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PayPal's blockchain partner accidentally minted $300 trillion in stablecoins

In an embarrassing error, PayPal blockchain partner Paxos accidentally minted 300 trillion of the PYUSD token today. PayPal's stablecoin, which it debuted in 2023 , is supposed to be redeemable at a 1:1 rate for US dollars. $300 trillion is more than double the entire world's current GDP of $117 trillion. In short, that's a really bad mistake from Paxos. At least the action did appear to be a mistake. Paxos acknowledged the issue in a post on X, assuring clients tha

www.engadget.comOct 15, 2025 6:40 PM

Google's Veo 3.1 is better at generating videos from images

Google has released a new update to its Veo AI video generation model that should make it do a better job of sticking to prompts and converting images into videos. Veo 3.1 is available to try today through Google's Gemini API and is now also powering the company's Flow video editor . Veo 3.1 builds on the new capabilities Google introduced with launch of Veo 3 at Google I/O 2025 . The new model offers better "prompt adherence," according to Google, and should have an eas

www.engadget.comOct 15, 2025 6:08 PM

Indie darling 1000xResist heads to Xbox and PlayStation on November 4

Heads up, indie game fans: 1000xResist will arrive on Xbox Series X/S and PlayStation 5 on November 4. The title, which is already out for PC and Nintendo Switch, will also be available through Xbox Game Pass on the same date. The game is also adding more localization support, bringing Brazilian Portuguese, French and Korean languages, so more players around the world can experience the story.  And the story is the highlight of 1000xResist . This was an indie hit from 2024 that won a

www.engadget.comOct 15, 2025 5:26 PM

Razer's new Kiyo V2 webcams offer 4K streaming with HDR

Razer is updating its lineup of creator-focused webcams with two new models, the Razer Kiyo V2 and Razer Kiyo V2 X . The webcams offer new AI-powered features and 4K streaming at a more affordable price than the company's Kiyo Pro webcams . The $100 Kiyo V2 X is capable of capturing 720p video at either 60 or 30 frames per second, 1080p video at 24, 30 or 60 frames per second and 1440p video at 60 frames per second. Like some of Razer's other webcams, the Kiyo V2

www.engadget.comOct 15, 2025 5:14 PM

Apple will sell PS VR2 Sense controllers separately for $250 next month

Tucked away in Apple's announcement of a second-generation Vision Pro was news on the controller front. First, we already knew that, with visionOS 26, Apple's headset supports PlayStation VR2 Sense controllers . But now you can get them without Sony's headset. The Apple Store will soon begin selling the PS VR2 Sense controllers for $250. (Cue spit take.) The $400 PS VR2 headset bundle was previously the only way to buy them new. Maybe when you can justify spending $3,499 on Ap

www.engadget.comOct 15, 2025 4:36 PM

Honor is making a smartphone with a fold-out camera

Device maker Honor has revealed that one of its upcoming smartphones will offer an unusual design choice. While many manufacturers push to have more numerous and powerful cameras in their products, the Chinese company will put the camera for its new phone on a pop-out mechanical arm. According to CNBC , the design of this so-called "robot phone" is meant to showcase Honor's AI capabilities as the company makes a $10 billion investment in artificial intelligence over the next

www.engadget.comOct 15, 2025 4:15 PM

Apple's M5 chip pushes AI performance with new 'Neural Accelerators'

Like clockwork, Apple has introduced a new M-series chip on updated versions of the iPad Pro , MacBook Pro and for the first time, Apple Vision Pro. The new M5 chip shares plenty of similarities with the M4 chip Apple introduced in 2024, but the biggest seems to be a focus on improving graphics and AI performance. The M5 chip is made using a new third-generation 3nm process, according to Apple, with an updated 10-core GPU architecture on all versions that offers four times the

www.engadget.comOct 15, 2025 3:37 PM

The Silent Hill 2 and Until Dawn remakes will hit PS Plus in time for Halloween

It's that time of year when trick-or-treaters are finalizing their costumes and horror movie streaming service Shudder surely sees an uptick in usage. Yes, spooky season is upon us and Sony is getting in on the fun with its PlayStation Plus Game Catalog additions for October. Starting on October 21, Extra and Premium subscribers will be able to play the remakes of Silent Hill 2 and Until Dawn on PS5 at no extra cost. Both games were released last October, so it has

www.engadget.comOct 15, 2025 3:13 PM

Anthropic is giving away its powerful Claude Haiku 4.5 AI for free to take on OpenAI

Anthropic released Claude Haiku 4.5 on Wednesday, a smaller and significantly cheaper artificial intelligence model that matches the coding capabilities of systems that were considered cutting-edge just months ago, marking the latest salvo in an intensifying competition to dominate enterprise AI. The model costs $1 per million input tokens and $5 per million output tokens — roughly one-third the price of Anthropic's mid-sized Sonnet 4 model released in May, while operating more t

venturebeat.comby [email protected] (Michael Nuñez)Oct 15, 2025 3:00 PM

Google releases new AI video model Veo 3.1 in Flow and API: what it means for enterprises

