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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.
NVIDIA's RTX Spark brings Arm CPUs, Blackwell graphics and 128GB memory to Windows PCs, with Adobe apps optimized.
Bee launched a $75 wearable and $100 phone AI recorder, plus an $11.99 Pro plan with Amazon and Alexa+.
MacPaw has launched Eney, a proactive AI assistant for Mac and iPhone that works across apps, files and the system. It combines local and cloud AI models, the Mnemos memory system and writing tools, after development began in 2019.
A tipster on X, cited by Android Authority, claims Samsung is working on a platform called Galaxy OS with deeper Google AI integration, and that One UI 10 could bring a major overhaul with the Galaxy S28 series. Samsung has not confirmed any of it.
Token Rhythm said more than 300,000 developers have registered on its model API platform and opened a Double 11 presale that grants credits equal to recharges of 50 yuan or more, with permanent validity and no cap on cumulative grants.
United Airlines has launched a tracker that lets passengers check whether their flight has Starlink Wi-Fi, as the carrier says nearly half of daily departures now use the satellite internet service.
A report says Apple will hold an event in Los Angeles on October 28 to launch its first touchscreen OLED MacBook Pro, an OLED iPad mini, and M6-powered iMac and entry-level MacBook Pro models.
Bank of America brought in 1,000 outside contractors to patch software vulnerabilities exposed by advanced AI models including Anthropic's Mythos, adding hundreds of millions of dollars in third-quarter costs, CEO Brian Moynihan said.
TechRadar reported that Google released a firmware update for older Nest speakers in an article dated Oct. 15, 2026. No version, model list, or feature details were provided.
Flock CEO Garrett Langley used a TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 appearance to defend his company's license plate reading cameras, saying privacy concerns should not halt the technology, and disputed how much audio its devices capture.
Hikvision won the 2026 CIIF Industrial Automation Award for its AI-powered ultrasonic inspection technology. At the Shanghai fair, it showcased more than 100 industrial digitalization products and launched over a dozen new products, including 3D AXI inspection equipment and large-model-based monitoring and safety systems.
TechRadar reports that Google has begun automatically linking Android users’ phone numbers to all signed-in Google accounts, drawing privacy complaints. Users can disable the feature, but already-linked numbers remain unless removed manually.