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October 2026 archive
- OnePlus 16 Launches in China From 5,699 Yuan With a 9,000mAh Battery and 100W Charging
- Yandex Loses a Third Data Centre in Four Days as Drone Strikes Hit Russia's Biggest AI Developer
- AirPods Max 2 Dropped to $429 on Amazon, With Record Lows on Mac mini, Mac Studio and Apple Watch
- Apple Struck a Deal to Hire AI Audio Startup Huxe's Team and License Its Tech, EU Filing Shows
- Windows PCs Missing a Key Certificate Will Lose Windows Update in May and June 2027
- Nio Completes 1.19 Million Battery Swaps in China's National Day Week, Setting Two Daily Records
- Apple's Welcome Home Lineup Leaked in Detail: How Gurman's Report Compared With the Launch
- Anthropic Cuts Live Internet From AI Evaluations After Agents Sent Police a False Murder Tip
- BYD's Bigger Second-Generation Seagull Launches in China From 65,900 Yuan, Cheaper Than Before
- ANBERNIC RG DDS, a 3DS-Style Dual-Screen Handheld, Costs $299.99 and Ships December 10
- TypeSafe AI Raises $870 Million at a $7.5 Billion Valuation for Jev, a Model That Returns Decisions
- Apple Reportedly Plans an OLED iPad mini Alongside Touchscreen MacBook Pro Models Late This Month
- Windows 11 October Update KB5127648 Adds a Copilot Key Remap and New Touchpad Scrolling
- OnePlus 16 Before Launch: What OnePlus Confirmed, and What the October 12 Event Revealed
- TrendForce Expects Laptop Shipments to Fall in 2027 as Memory and CPU Costs Rise
- Apple Stores Will Reportedly Put Your Name on the iPhone Duo's First Startup Screen
- Google Teased the Fitbit Edge for October 12: How the Leaks Compared With the Launch
- Android 17 QPR2 Beta 7 Fixes a Flip to Shh Battery Drain and Adds the Pixel 11 Back
- Nikon Strips Small World in Motion Winner of First Prize Over Generative AI Rules
- Microsoft 365 Family Cuts OneDrive From 6TB to a Shared 2TB at the Same Price
- Apple Reportedly Cuts iPhone 18 Pro Component Orders by at Least 15% on Softer Demand
- Xbox Launches XP Division for Film, TV, Merch and Theme Parks, Led by Kayleen Walters
- Tesla Renames Full Self-Driving to "Tesla Assisted Driving" in Europe to Win EU Approval
- Microsoft Offers MacBook Owners Up to $1,000 Extra to Switch to the Surface Laptop Ultra
- Global PC Shipments Fall 20 Percent in Q3 2026 as Memory Prices Bite, IDC and Omdia Say
- Google Will End Safety Signal on LTE Pixel Watch 2 and 3 on December 12
- Tamron Brings Its Compact 20-40mm f/2.8 Zoom to Nikon Z for $729, Arriving October 22
- Mistral Opens Large 4 Preview, a Trillion-Parameter Model With Open Weights Due in October
- Samsung Posts a Record 107.4 Trillion Won Q3 Profit as AI Memory Demand Soars
- Sigma's 50-120mm f/2.8 DC OS Brings a Fast Telephoto Zoom to APS-C for $799
- Motorola Razr Ultra 2026 Gets Android 17 in the US With a Remappable AI Key and Pause Point
- Battlefield 6 Joins Xbox Game Pass on October 13 in a Nine-Game Wave as Nine Titles Leave
- Galaxy S27 Price Leaks: $899 to $999 Base, a New Pro Model and an Ultra Up to $1,499
- Waymo Closes a $5 Billion Term Loan, Its First Debt Financing, as It Pushes Into New Cities
- Dell XPS 16 Creator Edition Opens for Pre-Order at $3,799.99 With Nvidia's RTX Spark
- Amazon's New Alexa Tablets Get the Google Play Store, Led by a $499.99 12 Pro
- Google's New Gemini Agent Gets Its Own Work Email Address, Starting With Businesses
- Apple's "Welcome Home" Event on October 13: HomeView, Apple TV 4K and HomePod mini 2
- Apple Watch Series 12 and Ultra 4 Owners Report Skin Irritation Under the Sensor
- Overwatch Season 5 Adds Vampire Support Doctrine, Makes Sombra a Healer and Reworks Roadhog
- Yashica Crew Compact Camera Opens for Pre-Order at About $168 With 6x Zoom and a Flip Screen
- Pixel 11 Still Lacks Android 17 QPR1 After the October Update Skipped It
- Honor X5d s Puts a Rear Touchscreen on a R2,499 Phone, and the Play20C Takes It Global
- Volkswagen Opens Orders for the Electric ID. Polo GTI From 39,995 Euros With 166 kW
- Garmin Enduro 4 Launches at $899.99 With 64GB of Storage, Plus the $799.99 Approach S72
- Ring's First Smart Lock Has a Hand-Powered Recharge Dial, and Five New Cameras Arrive
- Windows 11 Gets AI Agent Containers, Action-Ready Search and Local Copilot Features
- Surface Laptop Ultra Pre-Orders Open From $2,599 With Nvidia's RTX Spark and Up to 128GB
- OpenAI Brings GPT-6 to ChatGPT With Intelligent UI, Turning Answers Into Interactive Pages
