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• Garmin Wake Word Cut Watch Battery Life in Half for Users

  Garmin added hands-free voice activation in its latest update, but the always-listening wake word is slashing smartwatch battery estimates in half.

• Windows 11 Cuts App Launch Delays by Skipping Ghost Processes

  Microsoft is overhauling how Windows 11 handles background instances to deliver snappy app launches, testing the shortcut first on Edge.

• UK Targets Microsoft Business Software with Strategic Market Status

  Britain's competition watchdog is preparing strict rules for Microsoft's enterprise stack, taking aim at switching barriers and Copilot integration.

• 44% of AI-Generated Code Fails Basic Software Security Checks

  AI assistants write code that compiles 99.9% of the time, but 44% introduces vulnerabilities. Software flaws are now the primary breach entry point.

• Apple TV 4K Finally Plays TrueHD Atmos, With a Big Catch

  A clever open-source pipeline brings Blu-ray Dolby Atmos audio to Apple TV 4K by rerouting TrueHD metadata through Apple's spatial engine.

• OpenAI Bugging Suspect Was Courted by Saudi Royal, Feds Say

  Court filings show the engineer accused of placing a listening device in an OpenAI boardroom was communicating with a Saudi royal days before his arrest.

• Arm's AGI CPU Claims 1.99x AMD Rack Performance, With a Catch

  Arm says its AGI CPU delivers nearly twice AMD's rack-level performance in agentic AI workloads. The catch: much of the advantage comes from power modelling, not shipped silicon.

• Ukrainian FPV Drone Sim Hits Steam 1.0 With Real Jamming

  Remote Reaper: FPV Combat Drone Simulator has left Early Access on Steam. Built in Ukraine with military pilots, it models jamming, weak armor and custom 7- and 10-inch drones.

• FF7 Revelation Demo Makes Sephiroth the Twist's Interrogator

  A hands-on look at the Final Fantasy VII Revelation demo, where Sephiroth weaponizes Cloud's identity crisis in the first hour instead of the last.

• UCLA's $400 PhoneBot Uses a $50 Android Phone as Its Brain

  UCLA researchers built PhoneBot, a $400 open-source humanoid that offloads vision, sensing and walking control to a cheap Android phone. An old Honor 9 works fine.

• Intel's 480GB D-Series GPU Beats Nvidia on Memory, Not Speed

  Intel's new D-series GPU carries 480GB of LPDDR5X, the memory in your laptop, and outguns Nvidia's 288GB Blackwell Ultra B300 on capacity. The catch: no price or launch date yet.

• Apple's $250M Siri Settlement Opens Claims, $95 Payouts Possible

  Apple's $250 million Siri false-advertising settlement is taking claims until Dec. 21. Eligible iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 16 buyers could get $25–$95 per device.