😀 Woman Arrested Over Delivery Robot

In Philadelphia, Carolyn Marvin stood in front of an Uber delivery robot and refused to move. Police asked her to clear the way. She was arrested and faces a disorderly conduct charge.

Marvin told ABC13 that these robots take jobs from human couriers. She said she blocks them whenever she sees one. The arrest was captured on video and drew press attention.

Delivery robots are already common in Center City, but the reaction is mixed. This was not Marvin’s first confrontation. Earlier this year, someone kicked one over in the area. The scene ended with police arresting a person for blocking a robot.

📊@tech

🤖 OpenAI Introduces Custom Voices

Custom Voices creates a synthetic voice from just 10-30 seconds of audio. It needs one recording with the speaker’s consent and another as the model’s sample, then reproduces the speaker’s timbre and delivery.

Each voice gets its own ID and connects through the API to speech synthesis, the Realtime API, or GPT-Live voice agents. A store could use it for a brand voice, while a personal assistant could speak in its owner’s voice.

Access is limited to approved OpenAI customers, with consent required and a cap of 20 voices per organization. There is no broad public launch yet.

📊@tech

😂 Two AI Agents Stuck in a Goodbye Loop

YouTuber Graham Dot Zip joined an interview call, let his AI agent speak for him, then left.

The company had sent its own AI interviewer.

The agents discussed his career, agreed to meet again on Thursday, then kept repeating farewells long after the human was gone.

📊@tech

🤖 ChatGPT Adds Password-Protected Hidden Chats

On PCs, access uses a PIN. On smartphones, Face ID, Touch ID, or screen unlock confirms identity.

Hidden chats disappear from normal history and do not enter ChatGPT’s memory, so personal discussions won’t affect work-chat personalization. The feature is free for everyone.

📊@tech

🥒 Honda Builds Roads That Charge EVs

Honda’s DWPT system places charging plates under the road. Cables feed them direct current. As a compatible EV passes overhead, a magnetic field sends power to a receiver under the vehicle and into its battery.

Honda has worked on the system since 2021 with Taisei Corporation and Taisei Rotec. The first target is logistics and freight, though the technology is designed for vehicles from small cars to commercial fleets.

A test strip will be built by the end of the year. Real-world checks are planned for early 2027, including safety, high-speed operation, and about 1 million wheel passes. The target is up to 150 kW wirelessly. No commercial launch date has been given.

📊@tech

🍏 Apple Caps iPhone Duo Orders

Orders are limited to 2 devices per customer. Similar caps appeared only for the first iPhone and iPhone 5.

Demand has pushed delivery dates to late January. Scalpers list the smartphone on eBay for $5,000-8,000 with launch-day shipping.

📊@tech

🤖 OpenAI Finds Critical PHP Flaws

The 2 vulnerabilities, CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619, were rated 9.2 out of 10. They allow remote code execution without authentication. One involves faulty handling of out-of-memory conditions. The other reuses freed memory.

One flaw was found by researcher Calif with GPT-5.6 Sol. Wiz independently discovered and reported both. PHP developers released emergency updates.

OpenAI’s Patch the Planet initiative checks flaws with AI, prepares fixes, hardens providers’ systems, then publishes the details. The company also allocated $1 billion in subsidized Daybreak access for under-resourced organizations protecting critical services.

📊@tech

🚀 SpaceX to Catch Both Starship Stages

In November, the company will make its first attempt to catch both Starship stages in midair. The tower’s mechanical “chopsticks” are meant to grab the booster and ship, returning them to the launch site.

The September flight put the ship into orbit and deployed several dozen V3 satellites. One Raptor shut down early, and both stages ended in water after about 3 hours and 2 orbits, instead of 10 hours and 6.

Elon Musk said success is not guaranteed at first, though he considers it more likely than not on the next flight. If it fails, attempts will continue regularly through the end of the year, then more often next year.

