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The new iMac is a good desktop computer that needs a redesign

I'm a simple guy. I usually work from my MacBook Neo wherever I end up sitting in my house. And while I have monitors, mice, and keyboards to plug it into, I often end up leaning over the MacBook and doing none of that. I rarely even sit at my office desk, which has done […]

The Verge · Nov 5
Motorola is going ultra premium with its $1,600 ‘Signature’ phone

Motorola is trying something it hasn't attempted in the modern smartphone era: to make an all-out flagship slab-style phone. Previous high-end Edge devices never quite hit the mark, and lacked features that would put it in the highest flagship tiers. The company has had plenty of success with its Razr clamshell foldables, leaning on brand […]

The Verge · Nov 5
Big Tech’s big AI buildout will not end until someone stops it

After four of the biggest competitors in the AI race held quarterly earnings calls late last month, two things are clear: Big Tech is not done spending record amounts on the AI data center buildout, and the AI data center buildout is not any closer to yielding its promised returns. A third thing is also […]

The Verge · Nov 5
Why the weirdest game of 2026 is also one of my favourites

Titanium Court is a bizarre world of 8-bit fairies, Shakespeare and surprise songs – its magic lies in never knowing what on earth is going on • Don’t get Pushing Buttons delivered to your inbox? Sign up here Earlier this year, I was stuck in hospital for several days, fuzzy on pain medication and bored out of my mind, with nothing but a Steam Deck for company. In the middle of one of those long nights, unable to sleep, I played a game called Titanium Court . It’s a strange creation that looks like it was made for the ZX Spectrum and reads like a postmodern Shakespeare adaptation – a compelling mix of strategy game and match-3 where you rearrange battlefields by matching tiles, before sending tiny lo-fi fairy armies to their deaths. At the end of this late-night run, I met a boss I’d defeated before – a comically hungry dragon – and the game asked if I would like to skip the boss fight and enjoy a musical performance instead. A game has never asked me this before. Of course, I accepted. And then, instead of the familiar tiled battlefield, I was looking at a pixellated singer-songwriter, who launched into an extremely long preamble about the mating habits of the Pacific salmon before saying, “This is a song for anyone else who ever got so horny they could die,” and launching into a soulful acoustic guitar number accompanied by crude images of leaping fish. I began to wonder if my meds were making me hallucinate. Continue reading...

The Guardian · Nov 4
Waymo Co-CEO Says Uber App Deal Was ‘Crapshoot’ for Riders

Alphabet Inc.’s Waymo Co-Chief Executive Officer Tekedra Mawakana said her company’s plan to end an exclusive robotaxi partnership with Uber Technologies Inc. was in response to customer feedback asking for more consistency when ordering self-driving services.

Bloomberg · Nov 4
ElevenLabs CEO Says He'd 'Love to IPO'

Mati Staniszewski co-founder and chief executive officer of voice AI startup ElevenLabs, says he'd "love to IPO" in the future. "IPO of course is not an end in itself," Staniszewski says during an interview with Tom Mackenzie at Bloomberg Tech in London. "It's a step in the journey." (Source: Bloomberg)

Bloomberg · Nov 3
Meta will end Quest 2 OS updates in 2027

Meta is planning to release the last OS update for its Quest 2 and Quest Pro VR headsets by March 2027, the company announced today. The last OS update for those devices is planned to be v213, and after that, Meta will continue to ship security patches and critical bug fixes through the end of […]

The Verge · Nov 2
Power On: How Will a Touchscreen MacBook Impact the iPad?

Does having a touch-screen Mac eliminate the market for the iPad? On this episode of the Power On podcast, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman and Chris Welch discuss whether Apple's new touch-screen MacBook Pro will end up competing with its own iPad. (Source: Bloomberg)

Bloomberg · Nov 2
Yardeni Says Bond Vigilantes Are Allocating Credit Properly

Edward Yardeni, president at Yardeni Research, explains why the slowdown in the AI trade is a good thing for both stocks and bonds as he holds to his year-end target for the S&P 500. He speaks on Bloomberg Television. (Source: Bloomberg)

Bloomberg · Nov 2
Where Do You Hide From an AI Bubble?

