Reports tie iPhone Duo to Geekbench scores of 3,986 and 11,067
Geekbench lists 3,986 single-core and 11,067 multi-core points for iPhone19,4, which two reports attribute to iPhone Duo…
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New York City comptroller asks Anthropic to pause planned IPO
Mark D. Levine’s October 14 letter urges Anthropic to pause its planned IPO and explain its AI-safety audits, controls,…
Tom’s Hardware Finds an AI Lead for Surface Laptop Ultra, With Gaming Limits
Tom’s Hardware found the RTX Spark Surface faster in two local-AI tasks; game tests also recorded high latency and a map…
TSMC reportedly sent teams to assess Texas expansion
The Associated Press reported that TSMC sent teams to assess a possible Texas expansion. C.C. Wei said the plan remained…
Lenovo demo showed an AI coach advising a Hades II player
A Lenovo demo showed an AI coach advising a human in Hades II. It reportedly considered the run’s build, though constant…
Reports say Apple plans China test without Siri AI
Reports say Apple planned a late-October 2026 China test with Live Translation, Writing Tools and Clean Up in Photos; Si…
Sipeed details MaixStation’s Qwen performance claims
Sipeed lists FP4 Prefill and Decode figures for two Qwen models on its AX8860P-based MaixStation, with a Kickstarter cam…
Google DeepMind plans robotics lab in Watertown
Google DeepMind plans a Watertown robotics lab for a growing hardware team. Construction is targeted for completion in 2…
CERN and Mistral plan Flare AI for collider physics
CERN and Mistral plan Flare, a collider-physics AI model trained on simulated LHC collisions to support reconstruction,…
NVIDIA RTX Spark laptop benchmarks vary by workload
RTX Spark tests show strong results in selected local-AI and graphics workloads, mixed CPU performance, game-specific li…
Sergey Brin described researchers working with Gemini 4 Argon on a successor
Sergey Brin described researchers and Gemini 4 Argon working together on a successor model. Vihan Jain added details abo…
NASA says Artemis II heat shield performed in line with predictions
NASA's Oct. 15 assessment found Artemis II's heat shield in line with predictions, counted nine char-loss spots and deta…
