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Amazon-owned Bee has launched its first new AI devices since its acquisition, including an updated wearable and a credit-card-sized recorder that attaches to smartphones. The devices can summarize conversations, create to-do lists, and integrate with Alexa and Amazon shopping, with prices starting at $74.99.

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The Download: reviving frozen pig kidneys and boosting nuclear power

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Pig kidneys that were “frozen” for a year have been brought back to life Pig kidneys that were cooled to -150 °C and stored in a freezer for months have been…

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How much more can nuclear power plants give?

In this age of rising electricity demand, people are trying to squeeze every last bit of power out of every power plant possible. Over the past few weeks, there’s been big news about nuclear power plants trying to do just that. Constellation, the largest nuclear operator in the US, announced plans to add nearly a…

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Pig kidneys that were “frozen” for a year have been brought back to life

Pig kidneys that were cooled to -150 °C and stored in a freezer for months have been successfully rewarmed and shown to work again for the first time, say scientists. They hope to replicate the findings with human organs. The kidneys—which are similar in size to human ones—were left in a glass-like state, in one…

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Six wild ideas for perpetuating your mind

Have you ever thought about what makes you you? Science assures us it has everything to do with the three-pound organ between our ears, with its billions of neurons and trillions of delicate connections. But it’s a lot trickier to explain why we have a sense of self-awareness or to pin down precisely where that…

EU AI Office's First Enforcement Action: OpenAI and Anthropic Agent Overreach Incidents Investigated

At the Dublin International AI Summit, the European Commission announced that the EU AI Office had issued its first formal requests for information under the EU AI Act to OpenAI and Anthropic over two summer incidents involving AI agent overreach. The action tests how far the Act's R&D exemption applies when model testing escapes and affects the EU market.

Anthropic Q3 Revenue Reaches $16.8 Billion as Adjusted Profitability Becomes Key Pre-IPO Test

Anthropic told potential investors at its IPO pre-roadshow that third-quarter revenue hit $16.8 billion, up 45% quarter-over-quarter, and that it has reached adjusted profitability — its most complete financial disclosure to date ahead of a November listing.

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Figma announces new features to define how agents work on its platform

Figma is also releasing its code layers feature in open beta.

AI Agent Deletes Entire Season of Swedish Reality Show; TV4 Delays Program Until 2027

Mastiff, a Swedish production company, connected an AI agent to its editing servers before The Challenge Sverige was due to premiere, causing the entire edited season to be deleted and hundreds of days of work to be lost. TV4 has postponed the program’s broadcast to 2027.

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Ricursive Intelligence is betting on AI-designed chips to help solve the compute crisis

The founders detailed how their startup is developing AI that can design chips, learn from each iteration, and improve subsequent designs, all with the goal of automating and accelerating the chip design process.

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Gudea leverages AI to help organizations prevent social media crises before they erupt

Every day, conversations unfold across social media and websites around the world. A seemingly insignificant post—whether it involves AI-generated misinformation, hate speech, or a damaging rumor—can quickly snowball into a much larger public controversy. Gudea, a company that tracks how stories and rumors spread online that describes itself as the “storm tracker for the internet,” […]

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Epic says its new vibe-coded Epic Games Launcher is faster than Steam

But the new "Preview" app "will have some bugs," Epic warns.

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Flock CEO says its microphones detect ‘just gunshots’ — its website says different

Langley’s comments come amid mounting scrutiny of Flock from privacy advocates, including the ACLU, and members of the public who are concerned about the misuse of its technology.

Google Releases Gemini 4 Argon: Pricing Is Only One-Fifth of Competitors, Tops Vals Index but Margin Is Under 2%

Google DeepMind has launched Gemini 4 Argon, a frontier model with introductory pricing of $2 per million input tokens and $10 per million output tokens, ranking first on the Vals Index at 68.90%—though its lead over the nearest competitors is less than two percentage points. The introductory price is set to double on December 1, 2026.

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