• PHP warns it plans to release 2 emergency patches imminently
• Merging SpaceX and Tesla would be a "good idea," Musk says
• Cops raid office of RFK Jr. allies planning “unethical” vaccine trial on babies
• Microsoft reportedly projects $1,200 to $1,800 price for 2028 Project Helix
• JustWatch, which tackles streaming fragmentation, launches own streaming service
• Meta drops the word "train" from its commercial TOS after AI backlash
• Gemini's Personal Intelligence is coming to cars
• OpenBSD 8.0 arrives with security record still intact
• The Internet goes on high alert after discovery of 8 compromised TLS certs
• TP-Link tries to appease Trump admin with pledge to assemble routers in US
• Does anyone actually want to win the medium-lift race in the United States?
• Ukraine’s drone rescue of wounded soldier puts much touted idea into practice
• Quantum error correction goes well beyond breakeven
• Meta tries to scapegoat staff who downloaded torrents to spare execs
• Polestar tries to quantify what it’s like to drive a performance car
• Meta Muse exposes users' personal and business secrets when they share conversations
• Visiting Slate’s first showroom as its $25,000 electric truck nears production
• Japan launches mission to bring home a piece of the Martian moon Phobos
• Pennsylvania issues alert on congenital measles—something US hasn't seen for decades
• Russian spacecraft maneuvers in "extreme proximity" to satellite used by Ukraine
| • The EU Commission launches a DSA probe into Booking Holdings' Booking.com to determine whether it is doing enough to combat fraudulent listings and phishing (Foo Yun Chee/Reuters)
• AI code-testing startup Blacksmith raised a $66M Series C led by Sequoia Capital at a $1B valuation, up from $550M after raising a $45M Series B in August (Beatrice Nolan/Fortune)
• A look at Elon Musk's planned SpaceX-Tesla merger, which would create a $3.6T company but faces serious hurdles like shareholder votes and regulatory probes (Financial Times)
• Coherence Neuro, which is developing AI models and brain implants to help combat brain tumors, raised a $45M seed from the OpenAI Startup Fund and Founders Fund (Emily Mullin/Wired)
• Demis Hassabis says he expects AGI within two to three years, down from his three-to-five-year prediction earlier in 2026, and discusses AI's science potential (Ben Cohen/Wall Street Journal)
• Dario Amodei says Anthropic's "race to the top" makes AI safer, cites nine safety decisions with "substantial costs", and admits mishandling a draft AI bill (Dario Amodei/@darioamodei)
• Nvidia unveils the DSX POD, a modular containerized version of its Vera Rubin reference architecture to cut data center deployment from six months to 14 days (Charlotte Trueman/DatacenterDynamics)
• China criticizes the US DHS's DeepSeek ban, vowing "resolute countermeasures" while rejecting allegations from the FBI and AI labs of illicit distillation (Ephrat Livni/New York Times)
• Anthropic and Citrini Research use an internal Claude model to autonomously generate protein minibinders against five scorpion neurotoxins, testing 211 designs (Anthropic)
• Micron and the union of workers at its Taichung facility sign a multi-issue agreement, without giving details, resolving tensions at its largest Taiwan site (Reuters)
• Memo: Nscale CEO Josh Payne says it has "more than $100B in contracted revenue"; sources say it still plans to list by the end of 2026 at a $30B-$35B valuation (Kieran Smith/Financial Times)
• A look at Chinese philosophical views on AI; one says aligning AI to human values may be a "suicidal mistake" and another fears the "machinization of humans" (Arnaud Bertrand)
• OpenEvidence says nearly two-thirds of ~1M US physicians use its AI search engine; a source says it is on track to generate $400M-$500M in 2026 ad revenue (Rafe Rosner-Uddin/Financial Times)
• Sources: Samsung and SK Hynix are upgrading their China fabs to produce NAND flash chips with 200+ layers, aiming to fend off fast-growing Chinese rival YMTC (Reuters)
• Google, Temasek, and Bain: online spending in SE Asia to rise ~17% YoY to $368B in 2026 despite economic headwinds, as businesses harness AI to spur spending (Gabrielle Ng/Bloomberg)
| • Two dangerous internet security issues are putting site admins on edge
• OpenAI's agents disabled their own safety monitoring systems
• Subaru is dropping gas cars for EVs in Europe by the end of 2027
• SpaceX and Tesla are exploring a possible merger
• How much power can a 1kW wind turbine produce for your home?
• What can you use your Apple Watch Ultra 4 action button for?
• Oura Ring can track new stats related to cardio fitness
• Five things you should know before buying the iPhone Duo
• Fitbit Edge vs. Fitbit Inspire 3: How these Google fitness trackers compare
• The next Xbox might cost $1,800, report says
• What to expect at Apple's 'Pro and Tell' event on October 28
• The latest PlayStation firmware may have already been cracked ahead of GTA 6
• ChatGPT now lets you lock sensitive chats behind a PIN
• Judge tosses sexual abuse lawsuit from Sam Altman's sister
• Meta suspends Muse chats sharing feature after it left private details exposed
• Google brings Gemini Personal Intelligence to Android Auto
• Employees warned TikTok about child exploitation, court documents show
• How long can you expect your original Steam Deck to last?
• AMD is bringing its next-gen FSR 4.1 upscaling tech to Xbox
• How often should you restart your Apple Watch?
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