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Do visitors actually use language switchers on websites?

15 October 2026 at 22:56

I’ve been wondering about this lately.

When you visit a website that supports multiple languages, do you actually use the language switcher, or do you normally rely on browser translation?

For people managing multilingual sites, do you notice visitors manually changing languages often?

Curious whether traditional language switchers are still as important as they used to be.

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How do I change the order of posts and the number displayed per page on the category pages without messing everything up?

15 October 2026 at 22:53

I tried setting the query loop to "custom" instead of "default" and then changing these things that way, but that made all the posts show up in every category so I changed it back to "default." Pls help, TIA :)

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Tesla Reveals SpaceX-Powered 'Flying' Roadster

By: BeauHD
15 October 2026 at 22:03
Tesla has unveiled a dramatically redesigned Roadster concept capable of performing midair flips, controlled landings, and a claimed 0-60 mph sprint in just 0.81 seconds. CarScoops reports: Tonight, Tesla debuted the new Roadster by driving it up a vertical ramp that then went horizontal. Then, it repeated the feat but drove off of the ramp and used thrusters to flip itself over and make a controlled landing on the ground. After that, it did a barrel roll over the rest of the Tesla lineup and again landed without issue on the ground. Then, it did 0-60 mph in 0.81 seconds according to Tesla. All of that sounds amazing, and indeed, watching it happen was pretty spectacular, but boy do we have a lot to unpack. It's been nearly a decade since Tesla first showed us the Roadster. The company unveiled what it's simply calling the Roadster. Not Roadster 2.0, not CyberRoadster, just Roadster, as if it's a direct successor to the original Tesla. In terms of design, it's quite a bit different from the car we saw in 2017. Rather than be a somewhat curvaceous sports car, it's considerably more angular. If a Cybertruck and a Lamborghini Reventon had a runt of a baby, this would be that car. Still, at this stage, we're still just touching on what we saw and what it looks like. Let's get into the details. Developed in collaboration with SpaceX, the Roadster uses 10 cold-gas thrusters powered by two 600-liter compressed-air tanks to accelerate and maneuver in mid-air. Underbody suction fans reportedly generate up to 2Gs of downforce even while stationary, while an active rear spoiler adjusts aerodynamics in real time. Other features include steer-by-wire, brake-by-wire, and throttle-by-wire technology. Tesla plans three variants: Performance, which requires a $50,000 deposit; Thrust, a $250,000 model capable of sub-one-second acceleration; and Rocket, an invite-only, single-seat version capable of flying. Production isn't expected until 2028, and Tesla has yet to disclose key specifications, including range, horsepower, battery capacity, and motor configuration. A recording of the event can be viewed on X.

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fiz um CRM porque cansei de usar CRM, e queria ouvir de quem vive isso no dia a dia

fiz um CRM porque cansei de usar CRM, e queria ouvir quem vive isso no dia a dia

trabalho com vendas B2B hΓ‘ um tempo e sempre tive uma relaΓ§Γ£o meio de Γ³dio com CRM. na prΓ‘tica ele vira o lugar onde o vendedor presta contas pro gestor, nΓ£o onde ele trabalha de verdade. aΓ­ ninguΓ©m atualiza, o gestor olha nΓΊmero velho e no fim todo mundo volta pra planilha e pro WhatsApp.

umas coisas me irritavam muito. cadastrar empresa digitando razΓ£o social e endereΓ§o na mΓ£o, sendo que tΓ‘ tudo na Receita. mandar proposta em PDF e ficar no escuro, sem saber se o cliente abriu ou se Γ© hora de ligar. o SDR qualificar um lead, passar pro vendedor e a informaΓ§Γ£o se perder no meio do caminho. e pagar caro em ferramenta gringa que cobra por mΓ³dulo, numa conta que nΓ£o fecha pra time pequeno.

