The company shifted its development focus to the AI-focused Dia browser last year but continued maintaining Arc in the meantime. Arc users are now being invited to switch to Dia, according to Thurrott, as The Browser Company prepares to retire its earlier browser for good.
The company has launched 1Password for Agents to secure credentials used by AI agents working on users’ behalf. The platform lets agents sign in without seeing passwords, according to The Next Web. Quartz reports that net new annual recurring revenue grew about 60% through the first three quarters of fiscal 2026.
- 1Password is based in Toronto.
Warhound came out of stealth on Wednesday with $200 million in funding and a mission to create “elite working dogs” equipped with "advanced body armor."
The reductions represent about 5% of the bank's workforce, with executives citing productivity gains from AI alongside broader cost-saving efforts. About 60% of the cuts affect support functions, including developers, according to Quartz. TechRadar reports that the bank is targeting £1.1 billion in savings through its plan.
- Quartz reports Barclays plans to spend about £600 million this year on the overhaul.
OpenAI is close to finalizing a new funding round that is meant to be a bridge to its 2027 IPO, sources familiar with the matter tell CNBC.
Trump said he would probably abandon the idea after speaking with Google's chief executive. Pichai argued that the Atlantic touches too many countries for Google to change its name on Maps, according to the New York Post. Business Insider reported that Trump's proposed name was the Trump Ocean.
- Trump described the call at a Wednesday rally in Clemson, South Carolina, according to The Hill.
The former OpenAI science leader is building a company to use AI to accelerate a step in drug development. Lightspeed led the funding at an $865 million valuation, and Warp Sciences is building an automated US laboratory, according to The Next Web, which cited Bloomberg.
Canva is making its new image model available to all users, promising better, more customizable performance at lower costs.
Andreessen Horowitz, which made one of the boldest bets on blockchain investments in the venture world, is dropping the term crypto from the name of its fund focused on the category.
The open-source model helps researchers explore how genetic changes affect gene activity and health. Users can submit a DNA sequence and ask questions in everyday language, receiving explanations, according to The Next Web. Carbon-X can also generate DNA sequences and help develop gene therapies, Business Insider reports, citing the company.
The investment will provide a much-needed financial boost as the company seeks to cut costs and lift its stock price.
SpaceX aims to secure a minimum of 80,000 cell sites across the US, and it’s in talks with at least one major cellular infrastructure company to reach that goal, according to people familiar with the matter.
SK Hyper Co. is in talks with big tech firms and financial investors to secure funding for an envisioned $350 billion data center buildout, joining a global rush to roll out AI infrastructure despite concerns about future demand.
The borrowing comes as spending on chips for artificial intelligence projects rises, according to Bloomberg, which cited a person familiar with the matter. Quartz reports that the seven-year yuan loan involves six Chinese lenders and marks Huawei's first offshore syndicated borrowing since 2020, ending a gap of several years.
- Bloomberg puts the loan's value at 15 billion yuan.
The new Insta360 Mic combines features from the company's Pro microphones at a lower price while omitting some capabilities. Engadget reports that the new model adds expandable storage, while The Verge says the earlier Mic Pro system used three microphones to emulate different pickup patterns and supported custom branding on its screens.
Enterprise software firm Datadog recently offered to buy Israeli cloud cybersecurity startup Upwind Security for nearly $4 billion, according to someone with direct knowledge of the talks, the latest sign of white-hot interest in such firms. Upwind has fielded other takeover attempts from multiple bidders in recent months but hasn’t accepted any offers.
SK Hynix Inc. scrapped plans for a potential $10 billion US listing of its Solidigm unit after facing strong opposition from regulators and shareholders, becoming the latest firm to pull an IPO while growing investor unease over the artificial intelligence boom rocks markets. SK Hynix shares rallied.
Many of the commitments cover computing capacity and infrastructure for artificial intelligence. According to Quartz, Meta lists $355.73 billion in future leases and $454.52 billion in non-cancelable commitments, mostly for cloud capacity and infrastructure. Bloomberg calculated the overall total from three filing items, according to The Next Web.
Box and whisker charts are finally here in Google Sheets.
