The Wall Street Journal reports alleged sharing with an outside AI safety group; OpenAI cites policy violations.
In a Sept. 29 press release, Volantis said Lachy Groom and Abstract led the Series A and that total funding to date is $97 million as it pitches photonics-based AI inference hardware.
Bloomberg, citing people familiar with the matter, reports Anthropic is seeking to go public as soon as mid-November after pushing back listing plans.
PCMag says the new Kindle Signature Editions have aluminum backs, no bezels and increased storage.
YouTubeTechmeme links to a Reuters report saying a16z and Accel led the round for the AI cybersecurity agent startup.
iPhone 18 Pro series sales in China jumped 12% in first 3 days versus prior Pro models. Apple captured ~33% smartphone market share. A20 and A20 Pro chips (TSMC 2nm) feature different GPU tiers (5-core vs. 7-core) but share Neural Engine specs for AI tasks.
An October 1 announcement calls them Cloudflare’s first homegrown models and links to a demo and leaderboard.
Sony announced QSSR—an AI upscaling tech optimized for base PS5 to improve image detail and clarity. First supported in patches for Marvel's Wolverine and Ghost of Yōtei, with wider developer support planned.
OpenAI announced the global rollout Thursday. The new tools let users preview clothing and accessories on their own photos and save products to a Library for later.
Apple Pay rolled out in India for Axis Bank credit cards (Visa/Mastercard) on iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch, accepted at millions of merchants, after years of UPI-market regulatory hurdles. No UPI or RuPay support at launch; Mac support coming.
MacRumors reports that Apple hardware engineering VP Kate Bergeron said the nano-texture layer can be peeled off and replaced.
NASA's SpaceX Crew-13 mission launched Oct 1 from Cape Canaveral carrying commander Jessica Watkins, pilot Luke Delaney, CSA's Joshua Kutryk, and Roscosmos' Sergey Teteryatnikov. Targeted for ~7-hour launch-to-docking to ISS.
Gizmodo calls the prospect of Trump asking AI for advice “horrifying” while sharing the reported claim.
Teslarati linked to a TeslaAUNZ video alongside its availability update for both countries.
9to5Toys describes the new Airfly Drive as a wireless adapter for CarPlay and Android Auto.
A user says they'll be hosting Hard Fork and shared a YouTube link with the announcement.
The Verge reports the base S26 now costs $999, while the S26 FE remains at $699.
The launch announcement says selected technologists will get access to an Atlas Holdings portfolio representing $26 billion in annual revenue.
Techmeme shares a Colossus profile of Vélez as Nubank enters the US.
Windows posted a save-the-date for an Oct. 7 YouTube stream, and the linked page says viewers will get a look at what’s next from Windows, Surface and NVIDIA, including RTX Spark.
