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NEW YORK (AP) — For little ghosts, witches, KPop Demon Hunters and superheroes, Halloween is one of the most exciting nights of the year. But it’s also one of the busiest for parents as they try to keep track of their trick-or-treaters, give out candy and watch over their homes. Fortunately, there are some tech tricks out there that can help families stay safe this Halloween, and have a little more fun too. Keeping tabs on your kidsIf your children are outfitted with Apple or Google-branded smart phones or watches or tracking tags, you can use the Find My or…

A Kia Sportage automobile in the quality control inspection area at the Kia Slovakia sro plant in Zilina, Slovakia, on Friday, Oct. 27, 2023.Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesSlovakia, a small landlocked country in the heart of Europe, faces a perfect storm as it seeks to protect its enviable automotive reputation.From the establishment of the Bratislava Automobile Works (BAZ) in the early 1970s through to the fall of communism and its subsequent ascension to the European Union, Slovakia has positioned itself as the world’s leading producer of cars per capita.Nicknamed “Europe’s Detroit,” the mountainous nation of just 5.4 million has…

Amazon announced on Wednesday that it’s developing AI-powered smart glasses for its delivery drivers. The idea behind the glasses is to give delivery drivers a hands-free experience that reduces the need to keep looking between their phone, the package they’re delivering, and their surroundings. The e-commerce giant says the glasses will allow delivery drivers to scan packages, follow turn-by-turn walking directions, and capture proof of delivery, all without using their phones. The glasses use AI-powered sensing capabilities and computer vision alongside cameras to create a display that includes things like hazards and delivery tasks. Amazon likely hopes that the new…

OpenAI unveiled its AI browser, ChatGPT Atlas, during a livestream on Tuesday. There are other AI browsers such as The Browser Company’s Dia, Opera’s Neon, Perplexity’s Comet, and General Catalyst-backed Strawberry. OpenAI’s launch is notable because of the sheer scale of reaching potentially 800 million of its weekly ChatGPT users. For the company, the browser is much more about keeping ChatGPT central than about making web browsing better. While Atlas is currently available only on the Mac, the company is already working on bringing it to Windows, iOS, and Android — all the surfaces where ChatGPT already exists. OpenAI has…

OpenAI reportedly asked the Raine family — whose 16-year-old son Adam Raine died by suicide after prolonged conversations with ChatGPT — for a full list of attendees from the teenager’s memorial, signaling that the AI firm may try to subpoena friends and family.   OpenAI also requested “all documents relating to memorial services or events in the honor of the decedent, including but not limited to any videos or photographs taken, or eulogies given,” per a document obtained by the Financial Times.  Speaking to the FT, lawyers from the Raine family described the request as “intentional harassment.”  The new information…

AI labs are racing to build data centers as large as Manhattan, each costing billions of dollars and consuming as much energy as a small city. The effort is driven by a deep belief in “scaling” — the idea that adding more computing power to existing AI training methods will eventually yield superintelligent systems capable of performing all kinds of tasks. But a growing chorus of AI researchers say the scaling of large language models may be reaching its limits, and that other breakthroughs may be needed to improve AI performance. That’s the bet Sara Hooker, Cohere’s former VP of…

Tesla electric vehicles are parked at a Tesla service center on Aug. 2, 2025 in San Diego, California.Kevin Carter | Getty Images There are generally two ways for a company to increase its profit: increasing sales or cutting costs. Preferably both at the same time — because a rise in revenue might be overshadowed by spiking expenses.That’s what happened to Tesla in the third quarter. Revenue at Elon Musk’s electric vehicle company rose 12% year on year, the first increase in three quarters. Despite that, net income plunged 37% from a year earlier.The culprits? Lower vehicle prices, presumably in a…

Snapchat is making its new “Imagine Lens,” the company’s first open prompt image-generation AI Lens, available to all users for free. The Lens was initially launched in September but only for paid subscribers. With the Lens, users can edit their own Snaps using custom prompts or generate their own. For instance, you could prompt the app, “Turn me into an alien” after snapping a selfie, or request an image of a “grumpy cat.” The company suggests you could use the Lens to try on Halloween costume ideas, or reimagine your friend in a new look, among other things. The results…

Tesla’s record sales quarter has offered the company a reprieve after a terrible start to 2025. But CEO Elon Musk is focused on building a “robot army” and making good on his years-long, unfulfilled promise of self-driving cars — tasks he needs to accomplish if he is to unlock the full value of the $1 trillion compensation package that Tesla wants to award him. The tension between Tesla’s current automotive-driven business and the AI-centric one that Musk is aiming for has never been more clear. Tesla delivered a record number of vehicles in the third quarter of 2025, thanks in…

Peter Endig | AFP | Getty ImagesThe New Jersey attorney general sued Amazon on Wednesday, alleging the company has violated the rights of thousands of pregnant employees and staffers with disabilities who work in several of its facilities in the state.The complaint, filed in Essex County Superior Court by the office of Attorney General Matthew Platkin, alleges Amazon violated state anti-discrimination law in how it treats pregnant employees and employees with disabilities when they request a work accommodation.The state said the lawsuit follows a years-long investigation by its civil rights division into Amazon’s treatment of workers at warehouses across New…