As expected after days of leaks and rumors online, Google has unveiled Veo 3.1 , its latest AI video generation model, bringing a suite of creative and technical upgrades aimed at improving narrative control, audio integration, and realism in AI-generated video. While the updates expand possibilities for hobbyists and content creators using Google’s online AI creation app, Flow , the release also signals a growing opportunity for enterprises, developers, and creative teams seeking scalable,

venturebeat.comby [email protected] (Carl Franzen)Oct 15, 2025 2:50 PM

The latest Roku update adds AI-powered voice control and better search

Roku just announced a robust software update coming to many of its devices. These are free upgrades, with search getting a major AI boost. First of all, the pre-existing voice search feature is getting "AI smarts." This means that users will be able to ask contextual questions about movies, actors and shows. It's worth noting that the bot will deliver the answers on-screen and not via a digital voice. This can be used to help find something to watch, as Roku gives examples of p

www.engadget.comOct 15, 2025 2:45 PM

Senate Democrats want to know: was YouTube’s Trump settlement a bribe?

A group of Democratic lawmakers are asking questions about YouTube’s $24.5 million settlement with President Donald Trump. In a letter to Google CEO Sundar Pichai and YouTube CEO Neal Mohan, five Senators — Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Ron Wyden (D-OR), Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), and Jeff Merkley (D-OR) — asked for details about any settlement […]

www.theverge.comby Adi RobertsonOct 15, 2025 2:00 PM

The best VPN service for 2025

As frustrating as it is that governments and businesses are running roughshod over our online freedoms, at least we have plenty of good VPNs to choose from to keep us protected online. There are so many fast, intelligently designed, full-featured and affordable services on the market that the biggest problem is picking one. For any use case, you can bet at least two providers will be neck-and-neck for first place. On the other hand, the VPN world is still the Wild West in some ways. It's easy e

www.engadget.comOct 15, 2025 1:13 PM

Ball x Pit's deeply satisfying grind keeps me coming back for more

For as long as I can remember, I've had trouble going to sleep. When I lay down, my mind inevitably starts racing a thousand miles an hour, thinking about anything and everything.  On several recent nights, though, my pre-slumber thoughts had a singular focus. I mulled over possibilities like, "What if I fuse a ball that heals my character with one that splits into smaller balls with the same effect, and add a passive that fires a baby ball every time I'm healed?" Then

www.engadget.comOct 15, 2025 1:10 PM

How to cancel Proton VPN and get a refund

Proton VPN currently tops my list of the best VPNs , and I gave it a glowing recommendation in my detailed Proton VPN review . It's easy to use, fast, cheap and secure, with a large server network and one of the industry's best scores at unblocking streaming sites. All that said, there's no such thing as a perfect VPN, and you may find that Proton isn't working for you. If that happens, here's how to cancel your subscription. How to cancel Proton VPN through a browser

www.engadget.comOct 15, 2025 1:00 PM

VSCO adds its first AI-powered photo editing tool

The VSCO photo editing and sharing app has been around for nearly as long as Instagram, positioning itself as the serious photographer’s choice for mobile editing. The original focus was on tasteful filters and editing tools, all of which got significantly more powerful and flexible over time; VSCO has long been doing the same sort of film emulations that have made Fujifilm’s cameras so desirable in recent years. The company also built up a loyal community of photographers who share their edits

www.engadget.comOct 15, 2025 1:00 PM

Apple's long-rumored smart display will reportedly cost $350

Apple has been expected to widen its smart home offering for a long time now, and if a new report is accurate, we could be getting a trio of new devices fairly soon. According to Bloomberg , Apple is working on an indoor camera and a smart display to arrive in 2026, as well as a tabletop robot, with the latter expected to launch in 2027. An Apple-made smart display in particular has featured heavily in the rumor mill for a number of years , but it appears to be closer than ever

www.engadget.comOct 15, 2025 12:58 PM

Apple's first M5 laptop is the 14-inch MacBook Pro

The new M5 MacBook Pro has arrived — and brought something of a strategy change for Apple's chip release strategy this year. This time around, Apple has led with the entry-level 14-inch MacBook Pro, which retains the same $1,599 starting price as its M4 predecessor. It debuts alongside new 11- and 13-inch iPad Pros and a refreshed Apple Vision Pro that have the same M5 chipset , but — unlike last year — there's no M5 Pro and M5 Max devices to be found.   In the past, Apple has

www.engadget.comOct 15, 2025 12:52 PM

Fujifilm's refreshed Instax mini LiPlay has an extra camera for selfies

Fujifilm just announced the Instax mini LiPlay+ instant camera , which is a refresh of the original mini LiPlay from 2019 . It's been six long years, so the company has added some nifty features here. First of all, there's a second camera on the rear that's intended for selfies. It features a wide-angle lens and joins the pre-existing front-facing camera. There's a new functionality that lets users combine the content from both cameras to create unique layered images. Tha

www.engadget.comOct 15, 2025 12:43 PM

The best VPN deals: Get up to 87 percent off ProtonVPN, ExpressVPN, Surfshark and more

