The Los Angeles event starts at 10 a.m. PT and carries the tagline “Pro and tell.” Apple has not confirmed any products, but reports point to a touchscreen MacBook Pro with an OLED display, alongside an entry-level M6 MacBook Pro, a new iMac and an OLED iPad mini.
- This is Apple's second product launch event of the month.
The proposed giveaway would draw from Musk's own holdings and amount to more than $10 billion in shares. He has not explained how distribution would work. The announcement followed Anthropic's pledge to dedicate 5% of its stock to a public benefit fund, with Musk describing his gift as the first of several.
The former OpenAI engineer is accused of placing a hidden recording device in a company office. Prosecutors argue his Saudi connections make him a flight risk. Saudi officials paid for his wife and son to leave the US and offered to cover his bail, according to The New York Times.
- Prosecutors said Alfozan contacted a Saudi royal as recently as October 5, according to Business Insider.
The restrictions also cover DeepSeek affiliates and third-party products built using its implementations, while prohibiting future purchases. Issued under a 2018 supply chain security law, the order cites national security concerns. These include data transfers to servers in China and potential malware risks, according to CyberScoop.
The Series E financing values the chipmaker at $6.2 billion, with Trace Capital and Innovation X leading the round and new and existing investors participating. Tenstorrent is positioning its hardware as an alternative to Nvidia's graphics processors, while the funding will support further development of its Galaxy servers.
- Quartz reports that Tenstorrent's 2024 funding valued the company at $2.6 billion.
The companies are working with X-energy on small modular reactors that would supply carbon-free electricity to the regional grid. According to Quartz, X-energy would provide 12 reactors at a retired coal plant site, with a final decision expected by late 2029. Bloomberg describes the reactor technology as unproven.
A judge ruled that the drivers' claim had been brought too late. The allegations concerned whether Uber misled Transport for London over its licence, according to the BBC. Quartz reports that the case was filed in 2024 on behalf of more than 13,000 taxi drivers.
Co-founded by Mobileye CEO Amnon Shashua, doubleAI focuses on how software executes rather than helping developers write it. The company says it reduced an early customer's computing costs by 67%. According to Quartz, it plans to charge customers a share of the savings it delivers.
- According to The Next Web, Maxwell is available through early access.
- CTech reports that the models target execution on CPUs and GPUs without changing original code.
Deutsche Telekom, Orange, Telefónica and Vodafone signed a letter of intent to explore spectrum for direct-to-device satellite services in Europe. The carriers would provide ground infrastructure, while a separate satellite partner that has not been announced would supply the constellation, according to The Verge. The proposed service would compete with SpaceX's Starlink.
- Light Reading reports the carriers are considering a spectrum bid next year.
JPM Coin represents dollar deposits and is being extended to a wider group of institutional clients. The token first launched on Coinbase-affiliated Base in November 2025 and allows clients to move money at any time of day, according to Quartz, rather than being limited to banking hours.
- The Block says JPM Coin supports peer-to-peer transfers within the Ethereum Virtual Machine ecosystem.
According to The Verge, investors demanded yields on CoreWeave bonds at least 1,000 basis points above government bonds, a common threshold for distressed debt. The outlet also reported that investor Chamath Palihapitiya highlighted the debt troubles and questioned whether the AI infrastructure buildout was becoming a private credit bubble.
The agents operated largely on their own, according to Norforge's findings reported by The Verge. Reuters identified John Deere, SharkNinja and Cummins among the victims, though Norforge did not name targets. Quartz reports that Norforge estimated an average cost of about $5 per task and a success rate near 10% for the tools observed.
The JPMorgan Chase CEO identifies cyber threats as the firm's biggest risk, according to Quartz. His advice to business leaders includes segmenting networks and managing identity access as they strengthen their defenses against threats involving artificial intelligence, the publication reports in its coverage of his recommendations.
With $5 billion already deployed off its balance sheet, JPMorgan Chase is racing ahead on direct investments in defense tech, hardware and supply chains.
