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 Meta has prototyped "super sensing" smart glasses that use cameras and audio recordings to capture the wearer's every moment, reports the Financial Times ($).
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 OpenAI today announced ChatGPT Work, a ChatGPT agent with built-in Codex that can complete tasks across web, mobile, and desktop using information from your apps. ChatGPT Work can execute multi-step tasks, using scheduling to work independently. Like Claude Cowork, ChatGPT can use your computer to do tasks in the background across apps.
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NEW RESOURCES Federal Reserve Bank of New York: Using AI to Let History Speak About Bank Runs. "In a new paper, we use large language models (LLMs) to extract information on bank […]
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Claude subscribers must soon pay usage-based fees to access Anthropic's best consumer AI model—a sign that the golden era of AI subscriptions is ending.
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NEW RESOURCES Ynet News: From torn doll to prisoner art: Digital archive opens Majdanek to the world. "A new digital archive gives free access to rare documents, artwork, photographs and personal belongings […]
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 Apple has stopped signing several older versions of iOS for a group of legacy iPhone and iPad models, cutting off the paths to reinstall or downgrade the affected software.
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 Apple has held meetings with PrismML about ways it could use the startup's technology to run much larger AI models directly on iPhones, according to The Information.
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 There's a big accessory sale happening on Amazon this week, with the year's best prices on Anker chargers, Samsung monitors, Sonos audio products, and much more.
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NEW RESOURCES University of Duisburg-Essen and machine-translated from German: Dealing with antisemitism and Holocaust distortion on social media. "At the heart of the program is an approximately 15-minute online game that immerses […]
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After more than a decade of pushback, farmers and repair advocates have won access to equipment and services John Deere had long kept under its control.
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 OpenAI today introduced GPT-Live, which it describes as a new generation of voice models meant to make talking to AI feel more like having a conversation with a real person. GPT-Live is meant to replace the existing ChatGPT voice experience.
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This week wraps quarterfinal matches that will determine who advances to the next round.
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China is reportedly weighing restrictions on overseas access to advanced AI models, potentially expanding competition in AI beyond chips.
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Renders of multiple new Samsung devices have arrived a few weeks before the company's next Unpacked event.
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NEW RESOURCES CBC: New archives bring New Brunswick's hidden queer history online. "The Queer Heritage Initiative of New Brunswick has launched a new website this week, bringing together more than a decade […]
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 The Maps app didn't get as many iOS 27 updates as some of Apple's other apps, but there are still several useful features worth knowing about.
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What's under the hood here? A brand-new 2025-era AMD Ryzen 9 270 processor, a hefty 32GB of fast DDR5 RAM, and a speedy 1TB Gen 4 SSD that all come together to zip through any task you need to handle. It'll boot up in a flash, won't struggle with Windows 11, move enormous files in minutes, and run games as smoothly as butter. (It has two memory slots and can be expanded up to 64GB of RAM, by the way.)
And don't forget that just-released Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 graphics card that future-proofs this laptop for several years at least. It unlocks Nvidia's latest gaming features, including DLSS 4, and you'll love how it plays on the 16-inch IPS screen with 1920×1200 resolution and 165Hz refresh rate and Nvidia G-Sync support.
It offers more connections than most modern laptops, too, with dual USB-A on the right side plus USB4, USB-C, USB-A, HDMI 2.1, and a 3.5mm audio jack on the left side. Use it for up to 10 hours on a single battery charge, and other nice bits include a 1080p webcam, backlit keyboard, and a CPU that qualifies it as a Copilot PC for AI features.
Best Buy has this listed as a "Techtober Deal" that ends on (or around) October 12th, so don't miss it.
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