A virtual private network (VPN) is useful in lots of ways every day, whether you're streaming foreign TV shows or keeping yourself anonymous online so advertisers can't track you. But while we strongly recommend using a VPN, it pays to do some research before investing in one — pricing can be opaque for these services, and you can't always trust how the providers portray their best deals. Even so, there are genuinely great deals to be had. VPN providers love to give out deep discounts to any

www.engadget.comOct 15, 2025 11:31 AM

This battery-powered Ring doorbell is on sale for $50 right now

The Ring Battery Doorbell is on sale via Amazon for just $50 . This is half off and matches the Prime Day price, only now the deal is available for everyone. The sale applies to both colorways. This is the company's entry-level video doorbell but it's still got some nifty features. First of all, it's powered via a rechargeable battery, so users don't have to do any wiring to get started. It charges via an included USB-C cable. The Ring Video Doorbell is a relatively new design

www.engadget.comOct 15, 2025 11:09 AM

Threads now supports group DM

It took two years for Threads to get messaging , but you thankfully don't have to wait that long to be able to start group DMs. Meta has started rolling out group chats for the app, which lets you add up to 50 of your followers to a single conversation. Just start a new message and add anybody who follows you on Threads. The company says that you'll also be able to share a link that your followers can click to join a group conversation "soon," so you don't have to add them

www.engadget.comOct 15, 2025 11:00 AM

Waymo plans to launch fully autonomous taxi service in London next year

Waymo is bringing its autonomous taxis to the UK in 2026, marking the company’s first major expansion outside of the US. Waymo has selected the mobility company, Moove, as its fleet operations partner, and is currently working with local and national authorities in the UK to gain the necessary permissions to launch a robotaxi service in London first next year. Right now, you won’t find any fully driverless cars in London or anywhere in the UK, but that’s set to change next year when the Auto

www.engadget.comOct 15, 2025 10:24 AM

Apple's new Vision Pro gets an M5 chip and Dual Knit Band, but it's still $3,499

Apple has introduced an upgraded version of its Vision Pro headset that's powered by the company's M5 chip, its latest silicon that will also come with the new iPad Pro and MacBook Pro. The first generation of the headset was equipped with Apple's M2, so you can expect this device to be faster and come with more capabilities. Apple hasn't budged the price from $3,499 with 256GB of storage, but at least it comes with a Dual Knit Band, which adds a top strap for extra security an

www.engadget.comOct 15, 2025 9:21 AM

Apple's latest iPad Pro gets a power boost with the new M5 chip

Apple's latest 11- and 13-inch iPad Pros have arrived , and though they're the first with the company's all-new M5 chip, they're otherwise largely identical to last year's models . The main reason to buy one, then, would be for the extra performance over the M4 — something that may be worthwhile to content creators and other power users looking for a tablet instead of a laptop.  Last year Apple decided to debut its M4 chip with the iPad Pro lineup and not its laptops. The reason? Only

www.engadget.comOct 15, 2025 9:10 AM

ASUS ROG Xbox Ally X review: An extra life for Xbox

Xbox is at a crossroads. While the PlayStation 5 and Switch 2 continue to gain popularity, multiple price hikes for the Xbox Series S and X have killed their momentum. And with several big box retailers like Costco deciding to drop Microsoft’s console from their shelves, the current-gen Xbox may be dead in the water. So what should the company do? Microsoft’s most straightforward option would be to simply punt the end of the Xbox's lifecycle, regroup and come back strong with a brand new

www.engadget.comOct 15, 2025 9:00 AM

Halliday Glasses review: Ambitious smart glasses with frustrating flaws

Every now and then, you review a product you can’t get along with in any way, shape or form. Sometimes, it’s about the quality of the hardware, but more often it’s about the philosophy of its makers. Imagine trying to review a toilet built by, and for, aliens from the planet Zog: You can appreciate the intention behind it, but you’ll never be able to praise it. That’s the issue I’ve had with Halliday’s smart glasses , because almost every design decision made by its creators feels, to me, l

www.engadget.comOct 15, 2025 9:00 AM

Japan asks OpenAI not to infringe on 'irreplaceable' manga and anime content

Japan's government has asked OpenAI not to infringe on anime and manga content that it called "irreplaceable treasures," according to a report from ITMedia seen by IGN . The request was made by a key minister in charge of AI and IP in response to numerous videos from OpenAI's Sora 2 generator that use copyrighted material from Japanese studios.  "We have requested OpenAI not to engage in any actions that could constitute copyright infringement," said

