Pink home office with door to outside at far end, desk and couch on right side, photos on wall at left. A handmade desk in an office painted a color called ‘Little Piggy.’ Continue reading…

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Peloton’s got a new head honcho. The company announced that Ford executive Peter Stern will take over as CEO and President starting January 1st. Stern previously worked at Apple and Time Warner Cable. “As a cofounder and driving force behind Apple Fitness Plus, Peter led his growth to millions of members, and is responsible for successfully scaling over a dozen other subscription services ranging from Ford BlueCruise to Apple iCloud to Time Warner Cable Home Security,” said Karen Boone, Peloton’s interim CEO, on today’s Q1 2025 earnings call. “Importantly, Peter has also been a passionate member of the Peloton community since 2016.” In a Q&A with investors, Boone also emphasized that Stern was “known for execution” and that the ability... Continue reading…

Image: AMD After bizarrely teasing a 9000-series X3D announcement last week, AMD is making it official today that the Ryzen 7 9800X3D will be available on November 7th. Priced at $479, the 9800X3D is a direct successor to the best gaming CPU on the market right now, the Ryzen 7 7800X3D. There’s a lot to be excited about with this next-generation X3D chip, too. AMD is increasing the base clock speed up to 4.7GHz on the 9800X3D, with a max boost of 5.2GHz. Combined with an increase to a 120-watt TDP, this may well help improve productivity workloads — something the X3D chips have always fallen behind their non-X3D counterparts on. Image: AMD AMD claims its 9800X3D is on average 8 percent faster than the 7800X3D. The 9800X3D... Continue reading…

Google's Waze app is so popular with drivers because of its unique incident reporting feature, which helped it stand out from the crowd of navigation apps many years ago. Since then, Google has continued to improve Waze, and it leveled the playing field a bit by bringing support for incident reporting to Google Maps. Generative AI will mark the next evolution of Waze, which just received a new feature called Conversational Reporting. It does what you think it does: You can report road incidents using natural speech rather than finding the correct menu on the screen or issuing a specific command. Google is also bringing tons of new AI features to Google Maps and Google Earth, but Waze fans will want to learn all about the new Waze updates first and foremost. Continue reading... The post Waze Conversational Reporting lets you report incidents just by talking to Gemini AI appeared first on BGR. Today's Top Deals Today’s deals: $90 Lenovo Chromebook, $360 Apple Watch Series 10, $100 off Ninja blenders, more Today’s deals: 10% off toys, 35% off Crest 3D Whitestrips, $50 foldable camera drone, more Today’s deals: $119 off iPad mini, $120 heated jackets, Energizer batteries, $30 Crock-Pot, more Today’s deals: $367 Apple Watch Series 10, $66 14-piece cookware set, $99 230-piece Craftsman tool set, more

Google on Thursday announced updates for some of its most popular apps, including Waze, Google Maps, and Google Earth. Needless to say, the updates include plenty of new Gemini AI integrations. Waze users will soon be able to report AI-assisted road incidents by simply talking to the app. Gemini AI will proces the information and add the correct type of incident in the app. If you use Google Maps more than Waze, you'll also notice several new features in the app soon. Google tweaked the navigation experience to let you manage your route before you start driving. Also, Google Maps enhanced navigation will help ensure you don't miss your exit and merge using the proper lane. There's also plenty of new Gemini AI integration in Google Maps, as the chatbot can now help you summarize reviews for nearby places and discover new attractions with a chat-like experience. Finally, Google is also making Google Maps data available to third-party apps, including other AI applications that can use location data to better answer questions. Continue reading... The post Google Maps and Google Earth just got tons of new AI-powered features appeared first on BGR. Today's Top Deals Today’s deals: $56 for 2024’s easiest Halloween costume, $699 M2 MacBook Air, 20% off Dyson, more Amazon gift card deals, offers & coupons 2024: Get $365+ free Today’s deals: 10% off toys, 35% off Crest 3D Whitestrips, $50 foldable camera drone, more Today’s deals: Rare Nintendo Switch sale, $729 black Apple Watch Ultra 2, 32% off LG G4 OLED TV, more

Sugar overload is a real danger on Halloween, as piles of candy prove a powerful temptation to both Trick-or-Treaters and the folks handing out the goodies. Too many sweet treats can instigate a blood sugar spike followed by a hard crash, causing folks to become irritable...

Fewer Americans filed for unemployment benefits last week as layoffs remained at historically healthy levels despite elevated interest rates.

A U.S. House subcommittee plans to refer former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat, to the Justice Department for possible prosecution for allegedly lying to Congress, the New York Times and other outlets reported on Wednesday.

U.S. labor costs recorded their smallest increase in more than three years in the third quarter amid cooling wage growth, indicating that inflation was firmly on a downward trend.

Rowdy crowds took to the streets in Los Angeles after the Dodgers won the World Series, setting a bus on fire, breaking into stores and setting off firecrackers. A dozen arrests were reported by police early Thursday.