Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reports Apple is planning an Oct. 13 push into smart-home hardware, including a hub device, refreshed HomePod mini colors and a new Apple TV with Siri AI support.
9to5Google says the lineup includes the Tab S12+ and S12 Ultra. Gizmodo describes the Ultra as a 14-inch tablet and the S12+ as a 12.6-inch model.
OpenAI delayed the release of GPT-6.1 Astra over security concerns voiced by its researchers.
Gizmodo reports that the tracker can alert you when it leaves a set geofence and show its location history.
Nuvacore has introduced WarpCore, a planned clean-sheet CPU architecture for data centers and AI built around a “Core First” design that delays ISA selection to pursue performance, efficiency and scalability.
The U.K. is expanding military space capabilities, with Air Chief Marshal Harv Smyth outlining orbital warfare development, a new RAF Space Effects Squadron and efforts to counter threats to satellites.
RTX 5070 Ti owners are reportedly pushing some Samsung GDDR7 memory from 28 Gbps to 39 Gbps using mVolt+ Extreme, though the reported gaming and benchmark gains remain relatively small.
Oura has delayed a planned $2 billion IPO. Axios reports the wearable maker struggled to get its target price amid bond-yield and oil-price volatility, a possible sign the hot U.S. listings market is cooling.
Android Authority reports Google Photos version 7.95 includes work on a Regenerate image option for AI wardrobe items, potentially letting users redo clothes and accessories that were rendered inaccurately.
Wccftech reports that a free Nexus Mods tweak for The Witcher 3 Remastered can improve path-tracing performance by up to 30% indoors, with smaller gains outdoors and in ray tracing, while introducing modest visual tradeoffs.
Stratolaunch has bought a Boeing 777-200ER that it plans to modify into a carrier aircraft for its Talon-A hypersonic vehicle, a move Axios reports could raise the company’s flight capacity by about 35%.
Apple is reportedly reworking HomeKit as part of a bigger smart-home push, with support for new device categories, work with third-party makers, and new Apple TV, HomePod mini and home hub launches tipped for October 13.
Axios reports a new Stanford analysis found nearly a $1 trillion gap between hyperscaler AI spending and AI revenue since 2024, underscoring how quickly the industry’s buildout costs are rising ahead of profits.
Android Authority’s hands-on review describes Pixel Clock as a fan-made, Google-styled Android time app with a world clock, stopwatch, nap presets, focus timers, longer timers for event countdowns, stats and math wake-up missions.
The operational reason IT admins need to pay attention is that Administrator Protection changes how elevation works by separating elevated activity from the signed-in user profile, which can create compatibility and workflow issues.
Android Authority published a first-person article in which Thanh Nguyen says he freed up 15GB on his Samsung Galaxy phone using three tools.
XDA published a first-person experiment in which the author gave a local Qwen3.6 model a nearly full SSD and asked it to identify what could be safely deleted.
Facer has refreshed its watch face storefront on Android and iOS, adding tabs for curated picks, brand partnerships, sports categories, and an entertainment hub featuring franchises like Pac-Man and Star Wars.
A zero-width non-joiner placed after a domain’s final dot can keep X from turning it into a clickable link, Flavio Copes reports, though copied text becomes invalid and other parsers may behave differently.
TechCrunch reports that BAG Ventures closed its $11.3 million Fund I. Its headline says two Google alumni raised the money to back AI startups that enterprises will pay for.
