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Nothing CEO Carl Pei said in a post on X that the company's launching its first AI device in December. That's just a little over a year after Pei announced plans for "AI-native" devices and an AI operating system. He didn't give away much about what exactly the new device is, only that one feature it won't have is a screen:

"Our first AI-native product ships next month. It's a tool, but

Apple will start checking iCloud items that are accessible to anyone who has the link for "harmful content" starting with iOS 27.3 and other 27.3 updates, the company says.

"When you share an item that can be accessed by Anyone with the Link in version 27.3 or later of iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and visionOS, that content is made accessible to Apple to check for harmful content," according to a

• In the wake of the deadly Learjet crash, some are reconsidering flying private.
• Tech investor Jason Calacanis said ditching private jets for commercial travel.
• A Learjet 60 crashed in Florida on Sunday, killing all nine people on board.

The deadly business jet crash in Florida

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I get asked this a lot in therapy. Plenty of life events, big

ChatGPT can now create GIFs using a prompt or a photo uploaded to the AI chatbot. The update, which is rolling out alongside OpenAI's new Images 2.6 model, allows you to adjust the GIF's animation speed, edit individual frames, and share it with others.

Before this change, ChatGPT couldn't natively generate GIFs in a single step. An example shared by the company shows how ChatGPT can

• Steph Krim grew up surrounded by vintage toys her parents collected for their auction business.
• Her parents gave her the collection as an early inheritance after years in storage.
• She drove 1,000 miles to bring it home and is turning it into a new business.

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Steph

• Tuesday's blue wave reached all corners of Texas.
• A democrat now controls the governorship, while the state house is still tabulating votes.
• More than 200 businesses have moved their headquarters to

• Democrats have taken control of the US Senate in a massive blue wave.
• They flipped seats in seven long-held Republican strongholds, including Texas and Kansas.
• Some states hadn't elected a Democratic senator in more than

• Sam Altman renamed himself "Ram Altman" on X after his recent comments on the memory shortage.
• The AI boom has memory in high demand, and Altman has called for discussions on how it is allocated.
• RAM and DRAM power the GPUs behind data centers, pushing up prices for consumers and businesses alike.

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