www.engadget.comOct 15, 2025 8:00 AM

Windows 10 support has ended, but here's how to get an extra year for free

You'll get access to Windows 10 a little longer by doing this. (Getty Images) Still running Windows 10 on your PC? Did you know that as of October 14, Microsoft moved the software to its "end of life" phase? So while Windows 10 PCs will continue to work, they'll stop getting important security updates by default. The good news is you still have three options to make sure your computer remains secure: You can choose to upgrade to Windows 11 for free if your computer is compatible. Y

www.engadget.comOct 15, 2025 7:00 AM

The best budget wireless earbuds for 2025

Big-name brands like Apple , Sony , and Bose tend to dominate the headlines when it comes to wireless earbuds , but that doesn’t mean you need to spend a ton to get something good. It’s more than possible to find a pair with clean sound, strong noise cancellation and a rich set of features for less than $100. That said, there’s still plenty of junk in the bargain bin, so you need to be careful. If you’re looking to make an audio upgrade on the cheap, we’ve read countless reviews, compared

www.engadget.comOct 15, 2025 5:00 AM

Dfinity launches Caffeine, an AI platform that builds production apps from natural language prompts

The Dfinity Foundation on Wednesday released Caffeine , an artificial intelligence platform that allows users to build and deploy web applications through natural language conversation alone, bypassing traditional coding entirely. The system, which became publicly available today, represents a fundamental departure from existing AI coding assistants by building applications on a specialized decentralized infrastructure designed specifically for autonomous AI development. Unlike GitHub

venturebeat.comby [email protected] (Michael Nuñez)Oct 15, 2025 5:00 AM

The best streaming deals: Save on Hulu + Live TV, Audible, Starz and more

Whether you’re a true cord-cutter or you just want to watch the next season of Stranger Things when it drops, everyone’s on the lookout for streaming deals nowadays. Plenty have chosen VOD and live TV streaming services over traditional cable in recent years, but the savings that choice got you just a few years ago have somewhat evaporated now. Companies like Netflix, Disney, Max and others have been consistently raising prices to the point where you may question if streaming is even wo

www.engadget.comOct 15, 2025 3:01 AM

Samsung will introduce its Android XR headset at a Galaxy event on October 21

Samsung is back with another event this fall, which it has dubbed Worlds Wide Open. The company said that it will use this opportunity to officially unveil its Android XR headset, internally known as Project Moohan. The livestreamed event will take place on Tuesday, October 21 at 10PM ET and you can watch either on Samsung's website or on its YouTube channel.  It's possible that Samsung always anticipated having an event next week, but it's also possible that the

www.engadget.comOct 14, 2025 7:00 PM

DirecTV will start replacing screensavers with AI-generated ads next year

DirecTV will begin replacing your TV's screensaver with AI-generated ads thanks to a new partnership. The entertainment brand is working with Glance, an AI company that has received backing from Google and developed an on-device AI tool alongside the tech giant. The new AI-powered screensavers will begin rolling out to DirecTV Gemini devices early next year. Glance's press release about the deal presents the tech's capability in lofty language: "Shop smarter by discover

www.engadget.comOct 14, 2025 6:44 PM

EAGLET boosts AI agent performance on longer-horizon tasks by generating custom plans

2025 was supposed to be the year of "AI agents," according to Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, and other AI industry personnel. And it has been, in many ways, with numerous leading AI model providers such as OpenAI , Google , and even Chinese competitors like Alibaba releasing fine-tuned AI models or applications designed to focus on a narrow set of tasks, such as web search and report writing. But one big hurdle to a future of highly performant, reliable, AI agents remains: getting th

venturebeat.comby [email protected] (Carl Franzen)Oct 14, 2025 6:27 PM

Banjo-Kazooie director Gregg Mayles confirms he's left Rare

Gregg Mayles, the director of Sea of Thieves and designer on Donkey Kong Country , has announced that he's left Rare. News of Mayles' exit was first reported in July 2025 during a rash of layoffs and game cancellations across Xbox Games Studios, but the short poem he shared on X today makes it official. With a 36-year tenure at the studio, Mayles saw its transition from an exclusive Nintendo partner to a Microsoft subsidiary. He helped design games like Battletoads, cr

www.engadget.comOct 14, 2025 6:08 PM

Meta removes Facebook Group for tracking ICE agents after DOJ pressure

Attorney General Pam Bondi posted on X that the Department of Justice contacted Facebook in order to have a group removed that she claimed "was being used to dox and target" US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents operating in Chicago. We reached out to Meta for confirmation and a representative said, "This Group was removed for violating our policies against coordinated harm," however they did not confirm the name of the group or whether the DOJ was involved in t

www.engadget.comOct 14, 2025 4:34 PM

Google reportedly offers to tweak search results to avoid EU fine

In order to avoid paying billions of dollars in fines for violating the European Union's Digital Markets Act, Google is considering changing how search results are displayed, Reuters reports . EU regulators first took issue with Google's Search and Play Store businesses in March 2025, claiming it favored its own services in search results over third-party options and prevented developers from informing customers of alternative ways of accessing apps. One of regulators main issues

www.engadget.comOct 14, 2025 3:39 PM

The company Discord blamed for its recent breach says it wasn't hacked

Customer service support company 5CA has released a statement contradicting claims by Discord that it was the victim of a hack last month. On October 3, Discord disclosed a data breach that the company says included a “small number” of government IDs like driver’s licenses and passports, which some users had submitted to verify their ages. Days later the company updated its statement to name 5CA as the target of the hack, which Discord contracts as part of its customer service efforts.

