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.
Samsung launched two new flagship tablets, the Galaxy Tab S12 Plus and Galaxy Tab S12 Ultra, and there is no base Tab S12 in this lineup.
Samsung has announced the Galaxy SmartTag 3, a third-generation Bluetooth tracker with a smaller design and improved battery life.
OpenAI delayed the release of GPT-6.1 Astra over security concerns voiced by its researchers.
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.
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.
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.
Developer Flavio Copes has released Soundscape, a free open-source Mac app that mixes multiple macOS Background Sounds, offers per-sound volume controls and menu bar playback, and uses Apple-hosted audio files instead of bundling its own.
Airbnb’s latest app update adds AI-powered text and voice property search, dynamic filters, more travel services, and social trip maps with an option for users not to share their trips.
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.
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%.
Engadget’s review calls Keychron’s first Thunderbolt 5 dock a strong entry, with 80Gbps transfers, dual 8K support and 14 ports, while noting HDMI limits on macOS and the lack of an SSD bay or DisplayPort.
A Works in Progress article argues that mosquito-control biotech has spent roughly 15 years in U.S. regulatory limbo, despite field trials from Oxitec and MosquitoMate showing major reductions in disease-carrying mosquito populations.
OpenWeb has launched Forums, a product that gives publishers dedicated discussion pages on their own sites, with article-linked topics, moderation tools and new ad inventory, Axios reports.
BAG Ventures has closed an $11.3 million first fund for early-stage AI startups. The firm, founded by former Google VP Bonita Stewart and former CapitalG partner Jackson Georges Jr., has already backed 10 companies and writes checks from $100,000 to $500,000.
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.
Wccftech reports that the user found a 20B model too limiting for daily work and switched to a 35B model, using 128GB of workstation DDR4 ECC memory to help offload it.
