Amazon Alexa tablets, Anthropic worm, acne meds, bloat-free Windows 11, Atari 800XL, Wi-Fi calling, Citroen 2CV and Paul Simon songs. Technology can made a lot of things easier, but it doesn’t really help when you’re running a fever as I am right now. With any luck, I’ll be feeling better soon so I can get back to my normal work schedule. Check out all of this week’s news in the stories below.
- Put Out the Fire: New Amazon Alexa Tablets Are Made to Replace Your iPad
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- Amazon’s new Alexa Tablets drop the Fire branding but are more Android than ever
- 4 ways Amazon’s new Alexa tablets eclipse the Fire line – starting with Google Play
- Anker Solix S2000 Review: A Refined Space Saver for Indoor Backup Power
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- Fitbit Fans, Rejoice! The Fitbit Edge Is Here, and It Has a Screen
- Acer Googlebook 14 Review: The Lowest-Cost Ticket Into Google’s New Era
- Apple Unveils HomeView Hub, Plus 9 New Smart Home Gadgets With LG
- Apple Finally Refreshes HomePod Mini and Apple TV 4K, With Price Bump
- Apple debuts the Apple Home Collection of smart devices, including cameras, thermostats and door locks
- Apple unveils HomeView, the company’s smart display built for Siri AI
- Apple Introduces HomeView, a $299 Tablet for the Home
- How Apple’s video doorbell privacy compares to Ring, Wyze, and Blink
- Framework Laptop 12 (Wildcat Lake) review: Growing up amid an unprecedented shortage
- Using Passwords in 2026 Is a Massive Risk. Here’s What Hackers Don’t Want You Doing Instead
- Malware Found Preinstalled on Cheap, Counterfeit Android Phones
- Anthropic says its AI agents tried to break into government websites
- Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella Calls for an AI ‘Emergency Brake’
- Hackers turn up the heat in refrigerators at hundreds of supermarkets in France, sparking fires and food losses
- ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude imitated in fake ads that steal credentials and MFA codes
- Europe Nabs 2 Suspects for Poland Starlink Arson Attack
- Anthropic’s Claude AI submitted false murder tip to Philadelphia police
- Anthropic warns of self-replicating AI worm threat that doesn’t need data centers to self-improve and spread — current deployment is impractical but could become a worry as tech improves
- Utah Experiments With Having AI Prescribe Meds for Acne
- 39-year-old unvaccinated woman becomes 6th measles death in Pennsylvania
- AI Can Now Show Up on Your Video Calls Looking Disturbingly Human
- Microsoft 365 slashes storage capacity for shared accounts amid industry-wide shortages — 2TB limit to take effect after April 2027
- I Let Dots, Muse, and Spark Take Over My Daily Chores. Only One AI Passed the Test
- Microsoft Built a Version of Windows 11 Without the Bloat, But There’s a Big Catch
- There Are Free, Open-Source Versions of Microsoft Office Apps Thanks to AI
- 5 clever ways Gemini can automate everyday tasks
- Windows update patches a whopping 1,400 security bugs – including 2 zero days
- With RTX Spark and ‘Builder PCs,’ Microsoft and Nvidia Usher Personal Computing Into Its Agentic Era
- Regulators are trying to protect you from being fired by AI – here’s how
- Apple Set to Debut Touch-Screen MacBook and New iPad Mini in Late October
- American Airlines is bringing Starlink Wi-Fi to its entire mainline fleet in 2027
- ‘I use AI to do the things that I’m bad at’: Linus Torvalds on why it works for him
- The 5 laptop features worth spending extra on (and 3 that are mostly hype)
- Gigabyte’s latest BIOS update hints at Intel’s Raptor Lake Next launch in 2027 — new CPUs may support both DDR4 and DDR5 memory
- The Atari 800XL returns with a ‘faithful’ but modern Retro Games Ltd redesign — classic 8-bit home computer revamp sports mechanical keyboard and HDMI connectivity
- Why do some PCs have two Ethernet ports?
- Microsoft event debuts new AI-friendly hardware and Windows changes
- Forget Wi-Fi: Apple is betting on Bluetooth with its new home devices
- Why you shouldn’t leave an extension cord plugged in all the time
- SpaceX Makes Big Play to Become a Wireless Carrier
- The pros and cons of enabling Wi-Fi calling
- Inside the iPhone Duo and 18 Pro Cooling System: Apple Engineers Reveal a Simple Trick
- Feds get ready to rewrite car headlight rules
- Here’s what typically drains an EV battery the fastest
- The new Citroen 2CV is reminding people of a very different (but equally iconic) car design
- The Paris Auto Show is full of interesting cars Americans can’t have
- Study finds many new cars share your data with third-party companies
- Inside the Abandoned Babylon That Saddam Hussein Built
- 6 Songs You May Not Know Paul Simon Wrote
- Hitler’s Secret Antarctic Expedition for Whales
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