800B valuation ahead of 2026 IPOSpaceX Corp. is reportedly gearing up for a bumper secondary sale that could be one of its last before going public. The Wall Street Journal reported today that the offering is set to value the aerospace company at $800 billion. If the...Dec 06, 2025
TechCrunchDigital artist Beeple put his face on a $100K robot dog next to Elon Musk and Picasso – it sold firstThe project marks at least the second time Winkelmann has become the art world's main character.Dec 06, 2025
SlashdotAI Led To an Increase In Radiologists, Not a DecreaseDespite predictions that AI would replace radiologists, healthcare systems worldwide are hiring more of them because AI tools enhance their work, create new oversight tasks, and increase imaging volumes rather than reducing workloads. "Put...Dec 06, 2025
HackernoonSo You Think You've Been Shadowbanned on Instagram, Huh? How to Check and What to DoThis article is copublished with USA Today. \ Welcome to The Markup, where we use investigative reporting, data analysis, and software engineering to challenge technology to serve the public good. Sign up for Klaxon, a newsletter that...Dec 06, 2025
SiliconANGLEMeta acquires Sam Altman-backed AI wearable startup LimitlessMeta Platforms Inc. today announced that it has acquired Limitless Inc., a startup with an artificial intelligence wearable for recording conversations. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. Limitless has raised $33 million in funding...Dec 06, 2025
TechCrunchWaymo to issue software recall over how robotaxis behave around school busesThe voluntary recall comes as scrutiny by federal regulators and local school district officials increases.Dec 06, 2025
TechCrunchEx-Googler’s Yoodli triples valuation to $300M+ with AI built to assist, not replace, peopleYoodli counts Google, Snowflake, and Databricks among its customers.Dec 06, 2025
TechCrunchSources: AI synthetic research startup Aaru raised a Series A at a $1B ‘headline’ valuationThe one-year-old startup, which does market research on simulated populations, had a multi-tier valuation round, sources tell TechCrunch.Dec 06, 2025
SlashdotTrump Wants Asia's 'Cute' Kei Cars To Be Made and Sold In USsinij shares news of the Trump administration surprising the auto industry by granting approval for "tiny cars" to be built in the United States. Bloomberg reports: President Donald Trump, apparently enamored by the pint-sized Kei cars he...Dec 06, 2025
SentinelLabsFrom React to Remote Code – Protecting Against the Critical React2Shell RCE ExposureA critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability, dubbed ‘React2Shell’, affecting React Server Components (RSC) and Next.js, is allowing unauthenticated attackers to perform server-side code attacks via malicious HTTP requests....Dec 05, 2025
UbergizmoGemini Web Gets New Design And Dark Mode UpgradeGoogle has begun rolling out a redesigned interface for Gemini on the web, following earlier updates made to the Android and iOS apps. According to the company, the goal is to deliver a cleaner and more modern look, aligning the desktop...Dec 05, 2025
GizmodoThe Beloved Episodes That Inspired Creator Joe Brumm’s Last ‘Bluey’ Hurrah'Bluey's Quest for the Gold Pen' launches December 11 on mobile before rolling out next year on PC and console.Dec 05, 2025
Ars TechnicaStreaming service makes rare decision to lower its monthly feesSomewhere, a pig is catching some sweet air. In a rare move for a streaming service, Fubo announced today that it’s lowering the prices for some of its subscription plans. Fubo is a sports-focused vMVPD (virtual multichannel video...Dec 05, 2025
SlashdotChinese-Linked Hackers Use Backdoor For Potential 'Sabotage,' US and Canada SayU.S. and Canadian cybersecurity agencies say Chinese-linked actors deployed "Brickstorm" malware to infiltrate critical infrastructure and maintain long-term access for potential sabotage. Reuters reports: The Chinese-linked hacking...Dec 05, 2025
SiliconANGLEFrom observability to reasoning: How AI agents are catching bugs before they shipA new phase of software reliability is taking shape as artificial intelligence and agentic AI push development teams past traditional error detection and into proactive, automated prevention. Developers are beginning to rely on systems...Dec 05, 2025
SiliconANGLEOpenSearch’s community surge reshapes the future of AI-powered searchAI-powered search is entering a new phase, one where semantic understanding, richer context and personalization converge to turn routine queries into meaningful, conversational results. Instead of returning static lists, modern systems...Dec 05, 2025
HackernoonBybit Private Wealth Management Beat November Downtrend with Top Fund Delivering Close to 30% APRDubai, United Arab Emirates, December 5th, 2025/Chainwire/--Bybit, the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, showcases the latest monthly performance update of its Private Wealth Management (PWM) division, with...Dec 05, 2025
The Ghost HowlsWe Won a Meta Horizon Award! Here Are 16 Lessons We LearnedOn November 22nd, I got an email telling me that my team won an award (and the money associated with it) at the “Meta Horizon Creator Competition: Mobile Genre Showdown – Reloaded” competition with our “Million Pigeon Minions” game. We,...Dec 05, 2025
TechCrunchAWS needs you to believe in AI agentsAWS announced a wave of new AI agent tools at re:Invent 2025, but can Amazon actually catch up to the AI leaders? While the cloud giant is betting big on enterprise AI with its third-gen chip and database discounts that got developers...Dec 05, 2025
TechCrunchFeds find more complaints of Tesla’s FSD running red lights and crossing lanesThe National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has identified at least 80 incidents.Dec 05, 2025