www.engadget.comOct 14, 2025 2:59 PM

Kobo made a remote control for its ereaders

Kobo is making a remote control for its line of ereaders. The appropriately-named Kobo Remote costs $30 and will be available to purchase on November 4 . A remote control for an ereader may seem silly to some, but avid readers will likely appreciate this accessory. It's basically a wireless page turner, so users can lay in bed and read all day without having to physically hold the device or prop a hand up to push a button every 30 seconds. Kobo is calling it "the ideal reading compan

www.engadget.comOct 14, 2025 2:50 PM

OpenAI forms advisory council on wellbeing and AI

OpenAI announced today that it is creating an advisory council centered on its users' mental and emotional wellness. The Expert Council on Well-being and AI comprises eight researchers and experts on the intersection of technology and mental health. Some of the members were experts that OpenAI consulted as it developed parental controls . Topics of safety and protecting younger users have become more of a talking point for all artificial intelligence companies, including OpenAI, a

www.engadget.comOct 14, 2025 2:38 PM

OpenAI will let adults use ChatGPT for erotica starting in December

OpenAI plans to open the floodgates to more adult uses of ChatGPT starting in December, according to a new post from CEO Sam Altman . The company announced that it would add parental controls and automatic age detection features in September, and it seems like a benefit of sorting out children from adults is an ability to offer more freedom in what ChatGPT can show users. "In December, as we roll out age-gating more fully and as part of our 'treat adult users like adults' princ

www.engadget.comOct 14, 2025 2:24 PM

Some Spotify video podcasts are coming to Netflix

Spotify is taking the video versions of some of its podcasts to another platform entirely: Netflix. Starting in the US in early 2026 (with more markets and shows to follow), Netflix will start offering sports, culture, lifestyle and true crime podcasts that Spotify Studios and The Ringer produce. Nine sports podcasts will be available at the jump, including The Bill Simmons Podcast, The Zach Lowe Show, Fairway Rollin’ and The Ringer’s F1, fantasy football, NFL and NBA shows. Other video po

www.engadget.comOct 14, 2025 2:00 PM

YouTube rolls out its redesigned video player globally

YouTube is bringing a wave of quality of life improvements to its platform. These visual updates and new features will roll out globally starting this week. The main update to YouTube is a redesigned video player that has made the icons and UI elements to obscure less content. This new player design will appear on mobile, web and TV devices. Some users have had access to this feature for about a month, so it may not be brand new to everyone. The seek feature where a viewer can double-ta

www.engadget.comOct 14, 2025 1:46 PM

X experiments with showing more information about profiles to fight inauthentic engagement

X has long been a hotbed for fake accounts, bots and other scammy behavior. Many of those dynamics have been exacerbated by the rise of paid verification, which boosts the visibility of anyone who pays for a subscription. Now, the company is running a small experiment that could help users better identify potentially suspicious accounts. The service is starting to test a new "about this account" feature that will provide details about when an account joined the platform, where the p

www.engadget.comOct 14, 2025 1:25 PM

SteelSeries' updated Nova 7 gaming headset offers much better battery life

SteelSeries just released a refresh of its popular Arctis Nova 7 midrange gaming headset. The Nova 7 Gen 2 offers significantly improved battery life, with an increase of around 40 percent when compared to the original version. This translates to 54 hours of use per charge, which is a mighty fine metric. There's quick-charging that can provide six more hours of use in 15 minutes at the outlet.  It charges via USB-C and can simultaneously play audio from both a 2.4GHz wireless conn

www.engadget.comOct 14, 2025 1:14 PM

Spotify's managed accounts will help keep your kids from wrecking your music taste profile

Spotify has introduced a new "managed accounts" feature aimed at younger listeners. Initially piloted last year and launching in seven new markets, including the US, today, it allows parents and guardians with a Spotify Premium Family plan to allocate their children a dedicated profile with their own personalized recommendations and custom playlists. The idea is that the adults can filter out explicit content, limit the playback of certain artists and hide video playback features

www.engadget.comOct 14, 2025 11:44 AM

SpaceX is preparing the next-gen Starship after a successful flight test

SpaceX's second-generation Starship vehicle has just made a graceful exit. The company achieved every major objective it set for the super-heavy lift vehicle's 11th flight test, the second-gen Starship's final flight, which launched from Starbase in Texas on October 13. It followed another successful test in August, which saw Starship deploy its payload for the first time ever. Before those two most recent flights, SpaceX suffered a series of failures: Starship exploded during

www.engadget.comOct 14, 2025 9:00 AM

Pick up this Nintendo Switch 2-compatible microSD Express card for less than $40

It's safe to say the Nintendo Switch 2 is the game console to get this year, and if you already got your hands on one, you've probably loaded it up with all your old Switch games and new Switch 2 games . If you haven't thought about adding more storage to the console, now's the time to do so. The Switch 2, unfortunately and inconveniently, cannot work with just any old microSD card — it only works with newer microSD Express cards. But now you can actually pick up one of these new cards on sal

www.engadget.comOct 14, 2025 8:31 AM

Therabody just introduced the TheraFace Mask Glo, which uses LEDs to reduce wrinkles

