Timef 10/10/2025

NSO Group confirmed to TechCrunch that an unnamed group of American investors has taken “controlling ownership” of the surveillance tech maker.

The Boring Co. violated state environmental regulations nearly 800 times, many of which occurred after signing an agreement saying it would comply.

You can now connect your Spotify account in ChatGPT and it will perform tasks for you, such as creating personalized playlists.

Microsoft is making a big change to how your Word docs save.

The Apple AirPods 4 are still chilling at a record-low $89 at Amazon and Walmart post-Prime Big Deal Days. That's $40 in savings.

As of Oct. 10, you can get the Sony ZV-1F Vlog Camera for $498, down from $599, at Amazon. That's a 17% discount and $101 in savings.

Former Conservative PM Rishi Sunak served from 2022 to 2024. Britain's Acoba flagged concerns of granting "unfair access" to Anthropic and Microsoft.

As of Oct. 10, get the Google Nest Thermostat for $38 off at Amazon.

New regulation from the UK’s competition authority means Google may be forced to make major changes in the way that people use its search engine.

Political shifts might have set back the energy transition, but large investors are betting that renewables are at the future of energy.

Hacker group Radiant stole data from 8,000 children at Kido nursery chain, demanding ransom and directly contacting parents with intimidation tactics.

The CMA has designated Google as having "strategic market status" in the search and search advertising markets, which means the company has such "a substantial and entrenched" position that it requires special regulations to ensure fair competition.

Famed robotics Rodney Brooks recently sounded the alarm on the amount of money going into humanoid startups. He's not the only skeptic.

The new Anker Solix C2000 Gen 2 packs nearly twice the power of the C1000. During its preorder phase, it's on sale for $749, down from the list price of $1,499. That's a 50% discount.

"If I Had Legs I'd Kick You" stars Rose Byrne and Christian Slater, and director Mary Bronstein, discuss the film's distinct style.

As 18 states implement bell-to-bell cell phone bans, creative students use Google Docs, iMessage on MacBooks and Post-It notes to stay connected in class.

Cassandra Peterson shares how she became the Martha Stewart of the Macabre with her new cookbook, "Elvira's Cookbook from Hell."

Proton VPN has a low price, an excellent privacy track record, and blistering speeds. What more could you ask for?

Hinge dating app answers, like how many 'likes' free users can send a day and whether users can change their gender.

As of Oct. 10, the Lego Star Wars: The Mandalorian Grogu with Hover Pram set is discounted at Amazon to $69.98, 30% off its list price of $99.99.

There's a ton of Xbox physical game deals right now, which means owning the games you've bought for life. Dodge the Game Pass price hike with games you want to play.

At DevDay, OpenAI signaled its ambition to take everything you can do on the internet and shove it inside ChatGPT.

Mark Zuckerberg's metaverse chief is urging employees to adopt AI across every workflow as part of a broader shift inside the company.

Some sports gamblers are trying to predict WNBA players’ performance—and the outcomes of games—based on the athletes’ periods. One betting content creator has dubbed it “blood money."

Latex mattresses are an appealing option for their natural materials and bouncy support. These are the best brands and models we’ve tested in our own homes.

The latest film in the Tron franchise seems to have not learned any lessons from sci-fi movies past—or from current reality.

The Trump administration has built its own content mill to justify its law-and-order immigration agenda.

As of Oct. 10, the iRobot Roomba Plus 504 robot vacuum is discounted at Amazon to $398.99, 47% off its list price of $749.99.

Save 40% on the Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K at Amazon.

With the mercenary spyware industry booming, Apple VP Ivan Krstić tells WIRED that the company is also offering bonuses that could bring the max total reward for iPhone exploits to $5 million.

New research shows that North Koreans appear to be trying to trick US companies into hiring them to develop architectural designs using fake profiles, résumés, and Social Security numbers.

Many Americans make ends meet by driving Ubers or delivering food. Are those side hustles slipping away?

