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After Microsoft ended Publisher support in October 2026, LibreOffice added the ability to open .pub files in Draw by reverse-engineering the proprietary format, giving affected users a way to access legacy documents.
Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe said at TechCrunch Disrupt that the automaker plans to run third-party AI agents, including Anthropic's, inside its vehicles, but gave no timeline and said vehicle-level controls will stay off-limits.
Shelly has launched the Presence Gen4, an $84.99 mmWave radar sensor that can detect up to ten people and pets without a camera, enabling multi-zone smart home automations.
Uber has started testing autonomous vehicles in Manchester with partners Pony and Verne as it moves toward UK robotaxi services, while unions and London politicians object.
Microsoft, Proofpoint and Japanese law enforcement dismantled YAM Store, CoGUI and Iron Man, a Chinese-language cybercrime marketplace that sold phishing tools, accounts and infrastructure. Microsoft says the network facilitated more than a billion phishing messages this year before domains were seized and over 20,000 accounts disabled.
TSMC reported a sixth straight record quarter and forecast 58% fourth-quarter revenue growth, as AI chip customers compete for limited wafer capacity and the foundry races to add fabs in Taiwan, Japan and Arizona.
Nvidia on Oct. 15 introduced the open-weight Nemotron 3.5 Super VL, a 120-billion-parameter model for always-on agents, plus two smaller Bolt edge models. Nvidia says the family targets faster, more customizable enterprise and local AI deployments.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang called on Europe to dream bigger about artificial intelligence, with Nvidia’s help, at an event in central London on Wednesday evening. He cheered “Go, go UK!” beneath stained glass windows at a church-turned upmarket restaurant. The report also referenced UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Peter Kyle.
The Verge reported that Microsoft and Nvidia have prepared Windows for the first RTX Spark laptops, which use Arm CPUs, Blackwell GPUs, and unified memory. Microsoft has focused on local AI agents, app emulation, gaming, and memory management.
Benn Jordan testified before a Senate subcommittee on Flock Safety's license plate readers as cities cancel contracts.
Rockstar says 2022 GTA 6 leaks were 'weirdly invasive' and led to a five-day in-office policy it may review after launch.
Tesla is set to unveil its second-generation Roadster on Oct. 15 at 8:55 p.m. ET after years of delays.
Apple will open iPhone Duo preorders on Oct. 16 at 8 a.m. ET, with T-Mobile offering up to $1,400 off and CEO John Ternus discussing the foldable’s long development in a TIME interview.
Hesai announced Kosmo, a 3D world data engine featuring the Kosmo One handheld AI spatial camera and Kosmo World cloud platform, aiming to make spatial modeling as easy as photography and expand into embodied AI.
Private Internet Access added 10 server locations across the Americas, the Middle East, Africa and Australia, following 15 additions in September. The company says its network now covers 170 locations in 104 countries, though independent tracking points to 176 in 112.
Merck CEO Rob Davis told CNBC he expects the company’s personalized cancer vaccine with Moderna to become faster to manufacture, as Merck opens a new Pennsylvania research facility and manages Keytruda’s patent transition.
Apple set a 9 p.m. PT Thursday deadline for iPhone Duo 'Get Ready' pre-order selections before Friday's 8 a.m. ET launch.
AI-linked shares came under renewed pressure Thursday as South Korea's Kospi fell more than 7%, SK Hynix and CoreWeave weakened, and hot U.S. producer inflation added to market nerves despite record TSMC profit and a Bank of New York earnings beat.
Descope and ServiceNow unveiled tools to govern employee-created AI agents through identity, access and policy controls.
Tmall's Double 11 starts Oct. 20 with 1 million brands and 72 million products; AI and flagship stores are key themes.
An OpenAI engineer was arrested after a hidden recorder was found in a confidential meeting room, as 151 Chinese apps refused Doubao phone assistant GUI automation and Tencent launched a short-drama mini-program.
Scientists have rewarmed pig kidneys stored for months and restored function after transplanting them into pigs, while nuclear operators and U.S. regulators push for more power from existing reactors and BasiGo expands electric buses in Africa.
Ledger has announced Atom, an Android-based, data-only hardware wallet that looks like a phone but works alongside a smartphone, with reservations open now and availability set for summer 2027. The launch comes as Ledger pauses some sales after a supply-chain tampering incident.
Huawei detailed the self-developed technologies behind its Mate 90 series and Mate XT 2 Ultimate Design, including the XMAGE Z10 module camera, Kirin 9050 chip and nine in-house technology brands.