Therabody just revealed a bunch of new products, including the TheraFace Mask Glo. This MF Doom-looking full-face mask offers quite a different experience from the pre-existing TheraFace Pro . The Pro is essentially a face massager, but the Mask Glo is a giant mask that uses LED lights to "reduce fine lines and wrinkles, firm and tighten skin and even tone and texture." The company promises results in "as little as eight weeks" with daily 12-minute sessions. The mask has b

www.engadget.comOct 14, 2025 8:30 AM

TiVo has discontinued its DVR boxes

TiVo has confirmed that it has stopped selling its DVR set-top boxes, marking the end of an era that changed how we watch television forever. As first reported earlier this month by Cord Cutters News , TiVo Corporation quietly pulled its once-groundbreaking digital video recorder from its website . Holding company Xperi later confirmed that the listing was removed on October 1. “I can confirm that as of October 1, 2025, TiVo stopped selling physical DVR products, including hardware and

www.engadget.comOct 14, 2025 8:30 AM

Oracle and NVIDIA Accelerate Sovereign AI, Enabling Abu Dhabi’s AI-Native Government Transformation

At Oracle AI World, NVIDIA and Oracle announced they are deepening their collaboration to bolster sovereign AI initiatives and accelerate government digital transformation worldwide. By combining NVIDIA’s AI computing platforms with Oracle’s scalable cloud infrastructure, the collaboration enables organizations, such as Abu Dhabi’s Department of Government Enablement (DGE), in partnership with Deloitte and Core42, to Read Article

blogs.nvidia.comOct 14, 2025 8:30 AM

One of our favorite budgeting apps is 30 percent off right now

Those looking for a better way to keep track of their finances should consider a budgeting app . There are dozens of them on the market now, and one of our favorites is running a discount for new subscribers. Monarch Money is offering 30 percent off annual plans right now when you use the code WELCOME at checkout. With the typical yearly price being $100, this will save you $30. As mentioned before, the discount is only for new users and it can't be combined with other offers. The code on

www.engadget.comOct 14, 2025 8:04 AM

NVIDIA starts selling its $3,999 DGX Spark AI developer PC

NVIDIA's DGX Spark AI computer revealed earlier this year goes on sale today for $3,999, the company announced . Though relatively tiny, it hosts the the company's entire AI platform including GPUs and CPUs, along with NVIDIA's AI software stack "into a system small enough for a lab or an office," NVIDIA said.  The Spark isn't something you'd buy to play Baldur's Gate 3 , though. It's designed to give developers, researchers and data scientists en

www.engadget.comOct 14, 2025 8:00 AM

Instagram makes 'teen accounts' more restrictive

Instagram is tightening the settings on its "teen accounts" to add new limits on what kids on the platform are able to see. Older teens will also no longer be able to opt out of the default stricter settings without parental approval.  Meta first introduced teen accounts for Instagram a year ago, when it began automatically moving teens into the more locked-down accounts that come with stricter privacy settings and parental controls. The company recently rolled out the ac

www.engadget.comOct 14, 2025 8:00 AM

The Morning After: It’s the end for Windows 10

After more than a decade of service, Microsoft is declaring the end of Windows 10’s usable life. If your machine still uses it, rest assured it’ll continue to work, but you won’t see any more software and security updates. If your machine is compatible, you’ll be able to upgrade to Windows 11 for free, or this can provide the justification you need to buy a new machine. But there’s also a way to keep your status quo without the additional stress, at least for the next year. It’s possible to si

www.engadget.comOct 14, 2025 7:15 AM

Visa just launched a protocol to secure the AI shopping boom — here’s what it means for merchants

Visa is introducing a new security framework designed to solve one of the thorniest problems emerging in artificial intelligence-powered commerce: how retailers can tell the difference between legitimate AI shopping assistants and the malicious bots that plague their websites. The payments giant unveiled its Trusted Agent Protocol on Tuesday, establishing what it describes as foundational infrastructure for "agentic commerce" — a term for the rapidly growing practice of consumer

venturebeat.comby [email protected] (Michael Nuñez)Oct 14, 2025 3:00 AM

Self-improving language models are becoming reality with MIT's updated SEAL technique

Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) are gaining renewed attention for developing and open sourcing a technique that allows large language models (LLMs) — like those underpinning ChatGPT and most modern AI chatbots — to improve themselves by generating synthetic data to fine-tune upon. The technique, known as SEAL (Self-Adapting LLMs), was first described in a paper published back in June and covered by VentureBeat at the time. A significantly expanded and updat

venturebeat.comby [email protected] (Carl Franzen)Oct 13, 2025 6:51 PM

Researchers find that retraining only small parts of AI models can cut costs and prevent forgetting

Enterprises often find that when they fine-tune models , one effective approach to making a large language model (LLM) fit for purpose and grounded in data is to have the model lose some of its abilities. After fine-tuning, some models “forget” how to perform certain tasks or other tasks they already learned.  Research from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign proposes a new method for retraining models that avoids “catastrophic forgetting,” in which the model loses some of its prior

venturebeat.comOct 13, 2025 6:39 PM

This new AI technique creates ‘digital twin’ consumers, and it could kill the traditional survey industry

A new research paper quietly published last week outlines a breakthrough method that allows large language models (LLMs) to simulate human consumer behavior with startling accuracy, a development that could reshape the multi-billion-dollar market research industry . The technique promises to create armies of synthetic consumers who can provide not just realistic product ratings, but also the qualitative reasoning behind them, at a scale and speed currently unattainable. For years, compan

venturebeat.comby [email protected] (Michael Nuñez)Oct 13, 2025 9:00 AM

Salesforce bets on AI 'agents' to fix what it calls a $7 billion problem in enterprise software

As 50,000 attendees descend on Salesforce's Dreamforce conference this week, the enterprise software giant is making its most aggressive bet yet on artificial intelligence agents, positioning itself as the antidote to what it calls an industry-wide "pilot purgatory" where 95% of enterprise AI projects never reach production . The company on Monday launched Agentforce 360 , a sweeping reimagination of its entire product portfolio designed to transform businesses into wha

venturebeat.comby [email protected] (Michael Nuñez)Oct 13, 2025 8:00 AM

Breaking the bottleneck: Why AI demands an SSD-first future

Presented by Solidigm As AI adoption surges, data centers face a critical bottleneck in storage — and traditional HDDs are at the center of it. Data that once sat idle as cold archives is now being pulled into frequent use to build more accurate models and deliver better inference results. This shift from cold data to warm data demands low-latency, high-throughput storage that can handle parallel computations. HDDs will remain the workhorse for low-cost cold storage, but without rethinking th

venturebeat.comOct 13, 2025 12:00 AM

We keep talking about AI agents, but do we ever know what they are?

Imagine you do two things on a Monday morning. First, you ask a chatbot to summarize your new emails. Next, you ask an AI tool to figure out why your top competitor grew so fast last quarter. The AI silently gets to work . It scours financial reports, news articles and social media sentiment. It cross-references that data with your internal sales numbers, drafts a strategy outlining three potential reasons for the competitor's success and schedules a 30-minute meeting with your team to pr

venturebeat.comOct 12, 2025 3:00 PM

Here's what's slowing down your AI strategy — and how to fix it

Your best data science team just spent six months building a model that predicts customer churn with 90% accuracy. It’s sitting on a server, unused. Why? Because it’s been stuck in a risk review queue for a very long period of time, waiting for a committee that doesn’t understand stochastic models to sign off. This isn’t a hypothetical — it’s the daily reality in most large companies. In AI, the models move at internet speed. Enterprises don’t. Every few weeks, a new model family drops , open

venturebeat.comOct 12, 2025 3:00 AM

Is vibe coding ruining a generation of engineers?

AI tools are revolutionizing software development by automating repetitive tasks, refactoring bloated code, and identifying bugs in real-time. Developers can now generate well-structured code from plain language prompts, saving hours of manual effort. These tools learn from vast codebases, offering context-aware recommendations that enhance productivity and reduce errors. Rather than starting from scratch, engineers can prototype quickly, iterate faster and focus on solving increasingly comple

venturebeat.comby [email protected] (Richard Sonnenblick, Planview)Oct 11, 2025 3:00 PM

When dirt meets data: ScottsMiracle-Gro saved $150M using AI

How a semiconductor veteran turned over a century of horticultural wisdom into AI-led competitive advantage  For decades, a ritual played out across ScottsMiracle-Gro’s media facilities. Every few weeks, workers walked acres of towering compost and wood chip piles with nothing more than measuring sticks. They wrapped rulers around each mound, estimated height, and did what company President Nate Baxter now describes as “sixth-grade geometry to figure out volume.” Today, drones glide over thos

venturebeat.comby [email protected] (James Thomason)Oct 11, 2025 9:00 AM

Together AI's ATLAS adaptive speculator delivers 400% inference speedup by learning from workloads in real-time

Enterprises expanding AI deployments are hitting an invisible performance wall. The culprit? Static speculators that can't keep up with shifting workloads. Speculators are smaller AI models that work alongside large language models during inference. They draft multiple tokens ahead, which the main model then verifies in parallel. This technique (called speculative decoding) has become essential for enterprises trying to reduce inference costs and latency. Instead of generating tokens one a

venturebeat.comOct 10, 2025 9:00 AM

Will updating your AI agents help or hamper their performance? Raindrop's new tool Experiments tells you