Forerunner Ventures and Menlo Ventures co-led the funding round for the startup, which develops AI assistants for the workplace. Town calls its assistant a Townie, according to Unite.AI, while The Next Web reports that existing investors a16z and First Round Capital also participated in the round.
- TechCrunch reports the valuation came four months after launch.
The open-source software lets developers use existing PyTorch code on Amazon’s AI hardware with only a basic configuration change. Amazon is making the tool available in public beta, offering developers another option for running their AI applications without substantial code changes when moving to a different chip platform.
- According to The Next Web, TorchNeuron supports Trainium2 and Trainium3.
- The Next Web reports an Apache 2.0 licence and some unsupported PyTorch features.
The testing releases also cover iPadOS, watchOS, tvOS and visionOS as Apple moves toward a public launch. According to MacRumors, registered developers can download the updates through each device’s Settings app, and the watchOS, tvOS and visionOS release candidates arrived a week after their fourth betas.
- AppleInsider also reports a release candidate for HomePod Software 27.2.
MiniMax is targeting coding and agent workflows, with speed and cost improvements based on company-reported figures. According to MarkTechPost, API access costs $0.15 per million input tokens and $0.60 per million output tokens, and model weights are due October 23. RuntimeWire reports that MiniMax claims nearly threefold faster online inference.
- MarkTechPost reports 428 billion total parameters, about 23 billion active parameters and a million-token context.
AI agents can access corporate data, applications and tools and act quickly, creating risks without necessarily being malicious, according to Cyber Security News. Microsoft is introducing Guardian Agents to continuously supervise agent actions, alongside controls that change permissions as risk changes, according to Unite.AI's report on Project Perception and Microsoft 365 E7.
- Microsoft says frontier AI models cannot be trusted regardless of their origin.
US prosecutors allege the former employee accused of bugging an OpenAI office had connections to Saudi royalty. His wife and son left for Saudi Arabia, and a Saudi royal tried to recruit him, according to Quartz. PCMag reports prosecutors said a Saudi military member bought the family's plane tickets.
- The allegations appeared in a Sunday filing in San Francisco, according to The Information.
The rollout would mark Modal's first move away from an entirely x86 fleet. Its own benchmarks showed up to twice the task throughput of an equivalent x86 machine under load, with The Next Web reporting that the comparison used an Intel server and has not been independently verified.
- Vera uses the Arm architecture.
- CPU contention can slow agents and leave training GPUs idle, according to RuntimeWire.
A teardown of Nintendo's Switch 2 found no screen upgrade, Android Headlines reports, while Wccftech also says the display remains unimproved in the V2 model. Wccftech says a new version of the console's LCD panel had been reported as being in development earlier in the summer.
The Pentagon official told The Information that executive tools could be used against AI companies that do not cooperate with the government. According to that publication, Michael also belongs to President Trump's superintelligence task force and criticized frontier labs seeking more regulation, comparing them to drunk drivers asking to be stopped.
- The Next Web identifies Michael as the Pentagon's chief technology officer.
Most RTX 5090 listings exceed $9,300, according to TechSpot. The outlet reports that leaker MEGAsizeGPU claimed Nvidia would stop using the card's GB202 chip in new RTX 5090 cards and reserve future supplies for RTX Pro Blackwell models. Nvidia says the flagship graphics card has not been discontinued.
A 2023 breach allegedly exposed Staples' Nexus support system, and investigators linked about $425,000 in redeemed gift cards to the intrusion, according to RuntimeWire. Separately, 404 Media described the attackers as an organized Chinese crime gang that used the cards on a spending spree across the United States.
The verification system uses dynamic QR codes, according to Android Authority, while multiple reports say users can bypass the checks. Missing the verification window could leave users barred for a year, according to 9to5Google, making the deadline consequential even though the checks can be worked around.
The run used 8,192 Nvidia GH200 GPUs at Jülich Supercomputing Centre, according to Unite.AI. Nvidia says the simulation allowed researchers to explore and validate magic state cultivation, an approach to fault-tolerant quantum computing that it says requires 90% fewer qubits than previous methods, on Europe’s first exascale supercomputer.
