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2026-10-08

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Amazon drops Fire tablets for Android Alexa Tablets priced $229.99 to $549.99
Microsoft's Surface Laptop Ultra: $2,599, Nvidia's RTX Spark chip, ships Oct. 16
Alibaba chairman tells Europe open source is the "only way" to AI independence
Google's Playground builds browser games from text prompts, free for US adults
Apple's smart home slate: LG-branded lock, doorbell, thermostat, cameras

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Amazon drops Fire tablets for Android Alexa Tablets priced $229.99 to $549.99

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Amazon's new Alexa Tablet 8 costs $229.99 and the Alexa Tablet 12 Pro starts at $499.99.

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Microsoft's Surface Laptop Ultra: $2,599, Nvidia's RTX Spark chip, ships Oct. 16

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Microsoft priced the Surface Laptop Ultra at $2,599 on Wednesday, opened pre-orders the same day and set an Oct.

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Alibaba chairman tells Europe open source is the "only way" to AI independence

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Alibaba chairman Joe Tsai told a Turin audience on Wednesday that Europe's route to AI independence is open-weight models that companies run on their own hardware and train on

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Google's Playground builds browser games from text prompts, free for US adults

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Google launched Playground on Oct. 7, a browser-based tool that generates playable 2D or 3D games from typed prompts, open to US users aged 18 and older.

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Apple's smart home slate: LG-branded lock, doorbell, thermostat, cameras

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Apple is co-developing a smart deadbolt, doorbell, thermostat and a set of security cameras with LG Electronics, and the products will reportedly carry LG's brand rather than

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