📊@tech

🤖 Claude Code Cleans Up Xiaomi TVs

With Wi-Fi debugging enabled, the agent found the TV on the home network and disabled 25 preinstalled Xiaomi packages linked to ads and telemetry. It then installed a new Apple TV-style shell without reflashing or hacking the device.

CleanYourTV uses the standard Android Debug Bridge, disables unwanted apps for the current user, and keeps every change reversible with one command. The shell weighs about 405 KB, makes no internet requests, and runs no background services.

The project reached more than 13,000 GitHub stars in 4 days. It supports Android TV and Google TV, with cleanup lists for 147 models from 49 brands. The process takes about 15 minutes, which makes it useful for budget TVs with 1 GB of RAM.

📊@tech

🤖 Unitree’s Robot Bodyguard Gets an Action Reel

Unitree’s H2-X, presented as Kung Fu Legend Guardian, crushes car doors, performs a flip, jumps from a 4-meter platform, rescues people, and lifts vehicles.

Unitree claims up to 8 hours of autonomy, but gives no load conditions. The robot’s independent decision-making is also unclear. The rescue dummy appears to take a hit too, while Unitree asks users to operate it safely and kindly.

📊@tech

🔥 ChatGPT and Claude Get 270M Contacts

Firecrawl’s People Data in Alexandria gives AI agents access to 270 million contacts. They can search for employees in companies, then retrieve work emails or career histories inside chat.

The Firecrawl plugin works with ChatGPT and Claude. Apollo handles employee searches by company, role, or location. FullEnrich and Data Legion cover professional history and missing contact data.

The free plan includes 1000 credits per month. Apollo searches are free, while work emails and advanced profiles use credits.

📊@tech

🚘 Tesla Names 2027 Robotaxi Target

Tesla says the first customer-owned cars could join its robotaxi network around Q2 2027. The company had promised 1 million robotaxis by 2020, but that target never arrived.

The autonomous Cybercab and regular Model Y will use the same software, planned for the V15 release. Owners will also need to place cars inside geofenced areas and Tesla’s fleet-management system. Without that setup, full autonomy is unavailable.

Tesla currently has several hundred robotaxis in Texas and Florida, with human monitors still present in some, plus several dozen fully driverless Cybercabs in Austin. The 2027 date will test Tesla’s timelines.

📊@tech

😎 Software Vulnerabilities Surge in 2026

About 85,000 software vulnerabilities have been found, roughly twice last year’s total. The past 3 months brought 12,000-14,000 new flaws each month, and the count is still rising.

The main suspect is AI. Neural networks can now write exploits. Vulnerabilities actually used in attacks have nearly doubled.

📊@tech

⌚ Galaxy Watch Reports Include Blisters

One Galaxy Watch 5 Pro owner went to bed with a full charge and woke up to a dead watch and a blister. Other owners posted photos of red marks and fluid-filled blisters under the rear sensor block. Reports also mention the Galaxy Watch 7 and newer models.

The cause is unknown. Samsung says prolonged wear can cause discomfort, especially with sweat or infrequent cleaning. It advises removing the watch, cleaning the device and skin, and allowing several days to recover.

Some users suspect local overheating. The overnight drain may indicate unusual activity, but Samsung has not acknowledged a manufacturing problem.

📊@tech

🍏 Apple Tests Under-Screen Face ID

The $2000 iPhone Duo uses fingerprint unlocking, the first new iPhone with Touch ID since the budget SE in 2022. Most iPhone owners have used Face ID since iPhone X.

Duo is designed for use in different positions, so Face ID sensors would have to sit behind both the inner and outer displays. The screen is very thin, and Apple wanted both displays to work the same way.

That may change in the second generation. Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman says Apple is actively working on under-screen Face ID, with iPhone Duo 2 prototypes already hiding it in the outer display. The second Duo may also get the Action button from iPhone 15 Pro.

📊@tech