Merryn Somerset Webb sits down with Chris Clothier, co-chief investment officer at CG Asset Management, to discuss the fragile economics of the AI boom and what could bring the spending spree to an end. They also explore the case for inflation-linked bonds, the growing fiscal risks facing governments, where investors can find safe havens in stretched markets and why, despite his concerns about inflation, Clothier’s firm doesn’t own any gold. (Source: Bloomberg)

Bloomberg · Nov 2
Best Buy is bundling a $100 gift card with touchscreen MacBook Pro preorders

While the new touch-enabled MacBook Pro with the PROLED XDR screen is available for preorder across a few major retailers, Best Buy is sweetening the deal by including a $100 gift card. The gift card will be automatically added to your cart when you preorder one of Apple’s highest-end laptops available in 14- or 16-inch […]

The Verge · Oct 31
Nasdaq 100 Slides as Stocks Selloff to End the Week

Wall Street got a reality check as a bruising selloff in technology shares fueled concern the artificial-intelligence frenzy might be overblown. Eric Weiner has more. (Source: Bloomberg)

Bloomberg · Oct 30
Despite the teething issues, Dyson’s Camerajet toothbrush packs in a lot of clever tech – but is it worth £420?

Dyson’s first electric toothbrush watches you brush and flosses for you, but there are far cheaper ways to get an effective clean • The best electric toothbrushes for every budget When Dyson announced it was entering the toothbrush market , the world responded almost as one: “Four hundred and twenty pounds? For a toothbrush!?” No, it wasn’t a stray decimal point – or if it was, Dyson is doubling down and leaning into the mistake. Unlike high-end brushes from Oral-B or Philips Sonicare, where the “recommended” in “recommended retail price” is doing a heroic amount of heavy lifting given the frequent discounts, the Dyson CameraJet will actually set you back £419.99. Continue reading...

The Guardian · Oct 29
Castle Walls review – Prime’s first fully AI-generated show is here, and it’s a Vaseline-smeared mess

Billed as the first end-to-end AI-created series on a major streaming service, this Turkish show looks like the result of the prompt ‘make it cinematic’ Just as the world reels from Elon Musk’s AI-powered The Odyssey remake – though “remake” feels rather generous for a seven-minute splat of synthetic sludge – another bucket of AI gunk is dropped on to our faces. For Prime Video’s AI-generated TV series Castle Walls, produced by Turkish production studio Ay Yapım using a melange of generative video tools, has arrived, billed as the first end-to-end AI-created series to premiere on a major streaming platform. It’s certainly more epic than Musk’s production, consisting of two 17-minute episodes. Set in the 11th century, the show revolves around the historic Alamut Castle, although it’s entirely absent of any real sense of time or place. I was briefly intrigued by the opening images, with their bold palette of blues and mustard browns and yellows – but as soon as the “people” appeared, looking like Vaseline-smeared Madame Tussauds creations slowly melting in the sun, everything came crashing down. Continue reading...

The Guardian · Oct 28
Apple Watch Ultra 4 review: longer battery life but still awaiting new features

Biggest Apple smartwatch gets better health tracking and new readiness tools with a battery and chip boost in preparation for controversial audio AI As the Ultra enters its fourth year as Apple’s biggest and beefiest smartwatch it gets the best kind of spec upgrade – longer battery life – while waiting for something potentially more transformative. That’s because several of the key features announced as part of Apple’s new smartwatch lineup for 2026 have yet to be enabled, awaiting updates towards the end of this year. That leaves the £749 (€899/$799/A$1,349) Apple Watch Ultra 4 the top dog, but basically the same as last year’s model . Case size: 49 x 44mm Case thickness: 12mm Weight: 63g Processor: S11 Storage: 64GB Operating system: watchOS 27 Water resistance: 100 metres (10ATM) Connectivity: Bluetooth 5.3, wifi 4, 5G RedCap/4G, UWB Sensors: HR, ECG, spO2, temp, depth, dual-band GPS, compass, altimeter Continue reading...

The Guardian · Oct 23