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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.
Lefeng reported on Oct. 10 that Li Auto plans to use self-developed batteries across more models after 2026 and has invested RMB 2.65 billion in Sunwoda Power. Nio CEO William Li told staff the next three years will focus on the core business, premium segment and key markets, while former BYD Europe chief Shu Youxing has founded a new energy company.
Ring's first smart lock has a hand-powered dial that generates electricity to unlock the door when the battery dies, ZDNet reports.
Ifanr reports that AI-driven memory demand has pushed memory and SSDs to nearly 40% of PC material costs, helping drive a 20.1% year-over-year drop in global PC shipments in the third quarter of 2026. Gigabyte is extending BIOS support for older LGA1700 and DDR4 boards, while open-source software shows ordinary PCs can run large models with trade-offs.
Tesla has renamed Full Self-Driving (Supervised) to Tesla Assisted Driving on several European websites after German authorities called the FSD name misleading. Germany has signaled support, but safety objections and a delayed EU vote remain.
Nace.AI open-sourced Drex 1.5 and Microsoft released Microsoft-Decision-1, two 9B-class decision models that return probabilities over fixed options instead of writing text.
BYD said its 150,000th new energy commercial vehicle, a Q3 battery-electric tractor, rolled off the line at its Huai'an truck smart factory on Oct. 9, 2026, marking an 18-year push from buses to trucks and a sharper focus on heavy-duty electric haulage.
Ugreen’s NASync DXP8800 Ultra, on sale since September 2026 at $1,779.99, adds an Intel Core 7 150U and a 96GB memory ceiling to the DXP8800 Plus formula. A TechRadar review calls the gains modest and says the Plus remains better value for most buyers.