A report indicates that Microsoft is sending out invites for an event that it is holding on September 30.
Though the event invite itself doesn’t make any references (obvious or vague) to Windows 9 from what we’ve seen, Microsoft is widely expected to give the world its first official look at the company’s next desktop operating system.
Related: Here is everything we know about Windows 9
To this point, numerous leaks from German tech blog Winfuture.de give us some very clear looks at what Microsoft may have in store.
Screenshots and videos of a technical preview version of Windows 9 currently indicate that Microsoft’s next desktop OS could come with the ability to run multiple desktops at once, a notifications center, a version of the Cortana voice assistant, the return of the beloved Start menu (with a Metro UI-ish twist), and much more.
Related: A video of someone using multiple desktops in Windows 9 leaks out
Though Microsoft may very well lift the curtain on Windows 9 just a couple of weeks from now, the OS may not be released until sometime next year. Virtually all of the Windows 9 release date rumors to this point have pegged a launch sometime in the Spring of 2015, with the possible release of a public beta either late this month, or early next month.
Did you think hitting delete on your AI chatbot conversation actually makes it disappear? Georgia Tech researchers just proved that's not entirely true. They have built a forensic tool called ORISA that can dig deleted conversations from your phone and even rebuild them into a working chatbot session you can keep talking to.
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Touchscreen laptops have been around for years. You can get them in all sizes and shapes. Just not from Apple. For years, the Cupertino giant has treated the idea of a touchscreen MacBook the way I treat a meeting that could have been an email: with open contempt. However, Wednesday looks like the day the company could finally change its mind.
The latest Apple invite puts the “Pro and Tell” showcase in Los Angeles at 10 a.m. PT (1 p.m. ET) on October 28, 2026. Instead of a regular live-streamed keynote, it is an invitation-only, hands-on event for a handful of press and creators (similar to what the company did for the MacBook Neo earlier this year).
Two residents of Chicago have filed a lawsuit in the US over claims that robots run by Coco Robotics and Serve Robotics captured their facial and hand measurements without consent, bringing renewed attention to the food delivery robots. The cases raise a troubling question: If a robot delivers food to your door, can it also be gathering sensitive information about you?
According to a report by The Associated Press, the proposed class-action lawsuits were filed in Cook County on Oct. 9 and allege violations of Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act. The complaints claim that the robots’ cameras and LiDAR sensors captured information on customers’ faces and hands as they approached the machines to pick up their orders. Both have denied the allegations.