- XMG PRO 18 Gaming Laptops Go on Sale in Europe From €2,849 With RTX 5070 Ti and 300Hz
- Gasoline-Only Cars Fall Below Half of Global New-Car Sales for the First Time
- Apple Built Its Smart Home Line With LG: A Doorbell, Deadbolt, Thermostat and Cameras
- Asha Sharma Tells Xbox Staff the Brand Is Growing Again and Helix Is "a Family of Devices"
- iFixit Rates the Apple Watch Series 12 and Ultra 4 at 4 out of 10 for Repairability
- Google's October Pixel Update Brings Three Fixes and Is Likely the Pixel 6's Last
- iPhone 18 Pro Owners Report the Burgundy Finish Fading Around the Camera
- Vivo V80 Launches in India From ₹62,999 With a 7,200mAh Battery; S2 FE Starts at ₹38,999
- Google Restricts Free Gemini Users to Flash-Lite From October 9, and AI Plus Loses Pro
- Lucid's Q3 Production Falls to 2,954 Vehicles as Deliveries Slip 7 Percent to 3,806
- Garmin Fixes the Fenix 8 Heart-Rate Failure From Firmware 23.39 With Update 23.40
- Windows 11 Preview Lets You Type ~ in File Explorer to Jump to Your User Folder
- Galaxy Tab Active 6 5G Leaks in the GSMA Database, and Its Battery Clears India's BIS
- Google's October Updates Add AI Image Labels in India's Play Store and Easier Find Hub Setup
- iQOO 16 Is Confirmed for India, but a China Price Near ₹86,000 Raises Pricing Questions
- Apple Opens iPhone Duo App Submissions and Requires Duo Screenshots From April 2027
- Gears of War: E-Day Launches to an 88 on Metacritic, With Critics Split on Its Campaign
- OpenAI Starts Adding Invisible textGrain Watermarks to ChatGPT and Codex Text in the EU
- Schneider Electric Agrees to Buy PTC for $22.6 Billion, Its Biggest Deal Ever
- Honor Pad X7b Launches in Saudi Arabia With a 9.7-Inch 90Hz Screen and 8,000mAh Battery
- Samsung Reportedly Begins Mass Production of the 2nm Exynos 2700 for the Galaxy S27
- Fitbit Edge Retail Leak Revealed GPS, Apps and a Week of Battery Before Its $179.99 Launch
- Apple CEO John Ternus Works in the Design Studio Several Times a Week, Bloomberg Reports
- Apple's Touchscreen OLED MacBook Pro Will Be "Significantly Lighter," Bloomberg Reports
- Another High-Profile PlayStation Account Is Hijacked, Reviving Fears About Sony Support
- Musk Says Spotting Pets at Night Is Why Tesla's Robotaxis Stop at 11pm
- OpenAI Safety Lead David Robinson Quits and Calls the Company's Culture "Broken"
- Trump Creates a "Super Intelligence Force" to Coordinate US AI Policy, Led by Jay Clayton
- Flipkart's ₹79,999 iPhone 17 Big Billion Days Price Includes Card and Exchange Offers
- Samsung Galaxy M08 and F08 4G Arrive in India With 6,000mAh Batteries at About ₹15,999
- Honor Teased the Win Tablet, an OLED Gaming Tablet With a Refresh Rate Above 200Hz
- India's Electric Car Registrations Hit a Record in September, Nearly Doubling on the Year
- Meta Open-Sources Its Muse Gadgets Kit and Offers US Subscribers a Free Home Link Adapter
- Microsoft Fixes the Windows 11 KB5124010 Bug That Crashed Apps and Games Using AC-3 Audio
- Apple Plans Tougher Mac Controls on Full Disk Access, Citing the Risk From AI Agents
- Android 17 QPR3 Beta 1 Arrives for Pixel 6a Through Pixel 11 With a Long List of Bug Fixes
- Meta Says Muse Spark Helped Settle Five Open Math Problems, but Priority Is Disputed
- Anthropic Reportedly Lines Up a November IPO at Up to $2 Trillion, With an October Investor Day
- Anthropic Commits $100 Million to Train 10,000 Engineers to Deploy Claude in Big Companies
- Tesla Delivers 486,532 Vehicles in Q3, Down 2 Percent but Ahead of Wall Street Estimates
- Apple Confirms iPhone 18 Pro Max AT&T Outage Bug, and Phones Already Hit Need Replacing
- Galaxy Tab S12+ and Tab S12 Ultra Get India Prices From ₹1,29,999, on Sale From October 7
- HP OmniBook 5 14 Launches at $699.99 With OLED, but Its Best Panel Waits Until 2027
- Windows 11 Insider Builds Add a Cloud Rebuild Shortcut and Unicode 17 Support
- Fujifilm Raises Camera and Instax Prices in Japan by Up to 23 Percent From October 1
- Google's Fitbit Air Goes on Sale in India at ₹13,999, Above Noise and Amazfit Rivals
- Gears of War: E-Day Beats the Gears 5 Steam Record, Peaking at 31,517 Players at Launch
- Vivo V80 and S2 FE India Launch on October 6: Leaked Prices Proved Close to Final
- One UI 9 Starts Rolling Out to US Galaxy S25, Z Fold 7 and Z Flip 7 Phones
- Home Assistant 2026.10 Adds New Matter Controls, a Redesigned Map and One-Click AI Setup
- Amazon Great Indian Festival 2026: Galaxy S25 Ultra at ₹84,999, OnePlus Nord 6 at ₹42,999