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  • Elon Musk has donated over $276 million to Republican midterm efforts

    Elon Musk has donated over $276 million to Republican midterm efforts

    Elon Musk has handed out at least $276 million to Republican groups since July, The New York Times reports, making him both the party’s top known donor and the biggest established midterm donor. $158 million of that money — one of the largest political donations in American history — has been funneled into the Senate Leadership Fund, the main super PAC that aims to secure and maintain a Republican Senate majority.

    Among others, it’s fighting to retain the party’s Senate seat in Texas, which serves as a major hub for Musk’s business empire.

    He’s also donated over $76 million to America PAC, a super PAC Musk founded in 2024 that canvasses for hard-to-reach Republican voters. Smaller amounts have also been given to other conservative groups, including:

    • $20 million to the Congressional Leadership Fund super PAC for House Republicans
    • $10 million to Lone Star Liberty PAC, supporting Ken Paxton’s Senate Seat bid in Texas
    • $10 million to the Republican Governors Association
    • $2 million to the Republican Attorneys General Association
  • $20 million to the Congressional Leadership Fund super PAC for House Republicans
  • $10 million to Lone Star Liberty PAC, supporting Ken Paxton’s Senate Seat bid in Texas
  • $10 million to the Republican Governors Association
  • $2 million to the Republican Attorneys General Association

    • The roughly $366 million that Musk has donated to federal committees over the entire 2025-26 election cycle is significantly higher than the $290 million he gave out in 2024 to help President Trump return to office, when he pledged to spend “around $45 million a month.” That’s despite Musk announcing in May last year that “In terms of political spending, I’m going to do a lot less in the future.” He’s consistently

    failed to stick to that promise so far.

  • Meta has some Wonder Full new AI models

    Meta has some Wonder Full new AI models

    Meta is making up for lost time in the AI race. After launching Muse Spark, the first model from its revamped Superintelligence Labs division, and buzzy AI agent Muse, it’s now launching two new models it claims can go toe-to-toe with the industry’s best.

    The new models, Muse Wonder and Muse Wonder Full, are available for Muse Code subscribers starting today. Wonder can also be accessed through the Meta Model API, Meta said.

    Meta says it eventually plans to power its Muse AI agent with Wonder, starting with subscribers, and will develop specialized models it “can bring to everyone using Muse.” It hasn’t shared specifics or provided a timeline for either.

    The company says its new models can rival leading models from OpenAI and Anthropic, including GPT-6 Astra, Claude Opus 5.5, and Claude Fable 5.1, pointing to results from internal testing on several industry benchmarks. It’s unclear how they stack up against Google’s Gemini 4 Argon, whose capabilities are still coming into focus.

    The launches are part of Meta’s aggressive push to reestablish itself as a major force in AI. The company has poured billions into talent and infrastructure and has been steadily expanding its AI lineup, including with image model Muse Image and a heavy focus on bringing useful AI agents to the masses through Muse.

  • Mechanism’s first Switch 2 case is as awesome as I hoped it would be

    Mechanism’s first Switch 2 case is as awesome as I hoped it would be

    Most companies have slowed down releasing new Switch 2 cases , but one of my favorite accessory makers recently debuted its first, after a few delays. The $49 Basecase from Mechanism is a snap-on shell for the console that taps into the company’s modular lineup of mounts.

    You could already mount the Switch 2 in numerous ways with its $19 Basegrip (to your wall, to its Gaming Pillow , to a monitor arm, etc.). The difference is that this new product protects your console, makes its Joy-Con more comfortable to use, and has some interesting modularity.

    The console shell allows for the full range of the Switch 2’s kickstand, and access to all of the ports, buttons, and fan vents. Notably, it fits more snugly than others I’ve tried because it clamps on near the console’s bottom USB-C port.

    This is a good thing. You can unlock its rear plate and replace it with a custom 3D-printed version for more fun and/or more utility.

    Mechanism sent over a couple of printed examples that hint at the possibilities — one that has Lego pegs on it for sticking on some minifigures, and another that has crannies for game cartridges.

    The grips that slide onto the back of the Joy-Con protectors are modular, too. The set includes two sizes that add varying degrees of bulk, both of which make them more comfortable to use.

    Remove any of the grips, and there’s a spot for a game cartridge. It’s a fun way to bring extra physical games.

    Mechanism included some extra grip types that aren’t for sale to show what’s possible with a 3D printer. I really liked the pair that has a little shelf on each side to let your middle or ring fingers rest.

    You can’t use the Switch 2 in its dock with the Basecase. So, Mechanism includes a dock adapter that takes a different approach — not necessarily better or worse — than Dbrand did with its Killswitch.