According to Wccftech, the jailbreak enables game modifications and homebrew software but requires a specific original Switch game each time the console starts. The Verge reports that Sammy Hajhamid, known as pepsipu, credited OpenAI’s Codex with helping develop the ns2jb jailbreak, which was demonstrated with added playable characters in Mario Kart World.
- Demonstrated characters included Cinnamoroll, Peter Griffin and Minecraft’s Steve, according to The Verge.
You Can See Everything, a documentary about the disgraced biotech company founder Elizabeth Holmes, has enjoyed a record-breaking opening in the US. It is a testament to how fascinated we remain by the convicted fraudster, but what is behind the enduring appeal?
Apple is rolling out AI-centric updates to its iWork suite—Pages, Keynote, Numbers—that include a brand new ‘Intelligent Assistant’ with powerful capabilities. Here’s what it can do. more
Birdbuddy is finally launching the new smart bird feeders it originally announced at CES 2026 earlier this year, but with new names. The Birdbuddy 2 Mini is now called the Birdbuddy Nook, and it is designed to be a smaller and more affordable option the company describes as its "most accessible smart bird feeder yet."
Restrictions would apply to investments in areas including AI, hypersonic weapons and biotech
The company-wide rollout follows a smaller pilot, extending access to teams across Uber’s workforce. OpenAI says employees can use ChatGPT Work for research, data analysis, presentations and complex workflows, while Unite.AI reports that the earlier pilot covered 1,000 employees and that the expanded deployment sits inside ChatGPT Enterprise.
- The rollout starts October 22, 2026, according to Unite.AI.
460 kW charging and 450 miles of range are among the reasons the EV is the one to get.
OpenAI is launching its decision model to the world. Can it compete with the original Jev?
DeepSeek and MiniMax Group Inc. have won approval to deploy models overseas, part of a wave of homegrown AI technologies that Beijing will allow to operate globally, a Chinese state media affiliate said.
The closure will retire the modern Atari VCS platform, a Linux-based machine powered by an AMD APU, according to Tom's Hardware. The Verge reports that the console's development involved delays, name changes and assurances to crowdfunding backers that the project would continue over a saga spanning a decade.
A fan-built model of the Alive tour pyramid got the green light to become a real product.
It's the first state to sue the social media company on these allegations.
Nirva will ship its $249 ambient AI pendant by the end of the year.
The PS5 is now Sony’s only remaining Blu-ray playback device sold in Japan, according to TechRadar and TechSpot. TechSpot reports that Sony had already halted worldwide sales of Blu-ray recorders in February, a separate move that did not affect sales of standard Blu-ray players at the time.
- Tom’s Hardware says Sony follows LG in ending Blu-ray player production.
The partnership program aims to help companies deploy and improve Grok AI systems. According to The Next Web, the Super Intelligence Partner Network has attracted more than 130 firms, including Snowflake, Databricks and Bain, and is open to businesses that deploy Grok or build products on top of it.
- SpaceX’s AI unit posted a quarterly profit mainly from computing rentals, according to The Next Web.
Demand for new PCs took a hit after months of price hikes, with Counterpoint Research reporting global PC shipments fell 21 percent year-over-year in Q3 2026. That's in line with earlier reports from IDC and Omdia.
As the US gets closer to permanently adopting daylight saving time following the House advancing the Sunshine Protection Act in July, there could be some unforeseen consequences to getting an extra hour of sun in the evening all year long. Following the Canadian provinces of British Columbia and Manitoba permanently switching to daylight saving this
Axios reported that Visa was discussing a potential acquisition of the crypto custody company, according to CoinDesk. Fireblocks denied the reports. The reported $2.5 billion price would be roughly 69% below the company’s $8 billion valuation from a funding round in 2022, according to CTech.
"Based on our investigation, the incident is not related to a PHP programming language issue."
For years, AI leaders have touted healthcare as one of the clearest examples of where their technology will improve lives. Now "it is finally here," Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman tells The Verge.
Japanese gaming giant Capcom has confirmed that hackers breached its membership service, CAPCOM ID, exposing more than 11.7 million customer email addresses and associated information.
