Tesla is by far the most exciting car company in the world right now, as founder and CEO Elon Musk continues to lead the charge away from gas-powered vehicles. With one car currently on the road and another two known to be in development, Musk took to Twitter earlier this week to tease what some believed might be a fourth model currently in the works.

As it turns out, however, the Tesla “D” Musk has been teasing might not be a new model at all. Instead, a photograph taken by an unknowing passer-by may have just spoiled Tesla’s big reveal, which is scheduled to take place on October 9th.

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HTC on Friday announced unaudited financial results that showed an 8% decline in revenue in September, but the company still managed to eke a third-quarter profit as cost-cutting measures continue to boost HTC’s bottom line. After a massive 33% on-year revenue decline in July was reversed with solid 10% sales growth in August, September saw HTC swing back to a decline as revenue fell to NT$16.7 billion ($549 million USD) from NT$18.2 billion in the same quarter last year.

HTC’s total third-quarter revenue fell 11% on year to NT$41.9 billion.

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Google may have been interested in purchasing custom ROM maker Cyanogen, The Information has discovered, as the latter is looking for additional funding, seeking a valuation close to $1 billion. Previous reports from the same online publication revealed that many other companies have also shown interest in Cyanogen, including Microsoft, Samsung, Amazon and many other.

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By all accounts, the iPhone 6 really does have the best camera of any iPhone released to date. And if you want to make sure taking pictures on your brand-new iPhone 6 camera is literally a snap, you might want to check out the Kickstarter page for Snap! 6, a new iPhone 6 case that was designed specifically to make using your device’s camera easier than ever before.

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Installing the Windows 10 Technical Preview isn’t overly complex, but what do you do if you don’t have a Windows PC handy? Use a Mac instead. The team behind Parallels, the cross-platform app that allows Mac users to run Windows without rebooting, has put together a guide for installing the Technical Preview in Parallels Desktop 10.

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In case you’re looking to improve your yoga game without the help of a professional trainer, then you should check out a SmartMat on Indiegogo, a smartphone and tablet-connected smart mat that can keep tabs on your practice and offer real-time advice on how to improve your yoga experience. SmartMat looks and feels as a regular yoga map, but contains a layer of sensors that can detect movement and provide according feedback, offering both visual guidance and Siri-like audio instructions. The mat can be used both during regular class sessions, offering silent feedback during them, but also at home.

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Whether they like it or not, Apple and Samsung are going to be stuck working together for the foreseeable future. According to ZDNet, Kim, Ki-nam, president of Samsung’s semiconductor business, said this week that the company’s profits “will improve positively” once it begins supplying Apple with its new 14-nanometer processors.

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There are a ton of awesome third-party iOS keyboard apps right now — check out SwiftKey, Swype and Fleksy if you’re looking for a place to start — but MacRumors directs our attention to a new one that does something unique compared to the other major keyboard apps we’ve seen.

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Being an Apple employee has its benefits, but apparently not quite enough. Apple’s head of HR, Denise Young Smith, announced on Thursday that Apple would be expanding its benefits program rather substantially. Fortune reports that some of the new perks include longer parental leave, reimbursement for any classes taken, an expanded donation-matching program, refinancing on student loans and stock acceleration in the event an employee dies.

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After releasing its flagship phablet in its home country and China, Samsung is getting ready to launch the Galaxy Note 4 in many additional markets in October, including the U.S., Europe, Asia and Australia. However, the next Note model will only be available in various other countries starting October 10,th which gives Samsung plenty of time to further build buzz around the phone and convince buyers to stay away from the iPhone 6 for a few more days. After posting a Galaxy Note 4 unboxing video, a hilarious TV ad, and a bend test on YouTube, the company listed a short two-minute video that talks about the phone’s “powerful performance.”

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