entΓ£o comecei a construir o meu, o sales2revenue. a ideia Γ© ser simples pra quem vende e ΓΊtil pra quem gerencia. vocΓͺ coloca o CNPJ e ele preenche a empresa sozinho, importa a planilha de leads que vocΓͺ jΓ‘ tem sem duplicar tudo, e toca os negΓ³cios num funil em Kanban. a proposta sai de dentro do prΓ³prio negΓ³cio, com a cara da sua empresa, e vocΓͺ fica sabendo quando o cliente abriu de verdade (nΓ£o conta robΓ΄ nem ele dando F5). se ele gostar, aceita ali mesmo com um clique.

pro gestor tem um painel com funil, conversΓ£o, receita e metas por vendedor, e dΓ‘ pra clicar no nΓΊmero pra ver quais negΓ³cios formam ele.

a parte que mais tenho curtido Γ© a Mavis, a IA que fica dentro do CRM. no dia a dia ela resume o histΓ³rico de um lead ou negΓ³cio, sugere o prΓ³ximo passo, rascunha e-mail e ajuda a preencher a qualificaΓ§Γ£o. mas onde ela brilha mesmo Γ© como SDR. vocΓͺ define o perfil de cliente ideal da sua empresa (ela atΓ© monta um rascunho olhando os negΓ³cios que vocΓͺ jΓ‘ ganhou) e delega os leads pra ela. ela pesquisa a empresa na internet, cruza com os dados da Receita pelo CNPJ, dΓ‘ uma nota de 0 a 100 de aderΓͺncia explicando o porquΓͺ e jΓ‘ te entrega uma sequΓͺncia de trΓͺs e-mails pronta. ela mostra de onde tirou cada informaΓ§Γ£o e nΓ£o manda nada sozinha: vocΓͺ revisa, ajusta e aprova, e aΓ­ as atividades caem na agenda do vendedor. a ideia Γ© tirar do SDR a parte chata de pesquisar e deixar com ele a parte de conversar.

o que eu queria mesmo era achar uns times comerciais pequenos dispostos a usar e me falar sem dΓ³ onde tΓ‘ ruim. se curtir a ideia, me fala aqui embaixo que eu libero o acesso.

e fica a pergunta pra quem quiser sΓ³ opinar: o que mais te irrita no CRM que vocΓͺ usa hoje?

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Resurrecting Old Wordpress Site That's Been Lying Dormant

15 October 2026 at 20:26

Hello, WP commmunity. I'm looking for help on two fronts, one is design related and one is more technical.

One, I am looking to move a very old WP website from Vultr cloud hosting to Namecheap SharedHosting. The old website is running plugins, theme and WP versions from 2009-2014. (WP 4.0.38) Is there any easy way to move all of the WP files and linked image/media files without blowing this whole thing up? Yes, I do want to modernize it, but I wanted to move everything first. (I do have background FTP access, but do not have CPanel or management access on the Vultr anymore - long story.)

Two, disregarding all of the above, how can I build a new, up-to-date responsive WP site that looks and functions similar to the old school PrimePress theme with minimal coding or design knowledge? I want to basically recreate my old site layout, nav, rotating header, colours, etc. while also adding newer features and plug-ins.

Thanks, everyone, for kindly helping a noob like me.

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Help needed: Lost my WhatsApp booking flow in Traveler Theme / WooCommerce

15 October 2026 at 18:31

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Hey everyone,

​I'm running a tour and safari booking website using WordPress and the Traveler theme.

​The Problem:

Previously, when a customer selected a tour, chose their dates, and number of guests, then clicked "Check Availability" or "Checkout", a large WhatsApp button would appear on the screen. Clicking it would redirect them directly to our company's WhatsApp with a pre-filled message containing all their selected booking details.

​What happens now:

The WhatsApp step is completely gone. Now, when they click checkout, it redirects them to the standard WooCommerce checkout page (asking for billing info, email, payment methods, etc.), which I don't want. I just want the WhatsApp flow back.

​What I've checked:

​I checked my plugins, and there is no specific "WooCommerce to WhatsApp" plugin installed. I only have "Chaty", which just adds a floating widget, not the booking flow.

​I dug into the Traveler Theme Options > Booking Options and WooCommerce Options, but I couldn't find any specific setting to route the checkout to WhatsApp.

​I checked the individual tour settings, but changing them to "Instant Booking" or "Enquire Booking" doesn't bring back that specific WhatsApp pop-up with the variables.

