• From impulse purchase to pocket studio: The M-Vave FM-1
• A 1,000-mile cloud on Mars may reveal physics never seen in nature
• Ice sheet expansion may have started 2,000 years ago, but we canceled that
• NASA updates lander plans for Moon landings, finally solves long-festering Orion issue
• Hegseth warns prediction market bets warp military judgment, endanger troops
• Updated Google privacy policy says your Gmail might be used for advertising
• Inside the Pentagon, the pressure is on to find a home for a new spaceport
• Spotify ramps up policy enforcement on family plans
• Crows can evaluate visual info twice as fast as mammals
• Intel gets waiver after worries fuzzy US ban on foreign-made robots may hit fabs
• RFK Jr.’s vaccine injury clinic could damage NIH hospital, board warns
• Knicks sent employees fake offer of championship rings in phishing test: Report
• Everybody panic: A Valve developer said "HLX" in public
• The reactor meant to showcase nuclear’s comeback keeps hitting problems
• Ukraine learns to fight without Starlink as Musk plays politics with satellites
• Review: Crystal Lake suffers a bit from its obsession with Pam Voorhees
• Rocket Report: SpaceX says no thanks to military launches; Spanish rocket nearly ready
• Switch 2 security takes a hit as hackers unlock homebrew access
• Moderna and Merck say their mRNA cancer vaccine cut death, recurrence by 42%
• Latest estimate for Starship launches required to support a Moon landing? 22.
| • Anthropic's co-founders say they "believe that AI is one of the most consequential technologies in human history", detail its scientific potential, and more (SEC.gov)
• Anthropic files for an IPO on the Nasdaq under the symbol ANT; the number of Class A shares to be offered and the price range is yet to be determined (Anthropic)
• Apple unveils a redesigned iPad mini with an 8.5-inch OLED display, A20 Pro, 24% thinner bezels, and an optional nano-texture finish, for $699+ on November 6 (Apple)
• Google DeepMind's AI hurricane forecasting model outperformed conventional models by accurately predicting that Hurricane Isaias would make landfall in Florida (Jessica Meszaros/NPR)
• California startups have raised a record $385B across seed to growth rounds so far in 2026, or 75%+ of all US startup funding; early and seed stage raised ~$62B (Joanna Glasner/Crunchbase News)
• Cathedral, a months-old cybersecurity startup founded by ex-DOGE staffers, says it breached Anthropic's internal systems in under 12 hours using AI agents (Washington Post)
• Meta plans to raise $95B to finance its AI infrastructure, including $35B in public equity offerings, backed by cornerstone investors Nvidia, AMD, and Broadcom (Tim Bradshaw/Financial Times)
• The public internet model is dying from too much content, algorithmic aggregators, and vulnerabilities found with AI, and that may bring new possibilities (Ben Thompson/Stratechery)
• Ray-Ban Meta Audio glasses review: no camera is a bonus for some, good audio quality, and Meta AI works well, but lingering privacy concerns and fairly pricey (Samantha Kelly/Bloomberg)
• Modern AI panic reflects "cognitive mercantilism", a zero-sum worldview where intelligence is a scarce, dangerous supply-side resource that elites must manage (Venkatesh Rao/Contraptions)
• Volkswagen's China unit and Xpeng secure approvals to trial autonomous driving systems on public roads in China; VW is testing Level 3 and Xpeng Level 4 (Bloomberg)
• A look at OpenAI's and Anthropic's aggressive price cuts from June through September, driven by low switching costs and pricing pressure from open-weight models (Max Woolf's Blog)
• A look at TSMC's first plant in Phoenix that has achieved chip output rates comparable to its Taiwan facilities, as its Taiwanese engineers teach US workers (New York Times)
• Filing: Chinese PCB maker Dongshan raised ~$1.3B in Hong Kong's biggest IPO in nearly two months, pricing shares at ~$11, or 35% below its Friday Shenzhen close (Bloomberg)
• Elvis Presley's music owners sue Anthropic for allegedly using 274 songs to train its models, seeking $41M+; Anthropic says it disagrees and will defend itself (Derrick Bryson Taylor/New York Times)
| • Apple updates the iPad mini with an A20 processor and OLED display
• Apple will reportedly run diagnostics on returned iPhones without opening the packaging
• How do Starlink speeds compare to 5G?
• Google Beam is being deployed at 20 USO locations
• The built-in Android phone app most users never bother to use (but should)
• What happens when your PC's CMOS battery dies?
• Elvis Presley's estate is suing Anthropic over copyright infringement
• iFixit's teardown of the iPhone Duo shows potential causes for cracked screens
• Fitbit Air vs. Whoop: Which screenless fitness tracker is better for you?
• Can you run regular Ethernet cables outside?
• Which Android phone is the closest equivalent to the iPhone Duo?
• Why Google chrome is always using so much RAM
• Most Windows users are seriously underusing this powerful desktop feature
• Does TSA actually allow AirTags in your luggage? Here's what the rules say
• Don't throw away your old, unsupported Nest gadgets — Do this instead
• Your devices could be on the wrong Wi-Fi band, and it's slowing them down
• What does the bell icon mean on your CarPlay screen?
• The most unexpected everyday tool can be found on your phone
• Even the best mesh Wi-Fi system can be easily improved with a simple cable
• What features do you lose if you use Apple AirPods with a Samsung Galaxy phone?
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