    Instead of cradling the Switch 2, it’s simply a female-to-male USB-C cable that you have to maneuver onto the dock’s video-out port. Installing it isn’t quite as easy as its marketing indicates, but I eventually got it working.

    Those who use a third-party USB-C dock from Jsaux or Genki won’t need to use this component.

    The Basecase seems designed to address multiple points of failure in earlier Switch 2 cases released by Dbrand, Genki, and others that unfortunately let some quality control issues slip in an effort to launch cases first when the Swtich 2 first debuted.

    For instance, the Basecase’s Joy-Con grips have a little rubber lip that fits around the top of the controller’s inner colored section. Dbrand revised its comfy Killswitch grip to add this after some users noted their consoles tumbling to the ground when they grabbed it by the controller without supporting the Switch 2’s weight. The Basecase does a good job of preventing this issue.

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    • Also important: the swappable Joy-Con grips attach easily, requiring almost no effort to line up the latch pins to snap on. I could never quite get the feel for the ones included with Genki’s Attack Vector case (we’ll see how Genki’s upcoming Grips fare). Also, while most thin, plastic cases from competitors exhibit ill-fitting sections or flex, the Basecase feels tougher.

    If you’re bought into Mechanism’s ecosystem of mounts and have a Switch 2, there’s a good chance that you’ve been waiting for this release (and, perhaps, you already own this case). For gamers who haven’t yet tried out the company’s system of mounts, this is a really good place to start. You can grab all of the 3D printer files at Makerworld or Printables.

    Photography by Cameron Faulkner/The Verge

  • The Yandex outage probably didn’t blitz Russian bots

    The Yandex outage probably didn’t blitz Russian bots

    Multiple Ukrainian drone strikes over the last week have taken Russian data centers offline and reportedly caused online bot traffic to plummet — but in reality it’s probably not the kind of bot activity most people associate with Russia.

    A chart citing Cloudflare data has been circulating around social media platforms, showing a sharp decline in bot traffic following attacks on Yandex servers — a technology company often described as “Russia’s Google.” While many people are inferring that the chart refers to bot farms that push disinformation , conspiracy theories, and other harmful content across online platforms, reputed troll farm exposer

    antibot4navalny says the data “has nothing to do with social media.”

    In a thread on X, antibot4navalny says the chart is actually measuring requests from automated Yandex web crawlers. These bots have broad uses, so while they can be used maliciously to hack user accounts and target people with spam, they’re also very commonly used to index websites for search engines and provide customer service support.

    The chart is also specific to Yandex-based traffic, and not bot activity from Russia at large — which remains largely unchanged around the data center attacks, according to Cloudflare .

    Other charts have also been shared that show the same alleged decline in Russian disinformation bot activity. One such diagram was shared on X by European Parliament member Tomáš Zdechovský, who claimed that online activity around the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) political party plummeted following the Russian data center attacks.

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  • The Fitbit Edge is for folks who don’t want to go totally screenless

    The Fitbit Edge is for folks who don’t want to go totally screenless

    The Fitbit Edge may not be Google’s best-kept fitness-tracking secret, but as of today, its existence is official.

    The tracker sits smack-dab between the recently launched Fitbit Air and the more powerful Google Pixel Watch 5 in the company’s current wearable lineup. Basically, if you have smartwatch fatigue but don’t want to give up notifications, this is Google’s answer to the aging Fitbit Charge 6.

    Much of the Edge’s specs were previously leaked , but the tracker has a 46 percent larger OLED display compared to the Charge 6, a physical side button, and is a smidge thicker at 11.5mm. It also sports a replaceable battery that gets about a week on a single charge, though that estimate drops to two days if you enable the always-on display.

    The tracker uses the same proprietary charger as the Air, and can also get about a day’s worth of battery in five minutes. (A full charge takes 90 minutes.) For health tracking, the Edge has an EKG sensor for atrial fibrillation detection, a skin temperature sensor, SpO2 and optical heart rate sensors, plus your typical motion tracking sensors.

    As for dust and water resistance, the Edge is rated IP68 and is safe for swimming up to 5ATM.

  • There are a few notable hardware omissions. The Edge doesn’t have a mic or speaker, so you can’t take calls from the wrist even though you can see who’s calling on the screen.

    Also, unlike the Charge 6, it lacks an NFC chip for contactless payments. The latter is a bit disappointing, given that the Edge essentially replaces the Charge 6 and is $20 more expensive at $179.99.

    That price does, however, include three months of Google Health Premium.