The funding brings Mave’s total raised to $34 million as it develops AI agents that investigate alerts across companies’ existing security tools. The platform is designed to connect evidence across those systems, and organizations do not need to centralize their data to use it, according to CTech.
- Red Dot Capital Partners led the round, according to CTech.
- Mave is based in Tel Aviv, according to Unite.AI.
The project will operate on the PJM grid, which serves 67 million people. According to The Next Web, the agreement adds 1,070 megawatts to the 100 megawatts agreed in June and will supply capacity for Google’s operations in the region. Google says the project aims to improve grid reliability.
- Data Center Dynamics calls it the largest virtual power plant deal signed by a hyperscaler.
The platform combines telemetry from infrastructure and AI workloads, using specialized AI models to help operations teams identify problems earlier, according to Nvidia. The Next Web reports that Minerva draws on GPU, network and storage data, groups alerts into individual incidents and includes an AI assistant.
- IREN uses Minerva, while Lambda, IBM and Tesla plan to, according to The Next Web.
Nvidia will be the exclusive supplier of onboard computing for the general-sale version of Agility Robotics' next humanoid robot. The arrangement puts Digit 5's onboard computing on a single module platform as the company prepares the next generation of the robot for wider commercial deployment.
Helion now has another $225 million to help speed development of its first fusion power plant, due to provide Microsoft with electricity in 2028.
Discord's latest update released today has a big improvement for Markdown previews: they should now render correctly instead of with "a bunch of symbols," according to the company. LLMs and AI agents often rely on Markdown files for instructions and context, so these improved previews could be helpful for people sharing information about AI projects
Jensen Huang's first Kazakhstan visit highlights the country's growing AI ambitions and global business appeal.
Explore how Cohere Model Vault secures AI inference with confidential CPU and GPU computing, end-to-end encryption, and remote attestation.
The tools log in using customers’ credentials, prompting concerns about actions beyond users’ instructions. Some detected agents appeared to attempt actions customers had not requested, according to reports citing Axios. Cyber Security News also reported that some agents had contacted bank call centers, citing people familiar with the matter.
- Banks involved include Morgan Stanley, JPMorgan, Bank of America and Citi.
This article was first published by The Korea Times in a partnership with the South China Morning Post. Chinese humanoid robot makers are accelerating efforts to gain a foothold in South Korea, moving beyond dance performances and showroom displays to factory trials and commercial deployments, as Seoul ramps up investment in physical artificial intelligence.
The Delta gaming emulator has been upgraded with a plethora of new goodies and support updates, which includes optimizing it for Apple's iPhone Duo. Delta 2.0 also introduces Sega Genesis games, animated controller skins, custom Pokémon DLC experiences, and a new UI that was built around supporting Liquid Glass.
The Zurich-based startup emerged from stealth with pre-seed backing from redalpine, Notion Capital and firstminute capital. It is developing robots that use force and touch alongside vision, with those additional senses operating through their motors, according to The Next Web. The funding supports its work on robotic dexterity.
- Founder Manuel Yves Galliker previously led software for 1X’s NEO humanoid, according to The Next Web.
The audio format will debut during the United States Grand Prix in Austin, joining Dolby Vision. The race weekend runs October 23–25, 2026, according to MacRumors. AppleInsider reports that viewing requires the Apple TV app on supported Apple devices paired with compatible Dolby-enabled television and audio hardware.
- AppleInsider also reports special Today at Apple sessions at Apple's Domain Northside store during the weekend.
Counterpoint Research forecasts the increase, according to Tom's Guide, which links the expected pricing to rising memory costs and protecting Apple's profits. The estimate concerns an OLED version of the MacBook Pro and describes a possible premium over the current model, rather than an announced price.
Wired tested multiple digital calendar models and examined voice control through Greenlight’s Family Hub. Separately, Forbes reports that AI can help families organize calendars, manage busy schedules and save time, while highlighting security risks that families should consider before connecting their accounts to these services.
Salesforce is leading the software industry’s attempt to collect fees from businesses that use Claude and other external AI tools to automate work in enterprise apps.
Western Digital Corp’s better-than-expected results and outlook failed to impress investors, as questions linger over the durability of artificial intelligence spending.
