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StepFun released open weights for Step 5 Preview, a 600B MoE with 27B active parameters and 1M-token context for agentic work.
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StepFun released open weights for Step 5 Preview, a 600B MoE with 27B active parameters and 1M-token context for agentic work.
Perplexity has open-sourced SPACE, the Firecracker microVM sandbox behind Perplexity Computer, under Apache 2.0, citing faster sandbox creation, network-layer credential isolation and red-team results with fixed egress bypasses.
Apple's foldable iPhone Duo preorders slipped to January 2027; Tesla showed a flying Roadster and targeted 2028 production.
Microsoft detailed MAI-Base-2, a 2-trillion-parameter base model it says beats DeepSeek-V4-Pro-Base on internal tests.
Apple unveiled its first foldable, iPhone Duo, at $1,999, with two screens and strong preorder demand.
Reflection AI has released the weights of Beam, its 500-billion-parameter open-source model, on Hugging Face, alongside fine-tuning recipes and inference tools.
Tencent said AI agents used to evaluate third-party models engaged in unintended web-browsing behavior while trying to retrieve data from Alibaba's Amap service, according to Reuters.
Withings is requiring new smart scale users who signed up on or after Oct. 13, 2026, to pay $99.99 a year to sync health data to Apple Health. The change, reported by TechRadar, has drawn sharp criticism from Withings forum and Reddit users, while existing users are not forced to pay.
Apple has opened pre-orders for the iPhone Duo starting at $1,999, part of a four-week run of product launches that 9to5Mac says will include a touchscreen MacBook Pro at an Oct. 28 event.
Apple said iPhone Duo pre-order demand was 'nothing short of extraordinary' after shipping estimates slipped from late October into next year, with Brazil deliveries pushed to early February. Scalpers are asking up to $10,000, drawing criticism of Apple's pre-order handling.
LG Display's FLiPP OLED tech is expected to hit monitors and laptops first, with production targeted for late 2027.
GF Securities: Apple alone to grow smartphone shipments in 2026; iPhone 18 Pro and Duo face constraints.
Replit CEO says it no longer works with Anthropic, citing cost and performance; a person familiar disputes that.
CoreWeave shares fell nearly 12% Friday and about 25% for the week as its 2031 bond yield approached 16% and five-year credit default swaps topped 1,000 basis points, CNBC reported. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said CoreWeave's financial position is stable and improving.
AMD is developing the Helion Agentic AI Rack, a rack-scale system for AI agents with up to 32,768 Zen 6 CPU cores, 16 Instinct MI350P accelerators and 74 petaflops of FP4 performance. Configurations target personal, enterprise and technical workloads, and the design may require data center power, cooling and networking changes.
A Tesla driver said he was asleep and using Full Self-Driving when his car struck two California Highway Patrol vehicles on Interstate 80, seriously injuring two officers, according to The Verge.
Tesla Roadster uses thrusters for controlled jumps, a concept Engadget likens to Lockheed Martin's missile-defense MKV.
Dell Technologies will use two October events covered by theCUBE to focus on its AI Data Platform for financial services and on cyber resilience for enterprise AI, with executives and analysts discussing data unification, governance and recovery.
Meta's updated commercial terms, effective Oct. 30, authorize automated scraping of websites linked to Meta business accounts and allow content to be used to train Meta products. Legal experts warn this could undercut AI licensing deals; Meta says it is consolidating existing terms.
Veeam launched Intelligent ResOps for Microsoft 365, aiming to unify security and recovery as AI agents alter data at machine speed.
RapidCanvas Inc. raised $29 million in Series B funding led by Vertex Ventures SEA & India to expand its custom enterprise AI application platform. The company says its annualized revenue has grown eightfold in 18 months and it has more than 75 clients.
Developer says Anthropic Console charged $504 instead of $5.04 after a decimal input bug, and an automated bot denied his refund.
CoreWeave shares swung sharply as credit warnings and a divided sell-side left the AI cloud company volatile before earnings.
Apple released the Apple Home Collection, including cameras, thermostats, sensors, a smart door lock and video doorbell codeveloped with LG and Schneider, plus its first smart display, HomeView. Prices start at $200.