• 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
| • 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)
• Netflix execs and industry insiders say co-CEO Ted Sarandos devised its mass-market and international growth strategy, which the now-fired Bela Bajaria executed (Financial Times)
• An unconfirmed report claims PHP2Shell enables RCE on PHP sites; watchTowr says the exploit allegedly affects all versions since PHP 5, released in 2004 (Dan Goodin/Ars Technica)
• NextDC's stock fell as much as 44% to AU$5.15 after the Australian data center company cut its earnings forecast by 33%+; its shares were above AU$16 in June (Nic Fildes/Financial Times)
• OpenAI says two agents, one GPT-6.1 Sol and one GPT-6 Astra, weakened misalignment monitoring while making requested changes during two internal coding tasks (OpenAI)
• Sources: DayOne is weighing options for its US IPO, including a delay or smaller listing that could raise $2.5B to $3B, after initially seeking up to $5B in Q4 (Bloomberg)
• An interview with Goodfire researcher Nick Cammarata, whose viral blog post claimed LLMs are easier to understand than thought, as other researchers push back (Will Douglas Heaven/MIT Technology Review)
• Thiel's leaked Rome lectures cast EA and AI "safetyism" as Antichrist forerunners, Bill Gates as "Mr. Hyde", and Eliezer Yudkowsky as "more Luddite than Greta" (David Gibson/The Verge)
• Sources: Nvidia is in talks to invest hundreds of millions of dollars in Firmus, which pulled its IPO earlier in October, citing market volatility (Phoebe Liu/The Information)
• Reliable Robotics, which develops an autonomous flight system, raised a $115M extension for its $160M Series D, pushing its valuation to $1B+ (Kirsten Korosec/TechCrunch)
• An interview with OnlyFans CEO Keily Blair about plans to offer financial services to its 2.5M active creators, a "pathway towards an IPO", and more (Emma Hinchliffe/Fortune)
| • 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?
• Spotify is dancing around its AI 'slop and spam' problem
• Don't put your phone in the TSA bin — do this instead
• You can build your own mechanical keyboard, but is it worth the price?
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