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The FAA is preparing to test a $875 million AI-assisted airspace-management tool that it says keeps humans in charge, while a PwC survey finds companies lack agreement on who owns AI risk.
Google has brought back its Pixel Referral Program, offering 10% off a Pixel and up to $500 in Store credit for eligible referrers. Android Authority also details a Pixel 80% charge limit and ways to keep a four-year-old Android phone running.
Samsung has begun rolling out a redesigned SmartThings app to Android devices, adding compact device and routine cards, resizing and rearranging options, a Favorites section and an updated TV remote.
Borderless Gaming now adds DLSS 5 neural rendering via its BGFX pipeline, avoiding game DLL swaps or game-specific mods.
Google Antigravity is now in the Play Store, but the agent-first development platform is built for Googlebooks and marked incompatible with regular Android phones. Android Authority says a sideload attempt on a Pixel failed during Terminal VM setup.
Apple may launch a smart display, HomePod mini 2 and faster Apple TV 4K on Oct. 13, Android Authority says, citing Bloomberg.
Lavazza's Tabli coffee maker, which uses tablets made entirely of ground coffee instead of capsules, is now available in the UK after a July US launch. It costs $139.99 in the US and £199 in the UK, with tabs priced from about 42p per drink.
TechRadar's Max says a 4K Blu-ray player remains essential for high-quality movie viewing, and flags a Panasonic model at 25% off.
Google has reportedly enabled VoLTE on Pixel 11 phones in unsupported markets, with older devices left out for now.
The Celebrity Traitors returns Oct. 1 on BBC One and iPlayer, with Claudia Winkleman hosting 21 celebrities.
TechRadar says readers can save 15% on every De’Longhi coffee machine for International Coffee Day, October 1, 2026.
Google Japan unveiled a DIY Gboard keyboard with keys on a moving conveyor belt. Open-source concept is not for sale.
TechRadar says the $399.99 Chefman Coffee Station Pro brews ten ways, but Nespresso capsule results are weak.
Huawei launched the Mate 90 series on October 1, 2026, with four flagships starting at 5,999 yuan and same-day sales. Top models add the Kirin 9050 Pro, a 12,000-nit display and a 5,999-yuan modular camera.
Samsung has quietly launched the Galaxy Buds On, its first clip-on Galaxy Buds, featuring an open-ear design, Galaxy AI functions and up to 9.5 hours of playback. They go on sale in South Korea on Oct. 27 for 299,000 won.
Apple TV has been unavailable since 4:43PM on September 30, outlasting separate outages that briefly affected the iOS and Mac App Stores, Fitness+, Music and AppleCare+ purchases.
Yantra, a LALR(1) parser generator for C++, was announced on Hacker News. It builds the entire AST before walking it top-down, allowing parent actions to run before children and multiple walkers from one grammar. It is pre-1.0, MIT-licensed, and available on GitHub.
Perplexity Research and turbopuffer have released pplx-embed-v2-context-9b-preview, a self-hosted contextual embedding model for RAG pipelines that is trained to retrieve answers and their supporting evidence.
Vivo has begun the international release of its X Fold 6, a book-style foldable first launched in China in June. TechRadar reported it will not go on sale in the UK or US, while The Verge said Vivo had not yet shared pricing or specific markets.
WhatsApp is extending parent-managed controls to teen accounts, adding group alerts and options to limit Meta AI, Channels and Status features. Parents still cannot read teens' messages or calls, which remain end-to-end encrypted.
Metaview Labs raised $60 million in a Series C led by Insight Partners, lifting total funding to $110 million, and launched fillmore, an autonomous recruiting agent that runs inside Slack.
South Korea marked its 78th Armed Forces Day with 3,600 personnel and about 70 weapons systems, unveiling the Cheongwang laser anti-drone system and other unmanned assets for the first time.
TechRadar calls Shark cordless vacuums Amazon bestsellers, citing two models' low prices; names and prices are absent.
Apple plans to launch a smart-home hub on Oct. 13 and update HomePod mini and Apple TV, according to Bloomberg. Google released Gemini 4 Argon to cyber defenders, while Counterpoint reported strong early iPhone 18 Pro sales in China.