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Kakao unveiled Kanana Space, an AI assistant for KakaoTalk, at a developer event. A closed beta is set for December.
On Oct. 13, 1688 opened Accio, an AI e-commerce workspace, to over 100M buyers and 1M suppliers before Double 11.
Sifted reports that Bain Capital Ventures is watching departures from European research labs, San Francisco's ecosystem is helping European founders move to the US, and physical AI in Europe hinges on industrial adoption.
A Shaoshupai retrospective says Apple Watch Edition served as Apple’s high-end smartwatch experiment from 2014 to 2021, shifting from 18K gold to precision ceramic and titanium before disappearing. Apple never disclosed sales for the gold model, and leftover inventory was later cleared at low prices.
Red Bull Racing is using an Oracle-built AI strategy agent that helps engineers interpret Formula 1 rules and recommend race-day actions, according to CNBC.
Asian technology and semiconductor shares fell Tuesday, tracking a U.S. chip sell-off, as SK Hynix, Samsung and SoftBank slumped amid concerns over AI financing and competition.
Samsung Electronics unveiled next-generation memory and storage strategies at OCP Global Summit 2026 in San Francisco, targeting AI infrastructure performance. The company outlined high-performance memory, CXL-based expansion and next-generation SSD storage, and plans a joint CXL demonstration with AMD.
Lexus Korea launched the eighth-generation ES sedan on Oct. 13, 2026, offering the model's first all-electric variant alongside upgraded hybrids.
Le Monde reports that a massive cyberattack targeting supermarket refrigeration systems caused a disastrous day for French retailers. The account named no affected chains, gave no damage estimate and cited no claim of responsibility.
Applied Materials has opened a $5 billion semiconductor research facility in Silicon Valley, with partners including TSMC, Intel, Samsung, Micron and SK hynix, aiming to cut development cycles by at least 30%.
General Motors CEO Mary Barra said the automaker remains on track to launch "eyes-off, hands-off" driving technology by 2028, starting with the electric Cadillac Escalade IQ, as GM shifts its autonomous efforts away from robotaxis toward systems for privately owned vehicles.
Hamilton CEO Francesca Ginocchio says the watchmaker is extending its entertainment heritage into gaming with a Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 special edition tied to Captain Price's Khaki Field watch.
Apple TV has released the official trailer for “Being Heumann,” an Apple Original Films drama directed by Siân Heder. The film, about the 1977 disability rights occupation of a San Francisco federal building, premieres November 13 after a limited theatrical release on November 6.
Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan and Broadcom CEO Hock Tan said at a Singapore financial conference that capital access and cost of capital are becoming major constraints on AI expansion, even as chip shortages ease. They also discussed AI training costs, open-source models and quantum computing as funding continued for AI infrastructure and robotics startups.
Apple has confirmed an October 13 event, expected to introduce its HomeView smart display, a new Apple TV 4K and an updated HomePod mini, with possible LG-made HomeKit accessories.
TechRadar reports Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella wants PCs to become an 'infinite software factory,' a challenge to app stores, while a separate report says hackers claim to have hit thousands of Trump Phone customers.
Meta released Muse Wonder and Muse Wonder Full on Oct. 12, 2026, calling them its most capable agent models yet for long, multistep personal and professional work, with benchmark wins in legal and long-horizon coding tasks and losses to Anthropic's Claude Opus 5.5 elsewhere.
Kioxia announced an upgraded GP-series SSD that exceeds 20 million random-read IOPS using third-generation XL-FLASH memory, and also exhibited the LD4 QLC E1.L drive with PCIe 5. TechRadar reported the new GP drive roughly doubles the speed of the August 2026 GP1.
IonQ plans to acquire Elisity in an all-stock deal valued at $1.3 billion, including $150 million in performance incentives, to expand its cybersecurity offerings.
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the company's new Muse Wonder model puts it at the AI frontier and will be sold as a closed, paid product, while dismissing calls for an industry-wide slowdown.
Epic Games has reportedly delayed its Disney shooter and told developers to use an “AI first” model, with AI writing code and generating art for the Marvel and Star Wars project.
Google launched the $179 Fitbit Edge, a fitness tracker with a 1.34-inch OLED screen, GPS and a replaceable battery.
At Dell’s AI Leadership Symposium, executives said enterprise AI governance is shifting to runtime enforcement as always-on agents spread, while cloud token budgets are running out faster than planned and pushing on-premises and open-weight models back into deployment plans. The discussions were broadcast by SiliconANGLE Media’s theCUBE, according to SiliconANGLE.
Microsoft introduced Maia 300, a four-chiplet inference accelerator that it says can process 40% more tokens per megawatt than leading GPU-based systems. The chip uses HBM4 memory, a dataflow architecture and Ethernet-linked superpods, with production deployment planned for next year.