Microsoft introduces Surface Laptop Ultra for local AI
Microsoft’s Surface Laptop Ultra pairs Windows with NVIDIA RTX Spark for local AI, with shared memory up to 128 GB and a…
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Microsoft recommends 365 plans as Office 2021 support nears
Microsoft says Office 2021 support ends Oct. 13, 2026. A post on its Japan blog recommends two Microsoft 365 plans for S…
Starlink posts Starship Flight 14 deployment video
Starlink's October 6 video covers Starship Flight 14's deployment of 26 satellites; SpaceX posted three hot-staging clip…
Person linked to exposed records denies involvement in South Korean bank attacks
A person linked to exposed records denied involvement on Oct. 8 as Mao Ning responded to claims tied to South Korean ban…
USA TODAY plaintiffs sue OpenAI over alleged copyright infringement
USA TODAY Co. and 13 affiliates accuse seven OpenAI entities of using journalism in model training and outputs, and seek…
ICE reportedly acquired GrayKey Preserve, a digital forensics product
ICE reportedly acquired GrayKey Preserve, a tool said to pause Apple’s 72-hour locked-iPhone restart timer while preserv…
Isomorphic Labs was reportedly in funding talks at a possible $40B–$50B valuation
An October 8 report put Isomorphic Labs in early funding talks at a possible $40B–$50B valuation. No agreement had been…
SpaceX agrees to acquire 800 MHz-band spectrum for Starlink Mobile
SpaceX agreed to acquire Grain Management’s nationwide U.S. 800 MHz spectrum for Starlink Mobile. The transfer still req…
HSI Emails Discussed Voter Data for Palantir’s ELITE; Palantir Says It Was Never Integrated
Emails described HSI processing DOJ voter rolls and USCIS data for possible use in Palantir’s ELITE; Palantir said voter…
Google’s AMIE study tested supervised primary care
Google and BIDMC tested AMIE before primary-care visits in one supervised 2025 study. Here’s what 98 completers, safety…
Google DeepMind study reports AlphaProof Nexus solved 9 Erdős problems
Google DeepMind’s AlphaProof Nexus uses Lean to search for formal proofs. The study reports 9 of 353 Erdős problems and…
Trump administration announces PERM suspension for Microsoft and seven other employers
The Trump administration announced a PERM processing suspension for Microsoft and seven other employers on Oct. 8, 2026,…
