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Mosqitter is turning its mosquito traps into an AI-powered surveillance network
Mosqitter is turning its mosquito-trapping hardware into an AI-powered surveillance network designed to identify species, monitor populations, and provide earlier warnings of mosquito-borne disease risks.
Gaming
Living world, god-mind or “something far more terrifying”: Etre is an eye-melting, Control-inspired action game about reshaping a cosmic brain
If I ever go looking for my significant other and find myself inside a planet-sized megamind that’s on the verge of gaining consciousness, I will not run around zapping the cerebral fauna with my magic handcannons. I will not jump on or scan anything.
Artificial Intelligence
My AI doppelganger tells me what to eat
This is Optimizer, a weekly newsletter sent from Verge senior reviewer Victoria Song that dissects and discusses the latest gizmos and potions that swear they’re going to change your life. Opt in for Optimizer here. For the past 100 days or so, my mornings have had a new rhythm.
Gaming
‘Yellowjackets’ Season 4 Gets Grisly First Trailer
Yellowjackets season 4 just got its first trailer, teasing what’s next for this gruesome series.
Artificial Intelligence
Could AI ‘change the stakes’ in the development of bioweapons?
Experts say the technology could help terrorists and nation states with production but that significant hurdles remain In his annual speech on threats to the nation, Sir Ken McCallum, the head of the UK’s intelligence service, MI5, warned that AI has the potential to “change the stakes” on existing…
Gaming
Here are our PS Plus Premium and Extra games for October
Sony has announced the games coming to PlayStation Plus Premium and Extra in October, and there’s a good mix of modern hits and older gems to sink your teeth into for the spooky month of Halloween.
Gaming
Epic Games’ new “vibe-coded” launcher promises 30x faster loading and native Linux support
Epic’s redesigned launcher is now available in Preview. The company openly describes the new client as “vibe coded,” claiming it loads game libraries 30x faster and starts up 46% faster than Steam.
Hardware
Ray-Ban Meta users say their smart glasses are making secret recordings
It seems that Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses have started making voice recordings without any explicit authorization.
Software
Firefox just gave this next-gen image format a huge boost
JPEG XL has been waiting for broader browser support. Firefox 158 may have just given it the push it needed.
Artificial Intelligence
OpenAI claims an ex-employee took its product plans and presented them to Apple
OpenAI claims a former employee took more than 100 files related to its product plans before joining Apple.
Artificial Intelligence
Recording device hidden in toilet paper found in top-secret OpenAI meeting room
OpenAI engineer faces 5 years and $250K fine as FBI lobs foreign spy charges.
Mobile
Ukraine Says SpaceX’s New Starlink Restrictions Are Disrupting Drone Missions
Ukrainian officials say they received no warning before the new restrictions derailed several military operations.
Gaming
Looking back on 10 years of Overwatch, the promises kept, and where Team 4 goes from here
“In order for people to play the game in the present, they need to have confidence in its future.”
General Tech
Netflix to lay off roughly 1,000 employees in biggest round of job cuts since 2022
That’s about 6 percent of its current workforce.
Mobile
HomePod Mini 1 Will Also Support Siri AI Later This Year, Says CNET
Siri AI will apparently not be limited to the new HomePod mini 2, with support also coming to the first-generation HomePod mini in a software update later this year, according to a report today from CNET’s Jeff Carlson.
Hardware
U.S. Shuts Down Over 40 Laptop Farms, Charges 14 in North Korean IT Worker Fraud
The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Tuesday charged 14 people and seized about 187 computers as part of its ongoing efforts to disrupt North Korea’s fraudulent remote IT worker (ITW) scheme. The indictment charges a mix of U.S.
Gaming
The Walking Dead’s Chandler Riggs made a Resident Evil 7 short film even though ‘it’s impossible to please everybody’
We’re swamped with Resident Evil films right now, lucky us.
Hardware
Deliveroo’s robot delivery trials are ‘disappointing’, says trade union
Deliveroo has started trialing robot deliveries in the UK, but a trade union representing couriers has criticized the rollout.
General Tech
EV sales rebound to their highest level in a year, and stay 40% below 2025
US EV sales rose 6.1% on the previous quarter to almost 263,000, their highest in a year, against more than 437,000 in the same quarter of 2025. Europe registered 277,006 electric cars in July alone. American electric car sales rose 6.1% on the previous quarter, their best in a year.
Software
OBS is one of the most useful apps on my PC even if I’ve never streamed anything
It’s absolutely worth installing even if you never go live
Gaming
Fortnite is finally coming to Linux thanks to Epic rebuilding Easy Anti-Cheat, though Steam Deck support is still in the wind
Epic have announced that they’re rebuilding their Easy Anti-Cheat software in order to get their flagship battle royale Fortnite running on Linux configurations, after years of fretting that they don’t think they’d be able to shut down cheaters operating across all the associated kernel…
General Tech
Leap seconds face judgment day as time lords prepare to vote
Proposal would let UTC drift an hour from Earth’s rotation, sparing computer systems awkward adjustments for centuries
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