The IMF raised its 2026 global growth forecast to 3.1%, citing AI investment that offset Middle East war shocks, while warning of disorderly bond-yield spikes and a possible AI share-price correction. It lifted South Korea's growth outlook to 3.3% on semiconductor exports.
Apple's folding iPhone Duo uses a flexible graphite pipe in its hinge to transfer heat between halves, PCMag reports.
Samsung Electronics unveiled next-generation memory and storage strategies at OCP Global Summit 2026 in San Francisco, targeting AI infrastructure performance. The company outlined high-performance memory, CXL-based expansion and next-generation SSD storage, and plans a joint CXL demonstration with AMD.
Lexus Korea launched the eighth-generation ES sedan on Oct. 13, 2026, offering the model's first all-electric variant alongside upgraded hybrids.
South Korea's arms procurement agency said it will speed up development of nuclear-powered submarines and AI-based combat assets, including unmanned vessels, attack drones and anti-drone networks, as Seoul pushes to retake wartime operational control.
Microsoft said it will expand Azure Maia AI systems to several gigawatts from 2027 and make them its main inference platform, while OnePlus, Google, CMF, LineageOS and Meta announced new devices, software and AI models.
Le Monde reports that a massive cyberattack targeting supermarket refrigeration systems caused a disastrous day for French retailers. The account named no affected chains, gave no damage estimate and cited no claim of responsibility.
Applied Materials has opened a $5 billion semiconductor research facility in Silicon Valley, with partners including TSMC, Intel, Samsung, Micron and SK hynix, aiming to cut development cycles by at least 30%.
TechRadar reports that drone strikes attributed to Ukraine took multiple Yandex data centers offline overnight, causing Russian bot traffic to fall. The report gives no figures for the number of sites hit or the scale of the decline.
Engadget's Oct. 13 guide lists the minimum specs a sub-$300 Android phone needs, from a 5.6-inch AMOLED screen to a 5,000mAh battery.
General Motors CEO Mary Barra said the automaker remains on track to launch "eyes-off, hands-off" driving technology by 2028, starting with the electric Cadillac Escalade IQ, as GM shifts its autonomous efforts away from robotaxis toward systems for privately owned vehicles.
Hamilton CEO Francesca Ginocchio says the watchmaker is extending its entertainment heritage into gaming with a Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 special edition tied to Captain Price's Khaki Field watch.
Apple TV has released the official trailer for “Being Heumann,” an Apple Original Films drama directed by Siân Heder. The film, about the 1977 disability rights occupation of a San Francisco federal building, premieres November 13 after a limited theatrical release on November 6.
Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan and Broadcom CEO Hock Tan said at a Singapore financial conference that capital access and cost of capital are becoming major constraints on AI expansion, even as chip shortages ease. They also discussed AI training costs, open-source models and quantum computing as funding continued for AI infrastructure and robotics startups.
Engadget published a guide on October 12, 2026, explaining how PC gamers can improve older GPU performance through supersampling, frame generation, lower settings, disabling ray tracing, and hardware maintenance.
Apple has confirmed an October 13 event, expected to introduce its HomeView smart display, a new Apple TV 4K and an updated HomePod mini, with possible LG-made HomeKit accessories.
Engadget explains how to repurpose old hard drives into RAID arrays, covering RAID levels, setup options and trade-offs.
Firefox 158 is out with JPEG XL image support switched on by default, adding image/jxl to the browser's Accept header, plus faster Smart Window form filling and CSS typed arithmetic for developers.
Answers for October 13: Quordle #1723, NYT Strands #954 and Connections #1220, featuring FLUFF, CRINGEWORTHY and LOOSE.
TechRadar reports Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella wants PCs to become an 'infinite software factory,' a challenge to app stores, while a separate report says hackers claim to have hit thousands of Trump Phone customers.
Google's Gemini Spark, announced in May at I/O, runs tasks in the background across Gmail, Docs, Calendar and Slides, but access is limited to AI Pro and Ultra subscribers and excluded in several regions.
Meta released Muse Wonder and Muse Wonder Full on Oct. 12, 2026, calling them its most capable agent models yet for long, multistep personal and professional work, with benchmark wins in legal and long-horizon coding tasks and losses to Anthropic's Claude Opus 5.5 elsewhere.
Kioxia announced an upgraded GP-series SSD that exceeds 20 million random-read IOPS using third-generation XL-FLASH memory, and also exhibited the LD4 QLC E1.L drive with PCIe 5. TechRadar reported the new GP drive roughly doubles the speed of the August 2026 GP1.
Engadget explains why iPhone photos turn out blurry and how cleaning, camera settings and stabilization can help.