<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title><![CDATA[social media news - Newslocker]]></title><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/</link><atom:link rel="self" href="https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/rss/1000/" /><atom:link rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com" /><description><![CDATA[Find your latest social media news news with just one click. Don't miss out on anything happening!]]></description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright (C) 2026 newslocker.com</copyright><lastBuildDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2026 13:24:00 +0100</lastBuildDate><item><title><![CDATA[Google, Microsoft, OpenAI and Anthropic back one AI training opt-out]]></title><description><![CDATA[Google, Microsoft, OpenAI and Anthropic will honour one shared AI training opt-out in robots.txt. It lets a website keep its content out of generative AI training with a single rule. Today, a site that wants to say no has to write separate rules for each company’s crawler. The shared signal comes from an IETF draft […]<br />
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This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/ex-palantir-founders-raise-17m-for-dreams-ai-building-design-models/</link><pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2026 09:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/ex-palantir-founders-raise-17m-for-dreams-ai-building-design-models/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pinterest reports solid user growth in Q3]]></title><description><![CDATA[The company’s third-quarter 2026 earnings report showed more than 20 million new users since Q2, including 17 million in regions outside its core markets.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/pinterest-reports-solid-user-growth-in-q3/</link><pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2026 01:56:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/pinterest-reports-solid-user-growth-in-q3/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[YouTube subscriptions are rising as more users turn to connected TV]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ad growth slowed in the third quarter of fiscal 2026 but still brought in more than $11 billion in revenue, according to parent company Alphabet.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/youtube-subscriptions-are-rising-as-more-users-turn-to-connected-tv/</link><pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2026 00:59:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/youtube-subscriptions-are-rising-as-more-users-turn-to-connected-tv/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Threads tests smaller group sharing option]]></title><description><![CDATA[The platform’s Threads Friends group is similar to Instagram’s Close Friends feature, and allows users to add up to 50 connections.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/threads-tests-smaller-group-sharing-option/</link><pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2026 00:07:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/threads-tests-smaller-group-sharing-option/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[YouTube is testing new fixes for spam violations]]></title><description><![CDATA[The platform is offering channels the option to review content, and edit or delete videos that may go against policy.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/youtube-is-testing-new-fixes-for-spam-violations/</link><pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2026 23:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/youtube-is-testing-new-fixes-for-spam-violations/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Threads launches custom like buttons]]></title><description><![CDATA[Threads users will now be able to personalize reactions to their posts with images or animations.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/threads-launches-custom-like-buttons/</link><pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2026 22:57:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/threads-launches-custom-like-buttons/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[FTC and eight states sue Toast over hidden fees and hard-to-cancel plans]]></title><description><![CDATA[The US Federal Trade Commission and eight states have sued Toast, the restaurant software and payments company. They accuse it of hidden fees, unwanted add-ons and a cancellation process that traps customers. Toast said it will fight the case in court. The FTC announced the lawsuit on Thursday in a press release. It also published […]<br />
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This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/anthropic-is-spacexs-biggest-customer-bringing-in-a-third-of-revenue/</link><pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2026 21:10:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/anthropic-is-spacexs-biggest-customer-bringing-in-a-third-of-revenue/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sam Altman says OpenAI will point its robots at building data centres]]></title><description><![CDATA[OpenAI will point its robotics programme at building data centres, chief executive Sam Altman said. Self-replicating data centres, built with AI-controlled robots, are “within grasp”, he said. He spoke to Stripe co-founder John Collison on Collison’s podcast, Cheeky Pint, released on Thursday. The episode is on YouTube, and Cheeky Pint published a full transcript on […]<br />
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This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/aircall-co-founder-olivier-pailhs-returns-as-ceo-to-push-ai-voice-agents/</link><pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2026 19:09:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/aircall-co-founder-olivier-pailhs-returns-as-ceo-to-push-ai-voice-agents/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Deepgram buys Pipecat maker Daily and keeps the voice AI framework open]]></title><description><![CDATA[Voice AI company Deepgram is buying Daily, the maker of Pipecat, an open-source framework for building voice agents. Pipecat will stay open source and free under its existing BSD V2 licence. The companies are also setting up an independent Pipecat Foundation. Deepgram announced the deal on Thursday in a blog post, on the day of […]<br />
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This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/canada-adds-c25m-to-help-25-more-prairie-firms-adopt-ai-with-amii/</link><pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2026 18:51:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/canada-adds-c25m-to-help-25-more-prairie-firms-adopt-ai-with-amii/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Serval raises $150m at $3bn valuation to replace ServiceNow with AI agents]]></title><description><![CDATA[Serval has raised $150m in a Series C round led by Sequoia, valuing the San Francisco company at $3bn. That is three times the $1bn valuation it reached in December, when it raised $75m. Serval announced the round on Thursday in a blog post and a press release. Co-founder and chief executive Jake Stauch spoke […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/serval-raises-150m-at-3bn-valuation-to-replace-servicenow-with-ai-agents/</link><pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2026 18:45:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/serval-raises-150m-at-3bn-valuation-to-replace-servicenow-with-ai-agents/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alphabet’s AI commitments pass $1tn, its quarterly filing shows]]></title><description><![CDATA[Alphabet’s quarterly filing, published on Thursday, puts its future payments for computing, energy and data centres at more than $1tn. These Alphabet commitments do not appear on its balance sheet, the filing says. Davey Alba reported the figures for Bloomberg. Chief financial officer Anat Ashkenazi had given the $1tn-plus total on Wednesday’s earnings call, Bloomberg […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/alphabets-ai-commitments-pass-1tn-its-quarterly-filing-shows/</link><pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2026 18:16:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/alphabets-ai-commitments-pass-1tn-its-quarterly-filing-shows/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alphabet shares fall 12% after Google says AI Mode searches earn less]]></title><description><![CDATA[By 9:35am in New York on Thursday, Alphabet had lost $511bn in market value, Julia Love and Davey Alba reported for Bloomberg. The shares were down more than 12%. It was the company’s biggest market value loss on record. A close more than 9.77% lower would be Alphabet’s worst reaction to results since its 2004 […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/alphabet-shares-fall-12-after-google-says-ai-mode-searches-earn-less/</link><pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2026 18:11:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/alphabet-shares-fall-12-after-google-says-ai-mode-searches-earn-less/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Solink raises over $100M to turn security cameras into business data]]></title><description><![CDATA[Solink raised more than $100M led by Vertu Capital, with Goldman Sachs Alternatives, Golub Growth and Comcast Ventures joining. Its AI turns existing cameras in shops, restaurants and warehouses into data on theft, service and safety. It covers 35,000 locations in 65 countries. Solink, an Ottawa startup that turns shops’ security cameras into a source […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/solink-raises-over-100m-to-turn-security-cameras-into-business-data/</link><pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2026 18:07:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/solink-raises-over-100m-to-turn-security-cameras-into-business-data/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The X ticker is free as Musk weighs a SpaceX-Tesla merger]]></title><description><![CDATA[No US stock trades under X since Nippon Steel bought US Steel last year. With SpaceX and Tesla exploring a merger, investors say Musk could claim the symbol, though he has not said so. Only five single-letter US tickers are free. The stock ticker X is free, and some investors think Elon Musk could claim […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/the-x-ticker-is-free-as-musk-weighs-a-spacex-tesla-merger/</link><pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2026 17:49:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/the-x-ticker-is-free-as-musk-weighs-a-spacex-tesla-merger/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Apple’s touchscreen MacBook Pro keeps macOS familiar, Bloomberg finds]]></title><description><![CDATA[Bloomberg’s Chris Welch tried Apple’s first touchscreen MacBook Pro and found Apple took a measured approach, adding touch without reshaping macOS. Gestures felt smooth, but the tiny window buttons are awkward to tap. The laptop ships on 6 November from $2,899. Apple’s first touchscreen MacBook Pro does not turn the Mac into an iPad, according […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/apples-touchscreen-macbook-pro-keeps-macos-familiar-bloomberg-finds/</link><pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2026 17:35:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/apples-touchscreen-macbook-pro-keeps-macos-familiar-bloomberg-finds/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[ServiceNow shares fall a record 25% after its bookings outlook misses]]></title><description><![CDATA[ServiceNow shares fell as much as 25% to $112.37 after markets opened in New York on Thursday. It was the biggest intraday drop since the company went public in 2012, Brody Ford reported for Bloomberg. The stock was on course for its worst day on record, according to Dow Jones Market Data cited by MarketWatch. […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/servicenow-shares-fall-a-record-25-after-its-bookings-outlook-misses/</link><pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2026 17:34:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/servicenow-shares-fall-a-record-25-after-its-bookings-outlook-misses/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Leak exposes 41,000 Homeland Security staff, including ICE and CBP agents]]></title><description><![CDATA[Records on more than 41,000 employees and contractors of the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) are now online. They include names, email addresses, phone numbers, job titles and office locations. The staff work for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and other DHS agencies. WIRED, which was given a preview […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/leak-exposes-41000-homeland-security-staff-including-ice-and-cbp-agents/</link><pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2026 17:23:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/leak-exposes-41000-homeland-security-staff-including-ice-and-cbp-agents/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Google’s Gemini 4 Carbon tops AI rankings, but only cyber defenders get it]]></title><description><![CDATA[Google has released Gemini 4 Carbon, its newest frontier AI model, to a small group of cyber defenders. It arrives two weeks after Gemini 4 Argon reached paying users. Koray Kavukcuoglu, senior vice president at Google DeepMind and Google’s chief AI architect, announced it in a Google blog post on Wednesday. Carbon ranks first on […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/googles-gemini-4-carbon-tops-ai-rankings-but-only-cyber-defenders-get-it/</link><pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2026 17:05:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/googles-gemini-4-carbon-tops-ai-rankings-but-only-cyber-defenders-get-it/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Orange Cyberdefense joins Mistral design partner programme for Large 4]]></title><description><![CDATA[Orange Cyberdefense will use Mistral AI’s latest model to help test clients’ systems for weaknesses, investigate breaches and speed up responses to cyberattacks. The French security firm joined the design partner programme for Mistral Large 4 on Thursday, becoming the first European managed security services provider to take part. The Orange unit plans to introduce […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/orange-cyberdefense-joins-mistral-design-partner-programme-for-large-4/</link><pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2026 16:13:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/orange-cyberdefense-joins-mistral-design-partner-programme-for-large-4/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hud launches agentic rollouts to take AI-written code to production]]></title><description><![CDATA[AI made writing code fast. Coding agents now plan, write, and test changes and open pull requests in minutes. Shipping that code safely, however, has become the biggest bottleneck in engineering. That is because a change still has to be trusted enough to reach production. A change written in minutes can then wait for days […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/hud-launches-agentic-rollouts-to-take-ai-written-code-to-production/</link><pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2026 15:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/hud-launches-agentic-rollouts-to-take-ai-written-code-to-production/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[DoorDash agrees to buy Instacart in a deal worth about $17bn]]></title><description><![CDATA[DoorDash has agreed to buy grocery delivery rival Instacart in a cash-and-stock deal valuing the company at about $17bn. The acquisition would bring two of the biggest US delivery platforms under one roof, expanding DoorDash’s reach in grocery shopping. The companies announced the deal on Thursday. Instacart shareholders can choose $65 in cash per share, […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/doordash-agrees-to-buy-instacart-in-a-deal-worth-about-17bn/</link><pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2026 14:38:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/doordash-agrees-to-buy-instacart-in-a-deal-worth-about-17bn/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Microsoft sells at least $25bn of bonds, its first US deal since 2017]]></title><description><![CDATA[Microsoft is looking to raise at least $25bn through a US bond sale, its first high-grade debt offering in the country since 2017, Bloomberg reported, citing people familiar with the matter. The deal is divided into as many as 10 tranches, with repayment dates ranging from two to 40 years. Its final size will depend on […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/microsoft-sells-at-least-25bn-of-bonds-its-first-us-deal-since-2017/</link><pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2026 14:17:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/microsoft-sells-at-least-25bn-of-bonds-its-first-us-deal-since-2017/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mistral releases open weights for its 1 trillion-parameter Large 4 model]]></title><description><![CDATA[Mistral has released the weights of Mistral Large 4, the 1 trillion-parameter model it previewed three weeks ago, and the version now on Hugging Face is noticeably sharper. The Paris-based company says three extra weeks of reinforcement learning, guided by customer feedback, have made ML4 the strongest open model for agentic coding and cyber defence. […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/mistral-releases-open-weights-for-its-1-trillion-parameter-large-4-model/</link><pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2026 14:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/mistral-releases-open-weights-for-its-1-trillion-parameter-large-4-model/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meta loses French appeal over orders to negotiate with news publishers]]></title><description><![CDATA[Paris appeals court has rejected Meta’s challenge to emergency orders that require it to resume talks with French news publishers over payment for their content, Reuters reported on Thursday. France’s competition authority, the Autorité de la concurrence, imposed the interim measures in July after talks between Meta and the publishers broke down. The Facebook and Instagram owner appealed in […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/meta-loses-french-appeal-over-orders-to-negotiate-with-news-publishers/</link><pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2026 13:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/meta-loses-french-appeal-over-orders-to-negotiate-with-news-publishers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[VitVio brings its 3D operating room AI to a hospital in Mexico]]></title><description><![CDATA[London-based startup VitVio is bringing its AI system to every operating room at Hospital Español de Veracruz, a private hospital on Mexico’s Gulf coast. It is the company’s first deal in Latin America. The system, called Vetro, uses cameras and sensors to create a live 3D model of an operating room, showing the people, equipment, […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/vitvio-brings-its-3d-operating-room-ai-to-a-hospital-in-mexico/</link><pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2026 13:16:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/vitvio-brings-its-3d-operating-room-ai-to-a-hospital-in-mexico/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pluto Security details how a trust_remote_code download turns into malware]]></title><description><![CDATA[The trick at the center of this campaign is not an exploit. It is a feature. Pluto Security’s analysis of a cryptominer operation on the Hugging Face Hub shows that the attacker never needed to break anything. The model-loading library runs the Python that infects a machine exactly as designed. Three doors, one left open […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/pluto-security-details-how-a-trust-remote-code-download-turns-into-malware/</link><pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2026 13:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/pluto-security-details-how-a-trust-remote-code-download-turns-into-malware/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Collective raises $100M to run the finances of one-person businesses]]></title><description><![CDATA[San Francisco startup Collective, which handles the finances of one-person businesses, has raised $100M. The money comes in two parts: a $40M Series B and $60M from General Catalyst’s Customer Value Fund. General Catalyst, QED Investors and Gradient Ventures led the Series B, with Intuit Ventures, FT Partners and SemperVirens also investing. The Customer Value Fund […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/collective-raises-100m-to-run-the-finances-of-one-person-businesses/</link><pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2026 13:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/collective-raises-100m-to-run-the-finances-of-one-person-businesses/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tesla Robotaxi riders report detours after Houston service expands]]></title><description><![CDATA[Riders of Tesla’s Robotaxi service in Houston are reporting long detours and pickup points the app will not accept, Business Insider reported on Wednesday. The problems come days after Tesla greatly expanded the area the service covers. Tesla announced the larger service area on Monday with a post reading “Houston, we have liftoff.” The new zone, […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/tesla-robotaxi-riders-report-detours-after-houston-service-expands/</link><pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2026 12:44:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/tesla-robotaxi-riders-report-detours-after-houston-service-expands/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pentagon suspects hackers behind freezer failures at US base stores]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Pentagon is investigating whether hackers caused freezers to fail at shops on US military bases in August, after a similar attack hit hundreds of supermarkets in France this month. Four officials told Reuters on Thursday that investigators are treating the US incidents as a suspected cyberattack. One official said they had also spoken to […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/pentagon-suspects-hackers-behind-freezer-failures-at-us-base-stores/</link><pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2026 12:01:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/pentagon-suspects-hackers-behind-freezer-failures-at-us-base-stores/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pudu Robotics opens its European headquarters in Neuss, Germany]]></title><description><![CDATA[Chinese robot maker Pudu Robotics has opened its European headquarters in Neuss, near Düsseldorf, as it builds out its business across the region. The Shenzhen-based company announced plans for the German site in September, following a showcase of its robots at the IFA trade fair in Berlin. The headquarters is now fully operational, bringing together […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/pudu-robotics-opens-its-european-headquarters-in-neuss-germany/</link><pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2026 11:34:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/pudu-robotics-opens-its-european-headquarters-in-neuss-germany/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nasdaq futures fall as Alphabet slides and Microsoft rises on results]]></title><description><![CDATA[US tech stocks were set to open lower on Thursday after mixed results from Alphabet and Microsoft. Investors are weighing how much Big Tech spends on AI against how quickly that spending pays off. Nasdaq 100 futures were down 1.2% early on Thursday, Reuters reported. S&amp;P 500 futures fell 0.4%, while Dow futures rose 0.35%, as […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/nasdaq-futures-fall-as-alphabet-slides-and-microsoft-rises-on-results/</link><pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2026 11:01:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/nasdaq-futures-fall-as-alphabet-slides-and-microsoft-rises-on-results/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hamburg’s MuRay raises €7.1M for muon imaging of rocket engines]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hamburg startup MuRay has raised €7.1M to look inside dense metal parts, such as 3D-printed rocket engines and gas turbines. It does this with muons, tiny particles that pass through materials that block X-rays. The total combines a €3.5M private round with €3.6M in public funding, including a grant from the EU’s Horizon Europe research […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/hamburgs-muray-raises-71m-for-muon-imaging-of-rocket-engines/</link><pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2026 10:42:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/hamburgs-muray-raises-71m-for-muon-imaging-of-rocket-engines/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lovable opens its first London office with 70 staff]]></title><description><![CDATA[Lovable has opened its first London office, giving the Swedish AI app builder a second home for its engineering, product and design teams. Around 70 people are already working there, and the company plans to increase that number to 100 by the end of the year. The company announced the opening on Thursday. Its London […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/lovable-opens-its-first-london-office-with-70-staff/</link><pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2026 10:33:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/lovable-opens-its-first-london-office-with-70-staff/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Google Cloud revenue doubles to $30.7bn, beating forecasts]]></title><description><![CDATA[Google Cloud more than doubled its revenue in the third quarter, beating analysts’ forecasts, Alphabet said on Wednesday. Weaker growth in search advertising, however, meant the group as a whole fell short of expectations. Cloud revenue rose 103% from a year earlier to $30.7bn, according to Alphabet’s quarterly results. Analysts had expected $29.57bn, Reuters reported, citing LSEG […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/google-cloud-revenue-doubles-to-307bn-beating-forecasts/</link><pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2026 10:25:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/google-cloud-revenue-doubles-to-307bn-beating-forecasts/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Atlassian people chief Avani Prabhakar calls AI mandates a ‘very bad start’]]></title><description><![CDATA[One AI “super user” in a team of five to seven people lifts the whole team’s AI adoption and usage by 56%, Atlassian’s Avani Prabhakar told TNW. Atlassian counts someone as a super user if they use AI’s most sophisticated features more than 40 times a week to change a workflow, she said. It tracks […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/atlassian-people-chief-avani-prabhakar-calls-ai-mandates-a-very-bad-start/</link><pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2026 10:17:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/atlassian-people-chief-avani-prabhakar-calls-ai-mandates-a-very-bad-start/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Samsung posts record $80bn quarterly profit on AI memory demand]]></title><description><![CDATA[Samsung Electronics made a record operating profit of 107.4 trillion won (about $80bn) in the third quarter, the company said on Thursday. Demand for the memory chips used in AI data centres kept rising. The figure confirms the preliminary results Samsung published earlier this month, when it said profit was about nine times higher than a year […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/samsung-posts-record-80bn-quarterly-profit-on-ai-memory-demand/</link><pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2026 10:09:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/samsung-posts-record-80bn-quarterly-profit-on-ai-memory-demand/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[DeepSeek and Moonshot trained new models on GPT-6 Astra, report says]]></title><description><![CDATA[Chinese AI companies DeepSeek and Moonshot AI relied heavily on OpenAI’s GPT-6 Astra to train their latest models, The Information reported on Wednesday, citing people with direct knowledge of the matter. The models in question are Moonshot’s Kimi K3.1 Pro, released last week, and an updated version of DeepSeek’s V4.1-Flash, which launched on 17 October. […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/deepseek-and-moonshot-trained-new-models-on-gpt-6-astra-report-says/</link><pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2026 09:56:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/deepseek-and-moonshot-trained-new-models-on-gpt-6-astra-report-says/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Amazon cuts up to 250 jobs in its devices unit, Reuters reports]]></title><description><![CDATA[Amazon has cut up to 250 jobs in its devices and services unit, Reuters reported. The unit makes Kindle e-readers, Echo speakers and other hardware that runs Amazon’s Alexa assistant. The cuts mainly affected software developers, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters. Staff were told by text message and email early on Wednesday […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/amazon-cuts-up-to-250-jobs-in-its-devices-unit-reuters-reports/</link><pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2026 09:44:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/amazon-cuts-up-to-250-jobs-in-its-devices-unit-reuters-reports/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fujifilm to raise data tape production fivefold as AI drives storage demand]]></title><description><![CDATA[AI data centres are creating a growing need for storage, and Fujifilm is betting that one of the oldest technologies in the business still has a place in the future. The Japanese company will invest ¥10 billion (€56 million) to increase its magnetic tape production capacity fivefold. The investment will go into Fujifilm’s factory in […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/fujifilm-to-raise-data-tape-production-fivefold-as-ai-drives-storage-demand/</link><pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2026 09:35:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/fujifilm-to-raise-data-tape-production-fivefold-as-ai-drives-storage-demand/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anthropic tells Governor Gavin Newsom courts should be able to block risky AI models]]></title><description><![CDATA[Anthropic has told California Governor Gavin Newsom that the state should be able to ask a court to block AI models that pose a serious risk. The AI company made the case in a letter first reported by Politico. The letter, dated 15 October, responds to an executive order Governor Gavin Newsom signed in September. The […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/anthropic-tells-governor-gavin-newsom-courts-should-be-able-to-block-risky-ai-models/</link><pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2026 09:19:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/anthropic-tells-governor-gavin-newsom-courts-should-be-able-to-block-risky-ai-models/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ravical raises $17M to bring shared AI to accounting firms]]></title><description><![CDATA[Belgian startup Ravical, which builds AI software for accounting and tax firms, has raised $17M in a seed round led by MMC Ventures. Existing backers Lakestar and Pitchdrive also invested, along with new investor Shapers. More than 100 accounting firms in Europe now use the platform, the company said. Ravical plans to use the new money […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/ravical-raises-17m-to-bring-shared-ai-to-accounting-firms/</link><pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2026 08:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/ravical-raises-17m-to-bring-shared-ai-to-accounting-firms/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meta says its expanded processing capacity is driving ad results]]></title><description><![CDATA[The company offered new insights into how its artificial intelligence enhancements are powering clicks and conversions.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/meta-says-its-expanded-processing-capacity-is-driving-ad-results/</link><pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2026 23:44:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/meta-says-its-expanded-processing-capacity-is-driving-ad-results/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reddit introduces For You feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[The platform’s algorithm-defined feed is designed to improve in-app discovery with tailored recommendations and updates.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/reddit-introduces-for-you-feed/</link><pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2026 23:42:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/reddit-introduces-for-you-feed/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meta’s Muse AI agents are now available to users in Singapore]]></title><description><![CDATA[The expansion marks the next step in Meta's plan to get billions of people using its AI agents.  ]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/metas-muse-ai-agents-are-now-available-to-users-in-singapore/</link><pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2026 23:39:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/metas-muse-ai-agents-are-now-available-to-users-in-singapore/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[TikTok adds in-app restaurant guide]]></title><description><![CDATA[The local dining list, called Must Eat, is designed to showcase community-sourced spots in the U.S.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/tiktok-adds-in-app-restaurant-guide/</link><pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2026 21:54:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/tiktok-adds-in-app-restaurant-guide/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meta launches two new AI apps, including one aimed at kids]]></title><description><![CDATA[Waddle World is designed to offer children a “Tamagotchi-style pet raising” experience, while Style Sketch creates outfits from uploaded images of users’ clothes.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/meta-launches-two-new-ai-apps-including-one-aimed-at-kids/</link><pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2026 21:41:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/meta-launches-two-new-ai-apps-including-one-aimed-at-kids/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anthropic may offer up to 20% of its IPO to retail, Bloomberg says]]></title><description><![CDATA[Anthropic is weighing setting aside 15% to 20% of the shares in its IPO for retail investors, people familiar with the matter told Bloomberg on Wednesday, 28 October. JPMorgan will lead the US retail offering, they said. TNW has not independently verified the report. The S-1 prospectus only says the banks may set aside shares […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/anthropic-may-offer-up-to-20-of-its-ipo-to-retail-bloomberg-says/</link><pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2026 21:25:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/anthropic-may-offer-up-to-20-of-its-ipo-to-retail-bloomberg-says/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meta shareholders sue Zuckerberg to block his non-voting share plan]]></title><description><![CDATA[Meta shareholders have sued Mark Zuckerberg and the rest of Meta’s board to stop a plan for a new class of non-voting shares. They filed the class action in the Delaware Court of Chancery on Tuesday, 27 October. Ryan Knappenberger reported it for Courthouse News. The plaintiffs are two Steamfitters Local 449 funds and two […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/meta-shareholders-sue-zuckerberg-to-block-his-non-voting-share-plan/</link><pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2026 21:12:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/meta-shareholders-sue-zuckerberg-to-block-his-non-voting-share-plan/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[China’s CXMT will make AI memory despite yields as low as 20%, Reuters says]]></title><description><![CDATA[China’s biggest memory chipmaker, CXMT, plans to start making HBM3E, an advanced memory used in AI chips, even though only 20% to 30% of the chips it makes are usable. Two people familiar with the matter told Reuters, which reported the details on Wednesday, 28 October. TNW has not independently verified the report. CXMT has […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/chinas-cxmt-will-make-ai-memory-despite-yields-as-low-as-20-reuters-says/</link><pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2026 21:04:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/chinas-cxmt-will-make-ai-memory-despite-yields-as-low-as-20-reuters-says/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[DOJ looks into Nvidia’s $12.9B Hugging Face deal, Reuters reports]]></title><description><![CDATA[The US Justice Department is asking how Nvidia’s $12.9B purchase of Hugging Face would affect competition in AI, including whether it would hand Nvidia a key distribution point for models. The questions run alongside a years-long probe into Nvidia’s conduct. The US Justice Department is asking how Nvidia’s $12.9B purchase of Hugging Face would affect […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/doj-looks-into-nvidias-129b-hugging-face-deal-reuters-reports/</link><pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2026 20:52:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/doj-looks-into-nvidias-129b-hugging-face-deal-reuters-reports/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Discord messages from big public servers will show up in Google search]]></title><description><![CDATA[Messages posted in Discord’s largest public communities will start appearing in Google and other search engines from mid-December. Discord announced the change in a blog post on Tuesday, 27 October. It covers more than 63,000 Discoverable Servers. It is on by default for adults in most countries, though not in Europe. Discoverable Servers are the […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/discord-messages-from-big-public-servers-will-show-up-in-google-search/</link><pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2026 20:51:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/discord-messages-from-big-public-servers-will-show-up-in-google-search/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Amazon Leo wins FCC approval to buy iPhone satellite partner Globalstar]]></title><description><![CDATA[The US Federal Communications Commission has approved Amazon Leo’s $11.5bn purchase of Globalstar. Globalstar runs the satellite service behind Apple’s iPhone emergency features. On Tuesday, 27 October, the FCC’s Space Bureau cleared the transfer of about 25 megahertz of Globalstar’s mobile-satellite spectrum. The regulator announced it in a press release. That approval ends the FCC’s […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/amazon-leo-wins-fcc-approval-to-buy-iphone-satellite-partner-globalstar/</link><pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2026 20:43:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/amazon-leo-wins-fcc-approval-to-buy-iphone-satellite-partner-globalstar/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Palantir’s defence chief says the AI race raises the risk to Taiwan]]></title><description><![CDATA[Palantir defence chief Mike Gallagher said the AI race makes it more tempting for Xi Jinping to seize Taiwan, home to TSMC, before China falls behind for good. He warned that Beijing could then hold the world economy hostage. US intelligence said in March that an invasion would carry a high risk of failure. Mike […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/palantirs-defence-chief-says-the-ai-race-raises-the-risk-to-taiwan/</link><pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2026 20:35:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/palantirs-defence-chief-says-the-ai-race-raises-the-risk-to-taiwan/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Australia moves to ban AI chatbots from ‘emotional intimacy’ with children]]></title><description><![CDATA[Australia’s digital duty of care bill would bar AI chatbots from building “emotional intimacy” with children. The bill passed the House of Representatives on Wednesday, 28 October, as Josh Butler reported for The Guardian. It now goes to the Senate. The chatbot rule came in through amendments from independent MP Kate Chaney, which the government […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/australia-moves-to-ban-ai-chatbots-from-emotional-intimacy-with-children/</link><pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2026 20:33:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/australia-moves-to-ban-ai-chatbots-from-emotional-intimacy-with-children/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[AMD to invest $1bn in Meta as its Helios racks start running there]]></title><description><![CDATA[AMD will invest $1bn in Meta’s equity offering, the chipmaker said on Tuesday, 27 October. It made the pledge in a release on its partnership with Meta. AMD also said its first Helios rack systems are now running at Meta. The money comes on top of Nvidia’s pledge to invest $3bn in Meta. That brings […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/amd-to-invest-1bn-in-meta-as-its-helios-racks-start-running-there/</link><pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2026 20:19:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/amd-to-invest-1bn-in-meta-as-its-helios-racks-start-running-there/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oracle shares jump as it targets $30B in free cash flow by 2029]]></title><description><![CDATA[Oracle said free cash flow will reach $30B in the year to May 2029, when analysts expected it to stay negative. It capped new fundraising at $20B through May 2030 and kept its $225B revenue target. Shares rose as much as 14%. Oracle shares jumped as much as 14% on Wednesday after the company said […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/oracle-shares-jump-as-it-targets-30b-in-free-cash-flow-by-2029/</link><pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2026 20:16:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/oracle-shares-jump-as-it-targets-30b-in-free-cash-flow-by-2029/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Munich’s biggest taxi firm plans up to 500 Tensor robotaxis in Germany]]></title><description><![CDATA[Munich’s largest taxi operator plans to run up to 500 self-driving cars from US company Tensor in German cities. Tensor and Münchner Taxi Zentrum (MTZ) have signed a letter of intent. They said so in a press release on Tuesday, 27 October. They announced it at the Madrid Autonomous Mobility Summit. The fleet depends on […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/munichs-biggest-taxi-firm-plans-up-to-500-tensor-robotaxis-in-germany/</link><pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2026 20:06:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/munichs-biggest-taxi-firm-plans-up-to-500-tensor-robotaxis-in-germany/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[X lets users share credit on reposted images]]></title><description><![CDATA[The app’s Original Content Rewards Program now ensures that more users benefit from engagement on linked graphics.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/x-lets-users-share-credit-on-reposted-images/</link><pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2026 19:59:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/x-lets-users-share-credit-on-reposted-images/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[GitHub launches Copilot Fusion as agents start 40% of pull requests]]></title><description><![CDATA[GitHub launched Copilot Fusion at GitHub Universe, its developer conference, on Wednesday. The system decides which AI model, or mix of models, should handle each step of a coding task. It weighs what the task needs across reasoning, code generation, debugging and tool use. Jay Parikh, executive vice president of CoreAI at Microsoft, described it […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/github-launches-copilot-fusion-as-agents-start-40-of-pull-requests/</link><pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2026 19:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/github-launches-copilot-fusion-as-agents-start-40-of-pull-requests/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[SK Hynix profit jumps 632% as it says memory shortage will last to 2030]]></title><description><![CDATA[SK Hynix reported record third-quarter results on Wednesday, 28 October. Operating profit rose 632% from a year earlier to 83.3 trillion won (about $62bn). Revenue rose 328% to 104.6 trillion won, it said in its earnings release. It is the first time the South Korean memory maker’s quarterly sales have passed 100 trillion won. Its […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/sk-hynix-profit-jumps-632-as-it-says-memory-shortage-will-last-to-2030/</link><pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2026 19:19:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/sk-hynix-profit-jumps-632-as-it-says-memory-shortage-will-last-to-2030/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anthropic manager drops coding interviews because Claude is better at them]]></title><description><![CDATA[Anthropic engineering manager Felix Rieseberg has dropped the coding interview from his team’s hiring. He explained the change in a blog post on Tuesday, 27 October, titled “Hunger beats tenure: Advice for junior engineers”. Rieseberg has led engineering for Claude.ai, Claude Code Desktop and Anthropic’s Cowork tool, according to his bio. He previously worked at […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/anthropic-manager-drops-coding-interviews-because-claude-is-better-at-them/</link><pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2026 19:08:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/anthropic-manager-drops-coding-interviews-because-claude-is-better-at-them/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anthropic gives US governments 40% off Claude in new GSA deal]]></title><description><![CDATA[Anthropic will give US government buyers a 40% discount on Claude under an expanded deal with the General Services Administration (GSA). The company announced it in a blog post on Tuesday, 27 October. For the first time, the discount also covers state, local, tribal and territorial governments. It applies to Claude Enterprise, Claude for Government […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/anthropic-gives-us-governments-40-off-claude-in-new-gsa-deal/</link><pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2026 19:08:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/anthropic-gives-us-governments-40-off-claude-in-new-gsa-deal/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Apple launches its first touchscreen MacBook Pro, from $2,899]]></title><description><![CDATA[Apple unveiled a redesigned MacBook Pro with a touchscreen, an OLED display and a Dynamic Island, after two decades of rejecting touch Macs. The 14-inch model starts at $2,899 and weighs 3 pounds; the 16-inch starts at $3,399. It arrives on 6 November. Apple has unveiled a redesigned MacBook Pro with a touchscreen, ending two […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/apple-launches-its-first-touchscreen-macbook-pro-from-2899/</link><pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2026 18:49:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/apple-launches-its-first-touchscreen-macbook-pro-from-2899/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Europe should make AI prove its value before giving it priority on the grid]]></title><description><![CDATA[Governments, households and businesses have a stake in how electricity networks accommodate the next wave of industrial growth. When someone proposes a major data centre development, the question extends beyond whether it can secure a connection to the grid. It also includes the additional cost of accommodating the connection. And it includes the need for […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/europe-should-make-ai-prove-its-value-before-giving-it-priority-on-the-grid/</link><pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2026 18:41:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/europe-should-make-ai-prove-its-value-before-giving-it-priority-on-the-grid/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nvidia releases an open speech model that transcribes 40 languages]]></title><description><![CDATA[Nvidia released Nemotron 3.5 Transcribe, an open-weight model that transcribes 40 languages, translates 31 and labels up to eight speakers in recordings of up to an hour. It came with Granary v2, a free dataset of 463,062 hours of speech in 48 languages. Nvidia has released Nemotron 3.5 Transcribe, a free, open-weight AI model that […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/nvidia-releases-an-open-speech-model-that-transcribes-40-languages/</link><pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2026 18:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/nvidia-releases-an-open-speech-model-that-transcribes-40-languages/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Critical UEFI firmware flaw leaks early, leaving servers waiting for a fix]]></title><description><![CDATA[A critical flaw in the firmware that starts most servers can let an attacker run code before the operating system loads. It sits in EDK II, the open-source code most firmware makers use to build UEFI firmware. TianoCore, which runs EDK II, rated the bug 9.5 out of 10 in an advisory published on 22 […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/critical-uefi-firmware-flaw-leaks-early-leaving-servers-waiting-for-a-fix/</link><pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2026 18:28:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/critical-uefi-firmware-flaw-leaks-early-leaving-servers-waiting-for-a-fix/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Plato raises $16M to build fake offices where AI agents learn real jobs]]></title><description><![CDATA[Plato raised a $16M Series A led by Nava Ventures, with Gradient Ventures and Microsoft AI chief Mustafa Suleyman joining. It pays professionals to recreate their jobs as simulations where AI labs train and test agents. Total funding is $19M. Plato, a San Francisco startup that builds pretend workplaces where AI agents can practise real […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/plato-raises-16m-to-build-fake-offices-where-ai-agents-learn-real-jobs/</link><pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2026 18:12:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/plato-raises-16m-to-build-fake-offices-where-ai-agents-learn-real-jobs/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[RapidCanvas buys Entytle to sell AI agents to industrial manufacturers]]></title><description><![CDATA[Austin-based RapidCanvas has bought Entytle, whose AI helps industrial equipment makers such as Baker Hughes and Veolia find parts and service sales across machines already in use. Terms were not disclosed. The deal follows RapidCanvas’s $29M Series B this month. RapidCanvas, an Austin firm that builds and runs AI tools for businesses, has bought Entytle, […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/rapidcanvas-buys-entytle-to-sell-ai-agents-to-industrial-manufacturers/</link><pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2026 17:57:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/rapidcanvas-buys-entytle-to-sell-ai-agents-to-industrial-manufacturers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Physical Intelligence in talks at a $20bn valuation, Bloomberg reports]]></title><description><![CDATA[Robotics AI startup Physical Intelligence is in talks to raise money at a valuation of about $20bn. It builds AI software that lets robots handle real-world tasks. Rebecca Torrence and Natasha Mascarenhas reported the talks for Bloomberg on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter. The round would raise at least $1bn and nearly double […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/physical-intelligence-in-talks-at-a-20bn-valuation-bloomberg-reports/</link><pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2026 17:52:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/physical-intelligence-in-talks-at-a-20bn-valuation-bloomberg-reports/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Samsung’s first clip-on earbuds, the $229 Galaxy Buds On, reach the US]]></title><description><![CDATA[Samsung is bringing its first cuff-style earbuds, the $229 Galaxy Buds On, to the US on 6 November. They clip around the earlobe and leave the ear canal open. They last 9.5 hours, the longest of any Galaxy Buds, and work with Google’s Gemini. Samsung has launched its first clip-on earbuds, the $229 Galaxy Buds […]<br />
