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Ukrainian Bureau Claims Balloon-Launched Mara Drone Can Reach Beyond 1,000 km
Ukrainian bureau says its balloon-launched Mara drone can strike beyond 1,000 km for up to $6,000; independent verification is lacking.
Ukrainian bureau says its balloon-launched Mara drone can strike beyond 1,000 km for up to $6,000; independent verification is lacking.
Amazon's 2026 Kindle Paperwhite is thinner and lighter and adds a new color, but older models remain at the same price.
Jura has launched the C9, a compact bean-to-cup espresso machine that brews a milder coffee at around 60C so it can be drunk immediately, TechRadar reports.
The IMF warns that weaker AI investment, inflation and cyber threats could tighten financial conditions, while South Korea's record chip profits fail to prevent market panic and trading halts.
South Korean newspapers on Oct. 16 led with a KOSPI decline of more than 7 percent driven by chip stocks, citing doubts over artificial intelligence and fears about interest rates.
Strava is rolling out coach-designed strength workouts with guided animations, form tips and live set and rep tracking for subscribers, plus new guided running workouts and future import tools.
Meta has released open weights for Muse Spark Open, an 816-billion-parameter model built for coding and long-running agent tasks, with a license restricting hosted resale and military use.
A printed internet packet flown by carrier pigeon in a 2001 experiment has sold at Christie's for $24,600, far above its $4,000 listing, according to TechRadar.
NPR's 'Your Turn' explores flow-state science with violinist Diane Allen and researcher Dr. Richard Huskey.
pgEdge CEO says AI coding agents have made PostgreSQL the default for agent-generated apps, driving a surge in demand.
NVIDIA released Nemotron 3.5 Super VL, a 120B-parameter open multimodal agent model that activates 12B parameters per token for enterprise agents, plus two edge models.
Treasuries led a global bond rally as AI shares deepened their selloff and CoreWeave's credit risk hit a record high. US producer prices rose at the fastest pace in more than four years, adding to monetary-policy questions.
Plex partners with Fandango to sell movie theater tickets to U.S. users through movie title pages.
A JAMA study estimates up to a quarter of active-duty Army members could receive a low testosterone result from mandatory screening announced by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, though the condition's true prevalence is likely far lower. Experts warn the screenings may lead to unnecessary evaluations and harm.
Trump shared a White House restoration photo on Truth Social that The Verge says was flagged as AI-edited.
Vinci4D says its physics-driven AI software can run hardware simulations up to 1,000 times faster than conventional tools, allowing engineers to test design changes in a day instead of two weeks.
The October 15, 2026 episode of 9to5Mac Daily covered OpenAI's claim that a former employee took confidential device files to Apple, iPhone Duo repair costs, Apple's Switch to Safari campaign, and Apple Intelligence's reported China launch without Siri AI.
Google is calling attention to Circle to Search's ability to flag suspicious text messages through AI Overviews, a check that also runs through Google Lens on phones without the feature, including iPhones.
Porsche has revealed the Mission S concept, a mid-engined supercar that previews a new design identity and will sit above the 911. The debut is part of the Sportwagenschmiede '35 turnaround plan to prioritize higher-margin models and lower volume.
Hugging Face has released Granite Switch 4.1 in 8B and 30B versions, combining a general decision adapter, a safety-focused Guardian adapter, and a speech recognition model on one endpoint with minimal extra VRAM.
Ubuntu 26.10 (Stonking Stingray) is available for download, with an upcoming Linux 7.3 kernel, GNOME 51, TPM-backed full disk encryption and Rust coreutils.
Apple released Apple Sports 4.5 on October 15, 2026, adding five soccer competitions and letting Live Activities show key in-game statistics during breaks in play.
At TechCrunch Disrupt, Amazon's Panos Panay said ambient AI devices will increasingly handle tasks now done through apps, as Amazon launched Bee wearables. He also urged founders to embrace failure.
Sega pulls Shogun 2 — Complete Edition after buggy launch and AI-upscaling complaints, and says it will restore the original game.