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Amazon turns its most capable smart speaker into a smart camera, too

By Peter NovakOctober 28, 20260

Since debuting in 2019, Amazon’s Echo Studio targeted users who wanted superior audio quality from their Alexa-based smart speaker. The latest Echo Studio adds another less-expected differentiator: an integrated camera.

Technology

The last, best hope for space tourism just rolled onto a runway in Arizona

By Peter NovakOctober 28, 20260

The private space tourism era looked so very promising five years ago. Blue Origin and Virgin Galactic had begun flying customers—real people with zero space experience—on suborbital missions. And at about the same time, private citizens were going to orbit for days at a time aboard SpaceX’s Crew Dragon.

US ambassador suggests Trump could blame Canada if midterms don’t go his way

October 28, 2026

Rescuers search mangled train wreckage near Toledo

October 28, 2026

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Two European countries among the most at risk from storms

By Peter NovakSeptember 29, 20260

“Climate change is making storms more intense, dangerous, shifting their paths, and putting more and more people within their reach,” according to the recent WorldRiskReport.

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Korean Air: Seattle – Manila, Philippines. $812. Roundtrip, including all Taxes

By Peter NovakSeptember 29, 20260

Korean Air is a member of the SkyTeam Alliance and Delta partner. Mileage earning with Delta is as follows:

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Anthropic’s prospectus details losses, growth, and, yes, a warning that its AI could end humanity

By Peter NovakSeptember 29, 20260

Anthropic devoted nearly a third of its hotly anticipated IPO prospectus to risk factors, according to the Financial Times, which says it has reviewed the filing in recent days. The filing details specific, worrisome behaviors that Anthropic says its models have already shown or could show, including attempts to “resist shutdown,” to “conceal or manipulate…

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