DeepSeek’s Ascend libraries handle compute and MoE communication
DeepGEMM-Ascend handles matrix multiplication; DeepEP-Ascend handles MoE communication. See their Ascend 950 requirement…
Recent archive · October 5, 2026 – October 11, 2026
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Micron’s Taoyuan union authorized a possible strike
Micron’s Taoyuan union authorized a possible strike on Oct. 6, 2026. The vote backed demands for a one-time bonus and re…
Starship Ship 40 Was Reported Back in Brownsville
Starship Ship 40 was reported back in Brownsville on October 7, after the July 24 splashdown and an August tow sighting…
IBM announced Lightwell Clearinghouse; IBM and Red Hat reported 400+ Java vulnerabilities fixed
IBM announced Lightwell Clearinghouse Oct. 6 as IBM and Red Hat reported more than 400 previously unknown vulnerabilitie…
David Robinson says safety concerns led him to leave OpenAI
David Robinson says he left OpenAI over safety concerns, describing his role, evaluation worries and a pause in reinforc…
Anthropic expands its Cyber Verification Program to three tiers
Anthropic's October 6 expansion adds three program tiers for defensive work, authorized testing and safety-critical acce…
Pentagon’s reported 2026 Tradewinds call seeks AI for military targeting
A reported 2026 Tradewinds solicitation seeks AI for force lethality and joint targeting. See how five-minute pitches en…
Atoco’s prototype produced water using simulated data-center heat
Atoco’s Irvine prototype made water with simulated data-center heat: up to 300 liters a day is reported; 1,000 liters a…
OpenAI and Atlassian expand their AI partnership
OpenAI and Atlassian expanded their partnership Oct. 6, 2026, naming GPT-6 Astra and GPT-5.6 for Rovo; deeper Jira workf…
Microsoft sets separate rollout stages for Windows AI features
Microsoft says MXC is generally available for Windows 11. Copilot’s local context, actions and models are planned, while…
iPhone 18 Pro offers modest gains over iPhone 17 Pro in one review
One hands-on review found modest gains from iPhone 18 Pro over iPhone 17 Pro. See how its variable-aperture camera, cool…
Rapid7 details AVERAT, a Linux backdoor using SMTP
Rapid7 reported six AVERAT builds on Taiwanese appliances, SMTP-based command-and-control, and separate BPFDoor and BPF…