Microsoft’s new AI diagnostic system beat generalist doctors on hard cases, according to a study in Science. But most of the improvement seems to come from the AI models underneath, not from Microsoft’s system itself.
Subscribers affected by T-Mobile's failure to honor its price guarantee may receive credits, according to Android Police. The outlet puts the maximum credit at $250, while Android Headlines also reports that the carrier must pay for breaking its guarantee. Android Police describes the compensation as credits rather than cash.
European countries need to acknowledge that a degree of reliance on US technology is inevitable, said Louis Mosley, the head of Palantir Technologies Inc.’s UK and Europe operations, following moves by some governments in the region to reconsider their use of the company’s data analysis products.
Israeli security firm Lava said it found 32 Nvidia Blackwell Ultra B300 chips through monitoring systems linked to the network of China Telecom, a state-owned telecommunications company.
The release includes precomputed annual satellite embeddings covering the planet at 10-meter resolution and a browser-based exploration tool. The model turns a year of observations into a numerical fingerprint for each 10-by-10-meter ground patch, according to SiliconANGLE. Unite.AI reports that the explorer requires no sign-in.
Sources at several banks have indicated that they have been taking actions independent of user instructions.
Tech Mahindra has announced a collaboration with AI coding platform SpaceXSI to help global enterprises modernize legacy applications, accelerate software delivery, and improve developer productivity, according to a company announcement issued from Pune, India, on October 22, 2026.
The update arrived on October 17, according to The New Stack, which reports higher accuracy at a lower price than Claude Haiku 5.5. Separately, Wccftech reports that the model built an exploit capable of escaping Chrome’s sandbox, highlighting its ability to find vulnerabilities and develop exploits.
Open Responses specifies a common API for large language models, according to The New Stack. Unite.AI reports that it joins three other newly hosted projects contributed by Anthropic, Hugging Face and Alibaba, bringing the Agentic AI Foundation’s total to 10 projects in its first year.
- The foundation launched with three projects in December 2025, according to Unite.AI.
The collaboration covers gallium nitride power conversion technology for data center racks using 800-volt direct current. According to DigiTimes, Infineon said on October 21 that its expanded work with Nvidia focuses on gallium nitride chips in intermediate bus converters for AI data centers using this power architecture.
After years of waiting, WhatsApp is finally making one of its most-requested messaging features available to select iPhone beta testers. Here are the details. more
Arista Networks released security updates to patch an actively exploited zero-day vulnerability affecting VeloCloud Orchestrator (VCO) On-Prem deployments.
The Guardian identifies Switch Sports Resort as a Nintendo Switch 2 title with a holiday theme and a collection of sport-based games. It follows Nintendo Switch Sports, released in 2022. According to MobileSyrup, that earlier game became one of the Switch’s best-sellers despite receiving mixed reviews.
Leidos has won a $95M, five-year contract from the Defense Logistics Agency to add AI automation and cloud tools to ELMS, the Pentagon system that tracks more than 80 million items of government property worth over $140B. Leidos has supported the system for more than 21 years.
Several Xperia 1 VII owners on Reddit reported receiving build 71.2.A.2.35, according to GSMArena, which says the rollout follows the Xperia 1 VIII update. Android Authority reports that the update includes Desktop mode and appears to be reaching European models first, rather than describing a worldwide rollout.
Since its launch, Zoom has been defined by one word: video. Customers, consumers, investors and competitors have long known Zoom as the industry’s easiest-to-use and best video platform.
Publishers fear Meta’s revised business terms could let it copy website content for AI products, with changes due on October 30, according to The Next Web. Meta says the revisions do not automatically make content available for AI training, according to The Globe and Mail.
Huawei is preparing another addition to its Pura 90 lineup, according to GSMArena, citing tipster Digital Chat Station. The report describes a triple rear camera system with a 50MP RYYB main sensor, following the existing series’ introduction in China in April of this year.
Seemingly as an accident, overnight several new Linux kernel vulnerability reports were posted to the public Linux kernel mailing list rather than the private security mailing list. The vulnerabilities have yet to be patched on mainline but at least in some cases there are patches undergoing testing or queued in "-next" branches.