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope finds a red supergiant star before it exploded, offering new clues to why their supernovas are rarely seen.

Internxt’s 100TB lifetime cloud storage plan is now available for $999.99 (MSRP $9,900), offering private, encrypted storage across all devices without recurring fees.

Save on a refurbished 13-inch MacBook Pro (2017) — Get Apple performance, 8GB RAM, and 512GB SSD storage for under $300.

As of Oct. 10, the Sonos Era 100 is discounted at Amazon to $179, 10% off its list price of $199.

Save 17% on the Apple 2025 MacBook Air 15-inch at Amazon.

Save 32% on the Samsung Galaxy Watch 7 at Amazon.

Connections: Sports Edition is a New York Times word game about finding common sports threads between words. How to solve the day's puzzle.

Answers to each clue for the October 10, 2025 edition of NYT's The Mini crossword puzzle.

Save 20% on the Google TV streamer at Amazon.

A sheriff's captain says deputies often spend hours writing reports between calls, but Axon's AI program, Draft One, helps them save crucial time in the field.

With 90% of SEC staff furloughed, the agency announced on Thursday that it won't penalize companies for omitting pricing details during the shutdown.

Beat the blues with the best SAD therapy lamps.

Hints and answers to today's Hurdle all in one place.

See the moon phase expected for October 10, 2025 as well as when the next full moon is expected.

The New York Times' latest game, Pips, brings domino fun to your desktop. How to play Pips as well as hints in case you get stuck.

Connections is a New York Times word game that's all about finding the "common threads between words." How to solve the puzzle.

The NYT Strands hints and answers you need to make the most of your puzzling experience.

Here's the answer for "Wordle" #1574 on October 10 as well as a few hints, tips, and clues to help you solve it yourself.

Super.money, the fintech arm of Flipkart, is looking to raise a round of funding at a $1 billion valuation, after securing $50 million from Flipkart to date.

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella offered a glimpse of the "first of many" massive Nvidia AI systems it is rolling out, starting now.

a16z’s Anish Acharya calls India office reports “entirely fake news!”

Are games becoming too cinematic? We explore the rise of the “movie game” era.

Sora 2, OpenAI's new video-generation app, can create AI-generated videos based on a singular prompt. The results are both mind-blowing and terrifying.

Reflection, once focused on autonomous coding agents, has raised $2B at an $8B valuation to expand into both an open-source alternative to closed frontier labs like OpenAI and Anthropic, and a Western equivalent to Chinese AI firms like DeepSeek.

The scientific Nobels announced this week — in Physiology or Medicine, Physics and Chemistry — honored achievements rooted in fundamental research from decades ago.

An Azure issue on Thursday led to widespread outages for Microsoft 365 users, affecting apps like Teams and Outlook.

The platform said in a press release that hackers breached a third-party vendor that Discord uses for age-related appeals.

The NHL 2025-2026 season is here. Here's how to watch every game without cable, including the best streaming deals.

Tesla full self-driving is being investigated by U.S. regulators for traffic law violations.

The impressive and unique Motorola Razr Ultra sees an appealing post-Prime Day discount.

Samsung's upcoming headset, the Galaxy XR or "Project Moohan," looks like an embarrassment for Apple and its expensive Vision Pro.

I tried the under-$400 Centauri Carbon 3D Printer from Elegoo to see if it's really as beginner friendly as it seems. So, is this 3D printer worth it?

Chris Pratt and Rebecca Ferguson star in techno-thriller "Mercy," in theaters January 23.

In this episode of Uncanny Valley, we uncover how America's new $100,000 H-1B golden visa has thrown tech workers and their employers into chaos.

A strange ChatGPT image helped authorities narrow in on the suspect accused of starting the deadly Pacific Palisades fire.

Imposter Sora apps saw hundreds of thousands of downloads before Apple pulled them from the App Store.

iPhone and Android users can reduce Wi-Fi calling battery drainage through settings adjustments, background app limits and stronger Wi-Fi connections.