- Nvidia described the run as a record-breaking simulation.
The experiment left AI agents without an assigned task for 30 hours at a time. According to The Next Web, researchers tested 13 copies of an AI coding agent, which climbed hills, created pictures using blocks and invented games; the agents also recorded what they had learned.
- The Next Web reports that the team posted its paper on arXiv.
Dan Lin's departure follows layoffs affecting about 1,000 employees, which Business Insider describes as Netflix's largest round since 2022. Netflix said Monday that Lin would leave after nearly three years leading its film division, according to The Economic Times, which calls it the second senior executive departure in less than a week.
Support is being introduced in select models, with more vehicles to follow over time, according to MacRumors. The publication reports that GM will also support Google Wallet and Samsung Wallet, and that a related Samsung announcement lists availability in the United States and Canada for its wallet offering.
- MacRumors reports that GM announced the rollout in a late September press release.
The company currently has 4,000 vehicles and plans to fund expansion partly with $5 billion in debt raised this month, according to Semafor. The New York Post reports that Alphabet-owned Waymo has ordered thousands of Chinese-built cars for its US fleet, drawing security concerns on Capitol Hill.
The full release arrives this week with multiplayer modes, according to Windows Central. Separately, Wccftech reports that Modern Warfare 4 marks the franchise’s first Nintendo console appearance in 13 years, while TechSpot says 94% of its Steam reviews are positive, its best reception on that platform since 2010’s Black Ops.
- TechSpot reports 4,068 Steam reviews, including 3,438 from verified buyers.
Sudeikis does not know whether the series will return and assumes Apple TV also wants more, according to AppleInsider. There is no official announcement about its future, 9to5Mac reports, adding that season four wrapped earlier this month and that Sudeikis discussed season five and beyond during a recent podcast appearance.
The AI companion app has attracted more than 250,000 active users. According to RuntimeWire, Tolan also says its annual recurring revenue is in the tens of millions of dollars, and the company is investing in making the app more widely available and its AI more capable.
The company’s Switch AI platform now includes Switch Trust, which discovers enterprise agents, tests their security and blocks unsafe behavior. A second product, Switch ROI, measures individual agents’ spending against their outcomes, giving businesses a way to assess costs alongside the value those agents deliver.
- RuntimeWire reports a free plan supports up to five managed agents.
Reports suggest a January launch is possible, though last-minute RAM and storage upgrades could disrupt the schedule. Samsung has not set a date and is considering February at the latest while finalizing components for the Galaxy S27 Pro and Ultra, according to 9to5Google. GSMArena notes that the S26 series launched in early March.
The update focuses on Slide Decks and Video Overviews, giving users more control over the material Gemini Notebook creates. The changes introduce co-creation capabilities, while Android Authority reports that the rollout will begin soon and cover two of the tool’s most popular features.
Malicious copies of the paid WordPress plugin reached users through the vendor's website and updates between October 15 and October 16. According to The Hacker News, Rank Math said sites that installed and activated affected copies should be treated as compromised, with the distribution window running from 20:02 UTC to 07:12 UTC.
- SecurityWeek identified the affected packages as version 3.0.123.
The open-source Windows alternative now supports NTFS installation through a new driver, according to Ars Technica. Neowin also reports improved NTFS support and says ReactOS is moving toward capabilities associated with Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 as development of the operating system continues.
The plaque’s unclear message has prompted speculation for 30 years. According to TechSpot, the leading interpretation, “L is real 2401,” gained traction after appearing in a 1998 Nintendo Power April Fool’s Day feature and remained popular in the absence of a better explanation for the text.
The tools also cover Project Perception and assess agent risk. According to The Next Web, they restrict what agents can access and tighten those restrictions as risk rises. GeekWire reports that available interventions include preventing agents from making changes, requiring human involvement or shutting them down.
- According to The Next Web, Microsoft Security executive Hayete Gallot outlined the approach in a Monday post.
