Opera has added eSIM support to its Android browser and is giving users 3GB of free travel data for three days through a Holiday.com partnership, TechRadar reported.
Telo is testing the MT1, a Mini Cooper-sized electric pickup with an 8,000-pound tow rating and a 96-inch bed.
Nvidia's market value neared $6 trillion as demand for its AI processors pushed the chipmaker toward an expected $108 billion in October-quarter revenue. Buyers can now reach the chips through big clouds, a fast-growing field of neoclouds, online marketplaces or direct purchase.
Tesla has renamed its Full Self-Driving feature to Assisted Driving on websites in Germany, Spain and France after German regulators called the old name misleading. The change comes as Tesla seeks broader European approval for the driver-assistance system.
Leiphone's New Auto reported that Chery Automobile Vice President and Intelligentization Center head Xie Baojun is suspected to have left, with his internal Feishu status shown as suspended. Chery did not respond to a request for comment by publication time. Xie joined Chery in October 2024 and had coordinated its intelligent cockpit, assisted driving and digital architecture businesses.
Ifanr's hands-on review says Huawei's Mate 90 Pro Max pairs a 200-megapixel telephoto and modular camera with Kirin 9050 Pro and quad-SIM tri-standby, while first-sales data cited by the review show strong demand for the 9,999-yuan 16GB+512GB model.
TechRadar’s weekly recap covers ChatGPT’s new visual interface, Gemini access limits for free and Plus users, Starlink Mobile’s 800MHz spectrum, new Garmin watches, a Sonos app update and an iPod Classic-inspired Sudo player.
Lefeng reported on Oct. 10 that Li Auto plans to use self-developed batteries across more models after 2026 and has invested RMB 2.65 billion in Sunwoda Power. Nio CEO William Li told staff the next three years will focus on the core business, premium segment and key markets, while former BYD Europe chief Shu Youxing has founded a new energy company.
Ring's first smart lock has a hand-powered dial that generates electricity to unlock the door when the battery dies, ZDNet reports.
Ifanr reports that AI-driven memory demand has pushed memory and SSDs to nearly 40% of PC material costs, helping drive a 20.1% year-over-year drop in global PC shipments in the third quarter of 2026. Gigabyte is extending BIOS support for older LGA1700 and DDR4 boards, while open-source software shows ordinary PCs can run large models with trade-offs.
WorldArena 2.0 Challenge at IROS 2026 unveiled final rankings on Sept. 16. Three tracks tested video quality, online RL environments and real-robot manipulation. Visincept, Zhongguancun Academy and Xiaomi Robotics led their tracks.
Sennheiser's fifth-generation Momentum True Wireless earbuds sell for 2,398 yuan and add Bluetooth 6.0, Auracast, LE Audio and head-tracked Dolby Atmos, alongside adaptive noise cancellation and CD-quality aptX Lossless playback.
Tesla has renamed Full Self-Driving (Supervised) to Tesla Assisted Driving on several European websites after German authorities called the FSD name misleading. Germany has signaled support, but safety objections and a delayed EU vote remain.
A writer testing the $269 Kiwibit Bird Feeder 2 Pro found its AI camera could identify small garden birds, but a common wood pigeon ignored the feeder’s nuisance alarm and forced the device into storage.
F1's first night Sprint highlights the 2026 Singapore Grand Prix at Marina Bay Oct. 9-11, with free and paid streams available.
Tom Watson, a recruitment firm owner from Worcester, has been accused of running an X account that doxxed RNLI staff, anti-racism activists and executives hiring minority ethnic workers. The account was deactivated after Hope Not Hate named him.
Nace.AI open-sourced Drex 1.5 and Microsoft released Microsoft-Decision-1, two 9B-class decision models that return probabilities over fixed options instead of writing text.
BYD said its 150,000th new energy commercial vehicle, a Q3 battery-electric tractor, rolled off the line at its Huai'an truck smart factory on Oct. 9, 2026, marking an 18-year push from buses to trucks and a sharper focus on heavy-duty electric haulage.
Ugreen’s NASync DXP8800 Ultra, on sale since September 2026 at $1,779.99, adds an Intel Core 7 150U and a 96GB memory ceiling to the DXP8800 Plus formula. A TechRadar review calls the gains modest and says the Plus remains better value for most buyers.
At IROS 2026 in Pittsburgh, Columbia University's Yunzhu Li presented FlexiTac, an open-source tactile sensor platform being commercialized by Analog Devices, while University of Queensland's Jen Jen Chung argued in a keynote that more data does not guarantee better robot decisions. Conference papers and workshops pointed to physics-aware foundation models, hierarchical control, tactile manipulation, and cheaper data collection as the field's main engineering directions.
StepFun's flagship base model Step 5 Preview has topped OpenRouter's Trending list and ranks second on the platform's daily list, with an open-source release scheduled for October 15, according to the tech outlet Leiphone.
AI is now used by almost 90% of legal professionals in the U.K. and Ireland, according to Clio, pressuring law firms' billable-hour model and changing how junior lawyers learn. Major firms are deploying tools such as Harvey even as they debate what remains human work.
Mifeng Technology launched Mifengpai in Shanghai, calling it the world's first all-category physical AI data crowdsourcing platform. It also announced a robot trainer career plan, a 100 million yuan subsidy package and a data governance initiative.
The 2026 China International Security Products Expo and the third Intelligent and Security Industry Development Conference will run Nov. 3-6, 2026, at China International Exhibition Center (Shunyi) in Beijing, with new zones for embodied intelligence, low-altitude security and AI large models, organizer the China Security Protection Industry Association said.