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Owen Poole covers the biggest tech stories of the day, including: Elon Musk teases a release date for the long-awaited Tesla Roadster, and why it might not matter; how Coca-Cola's annual "The Holidays are Coming" ad campaign was built with over 70,000 AI-generated images; and judges are dealing with legal filings with hallucinated citations, thanks to some lawyers using AI.

Blue Origin's New Glenn Mission NG-2 landed its reusable rocket booster safley on a floating barge in the Atlantic Ocean during its second flight test. The mission also deployed NASA's Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers twin-spacecraft into orbit.

Wes Ott covers today's top tech stories. WhatsApp launches a new app for Apple Watch. OpenAI introduces Aardvark, a new agentic AI designed for autonomous cybersecurity research and monitoring. Microsoft unveils a new AI companion in its Copilot Fall Release Event.

Owen Poole covers the biggest tech stories of the day, including: OpenAI completes its recapitalization process with for-profit and nonprofit sides; popular AI companion app Character.ai introduces new child safety rules after a lawsuit and increased attention from regulators; and Elon Musk builds an AI-powered clone of Wikipedia dubbed Grokipedia -- critics say it's filled with misinformation.

Owen Poole covers the big tech stories of the day. Apple will add passports to its digital ID system in Wallet. As the Twitter domain retires, you could get locked out of your X account. A new study says AI chatbots are sycophants, and that's hurting science.

President Jimmy Carter, The Carter Center and LifeStraw are closing in on a historic milestone to eradicate the second disease from Planet Earth. Here's how they're doing it with technology, education, disease surveilance and a coalition of scientists and volunteers.

Kara Tsuboi covers the top tech stories. OpenAI released new parental controls allowing adults to monitor the safety of teen accounts. The debut of the AI-generated actor Tilly Norwood sparked widespread outrage in Hollywood. Parents are relying on GPS-enabled apps and smart devices to monitor their children's locations for safety while they're out trick-or-treating on Halloween night.

Owen Poole covers the big tech stories of the day, including how this week's AWS outage shows internet vulnerabilities. Xbox hikes prices on its products and services and increases the price of its developer kit by 33%. Kohler Health introduces a first-of-its-kind health tracker through a toilet-mounted camera.

Watch Samsung unveil their long anticipated Galaxy XR headset and Android XR with Gemini built in at the Galaxy Event October 2025.

Wes Ott covers today's top tech stories: SpaceX is launching its massive V3 Starlink satellites via Starship and promises to deliver gigabit internet; Meta is adding new parental controls to Instagram, allowing guardians to block teens from interacting with AI chatbots; and Amazon's Ring Community Requests feature allows police to solicit video footage from opt-in owners, intensifying the national debate over digital surveillance and privacy.

Wes Ott covers the top tech stories. Apple pens $140 million deal with F1 that will start in 2026. Netflix and Spotify begin partnership. Apple slows iPhone Air production.

Owen Poole runs through today's biggest tech stories. Apple updates the 14-inch MacBook Pro, iPad Pro and Vision Pro with the new M5 chip, promising greater power and performance. Microsoft officially ends support for Windows 10, but a lot of PCs are stuck with it. And Walmart shoppers will now be able to buy directly through ChatGPT.

Wes Ott covers today's top tech stories. Despite tariffs and market uncertainty, Apple's iPhone 17 preorders beat the previous year's. Geostationary satellites carry unencrypted information. Nvidia's tiny AI supercomputer goes on sale Oct. 15 for $3,999.

Owen Poole covers the top tech stories of the day, including: Apple TV Plus gets a minor rebrand by dropping the "Plus"; Gov. Gavin Newsom of California signs new AI chatbot regulations into law to protect children; and owners of new Amazon Echo Show devices are angry that they're being shown more advertisements.

SpaceX's Starship flight test 11 went as planned as the space company launched the Super-Heavy rocket from Starbase, Texas, on a suborbital flight.

Owen Poole runs through the biggest tech stories of the day, including a new survey from Pew Research showing more kids are using AI chatbots, but TV still dominates screen time; Microsoft is delaying price increases to Xbox Game Pass in certain markets, but it might not have anything to do with gamers' backlash; and California passes a new law to turn down the volume on streaming ads.

Wes Ott covers today's top tech stories. OpenAI unveils ChatGPT third-party app integration. Strava sues Garmin over patent infringement. Surfshark launches its first 100Gbps VPN server.

Owen Poole runs through the biggest tech stories of the day, including: Meta and OpenAI release video apps exclusively for AI-generated videos; Apple is rumored to be bringing powerful upgrades to the iPad and Apple Vision Pro soon; and Amazon kicks off the holiday shopping season with its Big Deal Days sale.

Owen Poole goes over the big tech stories of the day, including: YouTube settling a lawsuit brought by President Trump for $24.5 million stemming from account suspensions. Google announcing that Gemini is replacing Google Assistant for its Nest Home line of products along with new Ai-focused security cameras. Amazon is "re-thinking" its Luna cloud-based gaming services to focus more on party games.

Wes Ott covers today's top tech stories. DoorDash unveils Dot, an autonomous delivery robot. Adobe releases its free Premiere video editing app for iPhone. California governor signs first-of-its-kind AI safety law.