The targeted location stores Starlink equipment, according to PCMag, while Data Center Dynamics describes it as a satellite gateway station. Data Center Dynamics reports that the plot follows recent attacks on Starlink infrastructure in Poland and Bulgaria. PCMag calls it the third attempted arson attack in Europe.
The tools let users change VBIOS settings without rewriting the graphics card’s firmware chip. According to TechSpot, they support GeForce RTX 30, 40 and 50 series cards through an editor and separate Windows and Linux loaders. Wccftech reports that adjustable settings include power limits and voltage.
- Tom’s Hardware reports that the configurator uses an Nvidia register key to override settings.
The agents completed the task in 27 hours and 14 minutes, according to The Next Web, citing a paper by Google DeepMind researchers. They began in a randomly generated survival world on Easy difficulty, the publication reports. Engadget says the agents shared tips, threats and mistakes without human intervention.
Analysts expect revenue to rise 11.8% to $12.87 billion, the slowest third-quarter growth in three years, according to The Next Web, citing Reuters and LSEG data. Co-CEO Ted Sarandos acknowledged growth was below his expectations and identified live programming as a potential opportunity to accelerate it, The Economic Times reported.
- The Next Web reports that investors are watching for signs viewers are spending less time on Netflix.
Meta revised its commercial terms after publishers and other business account holders objected to language about scraping websites for AI training. The updated terms are set to take effect Oct. 30. Quartz reports that legal experts say the revised wording could still let Meta scrape sites tied to business accounts.
- The changes affect companies advertising or selling through Meta's platforms, according to Security Affairs.
- Engadget says the original terms alarmed publishers and others with business accounts.
- The revised terms take effect Oct. 30.
Carson Oliver, Apple's new head of App Store Worldwide, says many new premium releases are indie games and more console and PC franchises are reaching mobile, according to The Next Web. He also discussed Apple's broader gaming plans and Apple Arcade's role in an interview with Polygon, 9to5Mac reported.
- Oliver says the store was built to place small indie games alongside major franchises, iPhone in Canada reports.
The feature supports the original HomePod mini and second-generation HomePod, alongside HomePod mini 2. According to 9to5Mac, it lights the speaker's touch surface with colors drawn from the playing song's album artwork. MacRumors says the release candidate is available to developers and public beta testers, with a wider launch expected next week.
- Sound Glow was introduced as a HomePod mini 2 feature.
A VK data center near St. Petersburg in Russia was hit by a drone, according to Data Center Dynamics. The Record reports that disruptions began Sunday, with users describing trouble loading their news feeds, playing music and accessing other features across the Russian social media company's platforms.
Waymo will start mapping Toronto’s streets in the coming days, initially with drivers behind the wheel, according to PCMag, which reports an expected 2028 debut. Forbes raises the possibility of importing Ojai vehicles from China into Canada cheaply, but does not establish that Waymo will do so.
A University of Belgrade rector's phone was infected with Pegasus, according to The Record. CyberScoop reports that confirmed and suspected targets include the rector, who supports Serbia's protests, and a prosecutor who investigated a Trump-linked Belgrade development. The findings come weeks before parliamentary elections, according to CyberScoop.
The free extension blocks advertising trackers that follow users across the web, according to MacRumors, which notes existing versions for Chrome, Edge and Firefox. Safari users can get it through the Mac App Store, according to Neowin, which says the launch follows years of user requests.
- Privacy Badger has more than four million users, according to Neowin.
Light Reading reports that Virgin Media O2 is showcasing its satellite service in a remote UK location and expects improvements. Separately, TechRadar raises the possibility that the company could revive the Virgin Mobile and O2 Broadband brands, but its report does not establish that either return is confirmed.
The crashes affected games and applications using AC-3, also known as Dolby Digital, for audio decoding, according to BleepingComputer. The publisher linked the problem to installation of the September 2026 Windows 11 preview update, identified as KB5124010, and reported that Microsoft has now resolved the bug.
The warning concerns scams tied to the US midterm elections in November. According to TechRadar, campaigns involving AI deepfakes and financial fraud are already appearing ahead of the vote. Both TechRadar and Android Headlines report that the FBI has issued an alert about election-related scams.