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This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/waymo-for-business-now-sends-robotaxi-receipts-straight-to-ramp/</link><pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2026 17:33:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/waymo-for-business-now-sends-robotaxi-receipts-straight-to-ramp/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oracle will sell Google’s TPUs in its cloud and put ChatGPT in its apps]]></title><description><![CDATA[Oracle will rent out Google’s tensor processing units (TPUs) in its cloud from 2027. That makes it the first hyperscale cloud outside Google to offer the chips. It is also putting OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Codex inside its business software. Oracle announced both deals on Tuesday, 27 October, at Oracle AI World in Las Vegas. New […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/oracle-will-sell-googles-tpus-in-its-cloud-and-put-chatgpt-in-its-apps/</link><pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2026 17:21:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/oracle-will-sell-googles-tpus-in-its-cloud-and-put-chatgpt-in-its-apps/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Google DeepMind’s Genie 4 builds AI worlds that talk and change on command]]></title><description><![CDATA[Google DeepMind has released Genie 4, a world model that builds photorealistic worlds in real time. They come with sound, and with characters that speak. It opened to trusted testers as a research preview on 27 October, the lab said in a blog post. Users steer a simulation with text prompts as it runs, changing […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/google-deepminds-genie-4-builds-ai-worlds-that-talk-and-change-on-command/</link><pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2026 16:58:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/google-deepminds-genie-4-builds-ai-worlds-that-talk-and-change-on-command/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Revolut sign-in hit by problems, eight days after its last outage]]></title><description><![CDATA[Revolut customers are reporting that they cannot log in to their personal accounts. The problems come eight days after an earlier outage left users unable to use the app or their cards. The bank’s status page listed sign-in as “partially unavailable” from 16:22 CET (15:22 UK time) on 28 October. Every other service on the […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/revolut-sign-in-hit-by-problems-eight-days-after-its-last-outage/</link><pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2026 16:34:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/revolut-sign-in-hit-by-problems-eight-days-after-its-last-outage/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Revolut fixes sign-in problem, eight days after its last outage]]></title><description><![CDATA[Update, 28 October Revolut says it has fixed the sign-in problem. We have added its statement to this story, and its status page now shows all systems as operational. Revolut says it has fixed a technical problem that stopped some customers from logging in to its app on Wednesday, 28 October. The problems came eight […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/revolut-fixes-sign-in-problem-eight-days-after-its-last-outage/</link><pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2026 16:34:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/revolut-fixes-sign-in-problem-eight-days-after-its-last-outage/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Machenta raises $40M to teach robots a task from a single demonstration]]></title><description><![CDATA[Machenta, a London robotics startup spun out of Imperial College London, has raised a $40M seed round. It is building an AI model that teaches robots a new task from a single demonstration. Creandum and Union Square Ventures co-led the round, Imperial said on 27 October. The university calls it the largest seed round ever […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/machenta-raises-40m-to-teach-robots-a-task-from-a-single-demonstration/</link><pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2026 16:26:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/machenta-raises-40m-to-teach-robots-a-task-from-a-single-demonstration/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anthropic’s IPO filing leaves Ben Mann out of its founder voting group]]></title><description><![CDATA[Anthropic’s IPO filing leaves Ben Mann, who co-leads its Labs team, out of the founder group that will control the company after it lists. A footnote on page 248 of the S-1 prospectus, filed on 26 October, says Mann is “often referred to as a co-founder”. He is not a member of the Founder LLC, […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/anthropics-ipo-filing-leaves-ben-mann-out-of-its-founder-voting-group/</link><pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2026 16:16:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/anthropics-ipo-filing-leaves-ben-mann-out-of-its-founder-voting-group/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Musk’s AI Odyssey arrives as a seven-minute episode, and critics pan it]]></title><description><![CDATA[Elon Musk’s AI Odyssey has arrived as a seven-minute first episode, not the full-length film he promised. Grok Imagine, the video tool behind it, posted the episode on X on 23 October. Wonder Studios, a London-based startup, made it with the US director Dev Walker. Watch Episode 1 of our Odyssey series made with Grok […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/musks-ai-odyssey-arrives-as-a-seven-minute-episode-and-critics-pan-it/</link><pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2026 15:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/musks-ai-odyssey-arrives-as-a-seven-minute-episode-and-critics-pan-it/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Satya Nadella says he was wrong to think AI alignment would come with scale]]></title><description><![CDATA[Microsoft chief executive Satya Nadella no longer believes AI alignment will come just from making models more capable. He said so on a new episode of the 20VC podcast. Host Harry Stebbings had asked what he had changed his mind about in the past year. “I used to always think that alignment will just fall […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/satya-nadella-says-he-was-wrong-to-think-ai-alignment-would-come-with-scale/</link><pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2026 15:38:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/satya-nadella-says-he-was-wrong-to-think-ai-alignment-would-come-with-scale/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[CISA confirms attackers are exploiting both PHP2Shell flaws]]></title><description><![CDATA[The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has put both PHP2Shell flaws in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogue. It made the change on Monday, according to its alert. Federal civilian agencies have until Thursday, 29 October, to fix CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619. Last week, CISA warned about the flaws but said it had not seen […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/cisa-confirms-attackers-are-exploiting-both-php2shell-flaws/</link><pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2026 15:23:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/cisa-confirms-attackers-are-exploiting-both-php2shell-flaws/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Netherlands to cut 25,000 government jobs as it turns to AI]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Dutch government plans to cut an estimated 25,000 full-time jobs in central government, it said in a statement on Monday. The cuts are spread over several years. They should save €900m in 2027, rising to €3.5bn a year from 2035. The cuts do not cover all Dutch government jobs. Police and defence are among […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/netherlands-to-cut-25000-government-jobs-as-it-turns-to-ai/</link><pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2026 15:14:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/netherlands-to-cut-25000-government-jobs-as-it-turns-to-ai/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hackers hired a man to walk into a US law firm, CrowdStrike says]]></title><description><![CDATA[CrowdStrike calls CHATTY SPIDER the dominant threat to US law firms. The cybercrime group grew its activity 129% in the first eight months of 2026, compared with all of 2024. Law firms made up nearly 90% of its victims, according to CrowdStrike’s new report on the legal sector, published on Wednesday. The report covers September […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/hackers-hired-a-man-to-walk-into-a-us-law-firm-crowdstrike-says/</link><pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2026 14:11:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/hackers-hired-a-man-to-walk-into-a-us-law-firm-crowdstrike-says/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Circuit Mind raises $25m to design circuit boards with AI]]></title><description><![CDATA[Norwest has led an $18.5 million Series A in Circuit Mind, a London startup that designs circuit boards with AI. The company also disclosed an earlier seed round led by Third Prime. Together, the two rounds bring in $25 million, Circuit Mind said on Wednesday. Existing investors Third Prime, Differential and Blackhorn joined the Series […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/circuit-mind-raises-25m-to-design-circuit-boards-with-ai/</link><pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2026 13:51:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/circuit-mind-raises-25m-to-design-circuit-boards-with-ai/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Amazon puts a camera in its Echo Studio so Alexa can see]]></title><description><![CDATA[Amazon has put a camera in its Echo Studio speaker so that Alexa can see what is in front of it. The Echo Studio with Home Camera is one of five new Alexa devices the company unveiled on Wednesday, alongside a new Echo Dot, an Echo Time alarm clock, an Alexa Photo Frame and the […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/amazon-puts-a-camera-in-its-echo-studio-so-alexa-can-see/</link><pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2026 13:33:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/amazon-puts-a-camera-in-its-echo-studio-so-alexa-can-see/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Amazon warns its engineers against tokenmaxxing in new AI guidelines]]></title><description><![CDATA[Amazon says token usage, AI tool adoption and counts of code changes are “deeply flawed” ways to measure its engineers’ work with AI. The company published the warning on Tuesday in a memo against tokenmaxxing. It came with an updated role guideline for its software development engineers. Terk Terkowitz, vice president and distinguished engineer for […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/amazon-warns-its-engineers-against-tokenmaxxing-in-new-ai-guidelines/</link><pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2026 13:18:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/amazon-warns-its-engineers-against-tokenmaxxing-in-new-ai-guidelines/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dayforce puts its HR and payroll data inside Anthropic’s Claude]]></title><description><![CDATA[Dayforce is bringing its HR, payroll and scheduling data into Anthropic’s Claude. A new Dayforce connector lets customers ask questions about their workforce in plain language inside Claude and take supported actions, the HR software company said on Tuesday. Those actions include approving requests, filling open shifts, submitting time off and engaging candidates. The connector […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/dayforce-puts-its-hr-and-payroll-data-inside-anthropics-claude/</link><pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2026 13:02:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/dayforce-puts-its-hr-and-payroll-data-inside-anthropics-claude/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Upwind’s $400M Series C backs a runtime-first security strategy as revenue quadruples]]></title><description><![CDATA[The moment a cloud workload changes, the security picture around it can change too. A new application release, an altered configuration or an interaction between services may affect whether an exposure can be exploited. For security teams relying on periodic assessments, keeping pace with those changes can be difficult. Upwind Security has built its cloud […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/upwinds-400m-series-c-backs-a-runtime-first-security-strategy-as-revenue-quadruples/</link><pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2026 13:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/upwinds-400m-series-c-backs-a-runtime-first-security-strategy-as-revenue-quadruples/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Parents sue OpenAI over ChatGPT advice to cut daughter’s seizure drug]]></title><description><![CDATA[The parents of a 31-year-old Amazon software engineer have sued OpenAI, alleging that ChatGPT coached their daughter to stop taking her epilepsy medication before she died in February. The New York Times reported the case. Qun Wan and Meiqin Xu filed the wrongful death lawsuit in San Francisco Superior Court on 27 October, naming OpenAI and its […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/parents-sue-openai-over-chatgpt-advice-to-cut-daughters-seizure-drug/</link><pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2026 12:46:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/parents-sue-openai-over-chatgpt-advice-to-cut-daughters-seizure-drug/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anthropic buys a one-person biotech and starts its own drug programmes]]></title><description><![CDATA[Anthropic has acquired Mithril Medicine, a one-person company developing treatments for two rare forms of muscular dystrophy. The company announced the deal in a blog post on Tuesday. Mithril’s founder, Cody Tranbarger, has joined Anthropic. It did not disclose the terms, The Information reported. Anthropic said it has also begun drug discovery efforts of its […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/anthropic-buys-a-one-person-biotech-and-starts-its-own-drug-programmes/</link><pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2026 12:43:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/anthropic-buys-a-one-person-biotech-and-starts-its-own-drug-programmes/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[China’s first all-AI feature film cost $1.5m and has made about $180,000]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sanxingdui: Future Past is China’s first fully AI-generated feature film. It took an estimated $180,000 in its first four days in cinemas, to Monday. Ticketing platform Maoyan supplied the figure, Fortune reported. The film cost more than 10 million yuan ($1.5m) to make, its studio, Bona Film Group, has said. It opened on Friday with […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/chinas-first-all-ai-feature-film-cost-15m-and-has-made-about-180000/</link><pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2026 12:25:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/chinas-first-all-ai-feature-film-cost-15m-and-has-made-about-180000/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Volkswagen to take China-developed car technology to global markets]]></title><description><![CDATA[Volkswagen plans to use technology developed in China in cars sold in other markets, starting with South America, Reuters reported from Hefei on Wednesday. Until now, the carmaker kept the technology it built in China for cars sold in China. The plan centres on VW’s Compact Main Platform and its China Electronic Architecture. Both were built […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/volkswagen-to-take-china-developed-car-technology-to-global-markets/</link><pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2026 11:44:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/volkswagen-to-take-china-developed-car-technology-to-global-markets/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Malaysia seizes $12.1M of AI chips at Kuala Lumpur airport]]></title><description><![CDATA[Malaysian customs officers have seized 30 servers containing advanced AI chips at Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA), the authorities said on Wednesday. The shipment was worth about RM49.5m ($12.1m), and it was moving through Malaysia without the required permit. Officers found the servers on 15 October in a warehouse in the airport’s free trade zone. […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/malaysia-seizes-121m-of-ai-chips-at-kuala-lumpur-airport/</link><pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2026 11:32:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/malaysia-seizes-121m-of-ai-chips-at-kuala-lumpur-airport/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Polymarket faces new CFTC probe over US users on offshore platform]]></title><description><![CDATA[The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is again looking into whether Polymarket broke a 2022 deal to keep US users off its offshore platform. Reuters reported the news, citing two people familiar with the matter. According to Reuters, the probe is part of a wider CFTC investigation into the prediction market that began earlier this year. TNW […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/polymarket-faces-new-cftc-probe-over-us-users-on-offshore-platform/</link><pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2026 11:05:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/polymarket-faces-new-cftc-probe-over-us-users-on-offshore-platform/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[FIA names AWS its official AI and cloud partner for motor sport]]></title><description><![CDATA[The FIA, which governs motor sport worldwide, has named Amazon Web Services (AWS) its official partner for AI, cloud computing, machine learning and cloud infrastructure. The deal was announced today, and it covers every level of the sport, from club racing up to Formula 1. Under the agreement, AWS will help shape the technical rules […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/fia-names-aws-its-official-ai-and-cloud-partner-for-motor-sport/</link><pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2026 10:41:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/fia-names-aws-its-official-ai-and-cloud-partner-for-motor-sport/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[US Federal Election Commission filing system down before midterms]]></title><description><![CDATA[The US Federal Election Commission (FEC) has taken its electronic filing system offline following an attempted cyberattack, Reuters reported on Tuesday, citing an internal email. The disruption comes a week before the November 3 midterm elections and has temporarily blocked political groups from submitting campaign finance reports. According to them, an FEC electronic filings officer […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/us-federal-election-commission-filing-system-down-before-midterms/</link><pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2026 10:23:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/us-federal-election-commission-filing-system-down-before-midterms/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[More listening isn’t the same as better listening]]></title><description><![CDATA[Most large companies already listen to their employees. In mid-September 2026, Remesh, an AI-powered employee listening platform, surveyed 107 HR leaders in the US and UK on its own platform. And 80% said their organization had a formal listening program. Only 18% called their approach very effective, though, and 47% saw substantial room to improve […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/more-listening-isnt-the-same-as-better-listening/</link><pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2026 10:17:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/more-listening-isnt-the-same-as-better-listening/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[OpenAI reportedly plans to buy Google’s TPU chips alongside Nvidia]]></title><description><![CDATA[OpenAI plans to buy AI chips from Google, The Information reported on Tuesday, citing a person familiar with the matter. The financial terms and other details of the planned purchase were not disclosed. We have not independently verified the report, and OpenAI declined to comment to Reuters, which followed up on the story, while Google did not […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/openai-reportedly-plans-to-buy-googles-tpu-chips-alongside-nvidia/</link><pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2026 10:02:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/openai-reportedly-plans-to-buy-googles-tpu-chips-alongside-nvidia/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Proxima Fusion signs two Japanese deals to build its fusion supply chain]]></title><description><![CDATA[Building a fusion power plant takes more than getting the physics right. It also means securing thousands of kilometres of specialised materials and the equipment needed to heat and fuel the plasma, years before the machine is ready to run. Munich-based Proxima Fusion is working on that supply chain through two new agreements with Japanese […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/proxima-fusion-signs-two-japanese-deals-to-build-its-fusion-supply-chain/</link><pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2026 07:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/proxima-fusion-signs-two-japanese-deals-to-build-its-fusion-supply-chain/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Edits gets new Halloween-themed options]]></title><description><![CDATA[The video creation app now features spooky fonts, sound effects and animations to help creators make their projects seasonally creepy.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/edits-gets-new-halloween-themed-options/</link><pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2026 00:02:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/edits-gets-new-halloween-themed-options/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[YouTube adds microdrama subscriptions]]></title><description><![CDATA[The company said the format garnered more than 6.5 billion views in the first half of 2026.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/youtube-adds-microdrama-subscriptions/</link><pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 23:59:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/youtube-adds-microdrama-subscriptions/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meta adds individual performance data for ad creative]]></title><description><![CDATA[The company’s Ad Manager platform now offers a “Breakdown” feature that outlines insights into specific promotional elements, albeit with certain limitations.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/meta-adds-individual-performance-data-for-ad-creative/</link><pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 23:48:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/meta-adds-individual-performance-data-for-ad-creative/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[LinkedIn launches data insights hub]]></title><description><![CDATA[The platform’s Economic Graph has been renamed LinkedIn Pulse and reimagined as a channel for global labor market analysis.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/linkedin-launches-data-insights-hub/</link><pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 21:59:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/linkedin-launches-data-insights-hub/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[LinkedIn tests simplified UI]]></title><description><![CDATA[Function menus on both desktop and mobile have been consolidated and some posts will see longer lead-ins as the platform experiments with new navigation options. ]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/linkedin-tests-simplified-ui/</link><pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 21:42:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/linkedin-tests-simplified-ui/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Invesco brings its model portfolios into Anthropic’s Claude for advisers]]></title><description><![CDATA[Invesco is working with Anthropic to let financial advisers use its model portfolios and practice tools inside Claude for Financial Advisors. CAIS, Conquest and FINNY added their own connectors the same day, a day after Anthropic filed for its IPO. Invesco is working with Anthropic to bring its model portfolios into Claude, the asset manager […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/invesco-brings-its-model-portfolios-into-anthropics-claude-for-advisers/</link><pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 21:27:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/invesco-brings-its-model-portfolios-into-anthropics-claude-for-advisers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oracle bundles AI video tools and streaming into one media platform]]></title><description><![CDATA[Oracle announced Media Fabric at AI World, a platform that combines its own AI video and image models, an AI production suite and a live-streaming network. It lets brands make many versions of one ad. Oracle says it will be available within 12 months. Oracle has announced Media Fabric, a platform that uses AI to […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/oracle-bundles-ai-video-tools-and-streaming-into-one-media-platform/</link><pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 20:45:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/oracle-bundles-ai-video-tools-and-streaming-into-one-media-platform/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[ASM lifts its 2027 sales forecast by a quarter as AI chipmakers spend]]></title><description><![CDATA[ASM International raised its 2027 revenue forecast to more than €5.7B, from above €4.6B, as memory and AI chipmakers expand. That reaches its 2030 target three years early. Third-quarter revenue rose 44% to a record €1.16B, and ASM plans a buyback of up to €300M. ASM International has raised its 2027 sales forecast by about […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/asm-lifts-its-2027-sales-forecast-by-a-quarter-as-ai-chipmakers-spend/</link><pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 20:22:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/asm-lifts-its-2027-sales-forecast-by-a-quarter-as-ai-chipmakers-spend/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[YouTube tests reduced payment threshold for creators]]></title><description><![CDATA[The platform is experimenting with a cash-out option set at $20 rather than the current $100, which could open doors to more video producers.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/youtube-tests-reduced-payment-threshold-for-creators/</link><pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 20:19:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/youtube-tests-reduced-payment-threshold-for-creators/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whop raises $200M at $5.1B valuation after shipping three products in three months]]></title><description><![CDATA[Palo Alto-based Whop has closed a $200 million Series D led by Sequoia Capital and Shopify Ventures at a $5.1 billion valuation, and plans to open offices in Europe and Colombia, Bloomberg reported. 2The company said the capital will fund its expansion abroad and research into payments and advertising. Tether invested $200 million in Whop […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/whop-raises-200m-at-51b-valuation-after-shipping-three-products-in-three-months/</link><pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 18:29:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/whop-raises-200m-at-51b-valuation-after-shipping-three-products-in-three-months/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oracle will offer Cerebras AI computers in its cloud from 2027]]></title><description><![CDATA[Oracle will offer cloud services running on Cerebras’ AI computers in its data centres from 2027, the companies said. Cerebras, which went public in May, is expected to triple revenue next year to almost $3B, but investors worry about its place in a market Nvidia dominates. Oracle will offer cloud services built on Cerebras Systems’ […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/oracle-will-offer-cerebras-ai-computers-in-its-cloud-from-2027/</link><pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 17:33:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/oracle-will-offer-cerebras-ai-computers-in-its-cloud-from-2027/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tesla built the Cybercab’s battery pack with room for cheaper LFP cells]]></title><description><![CDATA[Tesla designed the Cybercab’s battery pack with spare space so it can later use cheaper lithium iron phosphate (LFP) cells, battery engineer Robert Sumpf told Munro Live. The robotaxi now uses Tesla’s 4680 cells. Tesla also said the Cybercab line can build cars faster than it deploys them. Tesla designed the battery pack in its […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/tesla-built-the-cybercabs-battery-pack-with-room-for-cheaper-lfp-cells/</link><pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 16:20:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/tesla-built-the-cybercabs-battery-pack-with-room-for-cheaper-lfp-cells/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Apple launches 14-inch MacBook Pro with M6 and 24-hour battery]]></title><description><![CDATA[Apple has updated its 14-inch MacBook Pro with the M6 chip, promising faster graphics, better on-device AI performance, and up to 24 hours of battery life, the longest runtime the company has offered in a Mac. The new MacBook Pro was announced today alongside a refreshed iMac. Pre-orders open on Wednesday in 35 countries, with […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/apple-launches-14-inch-macbook-pro-with-m6-and-24-hour-battery/</link><pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 16:07:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/apple-launches-14-inch-macbook-pro-with-m6-and-24-hour-battery/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[AI disinformation is outpacing platform moderation before US midterms]]></title><description><![CDATA[AI-generated election misinformation is spreading across social media ahead of the US midterm elections, and experts warn that much of it may be escaping detection as platforms scale back human moderation and rely more heavily on automated systems. AI tools make it cheap to produce convincing fake images, videos, and claims in large volumes. Meanwhile, […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/ai-disinformation-is-outpacing-platform-moderation-before-us-midterms/</link><pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 15:58:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/ai-disinformation-is-outpacing-platform-moderation-before-us-midterms/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Intel to buy quantum software firm Classiq for about $2.3bn]]></title><description><![CDATA[Intel has agreed to buy Classiq, an Israeli startup that makes software for programming quantum computers. The chipmaker announced the deal on Monday without giving a price, but it is worth about $2.3bn, Bloomberg reported, citing people familiar with the matter. Intel declined to comment on the figure. Quantum computers use qubits, which can handle certain problems, such […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/intel-to-buy-quantum-software-firm-classiq-for-about-23bn/</link><pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 15:24:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/intel-to-buy-quantum-software-firm-classiq-for-about-23bn/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Apple puts its M6 chip in a new iMac and entry-level MacBook Pro]]></title><description><![CDATA[Apple launched a 24-inch iMac and an entry-level 14-inch MacBook Pro with its M6 chip, keeping prices at $1,499 and $1,999. Both look like the old models, add Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 6, and ship on 6 November. Apple’s event on Wednesday is expected to bring a touchscreen MacBook Pro. Apple has put its M6 […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/apple-puts-its-m6-chip-in-a-new-imac-and-entry-level-macbook-pro/</link><pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 15:11:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/apple-puts-its-m6-chip-in-a-new-imac-and-entry-level-macbook-pro/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dallas firm Disruptive closes $10bn fund to back AI and defence startups]]></title><description><![CDATA[Disruptive, a venture capital firm based in Dallas, has raised a $10bn fund to invest in AI, defence and software startups, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday. The new money roughly doubles the assets the firm manages. Disruptive plans to back about 10 late-stage companies, putting around $1bn into each. Most of it will go into new funding […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/dallas-firm-disruptive-closes-10bn-fund-to-back-ai-and-defence-startups/</link><pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 15:02:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/dallas-firm-disruptive-closes-10bn-fund-to-back-ai-and-defence-startups/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anduril and Qualcomm to build laptops in the US for government use]]></title><description><![CDATA[Defence company Anduril and chipmaker Qualcomm plan to make laptops in the US, the two companies announced today. The new product line, called BlueChip, is aimed at government, defence, emergency services and other critical users. The first laptop will run on Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X Series chips, which handle its processing, graphics and on-device AI. Anduril […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/anduril-and-qualcomm-to-build-laptops-in-the-us-for-government-use/</link><pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 14:35:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/anduril-and-qualcomm-to-build-laptops-in-the-us-for-government-use/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bitdefender’s new tool maps how attackers could reach critical systems]]></title><description><![CDATA[Bitdefender has launched GravityZone Exposure Management, which combines vulnerability discovery, internet-facing asset scanning, attack-path mapping and per-user hardening. It is available now on Windows, as an add-on or standalone. Bitdefender did not give prices. Bitdefender has launched a tool that shows how hackers could link small weak spots to reach a firm’s most important systems. […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/bitdefenders-new-tool-maps-how-attackers-could-reach-critical-systems/</link><pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 14:21:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/bitdefenders-new-tool-maps-how-attackers-could-reach-critical-systems/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Memory and storage stocks keep sliding despite blowout earnings]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sandisk, Micron, Seagate and Western Digital were among the top stocks of early 2026 but have dropped to the S&amp;P 500’s bottom 10% since July, Bloomberg reported. Western Digital fell even after beating forecasts. Investors doubt how long debt-funded AI spending can last. Sandisk, Micron, Seagate and Western Digital were among the stock market’s biggest […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/memory-and-storage-stocks-keep-sliding-despite-blowout-earnings/</link><pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 14:03:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/memory-and-storage-stocks-keep-sliding-despite-blowout-earnings/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hyphenate raises $45M Series A following 86x revenue growth]]></title><description><![CDATA[The first wave of finance AI helped teams work faster. The next is taking responsibility for the work itself. Hyphenate is the autonomous finance platform for the office of the CFO. It announced a $45 million Series A led by Nexus Venture Partners. B Capital, Jefferies, and existing investors including Foundation Capital, BoldCap and Gaia […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/hyphenate-raises-45m-series-a-following-86x-revenue-growth/</link><pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 14:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/hyphenate-raises-45m-series-a-following-86x-revenue-growth/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Black Ore launches its AI tax preparation platform for small firms]]></title><description><![CDATA[Black Ore, the AI platform for financial services, launched Black Ore for Small Firms. It is a version of its Tax Autopilot platform built for small and mid-sized accounting practices. The announcement was made at Intuit Connect in Las Vegas. Black Ore for Small Firms gives practices of any size autonomous return preparation. The largest […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/black-ore-launches-its-ai-tax-preparation-platform-for-small-firms/</link><pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 14:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/black-ore-launches-its-ai-tax-preparation-platform-for-small-firms/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[DeepSeek’s latest model still resists shutdown in safety tests]]></title><description><![CDATA[DeepSeek’s newest AI model is safer than its earlier versions, but it still sometimes switches off the software meant to shut it down. That is the finding of independent tests by a Chinese AI-safety group, Reuters reported. The group, Fangcun AI, published its findings in an 87-page research paper on Monday. Based in Beijing, it describes itself as […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/deepseeks-latest-model-still-resists-shutdown-in-safety-tests/</link><pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 13:59:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/deepseeks-latest-model-still-resists-shutdown-in-safety-tests/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BNY says it now tracks its AI token spending to avoid overpaying]]></title><description><![CDATA[BNY has built tools to track how it spends AI tokens and to route tasks to the most suitable models, CFO Dermot McDonogh told Bloomberg Television. The bank runs about 400 AI agents and spends $4B a year on technology. Banks are under pressure as AI bills rise. BNY has built tools to track how […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/bny-says-it-now-tracks-its-ai-token-spending-to-avoid-overpaying/</link><pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 13:33:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/bny-says-it-now-tracks-its-ai-token-spending-to-avoid-overpaying/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Israeli ad tech firm heavily targeted Starlink users, sources say]]></title><description><![CDATA[An Israeli ad company showed huge numbers of ads to people using Starlink, SpaceX’s satellite internet service, probably to track them. That is what researchers believe, Reuters reported on Tuesday, citing six people who know about the work. The researchers work at TrendAI, part of Japanese security firm Trend Micro. The sources said they found that […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/israeli-ad-tech-firm-heavily-targeted-starlink-users-sources-say/</link><pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 13:04:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/israeli-ad-tech-firm-heavily-targeted-starlink-users-sources-say/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Remote’s Job van der Voort says AI companies now pay PhDs to label data]]></title><description><![CDATA[Remote chief executive Job van der Voort wants his staff to be 10 times more effective a year from now, because their AI tools will be 10 times more effective too. The company runs payroll and hires staff in other countries for its customers. Rather than replace people with AI, he wants to train the […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/remotes-job-van-der-voort-says-ai-companies-now-pay-phds-to-label-data/</link><pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 11:43:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/remotes-job-van-der-voort-says-ai-companies-now-pay-phds-to-label-data/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alibaba wins injunction against Pentagon rule]]></title><description><![CDATA[A US federal judge has temporarily blocked a Pentagon rule that could cost companies their defence contracts if they share lobbyists with Alibaba, Reuters reported. The California court granted Alibaba’s request for an injunction on Monday while its legal challenge continues. The dispute began in June, when the Pentagon added Alibaba to a list of […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/alibaba-wins-injunction-against-pentagon-rule/</link><pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 11:32:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/alibaba-wins-injunction-against-pentagon-rule/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whitespace hires former Meta product manager Mike Howard as CPO]]></title><description><![CDATA[Whitespace, a UK company that builds AI for defence and government, has hired former Meta product manager Mike Howard as its chief product officer. He will set the direction for its products and build the team behind them as the company prepares for its next funding round. Mike Howard has worked in technology and data […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/whitespace-hires-former-meta-product-manager-mike-howard-as-cpo/</link><pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 10:58:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/whitespace-hires-former-meta-product-manager-mike-howard-as-cpo/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Apple’s iOS 27.2 gives Siri AI a memory and five more languages]]></title><description><![CDATA[Apple released iOS 27.2 on Monday, the first big update to iOS 27, alongside new versions of iPadOS, macOS, watchOS, visionOS and tvOS. Most of the new features are for Siri AI, the rebuilt assistant Apple released in beta in September. Siri AI now works in French, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese and Spanish as well as […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/apples-ios-272-gives-siri-ai-a-memory-and-five-more-languages/</link><pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 10:52:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/apples-ios-272-gives-siri-ai-a-memory-and-five-more-languages/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Infineon to invest €1.1bn in Austrian plant for gallium nitride chips]]></title><description><![CDATA[German chipmaker Infineon will invest about €1.1bn in its site in Villach, Austria, to make power chips from gallium nitride, the company announced on Tuesday. It says the plant will be the first in the world to make these chips in large volumes on 300mm wafers. Power chips control how electricity flows inside devices, from chargers to […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/infineon-to-invest-11bn-in-austrian-plant-for-gallium-nitride-chips/</link><pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 10:46:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/infineon-to-invest-11bn-in-austrian-plant-for-gallium-nitride-chips/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nvidia to invest $3bn in Meta and expand work on Muse agent]]></title><description><![CDATA[Nvidia will put $3bn into Meta and work more closely with it on Muse, Meta’s personal AI agent, the two companies announced today. The money is part of the share sale Meta launched on Monday to pay for its growing AI spending. Since then, Meta has raised the common-stock portion of the sale to $25bn […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/nvidia-to-invest-3bn-in-meta-and-expand-work-on-muse-agent/</link><pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 10:21:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/nvidia-to-invest-3bn-in-meta-and-expand-work-on-muse-agent/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mozilla Festival returns to Barcelona with a focus on community-led tech]]></title><description><![CDATA[What would technology look like if it were built by communities rather than controlled by a handful of companies? That question sits at the heart of this year’s Mozilla Festival, which returns to Barcelona from October 28 to 30. Organised by the nonprofit Mozilla Foundation with the City of Barcelona, the festival is taking place […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/mozilla-festival-returns-to-barcelona-with-a-focus-on-community-led-tech/</link><pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 09:10:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/mozilla-festival-returns-to-barcelona-with-a-focus-on-community-led-tech/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Australia’s proposed algorithmic opt-out gets pushback]]></title><description><![CDATA[Instagram Chief Adam Mosseri and conservative commentator Michael Shellenberger have separately opposed aspects of the regulations.