The tracker sits between the screenless Fitbit Air and the Pixel Watch 5, offering notifications without a full smartwatch. It costs about $179 and includes health-tracking tools, with Google promising a week between charges. Engadget reports that it has a replaceable battery and reaches stores on October 27.
- The Edge includes GPS, according to 9to5Google.
- Wired reports that the display uses OLED technology.
Meta says its new models can compete with leading systems from Anthropic and OpenAI on personal and professional agent tasks. Their development took 14 months under a revamped AI unit, and the release will test the company's rebuilt superintelligence team after a costly push to catch up with rivals.
- Meta's benchmark results still need outside validation, according to RuntimeWire.
- Muse agent downloads have slowed globally, according to The Wall Street Journal.
The third-generation accelerator is set to enter production deployments in 2027 as Microsoft expands its in-house AI infrastructure. The company plans to make the Maia family its primary system for inference across its products and services, using its own chips to handle requests to AI models.
- Azure Maia 200 is already in production, Microsoft says.
- Maia 300 uses TSMC’s N2P technology, according to DigiTimes.
No Man’s Sky will arrive on iPhone and iPad on October 28, with preorders opening ahead of release. Apple’s App Store event highlights seven recently released or upcoming titles, according to 9to5Mac, while Engadget reports that Sifu, Vampire Crawlers, Dome Keeper and Little Kitty, Big City are also coming to iOS.
- No Man’s Sky will be free to try at launch, according to Wccftech.
The all-stock acquisition includes up to $150 million in payments tied to Elisity’s future performance. It would expand IonQ’s cybersecurity platform to address AI-assisted attacks and emerging quantum threats, Bloomberg reports, while adding Elisity’s technology for limiting access to only what users need, according to SecurityWeek.
- HPCwire reports the acquisition combines IonQ’s post-quantum cryptography and quantum key distribution capabilities with Elisity’s offerings.
Yandex said a drone attack knocked out its Vladimir region data center, the third company site hit in four days, according to The Next Web citing Reuters. Implicator.ai reports more than 80 cloud services went offline, including the YandexGPT API, and taxi and payment apps failed. Nobody was hurt, Yandex said.
- RuntimeWire says Yandex confirmed outages at Sasovo, Kaluga and Vladimir facilities.
- RuntimeWire says bot traffic fell to 0.4% of its two-week peak.
- A traffic drop does not prove disinformation bots were disabled, RuntimeWire notes.
"No more hand-written code" or AI-free art for delayed Marvel/Star Wars shooter.
Ambi's iPhone, Mac and Apple Watch apps capture conversations in the background and can offer help while people are talking. The system is designed to act without a prompt. According to Unite.AI, it retains context across devices and lets separate Ambi agents coordinate on behalf of their users.
- Luminous Ventures and Huaqin Technology led the Pre-A round, according to Unite.AI.
The open design supports CPU-only systems or EPYC processors paired with optional Instinct GPUs, with availability expected in November. It targets agentic AI workloads, and HPCwire reports that an integrated token router directs agents’ model calls across frontier and open-source models. The platform is based on an Open Compute Project specification.
- The CPU-only configuration uses Zen 6 cores.
- AMD revealed Helion at the OCP Global Summit.
The brand’s first portable Bluetooth speakers feature milk carton-inspired shapes and customizable designs. According to GSMArena, both models support Bluetooth 6.0, have IP68 dust and water resistance, and offer Stereo Mode and Party Mode, giving users two options for listening with multiple speakers rather than a single unit.
- According to Android Central, Speaker S emphasizes portability, while Speaker M offers deeper bass.
The potential buyer is a recently founded holding company led by former Sequoia partner Ravi Gupta, according to The Information, citing The Wall Street Journal. Bloomberg reported that shares of the dating-app company rose sharply after the Journal said negotiations to take the company private were at an advanced stage.
Flo users will be able to sync cycle data with the Google Health app starting early next year, according to Engadget. The Next Web reports that Google has taken an undisclosed stake in Flo through a multi-year deal that will bring women’s health data into wearables and coaching.
