Humane Ai Pin puts AI on your shirt in a dorky-looking gadget with a screenless UI

There's a startup in San Francisco called Humane (or rather, hu.ma.ne if you go by the official logo and domain name), and today it's unveiled the first product it's been working on. It's called Ai Pin and seems to answer the following question that no one asked: What if almost a smartphone, but with no screen and attached to your shirt? Oh, and with AI! And that's what it is. A honky, dorky-looking pin you put on your shirt or hoodie or blazer or whatever, and wear all day. It's not meant to blend in at all, with a "look at me!" design that may polarize people who don't live in Silicon...

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Steam Deck OLED is here with HDR and better battery life

Valve launched the Steam Deck handheld gaming PC back in 2021, and now it's finally time for a refresh. The new Steam Deck OLED is here, and the name gives away its main upgrade. No more LCD screens, you get an OLED this time around, with HDR support no less, and the capability to go up to 1,000 nits in brightness while of course showing the deep blacks OLEDs are known for. The Steam Deck OLED will become available on November 16 at 10 AM Pacific. You can get one with 512GB of storage for $549/€569, or with 1TB for $649/€679. The 256GB LCD model has also received a price cut to...

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Nothing OS 2.5 with Android 14 is coming later this year

Nothing has released the Open Beta 2 of its Nothing OS 2.5 for the Phone (2). The new OS version is built on Android 14 and brings improvements to the Glyph Interface along with other improvements. The Glyph Progress integration supports Google Calendar and can now countdowns. The Glyph Timer can be opened through the lock screen and supports time presets, so you can set any duration you want. There's also a new Glyph animation when you use NFC. Other improvements include more options for the double-press on the power button action, Predictive Back supports all Nothing apps,...

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Sony sees slumping revenues despite strong PS5 demand

Sony Group published its financial report for the period ending on September 30 and its operating profit was down 29% compared to the same time last year. Sony reported JPY 263 billion ($1.74 billion) in profits as the company saw disappointing performance across its image sensor and chip divisions. Quarterly revenues stood at JPY 2.8 trillion ($18.5 billion) which represents an 8% increase compared to the values for 2022. Chip profits are down by 37% due to higher expenses and slumping imaging sensor sales while the Entertainment, Technology and Services segment is also down by 9%...

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