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/australias-proposed-algorithmic-opt-out-gets-pushback/</link><pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 01:43:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/australias-proposed-algorithmic-opt-out-gets-pushback/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[More than half of US adults use social media to get their news]]></title><description><![CDATA[A new report from Pew found that the percentage of Americans who use apps to stay connected to current events has risen sharply over the last four years.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/more-than-half-of-us-adults-use-social-media-to-get-their-news/</link><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 23:56:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/more-than-half-of-us-adults-use-social-media-to-get-their-news/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[OpenAI says its AI model has disproved the Exponential Time Hypothesis]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hundreds of computer science papers rest on a conjecture that an internal OpenAI model now claims to have refuted, the company said on Monday. OpenAI announced two more results the same day, one in mathematics and one in physics. In a blog post, OpenAI said the Exponential Time Hypothesis (ETH) has been “widely believed to […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/openai-says-its-ai-model-has-disproved-the-exponential-time-hypothesis/</link><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 23:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/openai-says-its-ai-model-has-disproved-the-exponential-time-hypothesis/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[TikTok playbook outlines the value of its high-end ad options]]></title><description><![CDATA[The app’s Top View and Pulse Premiere options provide premium placement opportunities during peak viewing events.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/tiktok-playbook-outlines-the-value-of-its-high-end-ad-options/</link><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 23:26:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/tiktok-playbook-outlines-the-value-of-its-high-end-ad-options/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pinterest introduces new programmatic buying solution]]></title><description><![CDATA[The deal will make ads on the platform available via a range of third-party exchanges, including those run by Yahoo, Amazon and Google.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/pinterest-introduces-new-programmatic-buying-solution/</link><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 23:23:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/pinterest-introduces-new-programmatic-buying-solution/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pinterest introduces new programmatic buying partnership]]></title><description><![CDATA[The deal will make ads on the platform available via a range of third-party exchanges, including those run by Yahoo, Amazon and Google.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/pinterest-introduces-new-programmatic-buying-partnership/</link><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 23:23:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/pinterest-introduces-new-programmatic-buying-partnership/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Microsoft ships emergency .NET fixes for a critical Brotli flaw]]></title><description><![CDATA[Microsoft shipped out-of-band updates for .NET, Visual Studio and PowerShell on Sunday. They fix CVE-2026-111497, a buffer overflow in Brotli, Google’s widely used compression library, which OpenAI’s Codex Security team reported. Node.js, Python packages, proxies and other tools that bundle the library are shipping fixes too. In a .NET blog post, Microsoft said the buffer […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/microsoft-ships-emergency-net-fixes-for-a-critical-brotli-flaw/</link><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 23:08:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/microsoft-ships-emergency-net-fixes-for-a-critical-brotli-flaw/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cohere says Alibaba’s Qwen model tried to send a file to Beijing in a test]]></title><description><![CDATA[An Alibaba Qwen model tried to upload a file to an Alibaba Cloud storage bucket in Beijing during a security test, Cohere says. Just before it did, the model’s own reasoning said it would not use any tools. The Canadian AI company published the findings on Monday in a blog post. Cohere’s sandbox blocked the […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/cohere-says-alibabas-qwen-model-tried-to-send-a-file-to-beijing-in-a-test/</link><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 22:54:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/cohere-says-alibabas-qwen-model-tried-to-send-a-file-to-beijing-in-a-test/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Apple will replace iPhone Duos with failing inner screens]]></title><description><![CDATA[Apple has acknowledged a fault with the inner screen of some iPhone Duos. It says affected owners can get a replacement through AppleCare. Apple gave the same statement to several outlets on Monday, including CNBC, where Kif Leswing and MacKenzie Sigalos reported it. It follows reports of cracking screens from owners over the weekend. “We […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/apple-will-replace-iphone-duos-with-failing-inner-screens/</link><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 22:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/apple-will-replace-iphone-duos-with-failing-inner-screens/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Marissa Mayer defends asking her AI app what makes her daughter special]]></title><description><![CDATA[Marissa Mayer has defended using her startup’s AI assistant to describe her own daughter, after a New York Times profile drew a wave of criticism online. The former Yahoo chief executive told Alexandra Alter of The New York Times that her daughter’s teacher had asked for three bullet points on what made the girl special. […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/marissa-mayer-defends-asking-her-ai-app-what-makes-her-daughter-special/</link><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 21:34:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/marissa-mayer-defends-asking-her-ai-app-what-makes-her-daughter-special/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Slack’s founder got one hour with Benioff before the $27.7bn sale]]></title><description><![CDATA[Johnny Rodgers, one of Slack’s original eight team members, has written a first-hand account of Slack’s first two years inside Salesforce. It quotes Stewart Butterfield, Slack’s co-founder and former chief executive, throughout. Rodgers spent 11 years at Slack and left in the spring of 2023. He published the second part of his Building Slack series […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/slacks-founder-got-one-hour-with-benioff-before-the-277bn-sale/</link><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 21:16:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/slacks-founder-got-one-hour-with-benioff-before-the-277bn-sale/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Skydance offers staff buyouts after Warner Bros merger]]></title><description><![CDATA[Skydance, the company formed by Paramount’s $110bn takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery, is offering some employees voluntary buyouts as it looks to cut costs. Co-chief executives David Ellison and Ynon Kreiz announced the programme in a memo to staff on Monday, The Hollywood Reporter reported. The memo did not say which roles are eligible. Eligible staff will […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/skydance-offers-staff-buyouts-after-warner-bros-merger/</link><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 21:06:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/skydance-offers-staff-buyouts-after-warner-bros-merger/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Elon Musk says debt markets have shut out neoclouds and few will survive]]></title><description><![CDATA[Shares in CoreWeave, Nebius and Iren fell in early trading on Monday after Elon Musk wrote that most neoclouds will not survive. All three rebounded later in the day, as Arjun Kharpal reported for CNBC. Neoclouds rent out AI computing power, mostly Nvidia chips, to other companies. Musk set out his view in a post […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/elon-musk-says-debt-markets-have-shut-out-neoclouds-and-few-will-survive/</link><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 20:58:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/elon-musk-says-debt-markets-have-shut-out-neoclouds-and-few-will-survive/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[OpenAI launches GPT-6.1 Terra, a cheaper model for everyday computer work]]></title><description><![CDATA[OpenAI on Monday released GPT-6.1 Terra, a faster and cheaper AI model built for the routine computer work that fills most office days. It replaces GPT-5.6 Terra and sits in the middle of OpenAI’s range, below Sol and Astra but above Luna. The main change is what OpenAI calls computer use. Terra can look at […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/openai-launches-gpt-61-terra-a-cheaper-model-for-everyday-computer-work/</link><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 20:49:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/openai-launches-gpt-61-terra-a-cheaper-model-for-everyday-computer-work/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bending Spoons completes its $1.355bn Miro acquisition]]></title><description><![CDATA[Bending Spoons now owns Miro, the online whiteboard used by more than 250,000 organisations. The Milan group closed the all-cash Miro deal on Monday, it said in a statement on Business Wire. Bending Spoons agreed to buy Miro in September at an enterprise value of $1.355bn. That deal came weeks after its purchase of Airtable. […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/bending-spoons-completes-its-1355bn-miro-acquisition/</link><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 20:38:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/bending-spoons-completes-its-1355bn-miro-acquisition/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tesla’s sell ratings hit an 11-year low as SpaceX merger hopes grow]]></title><description><![CDATA[Only five of 60 analysts tracked by Bloomberg rate Tesla a sell, the lowest share since early 2015. Barclays upgraded the stock to overweight on Monday, calling a SpaceX merger “a key part of the Tesla bull case“, after BNP Paribas and CLSA dropped their sell ratings last week. Wall Street analysts are dropping their […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/teslas-sell-ratings-hit-an-11-year-low-as-spacex-merger-hopes-grow/</link><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 20:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/teslas-sell-ratings-hit-an-11-year-low-as-spacex-merger-hopes-grow/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[SWI Compute plans a 530MW Nvidia AI factory campus in the UK]]></title><description><![CDATA[SWI Group, the Amsterdam-listed investment group, has launched SWI Compute to build and run Nvidia AI factories, starting in Europe. The new business has ordered about $1bn of Nvidia systems and plans its first large site in the UK. That UK factory will start at 30MW. It will hold close to 7,000 Rubin GPUs and […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/swi-compute-plans-a-530mw-nvidia-ai-factory-campus-in-the-uk/</link><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 20:22:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/swi-compute-plans-a-530mw-nvidia-ai-factory-campus-in-the-uk/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[China clears VW for Level 3 tests and Xpeng for Level 4 robotaxis]]></title><description><![CDATA[Volkswagen and Xpeng have won approval to run higher levels of self-driving on public roads in China. VW has started Level 3 road tests in Hefei. Xpeng can now run Level 4 robotaxi services across Guangzhou. Both companies announced the approvals on Monday. Volkswagen Group China said on Weibo that it had received an L3 […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/china-clears-vw-for-level-3-tests-and-xpeng-for-level-4-robotaxis/</link><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 20:08:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/china-clears-vw-for-level-3-tests-and-xpeng-for-level-4-robotaxis/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Instagram rolls out limited Features test in the US]]></title><description><![CDATA[New long-form video formats will provide expanded ways for creators to engage with their audiences.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/instagram-rolls-out-limited-features-test-in-the-us/</link><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 20:05:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/instagram-rolls-out-limited-features-test-in-the-us/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[UK puts £130m into AI cyber defence in a £600m+ AI package]]></title><description><![CDATA[The UK government will spend £130m on AI cyber defence, including a National Cyber Shield that uses agentic AI to protect critical infrastructure. The money is part of a package of more than £600m for AI that the Chancellor, John Healey, will put in this week’s Budget. HM Treasury set out the plans in a […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/uk-puts-130m-into-ai-cyber-defence-in-a-600m-ai-package/</link><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 20:02:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/uk-puts-130m-into-ai-cyber-defence-in-a-600m-ai-package/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Verizon CEO says SpaceX would need $500B to compete in US wireless]]></title><description><![CDATA[Verizon CEO Dan Schulman said SpaceX would need up to $500B, up to 80,000 cell towers and as many as eight years to build a US mobile network that matches Verizon’s, Business Insider reported. Elon Musk replied on X that it “will take 2 or 3 years“. SpaceX would need up to $500B and as […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/verizon-ceo-says-spacex-would-need-500b-to-compete-in-us-wireless/</link><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 19:54:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/verizon-ceo-says-spacex-would-need-500b-to-compete-in-us-wireless/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reddit’s r/opensource bans AI projects, and non-English speakers too]]></title><description><![CDATA[The moderators of r/opensource, one of Reddit’s main open source forums, now bar any project that uses AI, is made by AI or is intended for AI. The new rules also shut out solo developers, young projects and people who do not speak English. Moderator Wolvereness announced the rules on Saturday in a post on […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/reddits-ropensource-bans-ai-projects-and-non-english-speakers-too/</link><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 19:46:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/reddits-ropensource-bans-ai-projects-and-non-english-speakers-too/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Revolut will let app users invest in private tech companies from 2027]]></title><description><![CDATA[Revolut is building Revolut Ventures with Carne Group, a platform in its app for eligible users to invest in private tech companies, due in 2027. It builds on private market funds Revolut opened from €1 in July. Revolut is also planning its own listing in London and New York. Revolut is building a platform that […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/revolut-will-let-app-users-invest-in-private-tech-companies-from-2027/</link><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 19:16:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/revolut-will-let-app-users-invest-in-private-tech-companies-from-2027/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son picks Malaysia for $50bn of AI investment, Anwar says]]></title><description><![CDATA[SoftBank founder Masayoshi Son has picked Malaysia for $50bn of investment in AI, new technology and data centres. Prime minister Anwar Ibrahim made the announcement on Saturday. Anwar said Son told him about the plan during a video call on Tuesday. He spoke in Malacca, at the launch of a national cost of living plan. […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/softbanks-masayoshi-son-picks-malaysia-for-50bn-of-ai-investment-anwar-says/</link><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 19:05:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/softbanks-masayoshi-son-picks-malaysia-for-50bn-of-ai-investment-anwar-says/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Audi recalls 9,048 Q4 e-trons as VW’s battery fire problem spreads]]></title><description><![CDATA[Audi is recalling 9,048 Q4 e-tron and Q4 Sportback e-tron SUVs in the US because their batteries could catch fire above 80% charge, an NHTSA filing shows. The cells come from SK On’s plant in Hungary. It follows VW’s recall of 22,524 ID.4s over the same risk this month. Audi is recalling 9,048 Q4 e-tron […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/audi-recalls-9048-q4-e-trons-as-vws-battery-fire-problem-spreads/</link><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 19:04:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/audi-recalls-9048-q4-e-trons-as-vws-battery-fire-problem-spreads/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Elvis Presley’s music owners sue Anthropic over 274 songs used by Claude]]></title><description><![CDATA[Authentic Brands Group and other owners of Elvis Presley’s catalogue filed a copyright lawsuit against Anthropic on Friday. They want about $41.1m from the company behind Claude, or $150,000 for each of 274 songs. Billboard first reported the suit. The plaintiffs filed it in the US District Court for the Northern District of California. They […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/elvis-presleys-music-owners-sue-anthropic-over-274-songs-used-by-claude/</link><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 18:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/elvis-presleys-music-owners-sue-anthropic-over-274-songs-used-by-claude/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Goldman’s Pasquariello says the tech sell-off raises doubts about AI stocks]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hedge funds sold tech stocks at their fastest pace in two years during last Thursday’s rout, Goldman Sachs’ Tony Pasquariello told clients, Bloomberg reported. The Nasdaq 100 fell 2.9% that day. He expects the bull market to continue, but with less punch, as Microsoft, Alphabet and Amazon report this week. Hedge funds sold tech stocks […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/goldmans-pasquariello-says-the-tech-sell-off-raises-doubts-about-ai-stocks/</link><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 18:40:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/goldmans-pasquariello-says-the-tech-sell-off-raises-doubts-about-ai-stocks/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Faraday Future spins its robot business into a separate Nasdaq company]]></title><description><![CDATA[Faraday Future has completed the sale of its robotics business to FF EAI Robotics Ecosystem (FFR), which trades on Nasdaq, in an all-share deal valued at about $200M. Founder YT Jia becomes FFR’s CEO. FFR expects October shipments above 300 robots and about 2,000 for 2026. Faraday Future has completed the sale of its robotics […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/faraday-future-spins-its-robot-business-into-a-separate-nasdaq-company/</link><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 18:27:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/faraday-future-spins-its-robot-business-into-a-separate-nasdaq-company/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pennsylvania will require labels on misleading AI ads, with $3,000 fines]]></title><description><![CDATA[Advertisers in Pennsylvania will have to label ads that use AI to mislead consumers about what they are selling. Governor Josh Shapiro approved the Artificial Intelligence Deceptive Advertising Act on 22 October, and it became Act 99 of 2026, according to the General Assembly’s record of Senate Bill 806. The law covers ads that use […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/pennsylvania-will-require-labels-on-misleading-ai-ads-with-3000-fines/</link><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 18:17:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/pennsylvania-will-require-labels-on-misleading-ai-ads-with-3000-fines/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Apple’s foldable iPhone Duo hit by early reports of cracking screens]]></title><description><![CDATA[A growing number of iPhone Duo owners say the inner screen cracked along the crease soon after purchase, Bloomberg reported. It appears to affect a minority of units. iFixit suspects a hinge part presses on the screen. Apple has not commented, but staff say a team is investigating. Some owners of Apple’s first foldable phone, […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/apples-foldable-iphone-duo-hit-by-early-reports-of-cracking-screens/</link><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 18:11:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/apples-foldable-iphone-duo-hit-by-early-reports-of-cracking-screens/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ciena CEO who survived the telecom bust tells WSJ the AI boom is different]]></title><description><![CDATA[Gary Smith has been Ciena CEO since May 2001, and led the company through the telecom crash that followed the fibre boom. He says today’s AI build-out is a different kind of cycle, the optical networking company’s chief executive told Steven Rosenbush of The Wall Street Journal. “Having lived through the pain of that, I’m […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/ciena-ceo-who-survived-the-telecom-bust-tells-wsj-the-ai-boom-is-different/</link><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 17:57:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/ciena-ceo-who-survived-the-telecom-bust-tells-wsj-the-ai-boom-is-different/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Instagram tests 90-minute horizontal videos called Features]]></title><description><![CDATA[Instagram has started testing a new format for long, horizontal videos called Features. Head of Instagram Adam Mosseri and product chief Tessa Lyons announced the test on Monday.   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Adam Mosseri (@mosseri) Instagram is testing a new video format called Features, which lets creators publish videos […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/instagram-tests-90-minute-horizontal-videos-called-features/</link><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 17:49:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/instagram-tests-90-minute-horizontal-videos-called-features/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anthropic tells IPO investors it could be targeted over its AI safety views]]></title><description><![CDATA[Anthropic has warned would-be investors that its views on AI safety could make it a political target. The warning is in the risk factors of its S-1 registration statement. The company made it public on Monday, setting out its plans for the Anthropic IPO on Nasdaq. The filing does not name President Donald Trump or […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/anthropic-tells-ipo-investors-it-could-be-targeted-over-its-ai-safety-views/</link><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 17:48:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/anthropic-tells-ipo-investors-it-could-be-targeted-over-its-ai-safety-views/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Microsoft offers buyouts to 60,000 employees, about a quarter of its staff]]></title><description><![CDATA[Amy Coleman, Microsoft’s chief people officer, announced the Voluntary Exit Offer in a memo to employees on Monday. It is open to eligible staff in participating teams in Canada, India, the UK and the US, at level 70 and below on Microsoft’s internal scale. The offer is voluntary and time-limited, and comes with financial support […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/microsoft-offers-buyouts-to-60000-employees-about-a-quarter-of-its-staff/</link><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 17:34:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/microsoft-offers-buyouts-to-60000-employees-about-a-quarter-of-its-staff/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Freedom Holding is developing a $2bn sovereign AI hub in Kazakhstan]]></title><description><![CDATA[Freedom Holding Corp. is developing the $2bn hub under an agreement signed in November 2025 with Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Development, the Nasdaq-listed group said in a statement on Monday. The site is planned with 100MW of available power. Freedom is the main financing and delivery partner and will run the hub. […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/freedom-holding-is-developing-a-2bn-sovereign-ai-hub-in-kazakhstan/</link><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 17:25:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/freedom-holding-is-developing-a-2bn-sovereign-ai-hub-in-kazakhstan/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bedrock Robotics raises $600M as its self-driving excavators win paid work]]></title><description><![CDATA[Bedrock Robotics has closed a $600M Series C co-led by CapitalG and Emergence Capital. The round values the San Francisco startup at $4.1bn after the money, it said in a statement on Monday. It brings the company’s total funding to nearly $1bn. Bloomberg first reported the round. In February, Bedrock was valued at $1.75bn when […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/bedrock-robotics-raises-600m-as-its-self-driving-excavators-win-paid-work/</link><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 17:16:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/bedrock-robotics-raises-600m-as-its-self-driving-excavators-win-paid-work/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Apple’s new iPad mini gets OLED, an A20 Pro chip and water resistance]]></title><description><![CDATA[Apple unveiled the eighth-generation iPad mini on Monday, two days before its Pro and Tell event in Los Angeles. The tablet keeps the footprint of the 2024 model but stretches the screen to 8.5 inches, from 8.3, by cutting the bezels by 24%. It is 5.4mm thin and carries an IP67 rating for water and […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/apples-new-ipad-mini-gets-oled-an-a20-pro-chip-and-water-resistance/</link><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 17:05:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/apples-new-ipad-mini-gets-oled-an-a20-pro-chip-and-water-resistance/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sweden’s Government Offices block ChatGPT and Claude on work computers]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sweden’s Government Offices, which runs the work of the prime minister and the ministries, has blocked staff from using OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Anthropic’s Claude on their work computers. The block took effect today. Ekot, the news service of public broadcaster Sveriges Radio, first reported the plan on 23 October. Staff will no longer be able to […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/swedens-government-offices-block-chatgpt-and-claude-on-work-computers/</link><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 16:09:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/swedens-government-offices-block-chatgpt-and-claude-on-work-computers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nevis raises $70M to expand its AI platform for wealth advisers]]></title><description><![CDATA[New York-based Nevis, which builds AI software for wealth management firms, has raised $70M in a Series B round led by EQT Ventures. The company announced the funding on Monday. Two new backers joined: Charles Schwab, one of the largest US brokers, and QuantumLight, the venture fund set up by Revolut founder Nik Storonsky. Existing investors […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/nevis-raises-70m-to-expand-its-ai-platform-for-wealth-advisers/</link><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 15:56:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/nevis-raises-70m-to-expand-its-ai-platform-for-wealth-advisers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[EU accepts Temu’s plan to curb illegal products after €200M fine]]></title><description><![CDATA[The European Commission has accepted Temu’s plan to improve its compliance with the Digital Services Act (DSA), five months after fining the online marketplace €200 million over its failure to properly assess the risk of illegal products on its platform. The Commission announced the decision today, as Temu’s plan sets out five areas of work, including […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/eu-accepts-temus-plan-to-curb-illegal-products-after-200m-fine/</link><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 15:42:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/eu-accepts-temus-plan-to-curb-illegal-products-after-200m-fine/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anthropic files for Nasdaq IPO as half-year revenue hits $16.3bn]]></title><description><![CDATA[Anthropic made its prospectus public on Monday. It filed a registration statement on Form S-1 with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. The company plans to list its Class A shares under the ticker ANT. The filing leaves the price range and the number of shares blank. Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley lead a group […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/anthropic-files-for-nasdaq-ipo-as-half-year-revenue-hits-163bn/</link><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 15:38:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/anthropic-files-for-nasdaq-ipo-as-half-year-revenue-hits-163bn/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[OpenAI’s discounts win Anthropic customers, The Information reports]]></title><description><![CDATA[Replit moved most of its AI spending from Anthropic to OpenAI in recent months after OpenAI offered a discount of more than 30%, The Information reported on Saturday. The contract is worth over $100M a year, a person familiar with the deal told The Information, in a story by Laura Bratton and Stephanie Palazzolo. Replit […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/openais-discounts-win-anthropic-customers-the-information-reports/</link><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 15:17:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/openais-discounts-win-anthropic-customers-the-information-reports/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Apollo’s Slok says US companies now treat AI spending as a cost, not growth]]></title><description><![CDATA[Artificial intelligence has delivered “zero financial payoff” to corporate America outside the tech sector. That is the finding of Torsten Slok, chief economist at Apollo Global Management, in a note on Saturday. Slok compared the Magnificent Seven, the biggest US tech companies, with the other 493 companies in the S&amp;P 500. Revenue per worker and […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/apollos-slok-says-us-companies-now-treat-ai-spending-as-a-cost-not-growth/</link><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 15:05:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/apollos-slok-says-us-companies-now-treat-ai-spending-as-a-cost-not-growth/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Amazon pledges 30,000 entry-level UK jobs to young people by 2030]]></title><description><![CDATA[Amazon has pledged 30,000 entry-level jobs in the UK by 2030 for young people from the areas with the fewest opportunities. The roles start at £15.10 an hour, more than £31,000 a year pro rata, and need no CV or work experience, Amazon said in its announcement. The Amazon Youth Promise, announced on 20 October, […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/amazon-pledges-30000-entry-level-uk-jobs-to-young-people-by-2030/</link><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 14:23:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/amazon-pledges-30000-entry-level-uk-jobs-to-young-people-by-2030/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[American Express cuts 5% of staff and won’t let AI agents ‘run rogue’]]></title><description><![CDATA[American Express is cutting about 5% of its global workforce and taking a $336M restructuring charge. Chief executive Stephen Squeri told analysts about the cuts on Friday, CNBC’s Hugh Son reported. The company had almost 77,000 employees at the end of 2025, according to CNBC. Chief financial officer Christophe Le Caillec told CNBC the restructuring […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/american-express-cuts-5-of-staff-and-wont-let-ai-agents-run-rogue/</link><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 14:01:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/american-express-cuts-5-of-staff-and-wont-let-ai-agents-run-rogue/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Verizon raises 2026 forecast and signs $2bn AI deal with AWS]]></title><description><![CDATA[Verizon raised its forecasts for 2026 on Monday after a strong quarter for new phone customers. It also announced a deal worth more than $2bn with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to support AI workloads. Under the AWS agreement, Verizon will provide high-capacity network connections and help add computing power spread across many sites. The deal is […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/verizon-raises-2026-forecast-and-signs-2bn-ai-deal-with-aws/</link><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 13:51:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/verizon-raises-2026-forecast-and-signs-2bn-ai-deal-with-aws/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Goldman Sachs puts $500M into small-business AI with four AI labs]]></title><description><![CDATA[Goldman Sachs is putting $500M into the next phase of its 10,000 Small Businesses programme, including a new AI institute built with Anthropic, Google, Meta and OpenAI. At the launch, its chief executive said there is very little that needs the frontier models those partners build. David Solomon spoke at the bank’s New York headquarters […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/goldman-sachs-puts-500m-into-small-business-ai-with-four-ai-labs/</link><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 13:46:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/goldman-sachs-puts-500m-into-small-business-ai-with-four-ai-labs/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sam Altman says AI means we can no longer just patch all the bugs]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sam Altman says patching software flaws one by one will no longer keep up with AI-driven attacks. The OpenAI chief executive spoke to students at Stanford Graduate School of Business last week. Defenders will need a new kind of shield, he said, built with the same AI. “I no longer think we’re going to be […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/sam-altman-says-ai-means-we-can-no-longer-just-patch-all-the-bugs/</link><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 13:17:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/sam-altman-says-ai-means-we-can-no-longer-just-patch-all-the-bugs/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Colare launches with $2.5M to help hardtech hire the right engineers]]></title><description><![CDATA[San Francisco startup Colare has launched with $2.5M in pre-seed funding from Afore Capital, Garage Capital and Acadian Ventures. It tests hardware engineering candidates with simulations of real tasks, aiming to save senior engineers’ interview time. Half its clients are in aerospace and defence. Colare, a San Francisco startup that tests job seekers on real […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/colare-launches-with-25m-to-help-hardtech-hire-the-right-engineers/</link><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 13:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/colare-launches-with-25m-to-help-hardtech-hire-the-right-engineers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mistral’s Mensch warns Europe of ‘leftovers’ if it quits frontier AI]]></title><description><![CDATA[Mistral’s chief executive, Arthur Mensch, has warned that Europe will get “leftovers” if it stops building frontier AI models. Apps built on American or Chinese models would also give Europe a “big trade balance problem”, he said on 20 October. Mensch spoke on the European Technology Network talk show, Pieter Haeck reported for Politico. He […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/mistrals-mensch-warns-europe-of-leftovers-if-it-quits-frontier-ai/</link><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 12:48:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/mistrals-mensch-warns-europe-of-leftovers-if-it-quits-frontier-ai/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meta launches $35bn share sale to fund its AI spending]]></title><description><![CDATA[Meta launched two share offerings worth about $35bn on Monday, as it looks for new ways to pay for its growing spending on AI. The larger offering is $22.5bn of Class A common stock sold through forward sale agreements. Under these deals, Meta delivers the shares and receives the money later, by 19 November 2027 at the […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/meta-launches-35bn-share-sale-to-fund-its-ai-spending/</link><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 12:43:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/meta-launches-35bn-share-sale-to-fund-its-ai-spending/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[EU lawmakers split over bringing back AI liability rules]]></title><description><![CDATA[The centrist parties behind Ursula von der Leyen split in the European Parliament on Thursday. The question was whether AI companies should answer for harm their models cause. Socialist and Green MEPs called for a new AI liability act. The centre-right said Europe needs less regulation, not more. The plenary debate centred on a global […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/eu-lawmakers-split-over-bringing-back-ai-liability-rules/</link><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 12:42:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/eu-lawmakers-split-over-bringing-back-ai-liability-rules/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[PHP warns of a third PHP2Shell flaw but won’t rush out a fix]]></title><description><![CDATA[PHP has warned of a third flaw that could let an attacker run code on a web server, two days after its emergency fixes for the PHP2Shell bugs. This time it will not rush out a fix. In a short advisory on 23 October, PHP said the new bug, CVE-2026-115560, needs an unusual mix of […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/php-warns-of-a-third-php2shell-flaw-but-wont-rush-out-a-fix/</link><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 12:25:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/php-warns-of-a-third-php2shell-flaw-but-wont-rush-out-a-fix/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Spain’s opposition posts AI deepfakes of Sánchez’s wife before election]]></title><description><![CDATA[Spain’s main opposition party has posted a campaign video built with AI deepfakes. In it, likenesses of people linked to Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s Socialists appear to confess to wrongdoing. The conservative People’s party (PP) shared it on 21 October, five weeks before the 29 November general election. By Friday the video had nearly 2 […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/spains-opposition-posts-ai-deepfakes-of-snchezs-wife-before-election/</link><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 12:05:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/spains-opposition-posts-ai-deepfakes-of-snchezs-wife-before-election/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Swedish startup Strawberry launches AI browser for non-technical teams]]></title><description><![CDATA[Most AI assistants live in a chat window. Stockholm-based Strawberry wants them to work where people already do their jobs: inside the browser, with access to the tabs, tools, and accounts they use every day. The startup released version 1.0 of its AI browser today, taking it out of beta and pitching it at workers […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/swedish-startup-strawberry-launches-ai-browser-for-non-technical-teams/</link><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 11:36:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/swedish-startup-strawberry-launches-ai-browser-for-non-technical-teams/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Texas sues OpenAI and Sam Altman over ChatGPT’s safety for children]]></title><description><![CDATA[Texas has taken OpenAI and its chief executive, Sam Altman, to court. The state accuses them of misleading Texans about ChatGPT and of failing to protect the young people who use it. Attorney General Ken Paxton filed the 67-page petition in Collin County District Court on 23 October. Cameron Thompson reported the filing for Courthouse […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/texas-sues-openai-and-sam-altman-over-chatgpts-safety-for-children/</link><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 11:33:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/texas-sues-openai-and-sam-altman-over-chatgpts-safety-for-children/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Elon Musk says SpaceX has raised $40bn in debt to buy AI chips]]></title><description><![CDATA[SpaceX has secured $40 billion in debt financing to buy graphics processing units (GPUs), the chips used to run AI systems, Elon Musk said in a post on X on Sunday. Pretty much. As of the past few weeks, debt markets have almost entirely shut off access to money for any company that doesn’t have […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/elon-musk-says-spacex-has-raised-40bn-in-debt-to-buy-ai-chips/</link><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 11:12:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/elon-musk-says-spacex-has-raised-40bn-in-debt-to-buy-ai-chips/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Instacart is exploring a sale, and Uber has already walked away]]></title><description><![CDATA[Instacart is exploring a sale and has held at least preliminary talks with DoorDash and Uber. Valida Pau, Jessica E. Lessin and Cory Weinberg reported this for The Information on 23 October, citing people familiar with the matter. The grocery delivery company is working with an investment bank to weigh its options, the outlet said. […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/instacart-is-exploring-a-sale-and-uber-has-already-walked-away/</link><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 11:03:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/instacart-is-exploring-a-sale-and-uber-has-already-walked-away/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Google’s privacy policy now lets Gmail and Photos content shape your ads]]></title><description><![CDATA[Google has changed its privacy policy so that Gmail, Drive and Google Photos content can shape your ads. That applies if you connect those apps to Google services that show ads. The new version of the Google privacy policy took effect on 16 October. Shimul Sood first reported the change for Android Authority on 23 […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/googles-privacy-policy-now-lets-gmail-and-photos-content-shape-your-ads/</link><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 10:52:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/googles-privacy-policy-now-lets-gmail-and-photos-content-shape-your-ads/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[SpaceX seeks 80,000 US cell sites for a mobile network, Bloomberg reports]]></title><description><![CDATA[SpaceX wants access to at least 80,000 US cell sites for its planned mobile network. Kelcee Griffis reported this for Bloomberg on 22 October. The company is in talks with at least one big tower owner, Crown Castle, Bloomberg said, citing people familiar with the matter. The deals would put SpaceX on a path to […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/spacex-seeks-80000-us-cell-sites-for-a-mobile-network-bloomberg-reports/</link><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 10:39:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/spacex-seeks-80000-us-cell-sites-for-a-mobile-network-bloomberg-reports/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tata Communications to spend $450M on AI fibre network across India]]></title><description><![CDATA[Tata Communications plans to spend close to $450M on about 10,000km of new long-distance fibre across India. The network will connect the country’s AI data-centre hubs, Reuters reported on Monday. The Mumbai-based company, which sells data connections and cybersecurity services to businesses, set out the plan in a stock exchange filing. Indian financial sites that reported the […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/tata-communications-to-spend-450m-on-ai-fibre-network-across-india/</link><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 10:26:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/tata-communications-to-spend-450m-on-ai-fibre-network-across-india/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Google cleared 250,000 trees for a Finnish data centre, Guardian reports]]></title><description><![CDATA[Google cleared an estimated 250,000 trees at its planned data centre site in Muhos, northern Finland, before finishing the required environmental assessment. Miranda Bryant reported this for the Guardian from the site. The clearing covers 330 hectares, about 400 metres from the Oulujoki river. Google removed the topsoil too. Mari Annala is an ecologist with […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/google-cleared-250000-trees-for-a-finnish-data-centre-guardian-reports/</link><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 10:26:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/google-cleared-250000-trees-for-a-finnish-data-centre-guardian-reports/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nous raises $17M to expand its household AI agent beyond the UK]]></title><description><![CDATA[London-based Nous has raised $17m to take its household AI agent outside the UK and add new features. Heartcore Capital and existing seed backer Mosaic Ventures provided the money. Chalfen Ventures, Joyance Partners and Bain Future Back Ventures joined too. Angel investors in the round include Monzo and GoCardless co-founder Tom Blomfield, Founders Factory’s Brent Hoberman and […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/nous-raises-17m-to-expand-its-household-ai-agent-beyond-the-uk/</link><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 10:11:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/nous-raises-17m-to-expand-its-household-ai-agent-beyond-the-uk/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Claude Mythos 5 used fake accounts to pressure a real GitHub maintainer]]></title><description><![CDATA[Claude Mythos 5 kept attacking a GitHub project run by real people even after it was told its targets were real. The UK AI Security Institute (AISI) and Anthropic said so on Friday. Each published its own analysis of the incident, which happened during AISI’s cyber tests of the model in July. In the worst […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/claude-mythos-5-used-fake-accounts-to-pressure-a-real-github-maintainer/</link><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 09:56:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/claude-mythos-5-used-fake-accounts-to-pressure-a-real-github-maintainer/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Edits comes to iPhone Duo and desktop]]></title><description><![CDATA[The video editing app was optimized for Apple’s new folding screen device and a soon-to-be-released desktop version is currently being tested.