Apple is getting into smart displays with its new HomeView. It has a seven-inch squircle design, looking similar to a gargantuan Apple Watch mounted to a speaker base. The $299 HomeView is meant to be the centerpiece for Apple's big push into the home, as it's capable of controlling a host of smart home tech. Additionally, it can display recipes, show music playback controls, let you make FaceTime calls, and display a host of widgets.

The HomeView launches on Friday, November 13th, and it'll likely be a popular holiday gift. You can preorder in in multiple colors, and you have the option at checkout to either include a speaker base (it incl …

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Apple's HomePod Mini 2 is here, and we've gotten a close-up look at the second-gen smart speaker.

The HomePod Mini 2 comes with an upgraded S10 chip capable of powering Siri AI, though Apple says support for new AI features will roll out as part of a future update. It also offers a sound glow feature that matches its LED lights with the colors of a song's album art and can work as your Mac's default speaker.

Physically, the HomePod Mini 2 is almost identical to its predecessor, but the colors have changed. There's now a pink model and a green model, and the blue has changed colors. There's still black and white for those who want basics a …

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European leaders, who have accused Russia of brazen assaults on their soil, contend with strikes on ships skirting their waters.

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Epic Games plans to use AI to generate code and art for an unannounced Disney game, which is now delayed from its original March release window, according to a report from Bloomberg. The project's developers have been given an "AI-first" mandate directing them to use tools like Anthropic's Claude more to finish the game.

According to Bloomberg, one of the game's directors said in a message to staff, "No more hand-written code." Staff were also told that all of the game's art will be "generated with full AI workflows." In a statement given to Bloomberg, Epic Games spokesperson Jake Jones said the company is "embracing AI-accelerated develop …

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Russia has reaped a diesel deal and an increase in U.S. pressure on Ukraine as President Trump’s political needs align with his longstanding inclinations toward Russia.

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Russia has reaped a diesel deal and an increase in U.S. pressure on Ukraine as President Trump’s political needs align with his longstanding inclinations toward Russia.

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She and Kathy O’Malley — known as “the Girlfriends” — were the rare female hosts in a major market. Their freewheeling segments included “Sex Thursday.”

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How Rwanda has succeeded where Morocco and South Africa, among others, have failed by agreeing a deal to stage the African Grand Prix.

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Six crew members are rescued but 10 are missing after a merchant ship was sunk overnight, Bulgaria says.

Mark Tyrrell raped and sexually assaulted a woman over about two years, his trial is told.

A nonprofit watchdog group sued the Department of Government Efficiency, asserting that it should be subject to federal Freedom of Information Act discovery requests.

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Singapore-based firm aims to eventually top off the fund’s capital pool at $100 million.

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The European Commission—the EU’s executive arm—said that the sale fully addresses officials’ earlier concerns that the deal could hinder competition in tampon markets in Czechia, Estonia, and Slovakia.

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