It seems like almost every week for the last two years since ChatGPT launched, new large language models (LLMs) from rival labs or from OpenAI itself have been released. Enterprises are hard pressed to keep up with the massive pace of change, let alone understand how to adapt to it — which of these new models should they adopt, if any, to power their workflows and the custom AI agents they're building to carry them out? Help has arrived: AI applications observability startup Raindrop

venturebeat.comby [email protected] (Carl Franzen)Oct 10, 2025 3:35 AM

NVIDIA Blackwell Raises Bar in New InferenceMAX Benchmarks, Delivering Unmatched Performance and Efficiency

NVIDIA Blackwell swept the new SemiAnalysis InferenceMAX v1 benchmarks, delivering the highest performance and best overall efficiency. InferenceMax v1 is the first independent benchmark to measure total cost of compute across diverse models and real-world scenarios. Best return on investment: NVIDIA GB200 NVL72 delivers unmatched AI factory economics — a $5 million investment generates $75 Read Article

blogs.nvidia.comOct 9, 2025 7:22 PM

Nvidia researchers boost LLMs reasoning skills by getting them to 'think' during pre-training

Researchers at Nvidia have developed a new technique that flips the script on how large language models (LLMs) learn to reason. The method, called reinforcement learning pre-training (RLP), integrates RL into the initial training phase rather than saving it for the end. This approach encourages the model to “think for itself before predicting what comes next, thus teaching an independent thinking behavior earlier in the pretraining,” the researchers state in their paper. By learning t

venturebeat.comby [email protected] (Ben Dickson)Oct 9, 2025 7:00 PM

Microsoft Azure Unveils World’s First NVIDIA GB300 NVL72 Supercomputing Cluster for OpenAI

Microsoft Azure today announced the new NDv6 GB300 VM series, delivering the industry’s first supercomputing-scale production cluster of NVIDIA GB300 NVL72 systems, purpose-built for OpenAI’s most demanding AI inference workloads. This supercomputer-scale cluster features over 4,600 NVIDIA Blackwell Ultra GPUs connected via the NVIDIA Quantum-X800 InfiniBand networking platform. Microsoft’s unique systems approach applied radical engineering Read Article

blogs.nvidia.comOct 9, 2025 12:00 PM

Echelon's AI agents take aim at Accenture and Deloitte consulting models

Echelon , an artificial intelligence startup that automates enterprise software implementations, emerged from stealth mode today with $4.75 million in seed funding led by Bain Capital Ventures , targeting a fundamental shift in how companies deploy and maintain critical business systems. The San Francisco-based company has developed AI agents specifically trained to handle end-to-end ServiceNow implementations — complex enterprise software deployments that traditionally require months o

venturebeat.comby [email protected] (Michael Nuñez)Oct 9, 2025 11:00 AM

The most important OpenAI announcement you probably missed at DevDay 2025

OpenAI’s annual developer conference on Monday was a spectacle of ambitious AI product launches, from an app store for ChatGPT to a stunning video-generation API that brought creative concepts to life. But for the enterprises and technical leaders watching closely, the most consequential announcement was the quiet general availability of Codex , the company's AI software engineer. This release signals a profound shift in how software—and by extension, modern business—is built. W

venturebeat.comby [email protected] (Michael Nuñez)Oct 9, 2025 3:00 AM

Capturing the trillion dollar opportunity with autonomous professional services

Presented by Certinia Every professional services leader knows the feeling: a pipeline full of promising deals, but a bench that’s already stretched thin. That’s because growth has always been tied to a finite supply of consultants with finite availability to work on projects. Even with strong market demand, most firms only capture 10-20% of their potential pipeline because they simply can’t staff the work fast enough. Professional Services Automation (PSA) software emerged to help optimize

venturebeat.comOct 9, 2025 12:00 AM

How Quantum Computing’s Biggest Challenges Are Being Solved With Accelerated Computing

Quantum computing promises to reshape industries — but progress hinges on solving key problems. Error correction. Simulations of qubit designs. Circuit compilation optimization tasks. These are among the bottlenecks that must be overcome to bring quantum hardware into the era of useful applications. Enter accelerated computing. The parallel processing of accelerated computing offers the power Read Article

blogs.nvidia.comSep 30, 2025 4:46 PM

Canada Goes All In on AI: NVIDIA Joins Nations’ Technology Leaders in Montreal to Shape Sovereign AI Strategy

Canada’s role as a leader in artificial intelligence was on full display at this week’s All In Canada AI Ecosystem event. NVIDIA Vice President of Generative AI Software Kari Briski today joined Canada’s Minister of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Innovation Evan Solomon and Aidan Gomez, cofounder and CEO of Cohere, in a special address moderated Read Article

blogs.nvidia.comSep 24, 2025 12:20 PM