Technology
Microsoft's Voluntary Exit Offer: Buyouts for 60,000
Microsoft offered buyouts to about 60,000 employees, roughly 27% of its workforce, on standard severance terms. The uptake rate it cites points to 1,800 to 3,000 departures.
AI
Anthropic's S-1: $16.3B in Revenue, an $80.7B Paper Loss
Technology
iOS 27.2: 163 Fixes, Siri Memory, and an 11.4 GB Download
Technology
Cloudflare ERR_TIMED_OUT on Windows: A TCP Timestamps Fix
AI
Texas Wants Outside Approval for OpenAI's Next Models
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Technology
iPhone Duo Screens Are Cracking in the Same Spot
Owners of Apple's new $1,999 iPhone Duo report inner screens failing at the same point on the fold, often within hours of unboxing. Apple hasn't said why.
AI
Kimi K3.1 Pro: 33% Cheaper per Token, Not per Task
Moonshot's Kimi K3.1 Pro gains 11 points on Artificial Analysis and cuts API token prices by a third. The all-in benchmark cost is still about $2 per task, and the promised open weights have not shipped yet.
Technology
PHP2Shell: NSA Says Update PHP or Take Systems Offline
NSA told organizations using PHP to update for two critical flaws or take systems offline. The fixes had shipped 12 minutes earlier, and nearly half of PHP websites run branches the project no longer patches.
Technology
SpaceX Bought the Airwaves. It Still Needs a Phone Network.
SpaceX agreed to buy nationwide 800 MHz spectrum for Starlink Mobile, and Verizon had its worst day since 2002. Analysts say the network is the hard part.
Automotive
Tesla's Roadster Leaps a Semi, With No Driver and No Price
Nearly nine years after its debut, Tesla's Roadster flipped on SpaceX thrusters with no one aboard. Production is set for 2028; delivery isn't promised.
AI
Gemini 4 Argon Ships With a 1M Context and a Dec. 1 Bill
Google's Gemini 4 Argon ties GPT-6 Astra on the Intelligence Index with a unified 1M window, while a 62K-token output habit and a Dec. 1 price hike loom.
Technology
Microsoft's October 2026 Patch Tuesday: 1,413 Flaws, 3 Zero-Days
Microsoft's October 2026 Patch Tuesday fixes 1,413 flaws, a record, with one exploited Windows Shell zero-day that CISA wants patched in three days. It is also the last update for Windows Server 2012, Exchange 2016 and 2019, and Office 2021.
AI
Muse Wonder and Wonder Full Put Meta Back at the Frontier
Meta Superintelligence Labs released Muse Wonder and Muse Wonder Full on October 12. Full ties for second on Artificial Analysis at max effort, but only Muse Code subscribers can use it.
Geopolitics
A Diesel Deal With Putin, Then a Call to Replace Zelensky
After a Trump-Putin call, Treasury licensed Russian diesel sales. A day later Trump said Ukraine needs a new president. Then he declared an energy truce.
Technology
The Memory Squeeze Hits Demand: iPhone 18 Pro Orders Cut, PCs Down 20%
Apple reportedly cut iPhone 18 Pro part orders at least 15%, and PC shipments fell over 20%. Memory costs are now shrinking sales, not just raising prices.