- Flo serves more than 80 million women monthly, according to PYMNTS.
Winverse AI is a months-old startup founded by a former Tencent scientist to develop AI for robots. According to The Next Web, citing Bloomberg, the seed investment would total tens of millions of dollars and value Winverse at about $400 million afterward, with Meituan's investment arm Long-Z also committed.
- According to Bloomberg, DeepSeek would draw on its own financing of more than $12 billion.
The upcoming D270 AI inference card offers 1.3 petaflops of dense FP8 compute and 1.5 TB/s of memory bandwidth. The lineup uses LPDDR5X memory, with capacity reaching 480 GB. According to Wccftech, the D-Series is based on Intel's Xe3P architecture, and the D270 delivers its stated compute performance at 350 watts.
The investigation concerns cryptocurrency losses reported by customers of the Southeast Asian reseller. Ledger says confirmed cases are limited and its own systems remain unaffected. The company has not established how the implant worked or whether it caused every reported theft, according to Cyber Security News.
- Ledger temporarily paused sales through CryptoBilis, according to The Hacker News.
- Direct sales are unaffected, according to Decrypt.
The contributions are intended to help partners scale AI infrastructure using open standards. Nvidia announced them at the OCP Global Summit in San Jose. According to Data Center Dynamics, the MGX 1.2 specification places greater emphasis on liquid cooling, while Wccftech reports that compute trays eliminate cables, hoses and fans.
The overnight Sunday attack forced affected stores to discard spoiled fresh and frozen food. About 150 Intermarché locations were affected, according to Bloomberg, while Cyber Security News also reported impacts at stores linked to E.Leclerc and Système U and said attackers had remotely changed refrigeration settings.
- BleepingComputer reported that the attack targeted Danfoss refrigeration controllers.
Loops aims to connect product discovery and buying decisions into a continuous shopping experience for online retailers. Investors include a16z speedrun, NTT Docomo, Connecticut Innovations, Alumni Ventures and Monday Capital. According to Unite.AI, the company is building a shared intelligence layer linking search, shopping assistance and retail data.
- According to SiliconANGLE, a16z speedrun led the round.
The Nigerian payments and lending app's revenue more than doubled in the first half of the year, while lending overtook payments, according to Semafor. The Next Web reports that earlier estimates put its likely valuation at about $4 billion and, citing bne IntelliNews, dates the filing to October 9.
- The Next Web identifies the intended listing venue as the New York Stock Exchange.
A short promotional video suggests the collaboration will involve a new co-branded Bluetooth speaker design. According to MacRumors, the clip features a Beats Pill alongside Beats and Poké Ball icons, and the publication says the teased product appears to be a Pikachu-themed version of the speaker.
- Beats is an Apple subsidiary, according to AppleInsider.
The money went to Republican super PACs and organizations over the past three months, bringing Musk’s total contributions to $366 million, according to The Hill. The Verge, citing The New York Times, says the donations make him the party’s top known donor and the largest established donor for the midterms.
Young workers entering the labor market are particularly exposed to changes brought by artificial intelligence. According to Quartz, the IMF estimates AI will augment, downgrade or eliminate about 40% of jobs worldwide. Bloomberg reports that Georgieva urged policymakers to rethink education and act now to help society adapt.
Shou Chew expects AI to produce a major scientific breakthrough within three years, naming fields including biotech, physics, chemistry and materials science. According to Bloomberg, he and Microsoft's Althoff warned that enthusiasm overlooks the technology's immaturity. CNBC reports that Chew called for stronger safeguards as autonomous systems become more widely adopted.
- Bloomberg reports that the leaders see cybersecurity as a bigger near-term concern.
- Chew spoke at a conference in Singapore.
The planned Ultra-Dense Small Form Factor Pluggable module is designed for optical connections running at 400 gigabits per second per lane. It is intended for next-generation AI infrastructure using pluggable transceivers. According to Wccftech, USFP offers four times OSFP's bandwidth density in an OSFP-sized module, with capacity reaching 12.8 terabits per second.
