• SpaceX calls for better coordination in orbit after near-misses with Starlink
• Judge weighs if Trump can charge $100K for early access to Truth Social posts
• Trump Mobile hack and apparent lack of FCC authorization raise security alarms
• Feds get ready to rewrite car headlight rules
• RIP Margaret Hamilton, whose code saved the Apollo 11 Moon landing
• Let's Encrypt cuts certificate lifetimes to 64 days starting February 2027
• Driver wins $76 after ALPR led to bogus traffic stop, drug searches
• RFK Jr. unveils sweeping federal initiative to find evidence of vaccine injuries
• An experimental tour-de-force: Entanglement between glass bead and light
• Amazon's new Alexa Tablets drop the Fire branding but are more Android than ever
• Amazon builds 1,000th satellite, will launch space internet service by end of year
• Internal files add to evidence of an ExxonMobil climate deception campaign
• Nvidia's big bet on physical AI aims for safer robotaxis, humanoid robots
• A senator tried to ban gambling on prediction markets—now she's a Kalshi lobbyist
• Microsoft event debuts new AI-friendly hardware and Windows changes
• “Software is over”: Bold AI developer takes aim at Adobe with open source clones
• PA measles outbreak tops 1,000 cases, largest since disease was eliminated
• TP-Link problems in US grow amid FCC router ban and four state lawsuits
• Chemistry Nobel goes to reactions like those that gave life a hand
• Pediatricians renew call to ban raw milk as anti-science rhetoric reigns
| • Anthropic is setting up a "presidential engagement" program for the 2028 US elections that will offer AI policy education to candidates in both parties (Emily Forlini/Fortune)
• Microsoft denies JD Vance's claim it replaced thousands of US workers with foreign workers last year, saying most H-1B applications were for existing employees (Associated Press)
• A US judge sentenced Raheim Hamilton, co-creator of the dark web marketplace Empire Market, to 40 years in prison for facilitating $430M in illegal transactions (Sergiu Gatlan/BleepingComputer)
• Sources: Flock plans to let go of ~270 employees, or 18% of its staff, at the end of October; the layoffs come after a voluntary buyout program in September (Reuters)
• Satya Nadella and Michael Dell were awarded the National Medal of Technology and Innovation by the White House during an appearance alongside other tech leaders (Washington Post)
• President Trump awards Elon Musk, Jensen Huang, Lisa Su, and Sergey Brin the National Medal of Science at a White House summit promoting innovation (Jared Perlo/NBC News)
• Meta bans ByteDance ads and paid marketing, plus third-party campaigns linking to TikTok, in the US, Canada, Egypt, Indonesia, Japan, Thailand, and Vietnam (Bloomberg)
• AI researcher Mikita Balesni says he believes OpenAI fired him, Tomek Korbak, and Jasmine Wang for "prioritizing safety over the near-term interests of OpenAI" (Mikita Balesni/@balesni)
• SpaceX agrees to acquire a low-band spectrum portfolio to help Starlink "become a major mobile carrier in the US"; AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon fall 6%+ after hours (Bloomberg)
• USV raised $900M, including a $500M early-stage fund, up from $275M in 2024, cuts its general partnership to four investors, and aims to lead more AI rounds (Bloomberg)
• Sources: Apple is planning an event on or around October 27 for its first touchscreen MacBook, an OLED iPad mini, a 14" MacBook Pro with M6, and an iMac with M6 (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)
• Anthropic launches OSS Scanner, which provides free, opt-in security audits for open-source projects by sending AI-generated reports without human review (Anthropic)
• Filing: the US FTC is probing Block over inadequate customer service for frozen or deactivated Square accounts amid staffing cuts, following 1,500+ complaints (Leah Nylen/Bloomberg)
• Anthropic debuts the Critical Infrastructure Defense Program to provide AI models, threat research, and on-site engineers, starting with CrowdStrike and others (Sam Sabin/Axios)
• Nvidia, Oracle, CoreWeave, and other AI stocks fell after a report that OpenAI's annualized revenue at September's end was $20B less than previously reported (CNBC)
| • Apple reportedly plans touchscreen MacBook and iPad Mini launch for this month
• IDC: Worldwide PC shipments in Q3 fell 20 percent from last year
• Alexa Tablet vs iPad Pro: How Amazon is keeping up with Apple
• Anthropic bans 'sustained and needless abusive or cruel behavior' toward its AI models
• Child safety group calls ChatGPT for Teens an unacceptable risk
• Cyberpunk 2077 is the latest video game to get the movie treatment
• Forza Horizon 6 is coming to PS5 on January 26
• Google is doing away with Safety Signal on Pixel Watch
• The Atari 800XL hybrid gaming console is back after decades in obscurity
• US suspends permanent residency program for Microsoft, Adobe and other tech companies
• Razer's Basilisk V4 Pro gaming mouse features a new tilt wheel and up to 275 hours of battery life
• Everything Amazon has announced so far in October 2026
• American Airlines is bringing Starlink Wi-Fi to its entire mainline fleet in 2027
• Apple is set to show off new smart home devices at an October 13 event
• Careful out there: latest GTA 6 leak has major story spoilers
• Xbox's new division will focus on TV and movie adaptations of its biggest franchises
• The new Stylophone Mini packs in iconic sounds and comes in three nifty colors
• Amazon Alexa Tablet 12 Pro vs Amazon Fire HD 10: What's changed, and is the upgrade worth it?
• Amazon Alexa Tablet 12 Pro hands-on: Taking aim at the iPad Pro for less than half the price
• Amazon's Panos Panay teases more Alexa-branded devices and a new design language
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