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Date: 2026-10-22
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Coolfly’s solar-powered Aura Smart Bird Feeder is nearly 50 percent off

I’m not sure when birdwatching became so popular, but it seems everybody’s getting into it these days . If you want to see what all the fuss is about without leaving your couch, both Coolfly and Birdfy are discounting their camera-equipped bird feeders for a limited time.

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You could just get a refurbished Samsung phone on Amazon

I recently bought a used Galaxy phone, and now Samsung is leaning into that market on Amazon after raising prices on its newest phones . Its certified renewed phones are available on Amazon for the first time, with a new battery and a one-year warranty.

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Apple’s Magic Keyboards for iPad are about half off, with a small catch

You can outfit your iPad Air or iPad Pro with one of Apple’s slick Magic Keyboards for considerably less than the accessory usually costs at Woot . I won’t bury the catch I teased in the headline; These cases have a 90-day warranty via Woot, and aren’t eligible for AppleCare.

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Spotify's current AI bet is about being the music service that agents choose

Spotify had a strong third quarter , reaching 788 million monthly active users and generating nearly €5 billion (around $5.6 billion USD) in revenue. But the more interesting takeaway from its earnings call was how the company sees people listening to music in the future, and why the rise of AI agents could be good news for its business.

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You are the Team - Anekha Sokhal, Moshi

Tickets and applications now live for AIE CODE - the last flagship AIE of the year. When Anekha Sokhal traded energy derivatives, staying on top of the market meant tracking more information than any person could read.

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Bill Gates says even the best case for AI means a ‘tumultuous’ 20 years

Today, I’m talking to Bill Gates, cofounder and former CEO of Microsoft and chairman of the Gates Foundation. You may have noticed Bill in the news more lately — he’s been on something of a tour for the past few months, ever since publishing an essay in late August titled “The turbulent AI era is here.

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Coolpad’s new $150 Android phone has a wider screen like the iPhone Duo, but doesn’t fold

The design of widescreen folding phones like the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 , Huawei Pura X View , and now the iPhone Duo , is starting to influence traditional slab phones. Similar to the Huawei Pura X View that launched in China in August, the new Coolpad Cool X Wide has a much wider screen than what’s typically seen in non-folding phones.

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Claude Duet app is Anthropic's bet on agents

The AI world is flooded with personal and productivity-based assistants , with new ones launching every week. Now, Anthropic is entering this battle in the hopes of gaining user attention with a new app called Claude Duet, aimed at rivaling Meta Muse , OpenAI Dots , Hark , Instinct , Grok Bot , and Fo .

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The Recommendation Engine for Commodity Traders - Anekha Sokhal, Moshi

When Anekha Sokhal traded energy derivatives, staying on top of the market meant tracking more information than any person could read. Now, as CEO of Moshi, she is building the tool she wished she had: a recommendation engine that connects market information to what matters for a trader’s book.

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DeepSeek reportedly raises $15B days after US restrictions

Just two days after the U.S. ordered federal civilian agencies to remove DeepSeek’s AI technology from their systems over security concerns, the Chinese AI lab has raised about $15 billion, about 100 billion yuan, one of the biggest funding rounds in the country, Bloomberg reported.

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Nirva raises $33M for a pendant that only listens to you

Ambient AI is having a moment. Amazon launched a new wrist-worn device with Bee; a former Plaud exec launched ambient apps through a startup called Ambi, which aims to also build its own hardware; and Apple launched Voice Intelligence features during its iPhone launch in September.

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Googlebooks just aren’t ready

EEvery Googlebook laptop we’ve tested so far has great hardware. The problem is the software.

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Birdbuddy’s Nook is a compact smart bird feeder for small spaces and budgets

Birdbuddy is finally launching the new smart bird feeders it originally announced at CES 2026 earlier this year, but with new names. The Birdbuddy 2 Mini is now called the Birdbuddy Nook, and it is designed to be a smaller and more affordable option the company describes as its “most accessible smart bird feeder yet.” The flagship Birdbuddy 2 has been…

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Insta360 launches a cheaper version of its wireless mics with color screens

Following the launch of its wireless Mic Pro system last May featuring built-in color E Ink screens for custom branding and an array of three microphones to emulate different pickup patterns, Insta360 has announced a cheaper alternative that skips a few features many content creators might not miss. The new Insta360 Mic sits between the company’s Mic Pro…

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The Atari VCS saga will come to an end next year when its software store closes

Following a decade long saga of delays, name changes , and Atari having to assure backers of a crowdfunding campaign that its retro console wasn’t doomed , the Atari VCS platform is being retired early next year. On February 1st, 2027, the Atari VCS software store is shutting down, according to an announcement posted to the Atari Club Discord and shared by…

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Apple will label apps that are ‘Made for iPhone Duo’

Apple is rolling out a new badge in the App Store to indicate whether an app is optimized for its new foldable. The new “Made for iPhone Duo” badge will appear across apps and games that work with the device’s extra screen real estate.

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333 Tor exit nodes hijacked to intercept SSH traffic and retrieve plaintext email

Unknown hackers hijacked more than 300 Tor exit nodes and reconfigured them to favor unencrypted email traffic and redirect SSH connections through servers they controlled, a researcher reported Tuesday. The hijacking began in late August, when, according to Tor volunteers , the attacker used a valid password that had been reused to gain access to a Tor…

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The world’s first triple 200-megapixel camera phone is great

Oppo’s Find X10 Pro Max is the first phone with a triple 200-megapixel camera, which you’re likely to see as either a masterful feat of engineering or a load of hyped-up marketing nonsense. The truth is somewhere in the middle.

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Claude did not invent scorpion antivenom

An investment research firm wanted to prove AI could revolutionize drug development. So they teamed up with Anthropic to see whether an unreleased version of Claude could make scorpion antivenom.

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The Sequence Opinion - Issue #956: The Evolution of AI Environments

TLDR: AI environments are becoming a core ingredient of model capability: executable worlds that generate trajectories and feedback, not just exams. This essay traces their path from Atari, OpenAI Gym, and AlphaZero through MuJoCo to the RLVR-driven post-training behind Tulu 3 and DeepSeek-R1, then surveys the new generation of agent environments,…

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[AINews] OpenAI’s Patch the Planet program is 1 of 2 parties to discover PHP2Shell vulnerabilities in core PHP affecting 70% of the web, using GPT-5.6 Sol; coordinated response over 2 months

Almost 2 months ago, OpenAI introduced Daybreak for Frontline Defenders , a $1B subsidy for access to Daybreak cyber models and products. That funding came into use almost immediately, as major vulnerabilities in PHP were independently discovered by two parties: Ryan Austin, a researcher at the security firm Calif, as part of the OpenAI “ Patch the Planet…

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Ensemble forecasting with IBM Granite time-series models

Four open Granite models, one extensible forecasting interface, and less guesswork about which model to use. Pre-trained time-series models can forecast without training on your dataset, but you still have to choose one.

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