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MiniMax releases M3.1 Flash, claims 70% lower AI agent costs
MiniMax released M3.1 Flash, claiming 70% lower agent-task costs and nearly triple the inference speed of M3.
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MiniMax released M3.1 Flash, claiming 70% lower agent-task costs and nearly triple the inference speed of M3.
Miles is now selling a $99 OBD-II plug that tracks location, driving habits and vehicle health and can call for help after a crash, with membership plans starting at about $11 a month. The company says it never sells vehicle, trip or location data.
TechRadar: Kaspersky VPN and password manager were down for days worldwide, raising questions about Russia data centers.
AWS released TorchNeuron, letting PyTorch AI apps run on Trainium with a one-line change, sharpening its challenge to Nvidia.
Tenstorrent raised $1.5B at a $6.2B valuation to scale chips for open-weight AI and video generation.
AI agents are surging online, but many sites block them, raising fears the web will be rebuilt for agents rather than people.
Rivian CEO says autonomy could enable radically different vehicle designs, with profitability delayed to develop it.
EcoFlow launched three Titan 5000 home battery systems priced from $2,499 to $3,699, with a $50 reservation offer adding a 5% discount and two free solar panels.
Apple released release candidates for iOS 27.2, iPadOS 27.2, watchOS 27.2, visionOS 27.2 and macOS 27.2 Golden Gate, plus third RCs for two older macOS versions, and announced an Oct. 28 product event in Los Angeles.
Apple will hold a "Pro and tell" event in Los Angeles on Oct. 28, with new Macs and an OLED iPad mini expected.
Laminar launched flow-1, an RL-trained model for agent trace analysis, claiming GPT-6-sol-level detection 23x cheaper.
Fuse Energy announced a £577 plug-in solar kit with a 2.5kWh battery, pending UK legislation expected in 2027.
TP-Link plans U.S. router assembly with Key Tronic from early 2027 after the FCC import ban.
Kalshi gives Anthropic 75% odds of a 2026 IPO announcement, the only major company above 50% as rivals delay.
BAE Systems cyberattack halts US bankruptcy notices and takes judiciary websites offline; investigations continue.
Samsung is running a Samsung Week promotion in the UK through November 3, with trade-in discounts on the Galaxy S26 Ultra and Z Fold 8 Ultra, cashback on TVs and cuts across tablets, laptops and appliances.
MiniMax launches M3.1 Flash, a 428B MoE model with 1M context at $0.15/M input; benchmarks are vendor-reported.
Motive launched Agents, autonomous AI that contacts drivers, opens maintenance orders and coordinates fleet responses.
Axonius launched AI Workforce virtual workers and made its AI Companion and MCP Server generally available, while Fortanix extended Confidential AI to Kubernetes through CNCF Confidential Containers. Both aim to control AI-driven remediation and protect data during inference.
Anthropic released a study saying junior technical staff fell to 14% by mid-2026 from 21% in early 2025, while AI-driven productivity gains pushed engineers into more managerial work and added meetings. The company said some roles remain human and described itself as an early warning system for AI's workforce effects.
Google says a 780 MW Minnesota AI data center can finance more clean power than it uses; critics question grid costs.
Leaker says PS6 memory and storage may cost Sony $680, pointing to a $1,000-plus console. Sony has not commented.
Tenstorrent raised $1.5B at a $6.2B valuation to expand its open RISC-V AI compute platform and challenge Nvidia.
Burger King Japan says unauthorized access to its app member system between Oct. 2 and Oct. 7 exposed 11.18 million customer records, including names and order histories, but not payment data.