The Nvidia Shield TV is an iconic piece of Android hardware but it also hasn’t seen a refresh in the better part of a decade. But, because of the increasingly depressing state of the entire tech industry, Nvidia Shield TV Pro is getting a $100 price hike to $299, seven years after it first launched.
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NVIDIA has announced a 64GB version of its DGX Spark desktop AI system, priced from $4,999.Sales are scheduled to begin on October 23.The company has also updated the price of the 128GB Founder’s Edition to $6,950.
Excerpt · Guru3DMacworld If you’ve been using third-party apps on your Mac, you are probably familiar with a permission dialog box called “Full Disk Access.” It’s sort of a big catch-all permission that lets an application read or write almost any data to…
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Archestra released OpenAPPA, an open-source security engine designed to stop data exfiltration caused by prompt injection or model hallucination. The team reports zero successful attacks when running security benchmarks Bench-Corp (20…
Excerpt · InfoQGoogle's Gemini could soon access any file on your macOS device, open apps, browse the web, and perform actions without asking for permission every time.
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Excerpt · GeekWireThe companies featured at the recent Bank of America Private Tech Trailblazers Conference point to where the next wave of AI growth is taking shape: specialized technology built around proprietary data, industry-specific workflows and,…
Excerpt · SiliconANGLEThe company previously said it won't use AI-generated content in its games.
Excerpt · EngadgetSave on the new Samsung Galaxy S26 FE at Amazon and get a 6.7-inch AMOLED display, 120Hz refresh rate, and Galaxy AI.
Excerpt · Android AuthorityCapcom's Pragmata might be all about the horrors of AI, but in practice the studio doesn't seem so down on the tech. During the Capcom Open Conference RE: 2026 programmer Satoshi Ishida gave a presentation with the mouthful of a title:…
Excerpt · The Verge"There is an ontological difference, even before an aesthetic one, between art and what a machine can generate through statistical calculation based on millions of images created by others," the pope wrote. "Algorithms lack the spark of…
Excerpt · TechCrunchCapcom detailed its REX project at RE:2026, a staged RE Engine upgrade built for the AI era, with new developer tools, AI testing goals and open-source components.
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Apple plans stricter macOS privacy controls in response to AI agents
Apple announced plans to introduce tighter controls for the Full Disk Access permission on macOS. The company stated that the growing use of artificial intelligence agents requesting broad entry to user files, messages, mail, and browsing history creates new security risks.
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