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Musk says SpaceX closed $40 billion debt deal to buy AI chips
Elon Musk said the financing is mainly callable debt for GPUs due in the first half of 2027 and predicted that more than 200 neoclouds face failures.
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Railway urges users to rotate secrets after attack
Railway says an attacker seeking AI provider keys may have decrypted environment variables in up to about 100,000 workspaces, and it urges key rotation.
IBM CEO says open-weight AI models now make sense on-premises
Arvind Krishna said open-weight models are 90 percent as effective as frontier models at 10 to 25 percent of the token cost, The Register reported.
New iPad mini gets 8.5-inch OLED screen and A20 Pro chip at $699
Apple's redesigned iPad mini adds an OLED display, the A20 Pro chip and IP67 protection, with the starting price set at $699 and preorders on October 28.
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Cloudflare says Workers AI bug exposed data in 155 GLM-5.3 replies
A setup error and an SGLang engine bug let very long prompts to Cloudflare's GLM-5.3 model return pieces of other customers' requests, the company said.
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Straiker: hackers used Claude and Grok to target Latin American banks
Security firm Straiker says the CyberCartel group ran a multi-agent AI system built on Claude, Grok and Kimi models against over 400 Latin American financial targets.
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AWS is largely sold out through 2027, Andy Jassy says
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy said AWS cloud capacity for 2026 is sold out and 2027 is largely sold out, as AI demand outpaces about $220 billion in planned 2026 spending.
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r/opensource bans projects that use AI and tightens posting rules
Moderators of Reddit's r/opensource say projects that use, are made by or are meant for AI are no longer welcome, and they tightened other posting rules too.
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Pennsylvania will require labels on AI-generated ads
Gov. Josh Shapiro signed the Artificial Intelligence Deceptive Advertising Act, requiring labels on covered ads made or modified with AI. It takes effect in 60 days.
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Text file in Downloads can hijack Codex and Claude Code, Forever says
Forever says a planted instructions file in a customer's Downloads folder steered an AI coding agent toward malware, and it showed the trick on Codex and Claude Code.
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Xbox's new XP division pushes game adaptations as Netflix changes
Xbox set up XP to run film, TV and other adaptations of its games, while Netflix, its Diablo series partner, is replacing content chief Bela Bajaria with Peter Rice.
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iPhone Duo screen cracks: Teardowns point to the hinge
Some iPhone Duo owners say inner screens cracked along the hinge soon after launch. Teardowns point to hinge parts, but no cause is confirmed.
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Models, research, policy and the companies building artificial intelligence.
All 6 AI stories →Anthropic previews Claude Duet, a background agent for your apps
Anthropic opened a waitlist research preview of Claude Duet, a proactive Claude agent that monitors connected apps and works in the background, for US Pro and Max users.
Block's Dessa: a voice AI trained only on human speech
Block's research lab says Dessa, a full-duplex speech model, can talk and listen at once and run locally on a high-end MacBook, but there is no public access yet.
Elvis Presley rightsholders sue Anthropic over AI training on songs
A unit of Authentic Brands Group alleges Anthropic trained its AI on Presley songs without permission and seeks $150,000 per song, or roughly $41 million.
Moonshot AI's Kimi K3.1 Pro brings a 1 million-token context window
Kimi says K3.1 Pro is now in its apps and API, with full open weights due by Nov. 4. Every benchmark score in its launch post comes from Kimi itself.
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Phones, computers, chips and the hardware people actually buy.
All 5 Devices stories →Apple's foldable iPhone Duo hits stores as reviews flag unready apps
The $1,999 iPhone Duo went on sale Friday. Early reviews praise its design and 7.6-inch inner screen but say many apps are not optimized yet.
Apple sets 'Pro and tell' event for Oct. 28 in Los Angeles
Apple confirmed a second October launch event for Oct. 28 at 10 a.m. PT. Bloomberg reports a lighter OLED touchscreen MacBook Pro, which Apple has not confirmed.
Samsung Galaxy W27 Foldable Surfaces in Leak Days Before Launch
Samsung's Galaxy W27 foldable has leaked ahead of an October 29 China launch, with specs that tie it directly to the Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra.
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Operating systems, apps, platforms and developer tools.
All 4 Apps & Software stories →Instagram quietly lands on Apple TV with Reels and live streams
Meta added Apple TV to Instagram's App Store listing with little fanfare, bringing its TV app for Reels and live video to Apple's box. It needs tvOS 26.
Spotify confirms in-person QR code checks for Family plan members
Some Premium Family members must scan a QR code on the plan manager's phone in person within 7 days, or be blocked from joining another Family or Duo plan for 12 months.
YouTube Is Removing the Subscriptions Tab From Its Mobile Apps
YouTube is pulling the Subscriptions tab from the bottom navigation bar on Android and iOS, replacing it with algorithmic custom feeds.
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Breaches, vulnerabilities, scams and how to stay safe online.
All 13 Security stories →Brotli decoder bug puts Node.js, Bun, Python and Envoy apps at risk
CVE-2026-111497, a memory flaw in Google's Brotli decoder code, reaches every program that bundles it, so Node.js, Bun, Envoy and Python users must update each copy.
Capcom says 11.7 million Capcom ID records hit by unauthorized access
Email addresses and login history records were affected, 196 passwords were changed without permission, and Capcom says no credit card data was involved.
Knicks' parent calls ring-bait phishing test an 'unfortunate mistake'
The Knicks organization used a fake offer of free championship rings to test staff for phishing, and Madison Square Garden Sports now calls it a mistake.
Ukraine says Starlink and Starshield speeds are restored
Ukraine says military-grade Starlink service is back to full speed after restrictions that began October 13 disrupted drone and front-line operations.
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Deals, earnings, regulation and the economics of the tech industry.
All 11 Tech Business stories →Apollo economist: AI has delivered zero financial payoff outside tech
Apollo chief economist Torsten Slok says profit margins and revenue per worker look flat for the S&P 493, with no evidence yet that AI is lifting productivity.
Pentagon memo bars troops from insider bets on Polymarket, Kalshi
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's Oct. 20 memo bans trades based on nonpublic information and warns that violators could face criminal action.
Finland orders Google to pause data center work after forest clearing
Finland's regulator ordered a Google subsidiary to halt tree clearing and groundwork at two planned AI data center sites until environmental reviews are done.
Xbox's first COO, Helen Chiang, leaves Microsoft after a few months
Helen Chiang, promoted in July to the new Xbox chief operating officer role, is leaving Microsoft, and her duties are being split among other Xbox leaders.