New Kindles, Internet Archive, smart insulin, Windows 11 24H2, Arrow Lake, robotaxi, zombies and a million from Microsoft. You’ll also find a lot of product reviews and hacking incidents. Make sure to check out all of the headlines in this week’s news below.

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• TikTok owner ByteDance launches US$170 earbuds in China in push into AI wearables
• Sony LinkBuds Fit and LinkBuds Open review: Two designs, one clear champ
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• Roku Ultra (2024) Review
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• Meta Quest 3S review: Impressive VR for $300
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• Oura Ring 4 Review
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• Asus ProArt P16 (H7606) Review
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• OnePlus Watch 2R Review
• Apple’s October surprise: New iPad Mini 7 features, price, availability, and more
• Apple’s New iPad Mini Gets Pencil Pro and Apple Intelligence, Starts at $499
• Do Consoles Need a Disc Drive? Hands-On With the All-Digital Xbox Series X
• Hands On: Meet the Kindle Colorsoft, Amazon’s First Color E-Reader
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• Amazon just launched four new Kindles, including a full-color model. Here’s what’s new
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• Hands-On With Amazon’s New 2024 Kindles, Including a New Color Kindle
• Amazon announces first Kindle ever with color screen, retailing for $279
• Hands On: Meet the Kindle Colorsoft, Amazon’s First Color E-Reader
• The iPad Mini 7 is almost perfect – except for one critical missing feature
• Samsung Galaxy Tab S10+ Review
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• A Year With Meta’s Smart Glasses: Mark Zuckerberg May Be On to Something
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• Internet Archive Remains Offline to Focus On Data Security After Breach
• Internet Archive breach compromises 31 million accounts – what you need to know
• Update Now: Firefox Gets Critical Fix After Flaw Exploited in the Wild
• If you’re a Marriott customer, FTC says the breach-plagued hotel chain owes you
• The FBI secretly created a coin to investigate crypto pump-and-dump schemes
• Fidelity breach exposed the personal data of 77,000 customers – what to do if you’re affected
• After Breach, Internet Archive Expects to Return Within ‘Days, Not Weeks’
• Company Behind Major Social Security Number Leak Files for Bankruptcy
• Hackers Made Robot Vacuums Shout Racist Slurs in Their Owners’ Homes
• Hackers made robot vacuums randomly yell racial slurs
• Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine is back up after data breach – with a catch
• Watch Out for This Gmail Account Takeover Scam
• 5th Circuit rules ISP should have terminated Internet users accused of piracy
• Chinese Researchers Reportedly Crack Encryption With Quantum Computer
• Finally, No More Unwanted Subscriptions: FTC’s ‘Click to Cancel’ Rule Finalized
• Chinese Cyber Group: Intel Harms China’s National Security With CPU Flaws
• Microsoft Warns Nation-State Hackers, Ransomware, DDoS Attacks on the Rise
• North Korean hackers use newly discovered Linux malware to raid ATMs

• Drug makers can’t make knockoff weight-loss drugs anymore—and they’re mad
• Can Apple Watch measure blood pressure? Not yet—but here’s how the science would work.
• Is It COVID or Flu? FDA Authorizes Test That Will Tell You
• The exciting research that may cure Parkinson’s
• ‘Smart’ insulin prevents diabetic highs — and deadly lows

• What’s New in the Windows 11 24H2 Update?
• Eleven things to know about in the Windows 11 2024 Update
• Google says Pixel Watch users won’t see a fixed WearOS 5 any time soon
• Why Spacedrive is the cross-platform file manager you didn’t know you needed
• Apple Allows Users to Change iCloud Addresses in iOS 18.1
• Windows 11 24H2 Update Comes With 8.6GB Junk File You Can’t Delete

• Intel Unveils Next-Gen ‘Arrow Lake’ Desktop CPUs: They’re All About Efficiency
• Intel Core Ultra 200S Series Desktop CPUs Bring New Architecture, Few Reasons to Upgrade
• Samsung Apologizes for AI ‘Crisis’ As it Falls Behind Major Rivals
• MediaTek Takes Aim at Qualcomm With AI-Enhanced Dimensity 9400 Mobile Chip
• AMD ‘Strix Point’ Hits the Office With Ryzen AI Pro 300 Series Laptop CPUs
• DirecTV Prepares to Expand Into Free Online Streaming
• This AI Tool Uses Biometrics to Replace Pet Microchipping
• Power-Hungry PC? Here’s How Much Electricity Your Computer Consumes
• Report: First wave of M4 Macs, including smaller Mac mini, coming November 1
• Solar-powered desalination system requires no extra batteries
• Terence Tao, mathematician: ‘It’s not good for something as important as AI to be a monopoly held by one or two companies’
• Invisible text that AI chatbots understand and humans can’t? Yep, it’s a thing.
• Apple A17 Pro chip is the star of the first iPad mini update in three years
• Rivals Intel and AMD Create Alliance To Defend x86 Architecture
• SpaceX tells FCC it has a plan to make Starlink about 10 times faster
• Amazon goes nuclear, to invest more than $500 million to develop small modular reactors
• Casio thinks an AI-powered furball can replace your pet

• Bankrupt Fisker says it can’t migrate its EVs to a new owner’s server
• Tesla Cybercab announced: Elon Musk’s robotaxi is finally here
• Elon Musk Unveils Autonomous Tesla Cybercab, Robovan
• In a rare disclosure, the Pentagon provides an update on the X-37B spaceplane

Each week we’ll share a meme that we find thought provoking or just plain funny.

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