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| Apple: |
Apple debuts a touchscreen MacBook Pro with a PROLED XDR tandem OLED display, light-up logo, and M5 Pro or M5 Max; the 14" starts at $2,899, the 16" at $3,399 — The world's best pro laptop now features an industry-leading tandem OLED display, an intuitive Touch experience …
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| Steven Levy / Wired: |
John Ternus says the Mac is “first and foremost” a device “built around the trackpad and keyboard”, but sometimes “it's comfortable and handy to have touch” — An exclusive early look at Apple's new touchscreen MacBook Pro—the computer Apple said would never happen.
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| Alphabet: |
Alphabet reports Q3 revenue up 25% YoY to $127.58B, below $128.22B est., and Google Cloud revenue up 103% to $30.7B, above $28.7B est.; GOOG drops 9%+ — MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - October 28, 2026 - Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG, GOOGL) today announced financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2026.
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| Simon Sharwood / The Register: |
Google reports Search revenue up 12% YoY to $63.25B in Q3 2026, down from 14.5% in Q3 2025, and attributes the slowdown to “lower monetization” in AI Mode — Shares in Google's parent company Alphabet dived by almost ten percent on Wednesday, after the web giant admitted AI-powered searches earn … | Lauren Forristal / TechCrunch: |
Google plans to expand “high-quality ads within AI Overviews in AI Mode” into international markets, as growth in its core search ad business slows — Google is bringing ads in its AI-powered Search experiences to international markets, betting that generative AI can open … | Samantha Subin / CNBC: |
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| Wired: |
Hackers leak the personal data of 41,000+ DHS employees and contractors, including CBP and ICE agents; DDoSecrets says the data came from DHS' Okta login system — The leaked records include the locations of ICE and CBP facilities, workers' cell phone numbers, and the members of groups tied …
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| Wired: |
Bluesky blocks links to a leaked archive containing personal data of 41,000+ DHS employees and contractors, saying it was “shared without their authorization” — Bluesky tells WIRED it blocked links to a leaked archive of information on 41,000 ICE, CBP, and other DHS workers …
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| Koray Kavukcuoglu / Google: |
Google unveils Gemini 4 Carbon, its “strongest model with state-of-the-art cybersecurity” capabilities, ranked #1 on Artificial Analysis' new Intelligence Index — Gemini 4 Carbon is our strongest model with state-of-the-art cybersecurity and long horizon capabilities.
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| Microsoft: |
Microsoft reports Q1 revenue up 19% YoY to $92.28B, above $90.69B est., Azure revenue up 48% to $33.17B, above $32.32B est., and net income up 32% to $36.63B — REDMOND, Wash. — October 28, 2026 — Microsoft Corp. today announced the following results for the quarter ended September 30 … | Tom Warren / The Verge: |
| Bloomberg: |
Samsung's shares fall up to 6.6%, as a lack of a new shareholder return plan, higher capex, and its chip unit's Q3 profit miss weigh on investor sentiment — Samsung Electronics Co. shares reversed earlier gains to slide as much as 6.6% as the lack of a new shareholder return plan in its earnings disappointed investors.
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| Reuters: |
Sources: the US DOJ has inquired about the impact of Nvidia's Hugging Face deal on AI competition, as antitrust enforcers continue to probe Nvidia's conduct — The US Department of Justice has made inquiries about how Nvidia's (NVDA.O) $12.93 billion deal to buy open-source platform Hugging Face …
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| Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
Google and Xreal launch the Xreal Aura wired XR glasses, with Android XR and a puck with Snapdragon Reality Elite, for $1,099+ through December, then $1,279+ — At the Android Developer Summit on Wednesday, Google's smart glasses partner Xreal launched its new Xreal Aura wired smart glasses …
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| Rolfe Winkler / Wall Street Journal: |
How surging demand from AI hyperscalers has quintupled flash memory prices and shifted market and negotiating power from Apple to suppliers like Kioxia — The iPhone maker for years bullied flash-storage makers into steep discounts—until AI hyperscalers bid up prices and gobbled up supply| Meredith Shubel / The New Stack: |
GitHub says Copilot Fusion, which handles model selection and orchestration, is now generally available, releases the GitHub Copilot app, and more — GitHub has debuted GitHub Copilot Fusion, a new system that handles model selection and orchestration for coding tasks so developers don't have to.
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| Frederic Lardinois / The New Stack: |
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| Jonathan Stempel / Reuters: |
Zillow agrees to pay $212.5M to settle an investor class action over its failed Zillow Offers home-flipping venture, after SCOTUS refused to hear its appeal — Zillow (ZG.O) said on Wednesday it will pay $212.5 million in cash to settle a class action accusing the online real estate marketplace …
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Sources: Marvell is in advanced talks to buy data center optics maker Lumentum, which has an ~$83B market cap; the deal could be announced as soon as next week — Marvell Technology Inc. is in advanced talks to buy data center optics maker Lumentum Holdings Inc., according to people familiar …
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| Katie Roof / Business Insider: |
Sources: AI coding startup Cognition weighs a new funding round before year's end after receiving offers valuing it at $70B to $80B, up from $48B in September — Just weeks after announcing a new round of funding at a $48 billion valuation, AI coding startup Cognition is fielding new investor interest at a much higher price.| Bloomberg: |
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