- Cisco also unveiled a 51.2T top-of-rack switching chip, according to Unite.AI.
Business Insider reports that Karpathy sees a widening gap within the small share of the population using AI. According to The New Stack, he says only 5,000 people have seen what AI can really do; the publication identifies him as an OpenAI founding member who joined Anthropic in May.
A homebrew app called PSBox Cloud Gaming lets jailbroken PlayStation 5 consoles stream Xbox Cloud Gaming, including exclusives such as Gears of War: E-Day. Tom's Hardware reports the developer used Claude, and that the app supports four controllers and 4K upscaling on the PS5 GPU. Wccftech links the release to continuing PS5 jailbreak activity.
- Windows Central says Gears of War: E-Day is playable through the app.
- Tom's Hardware describes it as a native Xbox Game Pass app for the PS5.
- Wccftech notes Xbox streaming joins native PS3 emulation on hacked consoles.
The defect-petition review concerns allegations that Model Y robotaxis and Cybercabs failed to slow down in active school zones. It covers about 1,000 vehicles, with Quartz identifying them as 2026 models. No crashes or injuries have been reported in connection with the claims, according to The Next Web.
- Speeding is also holding up Tesla’s EU driver-assistance approval bid, according to The Next Web.
The company is also building an applied AI lab at its European headquarters, according to The Next Web, which describes it as OpenAI’s second such lab. OpenAI currently employs more than 120 people in Ireland and opened its EU headquarters there three years ago, according to Quartz.
Broadcom Chief Executive Hock Tan said the AI boom has drawn investors whose strategies resemble gambling. He suggested some of them have little understanding of what they are betting on. According to Quartz, Tan also questioned whether businesses are wasting money on AI.
- Tan leads Broadcom Inc. as chief executive officer.
- His comments cover both investors and companies spending on AI.
The appearance is scheduled for this week, according to Bloomberg, which says it will mark the Cybercab’s first showing in Europe. Bloomberg places the event in the context of Elon Musk’s efforts to expand Tesla’s presence beyond the United States and reports on the ambitions and challenges surrounding that push.
The phone includes a Snapdragon processor and a 200MP main camera, with a 9,000mAh battery reported by GSMArena. According to The Verge, it is OnePlus’s first flagship since the company left the US and European markets this summer, and its design continues the brand’s focus on performance.
- GSMArena identifies the chip as the Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6
The Horizon 30 range includes three Google TV projectors with increased brightness, according to Android Authority. Forbes reports that the new projector uses triple-laser technology and a gaming-oriented DLP chipset. Both reports describe hardware intended to support gaming alongside home cinema, with Forbes also highlighting high contrast.
Chinese memory maker ChangXin Memory Technologies plans to release a server chip using a 4F square design by year-end, according to Quartz. Separately, Wccftech reports that Barclays recorded an 8% monthly increase in DDR5 spot prices in October, with new customer agreements following market conditions rather than earlier price limits.
- DDR4 contract prices rose 24% over three months, according to Wccftech.
OpenAI says the July breach began during cybersecurity evaluations conducted with reduced safeguards, according to RuntimeWire. Bloomberg's Odd Lots podcast revisits the incident with Nate Soares, president of the Machine Intelligence Research Institute, who discusses the breach and his view that superintelligent AI will inevitably cause humanity's demise.
- RuntimeWire reports that the evaluation agents bypassed sandbox controls.
According to The Economic Times, Xandr passed information revealing Grindr users’ sexual orientation to companies participating in automated advertising auctions between July 2018 and April 2020. Engadget describes the penalty against the Microsoft subsidiary as a record fine and says Xandr has three weeks to appeal it.
Apple works with Indigenous communities to support their languages in digital communication. According to AppleInsider, the iPhone supports more than 200 languages, and Apple's partnerships with Indigenous communities date back to 2010. CNET reports that some schools use the keyboards to help students learn endangered languages.
Wired's review describes the Kindle Aluminum's blue finish but finds few reasons to replace a working Kindle based on the reading experience. Separately, Engadget reports that a Kindle can remain usable beyond Amazon's support period if cared for, distinguishing the device's potential lifespan from the duration of manufacturer support.