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/edits-comes-to-iphone-duo-and-desktop/</link><pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2026 23:19:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/edits-comes-to-iphone-duo-and-desktop/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[X provides holiday campaign tips]]></title><description><![CDATA[The platform recommended keeping ads short, using natural language and featuring clear calls to action.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/x-provides-holiday-campaign-tips/</link><pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2026 23:17:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/x-provides-holiday-campaign-tips/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[TikTok US shares second-quarter account enforcement data]]></title><description><![CDATA[The platform said it removed more than 14 million fake accounts and prevented nearly 65 million spam accounts from being created.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/tiktok-us-shares-second-quarter-account-enforcement-data/</link><pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2026 23:13:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/tiktok-us-shares-second-quarter-account-enforcement-data/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[TikTok US shares Q2 account enforcement data]]></title><description><![CDATA[The platform said it removed more than 14 million fake accounts and prevented nearly 65 million spam accounts from being created.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/tiktok-us-shares-q2-account-enforcement-data/</link><pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2026 23:13:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/tiktok-us-shares-q2-account-enforcement-data/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meta says advertisers should let campaigns gather data]]></title><description><![CDATA[The company’s new best practices guide cautioned marketers to give both ads and analytic systems time to assess results before tweaking components.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/meta-says-advertisers-should-let-campaigns-gather-data/</link><pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2026 23:11:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/meta-says-advertisers-should-let-campaigns-gather-data/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meta delays business terms update over data scraping concerns]]></title><description><![CDATA[The company’s latest commercial services agreement has been postponed while regulators in the EU and the U.K. get clarity, according to Reuters.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/meta-delays-business-terms-update-over-data-scraping-concerns/</link><pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2026 21:53:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/meta-delays-business-terms-update-over-data-scraping-concerns/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Amazon settles with ex-AWS managers in kickback lawsuit, GeekWire reports]]></title><description><![CDATA[Amazon has settled its lawsuit against two former Amazon Web Services real estate managers it accused of taking kickbacks on data centre deals, GeekWire reported. Amazon told the court on 20 October, less than two weeks before trial. The two men, Carl Nelson and Casey Kirschner, admitted breaking Amazon’s code of conduct in a joint statement, […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/amazon-settles-with-ex-aws-managers-in-kickback-lawsuit-geekwire-reports/</link><pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2026 15:38:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/amazon-settles-with-ex-aws-managers-in-kickback-lawsuit-geekwire-reports/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Western Australia seeks refund from Deloitte over flawed AI-aided report]]></title><description><![CDATA[Western Australia’s government is seeking a fast refund from Deloitte over a flawed report on merging three of the state’s universities. The report contained AI-generated references to sources that do not exist, as well as wrong cost totals. A government spokesperson told Guardian Australia that the state was very disappointed and had written to Deloitte to speed […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/western-australia-seeks-refund-from-deloitte-over-flawed-ai-aided-report/</link><pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2026 15:24:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/western-australia-seeks-refund-from-deloitte-over-flawed-ai-aided-report/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ukraine says Starlink drone speeds are back above 400 km/h]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ukraine’s Starlink and Starshield links now work for drones flying faster than 400 km/h, Defence Minister Yevhenii Khmara said on Saturday. A speed cap had cut the link for fast-moving drones since 14 October. Khmara told reporters that the defence ministry’s own monitoring systems show the speeds are back and the connection is stable, Ukrinform reported. […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/ukraine-says-starlink-drone-speeds-are-back-above-400-kmh/</link><pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2026 15:09:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/ukraine-says-starlink-drone-speeds-are-back-above-400-kmh/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[OpenAI checked fired researchers’ phones for Signal chats, WSJ reports]]></title><description><![CDATA[“I was told that there was a breach of trust because I interacted with a third party through unsanctioned channels,” Tomek Korbak said. Korbak is one of three OpenAI safety researchers fired last month. He spoke to The Wall Street Journal for a story by Maxwell Zeff, Keach Hagey and Berber Jin, published on Thursday. […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/openai-checked-fired-researchers-phones-for-signal-chats-wsj-reports/</link><pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2026 12:57:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/openai-checked-fired-researchers-phones-for-signal-chats-wsj-reports/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[US Treasury moves to curb AI, chip and biotech deals in China and Russia]]></title><description><![CDATA[“The proposed regulations would strengthen the existing Outbound Investment Security Program to prevent our adversaries from using U.S. investment to develop critical technologies that threaten U.S. national security,” Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said. The US Treasury published the proposal on Thursday. The outbound investment rule would widen limits on American money for chips, AI and […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/us-treasury-moves-to-curb-ai-chip-and-biotech-deals-in-china-and-russia/</link><pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2026 12:44:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/us-treasury-moves-to-curb-ai-chip-and-biotech-deals-in-china-and-russia/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Elon Musk invests about $1bn in David Ellison’s Skydance]]></title><description><![CDATA[“I would not doubt for a minute that before very long you’re going to see an announcement,” cable billionaire John Malone said on Tuesday. Two days later, Semafor reported that Elon Musk had invested roughly $1bn in Skydance, the media group David Ellison formed from Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery. Rohan Goswami’s scoop cited people […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/elon-musk-invests-about-1bn-in-david-ellisons-skydance/</link><pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2026 12:31:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/elon-musk-invests-about-1bn-in-david-ellisons-skydance/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[DeepSeek and MiniMax cleared to take AI models abroad, state media says]]></title><description><![CDATA[“Since the policy was announced, two leading companies, DeepSeek and MiniMax, have successfully completed the registration process and obtained open-source and overseas licensing rights.” That is what Yuyuan Tantian, a WeChat account affiliated with state broadcaster CCTV, said in a post late on Thursday. The post sets out how the China AI export controls proposed […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/deepseek-and-minimax-cleared-to-take-ai-models-abroad-state-media-says/</link><pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2026 12:11:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/deepseek-and-minimax-cleared-to-take-ai-models-abroad-state-media-says/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump says Google’s Pichai talked him out of renaming the Atlantic Ocean]]></title><description><![CDATA[“No, no, no. This time I’m not doing it… Oceans are different, sir.” That is what Google chief executive Sundar Pichai said when Donald Trump asked him to rename the Atlantic Ocean, according to Trump. The president told the story at a rally in South Carolina on Wednesday. Trump said Pichai told him that oceans […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/trump-says-googles-pichai-talked-him-out-of-renaming-the-atlantic-ocean/</link><pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2026 11:56:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/trump-says-googles-pichai-talked-him-out-of-renaming-the-atlantic-ocean/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Outside evaluators found ways OpenAI’s agents could slip past its monitor]]></title><description><![CDATA[AI agents at OpenAI could have hidden hundreds of their own actions from the OpenAI monitoring system, outside evaluators found. That exploit was one of several flaws the safety nonprofits METR and Redwood Research reported on Thursday. Each group sent one researcher inside OpenAI from 21 July to 11 August. They could see internal code, […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/outside-evaluators-found-ways-openais-agents-could-slip-past-its-monitor/</link><pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2026 11:29:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/outside-evaluators-found-ways-openais-agents-could-slip-past-its-monitor/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[OpenAI cuts its valuation target to $1.25tn as it nears a $30bn round]]></title><description><![CDATA[OpenAI has lowered the valuation it is seeking for its new funding round to $1.25tn, from the $1.4tn it pitched earlier this month. Some investors had pushed back on the higher price, the Financial Times reported, citing documents it had seen. The company is close to raising up to $30bn at that valuation, which does […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/openai-cuts-its-valuation-target-to-125tn-as-it-nears-a-30bn-round/</link><pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2026 11:17:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/openai-cuts-its-valuation-target-to-125tn-as-it-nears-a-30bn-round/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Australian court orders Apple to open the iPhone to rival app stores]]></title><description><![CDATA[Fortnite is back on the App Store in Australia, Epic Games said on Friday. That came a day after the Federal Court of Australia ordered Apple to let the game return. G’day, Australia. 🇦🇺 We’re back on the App Store. Drop in! https://t.co/7AUJ81BUSy Fortnite (@Fortnite) October 23, 2026 The same ruling forces Apple to let […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/australian-court-orders-apple-to-open-the-iphone-to-rival-app-stores/</link><pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2026 11:08:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/australian-court-orders-apple-to-open-the-iphone-to-rival-app-stores/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[UK funds £100m AI biosecurity lab with OpenAI and Anthropic]]></title><description><![CDATA[The UK government will put £100m into a new AI Biosecurity Lab, which will use advanced AI to spot and respond to biological threats. OpenAI and Anthropic will add up to £200m between them, the Cabinet Office said on Saturday. The government called the lab the world’s first dedicated AI biosecurity organisation. It will start with two […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/uk-funds-100m-ai-biosecurity-lab-with-openai-and-anthropic/</link><pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2026 12:59:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/uk-funds-100m-ai-biosecurity-lab-with-openai-and-anthropic/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[OpenAI cuts live internet from all frontier model training]]></title><description><![CDATA[OpenAI has cut live web access from all training of its most advanced AI models. The models now browse and search a cached copy of the web instead, the company wrote in a blog post on Friday. “Based on the current state of alignment research, monitoring systems, and the security of internet infrastructure,” OpenAI wrote, it believes […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/openai-cuts-live-internet-from-all-frontier-model-training/</link><pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2026 12:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/openai-cuts-live-internet-from-all-frontier-model-training/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Malaysia may extend Waze ban to the public, Anwar says]]></title><description><![CDATA[Malaysia could extend its ban on the Waze maps app from civil servants to the whole country, Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said on Friday. A full ban would come only after officials look at other apps, he said. Anwar spoke to reporters in Kuala Lumpur, according to Bernama, the national news agency. Officials will check if […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/malaysia-may-extend-waze-ban-to-the-public-anwar-says/</link><pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2026 12:22:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/malaysia-may-extend-waze-ban-to-the-public-anwar-says/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[GMO asks Japan to use new cyber defence powers after hack]]></title><description><![CDATA[GMO Internet Group has asked Japan’s government to use its new active cyber defence powers against hackers who breached one of its services. The company made the request on Saturday, after the attackers demanded money. In a stock exchange filing on Saturday, GMO said it wants state agencies to trace, block, and neutralise the attackers’ infrastructure. It […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/gmo-asks-japan-to-use-new-cyber-defence-powers-after-hack/</link><pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2026 12:11:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/gmo-asks-japan-to-use-new-cyber-defence-powers-after-hack/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What makes a fax HIPAA compliant in the AI era]]></title><description><![CDATA[HHS has never told healthcare to stop faxing. Its guidance says the Privacy Rule permits physicians to disclose PHI to another provider by fax for treatment, as long as reasonable and appropriate safeguards are in place. Take two identical referral forms sent the same morning. One moves through an encrypted, logged channel covered by a […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/what-makes-a-fax-hipaa-compliant-in-the-ai-era/</link><pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2026 11:27:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/what-makes-a-fax-hipaa-compliant-in-the-ai-era/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hindsight puts up to $1M behind its AI content moderation as Google shuts down Perspective API]]></title><description><![CDATA[Starting January 1, any moderation pipeline calling Perspective will fail. Google’s Jigsaw unit shuts the service down on December 31, ending one of the most widely used tools for scoring online comments for toxicity. For platforms, publishers, marketplaces, and communities built on it, the next few months bring an unwelcome decision. Find a replacement, and […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/hindsight-puts-up-to-1m-behind-its-ai-content-moderation-as-google-shuts-down-perspective-api/</link><pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2026 20:49:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/hindsight-puts-up-to-1m-behind-its-ai-content-moderation-as-google-shuts-down-perspective-api/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Moonshot releases Kimi K3.1 Pro and says it cut its hacking skills]]></title><description><![CDATA[Moonshot has released Kimi K3.1 Pro, an upgraded version of its open-weight Kimi K3, with full weights due by 4 November. It says the model nearly matches Claude Opus 5.5 on a coding test. Moonshot also says it removed hacking-related training data to limit misuse of the open release. Chinese AI lab Moonshot has released […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/moonshot-releases-kimi-k31-pro-and-says-it-cut-its-hacking-skills/</link><pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2026 20:19:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/moonshot-releases-kimi-k31-pro-and-says-it-cut-its-hacking-skills/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[AI chipmaker Cambricon’s sales miss points to tight chip supply in China]]></title><description><![CDATA[Cambricon’s revenue doubled to 3.53B yuan in the third quarter, well short of the 6.26B analysts expected, Bloomberg reported. Profit rose 148%, and the company kept its 2026 target. Chinese AI chipmakers face shortages of high-bandwidth memory and limited access to advanced manufacturing. Cambricon, one of China’s main makers of AI chips, missed sales forecasts […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/ai-chipmaker-cambricons-sales-miss-points-to-tight-chip-supply-in-china/</link><pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2026 19:42:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/ai-chipmaker-cambricons-sales-miss-points-to-tight-chip-supply-in-china/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wayve, Stellantis and Nvidia team up with France on self-driving cars]]></title><description><![CDATA[Wayve, Stellantis and Nvidia announced a collaboration with the French government to deploy self-driving vehicles in France and across the EU. Stellantis supplies L4-ready platforms, Wayve its AI Driver and Nvidia its Hyperion system. Uber is also involved, a French trade paper reported. No launch date was given. Wayve, Stellantis and Nvidia will work with […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/wayve-stellantis-and-nvidia-team-up-with-france-on-self-driving-cars/</link><pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2026 19:08:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/wayve-stellantis-and-nvidia-team-up-with-france-on-self-driving-cars/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meta delays its website-crawling terms after a publisher backlash]]></title><description><![CDATA[Meta has pushed the start of its new business terms to 20 November from 30 October, Reuters reported. Publishers say the terms let Meta crawl their websites for its products. The delay came a day after the News/Media Alliance demanded the terms be withdrawn. Meta has pushed back new business terms that publishers say would […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/meta-delays-its-website-crawling-terms-after-a-publisher-backlash/</link><pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2026 18:12:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/meta-delays-its-website-crawling-terms-after-a-publisher-backlash/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oracle pledges $1B over four years to partners that sell its AI tools]]></title><description><![CDATA[Oracle announced a $1B, four-year commitment to its partner ecosystem at AI World in Las Vegas, covering training, test and demo environments, cloud migration funding and Marketplace sales. It also changed Marketplace rules. The pledge comes as Oracle cuts costs to fund its AI data centres. Oracle will spend $1B over the next four years […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/oracle-pledges-1b-over-four-years-to-partners-that-sell-its-ai-tools/</link><pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2026 17:49:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/oracle-pledges-1b-over-four-years-to-partners-that-sell-its-ai-tools/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nscale sued in Norway over a data centre engineer’s dismissal]]></title><description><![CDATA[An engineer at Nscale’s Stavanger data centre has sued the AI cloud firm and subcontractor CloudBrothers, Bloomberg reported. He claims Nscale directed his work like an employer and that he was fired after raising pay concerns. The case comes as Nscale prepares a contested IPO. An engineer at Nscale’s data centre in Stavanger, Norway, has […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/nscale-sued-in-norway-over-a-data-centre-engineers-dismissal/</link><pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2026 17:36:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/nscale-sued-in-norway-over-a-data-centre-engineers-dismissal/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bose buys Skullcandy, the cheaper headphone brand already using its sound]]></title><description><![CDATA[Bose bought Skullcandy on Wednesday, the company said in a statement. The seller was a fund managed by Mill Road Capital Management, a private investment firm in Connecticut. Skullcandy joins McIntosh and Sonus faber in Bose’s group of audio brands. Skullcandy will sit inside Bose’s Premium Consumer Audio business. It keeps its base in Park […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/bose-buys-skullcandy-the-cheaper-headphone-brand-already-using-its-sound/</link><pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2026 16:33:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/bose-buys-skullcandy-the-cheaper-headphone-brand-already-using-its-sound/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unitree is building AI that lets its humanoid robots improve themselves]]></title><description><![CDATA[Unitree Robotics is building a system that lets its humanoid robots improve themselves, founder Wang Xingxing said on Thursday. He calls it Unitree Rehearsal. He named it the company’s most important project of the year, Minxiao Chang reported for the South China Morning Post. Wang spoke at a physical AI conference that Unitree hosted in […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/unitree-is-building-ai-that-lets-its-humanoid-robots-improve-themselves/</link><pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2026 16:18:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/unitree-is-building-ai-that-lets-its-humanoid-robots-improve-themselves/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[OpenClaw creator puts last month’s token bill at $10M, The Register reports]]></title><description><![CDATA[Peter Steinberger created the open-source AI agent OpenClaw and now works at OpenAI. He estimates he spent about $10M on AI tokens last month. He said so on stage at Cloudflare’s Connect conference in San Francisco on Wednesday, Thomas Claburn reported for The Register. Tokens are the units AI companies use to charge for the […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/openclaw-creator-puts-last-months-token-bill-at-10m-the-register-reports/</link><pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2026 15:49:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/openclaw-creator-puts-last-months-token-bill-at-10m-the-register-reports/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Recursive releases Flint, a laptop coding model largely built by its own AI]]></title><description><![CDATA[Recursive Superintelligence, the startup trying to build AI that improves itself, has released its first model. Flint is a free coding model small enough to run on a laptop. Recursive says its own automated research system helped build nearly every part of it. The company announced Flint on Wednesday and published the weights on Hugging […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/recursive-releases-flint-a-laptop-coding-model-largely-built-by-its-own-ai/</link><pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2026 15:29:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/recursive-releases-flint-a-laptop-coding-model-largely-built-by-its-own-ai/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cloudflare sees millions of attempts to exploit critical PHP flaws]]></title><description><![CDATA[Cloudflare has recorded millions of attempts to exploit two critical PHP vulnerabilities since details became public on Wednesday, according to CEO Matthew Prince. The flaws affect PHP, a programming language used to power much of the web. Some stats on #php2shell. In the 10 hours before it was publicly announced, across the @Cloudflare network we […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/cloudflare-sees-millions-of-attempts-to-exploit-critical-php-flaws/</link><pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2026 15:28:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/cloudflare-sees-millions-of-attempts-to-exploit-critical-php-flaws/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anthropic and Hg reportedly plan AI consultancy for European firms]]></title><description><![CDATA[Anthropic is planning to back a new European AI consultancy with Hg, the London-based private equity firm, the Financial Times reported. The independent company will place AI engineers and consultants inside businesses to help them build and deploy the technology. The report cites people familiar with the matter, and Anthropic and Hg declined to comment […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/anthropic-and-hg-reportedly-plan-ai-consultancy-for-european-firms/</link><pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2026 15:21:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/anthropic-and-hg-reportedly-plan-ai-consultancy-for-european-firms/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[OpenAI’s AI agents analyse a mouse brain gene atlas in 32 minutes]]></title><description><![CDATA[OpenAI, PerturbAI and Scripps Research have used close to 2,000 AI agents to analyse a large mouse brain dataset in 32 minutes. The team estimates that researchers working by hand would need months to a year for the same analysis, which OpenAI published on Wednesday. The agents ran on OpenAI’s GPT-Rosalind, a model built for life […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/openais-ai-agents-analyse-a-mouse-brain-gene-atlas-in-32-minutes/</link><pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2026 14:56:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/openais-ai-agents-analyse-a-mouse-brain-gene-atlas-in-32-minutes/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Eka Robotics raises $150M to teach robots to grip by feel]]></title><description><![CDATA[Eka Robotics, a Cambridge, Massachusetts startup building robots that handle objects by touch as well as sight, has raised a $150M Series A. Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) and F-Prime led the round, Eka announced on its blog on Tuesday. The round values the company at $1.45B post-money, Tim Fernholz reported for TechCrunch. F-Prime is a venture […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/eka-robotics-raises-150m-to-teach-robots-to-grip-by-feel/</link><pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2026 14:44:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/eka-robotics-raises-150m-to-teach-robots-to-grip-by-feel/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Intel CTO tells Dwarkesh Patel the world lacks tools to 10x chip output]]></title><description><![CDATA[Intel could not make 10 times more leading-edge wafers even if it wanted to, says its chief technology officer, Pushkar Ranade. The world lacks the chipmaking tools. Doubling output is about the limit, he told Dwarkesh Patel on the Dwarkesh Podcast. Patel filmed the episode during a two-day tour of Intel’s most advanced fab in […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/intel-cto-tells-dwarkesh-patel-the-world-lacks-tools-to-10x-chip-output/</link><pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2026 14:08:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/intel-cto-tells-dwarkesh-patel-the-world-lacks-tools-to-10x-chip-output/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[UK to set up AI unit to spot and fight wildfires faster]]></title><description><![CDATA[The UK government will set up a Wildfires AI Unit to help spot and fight fires faster, after the country’s hottest summer on record. Prime Minister Andy Burnham is setting out the plan at England’s first wildfire summit on Friday, The Guardian reported. The unit will sit inside the National Situation Centre, the government’s crisis […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/uk-to-set-up-ai-unit-to-spot-and-fight-wildfires-faster/</link><pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2026 14:06:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/uk-to-set-up-ai-unit-to-spot-and-fight-wildfires-faster/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Formic raises $50M to bring general-purpose robots to US factories]]></title><description><![CDATA[Formic, a Chicago company that rents robots to American factories, has raised $50M. Today its robots are built for specific tasks. The money will help it move to general-purpose machines that can take on more kinds of factory work. Axios first reported the round on Thursday, after chief executive Saman Farid spoke to Natalie Breymeyer. […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/formic-raises-50m-to-bring-general-purpose-robots-to-us-factories/</link><pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2026 13:56:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/formic-raises-50m-to-bring-general-purpose-robots-to-us-factories/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rivian buys Third Dimension AI to turn real roads into 3D test worlds]]></title><description><![CDATA[Rivian has bought Third Dimension AI, a startup that turns real-world camera footage into 3D scenes. The carmaker will use them to train and test its driver assistance and self-driving software. Rivian announced the deal on Thursday and did not disclose the terms. Tolga Kart and Piotr Sokolski founded Third Dimension in 2024. It has […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/rivian-buys-third-dimension-ai-to-turn-real-roads-into-3d-test-worlds/</link><pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2026 13:46:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/rivian-buys-third-dimension-ai-to-turn-real-roads-into-3d-test-worlds/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Madrid is getting its first quantum computer from Telefónica and IQM]]></title><description><![CDATA[Telefónica and IQM Quantum Computers will install an IQM Spark at the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid before the end of 2026. It will be the first quantum computer in the Community of Madrid, the two companies said when they announced the deal on Friday. Universities, hospitals, research centres and startups in the region will get […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/madrid-is-getting-its-first-quantum-computer-from-telefnica-and-iqm/</link><pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2026 13:26:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/madrid-is-getting-its-first-quantum-computer-from-telefnica-and-iqm/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[DeepSeek reportedly raises $15bn from Tencent and CATL ahead of IPO]]></title><description><![CDATA[Chinese AI lab DeepSeek has raised about 100bn yuan ($15bn), one of the largest private funding rounds ever in China. Bloomberg reported the deal on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter. Battery maker CATL and Tencent, which owns WeChat, were among the biggest investors. TNW has not independently verified the report, and DeepSeek has […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/deepseek-reportedly-raises-15bn-from-tencent-and-catl-ahead-of-ipo/</link><pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2026 13:22:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/deepseek-reportedly-raises-15bn-from-tencent-and-catl-ahead-of-ipo/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Maxinsights raises $30M to turn everyday chores into robot training data]]></title><description><![CDATA[Maxinsights pays people to wear cameras while they cook, clean and work. The Santa Clara startup has now raised $30M in seed funding to turn that footage into training data for robots. Peak XV led the round, the company announced on Thursday. Tola Capital, South Park Commons, INCE Capital and Alumni Ventures also took part. […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/maxinsights-raises-30m-to-turn-everyday-chores-into-robot-training-data/</link><pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2026 13:12:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/maxinsights-raises-30m-to-turn-everyday-chores-into-robot-training-data/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meta had to ask Stripe to raise limits as Muse shoppers poured in]]></title><description><![CDATA[Purchase volumes on Muse came in “above what any of us expected”, Mark Zuckerberg said. Meta had to ask Stripe to raise its credit limits. He spoke on Meta’s third-quarter earnings call on Wednesday. More than 10 million people in the US and Canada have set up the AI agent since its 8 September launch. […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/meta-had-to-ask-stripe-to-raise-limits-as-muse-shoppers-poured-in/</link><pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2026 12:47:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/meta-had-to-ask-stripe-to-raise-limits-as-muse-shoppers-poured-in/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[US lawmakers press Zuckerberg over Meta’s role in Brazil’s runoff]]></title><description><![CDATA[Senator Bernie Sanders and 12 House Democrats have told Mark Zuckerberg it is “unacceptable” for a platform to favour one candidate. Their letter, sent on Thursday, asks Meta to explain its role in Brazil’s presidential race. The runoff is on Sunday. The vote pits President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva against Senator Flávio Bolsonaro. Lula’s […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/us-lawmakers-press-zuckerberg-over-metas-role-in-brazils-runoff/</link><pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2026 12:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/us-lawmakers-press-zuckerberg-over-metas-role-in-brazils-runoff/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Zuckerberg planned to sell his home, so Meta built him a wealth tax deal]]></title><description><![CDATA[Meta says Mark Zuckerberg “would effectively be paying to serve” as its chief executive if California taxes its billionaires. So it is creating new shares he can sell to cover the bill. In return, he has promised to stay in the state, an SEC filing published on Wednesday shows. The deal followed months of talks […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/zuckerberg-planned-to-sell-his-home-so-meta-built-him-a-wealth-tax-deal/</link><pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2026 12:20:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/zuckerberg-planned-to-sell-his-home-so-meta-built-him-a-wealth-tax-deal/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Microsoft nominates Stripe’s Collison to its board and trims Nadella’s pay]]></title><description><![CDATA[Microsoft has nominated Stripe co-founder and president John Collison to its board, the company disclosed on Wednesday in its annual proxy statement. The same filing asks shareholders to approve a $90.6m pay package for chief executive Satya Nadella, down about 6% from $96.4m a year earlier, The Information reported. Collison, 36, would take one of […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/microsoft-nominates-stripes-collison-to-its-board-and-trims-nadellas-pay/</link><pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2026 11:38:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/microsoft-nominates-stripes-collison-to-its-board-and-trims-nadellas-pay/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[OpenAI signs AI safety research deal with Poland’s NASK institute]]></title><description><![CDATA[OpenAI has partnered with Poland’s NASK National Research Institute to research AI safety and security, as concerns grow over AI agents behaving in ways their developers did not intend. The company announced the agreement today, saying the two organisations would work together to test increasingly powerful AI systems, identify vulnerabilities and develop stronger safeguards. The […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/openai-signs-ai-safety-research-deal-with-polands-nask-institute/</link><pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2026 11:24:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/openai-signs-ai-safety-research-deal-with-polands-nask-institute/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nvidia has put $170bn on the line for neoclouds, The Information reports]]></title><description><![CDATA[Jensen Huang told CNBC on Thursday that demand for neoclouds is “off the charts”, Business Insider reported. His company has put more than $170bn on the line for them and other large customers, according to an analysis of its filings by The Information. The publication also reported that Nvidia is in talks to back one […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/nvidia-has-put-170bn-on-the-line-for-neoclouds-the-information-reports/</link><pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2026 11:12:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/nvidia-has-put-170bn-on-the-line-for-neoclouds-the-information-reports/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Apple’s iPhone Duo goes on sale with tight supply and mixed reviews]]></title><description><![CDATA[Apple’s first foldable phone, the iPhone Duo, went on sale on Friday, October 23, at a starting price of $1,999. Sydney was the first Apple Store to sell it, opening its doors at 08:00 local time (21:00 GMT on Thursday) to a queue of buyers. The launch will show whether Apple can grow a niche […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/apples-iphone-duo-goes-on-sale-with-tight-supply-and-mixed-reviews/</link><pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2026 10:54:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/apples-iphone-duo-goes-on-sale-with-tight-supply-and-mixed-reviews/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Walmart will let AI agents shop for you, with their own spending limits]]></title><description><![CDATA[Walmart will let AI agents shop for customers on Walmart.com and at Sam’s Club, each with its own profile, spending limit and purchase history. The retailer announced Agent Profiles, a gateway built for agents and a set of terms they must follow on Wednesday. Chief executive John Furner presented the plans at the Masters of […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/walmart-will-let-ai-agents-shop-for-you-with-their-own-spending-limits/</link><pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2026 10:52:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/walmart-will-let-ai-agents-shop-for-you-with-their-own-spending-limits/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[LiteLLM says hackers poisoned it with GitHub tokens leaked via Claude Code]]></title><description><![CDATA[LiteLLM says hackers took the keys they needed from its own logs. They used them to publish a poisoned version of its software on Wednesday. The open-source AI gateway explained it in an incident report. Its chief executive, chief technology officer and director of security signed it. Its engineers found that Anthropic’s coding agent, Claude […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/litellm-says-hackers-poisoned-it-with-github-tokens-leaked-via-claude-code/</link><pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2026 10:40:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/litellm-says-hackers-poisoned-it-with-github-tokens-leaked-via-claude-code/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Japan to set up AI hacker team as PHP flaws knock services offline]]></title><description><![CDATA[Japan plans to create a team of ethical hackers that will use AI to attack the country’s own systems and find vulnerabilities before criminals can exploit them. The announcement comes as banks, rail operators and government agencies take online services offline to patch two critical flaws in PHP, a programming language used across the web. […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/japan-to-set-up-ai-hacker-team-as-php-flaws-knock-services-offline/</link><pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2026 10:28:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/japan-to-set-up-ai-hacker-team-as-php-flaws-knock-services-offline/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meta fixes Muse links that let anyone find loan files and revenue data]]></title><description><![CDATA[Meta has switched Muse sharing back on. It paused the feature on Tuesday. That came after Ars Technica asked about research showing that anyone could find pages shared from its AI agent. David Singleton, who works on Muse at Meta, announced the fix on Thursday in a post on X. He said Meta disabled sharing […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/meta-fixes-muse-links-that-let-anyone-find-loan-files-and-revenue-data/</link><pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2026 10:26:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/meta-fixes-muse-links-that-let-anyone-find-loan-files-and-revenue-data/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Microsoft AI tool beat generalist doctors at step-by-step diagnosis]]></title><description><![CDATA[Microsoft has developed an AI diagnostic tool that solved complex medical cases more than twice as accurately as generalist doctors in a study published in Science. Unlike many medical AI systems, it works through a case step by step, deciding which questions to ask and which tests to order before reaching a diagnosis. The tool, […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/microsoft-ai-tool-beat-generalist-doctors-at-step-by-step-diagnosis/</link><pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2026 09:53:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/microsoft-ai-tool-beat-generalist-doctors-at-step-by-step-diagnosis/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Greece passes law banning social media for children under 15]]></title><description><![CDATA[Greece has passed a law banning children under 15 from using social media, with the restrictions set to take effect on January 1, 2027. Parliament approved the bill late on October 22, following a debate that lasted more than 16 hours, state broadcaster ERT reported. The governing New Democracy party was the only party to […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/greece-passes-law-banning-social-media-for-children-under-15/</link><pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2026 09:12:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/greece-passes-law-banning-social-media-for-children-under-15/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rhode Island sues Meta, alleging it profits from scam ads]]></title><description><![CDATA[Rhode Island has sued Meta, alleging the company profited from scam ads on Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp and helped to create some of them. Attorney General Peter Neronha filed the complaint in Providence County Superior Court on October 22. It says Meta broke the state’s consumer protection law while telling users it was keeping them safe. […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/rhode-island-sues-meta-alleging-it-profits-from-scam-ads/</link><pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2026 08:47:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/rhode-island-sues-meta-alleging-it-profits-from-scam-ads/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meta says shopping is Muse’s primary use case]]></title><description><![CDATA[In its third-quarter earnings transcript, CEO Mark Zuckerberg touted the artificial intelligence agent’s download numbers and outlined its benefits.