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Sony just announced some nifty-looking transparent DualSense PS5 controllers, recalling the glory days of the late 1990s and early 2000s when many tech gadgets boasted see-through designs. The Prism Collection will be available in three colorways, including orange, green and gray.

Apple’s high-end laptops with the latest processors and PROLED XDR screens are available to preorder.

After years of resisting, Apple today launched a MacBook Pro with a touchscreen starting at $2,899. The release comes nearly 10 years after the company first tried integrating touchscreens on its laptops, with its Touch Bar on a MacBook Pro, which it later went on to remove.

At the Android Developer Summit on Wednesday, Google’s smart glasses partnerXreal launched its new Xreal Aura wired smart glasses, powered by the Android XR and Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Reality Elite platforms. The companies had teased the glasses earlier in the yearat Google’s I/O developer conference.

New York Governor Kathy Hochul has signed a law that aims to protect children from AI chatbot harms. The legislation requires AI companies to verify users’ ages. They’ll need to offer users at least one verification method that doesn’t entirely rely on government ID. Companies will have to delete this “age information” after use.

Reddit is the latest social platform to adopt the “For You” feed popularized by TikTok. The company announced on Wednesday that users will now see two options when opening the platform: “For You” and “Following.”

Audio Technica just released a wireless model in its popular StreamSet category of headphones. The new ATH-M50xSTS-WL is the very first wireless version in the lineup. 

Nvidia on Wednesday released Nemotron 3.5 Transcribe, a free, open-weight model that transcribes audio in up to 40 languages. It also released version 2 of Granary, its open-

TikTok has long been a go-to place for discovering new spots, with viral videos helping local restaurants attract new customers. Now, TikTok is making it easier for users to find their next favorite restaurant with a new feature called “Must Eat.”