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Quick Start moves data between old and new iPhones
Apple’s Quick Start feature has made switching to a new iPhone largely painless, replacing the old process where users risked losing settings, apps and years of accumulated data. Rather than requiring a computer, Quick Start transfers contacts, photos, messages and app settings wirelessly by placing the new device next to the old one, though a…
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Legato unveils AI hearing glasses after $12m funding
Legato, a hearing tech startup, has emerged from stealth with $12 million in funding and revealed its first product, Legato Frames — glasses that embed AI-powered hearing-assistance technology into their arms. The company aims to make hearing correction as normalised and stigma-free as wearing prescription glasses, targeting the roughly 50 million American adults with hearing…
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Rockstar issues statement on GTA 6 gameplay leaks, says they may include some spoilers
Rockstar has responded publicly to the GTA 6 gameplay leaks, describing them as heartbreaking for the development team and warning that they may spoil the intended experience. It urged players to avoid the footage and wait for the game’s 19 November release, while acknowledging delays to both the game and planned official material. The leaked…
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SpaceX plans to plant $100B Starbase on Louisiana coast
SpaceX has proposed investing $100 billion in a Louisiana spaceport intended to support thousands of Starship launches each year, with construction planned from 2027 and a first launch targeted for 2029. The project would significantly expand the company’s launch infrastructure, but its scale depends on Starship reaching orbit and demonstrating dependable reusability, neither of which…
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IBM’s new Granite 4.2 models ride the wave of interest in local LLMs
IBM has released Granite 4.2, the latest generation of its open-weight large language models designed to be downloaded and run locally rather than accessed via the cloud. The launch taps into growing demand for self-hosted AI, as developers and enterprises look for cheaper alternatives to costly frontier models from the likes of OpenAI and Anthropic,…
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Ikea unveils nine-piece Xbox gaming furniture range
Ikea has unveiled YXSTABY, a nine-piece Xbox-themed gaming furniture collection created with Microsoft to mark Xbox’s 25th anniversary. Revealed at Gamescom in Germany, the range combines recognisable controller-inspired designs with practical storage and home-gaming furniture, aiming to make gaming setups more functional without abandoning Ikea’s minimalist style. Items include a thumbstick-shaped tilting stool, a green…
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Bill Gates is deeply worried about AI, and he’s no longer staying quiet
Bill Gates has published a nearly 6,000-word essay warning that artificial intelligence could bring unusually rapid and severe social disruption, marking a sharp shift from his earlier optimism. He argues that the world is unprepared for AI’s effects on employment, inequality and public trust, and calls for governments to act before large-scale job losses take…
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Path of Exile 2 finally has its 1.0 release date and it’s coming this year
Grinding Gear Games surprised attendees at Gamescom Opening Night Live by confirming that Path of Exile 2 will exit early access and launch as version 1.0 on 11th December. The same date will also see the game become free-to-play, removing the Founder’s Pack purchase currently required to access it, marking the end of a roughly…
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Xtracycle’s Swoop ASM e-bike brings an automatic transmission to cargo bikes
Ars Technica reviewed the Xtracycle Swoop ASM, a $4,500 steel-framed cargo e-bike that uses a Shimano system capable of shifting gears automatically on the rider’s behalf. The idea builds on the fact that modern e-bikes already track cadence, torque and speed, giving the electronics enough information to choose an optimal gear without input from the…
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Fake US thinktank set up and funded by Israel sought to game AI for propaganda
A pro-Israel messaging website posing as a thinktank called the “Hanover Institute for Public Policy” has published over half a million words in nine days, apparently designed to prime AI chatbots to reproduce pro-Israel framing on contested issues such as Gaza and alleged war crimes. The New York firm Piro Inc has registered the site…