GizmodoSalesforce CEO Mulls Changing Name to AI-Flavored ‘Agentforce’Put "AI" in your name and watch the stock price climb.Dec 05, 2025
Gizmodo‘Renegades’ Is Good ‘Star Wars’ and Pretty Okay ‘Destiny 2’Bungie and Lucasfilm's intriguing new collaboration nails the 'Star Wars' vibe, but if you're looking to hop in from one galaxy far, far away to another closer to home... it's still 'Destiny 2', warts and all.Dec 05, 2025
GizmodoWikipedia Has Its Own Version of ‘Wrapped’ Now, But There’s One Little ProblemThe online encyclopedia is offering personalized stats on users' reading habits, along with a list of the year’s most-read articles.Dec 05, 2025
GizmodoDC Studios Is Trying to Move to Other Theme ParksDC-themed rides are now currently in Six Flags parks, but that may change. Could Universal scoop them up?Dec 05, 2025
GizmodoBrace Yourself: Laptops Prices Are About to SkyrocketDell says it will take 'targeted pricing action, when necessary.'Dec 05, 2025
HackernoonAI Meeting Tools Are the Next Productivity War, Here’s Why TicNote Might WinMeanwhile, the worldwide battle for AI productivity ecosystems has intensified at a breakneck pace. Transcription tools whose capabilities were once limited to the simplest recording can now even reason, think, and generate content...Dec 05, 2025
HackernoonKyrgyzstan Launches $50M Gold-Backed Payment Access To Modernize Cross-Border PaymentsKyrgyzstan has officially launched USDKG, a gold-backed payment access pegged 1:1 to the U.S. dollar, with an initial issue of $50 million. The access is issued on digital platform and fully audited by ConsenSys Diligence. The issuer, OJSC...Dec 05, 2025
HackernoonThe Next Palantir Could Ignite in Tel Aviv — and It’s Built on Soft-Signal Intelligence, Not SurveilCyber intelligence rarely evolves through consensus. Real transformation begins at the margins — among analysts who quietly recognize the limitations of their tools, or within small engineering teams who see the fault lines long before the...Dec 05, 2025
SlashdotMeta Acquires AI Wearable Company LimitlessMeta is acquiring AI wearable startup Limitless, maker of a pendant that records conversations and generates summaries. "We're excited that Limitless will be joining Meta to help accelerate our work to build AI-enabled wearables," a Meta...Dec 05, 2025
HackernoonAs Ethereum (ETH) Struggles in Q4 This New Altcoin Surges 250% Hits 95% Phase 6 AllocationEthereum is entering Q4 under pressure, and recent price action shows the market’s second-largest asset struggling to regain momentum. While ETH attempts to break through key resistance areas, traders and early-cycle investors are turning...Dec 05, 2025
SiliconANGLEAWS showcases AI factories, models, chips and agents to drive its core infrastructure strategyAmazon Web Services Inc. is accelerating a new era of data-center modernization as enterprises reshape how they deploy artificial intelligence and AI infrastructure at scale. With its new AI Factories model, AWS is bringing full-stack...Dec 05, 2025
SiliconANGLEAs infrastructure-as-code scales up, Spacelift pushes for structure in a fast-moving cloud eraAs cloud complexity rises and AI transforms how teams build and deploy, the infrastructure-as-code community is entering a new era — one defined by speed, structure and smarter automation. Spacelift Inc. was founded around a simple but...Dec 05, 2025
SiliconANGLENetflix to acquire key Warner Bros. assets in blockbuster $72B dealNetflix Inc. has inked an agreement to acquire several Warner Bros Discovery Inc. units for $72 billion in cash and stock. The companies announced the deal today. It follows a bidding contest that included Comcast Corp. and Paramount...Dec 05, 2025
TechdirtTechdirt Podcast Episode 439: The Resonant Computing ManifestoSupport us on Patreon » Earlier today, we joined in announcing the Resonant Computing Manifesto: a call for restoring a culture of technology that empowers users and enriches their lives. The manifesto was created by a group led by...Dec 05, 2025
TechCrunchMeta acquires AI device startup LimitlessLimitless said it shares Meta's vision of bringing personal superintelligence to everyone.Dec 05, 2025
TechCrunchSpaceX reportedly in talks for secondary sale at $800B valuation, which would make it America’s most valuable private companyThe eye-popping figure reflects how routine mega-valuations have become in private markets.Dec 05, 2025
TechCrunchThis startup built a Fitbit for your brain to combat chronic stressAwear won the Battlefield 200 health stage pitch competition at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025.Dec 05, 2025
SlashdotIndia Reviews Telecom Industry Proposal For Always-On Satellite Location TrackingIndia is weighing a proposal to mandate always-on satellite tracking in smartphones for precise government surveillance -- an idea strongly opposed by Apple, Google, Samsung, and industry groups. Reuters reports: For years, the [Prime...Dec 05, 2025
UbergizmoFujitsu Extended Its AI Motion-Analytics Platform With a Life-Size Golf Experience at CEATEC 2025At CEATEC 2025, Fujitsu expanded its ongoing exploration of what it officially calls its “AI technologies for human augmentation” with a new Golf Motion Analysis Experience, powered by the Kozuchi AI platform and developed in collaboration...Dec 05, 2025
GizmodoGLP-1 Drugs Like Ozempic Might Have a Side Effect Nobody ExpectedA new study finds a possible association between GLP-1 drugs like semaglutide and chronic cough, though the authors are calling for more research.Dec 05, 2025
GizmodoMeta’s Chatbot Will Provide AI-Powered Live News via CNN, Fox NewsMeet your new news anchor, Meta AI.Dec 05, 2025
