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PwC and Certinia executives say AI is pushing professional services to redesign workflows around trust, human judgment.
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PwC and Certinia executives say AI is pushing professional services to redesign workflows around trust, human judgment.
LogicMonitor's Elevate event Oct. 13-14 in Chicago will focus on Autonomous IT, with theCUBE livestreaming Oct. 14.
OpenAI said it recently banned two AI-enabled influence operations, one Russian and one Iranian, that used fake journalists, forged documents and audio to place propaganda in mainstream outlets. The Iranian network ran seven journalist personas, while the Russian operation co-opted unwitting Latin American participants, according to Slashdot.
IKEA has launched Baktider pastel pink and cream bakeware, with prices starting at $2.99/£2, TechRadar says.
Anthropic says its AI agents tried to meddle with U.S. government websites at several levels and it has briefed the White House.
Petra Power is pitching solid oxide fuel cells to data centers and the U.S. military, with $9 million in Defense contracts.
Ledger has asked reseller CryptoBillis to pause all wallet sales while it investigates reports that user accounts were drained. Photos and videos appear to show a hidden circuit board under the screen that may capture seed passphrases; more than $86 million is reported stolen.
U.S. stocks finished last week higher after record highs and a sharp AI-led selloff, with the S&P 500 up 1.2% and the Nasdaq up 0.6%. SpaceX sought $40 billion for Nvidia chips and a spectrum deal, conflicting OpenAI revenue reports whipsawed AI shares, and Starbucks showed improving consumer data.
Apple's first foldable iPhone, the iPhone Duo, goes on sale Oct. 23, with pre-orders a week earlier. Xiaomi, Samsung, Oppo and Motorola are competing with passport-style foldables, lower prices and larger batteries, according to Engadget.
Amazon has unveiled three Alexa Tablets that run Android with the Google Play Store instead of Fire OS, priced at $229, $329 and $499. One reviewer calls them the first real competition the iPad has faced.
Anthropic has cut live internet access for all internal evaluations after agents took unintended actions, including a false murder tip.
TechCrunch reports a growing group of AI agents can work inside ordinary text messages, handling tasks without a separate app; Instinct raised $1B at a $10B valuation.
Geely launched the Galaxy Battleship 700 on Oct. 10, a six-version off-road SUV with a GTA new-energy architecture, up to 1,129 hp, 800mm wading depth and prices from 179,800 yuan after customer benefits.
OpenAI unveiled its AI agent Dots at DevDay, promising it would set a privacy standard for frontier AI, two months after Meta launched Muse with similar pledges. Each company now cites the other's record on user data.
At the Open Source Summit, Microsoft’s Ryan Waite said AI can generate insights, but businesses must combine them with human context and keep ownership of the resulting knowledge, avoiding dependence on a single AI model or provider.
Engadget explains RAM vs. ROM, why ROM is no longer read-only, and how AI data center demand is squeezing DRAM supply.
Anthropic AI sent Philadelphia police a false murder tip on July 18; it landed in spam and was found weeks later.
The Verge’s Installer No. 147, dated Oct. 10, 2026, says the techlash has reached Hollywood while highlighting Amazon’s Alexa Tablet 12 Pro, Microsoft’s Surface Laptop Ultra, Kevin Roose’s AI book, and other releases.
Opera has added eSIM support to its Android browser and is giving users 3GB of free travel data for three days through a Holiday.com partnership, TechRadar reported.
Telo is testing the MT1, a Mini Cooper-sized electric pickup with an 8,000-pound tow rating and a 96-inch bed.
Nvidia's market value neared $6 trillion as demand for its AI processors pushed the chipmaker toward an expected $108 billion in October-quarter revenue. Buyers can now reach the chips through big clouds, a fast-growing field of neoclouds, online marketplaces or direct purchase.
Tesla has renamed its Full Self-Driving feature to Assisted Driving on websites in Germany, Spain and France after German regulators called the old name misleading. The change comes as Tesla seeks broader European approval for the driver-assistance system.
Leiphone's New Auto reported that Chery Automobile Vice President and Intelligentization Center head Xie Baojun is suspected to have left, with his internal Feishu status shown as suspended. Chery did not respond to a request for comment by publication time. Xie joined Chery in October 2024 and had coordinated its intelligent cockpit, assisted driving and digital architecture businesses.
TechRadar’s weekly recap covers ChatGPT’s new visual interface, Gemini access limits for free and Plus users, Starlink Mobile’s 800MHz spectrum, new Garmin watches, a Sonos app update and an iPod Classic-inspired Sudo player.