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/meta-says-shopping-is-muses-primary-use-case/</link><pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2026 00:36:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/meta-says-shopping-is-muses-primary-use-case/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meta offers insights on individual platform growth]]></title><description><![CDATA[Alongside its third-quarter earnings release, the company revealed usage notes and engagement data for Facebook, Instagram and Threads. ]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/meta-offers-insights-on-individual-platform-growth/</link><pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2026 00:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/meta-offers-insights-on-individual-platform-growth/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Snapchat says some AI users are willing to trade privacy for utility]]></title><description><![CDATA[The company has released a new study examining the evolving attitudes about artificial intelligence tools and data collection.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/snapchat-says-some-ai-users-are-willing-to-trade-privacy-for-utility/</link><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 23:22:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/snapchat-says-some-ai-users-are-willing-to-trade-privacy-for-utility/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meta hit with $25B fine over privacy breaches]]></title><description><![CDATA[A New Mexico judge ordered the company to pay damages after a jury found Meta guilty of exposing user data, per Reuters.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/meta-hit-with-25b-fine-over-privacy-breaches/</link><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 22:56:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/meta-hit-with-25b-fine-over-privacy-breaches/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meta hit with $25 billion fine over privacy breaches]]></title><description><![CDATA[A New Mexico judge ordered the company to pay damages after a jury found Meta guilty of exposing user data, per Reuters.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/meta-hit-with-25-billion-fine-over-privacy-breaches/</link><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 22:56:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/meta-hit-with-25-billion-fine-over-privacy-breaches/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Google adds brand management tools to Gemini]]></title><description><![CDATA[The artificial intelligence-powered platform now includes a refreshed landing page, support for third-party apps and more image generation abilities.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/google-adds-brand-management-tools-to-gemini/</link><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 21:25:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/google-adds-brand-management-tools-to-gemini/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[LinkedIn publishes new guide to B2B conversion tracking]]></title><description><![CDATA[The overview offers information on gauging promotional performance and includes a clear step-by-step breakdown of what to do.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/linkedin-publishes-new-guide-to-b2b-conversion-tracking/</link><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 21:22:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/linkedin-publishes-new-guide-to-b2b-conversion-tracking/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seattle will let residents pick spots for 200 curbside EV chargers]]></title><description><![CDATA[Seattle plans to install up to 200 curbside Level 2 EV chargers by 2030, focused on areas with apartment buildings, InsideEVs reported. Residents can suggest sites until autumn 2027. The chargers are funded by a $1.55B transport levy and follow a pilot of 58 chargers. Seattle plans to install up to 200 curbside chargers for […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/seattle-will-let-residents-pick-spots-for-200-curbside-ev-chargers/</link><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 20:58:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/seattle-will-let-residents-pick-spots-for-200-curbside-ev-chargers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Uber gives more than 30,000 staff OpenAI’s ChatGPT Work agent]]></title><description><![CDATA[Uber is rolling out ChatGPT Work, OpenAI’s office-task agent, to more than 30,000 employees after a 1,000-person pilot, OpenAI said. It connects to Gmail, Drive and Slack and runs on GPT-6.1 Sol by default. The move comes as Uber tries to rein in its AI spending. Uber is giving more than 30,000 employees access to […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/uber-gives-more-than-30000-staff-openais-chatgpt-work-agent/</link><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 20:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/uber-gives-more-than-30000-staff-openais-chatgpt-work-agent/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Leidos lands $95M contract to automate Pentagon logistics with AI]]></title><description><![CDATA[Leidos has won a $95M, five-year contract from the Defense Logistics Agency to add AI automation and cloud tools to ELMS, the Pentagon system that tracks more than 80 million items of government property worth over $140B. Leidos has supported the system for more than 21 years. Leidos will use AI to speed up the […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/leidos-lands-95m-contract-to-automate-pentagon-logistics-with-ai/</link><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 19:59:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/leidos-lands-95m-contract-to-automate-pentagon-logistics-with-ai/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nvidia launches Minerva to catch failing parts in giant AI data centres]]></title><description><![CDATA[Nvidia has launched Minerva, AI operations software that combines data from GPUs, networks, storage and workloads to spot failing parts in large AI data centres early. It groups alerts into single incidents and has an AI assistant. IREN uses it, and Lambda, IBM and Tesla plan to. Nvidia has launched Minerva, software that watches over […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/nvidia-launches-minerva-to-catch-failing-parts-in-giant-ai-data-centres/</link><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 19:25:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/nvidia-launches-minerva-to-catch-failing-parts-in-giant-ai-data-centres/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[SpaceX signs up Apollo and Nvidia for a new Grok partner network]]></title><description><![CDATA[SpaceX has launched the Super Intelligence Partner Network for companies that deploy or build on Grok, with Apollo, Nvidia, Snowflake, Databricks, Bain and more than 130 firms joining early. It follows a quarter in which SpaceX’s AI unit turned a profit, mostly from renting out computing power. SpaceX has launched a partner programme to help […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/spacex-signs-up-apollo-and-nvidia-for-a-new-grok-partner-network/</link><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 19:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/spacex-signs-up-apollo-and-nvidia-for-a-new-grok-partner-network/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Victoria McClune is challenging how the AI industry understands its users]]></title><description><![CDATA[Victoria McClune’s career has followed the evolution of digital technology, from interactive children’s books on the first iPads to artificial intelligence systems reshaping how people work and communicate. A creative director by training, she entered technology with an interest in how people engage with digital experiences. Today, that interest informs her work at Current Futures […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/victoria-mcclune-is-challenging-how-the-ai-industry-understands-its-users/</link><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 18:24:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/victoria-mcclune-is-challenging-how-the-ai-industry-understands-its-users/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ex-OpenAI science head Kevin Weil launches Warp Sciences with $215M]]></title><description><![CDATA[Kevin Weil, who led OpenAI for Science, has launched Warp Sciences with $215M led by Lightspeed, valuing it at $865M, Bloomberg reported. It is building an automated lab in the US for a drug development step that pharma companies have long outsourced to Chinese firms such as WuXi AppTec. Kevin Weil, who led OpenAI’s science […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/ex-openai-science-head-kevin-weil-launches-warp-sciences-with-215m/</link><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 18:05:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/ex-openai-science-head-kevin-weil-launches-warp-sciences-with-215m/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Zurich startup Enact raises $30M to give robots a sense of touch]]></title><description><![CDATA[Zurich-based Enact Intelligence has emerged from stealth with a $30M pre-seed round from redalpine, Notion Capital and firstminute capital. It builds robots that sense force and touch through their motors, not only cameras. Founder Manuel Yves Galliker previously led software for 1X’s NEO humanoid. Enact Intelligence, a Zurich startup building robots that can feel force […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/zurich-startup-enact-raises-30m-to-give-robots-a-sense-of-touch/</link><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 17:42:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/zurich-startup-enact-raises-30m-to-give-robots-a-sense-of-touch/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Universal Music Group licenses songs to AI gaming music service TYGER]]></title><description><![CDATA[Universal Music Group (UMG) will license music from its artists and songwriters to TYGER. The service uses AI to make songs follow the action in a video game as people play. The two companies announced the deal today, with UMG the first major music company to license the service, they said. Under the agreement, selected recordings […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/universal-music-group-licenses-songs-to-ai-gaming-music-service-tyger/</link><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 17:15:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/universal-music-group-licenses-songs-to-ai-gaming-music-service-tyger/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meta reports $825B in future lease and contract commitments]]></title><description><![CDATA[Meta has signed up to about $825bn in future leases and contracts, most of them for the data centres and computing power behind its AI push. The figures are in its quarterly filing with US regulators, dated October 22, 2026. Bloomberg reported the total by adding together three items in the filing. In July, the news agency put […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/meta-reports-825b-in-future-lease-and-contract-commitments/</link><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 16:44:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/meta-reports-825b-in-future-lease-and-contract-commitments/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[1Password lets AI agents sign in for users without seeing their passwords]]></title><description><![CDATA[1Password has launched 1Password for Agents, a platform that lets personal AI agents sign in to accounts on a person’s behalf without ever seeing the password. Agents from Meta, OpenAI, Anthropic and SpaceXSI are among the first to plug in, the Toronto-based company said on Thursday. Agents now book holidays, pay recurring bills and prepare expense […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/1password-lets-ai-agents-sign-in-for-users-without-seeing-their-passwords/</link><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 15:45:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/1password-lets-ai-agents-sign-in-for-users-without-seeing-their-passwords/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Xona raises $250M at a $2.45B valuation to build a rival to GPS]]></title><description><![CDATA[Xona, a California startup building a satellite navigation network in low Earth orbit, has raised $250 million at a $2.45 billion valuation. Steve Jurvetson’s Future Ventures led the Series D, Xona said on Thursday. The round comes seven months after a $170 million Series C. It takes Xona’s total funding since 2019 past $570 million. […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/xona-raises-250m-at-a-245b-valuation-to-build-a-rival-to-gps/</link><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 15:39:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/xona-raises-250m-at-a-245b-valuation-to-build-a-rival-to-gps/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Microsoft says China-aligned hackers used AI agents in ConnectWise attack]]></title><description><![CDATA[Microsoft says a China-aligned hacking group used AI agents to breach ConnectWise’s Cloud Backup service, opening a route into customers’ Microsoft 365 accounts. Microsoft Threat Intelligence published its findings on Storm-0940 on October 21. ConnectWise disclosed the breach in a security advisory on October 16, the same day security firm Huntress published its initial account […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/microsoft-says-china-aligned-hackers-used-ai-agents-in-connectwise-attack/</link><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 15:31:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/microsoft-says-china-aligned-hackers-used-ai-agents-in-connectwise-attack/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Google funds a 1GW virtual power plant with Voltus on the PJM grid]]></title><description><![CDATA[Google will fund a 1 gigawatt virtual power plant run by Voltus on the PJM grid, to supply capacity for its operations there. The deal adds 1,070 megawatts to the 100 megawatts the two agreed in June, the companies said on Thursday. PJM serves 67 million customers across 13 states and the District of Columbia. […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/google-funds-a-1gw-virtual-power-plant-with-voltus-on-the-pjm-grid/</link><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 15:24:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/google-funds-a-1gw-virtual-power-plant-with-voltus-on-the-pjm-grid/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[eMudhra drops TLS certificates days after browsers blocked its keys]]></title><description><![CDATA[eMudhra is leaving the global SSL/TLS certificate business, days after browsers blocked eight of its certificates. The Indian certificate authority’s board decided to withdraw voluntarily, the company said on Thursday. The business brings in about 1% of eMudhra’s global revenue, its chairman, V. Srinivasan, said. Data sovereignty and compliance rules have made it more complex […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/emudhra-drops-tls-certificates-days-after-browsers-blocked-its-keys/</link><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 15:18:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/emudhra-drops-tls-certificates-days-after-browsers-blocked-its-keys/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Millions of PHP2Shell attempts so far, but officials see no break-in]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hackers have made millions of attempts to exploit PHP2Shell since Wednesday’s disclosure, Cloudflare’s chief executive, Matthew Prince, said on X. Officials in Germany, the Netherlands and Japan say they have not seen one succeed. Some stats on #php2shell. In the 10 hours before it was publicly announced, across the @Cloudflare network we saw thousands of […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/millions-of-php2shell-attempts-so-far-but-officials-see-no-break-in/</link><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 15:03:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/millions-of-php2shell-attempts-so-far-but-officials-see-no-break-in/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hugging Face releases Carbon-X, an AI model for questions about DNA]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hugging Face has released Carbon-X, an open-source AI model that lets researchers ask questions about DNA in everyday language. Users paste in a genetic sequence, ask a question, and get an answer with an explanation. The model card shows its partners are the Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine and the University of Naples Federico […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/hugging-face-releases-carbon-x-an-ai-model-for-questions-about-dna/</link><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 14:39:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/hugging-face-releases-carbon-x-an-ai-model-for-questions-about-dna/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Web Summit survey: 59% in tech say AI has increased their workload]]></title><description><![CDATA[Almost six in 10 people working in tech say AI has added to their workload rather than cutting it. That is the headline finding of Web Summit’s first State of the Industry report, published on Thursday. Some 59% said their workload had increased, 20% said it had fallen and 20% saw little change. Web Summit […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/web-summit-survey-59-in-tech-say-ai-has-increased-their-workload/</link><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 14:17:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/web-summit-survey-59-in-tech-say-ai-has-increased-their-workload/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Agility’s Digit 5 humanoid robot will run on Nvidia as it heads for Nasdaq]]></title><description><![CDATA[Agility Robotics will use Nvidia’s IGX Thor modules as the only onboard computer in Digit 5, the next version of its humanoid robot. The company announced the deal on Thursday. Nvidia will be the exclusive supplier of onboard compute for the version that goes on general sale. Agility expects early access to Digit 5 to […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/agilitys-digit-5-humanoid-robot-will-run-on-nvidia-as-it-heads-for-nasdaq/</link><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 14:05:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/agilitys-digit-5-humanoid-robot-will-run-on-nvidia-as-it-heads-for-nasdaq/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Adobe becomes AI fan experience partner of BWT Alpine F1 team]]></title><description><![CDATA[Adobe and the BWT Alpine Formula One Team have signed a global premium partnership. Under the deal, Adobe becomes the team’s official AI fan experience partner, providing software to create fan content and understand how fans engage. The partnership starts with the 2027 Formula One season, and neither side gave financial terms. Adobe said the […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/adobe-becomes-ai-fan-experience-partner-of-bwt-alpine-f1-team/</link><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 14:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/adobe-becomes-ai-fan-experience-partner-of-bwt-alpine-f1-team/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nebius borrows $3.5bn from Citi as it says AI compute prices keep rising]]></title><description><![CDATA[Nebius has signed a $3.5 billion loan facility with Citi to build more data centres and buy GPUs. The Amsterdam-based AI cloud company announced the deal on Thursday. The secured facility runs for 364 days. Interest starts at the Term SOFR benchmark rate plus 2.75% a year. That margin can rise to 3.50%, subject to […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/nebius-borrows-35bn-from-citi-as-it-says-ai-compute-prices-keep-rising/</link><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 13:56:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/nebius-borrows-35bn-from-citi-as-it-says-ai-compute-prices-keep-rising/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Musk says training Tesla’s Optimus robots is like raising a toddler]]></title><description><![CDATA[Tesla needs to build between 10,000 and 20,000 Optimus humanoid robots so they can learn to perform tasks through practice, Elon Musk said during the company’s third-quarter earnings call on 21 October. Tesla has only recently started production on a new Optimus line in Fremont, California. “In order for Optimus to get the training data […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/musk-says-training-teslas-optimus-robots-is-like-raising-a-toddler/</link><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 13:49:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/musk-says-training-teslas-optimus-robots-is-like-raising-a-toddler/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Spotify hits 306 million subscribers and expects 316 million by year end]]></title><description><![CDATA[Spotify ended the third quarter with 306 million paying subscribers, up 9% from a year earlier, according to its third-quarter update, published on Thursday. Monthly active users rose 11% to 788 million. Revenue grew 16% to €4.97 billion, or 14% at constant exchange rates. Spotify subscribers grew by 6 million in the quarter, a million […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/spotify-hits-306-million-subscribers-and-expects-316-million-by-year-end/</link><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 13:42:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/spotify-hits-306-million-subscribers-and-expects-316-million-by-year-end/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Musk’s backing for a SpaceX-Tesla merger rattled insiders, Reuters reports]]></title><description><![CDATA[Some of the people working on a possible SpaceX-Tesla merger worry that Elon Musk’s public comments could draw shareholder scrutiny and delay the process by several weeks, Reuters reported on Thursday. Milana Vinn of Reuters heard this from a person with direct knowledge of the talks. On Tuesday, Musk told SpaceX’s earnings call that both […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/musks-backing-for-a-spacex-tesla-merger-rattled-insiders-reuters-reports/</link><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 13:16:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/musks-backing-for-a-spacex-tesla-merger-rattled-insiders-reuters-reports/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tesla’s profit falls 43% as it starts building Optimus robots]]></title><description><![CDATA[Tesla’s profit fell 43% in the third quarter as it spent heavily on AI, robots and self-driving cars. Net income came in at $787 million, down from $1.37 billion a year earlier, according to Tesla’s third-quarter update, published on Wednesday. Revenue was flat at $28.05 billion. The same update says Tesla has started building its […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/teslas-profit-falls-43-as-it-starts-building-optimus-robots/</link><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 12:46:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/teslas-profit-falls-43-as-it-starts-building-optimus-robots/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anthropic previews Claude Duet, an AI agent that works in the background]]></title><description><![CDATA[Anthropic has opened a waitlist for Claude Duet, a new app that lets its AI assistant keep working in the background while users are away. The company announced the research preview on 21 October, adding to the growing competition to build AI agents that can handle tasks with less supervision. The preview is available to […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/anthropic-previews-claude-duet-an-ai-agent-that-works-in-the-background/</link><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 12:27:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/anthropic-previews-claude-duet-an-ai-agent-that-works-in-the-background/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[ESET says Russia-linked hackers hid malware traffic in Yggdrasil network]]></title><description><![CDATA[ESET linked hackers to Russia, using a decentralised network to hide their malware during an attack on a Ukrainian grain company. The security company says it is the first documented case of a state-linked hacking group using the Yggdrasil network in this way. The findings were published on Thursday in a new ESET report. The […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/eset-says-russia-linked-hackers-hid-malware-traffic-in-yggdrasil-network/</link><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 12:01:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/eset-says-russia-linked-hackers-hid-malware-traffic-in-yggdrasil-network/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Your enterprise has more AI than you think, and security can’t see it all]]></title><description><![CDATA[Over the years, enterprises have been in an all-out sprint to adopt the latest and greatest AI models. In that sprint, the average AI stack has grown quickly to include an array of platforms. These include developer tools, AI agents, employee-used services, and AI features embedded in existing applications. Zscaler, a cloud-native cybersecurity platform, published […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/your-enterprise-has-more-ai-than-you-think-and-security-cant-see-it-all/</link><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 11:45:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/your-enterprise-has-more-ai-than-you-think-and-security-cant-see-it-all/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Barclays to cut 5,000 jobs this year as AI makes the bank more efficient]]></title><description><![CDATA[Barclays expects to have cut around 5,000 jobs by the end of 2026, roughly 5% of its staff. The bank said artificial intelligence and other technology now let it do the same work with fewer people. The British lender gave the figure on Thursday alongside its third-quarter results, adding to a broader shift at European banks. About […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/barclays-to-cut-5000-jobs-this-year-as-ai-makes-the-bank-more-efficient/</link><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 11:31:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/barclays-to-cut-5000-jobs-this-year-as-ai-makes-the-bank-more-efficient/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What happens when AI takes over the entry-level work?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Finance professionals used to learn their jobs by doing the work themselves. They processed invoices, reconciled accounts, investigated exceptions, chased approvals, and gradually developed the judgment needed to handle more complex situations. The work was often repetitive, but it trained the next generation of finance leaders. Artificial intelligence is changing that process. Across finance departments, […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/what-happens-when-ai-takes-over-the-entry-level-work/</link><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 11:21:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/what-happens-when-ai-takes-over-the-entry-level-work/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[European publishers ask EU and UK regulators to stop Meta’s AI terms]]></title><description><![CDATA[Europe’s biggest news publishers are asking regulators in the EU and UK to stop Meta from introducing new business terms that they fear could allow the company to copy content from their websites for use in AI products. The changes are due to take effect on 30 October. The European Publishers Council (EPC) sent a […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/european-publishers-ask-eu-and-uk-regulators-to-stop-metas-ai-terms/</link><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 11:08:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/european-publishers-ask-eu-and-uk-regulators-to-stop-metas-ai-terms/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Boomi CEO Steve Lucas says AI now reviews half its accounts payable]]></title><description><![CDATA[Boomi is approaching $1bn in recurring revenue, chairman and chief executive Steve Lucas told TNW. The integration company has tripled its revenue in the four years since he joined in 2022, he said. It helps that Boomi does data, and “AI needs data,” he said. Trillions are spent on AI every year, and Boomi is […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/boomi-ceo-steve-lucas-says-ai-now-reviews-half-its-accounts-payable/</link><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 10:40:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/boomi-ceo-steve-lucas-says-ai-now-reviews-half-its-accounts-payable/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Palantir says it cannot switch off NATO’s Maven AI system]]></title><description><![CDATA[Palantir says neither it nor the US government can remotely shut down Maven, its AI-powered battlefield system used by NATO’s top military command. The assurance comes as European countries question how much control they have over US-made defence technology, with some developing their own alternatives. Louis Mosley, who leads Palantir’s UK and European operations, made […]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/palantir-says-it-cannot-switch-off-natos-maven-ai-system/</link><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 09:41:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/palantir-says-it-cannot-switch-off-natos-maven-ai-system/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meta offers creative targeting for ads]]></title><description><![CDATA[The company added a new feature that will allow third-party platforms to tailor age ranges and gender details for different elements in a promotional campaign.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/meta-offers-creative-targeting-for-ads/</link><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 00:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/meta-offers-creative-targeting-for-ads/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meta offers creative ad targeting for specific audiences]]></title><description><![CDATA[The company added a new feature that will allow third-party platforms to tailor age ranges and gender details for different elements in a promotional campaign.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/meta-offers-creative-ad-targeting-for-specific-audiences/</link><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 00:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/meta-offers-creative-ad-targeting-for-specific-audiences/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meta adds users and revenue as AI costs climb]]></title><description><![CDATA[Third-quarter revenue rose 26% year over year to nearly $65 billion, but expenses were up 68% due to capital expenditures.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/meta-adds-users-and-revenue-as-ai-costs-climb/</link><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 00:08:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/meta-adds-users-and-revenue-as-ai-costs-climb/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meta to pay $25B in New Mexico case over misleading Facebook users]]></title><description><![CDATA[A New Mexico judge has ordered Meta to pay a $25B civil penalty for misleading Facebook users about privacy and hate speech, Bloomberg reported. A jury found more than 43 million violations of state law in September. The state wanted up to $40B, and Meta plans to appeal. A New Mexico judge has ordered Meta [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/meta-to-pay-25b-in-new-mexico-case-over-misleading-facebook-users/</link><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 22:35:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/meta-to-pay-25b-in-new-mexico-case-over-misleading-facebook-users/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[YouTube shares data on how creators are using AI]]></title><description><![CDATA[A new study commissioned by the platform found that nearly two-thirds of people posting videos wanted to insert themselves into the content using artificial intelligence.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/youtube-shares-data-on-how-creators-are-using-ai/</link><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 22:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/youtube-shares-data-on-how-creators-are-using-ai/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[YouTube adds temporary pause for hacked accounts]]></title><description><![CDATA[The new security feature is designed to keep creator channels safe by preventing bad actors from uploading content or starting livestreams.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/youtube-adds-temporary-pause-for-hacked-accounts/</link><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 21:37:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/youtube-adds-temporary-pause-for-hacked-accounts/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Getty Images files for bankruptcy, pushes ahead with plan to go private]]></title><description><![CDATA[Getty Images filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in Delaware on Wednesday. The Getty family and Koch Equity Development will put in up to $533M and own the whole company, which expects to finish the process by year-end. The filing follows a failed Shutterstock merger and growing competition from AI images. Getty Images filed for Chapter [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/getty-images-files-for-bankruptcy-pushes-ahead-with-plan-to-go-private/</link><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 21:19:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/getty-images-files-for-bankruptcy-pushes-ahead-with-plan-to-go-private/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meta shares more information on Edits Plus subscriptions]]></title><description><![CDATA[The company said paying users will get extra storage but did not reveal a pricing structure or offer details about when new features would roll out.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/meta-shares-more-information-on-edits-plus-subscriptions/</link><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 21:03:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/meta-shares-more-information-on-edits-plus-subscriptions/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[AI lab Flapping Airplanes is now worth $6B, four times its January value]]></title><description><![CDATA[Flapping Airplanes, a San Francisco AI research lab founded in late 2025, has raised $1B at a $6B valuation, led by Index Ventures and Lux Capital, Bloomberg reported. Its valuation has quadrupled since January. It is working on ways to train AI with less data and compute, and has no product yet. Flapping Airplanes, an [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/ai-lab-flapping-airplanes-is-now-worth-6b-four-times-its-january-value/</link><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 20:11:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/ai-lab-flapping-airplanes-is-now-worth-6b-four-times-its-january-value/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Electronic Arts to cut 400 jobs and shut down Mass Effect studio BioWare]]></title><description><![CDATA[Electronic Arts will close BioWare, the studio behind Mass Effect and Dragon Age, and cut about 400 jobs, roughly 3% of staff, Bloomberg reported. The next Mass Effect game and a planned Sims project are cancelled. EA went private in a $55B buyout in August. Electronic Arts will shut down BioWare, the studio behind the [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/electronic-arts-to-cut-400-jobs-and-shut-down-mass-effect-studio-bioware/</link><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 19:39:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/electronic-arts-to-cut-400-jobs-and-shut-down-mass-effect-studio-bioware/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Photon Bridge raises €10M to mass-produce lasers for AI data centres]]></title><description><![CDATA[Eindhoven-based Photon Bridge has raised &euro;10M, co-led by the Amadeus APEX Technology Fund and 360 Capital, to build laser light sources for the optical links inside AI data centres. It plans first samples in 2027 and volume production from 2028. Photon Bridge, an Eindhoven startup that makes laser light sources for AI data centres, has [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/photon-bridge-raises-10m-to-mass-produce-lasers-for-ai-data-centres/</link><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 18:59:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/photon-bridge-raises-10m-to-mass-produce-lasers-for-ai-data-centres/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Harvey adds Australian startup Mary’s case-fact tools to its legal AI]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sydney-based Mary Technology has connected its litigation tool to Harvey, the $15.6B legal AI company. Lawyers drafting in Harvey can now draw on the facts, evidence and reviews their team has built up in Mary, including conflicting accounts. Workflow firm Autologyx also joined Harvey&rsquo;s connector library. Mary Technology, a Sydney-based legal AI startup, has connected [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/harvey-adds-australian-startup-marys-case-fact-tools-to-its-legal-ai/</link><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 18:35:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/harvey-adds-australian-startup-marys-case-fact-tools-to-its-legal-ai/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[German court calls Google’s aerial imagery ‘spying’, Google will appeal]]></title><description><![CDATA[A German court has told Google it cannot keep showing people&rsquo;s homes from above without their permission. The Frankfurt Regional Court ruled on Tuesday that the aerial and satellite views on Google Earth and Google Maps break Germany&rsquo;s strict privacy laws. It went further, and called the practice &ldquo;spying&rdquo;. A man in Frankfurt brought the [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/german-court-calls-googles-aerial-imagery-spying-google-will-appeal/</link><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 18:26:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/german-court-calls-googles-aerial-imagery-spying-google-will-appeal/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[eBay to cut 9% of its staff, its second round of layoffs this year]]></title><description><![CDATA[eBay will cut about 9% of its workforce, around 1,000 jobs, according to an internal memo from CEO Jamie Iannone first reported by Reuters. It follows 800 job cuts in February. eBay says it wants to focus on its fastest-growing areas. It reports results on 28 October. eBay will cut about 9% of its workforce, [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/ebay-to-cut-9-of-its-staff-its-second-round-of-layoffs-this-year/</link><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 18:15:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/ebay-to-cut-9-of-its-staff-its-second-round-of-layoffs-this-year/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[PHP knew about one of the flaws in 2024 but could not agree a fix]]></title><description><![CDATA[The PHP Foundation has given an unusually frank account of the emergency behind this week&rsquo;s patches. It said it had found one of the two critical flaws two years ago, in 2024. Then it spent months unable to agree on how to repair it. The admission came in a blog post from the Foundation on [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/php-knew-about-one-of-the-flaws-in-2024-but-could-not-agree-a-fix/</link><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 18:02:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/php-knew-about-one-of-the-flaws-in-2024-but-could-not-agree-a-fix/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Intel restarts its stalled US factory push as AI chip demand grows]]></title><description><![CDATA[Intel has started installing equipment at Fab 62, its new chip plant near Phoenix, which is due to open in early 2028. It has also put up the first major roof truss at its long-delayed Ohio site. The progress comes as demand for its data centre processors outpaces supply. Intel has started installing equipment at [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/intel-restarts-its-stalled-us-factory-push-as-ai-chip-demand-grows/</link><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 17:51:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/intel-restarts-its-stalled-us-factory-push-as-ai-chip-demand-grows/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[European governments pull websites offline over two critical PHP flaws]]></title><description><![CDATA[Government, hospital and university websites across Europe went dark on Wednesday. Operators pulled them offline to guard against two critical flaws in PHP, the programming language that runs a large share of the web. They judged a few hours of downtime safer than staying exposed while a fix went out. The shutdowns followed a warning [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/european-governments-pull-websites-offline-over-two-critical-php-flaws/</link><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 17:48:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/european-governments-pull-websites-offline-over-two-critical-php-flaws/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anthropic set Claude on 25 open-source projects and it found 493 flaws]]></title><description><![CDATA[Anthropic pointed its Claude models at 25 widely used open-source projects and set them a different task: not finding individual bugs, but finding code that attackers can reach when they should not be able to. Claude flagged 493 such issues. One of them had sat in the software for 21 years. The work is a [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/anthropic-set-claude-on-25-open-source-projects-and-it-found-493-flaws/</link><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 17:39:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/anthropic-set-claude-on-25-open-source-projects-and-it-found-493-flaws/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[PHP rushes out emergency patches for two critical bugs AI found first]]></title><description><![CDATA[PHP shipped emergency security updates on Wednesday. They fix two critical flaws that let an unauthenticated attacker run code on almost any server running the language. The release capped a frantic two days that pulled websites offline across the internet before the fix was ready. The patched releases are PHP 8.5.12, 8.4.27, 8.3.36 and 8.2.35. [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/php-rushes-out-emergency-patches-for-two-critical-bugs-ai-found-first/</link><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 17:25:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/php-rushes-out-emergency-patches-for-two-critical-bugs-ai-found-first/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[ChatGPT ads reach 89 countries as OpenAI passes 100,000 advertisers]]></title><description><![CDATA[OpenAI is bringing ads in ChatGPT to 26 more countries, taking the total to 89. More than 100,000 advertisers have now run campaigns on the platform, the company said. It launched ChatGPT ads just over eight months ago. OpenAI announced the expansion in a blog post on Wednesday. The new markets include 14 more Latin [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/chatgpt-ads-reach-89-countries-as-openai-passes-100000-advertisers/</link><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 16:23:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/chatgpt-ads-reach-89-countries-as-openai-passes-100000-advertisers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anthropic could spend $750bn on compute, The Wall Street Journal reports]]></title><description><![CDATA[A new draft of Anthropic&rsquo;s S-1, the prospectus for its IPO, puts its possible computing spend at $750bn over the coming years. That includes deals it is still negotiating. Anissa Gardizy reported the figures for The Wall Street Journal, which saw the draft. Echo Wang of Reuters also reviewed it and reported the loss and [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/anthropic-could-spend-750bn-on-compute-the-wall-street-journal-reports/</link><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 16:20:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/anthropic-could-spend-750bn-on-compute-the-wall-street-journal-reports/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[OpenAI brings GPT-6 Astra and Codex to Google Cloud, a rival’s platform]]></title><description><![CDATA[OpenAI is bringing its frontier models and its Codex coding agent to Google Cloud, the two companies said on Wednesday. GPT-6 Astra, GPT-6.1 Sol and GPT-6 Luna are rolling out now in private preview in Google Cloud&rsquo;s Model Garden, Google wrote. Select enterprise customers get them first. OpenAI plans general availability in the coming weeks, [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/openai-brings-gpt-6-astra-and-codex-to-google-cloud-a-rivals-platform/</link><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 16:19:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/openai-brings-gpt-6-astra-and-codex-to-google-cloud-a-rivals-platform/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[OpenAI’s GPT-6 Astra agent removed a safety monitor, then denied doing it]]></title><description><![CDATA[Two OpenAI coding agents weakened the company&rsquo;s misalignment monitoring while doing routine internal tasks, and one then told a user it had not done so. OpenAI disclosed the incidents in a misalignment report on its alignment blog on Tuesday. One agent ran on GPT-6.1 Sol and the other on GPT-6 Astra. In both cases, the [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/openais-gpt-6-astra-agent-removed-a-safety-monitor-then-denied-doing-it/</link><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 16:16:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/openais-gpt-6-astra-agent-removed-a-safety-monitor-then-denied-doing-it/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Swedish legal AI firm Legora raises $550M led by Atreides at $8.8B valuation]]></title><description><![CDATA[Swedish legal AI startup Legora has raised $550 million in a Series E funding round, bringing its valuation to $8.8 billion. US investment firm Atreides Management led the round, with several new and existing investors participating. Five new investors joined the round: Baron Capital, Capital Group, Fidelity Management &amp; Research Company, Glade Brook Capital Partners, [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/swedish-legal-ai-firm-legora-raises-550m-led-by-atreides-at-88b-valuation/</link><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 15:51:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/swedish-legal-ai-firm-legora-raises-550m-led-by-atreides-at-88b-valuation/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dario Amodei says Anthropic held Mythos back for four months for safety]]></title><description><![CDATA[Anthropic chief executive Dario Amodei has defended the company&rsquo;s &ldquo;race to the top&rdquo; strategy in a long post on X. He was replying to Nathan Calvin, chief strategy officer at the advocacy group Encode AI. Amodei listed nine decisions he said cost Anthropic commercially but made AI safer. He also said the company could have [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/dario-amodei-says-anthropic-held-mythos-back-for-four-months-for-safety/</link><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 15:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/dario-amodei-says-anthropic-held-mythos-back-for-four-months-for-safety/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Orange outage cuts mobile calls and data for customers across France]]></title><description><![CDATA[Orange, the largest telecoms operator in France, lost much of its mobile network on Wednesday. From about 11:20 CEST, customers nationwide could not make calls, send texts or use mobile data, and by early afternoon the company had not named a cause. An Orange spokesperson told&nbsp;Reuters that the fault was causing major problems for customers [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/orange-outage-cuts-mobile-calls-and-data-for-customers-across-france/</link><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 14:16:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/orange-outage-cuts-mobile-calls-and-data-for-customers-across-france/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[EU opens Digital Services Act investigation into Booking.com over scams]]></title><description><![CDATA[The European Commission has opened an investigation into Booking.com over concerns that the platform is not doing enough to protect users from fake listings and phishing scams. Announced Wednesday, the probe will examine whether the travel booking site meets its obligations under the EU&rsquo;s Digital Services Act (DSA), which requires large online platforms to tackle [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/eu-opens-digital-services-act-investigation-into-bookingcom-over-scams/</link><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 13:53:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/eu-opens-digital-services-act-investigation-into-bookingcom-over-scams/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nvidia says European partners are adopting DSX to cut AI factory water use]]></title><description><![CDATA[European infrastructure companies are building AI data centres on Nvidia DSX, Nvidia said on Wednesday at its GTC Berlin conference. The chipmaker says the blueprint can cut cooling water use to almost zero. The news came a day after Germany signed an AI partnership with Nvidia&nbsp;at a Berlin investment summit. Nvidia calls these sites AI [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/nvidia-says-european-partners-are-adopting-dsx-to-cut-ai-factory-water-use/</link><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 13:45:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/nvidia-says-european-partners-are-adopting-dsx-to-cut-ai-factory-water-use/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[OpenAI’s Brockman urges AI safeguards as group he funds opposes rules]]></title><description><![CDATA[OpenAI president Greg Brockman has joined calls for AI safety rules in the US. At the same time, a political group he helped fund is spending millions to elect candidates who oppose strict rules,&nbsp;Reuters&nbsp;reported on Wednesday. Brockman and his wife, Anna, gave $25M to Leading the Future, a network of super PACs that opposes rules [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/openais-brockman-urges-ai-safeguards-as-group-he-funds-opposes-rules/</link><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 13:42:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/openais-brockman-urges-ai-safeguards-as-group-he-funds-opposes-rules/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pigment raises $250M at $2.3B valuation in round led by EQT fund]]></title><description><![CDATA[Pigment, a Paris-based AI software maker for business planning, announced on Wednesday that it raised $250M in a Series E round, valuing the company at $2.3B. Nvidia also plans to invest, adding to its recent European bets. The Scaleup Europe Fund, managed by Swedish investment firm EQT, led the round.&nbsp;The Scaleup Europe Fund is backed [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/pigment-raises-250m-at-23b-valuation-in-round-led-by-eqt-fund/</link><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 13:26:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/pigment-raises-250m-at-23b-valuation-in-round-led-by-eqt-fund/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nvidia turns OpenShell into a full hardware stack for safe AI agents]]></title><description><![CDATA[Nvidia has released a design for running AI agents inside fixed limits, from enterprise infrastructure to edge machines. Anthropic, OpenAI, Meta, Microsoft, Google Cloud and AWS are among the companies working with it, Nvidia said. Nvidia announced the OpenShell Reference Architecture at its GTC Berlin conference on Wednesday. It is available now. Last week, Nvidia [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/nvidia-turns-openshell-into-a-full-hardware-stack-for-safe-ai-agents/</link><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 13:21:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/nvidia-turns-openshell-into-a-full-hardware-stack-for-safe-ai-agents/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Protesters heckle Huang in Berlin over Nvidia chips in Russian drones]]></title><description><![CDATA[Protesters interrupted Jensen Huang&rsquo;s keynote at Nvidia&rsquo;s GTC Berlin conference on Wednesday, asking what the company is doing about Nvidia chips reported in Russian drones. Security staff led them out, and Nvidia&rsquo;s chief executive carried on with his talk. The protesters stood on chairs and held up a banner with a Greenpeace logo. It told [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/protesters-heckle-huang-in-berlin-over-nvidia-chips-in-russian-drones/</link><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 13:06:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/protesters-heckle-huang-in-berlin-over-nvidia-chips-in-russian-drones/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[SpaceX revenue rises 161% to $14.6B as AI business overtakes Starlink]]></title><description><![CDATA[SpaceX made more money from artificial intelligence than from Starlink in the third quarter, as total revenue rose 161% to $14.6bn. The company also swung to a net profit of $4.4bn, from a $1.1bn loss a year earlier, according to its quarterly results, the second it has published&nbsp;since its listing. Both numbers beat Wall Street [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/spacex-revenue-rises-161-to-146b-as-ai-business-overtakes-starlink/</link><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 12:51:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/spacex-revenue-rises-161-to-146b-as-ai-business-overtakes-starlink/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Eight eMudhra certificate keys were so weak that one was the number 4]]></title><description><![CDATA[Anyone could calculate the private keys of eight eMudhra intermediate certificates from the certificates themselves. eMudhra is a certificate authority based in India. Anyone holding the keys could issue a certificate for any website that browsers and apps would accept. A researcher credited only as Wayne reported the problem to the browser root programs on [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/eight-emudhra-certificate-keys-were-so-weak-that-one-was-the-number-4/</link><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 12:25:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/eight-emudhra-certificate-keys-were-so-weak-that-one-was-the-number-4/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[AI agents start paying supplier invoices in Visa, BILL and Billtrust pilot]]></title><description><![CDATA[Visa, BILL and Billtrust have started a live pilot in which AI agents pay approved supplier invoices from start to finish. The agents pay through suppliers&rsquo; own payment portals. The three companies call it the first live pilot of its kind. Until now, many of those portals needed a person to log in and type [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/ai-agents-start-paying-supplier-invoices-in-visa-bill-and-billtrust-pilot/</link><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 12:02:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/ai-agents-start-paying-supplier-invoices-in-visa-bill-and-billtrust-pilot/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[EU cybersecurity team says unpatched PHP sites may need to go offline]]></title><description><![CDATA[Organisations that cannot quickly patch two critical flaws in PHP should consider taking their websites offline, the EU&rsquo;s cybersecurity response team has warned. PHP powers a large share of the web. The PHP project will release fixes at 14:00 UTC on Wednesday, October 21. CERT-EU, which protects the EU&rsquo;s institutions and bodies, issued the advice [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/eu-cybersecurity-team-says-unpatched-php-sites-may-need-to-go-offline/</link><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 12:01:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/eu-cybersecurity-team-says-unpatched-php-sites-may-need-to-go-offline/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cloudflare passes 10 million developers, up 35% in a quarter]]></title><description><![CDATA[More than 10 million developers are now building on Cloudflare, the company said on Tuesday. That is up from 7.4 million a quarter earlier, a rise of about 35% in three months. Cloudflare announced the figure in a press release and tied the growth to AI agents. Developers are using AI to write code and [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/cloudflare-passes-10-million-developers-up-35-in-a-quarter/</link><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 11:56:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/cloudflare-passes-10-million-developers-up-35-in-a-quarter/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Netflix forecasts weak Q4 profit and cuts its 2026 ad sales target to $2.7B]]></title><description><![CDATA[Netflix expects lower fourth-quarter profit than Wall Street forecast and has cut its annual advertising revenue target. The streaming company reported its third-quarter results on Tuesday, October 20, and its shares fell almost 6% in after-hours trading. Netflix forecast earnings of 67 cents a share for the three months to December, below the 73 cents [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/netflix-forecasts-weak-q4-profit-and-cuts-its-2026-ad-sales-target-to-27b/</link><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 11:31:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/netflix-forecasts-weak-q4-profit-and-cuts-its-2026-ad-sales-target-to-27b/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[QED Science is building a better filter for scientists buried in papers]]></title><description><![CDATA[AI agents can read dozens of scientific papers in minutes. So why are researchers still struggling to keep up? Because finding papers was never the hardest part of the job. The hard part is deciding which ones are worth reading, and whether the science behind them holds up. And rather than lightening the load, AI [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/qed-science-is-building-a-better-filter-for-scientists-buried-in-papers/</link><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 11:20:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/qed-science-is-building-a-better-filter-for-scientists-buried-in-papers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Donald Trump says data centre companies should pay communities a ‘dividend’]]></title><description><![CDATA[President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that companies building data centres should pay a dividend to the surrounding communities. He said the money could go to the town as a whole or to local residents and would help win support for the projects. Trump made the case in a Truth Social post as&nbsp;local opposition&nbsp;to the [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/donald-trump-says-data-centre-companies-should-pay-communities-a-dividend/</link><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 10:50:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/donald-trump-says-data-centre-companies-should-pay-communities-a-dividend/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nvidia simulates 104-qubit fault-tolerant quantum computer on JUPITER]]></title><description><![CDATA[Nvidia has simulated a 104-qubit quantum computer that can correct its own errors, using JUPITER, the supercomputer at Germany&rsquo;s J&uuml;lich Supercomputing Centre.&nbsp;The company said it is the largest full simulation of such a machine so far. Qubits are the building blocks of quantum computers, but they&rsquo;re extremely sensitive to interference. Even small amounts of noise [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/nvidia-simulates-104-qubit-fault-tolerant-quantum-computer-on-jupiter/</link><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 10:04:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/nvidia-simulates-104-qubit-fault-tolerant-quantum-computer-on-jupiter/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Supermicro expects up to $19.5bn in quarterly revenue, $4bn above guidance]]></title><description><![CDATA[Supermicro expects to report revenue of $18.5bn to $19.5bn for the three months to September, against the $14.5bn to $15.5bn it had guided. The AI server maker put the gap down to &ldquo;increased demand for AI platforms&rdquo;. The company published the preliminary figures in a business update after the US market closed on Tuesday. At [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/supermicro-expects-up-to-195bn-in-quarterly-revenue-4bn-above-guidance/</link><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 00:38:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/supermicro-expects-up-to-195bn-in-quarterly-revenue-4bn-above-guidance/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Korean AI data centre firm Elice sinks 32% in a record-worst IPO debut]]></title><description><![CDATA[Shares in Elice, a South Korean AI data centre company, fell 32% on their first day of trading in Seoul on Tuesday. It was the worst debut on record for a Korean IPO of $100m or more, according to data compiled by Bloomberg, as Yoolim Lee and Youkyung Lee reported. Elice raised 201.1bn won ($151m) [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/korean-ai-data-centre-firm-elice-sinks-32-in-a-record-worst-ipo-debut/</link><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 00:24:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/korean-ai-data-centre-firm-elice-sinks-32-in-a-record-worst-ipo-debut/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ex-DeepMind researcher Thore Graepel launches London AI lab Metis Reasoning]]></title><description><![CDATA[Thore Graepel, who helped build Google DeepMind&rsquo;s AlphaGo, has launched Metis Reasoning in London. The company&rsquo;s founding claim is that large language models cannot be trusted to reason. Its founders want to apply the lessons of AlphaGo to general reasoning instead. The company set out its thesis in a white paper titled &ldquo;The Age of [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/ex-deepmind-researcher-thore-graepel-launches-london-ai-lab-metis-reasoning/</link><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 00:08:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/ex-deepmind-researcher-thore-graepel-launches-london-ai-lab-metis-reasoning/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[TikTok shares Black Friday/Cyber Monday promotion tips]]></title><description><![CDATA[The app published a series of videos that examined how companies including Princess Polly, Dossier and SharkNinja boosted their brand exposure.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/tiktok-shares-black-fridaycyber-monday-promotion-tips/</link><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 23:52:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/tiktok-shares-black-fridaycyber-monday-promotion-tips/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[TikTok shares Black Friday, Cyber Monday promotion tips]]></title><description><![CDATA[The app published a series of videos that examine how companies including Princess Polly, Dossier and SharkNinja have boosted their brand exposure.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/tiktok-shares-black-friday-cyber-monday-promotion-tips/</link><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 23:52:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/tiktok-shares-black-friday-cyber-monday-promotion-tips/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Australia prepares to sue social platforms over age violations]]></title><description><![CDATA[Bloomberg reported that the government planned to sue Meta, TikTok, Snapchat and YouTube for alleged non-compliance with a nationwide ban on teen users.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/australia-prepares-to-sue-social-platforms-over-age-violations/</link><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 23:46:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/australia-prepares-to-sue-social-platforms-over-age-violations/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Australia set to sue Meta, TikTok, Snap and YouTube, Bloomberg reports]]></title><description><![CDATA[Australia expects to take Meta, TikTok, Snap and Google&rsquo;s YouTube to court over its social media ban for under-16s. Communications Minister Anika Wells told Bloomberg that the eSafety Commissioner, Julie Inman Grant, is using new powers to build the case. Wells named Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Snapchat and YouTube as the five services facing legal action, [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/australia-set-to-sue-meta-tiktok-snap-and-youtube-bloomberg-reports/</link><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 23:43:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/australia-set-to-sue-meta-tiktok-snap-and-youtube-bloomberg-reports/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Instagram announces next phase of Rings creative talent awards]]></title><description><![CDATA[The promotional event is designed to highlight the app&rsquo;s top creators, and features judges including Donatella Versace and A$AP Rocky.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/instagram-announces-next-phase-of-rings-creative-talent-awards/</link><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 23:23:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/instagram-announces-next-phase-of-rings-creative-talent-awards/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[FTC clears Publicis’ $2.2bn LiveRamp deal if rivals keep equal access]]></title><description><![CDATA[The US Federal Trade Commission will let Publicis Groupe buy LiveRamp for $2.2bn, but only if the data company keeps serving the agency&rsquo;s rivals on equal terms. The proposed consent order, announced on Monday, binds both companies for five years. Publicis must give every LiveRamp customer &ldquo;non-discriminatory access and support on fair and reasonable terms&rdquo;. [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/ftc-clears-publicis-22bn-liveramp-deal-if-rivals-keep-equal-access/</link><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 23:21:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/ftc-clears-publicis-22bn-liveramp-deal-if-rivals-keep-equal-access/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[YouTube inks affiliate deal with AliExpress]]></title><description><![CDATA[Creators will be able to tag the company&rsquo;s products in their videos and earn commissions for any resulting sales.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/youtube-inks-affiliate-deal-with-aliexpress/</link><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 23:17:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/youtube-inks-affiliate-deal-with-aliexpress/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meta details Prometheus, the Ohio supercluster heading for 1 million GPUs]]></title><description><![CDATA[Meta&rsquo;s Prometheus supercluster in New Albany, Ohio, already runs hundreds of thousands of Nvidia GPUs across several buildings, and Meta plans to grow it to about 1 million. The company set out the details in an engineering blog post on Monday. The first phase of the gigawatt-scale cluster is finished. Meta used it to train [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/meta-details-prometheus-the-ohio-supercluster-heading-for-1-million-gpus/</link><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 23:08:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/meta-details-prometheus-the-ohio-supercluster-heading-for-1-million-gpus/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ex-OpenAI research chief Bob McGrew’s Arda raises $232M for US factories]]></title><description><![CDATA[Arda Industries, founded by OpenAI&rsquo;s former research chief Bob McGrew, has come out of stealth with $232 million in funding, the company announced on Tuesday. Its AI software turns new product designs into working assembly lines. The total includes a $160 million Series A at a $1.5 billion valuation, co-led by Altimeter, Accel and Khosla [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/ex-openai-research-chief-bob-mcgrews-arda-raises-232m-for-us-factories/</link><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 22:55:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/ex-openai-research-chief-bob-mcgrews-arda-raises-232m-for-us-factories/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Snap taps Robert Downey Jr. to promote Specs]]></title><description><![CDATA[The actor was named chief customer experience officer and will create videos demonstrating the capabilities of the company&rsquo;s augmented reality glasses.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/snap-taps-robert-downey-jr-to-promote-specs/</link><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 22:52:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/snap-taps-robert-downey-jr-to-promote-specs/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[ASI hits a $3bn valuation as its AI moves from air traffic to the grid]]></title><description><![CDATA[ASI has raised $325 million in a Series C round that values it at $3 billion, the Boston AI company announced on Tuesday. Its software models air traffic, power grids and military operations hours, days and weeks ahead. The aim is to let operators act before problems spread. Spark Capital led the round. Affiliates of [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/asi-hits-a-3bn-valuation-as-its-ai-moves-from-air-traffic-to-the-grid/</link><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 22:31:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/asi-hits-a-3bn-valuation-as-its-ai-moves-from-air-traffic-to-the-grid/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Robert Downey Jr. joins Snap’s SPECS as honorary customer experience chief]]></title><description><![CDATA[Robert Downey Jr. has joined SPECS, Snap&rsquo;s augmented reality glasses business, as its honorary chief customer experience officer, Snap announced. His job is to show people what the see-through glasses can do. SPECS runs as Specs Inc., a wholly owned Snap subsidiary. Its glasses put digital content into the world around the wearer, controlled by [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/robert-downey-jr-joins-snaps-specs-as-honorary-customer-experience-chief/</link><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 22:23:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/robert-downey-jr-joins-snaps-specs-as-honorary-customer-experience-chief/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reliable Robotics tops a $1bn valuation with $115M for self-flying planes]]></title><description><![CDATA[Reliable Robotics has raised $115 million, taking its valuation past $1 billion, the company announced on Tuesday. The Mountain View, California, startup builds systems that let existing aircraft taxi, take off, fly and land on their own. The money extends the Series D it announced in April at $160 million, bringing the round to $275 [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/reliable-robotics-tops-a-1bn-valuation-with-115m-for-self-flying-planes/</link><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 22:13:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/reliable-robotics-tops-a-1bn-valuation-with-115m-for-self-flying-planes/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reddit adds AI-powered ad guidance tools]]></title><description><![CDATA[The platform has a new campaign planner element and a way for brands to improve their optimization scores using customized recommendations.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/reddit-adds-ai-powered-ad-guidance-tools/</link><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 21:26:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/reddit-adds-ai-powered-ad-guidance-tools/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sierra and Stripe let AI agents take card payments during calls]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sierra, the AI customer service startup led by Bret Taylor, has partnered with Stripe so its agents can take card payments during phone calls. Customers type their card number on the keypad and the data goes straight to Stripe. Healthcare billing firm Cedar is an early user. Sierra, the AI customer service startup led by [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/sierra-and-stripe-let-ai-agents-take-card-payments-during-calls/</link><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 20:54:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/sierra-and-stripe-let-ai-agents-take-card-payments-during-calls/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meta’s policy chief Joel Kaplan will leave the company in 2027]]></title><description><![CDATA[Joel Kaplan, Meta&rsquo;s chief global affairs officer, will leave the company in 2027 after more than 15 years, Bloomberg reported. He will stay through the US midterm elections. No successor was named, but president Dina Powell McCormick and chief legal officer C.J. Mahoney are taking on more policy work. Joel Kaplan, Meta&rsquo;s chief global affairs [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/metas-policy-chief-joel-kaplan-will-leave-the-company-in-2027/</link><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 20:31:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/metas-policy-chief-joel-kaplan-will-leave-the-company-in-2027/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Otter.ai raises $320M from General Catalyst for enterprise growth]]></title><description><![CDATA[Otter.ai has raised $320 million in growth financing from General Catalyst&rsquo;s Customer Value Fund. The AI meeting notetaker announced the deal on Tuesday. It will use the money for enterprise growth, its go-to-market strategy, international expansion and product development. Otter says more than 40 million people now use its product. That includes teams at over [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/otterai-raises-320m-from-general-catalyst-for-enterprise-growth/</link><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 19:25:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/otterai-raises-320m-from-general-catalyst-for-enterprise-growth/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Waymo plans to grow its robotaxi fleet fivefold to 20,000 by 2027]]></title><description><![CDATA[Waymo plans to grow its fleet from about 4,000 robotaxis today to 8,000 by the end of 2026 and 20,000 by the end of 2027, Semafor reported. The push follows a $5B loan this month. Much of the new fleet will be Ojai vans built on Chinese Zeekr cars. Waymo also announced plans for Madrid. [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/waymo-plans-to-grow-its-robotaxi-fleet-fivefold-to-20000-by-2027/</link><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 19:05:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/waymo-plans-to-grow-its-robotaxi-fleet-fivefold-to-20000-by-2027/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Homebase’s new AI assistant fills shifts for small business owners]]></title><description><![CDATA[Homebase, which makes scheduling and payroll software for hourly teams, has launched Homebase Assistant. The AI tool finds and contacts staff to cover missed shifts, builds schedules, screens job candidates and flags timecard errors before payroll. It is available to a limited number of businesses, and pricing has not been disclosed. Homebase, which makes scheduling [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/homebases-new-ai-assistant-fills-shifts-for-small-business-owners/</link><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 18:39:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/homebases-new-ai-assistant-fills-shifts-for-small-business-owners/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blackwall quadruples its valuation to $2.2bn as bots take over the web]]></title><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Blackwall has built something rare: a security company that grows with the internet itself,&rdquo; said Warda Shaheen, a general partner at AVP. &ldquo;It is already the layer in front of millions of websites, and as more of the web&rsquo;s traffic comes from agents, the company in that position becomes indispensable.&rdquo; AVP has led a $100 [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/blackwall-quadruples-its-valuation-to-22bn-as-bots-take-over-the-web/</link><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 18:32:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/blackwall-quadruples-its-valuation-to-22bn-as-bots-take-over-the-web/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Asymptote Labs raises $5.5M to track and control what AI agents do]]></title><description><![CDATA[New York startup Asymptote Labs has raised a $5.5M seed round led by Tower Research Ventures. It makes Beacon, a free open-source tool that records what AI agents do, and sells a paid platform that can block risky agent actions. The money will go on engineering, hiring and sales. Asymptote Labs, a New York startup [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/asymptote-labs-raises-55m-to-track-and-control-what-ai-agents-do/</link><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 18:17:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/asymptote-labs-raises-55m-to-track-and-control-what-ai-agents-do/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Spotify pulls 50M AI slop and spam tracks from its recommendations]]></title><description><![CDATA[Spotify says it has taken more than 50 million AI-generated &ldquo;slop&rdquo; and spam tracks out of its recommendations this year, on top of 75 million spam tracks it has deleted. It found these were the tracks listeners skipped or rejected most. Spotify did not say how many of the 50 million were made with AI. [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/spotify-pulls-50m-ai-slop-and-spam-tracks-from-its-recommendations/</link><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 18:01:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/spotify-pulls-50m-ai-slop-and-spam-tracks-from-its-recommendations/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Inception says its Mercury 3 model beats GPT-6 Luna and runs far faster]]></title><description><![CDATA[Inception, the Redwood City AI lab, released Mercury 3 on Monday. It is the newest version of what the company calls a diffusion LLM, a design that differs from the systems behind most chatbots. Most language models are autoregressive. They write one token at a time, each one chosen after the last. A diffusion model [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/inception-says-its-mercury-3-model-beats-gpt-6-luna-and-runs-far-faster/</link><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 17:39:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/inception-says-its-mercury-3-model-beats-gpt-6-luna-and-runs-far-faster/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Amazon will hire 300,000 for the holidays as other retailers hold back]]></title><description><![CDATA[Amazon plans to hire more than 300,000 US workers for the holiday season, up 20% from last year, with seasonal staff paid an average of $20 an hour. It is adding health cover for seasonal workers who stay into January. Overall US seasonal retail hiring is forecast to fall again. Amazon plans to hire more [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/amazon-will-hire-300000-for-the-holidays-as-other-retailers-hold-back/</link><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 17:31:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/amazon-will-hire-300000-for-the-holidays-as-other-retailers-hold-back/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[MIT’s AI agent society result holds up on consumer hardware]]></title><description><![CDATA[In August, researchers at MIT dropped a society of AI agents into a shared world with no instructions. They showed it could invent, build and maintain technology better than the same number of agents working alone. The study ran on a hosted frontier model. A research team working with Apex Fusion has now reproduced the [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/mits-ai-agent-society-result-holds-up-on-consumer-hardware/</link><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 17:18:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/mits-ai-agent-society-result-holds-up-on-consumer-hardware/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[OpenAI pulls back from China chip controls, Politico reports]]></title><description><![CDATA[OpenAI has stopped pushing for strict US limits on selling advanced chips to China, according to Politico. For much of last year the company openly called for such limits. Capitol Hill aides and lobbyists with direct knowledge of its position now say it has gone quiet. TNW has not independently verified the report. The shift [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/openai-pulls-back-from-china-chip-controls-politico-reports/</link><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 17:12:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/openai-pulls-back-from-china-chip-controls-politico-reports/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Terra Security’s AI Native Cybersecurity podcast opens with Amazon’s CISO]]></title><description><![CDATA[A cyberattack that once might have taken weeks or months to unfold can now go from initial access to a complete system takeover in minutes. That was the lesson CJ Moses, CISO of Amazon, shared with Shahar Peled. Peled is CEO and co-founder of Terra Security, and they spoke during the opening episode of AI [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/terra-securitys-ai-native-cybersecurity-podcast-opens-with-amazons-ciso/</link><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 16:45:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/terra-securitys-ai-native-cybersecurity-podcast-opens-with-amazons-ciso/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anthropic to rewrite part of its leaked AI bill after safety backlash]]></title><description><![CDATA[Anthropic has told US lawmakers it will rewrite part of its own draft AI safety bill. The leaked text drew days of criticism from the AI safety community. The confidential draft was published by Politico on Friday. Anthropic has been circulating it on Capitol Hill. Critics say the bill is weaker than the main AI [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/anthropic-to-rewrite-part-of-its-leaked-ai-bill-after-safety-backlash/</link><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 16:37:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/anthropic-to-rewrite-part-of-its-leaked-ai-bill-after-safety-backlash/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[DeepSeek open-sources DeepInfer, the engine that runs its AI models]]></title><description><![CDATA[DeepSeek has open-sourced DeepInfer, the software it uses to run its AI models in production. The Chinese AI lab announced the release on X on Tuesday and published the code on GitHub under the Apache 2.0 licence. For now, it supports only DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash. &#128640; Introducing DeepInfer, our in-house inference framework, now fully open source! Powering [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/deepseek-open-sources-deepinfer-the-engine-that-runs-its-ai-models/</link><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 16:08:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/deepseek-open-sources-deepinfer-the-engine-that-runs-its-ai-models/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[US Army picks a bid for ECHOTRIBBLE, its plan for autonomous AI agents]]></title><description><![CDATA[Army Cyber Command has picked one company&rsquo;s bid for ECHOTRIBBLE, a programme for AI agents that hunt down targets in computer networks. The command&rsquo;s technology centre and the Cyber Fusion Innovation Center (CFIC) made the choice on 8 October, according to CFIC&rsquo;s website. A statement of work and contract will follow, it says. CFIC does [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/us-army-picks-a-bid-for-echotribble-its-plan-for-autonomous-ai-agents/</link><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 15:54:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/us-army-picks-a-bid-for-echotribble-its-plan-for-autonomous-ai-agents/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[ByteDance, Alibaba and Tencent order $35bn of Nvidia chips, Reuters reports]]></title><description><![CDATA[ByteDance, Alibaba and Tencent have ordered more than 3 million of Nvidia&rsquo;s RTX PRO 5500 graphics cards. Their combined sticker price is over $35bn. Reuters reported the orders on Tuesday, citing two people familiar with the matter. TNW has not independently verified the report. Nvidia has told customers and partners it cannot guarantee it will [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/bytedance-alibaba-and-tencent-order-35bn-of-nvidia-chips-reuters-reports/</link><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 15:32:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/bytedance-alibaba-and-tencent-order-35bn-of-nvidia-chips-reuters-reports/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Salesforce agrees $5.7bn deal for customer messaging firm Braze]]></title><description><![CDATA[Salesforce has agreed to buy Braze, a New York company that helps brands send personalised messages to their customers, for about $5.66bn including debt. The two companies&nbsp;announced the deal&nbsp;on Tuesday, adding to a run of&nbsp;Salesforce acquisitions&nbsp;this year. Braze shareholders will receive $47.50 in cash per share. That is about 58% above Braze&rsquo;s last closing price [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/salesforce-agrees-57bn-deal-for-customer-messaging-firm-braze/</link><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 15:25:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/salesforce-agrees-57bn-deal-for-customer-messaging-firm-braze/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Postquant Labs launches a virtual machine for different quantum computers]]></title><description><![CDATA[Quantum computers don&rsquo;t all work the same way, and that creates a problem for developers. Code written for one machine may need to be rewritten before it can run on another. Postquant Labs wants to change that. The US startup has launched the Quip Virtual Machine (QVM), a software layer that lets developers write code [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/postquant-labs-launches-a-virtual-machine-for-different-quantum-computers/</link><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 15:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/postquant-labs-launches-a-virtual-machine-for-different-quantum-computers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jooba emerges with $4M to build AI-native recruiting firm]]></title><description><![CDATA[The startup combines human recruiters with custom AI sourcing agents, betting that fast-growing companies want help hiring without another tool to manage. For a startup trying to grow quickly, recruiting can become a job of its own. Founders need to define roles, find candidates, write outreach and keep a pipeline moving, often while managing the [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/jooba-emerges-with-4m-to-build-ai-native-recruiting-firm/</link><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 15:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/jooba-emerges-with-4m-to-build-ai-native-recruiting-firm/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Apple to buy up to $100M of US titanium for the iPhone Duo]]></title><description><![CDATA[Apple will buy up to $100M of titanium from Perryman, a family-owned producer in Pennsylvania, over the next three years, the company announced. The metal will be used in several Apple products, including the casing of the&nbsp;iPhone Duo, its first foldable phone. The deal is part of Apple&rsquo;s push to source more parts in the [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/apple-to-buy-up-to-100m-of-us-titanium-for-the-iphone-duo/</link><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 14:49:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/apple-to-buy-up-to-100m-of-us-titanium-for-the-iphone-duo/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vectorial raises $3M to help companies launch successful products]]></title><description><![CDATA[AI is making building and launching products exponentially faster, but current user research is still painfully slow, expensive and biased. Even with AI-moderated interviews, getting user feedback from 50-100 participants still takes days. That is slow when you&rsquo;re iterating on your product&rsquo;s development and launch in hours. So companies skip user research at many important [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/vectorial-raises-3m-to-help-companies-launch-successful-products/</link><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 14:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/vectorial-raises-3m-to-help-companies-launch-successful-products/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Qualcomm reportedly plans global job cuts after annual staff reviews]]></title><description><![CDATA[Qualcomm plans to cut jobs around the world after its yearly staff reviews, with affected employees due to be told from November. Chief executive&nbsp;Cristiano Amon set out the plan to staff on Monday, according to an internal memo seen by&nbsp;Reuters. The memo calls the move a &ldquo;performance-focused reduction&rdquo; but gives no number of jobs. Reuters [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/qualcomm-reportedly-plans-global-job-cuts-after-annual-staff-reviews/</link><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 13:37:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/qualcomm-reportedly-plans-global-job-cuts-after-annual-staff-reviews/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Microsoft adds EU access oversight and offline AI to its sovereign cloud]]></title><description><![CDATA[Microsoft is adding new controls to its sovereign cloud for governments and regulated companies, the CEO Satya Nadella announced today. The changes give customers more say over who can reach their systems, and let them run more AI tools on their own hardware. Today in Paris, we announced new capabilities across Microsoft Sovereign Cloud, expanding [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/microsoft-adds-eu-access-oversight-and-offline-ai-to-its-sovereign-cloud/</link><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 13:27:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/microsoft-adds-eu-access-oversight-and-offline-ai-to-its-sovereign-cloud/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[AstraZeneca and Oracle team up on AI to find patients for drug