TechRadar published an October Prime Day vacuum cleaner deals article recommended by a floorcare expert on Sept. 29, 2026. The item carries a bio for APAC Managing Editor Sharmishta, covering her ecommerce, photography and appliance review work.
Engadget says routers without firmware updates keep working but may stay vulnerable; old routers can be reused as repeaters.
OpenAI introduced reusable cloud environments for its Codex coding agent at DevDay, letting developers save project setups, run tasks on isolated VMs, and share approved configurations with teams.
TechRadar published hints and solutions for three daily word puzzles dated September 30, 2026: Quordle No. 1710, NYT Strands No. 941 and NYT Connections No. 1207, with a James Bond red herring tripping up Connections players.
AMD CEO Lisa Su is expected to visit South Korea in October, with a Seoul meeting eyed for Oct. 8 with AI chip startup chiefs and a possible meeting with the science minister, Yonhap reports.
Samsung's One UI 9, based on Android 17, is rolling out to more Galaxy phones and beta testers. Engadget reports users should check eligibility, free storage, charge, and back up before updating.
OpenAI launched Dots, always-on ChatGPT agents with cloud computers, as identity security vendors push to govern AI agents.
BMW said its 2027 i3 50 xDrive will start at $62,850 and offer an estimated 468 miles of EPA range.
Translation earbuds convert speech through recognition, machine translation and speech synthesis. Offline support and language coverage vary, and speed and accuracy can fall short of marketing claims.
Rainbow Six Tactics game director Martial Potron says each of the 15 Operators has unique gadgets, playstyles and progression, while fan favorites Ash and Sledge were impossible to leave out. The turn-based spin-off arrives in 2027.
Russia’s USC unveiled underwater robots for oil, gas and maritime repair, claiming faster response and routine inspections.
OpenAI launched Dots, an always-on AI agent, on Tuesday. The domain dot.com, owned by Elon Musk's xAI, now redirects to the Grok app download page, prompting speculation online that the rival company bought it as a jab.
Northeastern University researchers and Consumer Reports tested 21 late-model vehicles and 30 companion apps. Nineteen vehicles sent traffic to a third party, and seven apps shared VINs, emails, phone numbers and precise location with tracking and advertising companies.
Equals Money PLC is letting customer AI tools read data through its MCP server while blocking payment instructions, with only nonsensitive writes allowed. The payments company says agent identity, logging and kill switches are central to controlling the risk.
OpenAI has released GPT-6.1 Sol, a model it says matches the performance of the unreleased Astra in coding and intelligence tasks at about half the token price, while also unveiling always-on AI agents called Dots.
Dutch police arrested a 24-year-old Amsterdam man on Sept. 15 in connection with ShinyHunters, the group linked to attacks on Ticketmaster, Rockstar Games and the FBI.
Grokipedia, SpaceXAI's AI-powered online encyclopedia, is showing new updates after a months-long pause, with some pages recently fact-checked and others still months out of date.
EliseAI said Tuesday it raised $350 million at a $4 billion valuation to expand AI automation for housing and healthcare.
Liquid AI has launched d1, a hosted decision model that answers typed questions with calibrated probabilities instead of text, targeting classification, routing, scoring and moderation work that teams currently send to general-purpose LLMs.
Australia’s Home Affairs Department ordered a rapid stocktake of legacy cyber systems across government after OpenAI’s Medicare breach, with critical systems due for review by year’s end. The Guardian live blog also reported early works on Melbourne Airport Rail’s second stage and a murder charge in northern New South Wales.
Netflix has added Codenames Party to Netflix Games, introducing a Party Mode for QR-code mobile play.
Mistral CEO says U.S. AI safety debate masks rivals' negligence; firm won't slow advanced models and raised €3B.
Google has released Android 17 QPR2 Beta 6.1, adding support for the full Pixel 11 range after last week's Beta 6 omitted the newest Pixel phones, Android Authority reports.
Oracle and former RSA executives said AI agents need human accountability and faster remediation as the breach window shrinks.