If you've been feeling nostalgic for your old iPod, you can head over to Apple Music's 404 page to listen to music on a virtual re-creation of the first-generation iPod. The hidden iPod was spotted by users on social media on Friday.
OpenAI has begun cutting off internet access for its most capable artificial intelligence models during the training process in response to prior incidents in which its systems breached other companies.
Moonshot AI on Friday announced its new model, Kimi K3.1 Pro, demonstrating performance that rivals that of top-tier U.S. frontier models on some benchmarks.
Google has updated its privacy policy in a way that could mean you'll start seeing targeted ads based on your personal data if you're using personalized AI features. The update, spotted by Android Authority, adds an exception to its promise about not using your Drive, Gmail, or Google Photos for personalized ads.
Instacart is in talks to sell itself in a transaction that would cap the grocery delivery app’s 14-year run as a standalone company.
Oura alleges in its newest lawsuit that Ultrahuman's Ring Pro infringes two of its patents.
The UK announced £100 million ($134 million) for a AI Biosecurity Lab which will be supported by OpenAI, Anthropic and Google DeepMind, part of a raft of measures designed to improve the government’s ability to understand and tackle the risks posed by the technology.
A letter demanding an investigation indicates Democrats will make investigating Starlink's interruption a top priority if they win control of the U.S. House.
Sam Altman says mathematicians went through something similar to the five stages of grief after OpenAI's models started solving longstanding problems.
Remember Popcorn Time, the app that served as an easy-to-use front end for streaming torrents of movies and TV shows? Development of the MPAA's least-favorite app of the 2010s has been abandoned for years, but the "Netflix of Piracy" software is still installed on millions of devices that are just waiting to join a bot
Jassy reflected on how his career wandered before he found Amazon—and why he tells young people to stop chasing the perfect first job.
An engineer working at an Nscale data center in Norway has sued the British artificial intelligence infrastructure firm, alleging wrongful dismissal and an illegal subcontracting arrangement.
New company backed by Anthropic and UK buyout group Hg will advise companies on how to deploy AI
Seven years after Sigma claimed its original fp was the world's smallest and lightest full-frame mirrorless camera, the company has announced a similarly compact follow-up with several welcome upgrades, including an improved sensor, an articulating LCD display, and longer battery life. But this time around, Sigma is only claiming its new FP2 is the "world's
OnePlus is now rolling out stable Android 17 updates to OnePlus 15 and OnePlus Pad 4, marking the end of OxygenOS as these devices are just the first to transition to ColorOS. more
Microsoft has released Windows 11 Insider Experimental Preview builds 26340.9767 and 28120.3302 (26H1). See what's included:
Apple has just released a second RC (release candidate) build of watchOS 27.2 for testing. Here are the details. more
Using the latest GPT model, cyber researchers in OpenAI’s Project Daybreak community found one of the most critical internet bugs in recent memory. It’s part of an all-out sprint to secure the web before hackers can deploy similar tools to wreak havoc on modern life.
Garmin's latest update could give third-party apps a boost.
Around 95% of all humanoid robots come from China.
Anthropic said its Mythos 5 model almost never stopped a cyberattack once it began. Even when the agent was told it was harming real people?
Cambricon Technologies Corp. reported a slower-than-expected revenue growth in a reflection of its persistent challenges with manufacturing constraints and memory chip shortages.
Higgsfield Inc., an AI video startup founded by a former Snap Inc. executive, said it has attracted investment from Nvidia Corp. and TCV to help fund global infrastructure and hiring to capture growing demand.
Amazon Web Services capacity is mostly booked up through at least next year, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy said on an Andreessen Horowitz podcast released on Friday. “‘26 is obviously at this point sold out. [2027] is largely sold out.
Schneider Electric unveiled prefabricated power modules and skids built on an Nvidia co-developed design, cutting AI data center power buildout to six
As France prepares for another weekend of protests, some of its most famous streets and landmarks are bracing and boarding up.
Telefónica and IQM Quantum Computers will install an IQM Spark at the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid before the end of 2026. It will be the first quantum computer in the Community of Madrid, the two companies said when they announced the deal on Friday.
Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said Malaysia’s security cannot be compromised as he held fast on the government’s partial ban of Google’s navigation app Waze and said authorities aren’t ruling out even wider restrictions.
Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: UK gets tough on subsea cable damage; Sunrise rows back on job cuts; Telia surprises itself in Q3.