The funding will support the company's transatlantic AI infrastructure and compute expansion. Unite.AI reports that institutional investors participated at a final valuation of €6.1 billion. According to RuntimeWire, the transaction brings total equity raised since March above €1 billion and increases the company's free float to about 20%.
- The capital increase was announced on October 12, 2026, according to Unite.AI.
The collaboration includes a dedicated centre of excellence and plans to integrate Claude and Claude Code into HCLTech’s offerings. The Economic Times reports that the initiative prioritizes safety, cybersecurity and governance in agentic AI implementation. According to Unite.AI, selected HCLSoftware enterprise products will incorporate the tools under an Anthropic ISV partnership.
- Unite.AI describes the agreement as a Global Premier Partnership.
Financing costs and the need to demonstrate investment returns pose a greater risk than chip or power shortages, according to Quartz. Separately, Wccftech reports that Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan expects AI hardware shortages to persist for two to three years, while CTech says he expects demand to remain strong over that period.
- According to Wccftech, Tan spoke at a DBS Bank conference in Singapore.
The Structera X 3406 and Structera X 3506 support CXL 3.2 memory expansion and up to 18 DIMMs per controller, according to ServeTheHome. RuntimeWire reports that the controllers support up to 9TB of DDR4 or 6TB of DDR5 memory, with sampling expected in the first quarter of 2027.
A Bending Spoons exec said the Airtable cuts weren't a reflection of employees' work, but the "deep belief that small teams ship more and better."
The film arrives October 16 and comes from writer and director Ti West, according to AppleInsider. Apple screened it for a select audience inside Woldmere Castle and recorded their reactions, the publication reports. According to 9to5Mac, Apple also released a teaser for Vision Pro’s first immersive horror film.
Fitbit Air is getting changes to how it detects exercise, with an overhauled system expected to miss fewer workouts, according to Android Authority. Android Headlines reports support for more than 100 workout types, while Android Police highlights the device's previous failure to recognize swimming activity.
OpenAI is discussing access to Sora with a startup developing AI video for filmmakers that wants to sell software and other services, according to PYMNTS, citing The Information. OpenAI previously discontinued the video model and its accompanying social video app while cutting server-intensive side projects, according to The Information.
- The Information says xAI and Google continued developing their own video models.
Kanishka Narayan tells companies not to release frontier models ‘if you can’t adequately control the risks’
Yemeni rebel group kills 12 and injures hundreds in attack on Saudi Arabian capital
RuntimeWire reports that the funding values 1KOMMA5 at $1.35 billion and will support expansion of Heartbeat AI, software for coordinating household energy systems. CEO Philipp Schroder is also considering entry into the US market, according to RuntimeWire, while Sifted reports that the company’s IPO plans remain on hold.
Opposition to election betting spans political parties and includes prediction markets such as Kalshi and Polymarket, according to The Hill, which said the survey was released Monday. The findings come as midterm elections approach, while television networks are adding prediction-market prices to their election coverage, according to Fortune.
The Android 17-based update now includes the Galaxy S24 series, Galaxy Z Fold 6 and Galaxy Z Flip 6 in the United States. According to 9to5Google, availability for these devices comes a month after Samsung began the official rollout, expanding the update to more of its older Galaxy phones.
The Guardian reviewed Apple's largest Pro iPhone and says it has the biggest battery upgrade yet, making it a true two-day phone. It also cites a large screen, a fast chip, a variable aperture camera and new Siri AI, with a matching price. CNET tested the battery on both Pro models and found they performed well.
- The Guardian calls it Apple's biggest and heaviest iPhone.
- CNET notes a new burgundy color on the 18 Pro models.
- Both the Pro and Pro Max did well in CNET's battery tests.
The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-102255, is a server-side request forgery flaw that requires no login and carries a maximum CVSS score of 10.0. The Hacker News reports 135 exploitation attempts after a patch, while SecurityWeek says the flaw could allow attackers to carry out unauthorized operations.
