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The Verge's Version History examines the LeapPad's rise as a top US toy and why its maker could not follow it up.
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The Verge's Version History examines the LeapPad's rise as a top US toy and why its maker could not follow it up.
Horror has grown into a dominant commercial force in 2026, from Resident Evil sales to low-budget film hits and streaming series, as U.S. Halloween spending is expected to top $13 billion.
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver told CNBC the league may use a microchipped 'smart ball' in games as soon as 2027, starting with officiating, while consumer and wearable applications remain under discussion.
Engadget compares 2021 and 2026 MacBook Pro prices, showing AI-driven component shortages raised Apple's laptop costs.
Independent AI evaluators are gaining prominence as Anthropic and OpenAI seek outside safety assessments, with funding, access and reporting still unresolved.
Snowflake says trust and security are key to the AI agentic enterprise, requiring guardrails and governance to protect data and agents.
Ukraine struck a third Yandex data hub, halting a facility in Russia's Vladimir region and disrupting services, Bloomberg reported, as attacks on data centers escalate.
OpenAI released 722 math manuscripts on Oct. 7, including two Kakeya papers claiming stronger three-dimensional and four-dimensional advances, prompting debate over AI's role in mathematics.
Anthropic sought GPU capacity from Meta while SpaceX resold Nvidia compute to Anthropic, as Google, OpenAI and startups compete for scarce chips, data centers and power.
OpenAI will retire the first GPT-4o API snapshot on Oct. 23, while supporters keep pressing to preserve the model or free its weights.
Bloomberg reports Apple will bring its next MacBook Pro redesign to the entry-level 14-inch model with an M7 chip as early as the first half of 2027, only months after high-end models adopt the new design.
South Korean banks are considering larger cybersecurity budgets and more staff after a series of hacking attacks on local lenders. KB Kookmin, Shinhan and Hana are preparing increases, while regulators and President Lee Jae Myung seek a thorough investigation.
Best Buy's Techtober sale runs through Sunday, with more than 50 discounts across TVs, laptops, phones, gaming and smart home gear, according to TechRadar.
Ubuntu 26.10 will ship with Sequoia PGP preinstalled as Canonical works toward eventually replacing GnuPG as the distribution's default OpenPGP toolchain, though the switch has not yet happened.
TheCUBE will livestream the AI Data Pipeline Forum in San Jose on Oct. 13, where industry leaders will discuss data movement, storage, memory, networking, power and cooling challenges in dense AI clusters. ScaleFlux, Dell, Cerebras, Cisco and others are expected to join.
AWS plans 36 data centers on 1,100 acres in Pennsylvania, powered mainly by a new 4.5GW natural gas plant.
Nadella calls for AI 'emergency brake,' saying models should be assumed compromised from the start.
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.