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The first developer beta launched today, and it adds some Siri AI updates, vertical tabs in Safari, an updated StandBy mode for slab iPhones that works similarly to the iPhone Duo, Reachability for the iPhone Duo, an updated Health app, and more. Check out 9to5Mac for a comprehensive list.
The tool, introduced in the US earlier this year, lets creators swap out songs in videos with audio copyright claims with unique, instrumental, YouTube-generated, royalty-free tracks. It’s now coming to more countries and is available for “creators in most countries outside of the European Economic Area,” YouTube says.
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Following the G-Shock version that debuted nearly a year ago with an adjustable strap, Casio’s latest iteration of its functional ring watch is based on its A168 digital watch that originally launched in 1995. The new CRW-002 will be available with a silver finish for $135, or gold for $155, and will be available sometime this month.
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In Florida, more than 20 polling sites are being moved due to intense flooding. Storms in the Southwest have also impacted some polling locations in Colorado, Newsweek reports, while Utah will let some voters impacted by flooding return ballots electronically, and Arizona officials are warning voters to check travel updates.
Polling sites across Westchester County are experiencing an issue with their voting machines, but officials say residents can still safely cast their ballots. Election officials have a backup protocol in place to ensure voting can continue.
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The nonpartisan coalition running the 866-OUR-VOTE hotline says the calls range from asking about general information, to reporting long lines, lack of signage, or voting equipment issues. Texas, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New York account for the most calls. So far, no calls about federal agents at the polls.
The series will return to Netflix with six new episodes following a more than three-year-long wait. Blue Eye Samurai’s second season picks up where things left off, with Mizu’s vengeful search for her father bringing her to London.
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For the Ocarina of Time remake, Nintendo developers said in a new interview that they wanted to “preserve the experience of spamming the Roll Attack to forward roll your way across Hyrule Field.” I have very fond memories of rolling around the world in the original.
In the remake, you can still spam Roll Attack, but you can also dash.
It took automotive engineer Matt Brown seven years to finally finish building this super-sized Razor scooter featuring an 8-foot long deck and a pair of beefy tires powered by electric motors inside each one. The scooter is completely rideable thanks to an extra set of handlebars at human height, but turning it around is a long process.
As part of the annual Godzilla Day celebrations, Lego has announced a towering brick-built Godzilla model featuring an adjustable tail, a posable head, arms, and fingers, and an attachable tongue that can be swapped for a heat ray blast. It will set you back a hefty $449.99 when it becomes available on November 27th.
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Originally announced earlier this year during IFA 2026, the Narwal V50 Cube, the company’s first cordless vacuum for the US market, is now available for $649.99 with a temporary discount to $499.99 until November 30th. The V50 pairs a lay flat stick vac with 180 minutes of cleaning time with an auto-empty charging dock that’s reminiscent of the Cybertruck.
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The latest Google Home update fixes an issue where Gemini “could occasionally say ‘Sorry, I didn’t understand’ unprompted when no one had spoken to the device.” It also improves Gemini’s ability to distinguish between sleep alarms and regular timers, as well as understand requests to transfer music to a device in another room.
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It may look like a frozen turkey-shaped Game Boy, but the Butterball Buddy is played more like a game of hot potato. You pass it around and when it stops making noise the person holding it is randomly assigned a Thanksgiving Day task like helping the chef or washing dishes. You can win one through Butterball’s website, and the rest of the year it functions as a kitchen timer.
Sega Fave — Sega’s arcade-focused subsidiary — says an unauthorized third party accessed its systems, forcing it to suspend the online services it provides across games like Taiko no Tatsujin and Initial D: The Arcade, as reported by Kotaku. The machines will remain offline while Sega Fave investigates the incident.
Reuters cites a report by Korean outlet Maeil Business Newspaper saying AMD has reserved most of the RAM from Samsung’s second Taylor, Texas chip plant, with some also going to Nvidia. It’s expected to start mass production in 2030, and will use Samsung’s “advanced 2-nanometre technology.”
The latest Google Play Services changelog reveals the feature, which uses Quick Share to automatically back photos up to a Windows PC, no cloud storage required. There’s no word yet on how quickly it will actually roll out across devices, but Android Authority has the details on how it should work, based on previous leaks.
The company describes the new accessory as a “fully integrated tech-enabled helmet from GoPro x AGV” which you can see quick glimpses of in a short teaser video. The integrated GoPro camera’s lens is positioned just below the visor on the front of the helmet. A release date isn’t known, but you can sign up for more details on GoPro’s site.
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Google’s newly reinvigorated photo editing app just got new features across iOS and Android in its 4.2 update. The big one is the ability to import presets and LUTs, but there are also improvements to sharing Looks and LUTs, motion blur and lens blur effects, and full multi-wheel color grading on Android.
The latest firmware for the desktop productivity tool adds a JavaScript runtime so developers can create their own apps like live data widgets, games, and smart alerts that run right on the device. At the end of November, the company also plans to launch a “Busy Apps Catalog” featuring a curated collection of community-built apps available for download.
Dan Driscoll will head up “national security modernization” in a newly-created role, OpenAI said Tuesday, advising company leadership and external partners on AI’s uses in defense. The role will focus on helping US allies adopt AI responsibly and supporting “the buildout of democratic AI.” Driscoll resigned as Army Secretary two months ago.
The indie game hosting platform didn’t specifiy what was purged, but it has clear creator guidelines around acceptable AI usage. The cleanup comes after itch.io reported that daily game submissions have doubled in two months. Meanwhile, almost half of all games released on Steam in October disclosed AI-generated content.
Affinity announced on X that a Linux version is “in active development,” but didn’t share a launch date. After being acquired by Canva, Affinity for Windows and macOS was relaunched last year as a free all-in-one app for vector graphics, photo editing, illustration, and page layouts, with an iPad version introduced this week.
The creator behind AO3.life, a vibe-coded website that scraped the Archive of Our Own fanfiction repository and re-sold content as AI audiobooks, said they received over 2,000 takedown requests during the single day the website was live. The real AO3 platform is still suffering a partial system outage after announcing some lengthy downtime last Thursday.
