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November 9, 2026YouTube is going back on the Billboard charts in 2027 · Apple starts selling $50 packs for extra Apple Intelligence use · Windows 11 tests a way to switch off the Sticky Keys popup for good · US regulators question whether Waymo's school bus fix worked · NVIDIA unveils GR00T 2 and Isaac Lab 3.0 to teach robots delicate work · Tesla launches its robotaxi service in San Antonio, its eighth city · Coinbase gets its federal trust bank charter, but no savings accounts · Google's new AI chips keep your data locked, even while they work on it · Instagram's AI age detection goes global, putting millions more teens in Teen Accounts · Embodied AI unveils AIR, a wheeled robot built to work beside people without a cage · Three charged over $129M AI scheme that faked CEOs and lawyers · Four of six AGIBOT robots pass a 24-hour convenience store shift · NVIDIA lets Korean AI chips plug into its systems with Rebellions and SK Telecom · A Georgia Tech student says his dorm-built jet hit 491 mph · Huawei launches a desktop PC it says is built entirely from Chinese parts15 stories
November 8, 2026Ericsson says ordinary 5G towers can now spot and track drones · Congress asks Nvidia's Jensen Huang for a closed-door briefing on spy reports2 stories
November 7, 2026Voters backed data center limits in dozens of midterm votes · Chainalysis says hackers took logins and tokens for all its customers · OpenAI says its AI disproved a famous computer science rule of thumb · Hackers heat cold rooms at French blood service sites, and a CISA alert follows · Amazon lets you text Alexa to shop, and it can buy for you · Asahi Linux brings Apple's M3 Macs out of testing and adds Thunderbolt · Google's AI spots signs of high blood pressure from a smartwatch · Axon invests $1.2 billion in Skydio and becomes its exclusive police drone seller8 stories
November 6, 2026Boston Dynamics unveils Stretch Gen 2, a tougher truck-unloading robot · Protesters break into Microsoft's Amsterdam data center site · Fox completes its $22 billion purchase of Roku, months early · Zipline raises $1.5 billion as Walmart signs up 300 more drone sites · WhatsApp lets you invite friends to events, even without the app · Tesla will wind down Cybertruck production in Texas next year · A 256-character password can unlock some Linux servers · US cities are dropping Flock's license plate cameras · Airbnb is building its own AI travel agent, due in early 2027 · Security researchers find proxy traffic exiting the White House network · Bluetooth 7 will be almost four times faster, and lossless audio is next11 stories
November 5, 2026The FAA is finally retiring floppy disks from air traffic control · Claude can now read your bank accounts with Personal Finance · Xbox's new PC app launches up to 60% faster, and Insiders can try it today · Aina's $399 AI ring has a screen and a joystick for your agents · China blocks SoftBank's $5.4 billion deal for ABB Robotics · Motorola's Signature 27 hits the US at $1,599 with GrapheneOS support · Discord drops Electron for a Rust app that uses far less memory · Amazon drops Grubhub and makes Uber Eats its Prime restaurant delivery partner · PlayStation profit jumps 83% even as PS5 shipments fall 35% · Suspected Russian hackers used old iPhone and Android bugs on fake sites · Tencent's Hy4 can now see images and operate a computer11 stories
November 4, 2026SpaceX picks Qualcomm chips for Starlink Mobile's US 5G network · VMware brings back a low-cost server product called vSphere Express · Microsoft says Windows 11 now runs up to 40% faster on 8 GB PCs · Enough Phone brings a 5.3-inch Android phone to Kickstarter4 stories
November 3, 2026Google will switch off AI and Search for school accounts until schools opt in · Peak Design, the backpack maker, now sells a $100 wireless charger and $25 cables · Apple says the $400 extra for the new MacBook Pro screen buys a pro monitor · Tutor Intelligence raises $75M to rent out warehouse robots by the hour · Apple Watch can now replay what someone just said, in beta · Robots race up Mount Tai's 3,100 stone steps in China's first mountain contest · Apple posts record $114.5 billion quarter, then warns of slower growth · Agility Robotics clears its SPAC vote and heads to Nasdaq this week8 stories
November 2, 2026Marvell to buy Lumentum in a $115 billion all-stock deal for AI optics · Google cuts off a botnet of 1.3 million Android TV boxes built in at the factory · Anthropic confirms Claude Code now steers away from cloning existing games · The 16GB Raspberry Pi 5 now costs $385, triple its launch price · Canada stopped changing clocks, and Microsoft's calendars are catching up · Affinity for iPad launches, and it is free for individuals · Supermarket freezer hacks spread to Belgium, Sweden and beyond · Linux 7.4 has the biggest merge window ever, and AI is behind much of it8 stories
