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A judge has ruled that Apple will gain expedited access to OpenAI’s hiring materials in the trade secrets-focused lawsuit the iPhone maker filed against OpenAI in July.

US federal prosecutors have arrested and charged a Saudi national with allegedly hiding a sophisticated recording device inside of OpenAI’s San Francisco headquarters. Per the San Francisco Standard, Abdulrahman Alfozan, a 35-year-old engineer who had been with the company since July 2025, has been accused of attempting to record oral conversations between OpenAI employees. Alfozan allegedly left a…

If you need more proof that our lives are quickly turning into a ‘Mission Impossible’ movie, we present to you the latest news coming from OpenAI.

The Netherlands’ Tax and Customs Administration has abandoned its planned Microsoft 365 public-cloud rollout.

Google has been working on its next generation of laptops for a while. They’re now here, and they’re called Googlebooks: an evolution of Chromebooks and ChromeOS. But does that mean the end of Chromebooks? Not exactly. Google will continue to support ChromeOS until 2034, and the two product lineups are aimed at different customers. 

Apple’s HomePod Mini 2 is here, and after a six-year hiatus, the company’s smallest home speaker has more features than ever. The HomePod Mini 2 features several upgrades to its internal connectivity tech, enabling new capabilities, including Siri AI, surround sound with Apple TV 4K, and an LED lighting experience that complements its audio output.

The 2026 model is faster and can hear you from afar, but the 2022 box gets Siri AI as well.

In most factories, automation is fixed: robots and machines are programmed for one specific task and product. Changing a line means reprogramming and physical retooling, or swapping out equipment, which can take weeks or months. San Francisco-based Industrial Next says it’s changing that.

Apple held a “Welcome Home” event on October 13, where it unveiled seven new smart home products. The small event wasn’t livestreamed, but Apple quietly dove headfirst into the smart home market with its first smart panel: the Apple HomeView.

Google has a vested interest in collecting and selling your data, but that doesn’t mean protecting yourself is impossible.