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Microsoft will end support for Office 2021 on October 13, cutting off technical help, software updates, bug fixes and security patches, according to a ZDNet report. Users have five options.
Vast CTO Alon Horev said long-running AI agents are straining GPU memory with KV caches, and tiered storage can offload sessions to avoid repeated inference computation.
TechRadar highlighted TCL's cut-price, epaper-like phones and tablets as appealing to comic fans on Oct. 6, 2026, but the article gave no product details.
Apple released second public betas for iOS 27.2, iPadOS 27.2 and macOS 27.2 on Tuesday, bringing the redesigned iPhone Health app and five new Siri AI languages, and issued first release candidates of macOS Sequoia 15.8.2 and macOS Tahoe 26.7.2 with unspecified security fixes.
Samsung's Galaxy S25 FE can now share files directly with iPhones, after AirDrop compatibility for Quick Share arrived with the stable One UI 9.0 update.
Apple is reportedly developing a smart home camera that describes activity in AI-generated text instead of saving video, and Google says it is considering similar designs for smart glasses, The Verge reports.
San Francisco startup Mirror Particle is building a foundation model of human behavior, arguing that LLM roleplay is not enough to predict what consumers will do and why.
Amazon's Prime Day sale cuts the 13-inch MacBook Air with Apple's M5 chip to $1,099 from $1,299 in the US and to £1,199 from £1,299 in the UK, the lowest price since Apple's component-cost increases.
Ghost has launched Core, a $3,499 personal AI computer that runs large language models entirely on-device and sold out its first preorder batch on day one, according to TechRadar.
Google Docs and Drive support Markdown natively for Workspace users, allowing editing and previews without conversion. Rollout began Oct. 5.
TechRadar says Garmin's new Approach S72 golf watch looks great, though its author had hoped for a new Marq.
Old digital cameras are selling again, and many DSLRs, mirrorless models and compacts can be used as webcams for better low-light images and background blur, provided owners check USB support, HDMI costs and resale value first.
Amazon's October Prime Big Deal Days cut headphones and earbuds from Apple, Bose, Sony and Beats to or near record-low prices.
NCIS: Origins season 3 premiered Oct. 6 on CBS at 10 p.m. ET/PT, with Paramount+ and live TV services carrying it in the US.
TechRadar names nine 4K Blu-ray discs worth buying in Amazon Prime Day deals, including Speed Racer and The Wild Robot, and highlights UK TV discounts from LG, Sony and Samsung.
Arturia's free AstroLab 2.0 firmware adds a Sound Edit menu for creating sounds from scratch on its stage keyboards, plus 67 new multisampled acoustic instrument patches.
Android devices stop receiving security patches with no alert to the user. Engadget's guide explains how to read a phone's patch date and check manufacturer support timelines to tell whether it is still protected.
Spotify is rolling out Music Quiz to Premium subscribers in 11 countries, expanding beyond BTS to more than 2,000 artists.
Google Home failed to change smart light colors from multiple brands on Oct. 6, 2026; power and brightness worked.
TechRadar reports Prime Day discounts on AeroPress coffee makers in every color, with Prime membership required.
Amazon cuts Galaxy Watch 8 Classic to $389.99 and 40mm LTE Galaxy Watch 8 to $269.99, Android Authority reports.
Khosla backs Wajo, a personal-agent startup from ex-DeepMind engineer Shivani Poddar, saying trust will decide the agent market.
A 19-year-old US startup CEO raised $11 million from Andreessen Horowitz and others and is offering a 24GB Nvidia RTX 5080-class GPU alongside a 'free' AI PC, TechRadar reports.
Anthropic will spend $100M to train 10,000 enterprise AI engineers and expand its Claude Startups benefits.