This Fire Kids Pro Tablet Is 45% Off Leading Up to Black Friday

This budget tablet for kids has a large HD screen and strong parental controls.

What People Are Getting Wrong This Week: The Prevalence of Low Testosterone

Raising our T with herbs and goat glands.

Scaling innovation in manufacturing with AI

Manufacturing is getting a major system upgrade. As AI amplifies existing technologies—like digital twins, the cloud, edge computing, and the industrial internet of things (IIoT)—it is enabling factory operations teams to shift from reactive, isolated problem-solving to proactive, systemwide optimization. Digital twins—physically accurate virtual representations of a piece of equipment, a production line, a process,…

The Download: de-censoring DeepSeek, and Gemini 3

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. Quantum physicists have shrunk and “de-censored” DeepSeek R1 The news: A group of quantum physicists at Spanish firm Multiverse Computing claims to have created a version of the powerful reasoning AI model DeepSeek…

Quantum physicists have shrunk and “de-censored” DeepSeek R1

A group of quantum physicists claims to have created a version of the powerful reasoning AI model DeepSeek R1 that strips out the censorship built into the original by its Chinese creators.  The scientists at Multiverse Computing, a Spanish firm specializing in quantum-inspired AI techniques, created DeepSeek R1 Slim, a model that is 55% smaller…

Meta Tests Virtual Try On for Furniture on Marketplace

Soon, you’ll be able to see how an item looks in your home before making an offer.

TikTok Adds New Mental Health and Well-Being Resources In-App

More self-care and wellbeing tools coming to TikTok. 

TikTok Adds Option to Limit AI Content in Your For You Feed

TikTok becomes the latest platform to add an option to limit AI content.

Data Shows Meta’s AI-Based ‘Vibes’ Feed Is Struggling to Hold Attention

Initial results suggest not many people are interested in an AI-only video feed.

TCL’s High-Density OLED Could Spawn The Midrange Headsets VR Needs

TCL is showing off a compact 2.5K RGB OLED panel for XR headsets that could be the perfect midpoint between cheap LCD and expensive micro-OLED.

‘Deadpool VR’ Review – Hilarious, High-Energy, Sometimes Repetitive: But Always Deadpool

Marvel’s Deadpool VR serves up a boat load of quippy banter and on-brand humor from everyone’s favorite ‘merc with a mouth’, truly bringing the soul and wit of the character to virtual reality. While combat can feel repetitive at times, and the narrative a little on the thin side, excellent gameplay variety combined with the […]

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Heart Health, Stem Cells, and Physics Keep Crew Busy on Tuesday

Life science and physics topped the research schedule aboard the International Space Station on Tuesday as the Expedition 73 crew studied heart health, stem cells, fluid physics, and spacecraft fire safety. The orbital residents also completed work on a spacesuit and inspected ventilation and electrical systems while continuing other scientific operations.

Google Is Giving U.S. College Students Another Free Year of Google AI Pro

You have until January 31 to claim your free year of Google AI Pro.

Why Black Friday Is a Bad Day to Impulse Buy Electronics

Or: How to avoid misleading Black Friday “deals.”

Why I Own a Mini Chainsaw (and Maybe You Should Too)

It’s an incredibly useful tool, even if you never cut your own firewood.

The Meta Quest 3S VR Headset Just Dropped To Its Lowest Price Ever On Amazon

This high-quality budget VR headset is perfect for holiday gifting.

?? Tutorial: How To Stand Out At Your 9-5 Job In The AI Era

PLUS: 6 Prompts you can use today at the end of the tutorial…

Networking for AI: Building the foundation for real-time intelligence

The Ryder Cup is an almost-century-old tournament pitting Europe against the United States in an elite showcase of golf skill and strategy. At the 2025 event, nearly a quarter of a million spectators gathered to watch three days of fierce competition on the fairways. From a technology and logistics perspective, pulling off an event of…

Realizing value with AI inference at scale and in production

Training an AI model to predict equipment failures is an engineering achievement. But it’s not until prediction meets action—the moment that model successfully flags a malfunctioning machine—that true business transformation occurs. One technical milestone lives in a proof-of-concept deck; the other meaningfully contributes to the bottom line. Craig Partridge, senior director worldwide of Digital Next…

Google’s new Gemini 3 “vibe-codes” responses and comes with its own agent

Google today unveiled Gemini 3, a major upgrade to its flagship multimodal model. The firm says the new model is better at reasoning, has more fluid multimodal capabilities (the ability to work across voice, text or images), and will work like an agent.  The previous model, Gemini 2.5, supports multimodal input. Users can feed it…

The Download: AI-powered warfare, and how embryo care is changing

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. The State of AI: How war will be changed forever —Helen Warrell & James O’Donnell It is July 2027, and China is on the brink of invading Taiwan. Autonomous drones with AI targeting…

Hue Secure Video Doorbell activates LED ring when motion is detected

I noticed this “negative” aspect particularly on Halloween night: in the dim light, many visitors did not press the bell button on the Philips Hue Secure Video Doorbell, but instead pressed the camera lens. This is, of course, more than inconvenient. Now Philips Hue has responded, as Hueblog reader Marcel noted in our community. I…

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YouTube Improves Timestamp Controls, Expands Reply Suggestions

The latest updates from the YouTube team. 

WhatsApp’s Usernames Option Will Help Limit Data Exposure

WhatsApp’s shift to usernames will help to address data scraping concerns.

Meta Announces that ‘Core’ 2Africa Undersea Cable Project is Complete

The report has been repeatedly delayed due to attacks in the Red Sea.