Instacart is evaluating a possible sale after preliminary talks with Uber and DoorDash, while also selling retailers software alongside grocery delivery.
Biggest Apple smartwatch gets better health tracking and new readiness tools with a battery and chip boost in preparation for controversial audio AI As the Ultra enters its fourth year as Apple’s biggest and beefiest smartwatch it gets the best kind of spec upgrade – longer battery life – while waiting for something potentially more…
Micron's G11 3D NAND promises 42 Gb/mm2 and 5,400 MT/s interface speed, enabling SSDs with extreme capacity and performance.
These 12 Nintendo Switch 2 games come from a reader-rated top 50 ranking, from The Witcher III remaster to Mario Kart World and Pokémon Pokopia
Oracle announced a $1B, four-year commitment to its partner ecosystem at AI World in Las Vegas, covering training, test and demo environments, cloud migration funding and Marketplace sales. It also changed Marketplace rules.
Wayve, Stellantis and Nvidia announced a collaboration with the French government to deploy self-driving vehicles in France and across the EU. Stellantis supplies L4-ready platforms, Wayve its AI Driver and Nvidia its Hyperion system.
The reasons go well beyond the risks of an AI bubble.
Greece has passed a law banning children under 15 from using social media, with the restrictions set to take effect on January 1, 2027. Parliament approved the bill late on October 22, following a debate that lasted more than 16 hours, state broadcaster ERT reported.
Samsung Electronics has ordered additional equipment to fill the remaining space at its first foundry fab in Taylor, Texas, a move that would lift the plant's 2nm capacity to 20,000 wafers per month in the second half of 2027, ZDNet Korea reported on October 23, citing industry sources.
Gemini Notebooks are already available in the Gemini app side panel, but Google is now adding deeper Connected App integration. more
Avram 'Avi' Lewis, the Canadian politician who became the leader of the New Democratic Party (NDP) in March 2026, publicly addressed the closure of BioWare, the historic RPG developer based in Edmonton, Alberta. Lewis, a self-professed socialist, attacked the private equity buyers of Electronic Arts, which has owned BioWare since 2007.
Diplomatic organizations in Central Asia have been targeted by a sophisticated new Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) bootkit called BlackX. The activity, which singled out diplomatic entities in Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and Turkmenistan in early 2026, is suspected to be orchestrated by a China-linked state-sponsored hacking group known as APT41, Kaspersky said in a technical report
Led by former Dessa co-founder Ragavan Thurairatnam, the Block research project is opening early access to a small group of AI safety researchers.
See how five builders are putting Gemini 4 Argon to work — and get inspired for your next build.
The Israeli-linked US startup confirms it will deliver the system, as Copenhagen says it wants the ability to “strike back.” Quantities and cost were not disclosed.
Expect support for your Itch.io library too.
Astrolab and Lunar Outpost must deliver flight-ready vehicles by the end of 2027; Blue Origin has a separate contract to carry them to the lunar South Pole.
HR software company will integrate AI-powered job interviewers into its agentic recruiting portfolio. The post Dayforce to acquire Ribbon AI to bolster AI recruitment capabilities first appeared on BetaKit .
The change allows for watchOS-style complications and new features for Core Devices' Index rings.
Under the framework, messaging apps that use Indian mobile numbers for registration must verify that the number is linked to an active SIM card or eSIM on the device.
A request for comments (RFC) was sent out last night on the Linux kernel mailing list in seeking to clean-up the AMD Zen microarchitecture detection within the kernel.
Ukraine's military intelligence agency released new details on the Filin, a new type of cheap Russian cruise missile that can fly at nearly 500 mph.
Company says foreign-made robotic vehicles are crucial to US chip production.
Node.js released fixes on October 21st after OpenAI Codex Security researchers reported a Brotli decoder bug that can allow code execution when applications process malicious compressed data.
Bose bought Skullcandy on Wednesday, the company said in a statement. The seller was a fund managed by Mill Road Capital Management, a private investment firm in Connecticut.
Threat actors have been observed unsuccessfully attempting to exploit the newly disclosed PHP2Shell vulnerabilities to rope infected systems into a Mirai botnet variant called Potassium, as it emerges that weaponizing the flaws may be harder than previously thought. The attacks aim to exploit CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619 (CVSS scores: 9.2), which can result in unauthenticated remote