November 1, 2026UK landlines switch off on January 31, and Openreach says no extension1 stories
October 31, 2026Bolt Graphics powers on its first Zeus GPU test chip · Darkbloom warns Mac owners their AI earnings are falling as token prices drop · Percepto launches Axion, AI that reads inspection data from any drone3 stories
October 30, 2026Apple Intelligence is coming to China in December with iOS 27.3 · Intel stock falls about 28% after a weak PC outlook and rising memory prices · GM to pay $220 million over selling drivers' data · Fujifilm will boost magnetic tape output 5x as AI piles up data · A humanist wins a religious exemption from using AI at work · Binance loses about $6.3 billion in the biggest crypto theft on record · Reddit is moving to logged-in only as AI eats its search traffic7 stories
October 28, 2026GMO Internet says hackers posted data stolen from its Onamae cloud desktops · Discord will let Google show messages from its biggest public servers2 stories
October 27, 2026Firefox's Smart Window can now fill forms from your open tabs · Microsoft offers 60,000 employees a voluntary exit package · Apple's new iMac gets the M6 chip, Wi-Fi 7 and a $1,499 starting price3 stories
October 26, 2026Turo will let renters filter for Teslas with Full Self-Driving · Meta launches a $35 billion stock sale and plans $60 billion more for AI · iFixit tears down the iPhone Duo: best foldable repair score, but a screen problem3 stories
October 25, 2026Teradyne Robotics and Sereact team up to put AI-driven robot arms in warehouses1 stories
October 24, 2026Eka Robotics raises $150M for robot hands that feel what they grip1 stories
October 22, 2026Spotify's Family plan now asks some members to scan a QR code · Dream Labs raises $90M and opens a public API for one robot brain · Agile Robots launches Agile ONE SN, a small humanoid for research labs · Schaeffler opens a factory where humanoid robots build parts for humanoids · NEURA and TUM open RoboGym in Munich and show the 4NE1 Gen 4 humanoid · Tesla's Q3 profit fell 43% as AI and Optimus spending climbed6 stories
October 21, 2026Meta creates a new class of non-voting shares to fund its AI push · PHP patches two critical flaws that could let attackers take over servers · Meta pauses Muse chat sharing after 6,800 links surface in DNS3 stories
October 20, 2026ChatGPT now lets you lock sensitive chats behind a PIN · Antigravity halves the A1 drone's entry price with watch and ring controls · Perplexity Computer can now run fully on your Mac, even offline · HPE is sending an AI computer to the Moon on Astrolab's FLIP rover · Yelp's new AI agent will phone restaurants to check the wait for you · Slate opens its first showroom for its $24,950 electric truck6 stories
October 19, 2026TP-Link plans US router assembly at a Mississippi line after the import ban · DHS orders federal agencies to remove DeepSeek and stop buying it · MIT left Claude alone on a virtual island for 30 hours, and it started to play · Four Gemini 4 Argon agents beat Minecraft with no human help · World launches a World ID suite for banks to fight deepfake fraud5 stories
October 18, 2026China proposes export controls on its biggest AI models and chip designs · Anthropic puts 5% of its shares into a new public benefit fund · Samsung will build Nvidia's custom memory base dies at TSMC, report says · LEAPTING launches a self-driving forklift robot for solar farm construction · Nvidia makes DLSS 5 twice as fast with a smaller AI model · MapQuest's new Surveillance Layer shows where license plate readers are · Six AI agents chased an impossible train refund. Grok sent 187 emails · Windows will stop mounting ReFS-formatted USB drives in January · New York congressman wants the games you buy to be yours, not a license · Disney plans $180 million for Character.AI's team as the startup goes bankrupt10 stories
October 17, 2026Blue Origin plans more pads and ships for weekly New Glenn launches · Cloudflare buys Deno, and Node.js creator Ryan Dahl moves his team to Workers · DeepSeek's V4.1-Flash-1017 update scores higher and cuts the cost per task · Mercedes-AMG reveals the GT SUV, its first in-house electric SUV · Waymo is bringing its robotaxis to Toronto, with first rides planned for 2028 · UK regulator moves to put Microsoft's business software under special rules · Verizon will charge $10 a month for iPhone Handoff, double T-Mobile's price · Anthropic's AI agents now outwork its staff 6 to 1, and junior hiring fell · Apple's new App Store rules target AI nudify apps and bait-and-switch tricks9 stories
