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More from AI & SoftwareAnthropic is targeting a November IPO at a reported $2 trillion valuation, betting on a revenue run rate that hit $65 billion in July. Not everyone thinks the math holds up.
Google shipped two new Gemini text-to-speech models with over 2,000 voices and a tool that builds custom ones from a description. The pricing that makes them cheap expires December 31.
At Amazon Accelerate, the company opened Seller Central’s APIs to outside AI agents, letting sellers manage inventory, pricing and listings through Claude or its own Quick assistant with no dashboard required. Amazon built a genuinely open agent surface for the seller side of the business, then drew a hard line at the one place agents still can’t go: the storefront a shopper actually sees.
Meta’s Muse agent rolled out nationwide this month with access to email, calendars, payments and smart home devices, and Zuckerberg just doubled down on it at Connect 2026 with a holiday hardware launch. The catch is convincing people to hand that much control to a company with an $18 billion privacy settlement still fresh on the books.
Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 can run a 30-billion-parameter AI model entirely on-device, no cloud needed, but it launches as memory costs push flagship Android prices past $1,000.
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Singapore’s government has launched FirstDate, a Singpass-verified matchmaking service that covers the cost of your first date. It runs on a Nobel-winning algorithm, gives you 72 hours to decide, and for now only public servants aged 21 to 35 can join.
Gears of War: E-Day sits at 88 on Metacritic, the best score for the series since the Epic era. Critics love the combat, but the story, side content and PC performance draw complaints.
Original Medicare does not pay for a smartwatch, but some Medicare Advantage plans offer allowances that can cut the price. Here is what is covered in 2026 and how to check your plan.
Bose is selling wired USB-C earbuds with active noise cancellation for $99. They have no battery, drawing power from your phone, and they output a fixed 24-bit 48kHz digital signal. Preorders are open now, shipping October 15.
Google’s Health Guardian is rolling out to Pixel Watch 3, 4 and 5 at no extra cost, while Fitbit Air owners will need Google Health Premium. Here is what each feature does, what it costs over five years, and where it falls short.
Simon Leviev says his app Safe Love will protect women from romance fraud. The Online Dating and Discovery Association has written to Apple and Google asking them to refuse to list any dating app he fronts. The interesting part is that neither store has a rule built for this question.