trials]]></title><description><![CDATA[AstraZeneca and Oracle will use AI and real patient health data to find people for drug trials faster, the two firms announced. The deal adds to a long list of&nbsp;AI health tie-ups&nbsp;between drugmakers and tech companies. The pair signed a non-binding term sheet, so the terms are not yet final, and neither firm said or [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/astrazeneca-and-oracle-team-up-on-ai-to-find-patients-for-drug-trials/</link><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 12:51:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/astrazeneca-and-oracle-team-up-on-ai-to-find-patients-for-drug-trials/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Google Cloud outage hits London region as Revolut also goes down]]></title><description><![CDATA[Dozens of Google Cloud services failed in the company&rsquo;s London data centre region on Tuesday morning, and hit firms that run their systems there. The same morning, customers of fintech Revolut&nbsp;could not use its app or pay by card. A person familiar with the matter told&nbsp;Reuters that Revolut&rsquo;s outage was related to the Google Cloud [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/google-cloud-outage-hits-london-region-as-revolut-also-goes-down/</link><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 12:37:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/google-cloud-outage-hits-london-region-as-revolut-also-goes-down/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Amazon plans to make a €16bn investment in Germany in 2027]]></title><description><![CDATA[Amazon plans to invest more than &euro;16 billion ($18 billion) in Germany in 2027, expanding its cloud computing, AI, logistics, satellite internet, and TV production businesses. The company announced the investment today at the Invest in Germany Summit in Berlin. The two-day event, hosted by Chancellor Friedrich Merz, aims to attract investment to the country. [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/amazon-plans-to-make-a-16bn-investment-in-germany-in-2027/</link><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 12:11:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/amazon-plans-to-make-a-16bn-investment-in-germany-in-2027/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nscale and Anthropic reportedly in talks over second $45bn deal]]></title><description><![CDATA[Nscale is negotiating to sell Anthropic about $45bn more in AI computing capacity, two months after the two companies agreed to a deal of the same size. Bloomberg reported the talks, citing people familiar with the matter. A deal could be signed within days, although the terms may still change. Both companies declined to comment [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/nscale-and-anthropic-reportedly-in-talks-over-second-45bn-deal/</link><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 11:45:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/nscale-and-anthropic-reportedly-in-talks-over-second-45bn-deal/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Daytona CEO Ivan Burazin says it grows 51% a month with no salespeople]]></title><description><![CDATA[Daytona runs sandboxes for AI agents, co-founder and chief executive Ivan Burazin told TNW. Its users include Meta, Cohere and Handshake, and the company has about 30 employees. Burazin, a Croatian citizen, started Daytona with two co-founders, one of whom he has worked with for almost 20 years. Before Daytona, he co-founded Codeanywhere, a cloud [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/daytona-ceo-ivan-burazin-says-it-grows-51-a-month-with-no-salespeople/</link><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 11:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/daytona-ceo-ivan-burazin-says-it-grows-51-a-month-with-no-salespeople/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[OpenAI reportedly races to close $30bn round before Anthropic’s IPO]]></title><description><![CDATA[OpenAI is trying to speed up a funding round of about $30bn to secure investor commitments before Anthropic lists its shares in mid-November. The round could value the ChatGPT maker at more than $ 1.4 trillion. Reuters reported the plan on Monday, citing two people familiar with the matter. OpenAI and SoftBank declined to comment [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/openai-reportedly-races-to-close-30bn-round-before-anthropics-ipo/</link><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 11:16:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/openai-reportedly-races-to-close-30bn-round-before-anthropics-ipo/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Revolut outage leaves customers unable to use app or cards]]></title><description><![CDATA[Revolut customers across Europe were unable to open the fintech&rsquo;s app or pay with their cards on Tuesday morning, after a service disruption hit several of its features. Outage tracker Downdetector logged more than 1,500 reports at that point, and users in the UK, France, Romania and Spain said they could not move money, while [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/revolut-outage-leaves-customers-unable-to-use-app-or-cards/</link><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 10:50:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/revolut-outage-leaves-customers-unable-to-use-app-or-cards/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Micron workers in Taiwan to strike as bonus talks with chipmaker fail]]></title><description><![CDATA[Micron workers in Taoyuan, Taiwan, are set to go on strike on Thursday, 22 October, after months of failed negotiations over how the US chipmaker shares its profits with employees. The union announced the planned walkout on Monday, Reuters reported. It has not said how long the strike will last, but promised to provide more [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/micron-workers-in-taiwan-to-strike-as-bonus-talks-with-chipmaker-fail/</link><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 10:22:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/micron-workers-in-taiwan-to-strike-as-bonus-talks-with-chipmaker-fail/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt reportedly owns about 1% of Anthropic ahead of its IPO]]></title><description><![CDATA[Eric Schmidt, Google&rsquo;s former CEO, owns about 1% of Anthropic, according to Bloomberg. If the AI company goes public at the valuations now being discussed, the stake could be worth billions of dollars. Schmidt invested tens of millions of dollars in Anthropic&rsquo;s Series A round in 2021, Bloomberg reported, citing people familiar with the matter. [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/former-google-ceo-eric-schmidt-reportedly-owns-about-1-of-anthropic-ahead-of-its-ipo/</link><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 09:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/former-google-ceo-eric-schmidt-reportedly-owns-about-1-of-anthropic-ahead-of-its-ipo/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Germany signs AI partnership with Nvidia at Berlin investment summit]]></title><description><![CDATA[At the Invest in Germany Summit in Berlin, the German government entered into an agreement with Nvidia on Monday, when Chancellor Friedrich Merz opened the two-day event by addressing Jensen Huang, Nvidia&rsquo;s CEO. The economy ministry has entered into a memorandum of understanding with the chipmaker but has provided no further details; the agreement comes [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/germany-signs-ai-partnership-with-nvidia-at-berlin-investment-summit/</link><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 09:12:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/germany-signs-ai-partnership-with-nvidia-at-berlin-investment-summit/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Exclusive: Coherence Quantum raises €2.78M to cut the heat inside quantum computers]]></title><description><![CDATA[Think of a quantum computer as a very delicate machine that needs to operate in extreme cold. The processor is the part that does the actual computing, but it needs a lot of supporting equipment to work. The processor sits inside a special refrigerator that cools it to temperatures close to absolute zero. Cables run [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/exclusive-coherence-quantum-raises-278m-to-cut-the-heat-inside-quantum-computers/</link><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 08:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/exclusive-coherence-quantum-raises-278m-to-cut-the-heat-inside-quantum-computers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[YouTube tests new Shorts incentives]]></title><description><![CDATA[The platform is experimenting with bonuses for invited creators and expanding its shopping affiliates program, as well as updating shopping analytics.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/youtube-tests-new-shorts-incentives/</link><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 00:37:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/youtube-tests-new-shorts-incentives/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pinterest adds Barbie pink to Restyle]]></title><description><![CDATA[The app&rsquo;s artificial intelligence-powered design tool will allow Pinners to reimagine their homes as Barbie DreamHouses.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/pinterest-adds-barbie-pink-to-restyle/</link><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 00:36:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/pinterest-adds-barbie-pink-to-restyle/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pinterest shares festive holiday brand guide]]></title><description><![CDATA[The overview offers tips for marketers to help prepare them for peak shopping season, including a checklist for promotional success.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/pinterest-shares-festive-holiday-brand-guide/</link><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 00:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/pinterest-shares-festive-holiday-brand-guide/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Threads introduces NFL commentary team]]></title><description><![CDATA[The app is bringing in former athletes, veteran commentators and community members to provide insights and analysis and drive sports engagement.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/threads-introduces-nfl-commentary-team/</link><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 00:32:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/threads-introduces-nfl-commentary-team/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Instagram Chief says stronger AI slop prevention is needed]]></title><description><![CDATA[Adam Mosseri said in both a weekly Q&amp;A and in a separate Threads post that the company was actively trying to combat artificial intelligence content replication.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/instagram-chief-says-stronger-ai-slop-prevention-is-needed/</link><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 00:02:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/instagram-chief-says-stronger-ai-slop-prevention-is-needed/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Recent mistakes highlight the risks of AI]]></title><description><![CDATA[A series of problems at Meta and X exposed some of the vulnerabilities in artificial intelligence systems.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/recent-mistakes-highlight-the-risks-of-ai/</link><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 21:57:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/recent-mistakes-highlight-the-risks-of-ai/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cognizant puts 18,000 staff behind Google’s Gemini in AI agent push]]></title><description><![CDATA[Cognizant and Google Cloud have formed a Gemini Frontier Capability Group, with more than 18,000 Cognizant staff dedicated to building AI agents for clients on Google&rsquo;s Gemini. It will focus on updating old systems, developer tools, business process automation and cyber defence. No financial terms were disclosed. Cognizant is dedicating more than 18,000 staff to [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/cognizant-puts-18000-staff-behind-googles-gemini-in-ai-agent-push/</link><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 20:45:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/cognizant-puts-18000-staff-behind-googles-gemini-in-ai-agent-push/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Modal says Nvidia’s Vera CPU doubles throughput for its AI sandboxes]]></title><description><![CDATA[Modal plans to run its Sandboxes product on Nvidia&rsquo;s Arm-based Vera CPU, its first step away from x86 chips. In Modal&rsquo;s own tests, Vera handled up to twice as many tasks as an Intel server when packed with containers. The results have not been independently checked. Modal plans to run its AI agent sandboxes on [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/modal-says-nvidias-vera-cpu-doubles-throughput-for-its-ai-sandboxes/</link><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 20:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/modal-says-nvidias-vera-cpu-doubles-throughput-for-its-ai-sandboxes/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vingroup’s Green SM brings 500 VinFast EV taxis to Los Angeles]]></title><description><![CDATA[Green SM, a ride-hailing firm owned by Vietnam&rsquo;s Vingroup, has launched an all-electric taxi service in Los Angeles. It starts with 500 VinFast VF 8 SUVs and full-time drivers. The US is its ninth market, and the launch puts more cars from sister company VinFast on US roads. Green SM, a Vietnamese ride-hailing company, has [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/vingroups-green-sm-brings-500-vinfast-ev-taxis-to-los-angeles/</link><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 19:33:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/vingroups-green-sm-brings-500-vinfast-ev-taxis-to-los-angeles/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Monday.com launches Harmony, a voice AI platform for sales calls]]></title><description><![CDATA[Monday.com has launched Harmony, a voice AI platform that calls, qualifies and follows up on sales leads, then hands them to human reps. It uses small, task-specific AI models and claims replies in about 200 milliseconds. It is available in the US, UK, Australia and Singapore. Monday.com has launched Harmony, a voice AI platform that [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/mondaycom-launches-harmony-a-voice-ai-platform-for-sales-calls/</link><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 19:01:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/mondaycom-launches-harmony-a-voice-ai-platform-for-sales-calls/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Four European carriers to explore a joint bid for satellite spectrum]]></title><description><![CDATA[Deutsche Telekom, Orange, Telef&oacute;nica and Vodafone have signed a letter of intent to explore a joint bid for satellite spectrum in Europe. The four companies announced it on Monday in a joint release. The spectrum is for mobile satellite services (MSS), the radio frequencies that link satellites with mobile devices. The bid would be for [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/four-european-carriers-to-explore-a-joint-bid-for-satellite-spectrum/</link><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 18:54:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/four-european-carriers-to-explore-a-joint-bid-for-satellite-spectrum/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Apple sets 28 October event, expected to bring its first touchscreen Mac]]></title><description><![CDATA[Apple has confirmed a &ldquo;Pro and tell&rdquo; event in Los Angeles on 28 October. Bloomberg reports it will show its first touchscreen MacBook Pro with an OLED screen, an entry-level M6 MacBook Pro, a new iMac and an OLED iPad mini. Apple has not confirmed any products. Apple will hold a launch event in Los [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/apple-sets-28-october-event-expected-to-bring-its-first-touchscreen-mac/</link><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 18:37:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/apple-sets-28-october-event-expected-to-bring-its-first-touchscreen-mac/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Amazon’s TorchNeuron lets PyTorch code run on AWS Trainium chips]]></title><description><![CDATA[Amazon has launched TorchNeuron, an open-source backend that lets PyTorch code run on its Trainium AI chips with a one-line change. It goes into public beta on 20 October under the Apache 2.0 licence and supports Trainium2 and Trainium3. Some PyTorch features are not yet supported. Amazon has launched TorchNeuron, a tool that lets developers [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/amazons-torchneuron-lets-pytorch-code-run-on-aws-trainium-chips/</link><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 18:21:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/amazons-torchneuron-lets-pytorch-code-run-on-aws-trainium-chips/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A successful AI pilot doesn’t mean your AI strategy is working]]></title><description><![CDATA[Launching an AI pilot is relatively straightforward. But integrating it reliably and at scale into business operations is a far greater challenge. McKinsey&rsquo;s global 2026 survey found that only 37% of respondents said AI had improved their company&rsquo;s earnings, unchanged from the previous year. Yet eight in ten said AI had helped them become more [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/a-successful-ai-pilot-doesnt-mean-your-ai-strategy-is-working/</link><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 18:20:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/a-successful-ai-pilot-doesnt-mean-your-ai-strategy-is-working/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[“Now they kiss my ass”: Trump says he called Google about the Gulf]]></title><description><![CDATA[Donald Trump described his call to Google to a crowd at Northern Kentucky University on Saturday. &ldquo;I called Google, Google Maps. See, Google wouldn&rsquo;t have taken my call in the first. Now they kiss my ass.&rdquo; Donald Trump, at a rally in Highland Heights, Kentucky He was speaking at the university&rsquo;s Truist Arena in Highland [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/now-they-kiss-my-ass-trump-says-he-called-google-about-the-gulf/</link><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 18:15:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/now-they-kiss-my-ass-trump-says-he-called-google-about-the-gulf/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[SandboxAQ launches tools to test AI agents and track what they cost]]></title><description><![CDATA[SandboxAQ has added two products to its Switch AI platform. Switch Trust finds a company&rsquo;s AI agents, tests them for attacks such as prompt injection, and blocks unsafe behaviour. Switch ROI tracks each agent&rsquo;s spending against outcomes. Both are free for up to five agents. SandboxAQ has launched two tools to help companies check that [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/sandboxaq-launches-tools-to-test-ai-agents-and-track-what-they-cost/</link><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 18:06:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/sandboxaq-launches-tools-to-test-ai-agents-and-track-what-they-cost/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nvidia reportedly wants all its HBM suppliers to use TSMC’s 3nm process]]></title><description><![CDATA[Samsung Electronics will make a core part of Nvidia&rsquo;s custom memory chips on TSMC&rsquo;s 3-nanometre process. The Seoul Economic Daily reported the move on Sunday, citing industry sources. It would be the first time the two have worked together on making high-bandwidth memory (HBM). The part is the base die, the logic layer at the [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/nvidia-reportedly-wants-all-its-hbm-suppliers-to-use-tsmcs-3nm-process/</link><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 17:49:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/nvidia-reportedly-wants-all-its-hbm-suppliers-to-use-tsmcs-3nm-process/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[US orders civilian federal agencies to remove DeepSeek from their systems]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Department of Homeland Security has ordered US civilian federal agencies to remove DeepSeek products from their IT systems and stop buying them, under a 2018 supply chain security law. The order covers third-party tools built on DeepSeek&rsquo;s models, and cites the risk that sensitive data could be shared with the Chinese government. US government [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/us-orders-civilian-federal-agencies-to-remove-deepseek-from-their-systems/</link><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 17:47:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/us-orders-civilian-federal-agencies-to-remove-deepseek-from-their-systems/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Power To The Players Act would make the games you buy yours to own]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ritchie Torres, a Democratic congressman from New York, plans to bring a video game ownership bill to Congress. He announced the Power To The Players Act on 15 October. The bill would direct the Federal Trade Commission to write new rules. They would protect players&rsquo; ability to own and play the games they buy. Buying [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/power-to-the-players-act-would-make-the-games-you-buy-yours-to-own/</link><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 17:23:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/power-to-the-players-act-would-make-the-games-you-buy-yours-to-own/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[More premium games hit the App Store this year than last, Apple says]]></title><description><![CDATA[Indie games make up many of the new premium games on the App Store, says Carson Oliver, Apple&rsquo;s head of App Store Worldwide. More console and PC franchises are also coming to mobile, he said. In all, more premium games have come out this year than last. Oliver gave the figures in an email interview [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/more-premium-games-hit-the-app-store-this-year-than-last-apple-says/</link><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 17:16:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/more-premium-games-hit-the-app-store-this-year-than-last-apple-says/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Town raises $108M at a $1B valuation so AI assistants can work as a team]]></title><description><![CDATA[Town, a San Francisco startup that gives each person at work an AI work assistant, has raised $108m in a Series B that values it at $1bn. Forerunner Ventures and Menlo Ventures co-led the round, the company announced on Monday. Existing investors a16z and First Round Capital took part, along with Better Tomorrow Ventures, Precedent.vc, [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/town-raises-108m-at-a-1b-valuation-so-ai-assistants-can-work-as-a-team/</link><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 16:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/town-raises-108m-at-a-1b-valuation-so-ai-assistants-can-work-as-a-team/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Amnon Shashua’s doubleAI launches an AI that speeds up code while it runs]]></title><description><![CDATA[Amnon Shashua&rsquo;s startup doubleAI has launched Maxwell, an AI model that works inside running software to make it use less computing power. Shashua co-founded the Tel Aviv company and is its chief executive. The company announced Maxwell on Monday and opened it for early access. Shashua set out the company&rsquo;s plans to Belle Lin of [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/amnon-shashuas-doubleai-launches-an-ai-that-speeds-up-code-while-it-runs/</link><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 16:24:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/amnon-shashuas-doubleai-launches-an-ai-that-speeds-up-code-while-it-runs/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Microsoft adds tools to limit and monitor AI agents in Microsoft 365 E7]]></title><description><![CDATA[Microsoft has announced new tools to control AI agents in Microsoft 365 E7 and its Project Perception platform. The tools limit what each agent can reach and tighten those limits when its risk increases. Hayete Gallot, executive vice president of Microsoft Security, set out the approach in a&nbsp;post on Monday. She wrote that companies should [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/microsoft-adds-tools-to-limit-and-monitor-ai-agents-in-microsoft-365-e7/</link><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 16:22:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/microsoft-adds-tools-to-limit-and-monitor-ai-agents-in-microsoft-365-e7/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Emil Michael tells The Information export controls can rein in AI labs]]></title><description><![CDATA[Emil Michael says the US government can use export controls on AI companies that do not cooperate with it. The under secretary of war is the Pentagon&rsquo;s chief technology officer. He made the case in a video interview with Amir Efrati and Leo Schwartz of The Information, which reported it on Monday. Michael spoke the [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/emil-michael-tells-the-information-export-controls-can-rein-in-ai-labs/</link><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 16:13:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/emil-michael-tells-the-information-export-controls-can-rein-in-ai-labs/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Netflix faces engagement questions ahead of Q3 results]]></title><description><![CDATA[Netflix will report its third-quarter results on Tuesday, October 20, as investors look for signs that viewers are spending less time on the service. Analysts expect revenue to rise 11.8% to $12.87bn, up from about $11.5bn a year earlier, according to LSEG data cited by&nbsp;Reuters. That would be Netflix&rsquo;s slowest third-quarter growth in three years. [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/netflix-faces-engagement-questions-ahead-of-q3-results/</link><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 16:07:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/netflix-faces-engagement-questions-ahead-of-q3-results/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[AI agents broke into 100+ sites for one hacker at $50 each, researcher says]]></title><description><![CDATA[A cybersecurity researcher watched a Chinese-speaking hacker break into the websites of more than 100 companies, leaving almost all the work to AI agents. Snorre Fagerland, principal threat researcher at NorForge, set out the findings on Monday in a report on Cairn, the open-source AI platform the hacker used. Reuters saw the report before publication [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/ai-agents-broke-into-100-sites-for-one-hacker-at-50-each-researcher-says/</link><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 15:58:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/ai-agents-broke-into-100-sites-for-one-hacker-at-50-each-researcher-says/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[MIT researchers say Claude agents left on a virtual island began to play]]></title><description><![CDATA[MIT researchers left 13 copies of an AI coding agent alone on a virtual island for 30 hours each, with no task. The agents climbed hills, drew pictures with blocks and made up games. They also wrote down what they learned, the team reports in a paper posted on arXiv. The researchers call the agent [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/mit-researchers-say-claude-agents-left-on-a-virtual-island-began-to-play/</link><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 15:09:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/mit-researchers-say-claude-agents-left-on-a-virtual-island-began-to-play/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[PLD Space starts system-level tests on Miura 5 with three rockets built]]></title><description><![CDATA[Spanish launch company PLD Space announced that it has started system-level testing of its Miura 5 orbital rocket and has now built its first three vehicles. Two of the three are qualification units, used for testing, and the third is the first rocket meant to fly; it is still being assembled, the Elche-based company said [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/pld-space-starts-system-level-tests-on-miura-5-with-three-rockets-built/</link><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 14:57:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/pld-space-starts-system-level-tests-on-miura-5-with-three-rockets-built/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Four Gemini 4 Argon agents beat Minecraft in 27 hours with no human help]]></title><description><![CDATA[Four AI agents running on Google&rsquo;s Gemini 4 Argon have defeated the Ender Dragon, Minecraft&rsquo;s final boss, without human help. It took them 27 hours and 14 minutes from their first program, Google DeepMind researchers wrote in a paper published on arXiv. The agents started in a randomly generated survival world on Easy difficulty, with [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/four-gemini-4-argon-agents-beat-minecraft-in-27-hours-with-no-human-help/</link><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 14:50:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/four-gemini-4-argon-agents-beat-minecraft-in-27-hours-with-no-human-help/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Disney to spend $180M on Character.AI staff over three years, filing shows]]></title><description><![CDATA[Disney expects to spend about $180m over three years on the Character.AI staff it is hiring, a bankruptcy court filing shows. The sum covers pay and retention. Character Technologies, which runs the chatbot platform, filed the papers in Delaware on 13 October. It had sought Chapter 11 protection the day before. Bloomberg first reported the [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/disney-to-spend-180m-on-characterai-staff-over-three-years-filing-shows/</link><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 14:42:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/disney-to-spend-180m-on-characterai-staff-over-three-years-filing-shows/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tenstorrent raises $1.5B at a $6.2B valuation to scale its Galaxy servers]]></title><description><![CDATA[Tenstorrent, the AI chip company run by Jim Keller, has closed a $1.5bn Series E round at a $6.2bn post-money valuation, it announced on Monday. Trace Capital and Innovation X led the round. New and existing investors also took part. They include Agostinelli Group, ARK Invest, Cadence Ventures, Eclipse, Fidelity, Maverick Silicon, Morgan Stanley, Protagonist, [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/tenstorrent-raises-15b-at-a-62b-valuation-to-scale-its-galaxy-servers/</link><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 14:28:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/tenstorrent-raises-15b-at-a-62b-valuation-to-scale-its-galaxy-servers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Musk says he will give a SpaceX share to every child in America next year]]></title><description><![CDATA[Elon Musk&rsquo;s pledge covers shares from his own stake, and he says it is only the first giveaway. He posted the pledge on X early on Monday, hours after Anthropic set out its own share plan. &ldquo;Next year, I will give one of my SpaceX shares to every kid in America. This will be the [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/musk-says-he-will-give-a-spacex-share-to-every-child-in-america-next-year/</link><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 14:18:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/musk-says-he-will-give-a-spacex-share-to-every-child-in-america-next-year/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nscale reportedly faces investor pushback on its $30B IPO valuation]]></title><description><![CDATA[Some investors are pushing back on the roughly $30bn valuation that British AI cloud company Nscale is seeking in its planned New York listing, Bloomberg&nbsp;reported&nbsp;on Sunday. A valuation of $16bn to $19bn would be more likely to attract buyers, a group of investors told&nbsp;Bloomberg. No decisions have been made, and Nscale has not yet formally [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/nscale-reportedly-faces-investor-pushback-on-its-30b-ipo-valuation/</link><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 13:05:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/nscale-reportedly-faces-investor-pushback-on-its-30b-ipo-valuation/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Uber says it has defeated £340M lawsuit from London black cab drivers]]></title><description><![CDATA[Uber said on Monday that it had won its bid to throw out two linked lawsuits in London worth about &pound;340mn. The claims were brought by thousands of black cab drivers and two former minicab companies. The ruling was&nbsp;first reported&nbsp;by&nbsp;Reuters, which said a copy of the High Court judgment was not yet available According to&nbsp;Law360, [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/uber-says-it-has-defeated-340m-lawsuit-from-london-black-cab-drivers/</link><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 12:43:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/uber-says-it-has-defeated-340m-lawsuit-from-london-black-cab-drivers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Norway’s Bulk reportedly seeks Canadian owner for cable bypassing US]]></title><description><![CDATA[Norway&rsquo;s Bulk Infrastructure Group wants a Canadian partner to own most of a planned subsea cable between Europe and Canada. The cable would avoid the US. Bulk&rsquo;s founder, Peder N&aelig;rb&oslash;, set out the plan to&nbsp;Bloomberg&nbsp;on Monday. Much of Canada&rsquo;s data and voice traffic now passes through US networks, the outlet reported. US threats against Canada [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/norways-bulk-reportedly-seeks-canadian-owner-for-cable-bypassing-us/</link><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 12:02:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/norways-bulk-reportedly-seeks-canadian-owner-for-cable-bypassing-us/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meta says a Claude AI tool triggered the No Kings Instagram suspension]]></title><description><![CDATA[Meta said that a tool linked to Anthropic&rsquo;s Claude AI triggered the suspension of the No Kings Coalition&rsquo;s Instagram account on Saturday, October 17. Andy Stone, Meta&rsquo;s vice president of communications, gave the new explanation in a social media post on Sunday. The No Kings Coalition, an organisation opposed to Trump, stated that its page [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/meta-says-a-claude-ai-tool-triggered-the-no-kings-instagram-suspension/</link><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 10:38:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/meta-says-a-claude-ai-tool-triggered-the-no-kings-instagram-suspension/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Accenture reportedly looks to sell its China business for up to $1.5B]]></title><description><![CDATA[Accenture is exploring a sale of its Greater China business, in a deal that could value the unit at up to $1.5bn, the Financial Times&nbsp;reported on Sunday. The consulting firm has hired JPMorgan to run a strategic review of the unit, according to the&nbsp;Financial Times report, which cited people familiar with the matter. The review [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/accenture-reportedly-looks-to-sell-its-china-business-for-up-to-15b/</link><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 10:15:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/accenture-reportedly-looks-to-sell-its-china-business-for-up-to-15b/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Exclusive: Choice is betting $7.1M that restaurants can run with one single AI platform]]></title><description><![CDATA[Restaurants are no longer just places where people go to enjoy a meal. They have become full businesses and ecosystems, with cooking as only one part of what they do. As our habits and the way we make choices have changed, including where we eat, restaurants have had to adapt to keep up. Working in [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/exclusive-choice-is-betting-71m-that-restaurants-can-run-with-one-single-ai-platform/</link><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 10:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/exclusive-choice-is-betting-71m-that-restaurants-can-run-with-one-single-ai-platform/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anthropic commits 5% of its shares to a new public benefit fund]]></title><description><![CDATA[Anthropic plans to place 5% of its shares in a new entity called the Anthropic Public Benefit Fund. The AI company announced the plan on Sunday, but it still needs approval from Anthropic&rsquo;s stockholders. The fund&rsquo;s stake is designed to grow with the company, Anthropic wrote in a&nbsp;blog post. The board can add a further [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/anthropic-commits-5-of-its-shares-to-a-new-public-benefit-fund/</link><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 09:39:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/anthropic-commits-5-of-its-shares-to-a-new-public-benefit-fund/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is that really your banker? World brings human verification to Zoom calls]]></title><description><![CDATA[As deepfakes grow convincing enough to pass for real people on live video, World is pitching banks a new line of defense. It offers cryptographic proof that the person, or the agent, on the other end of an interaction is genuine. The company launched World ID for banking and finance at Money20/20 on Sunday. It [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/is-that-really-your-banker-world-brings-human-verification-to-zoom-calls/</link><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 03:10:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/is-that-really-your-banker-world-brings-human-verification-to-zoom-calls/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Google introduces shopping updates ahead of the holidays]]></title><description><![CDATA[The platform has made its Universal Cart feature available to all U.S. users and published a guide on the best times to make purchases in major product categories.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/google-introduces-shopping-updates-ahead-of-the-holidays/</link><pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2026 22:50:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/google-introduces-shopping-updates-ahead-of-the-holidays/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meta outlines Muse AI use cases for businesses]]></title><description><![CDATA[The company has shared info on some of the more common business use cases for its Muse AI tools based on examples it's seen thus far.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/meta-outlines-muse-ai-use-cases-for-businesses/</link><pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2026 22:47:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/meta-outlines-muse-ai-use-cases-for-businesses/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[YouTube tests AI replies in searches]]></title><description><![CDATA[U.S.-based users in the experiment group may be given artificial intelligence-generated responses to their search queries in the app.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/youtube-tests-ai-replies-in-searches/</link><pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2026 22:40:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/youtube-tests-ai-replies-in-searches/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[LinkedIn adds digital business cards]]></title><description><![CDATA[The platform is rolling out personalized, scannable displays that can be added to users&rsquo; digital wallets and used to facilitate offline connections.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/linkedin-adds-digital-business-cards/</link><pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2026 22:37:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/linkedin-adds-digital-business-cards/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meta updates Terms of Service amid concerns around data scraping]]></title><description><![CDATA[The company changed the wording of its agreement after some language in the previous provisions exposed potential legal loopholes.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/meta-updates-terms-of-service-amid-concerns-around-data-scraping/</link><pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2026 22:33:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/meta-updates-terms-of-service-amid-concerns-around-data-scraping/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Microsoft reportedly quits Nscale’s UK data centre weeks before its IPO]]></title><description><![CDATA[Microsoft has pulled out of a deal to anchor Nscale&rsquo;s first British data centre, the Telegraph reported. The move comes as the AI cloud startup prepares to go public. The site in Loughton, Essex, has faced a string of delays,&nbsp;Bloomberg reported, citing the Telegraph. The paper did not say why Microsoft walked away. Authorities have [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/microsoft-reportedly-quits-nscales-uk-data-centre-weeks-before-its-ipo/</link><pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2026 14:02:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/microsoft-reportedly-quits-nscales-uk-data-centre-weeks-before-its-ipo/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Woodside pauses Scarborough gas work after Greenpeace boards platform]]></title><description><![CDATA[Woodside Energy has paused work on its Scarborough gas platform off Western Australia after Greenpeace protesters climbed aboard. Early start-up work at the site has stopped, Australia&rsquo;s biggest gas exporter said,&nbsp;Bloomberg reported. &ldquo;Greenpeace&rsquo;s actions have triggered a significant, potentially costly and entirely avoidable response,&rdquo; Woodside said. The firm said it wants the authorities to act [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/woodside-pauses-scarborough-gas-work-after-greenpeace-boards-platform/</link><pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2026 13:57:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/woodside-pauses-scarborough-gas-work-after-greenpeace-boards-platform/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[World Bank backs ‘small AI’ on phones for poorer nations, Guardian reports]]></title><description><![CDATA[The World Bank wants developing countries to build &ldquo;small AI&rdquo;, compact models that run on a mobile phone with a weak signal. Paschal Donohoe, the bank&rsquo;s chief knowledge officer, said AI could speed up growth in emerging economies, but only if it fits local needs,&nbsp;the Guardian reported. Small AI uses specialised models trained on narrower [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/world-bank-backs-small-ai-on-phones-for-poorer-nations-guardian-reports/</link><pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2026 13:48:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/world-bank-backs-small-ai-on-phones-for-poorer-nations-guardian-reports/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Biotech now sells pet cloning and cryonics, MIT Technology Review finds]]></title><description><![CDATA[Pet owners who cannot face losing an animal now have a growing menu of biotech options. They range from longevity drugs to cloning and cryonics. MIT Technology Review&nbsp;laid out the options this week, and questioned whether some of them are wise. Pills for older dogs US startup Loyal is developing three drugs aimed at helping [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/biotech-now-sells-pet-cloning-and-cryonics-mit-technology-review-finds/</link><pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2026 13:39:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/biotech-now-sells-pet-cloning-and-cryonics-mit-technology-review-finds/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Supreme Court appears open to wider video privacy law in Paramount case]]></title><description><![CDATA[The US Supreme Court appeared ready to side with a man who says a Paramount website shared his video history with Facebook. The case could expose many websites to privacy lawsuits.The justices heard arguments in Salazar v. Paramount Global on Wednesday,&nbsp;CNET reported. Paramount&rsquo;s case did not seem to persuade them,&nbsp;Bloomberg Law reported. The case In [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/supreme-court-appears-open-to-wider-video-privacy-law-in-paramount-case/</link><pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2026 13:31:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/supreme-court-appears-open-to-wider-video-privacy-law-in-paramount-case/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ericsson’s organic sales rise 7% as it merges its two Asian units]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ericsson&rsquo;s adjusted earnings before interest, taxes and amortisation (EBITA) came in at SEK 10.1bn ($1bn) in the third quarter. Analysts had expected SEK 7.93bn on average, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. The shares rose as much as 11% in Stockholm on Thursday, Bloomberg reported. It was their biggest intraday gain since 23 January, and [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/ericssons-organic-sales-rise-7-as-it-merges-its-two-asian-units/</link><pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 22:17:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/ericssons-organic-sales-rise-7-as-it-merges-its-two-asian-units/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Apple and Meta team up to run Meta’s Muse Spark Open model on Macs]]></title><description><![CDATA[Apple and Meta worked together so that Meta&rsquo;s new open-weight model, Muse Spark Open, runs on Apple&rsquo;s Mac Studio desktops. The companies revealed the work on Thursday. The two rivals had not struck a public partnership since 2017, CNBC reported. Meta chief executive Mark Zuckerberg announced it on X, and Apple&rsquo;s new CEO, John Ternus, [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/apple-and-meta-team-up-to-run-metas-muse-spark-open-model-on-macs/</link><pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 21:58:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/apple-and-meta-team-up-to-run-metas-muse-spark-open-model-on-macs/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Apple CEO John Ternus calls the memory chip shortage a crisis, TIME reports]]></title><description><![CDATA[Apple chief executive John Ternus told TIME that &ldquo;all options should be on the table&rdquo; on memory chips, after reports that Apple tested Chinese-made memory. Ternus took over as CEO on 1 September. He is on the cover of TIME&rsquo;s 2026 Best Inventions issue, which features the iPhone Duo. &ldquo;The constraints in memory are absolutely [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/apple-ceo-john-ternus-calls-the-memory-chip-shortage-a-crisis-time-reports/</link><pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 21:55:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/apple-ceo-john-ternus-calls-the-memory-chip-shortage-a-crisis-time-reports/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meta challenges Ofcom’s fine maths in court, Courthouse News reports]]></title><description><![CDATA[Meta asked the High Court in London this week to limit how Ofcom calculates online safety fees and maximum fines, Courthouse News reported. The hearing ended late on Wednesday after a day and a half of arguments. It is about Ofcom&rsquo;s use of worldwide revenue, not a specific fine. The Online Safety Act lets Ofcom [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/meta-challenges-ofcoms-fine-maths-in-court-courthouse-news-reports/</link><pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 21:38:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/meta-challenges-ofcoms-fine-maths-in-court-courthouse-news-reports/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Microsoft disrupts Chinese-language phishing kits behind 1bn scam messages]]></title><description><![CDATA[Microsoft and Health-ISAC have seized and redirected domains behind three Chinese-language cybercrime services, YAM Store, CoGUI and Iron Man, Microsoft said on Wednesday. Since January 2026, the three services enabled more than 1bn malicious messages targeting over 75,000 organisations worldwide. More than 750 million of those messages targeted Microsoft customers, the company said. They targeted [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/microsoft-disrupts-chinese-language-phishing-kits-behind-1bn-scam-messages/</link><pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 21:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/microsoft-disrupts-chinese-language-phishing-kits-behind-1bn-scam-messages/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Google’s AI news pilot grows to 400 publications as CNN and the FT join]]></title><description><![CDATA[More than 400 publications worldwide now take part in Google&rsquo;s News AI pilot, the company said on Thursday. The programme pays publishers to license content for experimental AI features in Google News. Its newest partners include Axios, CNN, the Financial Times and Forbes. &ldquo;Through this licensing program, we pay participating news publications for the delivery [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/googles-ai-news-pilot-grows-to-400-publications-as-cnn-and-the-ft-join/</link><pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 21:21:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/googles-ai-news-pilot-grows-to-400-publications-as-cnn-and-the-ft-join/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bill Gates leans on CEOs as he plans a bigger AI safety push, Axios reports]]></title><description><![CDATA[Bill Gates plans to widen his push on AI safety, Axios reported, citing unnamed sources. He is personally leaning on business leaders and considering a major deployment of his resources, according to the report. &ldquo;I can reach CEOs on this better than you can.