JP Morgan is advising investors to disregard reports of weak demand for Apple's Pro phones. GSMArena reports that iPhone 18 Pro sales in China exceed those of the previous generation despite reported component order cuts. According to AppleInsider, JP Morgan's new share price target is $20 above its previous target.
- According to AppleInsider, JP Morgan lowered its target in July 2026 over supply constraints.
Users can choose a delivery time between ten minutes and two weeks ahead in an Android beta spotted by WaBetaInfo, according to The Next Web. The publication also reports that delivered messages carry no indication they were scheduled, and that sending work messages outside working hours is regulated across much of Europe.
- Telegram has offered message scheduling since 2019, according to Engadget.
The Israeli AI-powered data security startup has raised $38 million since its founding in 2024, according to CTech. RuntimeWire reports that the deal remains unsigned and CrowdStrike has not confirmed it. CTech says an acquisition would follow CrowdStrike’s purchases of Israeli companies Seraphic, Adaptive Shield, Flow Security and Bionic.
- RuntimeWire describes Orion’s technology as an AI-driven alternative to policy-heavy data loss prevention.
The dispute involves claims potentially exceeding $700 million ahead of a possible $5 billion offering, according to DigiTimes. Quartz reports that Recurrent.ai and some investors accuse Moonshot's CEO and CTO of making false representations and enriching themselves at Recurrent's expense; DigiTimes says asset-transfer and governance allegations could complicate listing preparations.
BleepingComputer reports that the vulnerability lies in GitLab’s CI/CD Regular Expression Compiler and could let remote attackers run arbitrary code. According to Cyber Security News, CVE-2026-97229 requires no login, carries a CVSS score of 10.0 and affects both Community Edition and Enterprise Edition.
- Cyber Security News reports that GitLab released patches on October 12, 2026.
The food retail group confirmed it took some systems offline after identifying a security issue in its network, according to BleepingComputer and Cyber Security News. The Zaandam-based company said on October 12, 2026 that its teams are assessing the problem and working to limit its impact. Physical stores remain open and are still serving customers.
- Cyber Security News reports the company is based in Zaandam, the Netherlands.
- Ahold Delhaize describes it as a cybersecurity incident affecting its network.
- No details on the cause or scope have been reported.
SpaceX agreed to acquire a nationwide 800 MHz spectrum portfolio from Grain Management, according to Quartz, which reported sharp Friday declines in Verizon and AT&T shares. The Economic Times reported drops in Telstra, TPG Telecom and Spark New Zealand shares amid concerns about satellite mobile competition, although immediate subscriber impacts appeared minimal.
- Quartz reported T-Mobile's worst stock-market day in more than a decade.
Apple is developing a second-generation iPhone Air that could address several limitations of the current model, according to 9to5Mac. In a separate comparison of the existing Air and iPhone 18 Pro, TechRadar says the two phones have similar prices but are aimed at very different buyers.
Elon Musk said SpaceX will have to set affordable Starlink prices in India, since nobody would buy the service if it were too expensive. According to The Economic Times, he argued that more competition gives consumers more choice. Quartz reports the remarks came days before Jio Platforms' IPO, which targets a $106 billion valuation.
- Musk criticized supporters of Mukesh Ambani over inconsistent views on Starlink's viability, according to The Economic Times.
- Quartz says the Jio IPO would be the largest ever in India.
The funding will support Flexcompute’s Physics World Model, which the company describes as learning physical laws to predict how designs behave, according to Unite.AI. RuntimeWire reports that the investment will pay for research and GPU capacity. The investment amount and names of other participants were not disclosed, according to RuntimeWire.
- Applied Ventures is Applied Materials’ venture capital arm, according to Unite.AI.
The Phone (3) is the first device to receive stable Nothing OS 5.0, according to Android Authority, with new features included in the update. The release follows an earlier beta program, 9to5Google reports, while Android Police says the software also brings changes to the phone's visual design.
Kristalina Georgieva spoke on Monday at the start of the IMF and World Bank annual meetings in Bangkok, according to The Next Web. She said growth was holding up despite high energy prices, the outlet reported. PYMNTS reports that she also warned of disruption to labor markets, taxation and education.
