Robots
Agility Robotics clears its SPAC vote and heads to Nasdaq this week
Churchill Capital XI shareholders approved the merger with Agility Robotics. The humanoid maker expects about $465 million and a Nasdaq listing as AGLT on November 5.
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AI
Marvell to buy Lumentum in a $115 billion all-stock deal for AI optics
Marvell and Lumentum agreed to combine, betting that AI data centers will soon move data with light instead of copper. The deal should close in the first half of 2028.
Technology
Google cuts off a botnet of 1.3 million Android TV boxes built in at the factory
Google and its partners took down XCPE, a backdoor that came preinstalled on 1.3 million Android TV boxes. Google says the maker, Videostrong, did it on purpose and has banned it.
AI
Anthropic confirms Claude Code now steers away from cloning existing games
Anthropic says it added two sentences to Claude Code on Opus 5.5 so it will not recreate someone else's specific game. Users also report reverse engineering refusals.
Technology
The 16GB Raspberry Pi 5 now costs $385, triple its launch price
Raspberry Pi added $80 to its top Pi 5 model, blaming a memory shortage it calls unavoidable but temporary. Makers are already looking at cheaper boards and mini PCs.
Technology
Canada stopped changing clocks, and Microsoft's calendars are catching up
Parts of British Columbia, Alberta and Manitoba skipped the November 1 clock change. Microsoft is still shipping fixes, and some meetings may be an hour off.
