BMW said a Neue Klasse i3 ran 1,213 km from Shenyang to Dalian and back without charging, averaging 8.8 kWh/100 km, as its sixth-generation battery began production in Shenyang.
Cerebras CSO Andy Hock says agentic workflows make inference speed a requirement, and the fastest tokens will decide which AI platforms win the next phase. He cites the company’s Wafer-Scale Engine and a shift toward value per token.
The Traitors Telugu debuted Oct. 15 on Prime Video, while The Celebrity Traitors season 2 aired episode 5 the same day on BBC One and iPlayer. Both shows face regional streaming limits, with new episodes continuing through Nov. 5 and Oct. 30 respectively.
A CNBC report published Oct. 15, 2026, examines who gets access to 'good debt.' Sociologist Frederick Wherry says the wealthy are most likely to encounter it, philosopher Graham Hubbs links it to happiness, and historian Louis Hyman traces the 20th-century shift toward installment credit.
Apple's new Apple TV 4K and HomeView pre-orders now show late-November delivery, while Amazon and Best Buy add early discounts.
CopilotKit launched CLiF, an early-access platform that turns agent and user traces into skills, evals, and training data.
AI governance startup nFOX Lab launched a platform to manage privately owned large language models and said it plans to open-source Blockhouse, a Linux-level sandbox that removes AI workload privileges by default. The company says the tools are designed to help enterprises run open models on their own infrastructure while limiting security risks.
Microsoft's cumulative updates KB5127646 and KB5127648 fix Always On VPN failures on Windows 11 24H2 and newer, but some users report the patches have broken enterprise Wi-Fi authentication.
Amazon introduced two Bee-branded AI wearables on Oct. 15: the $75 Frontier wristband and the $100 Eclipse phone attachment, both able to capture and summarize conversations, connect to apps and surface shopping suggestions for a monthly subscription.
A study of 28 atoll islands in the Pacific and Indian oceans found that restoring native vegetation and seabird populations can reinforce island growth, helping them adapt to rising seas.
After Microsoft ended Publisher support in October 2026, LibreOffice added the ability to open .pub files in Draw by reverse-engineering the proprietary format, giving affected users a way to access legacy documents.
Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe said at TechCrunch Disrupt that the automaker plans to run third-party AI agents, including Anthropic's, inside its vehicles, but gave no timeline and said vehicle-level controls will stay off-limits.
Shelly has launched the Presence Gen4, an $84.99 mmWave radar sensor that can detect up to ten people and pets without a camera, enabling multi-zone smart home automations.
Uber has started testing autonomous vehicles in Manchester with partners Pony and Verne as it moves toward UK robotaxi services, while unions and London politicians object.
Microsoft, Proofpoint and Japanese law enforcement dismantled YAM Store, CoGUI and Iron Man, a Chinese-language cybercrime marketplace that sold phishing tools, accounts and infrastructure. Microsoft says the network facilitated more than a billion phishing messages this year before domains were seized and over 20,000 accounts disabled.
Netgear's Orbi 770 three-unit Wi-Fi 7 mesh system is selling for $627.72 at Amazon, about 10% below its $699 list price, according to TechRadar, which rates the kit its top mesh router for large homes.
TSMC reported a sixth straight record quarter and forecast 58% fourth-quarter revenue growth, as AI chip customers compete for limited wafer capacity and the foundry races to add fabs in Taiwan, Japan and Arizona.
Nvidia on Oct. 15 introduced the open-weight Nemotron 3.5 Super VL, a 120-billion-parameter model for always-on agents, plus two smaller Bolt edge models. Nvidia says the family targets faster, more customizable enterprise and local AI deployments.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang called on Europe to dream bigger about artificial intelligence, with Nvidia’s help, at an event in central London on Wednesday evening. He cheered “Go, go UK!” beneath stained glass windows at a church-turned upmarket restaurant. The report also referenced UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Peter Kyle.
The Verge reported that Microsoft and Nvidia have prepared Windows for the first RTX Spark laptops, which use Arm CPUs, Blackwell GPUs, and unified memory. Microsoft has focused on local AI agents, app emulation, gaming, and memory management.
Beats and The Pokémon Company have launched a $149 special-edition Beats Pill decorated with Pikachu and Mimikyu, on sale October 15 at Apple and Target with the same audio hardware as the standard model.
TechRadar: Creality K1 Max 2025 is $350 off at $549 in a Halloween sale, with AI monitoring and 300mm build volume.
Benn Jordan testified before a Senate subcommittee on Flock Safety's license plate readers as cities cancel contracts.
Rockstar says 2022 GTA 6 leaks were 'weirdly invasive' and led to a five-day in-office policy it may review after launch.