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| Apple: |
Apple debuts a touchscreen MacBook Pro with a PROLED XDR tandem OLED display, light-up logo, M5 Pro or M5 Max; the 14" model 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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| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
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| Hartley Charlton / MacRumors: |
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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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| Alphabet: |
Alphabet reports Q3 revenue up 25% YoY to $127.58B, vs. $128.22B est., Google Cloud revenue up 103% to $30.7B, vs. $28.7B est.; GOOG drops 9%+ after hours — 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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| Samantha Subin / CNBC: |
Alphabet reports Q3 negative free cash flow of $9.07B, worse than expected, capex of $51.36B, vs. $55.09B est., and keeps its FY capex forecast at $195B-$205B — Alphabet shares slumped more than 10% after the search giant reported a drop in free cash flow during the third quarter … | Todd Spangler / Variety: |
| Wired: |
The personal data of 41,000+ DHS employees and contractors, including CBP and ICE agents, leaks online after hackers claim they breached 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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| Microsoft: |
Microsoft reports Q1 revenue up 19% YoY to $92.28B, vs. $90.69B est., Azure revenue up 48% to $33.17B, vs. $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, 2026 …
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| 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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| 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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| 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 … | Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
Reddit rolls out a dual-feed homepage, with For You and Following feeds, joining TikTok, Instagram, and others in offering a For You feed — Reddit is the latest social platform to adopt the “For You” feed popularized by TikTok. The company announced on Wednesday that users will now see two options …
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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Marvell is in advanced talks to buy data center optics maker Lumentum, whose market value is ~$83B; 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 with the matter …
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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-$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.| Chris Welch / Bloomberg: |
Amazon unveils the $500 Echo Show 16, the $200 Echo Time alarm, and the $200+ Alexa Photo Frame, raises smart speaker prices, and previews Alexa Home Map — With its latest devices, including a smart bedside alarm clock, Amazon looks to cement Alexa's presence in every room of the home
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| Brody Ford / Bloomberg: |
ServiceNow reports Q3 subscription revenue up 21% YoY to $3.99B, forecasts Q4 current remaining performance obligations below est.; NOW drops 15%+ after hours — ServiceNow Inc. shares plunged after the company gave an outlook for quarterly subscription sales that met analysts' estimates … | Jenny Lee / CNBC: |
Samsung reports Q3 revenue up 127% YoY to a record ~$146.3B and a record operating profit up 783% to ~$80.5B, both roughly in line with estimates — - Samsung Electronics reported third-quarter earnings on Thursday, with operating profit broadly in line with analysts' estimates
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| Kyt Dotson / SiliconANGLE: |
Nvidia debuts Nemotron 3.5 Transcribe, an open-weight model for multilingual audio transcription and translation, and Granary v2, its open-source speech dataset — Nvidia Corp. today released a leaderboard-winning open artificial intelligence model for multilingual audio transcription and translation …
More: Hugging Face, Hugging Face, NVIDIA, and TechCrunch
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Forums: Hacker News and r/LocalLLaMA
| Artificial Analysis: |
Artificial Analysis unveils the Intelligence Index v5 with new coding and science benchmarks; 60% of the Index is based on private test sets or held-out answers — The Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index is our composite measure of model capabilities across tasks reflecting real-world usage today. v5 …
More: Interconnects AI and RuntimeWire
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| Yoolim Lee / Bloomberg: |
Seoul-based AI chip startup FuriosaAI raised a $620M Series D at a $2.9B valuation, up from $735M in 2025; South Korea's National Growth Fund contributed $280M — South Korean AI chip startup FuriosaAI quadrupled its valuation to $2.9 billion in a fresh funding round, bolstering its bid to challenge the likes of Nvidia Corp.
More: SiliconANGLE, FuriosaAI, and Seoul Economic Daily
| 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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| Raga Justin / Bloomberg Government: |
NY Gov. Kathy Hochul signs bills banning AI chatbots from using “unsafe features” for minors and requiring security features in internet-connected baby monitors — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed two bills further curbing artificial intelligence risks for children …
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| Deborah Sophia / Reuters: |
Oracle pledges to limit new financing to $20B through FY 2030, expects free cash flow to turn positive in H2 FY 2028 and top $30B in FY 2029; ORCL jumps 11%+ — Oracle said it expects capital spending to peak this fiscal year and next as it builds more cloud capacity, but pledged to raise …
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| Jesse Hamilton / CoinDesk: |
The CFTC files a legal challenge to block Utah's attempt to restrict prediction market betting, asserting it is the sole US regulator of prediction markets — The U.S. agency that oversees derivatives has filed a federal legal challenge to halt Utah's attempt to stop prediction market betting in its state … Sponsor Posts
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