iPhone Duo Hits Apple Stores With Limited Walk-In Stock
Apple's first foldable, iPhone Duo, reached Apple Stores on Oct. 23 with demos and celebrations but only limited walk-in supply after preorders slipped to 2027.
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Microsoft Opens $2,599 Surface Laptop Ultra Preorders With RTX Spark
Microsoft opened preorders October 7 for the RTX Spark-based Surface Laptop Ultra and Dev Box, alongside Windows agent-security tools and local-AI features.
South Korea Plans $3.5 Billion Frontier AI Model From Next Year
South Korea proposes 4.7 trillion won in equity funding for a frontier AI model starting next year, alongside its existing sovereign-model contest.
Deisseroth, Hegemann and Nagel Win 2026 Nobel Medicine Prize for Optogenetics
Deisseroth, Hegemann and Nagel won the 2026 medicine Nobel for channelrhodopsin and optogenetics, letting light switch brain cells on and off.
Amazon Launches Colorful, Tougher Kindles With Aluminum Options
Amazon redesigned Kindle, Paperwhite and Colorsoft with flush screens, full-body color, aluminum choices and page-turn accessories from $149.99.
Meta Open-Sources Muse Gadget Code for DIY AI Hardware
Meta published open-source Muse Gadgets firmware and SDKs for ESP32 and Raspberry Pi on Oct. 2, plus a 5,000-unit Home Link waitlist.
Ataraxos AI Beats Stratego Champion 15-1 on Small Budget
Ataraxos beat Stratego champion Pim Niemeijer 15-1 in a 20-game Nature-reported series using modest compute.
SpaceX Launches 13th Long-Duration Crew to Space Station
SpaceX launched NASA Crew-13 on Oct. 1, 2026, sending four astronauts on a record-fast eight-hour Dragon flight to the space station.
Google Announces Gemini 4 Argon Flagship AI After Delays
Google announced Gemini 4 Argon on Sept. 30, 2026, limiting initial access to trusted cyber defenders while touting coding, enterprise and security benchmark leads.
OpenAI Launches Dots and GPT-6.1 Sol at DevDay 2026
OpenAI unveiled always-on Dots, GPT-6.1 Sol and 20+ developer tools at DevDay 2026 while delaying a flagship model over safety tests.
Nvidia Unveils Safety Platform to Stop Rogue AI Agents
Nvidia announced its Open Agent Safety Platform on Sept. 28, combining OpenShell software and Sentry hardware monitoring to contain AI agents.
NASA Green-Lights PRIMA, a $1.2 Billion Far-Infrared Telescope
NASA advanced PRIMA into Phase B design for a targeted 2033 launch, creating a $1.2B far-infrared Probe Explorer mission using Webb spare cooling hardware.
Meta Connect 2026: Muse AI, VR Glasses, and Ray-Ban Audio Debut
Meta's Sept. 23 Connect keynote centered on Muse AI, Muse Charm, camera-free audio glasses, Ray-Ban Meta Gen 3, and $1,299 VR Glasses for spring 2027.
New RSA forgery breaks signatures without factoring key
Researchers forged 1024-bit RSA signatures without factoring by combining a raw signing oracle with a special sieve run.
Meta unveils phone-based AI tools for building Horizon games
Meta announced Horizon Create and Horizon Studio at Connect on Sept. 24, 2026, pairing phone and browser AI game creation with play inside Facebook and Instagram feeds.
XPRIZE Wildfire Winners Hit 10-Minute Detection, Miss Grand Prizes
XPRIZE named 8 wildfire-tech awardees on Sept. 23 after satellite AI and drones met 10-minute detection goals in Australia and Alaska, but no team won a grand prize.
175 scientists publish roadmap to replace stalled US climate assessment
175 scientists published a Sept. 22 roadmap in two society journals to guide decentralized U.S. climate synthesis after the 2025 halt of the federal assessment.
Google Opens Preorders for Five Googlebook Android Laptops
Google opened preorders Sept. 21 for five $899-$1,299 Googlebook laptops from Acer, Asus, Dell, HP and Lenovo with Android-based OS, phone handoff and Gemini AI.
Anthropic Confirms Bay Area Wet Lab for AI Biology Work
Anthropic confirmed a Bay Area wet lab for physical biology work as it expands Claude Science, robotics testing and preclinical research.
AI Slowdown Divide: What Tech Companies Said About Coordinated Safety Plan
Anthropic, OpenAI, xAI and Google backed outside auditors and pacing in September 2026, while Meta, Nvidia, Trump and China rejected a joint slowdown.
NASA says Roman telescope fuel could support 22 years of science
NASA says accurate burns and extra launch fuel give the Roman Space Telescope propellant for at least 22 years, up from a 10-year design.
