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Meta closed a woman’s Facebook and Instagram accounts with no warning The closed accounts contained 20 years’ worth of ‘digital memories’ The woman couldn’t contact a human and was forced to use AI chatbots What would you do if you lost your Facebook and Instagram accounts along with all of the photos, posts, and memories they contained? That’s the prospect faced by one unfortunate woman — a situation made even worse by the actions of Meta’s AI chatbots.

Although AI has sucked up all the bandwidth of public discourse across the tech industry, quantum computing is arguably just as revolutionary a technology – but remains dormant for now. That said, key breakthroughs in the last couple of years are said to mean that these machines could be 'useful' before too long. Quantum advantage IBM's senior vice president and director of research Dario Gil explained to CBS' 60 Minutesexactly what the likely impact of useful quantum computers would be.

Earlier this summer, Google’s Debug program made headlines by applying to the EPA for permits to release droves of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes across California and Florida. While the initiative’s tagline, “let’s stop bad bugs with good bugs,” may sound like new computer antivirus software, the program instead harnesses the power of a bacterium called Wolbachia to act as mosquito birth control.

WiCi puts an RTX 5060 Ti inside a complete wireless computer Wi-Fi 7 replaces the cable connecting WiCi's GPU to host devices WiCi's 11.52-Gbps wireless link trails conventional high-speed GPU connections WiCi is preparing a wireless external GPU, the WiCi One, which houses a GeForce RTX 5060 Ti with 16GB of GDDR7 memory in a separate box. The device communicates through Wi-Fi 7, while its enclosure also contains a processor, storage, power hardware, cooling and networking components.

Looking for a different day? A new NYT Strands puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone – which means that some people are always playing 'today's game' while others are playing 'yesterday's'. If you're looking for Thursday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands hints and answers for Thursday, October 1 (game #942). Strands is the NYT's latest word game after the likes of Wordle, Spelling Bee and Connections – and it's great fun.

Looking for a different day? A new NYT Connections puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone – which means that some people are always playing 'today's game' while others are playing 'yesterday's'. If you're looking for Thursday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers for Thursday, October 1 (game #1208). Good morning! Let's play Connections, the NYT's clever word game that challenges you to group answers in various categories.

If you buy through our links, IGN may earn an affiliate commission. Learn more. Amazon has revealed its 2026 line of Kindle devices just a few days before its Prime Big Deal Days sale. The refresh includes a brand new Kindle, Kindle Paperwhite, and Kindle Colorsoft, along with new accessories and Kids Editions of these tablets. All of the new devices and accessories are now available to buy or preorder on Amazon, and you can check out the official press release for specifics on each device.

Bradley Cooper will star as Duke in the upcoming G.I. Joe movie, directed by Danny McBride. McBride has been developing a new G.I. Joe movie for Paramount for some time, and it appears to be gaining some steam. After months of rumors, Deadline reports that Bradley Cooper will star as Duke, the leader of the titular group. McBride has reportedly had Cooper at the top of his wishlist for the film's cast, but there were questions over whether or not it was feasible.

Looking for a different day? A new Quordle puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone – which means that some people are always playing 'today's game' while others are playing 'yesterday's'. If you're looking for Thursday's puzzle instead then click here: Quordle hints and answers for Thursday, October 1 (game #1711). Quordle was one of the original Wordle alternatives and is still going strong now more than 1,500 games later.

Gunnir fits two Arc Pro B70 graphics cards inside one compact workstation Each Arc Pro B70 card carries 32GB of GDDR6 ECC graphics memory The dual GPU workstation provides 64GB across two separate graphics processors At the recent Intel Connection 2026 event in China, hardware manufacturer Gunnir showed two custom workstation systems built around Intel's Arc Pro B70 graphics processors.