​Did I accidentally disable a built-in feature in the Traveler theme? Or was this likely a custom code snippet in functions.php that got deleted? How can I restore the flow that sends the checkout variables to WhatsApp?

​Any help would be hugely appreciated!

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Backuply (600,000+ installs) CVE-2026-93953: a subscriber's profile bio becomes SQL that runs when an admin restores a backup. CVSS 8.0, fixed in 1.5.9 on 1 October

15 October 2026 at 12:22

Wordfence published a write-up today (15 October) of CVE-2026-93953 in Backuply, the backup plugin with more than 600,000 active installs on wordpress.org. CVSS 8.0. Any logged-in user, down to a subscriber, can plant text that turns into SQL when an administrator later restores a backup. Versions up to and including 1.5.8 are affected; the author shipped 1.5.9 on 1 October.

Wordfence's write-up of CVE-2026-93953, published 15 October 2026: Backuply 1.5.8 and older affected, 1.5.9 patched

How it works, because the two-step part is what makes it odd. A subscriber puts a crafted string in the Biographical Info field of their own profile. WordPress stores it as plain text in wp_usermeta, and when Backuply makes a database backup it writes that bio into the dump as a correctly quoted value. Nothing is wrong yet. The flaw is in the restore: after running each statement from the dump, Backuply runs an unanchored regular expression over the same statement to find the old table prefix. That pattern is not limited to a real CREATE TABLE line and does not skip quoted values, so it also matches text inside the bio. If the statement also contains the string backuply_version, the captured text is pasted straight into an UPDATE query as if it were the prefix.

So the bio can carry a whole UPDATE statement of the attacker's choosing, ended with a comment marker so the plugin's own trailing SQL is thrown away. Wordfence's example sets default_role to administrator and users_can_register to 1 in wp_options. After the restore, the registration form is open and every new account is an administrator. The attacker registers one and owns the site.

Backuply's page on wordpress.org on 15 October 2026: 600,000+ active installations, current version 1.5.9

Some calibration on the 8.0. It needs an account on the site, so a site with open registration or a membership or shop setup is the exposed kind. It needs an administrator to restore a backup made after the bio was planted, and nothing runs until that restore happens. Restoring is the whole point of the plugin, so that is a routine action, but a site that only makes backups and never restores is not hit by it. Wordfence says nothing about exploitation in the wild in the write-up. The injection returns nothing to the attacker, so it can only change records, not read them, which is why the privilege escalation goes through those two options.

Timeline from Wordfence: reported 17 September, firewall rule for Premium, Care and Response users on 24 September, vendor told 28 September, patch 1 October, and free Wordfence users get the same rule on 24 October. The plugin's changelog for 1.5.9 says only "fixed a security issue in the restoration process", so the details are in the Wordfence post.

What I would do this week: update Backuply to 1.5.9 on every site that has it, including the ones you forgot about. If you restored a backup in the last few weeks on a site that lets people register, look at Settings, General, and check that "Anyone can register" and the New User Default Role are what you set. Check Users for administrators you did not create. And if you have not updated yet, hold off on restoring any backup that was made while subscribers could edit their profiles.

When you do restore on a site with user accounts, do you check anything first, or do you just trust your own backups?

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Police Seize Robot that Sexually Assaulted Teen Girl

By: BeauHD
15 October 2026 at 20:00
Slashdot reader alternative_right shares a story that has drawn international attention for being potentially the first documented instance of a robot being used directly in a sexual assault. According to the Associated Press, German police have opened a sexual harassment investigation after a robot allegedly touched a 16-year-old girl's buttocks and made thrusting motions while two young men reportedly filmed and streamed the incident. Investigators seized the robot and the suspects' phones and are trying to determine whether the movements were preprogrammed or controlled in real time. From the report: Cologne police spokesman Christoph Bermel said the two male teenagers have not been charged but are considered suspects, and investigators were examining whether the robot's movements were preprogrammed or controlled in real time. Police were unfamiliar with this type of incident, he said. "We have not been aware of this phenomenon so far," Bermel told The Associated Press, saying it was "new territory for us." [...] The robot, said to be 120 centimeters (about 3 ft 11 inches) tall, was dressed in a white tank top, black sweatpants and wearing a gold chain and sunglasses. It also had what appears to be a fake mustache. Videos circulated on the internet show two young men escorting the robot toward a group of women, bumping into one and hugging others, on a lively nighttime street.

