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A look at Apple's smart home strategy, centered on a HomeView display hub, with a new HomePod mini, Apple TV, and second-party accessories from LG and Schneider (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg) - Techmeme Sun, 11 Oct 2026 15:10:01 GMT
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 Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
A look at Apple's smart home strategy, centered on a HomeView display hub, with a new HomePod mini, Apple TV, and second-party accessories from LG and Schneider — Fresh details on Apple's HomeView, HomePod mini and new Apple TV, including release dates, colors, chips and features.
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Amazon's new Alexa tablets ditch Fire OS for regular Android - TechSpot Sun, 11 Oct 2026 13:32:00 GMT
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The change addresses a longstanding limitation of Amazon's tablets: their app selection. Fire tablets ran Fire OS, Amazon's version of Android, and relied on the Amazon Appstore. The Alexa models will use mainstream Android, bringing native access to Gmail, YouTube and Google Docs alongside Amazon's Kindle, Prime Video, Audible and...
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Microsoft unveils Microsoft-Decision-1, a fast decision-scoring model trained on Qwen3.5-9B, and says it will soon rebase it on MAI, OpenAI, and other models (Achint Srivastava/Command Line) - Techmeme Sun, 11 Oct 2026 05:05:02 GMT
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Achint Srivastava / Command Line:
Microsoft unveils Microsoft-Decision-1, a fast decision-scoring model trained on Qwen3.5-9B, and says it will soon rebase it on MAI, OpenAI, and other models — Decision models are quickly emerging as an important new category in AI. Unlike LLMs, which are designed to generate text …
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Amazon drops Apple's M5 Pro MacBook Pro to $2,069 this weekend - AppleInsider - Google Sat, 10 Oct 2026 16:31:00 GMT
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- Amazon drops Apple's M5 Pro MacBook Pro to $2,069 this weekend AppleInsider
- Prime Day Is Over, but We Found 38 Last-Minute Deals Still Worth Buying WIRED
- Apple weekend deals: AirPods, up to $200 off new Macs, Apple Watch, more from $41 9to5Mac
- The Best October Prime Day Apple Deals on AirPods, MacBooks, and More The New York Times
- Prime Day Leftover Deals: AirPods Max 2 for $429, Mac Mini for $779.99, and More MacRumors
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A profile of Zach Frankel, a secretive and unusually hands-on solo investor who wrote the first checks to startups like Ramp, Cognition, and Applied Compute (Jemima McEvoy/The Information) - Techmeme Sat, 10 Oct 2026 15:20:01 GMT
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Jemima McEvoy / The Information:
A profile of Zach Frankel, a secretive and unusually hands-on solo investor who wrote the first checks to startups like Ramp, Cognition, and Applied Compute — Last month, Zach Dell, son of billionaire Michael Dell and cofounder of Base Power, a billion-dollar battery startup …
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Inside Elon Musk’s Midterm Spending Spree - Wired Thu, 08 Oct 2026 21:14:12 GMT
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This week on “Uncanny Valley,” we discuss where Elon Musk’s PAC is spending millions, the latest ideology Trump claims is dangerous, and the backlash against the designer behind Muse’s logo.
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Raspberry Pi Desktop returns to PCs and Macs after four years - TechSpot Thu, 08 Oct 2026 19:22:00 GMT
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Raspberry Pi Desktop is back with a lightweight and free Linux environment for PCs and Intel-based Macs. Ideal for breathing new life into older computers, the latest release moves to Debian 13 (Trixie) with 64-bit support, a refreshed interface, and Raspberry Pi Connect for remote access. Run it from a USB drive with persistent storage or install it directly on your PC.
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Comfy Desktop makes running local AI models on your PC much easier - TechSpot Thu, 08 Oct 2026 14:25:00 GMT
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Comfy Desktop lets you generate AI images and video locally using your own GPU, with popular models such as Stable Diffusion, SDXL, Flux, Wan, and others. It wraps the powerful ComfyUI workflow system into a desktop app that handles installation, dependencies, and more, removing much of the hassle from running generative AI on your own hardware.
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Microsoft Office is down to $29 for a lifetime license - TechSpot Thu, 08 Oct 2026 12:55:00 GMT
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Word, Excel, and PowerPoint remain industry standards, but a Microsoft 365 subscription may not fit your budget. With Microsoft Office Professional 2021, you get a one-time purchase that includes Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Access, Publisher, and OneNote. This standalone license means no subscriptions or hidden fees, just a complete suite...
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Margaret Hamilton, computing pioneer who led software development for the Apollo program, dies at 90 - MIT News - Google Wed, 07 Oct 2026 20:55:00 GMT
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- Margaret Hamilton, computing pioneer who led software development for the Apollo program, dies at 90 MIT News
- Margaret Hamilton, who led a software team for NASA’s Apollo program, dies at 90 NBC News
- Margaret Hamilton, whose software helped land Apollo astronauts on the moon, has died CNN
- Before Computer Science Became a Boys’ Club, Margaret Hamilton Wrote the Code The New York Times
- Moment Nasa scientist Margaret Hamilton receives presidential medal of honour BBC
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Discovering the value of humanistic inquiry - MIT Wed, 07 Oct 2026 20:10:00 GMT
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Students in MIT’s Concourse program delve deeply into the human condition, debate challenging questions, and learn to develop judgment about issues that can’t be quantified.
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Turning the tide on Massachusetts shellfishing data - MIT Wed, 07 Oct 2026 19:55:00 GMT
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MIT researchers built a cloud-based platform to help Massachusetts coastal towns and the state manage shellfishing closures, giving thousands of permit holders a clearer view of where they can fish.
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Documenting the tech worker movement - MIT Fri, 02 Oct 2026 17:00:00 GMT
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Writing as a participant and researcher, PhD student JS Tan SM ’22 has co-authored a new book about the rise of tech worker protests and the employer backlash that followed.
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Who we become when we talk to machines - MIT Tue, 29 Sep 2026 04:00:00 GMT
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Professor Sherry Turkle’s new book, “Artificial Intimacy,” offers a withering critique of chatbots and the antisocial dynamics she believes they encourage.
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FUNdaMENTALs of precision design - MIT Wed, 23 Sep 2026 04:00:00 GMT
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Precision, repeatability, and fun are the focus in mechanical engineering course 2.70 (Fundamentals of Precision Product Design).
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Podcast: SHASS’s special sauce - MIT Tue, 22 Sep 2026 04:00:00 GMT
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Established after World War II, the School of the Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences is an integral part of the MIT experience. Three faculty reflect on the school’s ongoing impact.
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Fueling a return journey from Mars - MIT Fri, 18 Sep 2026 04:00:00 GMT
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PhD candidate Lanie McKinney is building technology to convert the Red Planet’s atmosphere into propellant for bringing astronauts home.
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