From PC Mag: Amazon is refreshing almost its entire ereader line, rolling out new versions of the base Kindle, Paperwhite, and Colorsoft. I spent time with the updated Kindle lineup at Amazon's New York offices, and while the new bodies are undeniably sleeker, very little has changed under the hood...

From PC World: Firefox 157 is out for Windows, macOS, Linux, and Android and the biggest change in this version is the new Nova design, which brings a more modern look to the browser. Mozilla has also fixed over 70 security vulnerabilities, and updates are also available for the Firefox ESR versions...

From CNET: WhatsApp announced in a blog post on Wednesday that it’s rolling out a new suite of parental controls to prevent teens from seeing content their parents may not want them to access.

The tools let parents choose who can see an underage user’s profile photo or invite those users to new...

From Tom's Hardware: President Donald Trump, several Cabinet members, and House Speaker Mike Johnson sat down with key AI leaders for high-level discussions on AI, as recent incidents such as the publicized Hugging Face hack have brought forth issues about AI safety. The meeting resulted in a...

From Tom's Hardware: President Donald Trump signed a directive telling federal agencies to start calling AI “Super Intelligence” after hosting a lunch at the White House with industry leaders discussing the technology and the risks that it carried. According to the executive order, the term...

From Forbes: Apple Pay has launched in one of the world’s largest digital payments markets, India, currently dominated by the state-backed United Payments Interface (UPI). The initial rollout is limited and arrives in partnership with Axis Bank, the country’s third-largest private lender. Customers...

From Tom's Hardware: After unveiling the EPYC 9006 (codenamed Venice) series in July and previewing a few impressive Zen 6 benchmarks, AMD has now released full pricing for its highly anticipated next-generation server chips. According to the list StorageReview obtained, AMD has big plans for the...

From TechCrunch: DoorDash announced on Wednesday that it’s launching a text-to-order AI agent that lets users place orders through Apple Messages. The new tool allows users to send prompts like “order my usual,” and the agent will understand that they mean their Friday night order.

DoorDash says...

From TechCrunch: Instagram announced on Wednesday that it’s bringing an AI video editing tool to Edits, its CapCut competitor.

This conversational AI assistant is intended to provide personalized feedback to creators, rather than generic advice.

“The assistant knows your account’s Instagram...

From ComputerWorld: If you’ve not done so recently, you should update your Apple systems now as the company continues to fight sophisticated, targeted hacks. The latest patch protects against what the company called “an extremely sophisticated attack against specific targeted individuals.”

Apple...