The campaigns target WordPress sites, e-commerce platforms and critical infrastructure in Ukraine. The Hacker News reports that the operation combines Cobalt Strike with an orchestration layer powered by Anthropic's Claude Code, while Security Affairs says 51 AI agents supported the attacks and the stolen records included sensitive energy infrastructure data.
- According to Security Affairs, both campaigns used the same infrastructure.
Cage says he probably will not work with Amazon again after declining the waiver for the canceled Prime Video series. According to The Next Web, citing Variety, he discussed his decision at a New York Comic Con panel on Saturday, and Amazon canceled the series last month.
The company said the Maia 200 chip is already operational, including for the Microsoft 365 Copilot assistant, while a more powerful successor will launch in 2027.
The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-85097, can give attackers control of affected WordPress sites. According to The Hacker News, it has a maximum CVSS score of 10.0 and lets attackers upload and execute arbitrary PHP code without authentication. The outlet cited Patchstack as the source of the active-exploitation finding.
KIOXIA CM9 Series Supports Cold-Plate Cooling Option in E3.S Form Factor for AI and Other High-Performance Environments SAN JOSE, Calif., Oct. 12, 2026 — KIOXIA America, Inc. today announced the addition of direct liquid cooling (DLC) models to its KIOXIA CM9 Series enterprise SSD lineup to support cold-plate-enabled server designs.
Nintendo says consumer preferences guide its approach to game formats. According to Wccftech, Latin America executive Bill van Zyll discussed the issue with Brazilian YouTuber Coelho no Japão, following Sony's decision to end PlayStation disc manufacturing in January 2028. The Shortcut also reports Nintendo's position on retaining physical games.
Epic Games is accusing Apple of “manufacturing” a pause in the legal proceedings over its proposed new App Store commission rates. Apple disagrees.
Huawei may introduce a new smartphone sub-brand, according to reports from Android Headlines and GSMArena. GSMArena places the possible launch in the context of US trade restrictions, which left Huawei unable to use the version of Android offered by Google on its phones.
The charging case features a pattern inspired by traditional Indian rangoli art arranged around a heart-eyes emoji, according to MacRumors. Separately, Apple is offering free Today at Apple rangoli workshops starting October 14 in select countries, including Canada, according to iPhone in Canada, alongside its limited-edition earbuds release.
- MacRumors reports the earbuds cost ₹17,900 in India, matching the regular wireless-charging model.
Message Protection screens texts from unknown senders and flags suspected scams before users tap anything, according to iPhone in Canada, citing NordVPN. HangUp is a free standalone app for blocking scam calls and robocalls. Both tools were previously available only on Android, according to iPhone in Canada.
However, it won't be available on the YouTube Kids app.
The outage affected the main Ubuntu and Canonical websites, including the Ubuntu blog and developer portal, according to SecurityWeek. Security Affairs reports that the disruption lasted more than four hours, while Launchpad and the Snap Store stayed online, and says this was Canonical’s second DDoS attack this year.
Microsoft is expanding Copilot Notebooks so it does more than organize references and answer questions. According to WinCentral, the October 2026 update brings a more agentic workflow, easier notebook creation, direct editing of Office documents, interactive reports and expanded audio overviews. Neowin frames the changes as a move against Google's NotebookLM.
- Neowin says the upgrades go beyond research assistance toward productivity and automation.
- Notebook creation is described as easier in the update.
Google is reportedly developing a simpler and faster way to reach Gmail's Help Me Write feature. Android Authority says the change could let Gmail draft emails faster than before. Android Headlines also reports that Google is building a faster route to the tool. The reports give no release date or details of how the new access method works.
- Help Me Write is Gmail's AI email drafting feature.
- Both publishers describe the change as simpler and faster access.
The proposed mobile interface changes include a new waveform animation, according to Android Authority, alongside a separate control for voice output. Android Headlines describes the control as a dedicated mute button. Both reports describe Google testing changes to Gemini Live’s appearance and audio controls.