An exclusive early look at Apple's new touchscreen MacBook Pro--the computer Apple said would never happen. Apple's new CEO strolls to an outdoor seating area within the company's otherworldly ring-shaped headquarters and pulls up a chair. An employee notes the angle and asks if he minds the sun. Nearly two months into his tenure, he's been busy. While the tech world buzzes about AI agents and the upcoming IPO of a company reporting spectacular losses, Ternus' leadership of a ridiculously profitable firm has so far been defined by a sequence of significant launches--the long-awaited foldable iPhone, a household device that can control digital appliances, new Mac Minis, and AirPods. Intentionally or not, all that activity sends a message that, even as AI dominates the public imagination, hardware products still rule.

A separate law aims to shore up security on connected baby monitors. 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.

You're viewing the US edition You can switch to the UK, AU or IE homepage at any time using this menu. Taylor Swift's wedding dress recreated: See the stunning off-the-shoulder design, cinched waist and massive veil Vivek Ramaswamy's explosive attack ad against Democratic rival Amy Acton in Ohio governor race backfires after horrifying claims from her long-lost stepsister that father also raped another daughter Kamala Harris' phone calls that have'repulsed' top Democrats: Party leaders and donors in'panic mode' as her secret 2028 comeback plot is laid bare PhD student Nicole Virzi admits murdering friend's newborn baby and hurting his twin Jennifer Aniston and Courteney Cox's'shocking' snub to Netflix leaves TV bosses scrambling The truth about Trump's sudden fixation with other men's bodies, revealed by JAMES ROSEN Man searched for missing cousin for months... then the FBI unearthed a trove of horrifying videos in a suspected serial killer's home US launches nuclear readiness drills with'doomsday planes' and bombers airborne nationwide Brigitte Macron's defamation lawsuit against Candace Owens over ludicrous transgender claim suffers first legal defeat Revealed: Grief-sick parents whose glam college friend came to stay, slaughtered one of their newborn twins... then confessed to police her secret lifelong urges to'cause pain' I walked in and saw my father with my childhood best friend... now I wish I could unhear the details of his post-divorce rebound: DEAR JANE Behind my glamorous life of cocktail parties was a life-wrecking alcohol addiction and I spent most of my time drunk or unconscious. Here's how I hid it for a decade... and warning signs to watch out for in your loved ones Jaw-dropping new photos reveal most detailed look yet at Taylor Swift's wedding: See inside the reception... and how they hid elaborate planning for months Where did Earth's water come from? Luxury'cruise for life' operator'begged customers for money' before leaving them stranded in Cambodia How Taylor Swift's entire wedding decor was incinerated: Insider reveals how every last piece of her MSG set was sent to secret location... with an order not to leave'any trace' Unimpressed iPhone Duo buyers are returning Apple's £2,000 foldable device just days after buying it - as'crackgate' sends fans into a frenzy Alexander brothers assaulted in prison: As rapist siblings are each jailed for 30 years, LUKE KENTON's devastating front-row account of day that sealed their fate - and moment the courtroom laughed in their faces Realbotix's latest humanoid robot features silicone skin and eerily lifelike movements - but it costs $60,000 Realbotix has unveiled a new line of humanoid robots - and they're eerily lifelike. The Echo bots feature ultra-realistic silicone skin and 39 degrees of freedom, meaning they can move around just like real people.

Families facing cost-of-living pressures are being offered some help, or breathing space as Chancellor John Healey is calling it. The help comes as prices are rising faster than expected with annual energy bills in particular likely to increase by around £300 or more in January. If you are living in a home in council tax bands A to D in England, you will receive a one-off £100 Household Energy Payment from January, funded by extra tax on banks. It will be paid directly into your bank account. You can find your council tax band by looking on your annual bill, or by looking on the government's website, external - although that was struggling to cope with traffic after the announcement.

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Jason Haley looks on near one of the xAI datacenters close to his home in Southaven, Mississippi, on 25 October 2026. Jason Haley looks on near one of the xAI datacenters close to his home in Southaven, Mississippi, on 25 October 2026. 'Elonville': US residents say Musk's xAI offered to buy homes if they don't sue over datacenter noise People in a Mississippi neighborhood, many of whom dislike a nearby power plant central to Elon Musk's artificial intelligence ambitions, have received a stark offer - to sell their houses to his company and make way. Real estate agents have been going door to door in Southaven, Mississippi, on behalf of xAI, Musk's AI company that was folded into the SpaceX entity in February, touting a deal to purchase houses as long as the owners agree to not join a lawsuit against the company over the power plant's noise. This plan could potentially swallow up almost the entire neighborhood of Colonial Hills, on the western flank of Southaven.

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Faced with censorship and anti-porn laws, the adult site is encouraging creators to embrace cooking, gaming, podcasting, and other safe-for-work content. Porn star Sweetie Fox is known for all kinds of gamer cosplay. She's performed as a sex-hungry vault dweller from, as Lara Croft "The Dick Rider." On Pornhub, one of the platforms where she uploads content, her character videos do massive numbers. But Fox is also a miner--the term for someone who plays --and in September, she posted a video of herself playing the game fully clothed. In less than a month, it has surpassed 1 million views on the site.

You may get the right to find out what your colleagues earn - here's why Employees should legally be able to find out what their colleagues are earning, the UK's equality watchdog has said. Bosses should be required to respond to questionaires about colleagues' pay to cut pay discrimination, the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has proposed, external . In addition, employers should be prevented from asking about current salary when offering a job to stop a history of discrimination from carrying on, it said. Employers in the UK are currently allowed to ask you how much you get paid in your current role, but applicants are under no obligation to tell them . At present, employers do not have to respond to employee requests for salary information about colleagues. The EHRC urged lawmakers to make it compulsory for employers to provide information including colleagues' basic pay and hours worked, how employees' pay compares with each other, and information about bonuses, overtime, shift-premiums and performance-related pay, within a specific timeframe.

Workers tell WIRED that NOA--or "No Ordinary Assistant"--was unhelpful. Bestselling authors also say AI is ruining their relationships with Big Five publishers. As staff at the Lower Manhattan headquarters of Macmillan Publishers headed into work one morning in January 2024, they filed past something strange on the walls--flyers welcoming a new member of the team named "NOA." The cafeteria was festooned with purple balloons and banners, according to several workers present, and with NOA's name in light-up marquee letters. A plate full of doughnuts spelled out "NOA IS HERE." NOA was an acronym for No Ordinary Assistant, which many of Macmillan's human assistants found "offensive," multiple employees tell WIRED.