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Ex-DeepRoute Executive Liu Nianqiu Launches Feimoyi to Build Open-World Physical Agents
Liu Nianqiu founded Feimoyi in 2026 to build open-world Physical Agents, backed by near-$100M IDG-led seed funding.
Liu Nianqiu founded Feimoyi in 2026 to build open-world Physical Agents, backed by near-$100M IDG-led seed funding.
A retrospective published by Shaoshupai’s Matrix community on Oct. 12, 2026 traces Sony’s mini-notebook line from the 1998 VAIO Picturebook to the 2009 VAIO P, covering hardware, the Transmeta switch, performance trade-offs and the netbook debate.
Australian Greens urge blocking the U.S. livestream of Nidal Hasan’s execution as officials weigh limited options.
TII released Falcon-ASR, a 1.6B Arabic speech model reporting 20.92% average WER in its tests, available only as a hosted demo.
Let's Encrypt will shorten its default TLS certificate validity from 90 days to 64 days starting Feb. 10, 2027, with a further cut to 45 days planned for 2028 and a shorter domain-validation reuse window.
Googlebook updates add Samsung phone support to Better Together features and fix setup, rolling out over the next few days.
South Korea's central bank raised its 2026 growth forecast to 3.3 percent and its 2027 forecast to 2.9 percent, citing semiconductor exports, while a state think tank said the AI-led recovery has yet to reach households broadly.
BotMan AI uses knowledge graphs to map legacy applications and give AI agents context to rebuild systems.
A Hacker News post introduced BraiNOTES, a browser tool for handwritten notes on lecture PDFs with no account.
CNBC columnist Jim Cramer says he will keep making monthly S&P 500 index fund contributions, citing long-term discipline even as earnings expectations, geopolitics, AI data-center bans and Fed rate policy weigh on markets.
Importing a phone to the US can unlock unavailable hardware, but carrier support, updates and warranty need checking first.
Amazon is reportedly negotiating to acquire AI developer Decart.ai in a deal worth up to $7 billion, with a Wall Street Journal report saying an agreement could come within days. Decart's software moves AI workloads between different processors, and Anthropic previously walked away from a reported $6 billion bid.
Meta's Muse and OpenAI's always-on Dots both keep working after users leave, but they differ on price, permissions and availability.
New Constructs values Anthropic at $150 billion and calls its planned Nasdaq IPO the 'most ridiculous IPO of 2026,' saying the $2 trillion target tests investor gullibility.
South Korea's exports more than doubled to a record $26.1 billion in the first 10 days of October, led by a 170.9 percent jump in semiconductor shipments, customs data showed Monday.
Apple preps iPhone Duo launch; Cook visits Guangzhou; Tencent Yuanqi to shut down; SpaceXAI renamed SpaceXSI.
Engadget explains why Xbox Series S remains cheaper than Series X: no disc drive, less storage, lower CPU, GPU and RAM.
Engadget explains how megabits per second and megabytes per second differ, where each is used, and how to convert between them.
Cloudflare released Clef-omni on Oct. 9, 2026, an open-weight 30B-A3B MoE model that returns probability-scored decisions across text, images, audio and video in one call.
A Northeastern University study of 21 late-model cars and 30 automaker apps found 19 cars sent data to at least one third-party company and 28 apps contacted an advertising or analytics company, with some sharing VINs, email addresses and precise locations. Four GM apps sent VINs to 10 companies, and Honda later asked Amplitude to delete location data.
TechRadar has released hints and answers for the Oct. 12 editions of NYT Connections, NYT Strands and Quordle, covering games #1219, #953 and #1722.
UK AI minister Kanishka Narayan will announce stronger cyber defences and urge frontier AI developers to improve safety, The Guardian reports, as experts warn about model theft and advanced AI risks.
Grok can still be used for free on web and mobile, but the no-cost tier covers only basic chat, voice and limited search, with usage caps. Advanced models and image and video tools require paid plans, according to Engadget.
Engadget reports that filament and resin 3D printers release ultrafine particles and VOCs even when printing PLA, making bedrooms and desk-side setups in home offices a poor choice without ventilation ducted outdoors.