    The new Fitbit offers improved automatic workout tracking and GPS compared to the Charge 6. The former is a revised motion model that’ll also come to the Air.

    Beyond supporting racket sports, it pulls in location data and routines to make inferences about activities. For example, if you go to a tennis court, it’ll assume any activity logged there is tennis.

    If you regularly do yoga on Tuesday mornings, it’ll infer that’s what your activity is. Google says the new model means auto activity tracking is twice as accurate and supports over 100 activities.

    The Edge’s GPS tracking is also purportedly 40 percent more accurate — though it’s not using the same software-based post-processing update that Google introduced with the Pixel Watch 5. This increased accuracy mostly comes from on-device improvements to the Edge. It’ll also support turn-by-turn directions.

    Feature-wise, the device is meant for people who want glanceable information, with some but not all the bells and whistles of a smartwatch. The Edge borrows much of the Pixel Watch’s design language as far as widgets and user interface go.

    It’s not running Wear OS, though; this is a redesigned Fitbit OS. It’ll also get the same Google Health software updates for features like blood pressure trends and insulin resistance levels.

    As far as non-fitness tracking features go, it has a clock, timers, alarms, media controls, and push notifications. It also supports heart rate broadcasting to certain gym equipment.

    Despite the screen, the overall look is more in line with the Air. The Edge will launch with several types of straps so you can adjust the style to fit various occasions, including metal links to give it more of a jewelry-like feel.

    (Speaking of jewelry-like styling, the Air is also getting a new metal mesh strap that costs $69.99 and is available October 27th.) As with the Air and Pixel Watch 5, there’ll be a Stephen Curry edition of the Edge that will cost $219.99.

  • CMF’s debut wireless speakers resemble milk cartons in design

    CMF’s debut wireless speakers resemble milk cartons in design

    The CMF Speaker Series are the first portable Bluetooth speakers from the budget-focused brand that Nothing created but is in the process of spinning off into an India-based standalone subsidiary. As with many of CMF’s products, like the Headphone Pro that launched a year ago, the new speakers deliver affordability alongside unique designs and bright color options that help them stand out from the competition.

    While the company doesn’t directly cite a grocery store’s dairy aisle as the inspiration for its latest hardware, it’s hard not to look at these and immediately see electronic milk cartons.

    The CMF Speaker Series are launching in two sizes with panels and knobs that can be customized with 3D printing.

    There are two versions of the CMF Speaker Series available starting today in white, dark gray, orange, and turquoise color options. The $59 CMF Speaker S is the smaller of the two and features a “custom-tuned” 45mm full-range driver paired with two passive radiators to help boost the presence of low-end frequencies.

    The larger $109 CMF Speaker M instead features two drivers including a 10W tweeter and a dedicated 25W woofer for improved bass performance and better separation of instruments and singers.

    Both speakers offer up to 18 hours of battery life, have an IP68 water and dust resistance rating, and can have their sound profile customized through the Nothing X app. That customizability extends to the design of the CMF Speaker Series, too.

    The multifunction knob on the front that controls volume and playback and the speaker’s entire front panel, including the vertical flap on top that can be used for hanging, can be easily removed and swapped with an alternate color or a completely different design. CMF plans to release the official design file so modders can 3D print their own unique customizations.

    Other features include a dual-device connection for quickly jumping back and forth between two wireless audio sources Bluetooth 6, fast pairing using NFC, Google Fast Pair, or Microsoft Swift Pair, and audio over a USB-C cable.

    You can also pair two of the Speaker S or two of the Speaker M (you can’t mix and match) for a left-and-right stereo mode, or synchronize the full mix to several other speakers simultaneously, even from other companies, using an Auracast-based party mode.

  • A college in Illinois tried to cancel its Flock contact and it refused

    A college in Illinois tried to cancel its Flock contact and it refused

    In April of 2025, Elgin Community College had six Flock safety cameras installed to “enhance the safety and security of students.” But by September of that year, the school’s administration grew concerned that Flock was sharing data with Customs and Border Patrol, that camera feeds were not properly secured, and that both law enforcement and the company’s employees were abusing access to the data.

    So in October of 2025, Elgin Community College requested Flock to remove its cameras . According to Elgin’s President Peggy Heinrich, Flock rejected the request, saying it had not violated its contract.

    According to the Chicago Sun-Times , school officials reached out again in December, offered to pay for the remaining five months of the contract, and still requested that the cameras be removed. They were met with silence.