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Ubuntu 26.10 Released

By: BeauHD
15 October 2026 at 18:00
prisoninmate shares a report from 9to5Linux: Ubuntu 26.10 (Stonking Stingray) has been released today, and it is now available for download for those eager to update their Ubuntu systems to a newer release. Powered by the upcoming Linux 7.3 kernel series, Ubuntu 26.10 ships with the latest GNOME 51 desktop environment, TPM-backed full disk encryption (FDE) support on computers without a hardware root of trust, updated Settings to show whether a computer is certified for Ubuntu, and 100% Rust coreutils. There are several App Center enhancements in Ubuntu 26.10, such as a unified app-details view for Snap and Debian packages, a dedicated Drivers page where you can review the available graphics drivers, including NVIDIA driver branches, and support for installing codecs for one-time playback when a media file uses a codec that's not installed.' Other additions include an optional, locally processed AI-powered speech-to-text tool called Myna, system-wide controls for disabling Ubuntu Insights data collection, and better integration with Microsoft Entra ID. Also worth mentioning are the security and software updates that will be available for nine months, through July 2027.

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IMF Warns of the Real AI Threat: Debt

By: BeauHD
15 October 2026 at 17:00
"Along with the dangers of continuing cyberattacks, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) reports that the threat of an AI market crash is putting the global markets at risk," writes Slashdot reader databasecowgirl, citing the IMF's latest semiannual Global Financial Stability Report. Here's a summary: Three salient risks could trigger a sharp tightening of financial conditions and market turmoil. Weaker or less durable investment and profitability in artificial intelligence could lead to a correction in AI-related asset prices, amplified by rising leverage and concentrated exposures. Resurgent inflation or fiscal concerns could drive a sharp rise in sovereign bond yields, with potentially broad repercussions across financial markets. Meanwhile, increasingly sophisticated cyber threats pose growing risks as finance becomes more digital and interconnected. Underlying financial vulnerabilities could amplify these risks and turn market stress into systemic events. Although the global banking system remains broadly resilient, pockets of weaker banks persist. Liquidity mismatches among insurers and pension funds have increased, while rising leverage and contingent liquidity risks in private credit could amplify stress. While hedge funds support market functioning in calm times, their use of leverage and exposure to crowded trades could exacerbate market stress too and create spillovers to prime brokers. Some emerging markets have seen policy buffers erode, and frontier economies have increasingly relied on less transparent forms of financing. Finally, although markets for tokenized assets remain small and could offer efficiency gains in several areas, they can create new channels for the buildup of leverage and mismatches in liquidity and maturity, in addition to elevating risks related to technology and infrastructure. These vulnerabilities underscore the need for policies that strengthen resilience, enhance transparency, contain excessive leverage, and improve preparedness for future shocks. The full report can be found here (PDF).

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Flock CEO Defends Surveillance Tech Amid National Backlash