HBO's 'A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms' took to the stage at New York Comic Con, with George R.R. Martin dishing on the new series.

YouTube outlines steps for previously banned creators to return to the platform.

Amazon launches pharmacy vending machines at select One Medical clinics to let patients pick up prescriptions after appointments.

Stoke's new raise highlights how the launch industry is being shaped by major U.S. defense initiatives.

An executive of a Singaporean firm called Megaspeed socialized with Nvidia’s Jensen Huang. Now the company is being scrutinized by U.S. officials for its ties to China.

Intel announces new processors produced in Arizona as the company looks to increase its U.S. manufacturing.

The alleged targeting of prominent Italian businessman Francesco Gaetano Caltagirone now widens the Paragon spyware scandal in Italy to victims beyond journalists and activists.

“We are going to do everything in our power to fight this,” says ICEBlock developer Joshua Aaron after Apple removed his app from the App Store.

The mass-hacks targeting Oracle E-Business customers is the latest hacking campaign by Clop, an extortion group known for abusing security flaws in enterprise products to steal large amounts of sensitive data.

Creators who repeatedly violated YouTube's past COVID-19 and election integrity policies will be eligible to request new accounts.

Prime members get access to an early screening of "Wicked: For Good" in select theaters. Tickets are now available online.

Amazon's October Prime Day (Prime Big Deal Days) is over, but some of the best headphone deals of the year are still live.

We're rounding up the best Prime Day kitchen deals still live. Save on top brands like Ninja, Instant Pot, Keurig, and more.

Netflix users can now play games on their smart TVs. This marks a major step for the company's gaming initiative.

As of Oct. 9, get the GoPro HERO13 Black Ultra Wide Edition for its lowest price yet.

The Staub ceramic pumpkins are on sale at Amazon for as low as $24.99 with some versions reaching up to 40% off.

Figma is adding Gemini to its AI toolset.

While the Trump administration escalates its attacks on protesters, Apple removes community-built apps documenting ICE operations.

Datacurve uses a “bounty hunter” system to attract skilled software engineers to complete the hardest-to-source datasets.

Amazon's fall 2025 Prime Day sale has come and gone, but a few of the best deals are still available.

HBO's "A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms" returns viewers to the world of "Game of Thrones"

The company's at home multi-cancer breath test kit is expected to be available to consumers in 2026.

The company's at home multi-cancer breath test kit is expected to be available to consumers in 2026.

Critical Role returns to Exandria in their second animated series, "The Mighty Nein," on Prime Video November 19.

The Blueair Mini Restful is on sale at Amazon for $144.99, down from the list price of $199.99. That's a 28% discount.

The EU’s Global Gateway plan is challenging China’s Belt and Road Initiative to influence Africa, by providing funding that will expand access to electricity.

Tim Robinson and Zach Kanin of "I Think You Should Leave" bring a bizarro tale of conspiracy theories to HBO with "The Chair Company."

Meta is expanding its AI-powered translation features for Reels with support for Hindi and Portuguese to target markets like India and Brazil

Rutgers historian Mark Bray is trying to flee to Spain after after an online campaign from far-right influencers was followed by death threats. He was turned back at the airport on his first attempt.

Four former Twitter executives who were denied severance pay by Elon Musk have reached a settlement with X.

As of Oct. 9, get the Google Pixel Tablet for its lowest price yet.

Nothing designed a really cool phone for a popular tech YouTuber.

The Home Depot's giant Halloween decorations are on sale for up to 50% off today only as a Special Buy of the Day.

Paul Mescal and Jessie Buckley lead Chloé Zhao's adaptation of Maggie O'Farrell's "Hamnet." Trailer.

EA's new blockbuster military shooter nails the multiplayer side of things, but they still haven't found the right campaign tone.

As of Oct. 9, the Nutribullet personal blender is on sale at Amazon for $47.49, down from the list price of $71.99. That's a 34% discount.