    That’s when things took a strange and somewhat sinister turn. According to the Sun-Times:

    Heinrich said Elgin Community College staff began to cover the cameras using black trash bags and zip ties so that they would not be able to capture footage. But workers in an unmarked vehicle, which Heinrich assumed belonged to Flock, repeatedly removed the coverings.

    “We were kind of in a back and forth for a bit where we’d cover, and then when they’d come to service, they’d remove,” Heinrich said. “Then we’d cover and then they’d remove.”

    This continued until April of this year when the college’s contract expired, and Flock removed the cameras.

  • The new Apple TV could have a built-in mic and a remote with a speaker

    The new Apple TV could have a built-in mic and a remote with a speaker

    The latest rumors are that the new Apple TV will have a built-in microphone, while the upgraded remote will get a speaker. The mic would let users control the set-top box using Siri without having to speak into the remote or a connected HomePod device. That could also let the Apple TV serve as a simple smart home hub — controlling thermostats and locking doors — without the need to hunt for the remote.

    If you happen to misplace the remote, the new integrated speaker should make it easier to track down. It could play an audio alert to guide you to its location, whether it got carelessly kicked under the couch or a child mischievously hid it in a drawer.

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    • This is on top of the upgrade to an A19 chip that will power Siri AI. The Apple TV is expected to start shipping on October 30th, alongside the refreshed HomePod Mini.

  • Silicon Valley is falling in line with Trump’s attempt to rename AI

    Silicon Valley is falling in line with Trump’s attempt to rename AI

    When President Donald Trump announced his plans to rebrand artificial intelligence as “super intelligence,” you’d be forgiven for being skeptical that it would catch on. While most of the broader population is sticking with AI, some of Silicon Valley’s most powerful are falling in line and trying to give Trump the great AI rebrand he so desires.

    That Elon Musk was quick to jump on board , promising to rename SpaceXAI to SpaceXSI, isn’t surprising.

    When, hours after Donald Trump declared that “The White House considers anyone that uses the term, ‘Artificial Intelligence,’ as opposed to the highly accepted new and more accurate term, ‘Super Intelligence,’ THE ENEMY!” Marc Benioff announced that Salesforce would rename AIForce to SIForce ; it seemed like a quick capitulation, but not entirely out of character.

    Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang attended the summit where the executive order requiring government agencies to use the term “super intelligence” was announced. He’s also aligned himself with Trump, saying he believes the danger posed by AI is overblown.

    So it was somewhat predictable that when Nvidia declared that it would “commit” $1 billion to scientific advancement, that included “ super intelligence research .” Of course, Huang has a lot to lose if he gets on Trump’s bad side.

    The latest to cave is Microsoft’s Satya Nadella, who attended the same AI summit as Huang along with Mark Zuckerberg, Sundar Pichai, Jeff Bezos, Dario Amodei, and Musk. In a post calling for building an “emergency brake” for AI yesterday, Nadella repeatedly referred to the technology as “super intelligence.”

    During Trump’s second term, Silicon Valley has repeatedly tried to ingratiate itself with the administration, after having a much more contentious relationship during his first term.

  • George A. Romero’s Season of the Witch Functions as a Slow‑Burn Feminist Occult Drama

    George A. Romero’s Season of the Witch Functions as a Slow‑Burn Feminist Occult Drama

    George A. Romero is widely recognized as the pioneer of the modern zombie film, having launched the subgenre with Night of the Living Dead and followed it with the outbreak horror The Crazies. In between those works he directed two relatively obscure movies: There’s Always Vanilla, which I have not yet watched, and Season of the Witch — originally released under the title Hungry Wives.

    Hungry Wives was conceived as an exploitation picture; the studio promoted it as soft‑core porn, but it failed to attract viewers, likely because the film contains very little nudity — just a single sex scene — and relies heavily on dialogue. Upon its 1973 debut it was a clear commercial disappointment. After Romero’s Dawn of the Dead revived interest in his catalog, the picture was re‑issued as Season of the Witch.

    Although Romero’s original 130‑minute cut has been lost, fragments have been salvaged and restored, extending the initial 89‑minute version to 104 minutes. Beyond the distributor’s heavy trimming — cutting roughly 40 minutes — a key reason for its poor reception is that Romero did not deliver the expected soft‑core porn; instead he crafted a slow‑burn feminist drama in which occult elements play a secondary role.

    The lead, Joan Mitchell, endures an abusive marriage and feels stifled by her role as a submissive housewife. She moves from conventional therapy to witchcraft as a means of breaking free from her monotonous existence.

    Season of the Witch is not without flaws. Its production values are modest — reportedly made for about $100,000 (roughly $800,000 when adjusted for inflation).