DeepSeek's chat service and two API tiers went down worldwide on the morning of October 15, with the company saying it had identified the cause and was repairing it. The roughly hour-long disruption coincided with the quiet appearance of a "DeepSeekHarness" account on Bilibili, though no official evidence links the two.
A developer has released Mangata, an iOS app that gives walkers a reason to go out — a color or a prompt card — and records what they see, with sharing treated as a result of the walk rather than its purpose.
The 2026 Rugby League World Cup runs from October 15 to November 15, opening with Australia against New Zealand in Sydney. Every match streams free on 7Plus in Australia, while viewers in the US, UK and Canada pay for Premier Sports.
A developer launched terminalthemes.com, a free web app with over 800 terminal themes and nearly 40 download formats.
Figma announced Specs, a Markdown editor to guide AI agents, plus code layers public beta and Payload integration at its India Config event.
Ricursive Intelligence is betting on AI-designed chips to ease a looming compute crisis, its founders said at TechCrunch Disrupt.
Mozilla released Firefox Enterprise for organizations needing digital sovereignty, while Nvidia said a faster DLSS 5 model will arrive Oct. 16. Doubao moved to open screen automation permissions, 8BitDo launched a new controller, and Microsoft ended support for Windows 11 24H2 Home and Pro.
The 2026 WESEMiBAY opened at the Shenzhen Convention and Exhibition Center on Oct. 14, drawing more than 1,000 semiconductor companies and nearly 80,000 square meters of exhibits. The expo focuses on AI infrastructure, advanced packaging and new chipmaking products, according to Leiphone.com.
Anthropic told potential investors its third-quarter revenue reached $16.8 billion, up about 45% sequentially, and that it was profitable on an adjusted basis as it prepares for a November IPO.
Seoul's KOSPI fell 6.73% to 5,604.6 Thursday morning, triggering a five-minute trading halt, as AI spending doubts and a hotter-than-expected U.S. September CPI drove chipmakers Samsung Electronics and SK hynix sharply lower.
Qwen Office has launched an e-commerce edition, an independent third-party e-commerce agent open to all platforms and merchants. It combines trend research, batch creative generation, cross-platform operations and ROI optimization, with early users cutting launch time and costs.
Flock founder and CEO Garrett Langley defended his company’s surveillance technology at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, arguing that privacy trade-offs are necessary to improve public safety as Flock faces cancelled contracts, layoffs and national criticism.
Gudea, which calls itself a storm tracker for the internet, pitched its AI platform at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, saying it can show organizations how a damaging story is spreading while there is still time to respond. The startup reports nearly 40 clients and about $15 million in total funding.
Bloomberg reports Apple plans to launch Apple Intelligence in mainland China in December with older features and no new Siri. ASML posts record quarterly sales and expands capacity for AI demand, while Tencent, OPPO and others push AI agents and regulators face new lawsuits.
Seoul shares opened sharply lower Thursday, prompting a sell-side sidecar and later a 20-minute circuit breaker as investors dumped semiconductor shares over AI sustainability doubts and hotter U.S. inflation.
Ukrainian forces shot down a Russian KVS drone with a circular wing on Oct. 8, 2026. The unusual design briefly prompted UFO jokes among operators before it was identified as a Russian weapon.
Samsung Semiconductor engineer Siamak Tavallaei says open specifications can shorten hyperscaler hardware integration from 9-12 months to 3-6 months, as AI data centers shift attention from single chips to whole-system interoperability.
Lehigh University engineers have developed a concrete thermal battery with 150 kWh storage capacity that can withstand 500°C, aiming to turn data center waste heat into cooling, industrial heat and power.
Denver’s Intero Biosystems sells lab-grown human intestinal organoids to drug and chemical companies as an alternative to animal testing.
TechRadar released hints and answers for Quordle #1725, NYT Strands #956 and NYT Connections #1222 on October 15, 2026.
Apple Maps is rolling out Detailed City Experience in Austin, Texas, adding detailed landmarks, improved navigation and a Formula 1 guide for Circuit of the Americas ahead of the U.S. Grand Prix.
Fish Audio released Drama 3, a 35B open-weight text-to-speech model that follows plain-language acting directions.
SpaceXSI launches Grok Voice 3.0, ranked first on a speech-to-speech index ahead of OpenAI and Google.
A mass hack of fridge controllers at 700 French supermarkets caused spoilage and fires, Ars Technica reports.