By: BeauHD
15 October 2026 at 16:00
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: Flock's founder and CEO Garrett Langley doesn't think the risks of introducing surveillance technology at scale outweigh the rewards. "If we want to live in a society where, if you commit a crime, you have a higher probability of being held accountable, we shouldn't pause progress," Langley said, speaking onstage during a panel at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 in San Francisco on Wednesday. During the interview, the controversial founder of the surveillance maker of license plate cameras and other recording devices deflected hard questions about the criticism Flock now faces -- which has since led to canceled contracts and even layoffs. Instead, Langley tended to respond to questions with anecdotes from conversations with police chiefs and city leaders across the United States, and tales of the supposed numerous crimes Flock has solved, rather than offer tangible solutions to people's concerns. In doing so, Langley positioned Flock as an advance in technology that was somewhat inevitable. He stressed that if people wanted to live in a better society -- that is, one with reduced crime -- they would have to offer up their privacy in return. [...] "Technology, at its core, in its definition, is just doing things better. It's not doing things perfect," he said. "Driverless cars, I think, is a fair analogy. Driverless cars, I think, are definitively safer than human drivers. And when there's one accident, I don't think the answer is to shut down driverless cars. The answer is to say, 'Hey, let's talk about how we prevent more accidents in the future.'" [...] From Langley's answers, it's clear that the ethics around how Flock should be used is a decision he would much rather leave up to others. "We don't want to tell city leaders how to do their job," he noted. "We will provide recommendations, we'll provide defaults, but we're going to minimize the number of mandated features, functions, and policies," he said. Langley went on to argue that society too often judges technology "not on how it compares to the past, but how it compares to perfect." He acknowledged that "Flock is far from perfect" but maintained that its technology helps police departments compensate for staffing shortages and improve public safety. When pressed about potential abuse and privacy concerns, Langley offered few specifics, instead arguing that safeguards could be implemented without disrupting police operations. He insisted the benefits of what Flock offers outweigh the controversy. "There's millions and millions of people who have a better life today because [of] Flock," he said, adding that "it's worth it because one day they might be a victim."

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Critical PwnEscape Linux Kernel Vulnerability Lets Guest VMs Read Host Memory

A newly disclosed critical flaw in the Linux kernel allows code inside a virtual machine to read memory on the host computer it runs on. A researcher demonstrated the leak against Vercel's live cloud sandboxes, and Vercel confirmed it. The flaw, now tracked as CVE-2026-99999 and nicknamed PwnEscape, is in the Linux kernel's networking code, not in any one cloud's setup, so it reaches the shared

First-Ever Public Confirmation of 'Zero-Click' Spyware Delivered Via Targeted Ads

By: BeauHD
15 October 2026 at 15:00
Citizen Lab says it has documented the first publicly confirmed case of zero-click mercenary spyware being delivered through targeted online ads, a technique it calls "AdFection." "There has been a lot of buzz that online ads can be used to identify and automatically hack targets with pinpoint precision, but now for the first time, we have concrete technical evidence showing this process in action," said Bill Marczak, a researcher at Citizen Lab. The Guardian reports: Citizen Lab, a digital investigations research unit at the University of Toronto, said it believed dozens of devices at the Qatari broadcaster Al Jazeera had been compromised by spyware delivered through ads run by Discover-Tech, which describes itself as a specialised digital advertising agency. According to Citizen Lab, Discover-Tech operates a software platform called Controlium that allows its clients to "mass-profile and deanonymize" internet users then covertly hack targets with third-party spyware. Unlike infections that rely on people interacting with links or files, the spyware requires no interaction from the victim to be installed, making it a new delivery technique, Citizen Lab says. The infections happen without a user's knowledge, and in a matter of seconds, according to Citizen Lab. "[The online advertising] ecosystem is being weaponized at a massive scale to profile millions of users, then silently infect targets with zero-click mercenary spyware," the report says. According to the report, Controlium is able to harvest a user's identity and IP address when the user is shown a seemingly benign custom-created ad -- for example, for a digital game or a telecoms service. If the user has been selected as a target for hacking, a mercenary spyware firm can then send a malicious code containing spyware to their device, the researchers say. They say that millions of users worldwide have been served ads by Discover-Tech since 2024, including in Yemen, Brazil, Mexico and Czechia. [...] The full extent of the targeting allegedly enabled by Discover-Tech is unknown. Citizen Lab's findings join mounting evidence that the opaque arrangements underpinning the world of online advertising can be leveraged for surveillance.