Engadget reports that the glasses' expanding feature set is harder to control than it should be. MobileSyrup highlights pairing the G2 with the R1 smart ring and reports that the glasses have no cameras, emphasize privacy and provide two displays on each lens, describing them as a daily-use device.
The changes cover Silver, Gold and Platinum unlimited plans, according to Light Reading, while Android Authority reports faster 5G for some customers. Light Reading also reports that customers on those plans can bundle Straight Talk’s fixed wireless access service for an additional $35 a month.
- Straight Talk is a Verizon-owned mobile virtual network operator, according to Light Reading.
The planned support would let managed Android Work Profiles connect with Android Auto and make their apps available through it. According to 9to5Google, work account support was discovered in an unreleased version and could let users connect to work vehicles without enabling personal apps on the system.
The flagship is expected to launch in China between March and April next year, according to GSMArena. The publication cites tipster Digital Chat Station as saying it will use Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 chipset. Android Headlines separately reports that the phone will have a 7,000mAh battery.
According to TechRadar, HomeView can display security camera feeds, but its AI needs both an iPhone and an iCloud+ subscription to explain what happened. The report lists pricing at $299 in the US and £299 in the UK, with those additional requirements applying to the camera AI functionality.
The platform uses small, task-specific AI models for sales conversations. It calls, qualifies and follows up with leads before handing them to human representatives, and claims response times of about 200 milliseconds, according to The Next Web. Harmony targets mid-market and enterprise sales teams, according to Unite.AI.
- Harmony is available in the US, UK, Australia and Singapore.
Boodaei will remain as chairman, focusing on product strategy and security challenges involving AI agents, while Thompson takes responsibility for daily leadership at the company. Thompson co-founded ID.me and previously served as president of Socure, according to CTech, which reports the leadership change alongside RuntimeWire.
- Boodaei steps down after 12 years as CEO.
The company announced the quantum error-correction result on October 19 using its trapped-ion computer. According to Unite.AI, the measurement applies to each error-checking cycle and corresponds to roughly five logical failures per million cycles. HPCwire reports that the result used Quantinuum's own error-correction architecture on its commercial Helios system.
Founded by former Nvidia researchers, Dream Labs is developing a model to transfer skills between different robots. According to Unite.AI, it has launched a public API, and B Capital led the seed financing alongside Kindred Ventures. RuntimeWire reports that the company says Dream-1 can control unfamiliar two-armed robots without robot-specific training.
- RuntimeWire reports API pricing of $3 per hour.
- A.Capital and Unusual Ventures also invested, according to Unite.AI.
The bank describes the service as an AI-powered operating system built using Google’s Gemini platform. According to Unite.AI, Huntington announced it on October 19, 2026, and opened early-access signups that day to prospective and current small business owners, including people who are not customers of the bank.
- The name refers to Huntington’s founding year, according to PYMNTS.
According to Cyber Security News, CVE-2026-108097 affects Drupal core’s Field UI module and could allow attackers to take over affected websites without logging in. SecurityWeek also reports critical flaws involving Entity List and Field UI, with exploitation paths available through contributed modules, and warns of a risk of rapid exploitation.
- Drupal’s security warning was published October 14, 2026, according to Cyber Security News.
Inception says its diffusion model delivers benchmark gains over rival models. According to Unite.AI, the company claims Mercury 3 beats GPT-6 Luna and Claude Haiku 5.5 across multiple benchmarks while running four to eight times faster. Unite.AI reports launch prices of $0.10 per million input tokens and $0.35 per million output tokens.
- RuntimeWire reports a claimed context window of 1 million tokens.
- Unite.AI dates the launch to October 19, 2026.
Investigators suspect a U.S. executive helped operate a website used to pressure victims into paying ransoms. According to KrebsOnSecurity, executives at two ransomware negotiation firms had unusually close relationships with ShinyHunters. RuntimeWire reports that chats allegedly connected negotiators to details of breaches before victims knew they had been compromised.
