Americas News
Mark Zuckerberg announces ‘completely private’ encrypted Meta AI chat
- Technology
- Stevie Bonifield
- May 13, 2026
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg says its new Incognito Chat is "the first major AI product where there is no log of your conversations stored on servers." Messages in Incognito Chat aren't saved or stored in...
Microsoft doesn’t want any of this
- Technology
- Elizabeth Lopatto
- May 13, 2026
Maybe I'm just punch drunk in my third week attending Musk v. Altman, but I have become very, very fond of Microsoft during the course of this trial. They don't want to be here any more than I do. The...
Sony ups its new A7R VI to 66.8 megapixels and jumps the price to $4,500
- Technology
- Antonio G. Di Benedetto
- May 13, 2026
Sony announced its new flagship high-resolution camera, the A7R VI. The standout feature is its fully stacked full-frame sensor with 66.8 megapixels of resolution and up to 16 stops of dynamic range....
Garmin’s mini satellite communicators are on sale for up to 40 percent off
- Technology
- Brandon Widder
- May 13, 2026
REI’s annual Anniversary Sale doesn’t start until March 15th, but that hasn’t stopped Garmin from rolling out discounts on a range of devices — including its InReach Mini satellite communicators. Righ...
Swatch’s latest luxury collaboration is a $400 pocket watch
- Technology
- Andrew Liszewski
- May 13, 2026
Following a series of cryptic newspaper ads and Instagram teasers that had watch fans speculating about its next collaboration, Swatch announced a new timepiece collection created with luxury watchmak...
Why does the Googlebook exist?
- Technology
- Antonio G. Di Benedetto
- May 13, 2026
Google announced its new Googlebook laptop platform yesterday, and so far I've been left asking, "Why?" Why is Google blowing up its Chromebook and ChromeOS platform for this? I've been excited by the...
The border is everywhere
- Technology
- Gaby Del Valle
- May 13, 2026
No one paid attention to the gunshots that echoed through the convention center. They were real enough, and so were the screams that accompanied them, in the sense that they were recordings of real pe...
Nintendo says it has more Switch 2 games in store for 2026
- Technology
- Andrew Webster
- May 13, 2026
With the Switch 2 getting a price hike in September, this holiday season will be pivotal for Nintendo. That increased cost means that the company will rely heavily on new games to sell its current con...
Alexa is moving into Amazon.com
- Technology
- Jennifer Pattison Tuohy
- May 13, 2026
Amazon is bringing Alexa Plus to Amazon.com, integrating its LLM-powered AI assistant directly into the company's shopping experience. Beginning today, when you type a query into Amazon, you'll be tal...
Canon’s latest EOS R6 camera goes V for video
- Technology
- Antonio G. Di Benedetto
- May 13, 2026
Canon has announced a new EOS R6 V mirrorless camera, a 32.5-megapixel camera with 7K video. It's the first full-frame EOS camera to carry the V moniker, signifying that it's designed primarily for vi...
Unitree will sell you a massive ‘transformable mecha’ for $650,000
- Technology
- Jess Weatherbed
- May 13, 2026
Unitree is already one of the most recognizable names in the humanoid robot industry, but now it's pursuing even nicher sci-fi tech: giant mech suits. The Chinese robotics company has debuted the GD01...
Microsoft’s Xbox PC app hints at China expansion for Game Pass
- Technology
- Tom Warren
- May 13, 2026
Microsoft appears to be working on expanding its Xbox Game Pass subscription to China. References to "Project Saluki" have been discovered in a recent update to the Xbox PC app this week, with Microso...