Anthropic released Claude Haiku 5.5, a small model it says runs at roughly a quarter of Haiku 4.5's cost for most prompts, and halved cache-read prices on Claude Sonnet 5.5 as it competes with OpenAI's GPT-6 Luna.
Rivian's 2026.36 update lets R2 owners watch a live Pet Cam feed or refreshed snapshots of their pets from the phone lock screen, and adds remote Pet Mode controls plus the Rivian Assistant voice AI.
TechRadar: tiny Asian country builds world's most accurate clock, a lutetium device losing one second per 264 billion years.
BMW's iX4 SUV offers up to 428 miles of EPA range and starts at $66,200, as BMW positions its Neue Klasse lineup against Chinese EV imports.
A 9to5Mac review finds Rhinoshield's $30 Minimalist Impact Bumper for the iPhone 18 Pro delivers near-caseless handling and camera protection, but loose fit, mushy buttons and dust pickup are drawbacks.
A Highwire survey of 1,034 corporate employees finds 78% of managers used AI to shape feedback in the past year, while employee reactions to the results are mixed.
Artcraft developer Brandon Thomas used Anthropic’s Claude Opus 5.5 to create seven open-source apps that mimic Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere, Lightroom, After Effects, InDesign and Acrobat Pro, Ars Technica reported. The software is in a “super early alpha” state and has drawn criticism, but Thomas promises future fidelity.
TechRadar reports that a four-pack of Philips Hue Essential smart bulbs is $44.97 for Prime Day, the sale's only standout Hue deal, at just over $11 per bulb.
TechRadar recommends discounted premium peripherals to improve GTA 6's look, sound and feel.
NBC's Chicago Med, Chicago PD and Chicago Fire return Oct. 7, with U.S. viewers able to watch on NBC or stream on Peacock the next day. TechRadar outlines free-trial options, a $1 Walmart+ Peacock offer and VPN use for international viewers.
TechRadar on Oct. 7, 2026, published a headline asking readers whether they could stop a rogue AI from escaping and inviting them to take a sci-fi security test. The available source text contains only contributor Becca’s biography, not the test’s details.
Apple released the first release candidates of macOS Sequoia 15.8.2 and macOS Tahoe 26.7.2 on Oct. 7, saying the updates carry important security fixes. The builds later reached public beta testers with unchanged numbers.
Pixel 11 owners still await Android 17 QPR1, announced September 17, while older Pixel phones have received it, Android Authority reports.
TechRadar reports the MSI Roamii Be Pro is the cheapest tri-band Wi-Fi 7 mesh system in its comparison, priced at $245 in the U.S. and £240 in the U.K., with no subscription fees for security and parental controls.
Amazon's October Prime Day sale runs until 3 a.m. ET on Oct. 8, 2026, with dozens of accessories, trackers and smart home devices discounted to $50 or less, according to a roundup by The Verge.
Cisco announced at WebexOne a broad Webex expansion that adds AI agents to meetings and calls, introduces customer-service automation, and connects Anthropic and OpenAI models. Most new features are planned for early 2027.
Aston Martin runs back-end AI on Infor software but keeps AI agents off its customer website, CIO Steve O'Connor says.
Le Monde reported on 7 October 2026 that French scientist Henri Kagan has won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, an award the paper described as long awaited. The accessible version of the report contained no further details on the citation.
President Trump will award science and technology medals to Elon Musk, Jensen Huang, Satya Nadella and other tech executives Thursday, as SpaceX seeks $40 billion to buy Nvidia chips and Samsung commits $1 billion to a data-center venture with Nvidia and KKR.
Googlebook keyboards now use F1-F3 keys for Android’s classic triangle, circle and square navigation buttons, The Verge reports.
OpenAI published 722 math papers from an unreleased AI model, spanning about 20 subfields and including a proof of the quasi-Riemann hypothesis.
Nous Research raised a $90M Series B at a $1.5B valuation and launched Hermes for Businesses, moving its open-source AI agent into the enterprise.
Code found in iOS 27.2 lists a Schneider-branded thermostat and a temperature/humidity sensor as 'second-party' HomeKit devices, suggesting Apple's co-development push extends beyond its reported work with LG.
OpenAI is rolling out new GPT-6 models in ChatGPT with Intelligent UI, which lets the chatbot combine text, graphics, buttons, forms, charts, and interactive tools in responses. Paid users get access first, with Free and Go users following on October 8.