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• Nothing CEO Carl Pei said his smartphone startup is targeting young consumers.
• He said younger users are less taken by Apple because they didn't grow up watching it rise.
• The new smartphone maker has made inroads and is now valued at $1.3 billion.

The smartphone industry is a hard one for newcomers to break into. It's littered with failed

Here are some recently released titles to add to your reading list. This week, we read Near Flesh, a collection of short stories by the late Katherine Dunn, and 30 Days of Night: Falling Sun, the revival of the hit horror series.

When you arrive at TwitchCon 2025 at the San Diego Convention Center, you're immediately met with tight security. Bags are checked, backpacks are prohibited, and everyone passes through metal detectors. To access different areas inside, attendees must scan their wristbands — but these often malfunction, and security rarely makes exceptions.

With such a visible security presence, you'd think

• I threw my daughter an elaborate birthday party for her first birthday.
• I rented out a restaurant, bought a large cake, and hired a face painter.
• I did it all to show off on Instagram, but I realize it should've been about my daughter.

I threw my 1-year-old a birthday party that was too over-the-top for a baby that still

TL;DR: Bring home a feature-packed MacBook Pro for just $279.97 (reg. $1,499) through Nov. 2, while supplies last.

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• Ireland plans to make a basic income for artists permanent in 2026.
• In a three-year-long pilot program, officials paid local artists $1,500 monthly.
• Recipients in the pilot said the basic income payments improved their daily lives.

As Ireland's $1,500-a-month basic income pilot

NVIDIA has taken a big step towards strengthening its domestic chip manufacturing, revealing the first Blackwell wafer made in the US. The hardware company assembled the wafer, which is the base material for NVIDIA's AI chips, in TSMC's semiconductor manufacturing facility in Phoenix, Arizona. 

NVIDIA revealed its Blackwell platform last year, boasting a goal of revolutionizing the AI industry

What do Apple, Google, Meta, and Amazon have in common with an advocacy group called Students Engaged in Advancing Texas (SEAT) that represents students? They are all taking on the Texas App Store Accountability Act, a law that requires age verification from users in the state of Texas in order to download apps in app stores.

As Engadget reports, SEAT and the Computer & Communications Industry

It's been 40 years to the day since the Nintendo Entertainment System made its US debut, and to celebrate, gaming accessory maker 8BitDo has unveiled a line of NES-themed products. The NES40 collection includes a limited edition version of the company's Ultimate 2 controller that comes with an NES Retro Receiver, so it can be used with the classic console. There's also the NES-inspired Retro Cube