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Meta and Apple Bring Muse Spark Open AI Model to Mac Studio

By: BeauHD
15 October 2026 at 14:00
Meta has released Muse Spark Open, an 816-billion-parameter open-weight model optimized to run locally across two 512GB M5 Ultra Mac Studios using Apple's MLX framework. Meta says it's the "most capable U.S. open-weight model to date." MacRumors reports: Muse Spark Open has 816 billion total parameters with 42 billion active parameters and a 1 million-token context window. It is meant for coding and agentic work, and Meta says it excels at extended tasks, multi-step reasoning, and software engineering. The new Muse model was tuned to run on Mac Studio, and Meta says the Mac Studio paired with Muse Spark Open is the "best way to run a powerful model on your own desktop." From Meta: "Apple's unified memory architecture lets the M5 Ultra's integrated GPU use up to 512 GB per Mac Studio, so two machines can hold an entire model. And the chip's 1.2 TB/s of memory bandwidth is fast enough to read the small slice each token needs. The result is two Mac Studios behave like one supercomputer with a terabyte of unified memory." Apple hasn't released the 512GB Mac Studio as of yet, but it's supposed to be coming later this month. It won't be cheap, because the 256GB Mac Studio is already priced over $10,000.

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ThreatsDay: Adobe RCE, DNS Wallet Theft, NVIDIA Container Escape, Self-Healing Backdoor + 23 More

Someone built a tool to steal data, then decided it should scare the victim for fun. Yes, that’s an actual feature. And somehow, it fits right in with this week's security stories. The rest gets interesting in different ways. A small permission can lead to a big theft. A trusted login can hide the wrong person. Old bugs are finding new victims, familiar tools are being put to strange uses, and

Looking for HubSpot Service Hub practice data

Hey, I’m new to CRM and looking for sample data to practise with for Hubspot service hub. Can anyone help me with sample datasets or suggest how I can practise using CRM tools hands-on? I’m learning CRM to transition from EdTech to SaaS Customer Success roles. Thanks!

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Microsoft Says Windows 11 Is Now 'More Responsive', Runs Better On 8GB of RAM

By: BeauHD
15 October 2026 at 13:00
Microsoft says recent Windows 11 updates have made the operating system up to 20% more responsive by improving memory management and reducing background resource use. "A big part of that work is making smarter use of memory and system resources," says Navjot Virk, corporate vice president of Windows experiences at Microsoft. "We've improved memory management and efficiency across Windows to help keep more of your PC's resources focused on what you're actively doing." The Verge reports: The improvements to memory management now make a "meaningful difference" on PCs with just 8GB of RAM. "Windows can now keep up to 2GB more of your active data in memory instead of moving it to slower storage," says Virk. "For example, on PCs with 8GB of memory or less, Widgets load only when you open them, making more than 200 MB of memory available for your apps and other work." Microsoft has also made Windows Update less disruptive, cleaned up the Widgets section, and finally allowed the taskbar to be repositioned to the sides or top of a display. Windows Hello sign-in has also been sped up, and Bluetooth pairing is more reliable, "including an AirPods pairing experience that's up to 15 seconds faster." The next big step is a new Windows Search experience that's a lot faster and more capable. [...] It's currently available for Windows Insiders, and Microsoft says it will "roll out more broadly later this year."

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Amazon Launches New Bee 'Personal AI' Devices That Listen to Conversations

By: BeauHD
15 October 2026 at 12:20
Amazon has unveiled two new Bee "personal AI" devices designed to continuously record, transcribe, and analyze conversations: the $75 wearable Bee Frontier and the $100 phone-mounted Bee Eclipse. Amazon says the devices can generate conversation summaries, surface recurring themes, and recommend actions or purchases, while claiming audio itself is never stored and users can delete transcripts and summaries. CNBC reports: The Bee Frontier is an upgraded version of Amazon's existing wearable that can either be worn on a wrist or clipped to clothing. Similar to earlier generations, the Bee Frontier has up to seven days of battery life, but it's also more expensive, costing $75 compared with its $50 predecessor. Amazon acquired Bee, a San Francisco startup known for its always-listening bracelet, in July 2025 for an undisclosed amount. Bee bracelets are equipped with artificial intelligence and microphones that can record, transcribe and analyze conversations. The dual mics on the Bee Frontier have upgraded noise filtering, "so it can take note of what matters and ignore what doesn't, even in noisy environments like a crowded restaurant or open office," Amazon said in a blog post. Amazon also debuted the $100 Bee Eclipse, which functions like other Bee devices, but instead of being worn, the credit card-sized gadget magnetically snaps on to the back of a smartphone. The Bee Frontier is available Thursday, while the Bee Eclipse "will be available soon," the company said.

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