- Shinywire listed nearly 100 victims, according to RuntimeWire.
Android Headlines reports that leaked cases indicate the relative sizes of Samsung’s upcoming flagships. According to GSMArena, earlier rumors suggest new designs for the Galaxy S27 Pro and Ultra, while the standard Galaxy S27 and larger-screen Galaxy S27+ would remain the more affordable options in the lineup.
Tom's Hardware identifies the hacker as Chinese and names farm equipment maker Deers and appliance company SharkNinja among the targets. According to WinBuzzer, the AI agents spent hours breaking into the sites, with both reports describing attacks on more than 100 company websites.
Samsung's Galaxy Z range could reach six phones in 2027, according to Android Central. Separately, 9to5Google reports that the leaked Galaxy Z Fold 9 lineup includes plans for an additional Fold model as well as a slideable handset that would carry the Galaxy Z Slide name.
Some Garmin smartwatch owners are losing days of estimated battery life, according to Android Authority. TechRadar identifies the new voice activation feature as the apparent cause and says it can be disabled. Both publications describe a fix for the battery issue, without providing steps in these reports.
Key Tronic will assemble the routers in Mississippi starting early next year, according to Android Authority. The production agreement comes as TP-Link faces an FCC ban, with both Android Authority and Android Headlines reporting on the company's move to build Wi-Fi 8 routers in the United States.
The acquisition took place in June, according to MacRumors, citing a European Commission notice. Samplab's tools support stem splitting and editing individual notes within chords. Both reports suggest the technology could extend Logic Pro's editing capabilities, while MacRumors also identifies GarageBand as a possible destination for the company's tools.
- Samplab offered audio-to-MIDI conversion through a desktop app and plugins, according to MacRumors.
An upcoming Pixel feature would use AI to turn photos into animated video wallpapers, according to Android Headlines. Android Authority reports that photo animation could arrive as an upgrade to Wallpaper & style, allowing users to turn a still image into a moving background on their phone.
Google’s 3D Noto emoji from the Pixel 11 are reaching phones from additional Android brands, according to Android Headlines. Android Authority reports that the new emoji are rolling out more widely and could arrive on an Android phone through a system update rather than being limited to Pixel devices.
Google may let Pixel Watch users snooze automatic bedtime mode, according to Android Authority, which describes a possible upcoming change to the watches. Android Headlines also reports that a bedtime snooze option could be coming, rather than describing a feature that is already available to users.
Official-looking images show a design similar to the regular Moto G47, with a new turquoise green colorway, according to GSMArena. The outlet says an earlier EPREL listing revealed the upcoming phone's battery capacity, while the newly surfaced renders are accompanied by more of its key specifications.
- Android Headlines also reports a leaked price for the 5G model.
Traffic overlays could appear within location previews in Google Messages conversations, bringing traffic information into the chat view. Android Authority also reports that new map layer controls could be coming to those previews, while Android Headlines describes traffic overlays as an upcoming addition to location sharing.
The phone has an AMOLED display and a camera with optical image stabilization, according to TechRepublic. GSMArena describes it as the middle option in Samsung’s F70 series and says it shares many specifications with last year’s Galaxy A17, following the F70e and F70 Pro releases.
- GSMArena reports that the F70e launched in February and the F70 Pro in August.
Android Authority reports that the app’s existing spam protection setting could be renamed “Standard protection” as Enhanced Protection rolls out. Both Android Authority and Android Headlines describe the planned Enhanced Protection feature, with Android Headlines reporting that it may soon become available in Google Messages.
Cognizant and Google Cloud expanded their alliance on October 19, 2026, creating the Gemini Frontier Capability Group to speed enterprise adoption of agentic AI. More than 18,000 Cognizant associates are dedicated to it, building AI agents for clients on Google's Gemini. The Next Web reports that no financial terms were disclosed.
- Focus areas include updating old systems, developer tools, business process automation and cyber defence.
- The group pairs Google's AI platform with Cognizant's industry and engineering expertise.
- The companies described it as a substantial joint investment, according to Unite.AI.