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ChatGPT has been adding stray foreign words and gambling or porn ad fragments to the automatic titles of user conversations since mid-August, a fault developers first saw in Codex CLI in January and traced to a tokenizer change made in 2024.
Jake Dyson told TechRadar that Dyson only enters a new product category when the first product is radically different, works properly, and is backed by a roadmap of further products.
Apple suppliers dispute iPhone 18 Pro order cuts as Xiaomi and Huawei raise prices; AI firms rehearse crisis responses.
A Spanish computer museum built a 1:1 Cray-1 replica from 30 old Mac Minis, reaching 1.3 teraflops in recent tests.
TechRadar posted Oct. 10 solutions for NYT Connections #1217, Quordle #1720 and Strands #951, plus hints and reviewer notes.
Advocates urge subsidized GLP-1 weight-loss drugs for women with PMOS in Australia as regulators weigh obesity coverage.
TrendForce expects global notebook shipments to fall in 2027, with the decline possibly reaching high single digits if DRAM and CPU costs push retail prices higher.
Google teased the Fitbit Edge on Instagram and X, confirming the wearable's name and an October 12, 2026 reveal.
Apple's iPhone Duo is drawing surprising Android interest, while some U.S. Apple Store buyers will get a personalized first boot, per Bloomberg's Mark Gurman.
IBM plans to use its TechXchange 2026 conference in Atlanta to press customers on moving enterprise AI orchestration from experiments into production, covering agent governance, hybrid operations and sovereignty, an IBM executive said.
Google has shown off a new keyboard with keys that roll on a conveyor belt, according to TechRadar. The company says the design will make typing easier for all, but the report supplied gives no further product details.
Fire Country season 5 premieres Oct. 9 on CBS with a sinkhole rescue and a new Bode mystery, TechRadar says.
TechCrunch: Keychron mechanical keyboards range from the $60 K2 to a $200 wood-body model; a gamer keypad is sold out.
Gigabyte says two motherboard lines will support upcoming Intel LGA 1700 chips expected in early 2027, reviving DDR4 compatibility as Intel and AMD respond to high RAM prices.
A hidden Glowbar Disco app on Googlebooks is tucked in system settings and lets users customize the light strip with colors, animations and music-sync effects, according to Android Authority.
Microsoft is cutting the combined OneDrive storage for Microsoft 365 Family and Premium from 6TB to 2TB. New subscribers face the limit immediately, while existing customers see it after renewals on or after May 2, 2027.
OpenAI's Decisions API enters public beta, returning typed answers on gpt-6-luna at $0.10 per 1M input tokens.
Seismora is building an intelligent control plane to route AI workloads across devices, edge infrastructure and clouds, CEO Vito Palermo says, so developers do not have to embed routing logic in each application.
Amazon announced three Alexa Tablets starting at $230 and two Kids Tablets, adding Google Play support and Alexa+ while shifting toward premium Android hardware.
Apple has announced an October 13 event tagged “Welcome home.” 9to5Mac expects the launch of the HomePad smart hub and new second-party smart home products.
Boston Blue season 2 is set to premiere Oct. 9 on CBS, with Paramount+ and live-TV services offering streaming access.
TechRadar reports Bill Murray called Rivian’s Ghostbusters Ecto-R1 “perfect,” and the article’s author says he has seen it in action.
Apple's long-rumored HomePad is set to be unveiled next Tuesday at its "Welcome home" event, according to 9to5Mac, which previewed three features it expects: an Apple Photos picture frame, onscreen lyrics in Apple Music and a display-equipped Siri AI.
Nvidia's RTX Spark laptops are available for pre-order from $2,599.99 and ship Oct. 16, while MSI's $5,499 Pro Max Edge AI+ mini PC offers 128GB unified memory for offline AI. Both target local AI workloads.