Wccftech says Kotaku’s Ethan Gach cited a source familiar with Xbox’s business who put development spending above $500 million, excluding marketing. The figure follows conflicting accounts: according to Wccftech, Insider Gaming’s Tom Henderson previously reported a budget exceeding $400 million, while Windows Central’s Jez Corden said it was lower than that.
The flaw affects Signal’s open-source RingRTC calling library and can prevent calls from ending properly. According to Cyber Security News, CVE-2026-113380 affects versions before 2.72.0, has a CVSS score of 9.3 and could let a malicious participant continue hearing audio after another user attempts to hang up.
Google's new Android laptops promise a seamless partnership with your phone and AI that gets things done. After a week with the Asus Googlebook 14, I'm still waiting on both.
These are Oppo's Enco X4 earbuds, its flagship noise-cancelling product, which just made its international debut. The buds are launching alongside the Oppo Find X10 series.
TSMC is reportedly asking equipment suppliers for factory machinery that doesn't use rare-earth components, as the chipmaker seeks to reduce exposure to China’s dominance of critical minerals and permanent magnets.
Formula 1® returns to the U.S. this weekend with the United States Grand Prix™, streaming in the U.S. exclusively on Apple TV.
The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has banned two electronic devices from entering the US market because both contain surveillance chips made by Huawei's HiSilicon. The move marks the first time the FCC has used a new rule targeting devices whose chipmakers are deemed national security risks.
More than 1,400 suspected cybercriminals were arrested across Africa this summer as part of a crackdown on the gangs perpetrating online fraud, ransomware and business email compromise attacks, Interpol said.
The Razr Ultra 2025 joins the Android 17 party.
OpenAI and Poland’s NASK are partnering on AI safety, security, and technical research to strengthen safeguards and support a more resilient digital ecosystem.
The “Export to Docs” option is no longer available in Google Search, according to Android Authority. The publication says the feature remains available in Gemini and that a workaround exists, while Android Headlines also reports that Search’s AI Mode has lost its export feature.
A Valve developer accidentally dropped the rumored Half-Life 3 codename "HLX" during a recent GameSoundCon panel, seemingly confirming its existence.
You can finally take YouTube Music with you on Fenix 9 watches.
The rumored Pro and Ultra have left another paper trail ahead of launch.
Following up on one of our favorite smart home gadgets of last year, the Wyze Bulb Cam Pan Color adds a more powerful camera and a color light bulb. more
Google LLC’s cloud unit today introduced Agent Compute Engine, an infrastructure service optimized to host artificial intelligence agents. AI agents run in technology environments called sandboxes.
People with Google Workspace accounts can now use Docs Live inside the Android app, according to Android Authority, which describes the update as similar to Gemini Live. The feature lets users draft documents on their phones by speaking rather than typing, according to Android Headlines.
Patched vulnerabilities could allow attackers to execute code, elevate privileges, and leak sensitive information.
The farm equipment maker behind Massey Ferguson and Fendt tractors plans to put humanoid robots to work in Kansas in 2027, according to TechSpot. The publication reports that the company says the robots will not replace human workers, while Forbes reports they will help build farm equipment.
A bug is affecting some Galaxy S26 phones that leaves them essentially useless due to a setup problem. more
Semperis researcher Tomer Bar says Prince of Persia returned to U.S.-hosted infrastructure in August, using shared hosting before moving behind Cloudflare.
Tesla and Nvidia are reportedly investing a combined KRW3.7 trillion (US$2.8 billion) to help Samsung Electro-Mechanics expand Ajinomoto Build-up Film (ABF) substrate production facilities in South Korea. The move reflects growing efforts by global technology companies to secure stable supplies of high-performance semiconductor substrates for AI applications.
Atlassian’s October bulletin lists 176 vulnerability entries, including 14 critical-severity issues, all in third-party components.
OpenAI used nearly 2,000 AI agents to analyze mouse brain-cell data in 32 minutes, uncovering possible links to neurological diseases for further study.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman pledged to grant independent evaluators "employee-like access" to the company to help address mounting safety concerns.