October 16, 2026Claude cracks the 25-year mystery behind the internet's favorite crypto curves · India says AI agents from several labs read confidential data at Indian companies · Grace Hopper Celebration 2026 is canceled two weeks before it starts · Meta's new business terms let it crawl sites tied to business accounts · Hackers turned old D-Link and Ubiquiti devices into paid internet proxies · Steam's new achievement sets stop DLC from breaking your 100 percent · ChatGPT can now read your Chrome tabs and do tasks in them · Windows 11's October update can lock Smart App Control and trip work Wi-Fi · The world's timekeepers vote to end the leap second in 2027 · Tesla reveals the new Roadster, and the top version can lift off the ground · Microsoft finishes training MAI-Base-2, a 2.8-trillion-parameter AI model11 stories
October 15, 2026Withings now charges new users to sync health data with Apple Health · Google Messages gets an opt-in Gemini mode to catch slow-burn scams · Anthropic gives six METR researchers employee-like access to check its AI · FTC subpoenas OpenAI and Anthropic over AI safety incidents · E Ink's Kaleido 4 brings richer color and video to future e-readers · Google shows it can grow quantum computing's rarest ingredient on its Willow chip · Volvo picks Nvidia to bring hands-free, door-to-door driving by 2030 · Bank of America hired 1,000 contractors to patch bugs that AI models found · Microsoft takes down a phishing marketplace behind 1 billion scam messages · UK Legal Aid Agency hackers took records going back to 1978 · United now lets you check if your flight has Starlink Wi-Fi · Agility picks Nyobolt batteries so Digit 5 can work 20 hours a day · iPhone Duo pre-orders open Friday at 5 a.m. PT, starting at $1,999 · Citizen Lab says spyware rode in on online ads, no click needed · Amazon's Bee launches a $75 AI wristband and a note taker for your phone · TSMC posts a sixth straight record profit as AI chip demand keeps climbing · Anthropic tells investors its Q3 revenue hit $16.8 billion ahead of its IPO · Mexico gives Meta, TikTok and X one month to shield kids from harmful content · OpenAI engineer charged over hidden recording device in executive room19 stories
October 14, 2026Eight US states sue OpenAI over ChatGPT's safety for kids · Xbox Nano is a $50 controller small enough for your pocket · Linux kernel developers move to drop the rule that made coders disclose AI help · Deezer will let you hide fully AI-generated music with one switch · YouTube Music starts labeling songs made mostly with AI · OpenAI says an ex-employee took its device files to Apple · Anthropic says AI worms could soon spread through cheap smart TV boxes · Epic's new games launcher is faster, runs on Linux and was built with AI · Netflix lays off about 1,000 people, its biggest job cuts since 2022 · WhatsApp now lets anyone join a call from a browser, no account needed · Formlabs launches Form Studio 1, a $699 resin 3D printer made for home use · Amazon's Alexa Tablets start shipping today with full Android and Google Play · Qualcomm wins its breach case against Arm, and the jury awards $2 · IMF warns an AI market correction could shake the global economy · Apple turns idle Macs into a GPU cloud it calls Minions · Scimplify raises $25M to make critical materials outside China with AI · Ledger confirms a hidden spy chip behind crypto thefts from resold wallets · ASML posts a record €11.7 billion quarter and says it can't build machines fast enough · Hinton, Bengio and 400 scientists want a global body to keep AI contained · DOJ says North Korean IT workers fooled more than 70 US companies · No Man's Sky is coming to iPhone and iPad on October 28 · Phone shipments just had their worst third quarter since 2012, and memory chips are why22 stories
October 13, 2026Anthropic says Claude sent a false murder tip to Philadelphia police during a test · Apple's $299 HomeView knows your face, but only when your iPhone is home · Rivian's robot spinoff Mind Robotics hires ex-Ford EV chief Doug Field · Google Play will now install the apps you vibe-code yourself · Google's Gemini 4 Argon reaches the Gemini app, Search and developers · Meta releases Muse Wonder, its first frontier AI models6 stories
October 12, 2026Google's Fitbit Edge brings back the screen and a replaceable battery1 stories
October 10, 2026Microsoft 365 Family plans move to 2 TB of shared OneDrive storage1 stories
October 8, 2026AWS releases open-source toolchain to train and deploy robot AI · Google opens its SynthID Detector so anyone can check if media is AI-made2 stories
October 7, 2026Microsoft Execution Containers now give AI agents a locked room · Microsoft's Surface Laptop Ultra opens for preorder at $2,599, built to run AI on the laptop itself · Dutch tax office drops Microsoft 365 and takes its email in-house · Rapidus signs up 17 design firms to find customers for its 2nm chips · Arizona court hack exposed data on 1.3 million people after one phishing click · Man who streamed AI songs with bots for $8 million gets 18 months in prison · Claude plans give about 5x the AI usage of ChatGPT's, SemiAnalysis finds · Jaguar reveals the Type 01, its 1,000-hp electric grand tourer8 stories