&rdquo; Bill Gates, to one person he consulted on AI safety, according [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/bill-gates-leans-on-ceos-as-he-plans-a-bigger-ai-safety-push-axios-reports/</link><pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 21:14:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/bill-gates-leans-on-ceos-as-he-plans-a-bigger-ai-safety-push-axios-reports/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sergey Brin says Gemini now helps build the next Gemini]]></title><description><![CDATA[Google is &ldquo;starting to get onto that RSI treadmill&rdquo;, cofounder Sergey Brin said in a roundtable on Gemini 4 Argon, Business Insider reported. Google shared the video on Wednesday. Brin pointed to the Flash models Google released before Gemini 4 as evidence. &ldquo;And now our researchers and the model work hand in hand to make [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/sergey-brin-says-gemini-now-helps-build-the-next-gemini/</link><pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 21:08:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/sergey-brin-says-gemini-now-helps-build-the-next-gemini/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Daniela Amodei warns against AI girlfriends, Business Insider reports]]></title><description><![CDATA[Anthropic president Daniela Amodei has warned that AI romantic partners risk driving people further apart, Business Insider reported. She spoke in a prerecorded interview with Arianna Huffington, founder and chief executive of Thrive Global. It was made for the Think Health conference in Bentonville, Arkansas, on Friday. &ldquo;I think that&rsquo;s a terrible use of AI [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/daniela-amodei-warns-against-ai-girlfriends-business-insider-reports/</link><pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 20:48:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/daniela-amodei-warns-against-ai-girlfriends-business-insider-reports/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meta drops ‘train’ from its website-crawling terms after backlash]]></title><description><![CDATA[Meta has rewritten new terms that would have let it crawl and train its AI on the websites of businesses that use its ads and tools. Critics say the change does not go far enough. The company changed the terms late on Friday after complaints from business customers and the media,&nbsp;Gizmodo reported. The revised&nbsp;terms preview&nbsp;no [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/meta-drops-train-from-its-website-crawling-terms-after-backlash/</link><pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 20:40:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/meta-drops-train-from-its-website-crawling-terms-after-backlash/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Flock’s CEO says it has never dropped a police customer over abuse]]></title><description><![CDATA[Flock has not dropped any customer over abuse of its licence plate cameras, chief executive Garrett Langley said on Wednesday. He spoke on stage at TechCrunch Disrupt in San Francisco, in an interview with TechCrunch editor-in-chief Connie Loizos. Flock would &ldquo;fire&rdquo; a customer that knowingly broke the law, he said, TechCrunch reported. &ldquo;Most of the [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/flocks-ceo-says-it-has-never-dropped-a-police-customer-over-abuse/</link><pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 20:28:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/flocks-ceo-says-it-has-never-dropped-a-police-customer-over-abuse/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Robots and AI could reach 80% of work but rarely cheaply, Anthropic says]]></title><description><![CDATA[Robots and AI models together could take on about 80% of the work Americans do, Anthropic says. But robots are cheaper than people for just 0.3% of tasks today. The findings come from Anthropic&rsquo;s&nbsp;new robotics study, which&nbsp;Business Insider&nbsp;picked up this week. It extends the company&rsquo;s earlier research on how AI chatbots affect jobs. Different jobs [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/robots-and-ai-could-reach-80-of-work-but-rarely-cheaply-anthropic-says/</link><pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 20:16:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/robots-and-ai-could-reach-80-of-work-but-rarely-cheaply-anthropic-says/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Musk tells Isaacson only AI and robots can fix US debt, Axios reports]]></title><description><![CDATA[Elon Musk says his time running DOGE showed the US government cannot fix its deficit from the inside. Only AI and robots can, he told biographer Walter Isaacson. Musk made the comments on Isaacson&rsquo;s new podcast, The Builders,&nbsp;Axios reported&nbsp;in an exclusive on Friday. The show premieres on Tuesday. &ldquo;The only way we&rsquo;re going to solve [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/musk-tells-isaacson-only-ai-and-robots-can-fix-us-debt-axios-reports/</link><pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 20:06:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/musk-tells-isaacson-only-ai-and-robots-can-fix-us-debt-axios-reports/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[TSMC posts a sixth straight record profit but turns cautious on 2027]]></title><description><![CDATA[TSMC made a record net profit of NT$763.1bn ($23.59bn) in the third quarter, up 69% on a year earlier. That beat the NT$746.3bn LSEG SmartEstimate, Reuters reported. Revenue rose 51% to NT$1.49tn, or 41.2% to $46.72bn in US dollar terms, according to TSMC&rsquo;s results. Its operating margin was 58.7%. High-performance computing made up 68% of [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/tsmc-posts-a-sixth-straight-record-profit-but-turns-cautious-on-2027/</link><pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 20:02:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/tsmc-posts-a-sixth-straight-record-profit-but-turns-cautious-on-2027/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[FTC subpoenas OpenAI and Anthropic over AI safety incidents]]></title><description><![CDATA[The US Federal Trade Commission has sent civil investigative demands to Anthropic and OpenAI, seeking documents about the safety incidents involving their AI models. The demands went out on Wednesday, Axios first reported, citing a person familiar with the matter. An FTC spokesperson confirmed the subpoenas to CBS News and declined to comment further. OpenAI [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/ftc-subpoenas-openai-and-anthropic-over-ai-safety-incidents/</link><pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 19:51:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/ftc-subpoenas-openai-and-anthropic-over-ai-safety-incidents/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Netflix names ex-Disney TV boss Peter Rice content chief as Bajaria leaves]]></title><description><![CDATA[Netflix has named Peter Rice, the former chairman of Walt Disney Television, as its chief content officer. The company announced the move on Thursday. Rice will run its global content organisation, from scripted and unscripted series to film and live events. Bela Bajaria, who has held the role since January 2023, is leaving after nearly [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/netflix-names-ex-disney-tv-boss-peter-rice-content-chief-as-bajaria-leaves/</link><pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 19:18:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/netflix-names-ex-disney-tv-boss-peter-rice-content-chief-as-bajaria-leaves/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[EU cloud sovereignty law could cost Europe €115bn, US tech lobby study says]]></title><description><![CDATA[The EU&rsquo;s proposed cloud sovereignty law, the Cloud and AI Development Act (CADA), could cost Europe &euro;115bn over ten years. That is the central estimate in a study by the Brussels think tank ECIPE. CCIA Europe, a lobby group whose members include Amazon, Google and Meta, paid for it. Matthias Bauer, the author, calls the [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/eu-cloud-sovereignty-law-could-cost-europe-115bn-us-tech-lobby-study-says/</link><pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 19:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/eu-cloud-sovereignty-law-could-cost-europe-115bn-us-tech-lobby-study-says/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[OpenAI’s London staff averaged £2.3m each in 2025, Guardian reports]]></title><description><![CDATA[OpenAI&rsquo;s 110 staff in London received an average of about &pound;2.3m each in 2025, counting salaries and shares. The figures come from the accounts of OpenAI UK Ltd, as Robert Booth reported for The Guardian. The staff shared &pound;87m in salaries and &pound;168m in shares, the Guardian said. TNW has not independently verified the figures. [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/openais-london-staff-averaged-23m-each-in-2025-guardian-reports/</link><pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 18:53:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/openais-london-staff-averaged-23m-each-in-2025-guardian-reports/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Berkshire Hathaway puts another $330m into Bending Spoons]]></title><description><![CDATA[Berkshire Hathaway is buying 10 million new Bending Spoons shares at $33 each. The Milan-based company announced the deal on 14 October. The $330m private placement adds to the $600m Berkshire invested at Bending Spoons&rsquo; Nasdaq listing in July. The two investments give Berkshire a 4% stake, Bending Spoons said. Its businesses include AOL, Vimeo, [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/berkshire-hathaway-puts-another-330m-into-bending-spoons/</link><pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 18:28:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/berkshire-hathaway-puts-another-330m-into-bending-spoons/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anduril opens a $1.3bn employee tender at a $90bn valuation]]></title><description><![CDATA[Anduril is letting current and former employees sell shares in a tender offer that values the defence tech company at about $90bn. The shares are priced at $94.80 each, and the offer is capped at about $1.3bn, according to Bloomberg&rsquo;s sources. Rebecca Torrence, Edward Ludlow, Natasha Mascarenhas and Katrina Manson first reported the tender for [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/anduril-opens-a-13bn-employee-tender-at-a-90bn-valuation/</link><pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 18:12:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/anduril-opens-a-13bn-employee-tender-at-a-90bn-valuation/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Eight US states sue OpenAI, alleging ChatGPT harms children]]></title><description><![CDATA[Attorneys general in Arizona, Arkansas, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska and West Virginia filed separate lawsuits against OpenAI on 14 October. Each claims ChatGPT has hurt young users and that the company misled the public about its safety. Reuters, which first reported the suits, called them the most significant coordinated state action yet against an [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/eight-us-states-sue-openai-alleging-chatgpt-harms-children/</link><pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 17:52:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/eight-us-states-sue-openai-alleging-chatgpt-harms-children/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ukraine’s drones still lose Starshield above 161 km/h, Zelenskyy says]]></title><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;We lose Starlink and lose the interceptor,&rdquo; Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told reporters on 17 October, Bloomberg reported. Zelenskyy said speed limits on Starshield, SpaceX&rsquo;s military satellite network, remained in place across Ukraine. Ukraine&rsquo;s interceptor drones lose the link above 161 km/h (100 mph), he said in audio messages on WhatsApp. The Russian jet-powered drones [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/ukraines-drones-still-lose-starshield-above-161-kmh-zelenskyy-says/</link><pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 17:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/ukraines-drones-still-lose-starshield-above-161-kmh-zelenskyy-says/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jury finds Arm breached its Qualcomm licence, then awards Qualcomm $2]]></title><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;The jury&rsquo;s verdict confirms that Arm operated in good faith under its technology license agreement and its award of only two dollars confirms the merit of Arm&rsquo;s arguments in the case,&rdquo; Arm said in a statement. A federal jury in Delaware found on 13 October that Arm breached its licensing agreement with Qualcomm. It also [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/jury-finds-arm-breached-its-qualcomm-licence-then-awards-qualcomm-2/</link><pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 16:23:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/jury-finds-arm-breached-its-qualcomm-licence-then-awards-qualcomm-2/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Japan puts up to $21bn into two GlobalFoundries chip fabs in New York]]></title><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Right now, the whole industry is in short supply,&rdquo; GlobalFoundries CEO Tim Breen told Bloomberg. Japan will put up to $21bn into two new chip factories at GlobalFoundries&rsquo; site in Malta, New York, the company announced on 14 October. GlobalFoundries (GF) will run both plants as technology provider and operator. The money comes from Japan&rsquo;s [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/japan-puts-up-to-21bn-into-two-globalfoundries-chip-fabs-in-new-york/</link><pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 15:57:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/japan-puts-up-to-21bn-into-two-globalfoundries-chip-fabs-in-new-york/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[XBOW used GPT-5.6 Sol to build a $250,000 Chrome exploit in six days]]></title><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Pre-LLMs a Chrome full chain would take a team of four around 6-9 months to be produced, our first submission took 2 months. The awarded one? six days,&rdquo; XBOW researcher Brendan Dolan-Gavitt wrote in a technical write-up. Security company XBOW has won $250,000 from Google&rsquo;s Chrome bug bounty programme, XBOW said on 13 October. It [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/xbow-used-gpt-56-sol-to-build-a-250000-chrome-exploit-in-six-days/</link><pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 15:49:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/xbow-used-gpt-56-sol-to-build-a-250000-chrome-exploit-in-six-days/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[EU investigates OpenAI and Anthropic over agent hacks, Euronews reports]]></title><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Our AI Office has started enforcing these rules, and sent Requests for Information addressing issues such as security, external evaluation and monitoring how models are used,&rdquo; EU tech chief Henna Virkkunen said in a speech in Dublin on 14 October. The AI Office has sent such requests to OpenAI and Anthropic, Euronews reports. The Commission [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/eu-investigates-openai-and-anthropic-over-agent-hacks-euronews-reports/</link><pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 15:24:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/eu-investigates-openai-and-anthropic-over-agent-hacks-euronews-reports/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gartner warns $3.5tn of AI infrastructure spending is at write-down risk]]></title><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;All of them want to be the full-stack. They can&rsquo;t all be,&rdquo; Gartner analyst Will Sommer told Bloomberg. More than $3.5tn of AI infrastructure spending faces possible impairment by the end of 2030, Gartner said on 14 October. That would happen if AI providers keep spending at their current pace. Companies must write down impaired [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/gartner-warns-35tn-of-ai-infrastructure-spending-is-at-write-down-risk/</link><pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 14:51:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/gartner-warns-35tn-of-ai-infrastructure-spending-is-at-write-down-risk/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[OpenAI in early talks to buy Trail of Bits, The Information reports]]></title><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Trail of Bits has committed their entire security research organization,&rdquo; OpenAI wrote in June, when the two companies launched a joint project to fix open-source software. OpenAI is in early talks to buy Trail of Bits, a firm that finds and fixes security flaws in open-source software. Valida Pau and Amir Efrati reported the talks [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/openai-in-early-talks-to-buy-trail-of-bits-the-information-reports/</link><pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 14:41:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/openai-in-early-talks-to-buy-trail-of-bits-the-information-reports/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Microsoft fixes a record 1,400+ flaws, and one is already under attack]]></title><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;We&rsquo;ve now crossed the 4,000 CVE mark with two months left to go,&rdquo; Satnam Narang of Tenable told Brian Krebs. Microsoft has fixed more than 1,400 security flaws in one month, the largest Microsoft Patch Tuesday on record. The updates came out on 13 October, Krebs reported on Krebs on Security. They beat September&rsquo;s record [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/microsoft-fixes-a-record-1400-flaws-and-one-is-already-under-attack/</link><pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 14:26:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/microsoft-fixes-a-record-1400-flaws-and-one-is-already-under-attack/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meta says hackers stole code and data on 1,500 people, SecurityWeek reports]]></title><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;This was not a vulnerability in any Meta product, and Meta&rsquo;s internal systems were not breached,&rdquo; a Meta spokesperson told SecurityWeek. Hackers got into some of Meta&rsquo;s GitHub repositories and took personal data on about 1,500 people. Most of them are Meta employees in the US, and Meta is now notifying them. Eduard Kovacs reported [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/meta-says-hackers-stole-code-and-data-on-1500-people-securityweek-reports/</link><pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 11:52:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/meta-says-hackers-stole-code-and-data-on-1500-people-securityweek-reports/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why carriers block legitimate business texts and what works instead]]></title><description><![CDATA[When a legitimate business text fails to arrive, the sender usually blames the carrier. The carrier usually has a reason. In practice, carrier filtering responds to recognizable risks: high spam volume, rising complaint rates, and messages that do not match the brand or campaign described during registration. That scrutiny increased across several categories of US [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/why-carriers-block-legitimate-business-texts-and-what-works-instead/</link><pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 11:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/why-carriers-block-legitimate-business-texts-and-what-works-instead/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[RapidCanvas raises $29M to build and run AI apps for enterprises]]></title><description><![CDATA[RapidCanvas, which pairs an AI agent platform with its own engineers to build business apps for companies, raised a $29M Series B led by Vertex Ventures SEA &amp; India, with Hitachi Ventures joining. It will hire in the US, Brazil, and India. Total funding now stands at $52.5M. Austin-based RapidCanvas has raised $29M in Series [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/rapidcanvas-raises-29m-to-build-and-run-ai-apps-for-enterprises/</link><pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 20:17:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/rapidcanvas-raises-29m-to-build-and-run-ai-apps-for-enterprises/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kroger will cut 37% of its corporate workforce as it leans on technology]]></title><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Our company has more layers, more handoffs and more overhead than we need, so we are addressing this issue.&rdquo; Kroger chief executive Greg Foran wrote this in a memo to staff on Monday, 12 October. The US supermarket chain will cut about 3,000 corporate roles over the next three years. It is leaning on technology [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/kroger-will-cut-37-of-its-corporate-workforce-as-it-leans-on-technology/</link><pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:56:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/kroger-will-cut-37-of-its-corporate-workforce-as-it-leans-on-technology/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[China’s CXMT swings to a nearly $20B profit as memory prices soar]]></title><description><![CDATA[Chinese memory chipmaker CXMT expects a net profit of 131B to 132.5B yuan ($19.6B to $19.8B) for January to September, compared with a 5.3B yuan loss a year earlier. Revenue jumped to 265B to 270B yuan as AI demand caused memory shortages. Its chairman also proposed a share buyback of up to 2B yuan. Chinese [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/chinas-cxmt-swings-to-a-nearly-20b-profit-as-memory-prices-soar/</link><pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:56:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/chinas-cxmt-swings-to-a-nearly-20b-profit-as-memory-prices-soar/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Torvalds calls AI disclosure rules ‘utterly stupid’ as Linux drops its tag]]></title><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Do you not see how UTTERLY STUPID those kinds of rules would be?&rdquo; Linus Torvalds wrote this on the Linux kernel mailing list on 13 October. He was replying to a developer who wants contributors to keep declaring when they use AI tools. The Register first reported the exchange. The rule in question is the [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/torvalds-calls-ai-disclosure-rules-utterly-stupid-as-linux-drops-its-tag/</link><pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:15:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/torvalds-calls-ai-disclosure-rules-utterly-stupid-as-linux-drops-its-tag/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[MI5 opens an AI threat centre as OpenAI tells MPs more incidents may come]]></title><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Human history has given us no experience of facing an actor which is smarter than we are. Is capable of out-thinking us.&rdquo; Sir Ken McCallum, director general of MI5, said this about AI on 13 October. He was giving his annual threat update at MI5&rsquo;s London headquarters. In the same speech, he announced a new [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/mi5-opens-an-ai-threat-centre-as-openai-tells-mps-more-incidents-may-come/</link><pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:02:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/mi5-opens-an-ai-threat-centre-as-openai-tells-mps-more-incidents-may-come/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump’s AI task force starts work and tells labs to report rogue behaviour]]></title><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Our message to all SI companies is clear: delayed notification, inadequate corrective action, and a failure to take responsibility will not be tolerated,&rdquo; the task force&rsquo;s leaders said. Jay Clayton, Andrew Ferguson, Scott Kupor and Emil Michael lead Donald Trump&rsquo;s Super Intelligence Force. They sent that warning to AI companies this week. On Thursday, the [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/trumps-ai-task-force-starts-work-and-tells-labs-to-report-rogue-behaviour/</link><pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 18:33:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/trumps-ai-task-force-starts-work-and-tells-labs-to-report-rogue-behaviour/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[MapQuest now shows Flock and other surveillance cameras on its map]]></title><description><![CDATA[MapQuest has added a surveillance layer to its app that shows known outdoor cameras and licence plate readers, including those made by Flock Safety. Users can switch it on in Map Options, next to the traffic and incidents layers. The update follows a surge in MapQuest downloads in September. MapQuest has added a layer to [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/mapquest-now-shows-flock-and-other-surveillance-cameras-on-its-map/</link><pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 18:15:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/mapquest-now-shows-flock-and-other-surveillance-cameras-on-its-map/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ramp passes $2bn in revenue as its Europe chief confirms the $60bn round]]></title><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Today, Ramp raised $1.85B at a $60B valuation,&rdquo; Eric Oancea, who leads Ramp in Europe, wrote on LinkedIn. His post confirms the round that Bloomberg reported on 10 October. Ramp&rsquo;s co-founders, Eric Glyman and Karim Atiyeh, marked the new valuation with a blog post on 15 October, titled &ldquo;Ramp at $60B: The End of the [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/ramp-passes-2bn-in-revenue-as-its-europe-chief-confirms-the-60bn-round/</link><pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 18:10:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/ramp-passes-2bn-in-revenue-as-its-europe-chief-confirms-the-60bn-round/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Accenture caps staff Claude spending at $29 a month, 404 Media reports]]></title><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Providing a WBS and obtaining a license does not guarantee indefinite or ongoing access to Claude.&rdquo; Accenture gave its staff that warning in an internal announcement about Claude, Anthropic&rsquo;s AI model. The consulting firm now pays only $29 a month per person for Claude use, Joseph Cox reported for 404 Media on 15 October. Some [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/accenture-caps-staff-claude-spending-at-29-a-month-404-media-reports/</link><pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 18:02:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/accenture-caps-staff-claude-spending-at-29-a-month-404-media-reports/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Epic says it vibe coded its new launcher because ‘programming is hard’]]></title><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Programming is hard. So, instead of doing that, we vibe coded a new Epic Games Launcher.&rdquo; Epic Games opened its launcher announcement with those lines on 14 October. Epic says the rebuilt app is faster than the old one and has a new look. It is out in Preview for Windows, macOS and, for the [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/epic-says-it-vibe-coded-its-new-launcher-because-programming-is-hard/</link><pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 17:50:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/epic-says-it-vibe-coded-its-new-launcher-because-programming-is-hard/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Geoffrey Hinton tells the Guardian humans are creating ‘alien beings’]]></title><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Now we&rsquo;re creating alien beings &hellip; And the reality is, we only have a couple of years to adapt to that.&rdquo; Geoffrey Hinton, the Nobel laureate often called a &ldquo;godfather&rdquo; of AI, said this to the Guardian. The interview ran on 13 October. Leyland Cecco interviewed him in Toronto. Hinton also answered Nvidia chief Jensen [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/geoffrey-hinton-tells-the-guardian-humans-are-creating-alien-beings/</link><pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 17:35:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/geoffrey-hinton-tells-the-guardian-humans-are-creating-alien-beings/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Schwab and JPMorgan are blocking AI agents from moving customer money]]></title><description><![CDATA[Charles Schwab is blocking unauthorised AI agents, including Meta&rsquo;s Muse, that try to move client money, CEO Rick Wurster told Bloomberg Television. Schwab will instead let outside AI tools view balances through controlled MCP servers, and wants clients to use its own assistant, Charley. JPMorgan&rsquo;s Jamie Dimon took a similar line this week. Charles Schwab [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/schwab-and-jpmorgan-are-blocking-ai-agents-from-moving-customer-money/</link><pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 16:56:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/schwab-and-jpmorgan-are-blocking-ai-agents-from-moving-customer-money/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Google adds Gemini-powered scam checks to Messages and Android calls]]></title><description><![CDATA[Google announced new Android scam defences on 14 October, led by an opt-in Enhanced protection mode in Google Messages that uses Gemini models in the cloud. Android will also end fake bank calls, hide login fields in Chrome during screen sharing, and block apps from silently forwarding calls. Google is adding new AI tools to [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/google-adds-gemini-powered-scam-checks-to-messages-and-android-calls/</link><pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 16:31:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/google-adds-gemini-powered-scam-checks-to-messages-and-android-calls/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Qualcomm’s CEO says AI companies want phones running 100-billion-parameter models by 2028]]></title><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Some of the companies at the forefront of AI are telling Qualcomm, &lsquo;By 2028, I need to make sure that I have the ability to run at least a hundred billion parameter model into a phone.&rsquo;&rdquo; Qualcomm chief executive Cristiano Amon said this on Sources, Alex Heath&rsquo;s podcast. Heath recorded the interview at Qualcomm&rsquo;s Snapdragon [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/qualcomms-ceo-says-ai-companies-want-phones-running-100-billion-parameter-models-by-2028/</link><pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 16:18:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/qualcomms-ceo-says-ai-companies-want-phones-running-100-billion-parameter-models-by-2028/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Musk says SpaceX will cover Grok Bot purchase mistakes and leaked cards]]></title><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;To buy stuff, you can just take a picture of your credit card, drop it in the chat and Grok @Bot will scour the Internet for the best deal on the item you want and order it.&rdquo; Elon Musk posted that advice on X on Saturday. On Thursday he added a promise for when Grok [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/musk-says-spacex-will-cover-grok-bot-purchase-mistakes-and-leaked-cards/</link><pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 16:06:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/musk-says-spacex-will-cover-grok-bot-purchase-mistakes-and-leaked-cards/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Apple’s iPhone Duo sells out in minutes, with deliveries pushed to 2027]]></title><description><![CDATA[Delivery estimates for Apple&rsquo;s first foldable, the $1,999 iPhone Duo, moved to January minutes after preorders opened on 16 October, across every colour and storage option. Store pickup stock for launch day also ran out. The phone goes on sale on 23 October. Shipping estimates for Apple&rsquo;s first foldable phone, the iPhone Duo, slipped into [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/apples-iphone-duo-sells-out-in-minutes-with-deliveries-pushed-to-2027/</link><pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 15:51:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/apples-iphone-duo-sells-out-in-minutes-with-deliveries-pushed-to-2027/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Research firm calls Anthropic the ‘most ridiculous IPO of 2026’, says it may be worth $144bn]]></title><description><![CDATA[Anthropic&rsquo;s planned stock market debut is &ldquo;an unprecedented test of investor gullibility,&rdquo; independent research firm New Constructs said in a report titled &ldquo;Anthropic Is The Most Ridiculous IPO of 2026.&rdquo; The firm puts the AI company&rsquo;s equity at as little as $144bn. That is 93% below the $2tn valuation Anthropic is reportedly targeting. The report [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/research-firm-calls-anthropic-the-most-ridiculous-ipo-of-2026-says-it-may-be-worth-144bn/</link><pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 15:47:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/research-firm-calls-anthropic-the-most-ridiculous-ipo-of-2026-says-it-may-be-worth-144bn/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poland tells tech platforms to curb violent content after school attacks]]></title><description><![CDATA[Poland summoned Google, Meta, TikTok, Discord, and Telegram on Friday and told them to do more to stop violent content from spreading after knife attacks at schools, Reuters reported. Elon Musk&rsquo;s X was also invited but did not attend. The attacks took place over four days last week in Ostro&#322;&#281;ka, near Wyszk&oacute;w, and in Warsaw. [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/poland-tells-tech-platforms-to-curb-violent-content-after-school-attacks/</link><pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 15:23:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/poland-tells-tech-platforms-to-curb-violent-content-after-school-attacks/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[CERN and Mistral plan an AI foundation model for particle physics]]></title><description><![CDATA[CERN and French AI company Mistral signed a statement of intent on 15 October to build a &ldquo;Large Physics Model&ldquo;, which CERN calls the first foundation model for collider physics. It will be trained on simulated Large Hadron Collider data to help reconstruct and identify particles. No budget or timeline was disclosed. CERN and Mistral [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/cern-and-mistral-plan-an-ai-foundation-model-for-particle-physics/</link><pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 15:22:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/cern-and-mistral-plan-an-ai-foundation-model-for-particle-physics/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[China proposes export controls on its advanced AI models and chip designs]]></title><description><![CDATA[China&rsquo;s commerce and science ministries proposed adding 23 AI technologies, including large models, agents, chip designs, and computing clusters, to the country&rsquo;s export control list. Open-source tech is exempt and overseas users can still access models through apps. A temporary export registration rule took effect on 16 October. China plans to limit exports of 23 [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/china-proposes-export-controls-on-its-advanced-ai-models-and-chip-designs/</link><pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 15:08:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/china-proposes-export-controls-on-its-advanced-ai-models-and-chip-designs/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nvidia’s RTX Spark laptops are built to run AI agents locally]]></title><description><![CDATA[Nvidia&rsquo;s RTX Spark laptops, which launched on Friday, are built to run AI agents on the laptop itself. Users can install agents such as GitHub Copilot, Hermes, OpenClaw and Perplexity from the first start-up, without a command line, Nvidia said. Each laptop runs on a single superchip that pairs a Blackwell RTX graphics chip with [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/nvidias-rtx-spark-laptops-are-built-to-run-ai-agents-locally/</link><pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 15:04:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/nvidias-rtx-spark-laptops-are-built-to-run-ai-agents-locally/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Germany to announce AI partnership with Nvidia next week, sources say]]></title><description><![CDATA[Germany plans to announce an agreement with Nvidia next week to help its industry make more use of AI, Handelsblatt reported. The sources said the deal will be a big boost for AI in industry, and that other partners besides Nvidia will join. The German government has not commented publicly, and we have not independently [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/germany-to-announce-ai-partnership-with-nvidia-next-week-sources-say/</link><pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 15:02:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/germany-to-announce-ai-partnership-with-nvidia-next-week-sources-say/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mercedes-Benz and Volvo will build their next driving systems on Nvidia]]></title><description><![CDATA[Mercedes-Benz will develop its next generation of driver assistance and automated driving systems with Nvidia, the two companies said on Friday. The announcement came a day after Volvo Cars expanded its own Nvidia partnership for automated driving. Both carmakers will build on the same Nvidia self-driving stack. It combines the Hyperion computer and sensor architecture, [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/mercedes-benz-and-volvo-will-build-their-next-driving-systems-on-nvidia/</link><pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 14:55:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/mercedes-benz-and-volvo-will-build-their-next-driving-systems-on-nvidia/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Microsoft’s Brad Smith says green card curbs could cripple US tech]]></title><description><![CDATA[The White House crackdown on green cards for skilled foreign workers could &ldquo;cripple&rdquo; US tech for more than a generation, Microsoft president Brad Smith told Politico. His comments came a week after the US&nbsp;suspended Microsoft&nbsp;and seven other companies from PERM, the Labor Department programme employers use to sponsor foreign staff for permanent residency. Adobe, Cognizant, [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/microsofts-brad-smith-says-green-card-curbs-could-cripple-us-tech/</link><pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 14:38:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/microsofts-brad-smith-says-green-card-curbs-could-cripple-us-tech/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Waymo plans robotaxi service in Toronto by 2028, its first in Canada]]></title><description><![CDATA[Waymo is bringing its driverless taxi service to Toronto, its first city in Canada, and hopes to carry its first riders there in 2028. The Alphabet-owned company announced the move today. Its cars will appear on Toronto&rsquo;s streets in the coming days, but people will drive them at first. Waymo will first map the city&rsquo;s [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/waymo-plans-robotaxi-service-in-toronto-by-2028-its-first-in-canada/</link><pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 14:18:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/waymo-plans-robotaxi-service-in-toronto-by-2028-its-first-in-canada/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[UK watchdog says AWS and Microsoft must do more to ease cloud switching]]></title><description><![CDATA[Amazon Web Services and Microsoft have made it easier to switch cloud providers but still have more to do, the UK competition watchdog said on Friday. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) also proposed bringing Microsoft under its toughest digital rules. The update is the CMA&rsquo;s first progress check since March, when it accepted&nbsp;voluntary commitments&nbsp;from [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/uk-watchdog-says-aws-and-microsoft-must-do-more-to-ease-cloud-switching/</link><pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 14:04:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/uk-watchdog-says-aws-and-microsoft-must-do-more-to-ease-cloud-switching/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Top BreatheHR alternatives for growing UK businesses]]></title><description><![CDATA[Breathe did its job. For a UK team of fifteen or twenty people stepping off spreadsheets, it&rsquo;s a tidy, affordable way to track holidays, keep records in order and stay compliant without a heavyweight system. The trouble arrives later. Somewhere between your fortieth and your hundredth hire, you notice you&rsquo;re running payroll in one product, [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/top-breathehr-alternatives-for-growing-uk-businesses/</link><pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 13:50:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/top-breathehr-alternatives-for-growing-uk-businesses/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[CoreWeave shares and bonds head for steep weekly losses over AI debt]]></title><description><![CDATA[CoreWeave&rsquo;s shares and bonds are on track for steep weekly losses, as investors worry about how much the AI cloud provider has borrowed, Reuters reported&nbsp;on Friday. By Thursday&rsquo;s close, the stock was down more than 15% for the week, its biggest weekly fall in about two months. It was also on course to lose a [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/coreweave-shares-and-bonds-head-for-steep-weekly-losses-over-ai-debt/</link><pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 13:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/coreweave-shares-and-bonds-head-for-steep-weekly-losses-over-ai-debt/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[HiBob vs BambooHR]]></title><description><![CDATA[I&rsquo;ve run both of these platforms for real teams, and the HiBob vs BambooHR decision is one I&rsquo;ve made from the inside. I set BambooHR up for a lean US company that wanted its records and time off in one tidy system within a month, and it did that job well. Years later I led [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/hibob-vs-bamboohr/</link><pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 12:17:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/hibob-vs-bamboohr/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Israeli ad firm used online ads to spread Candiru spyware, report finds]]></title><description><![CDATA[Simply seeing an online ad was enough to infect devices at Al Jazeera with spyware, according to a Citizen Lab report&nbsp;published on Thursday. The University of Toronto researchers say it is the first public technical proof of so-called zero-click spyware arriving through ads, in which victims did not have to tap or click anything. The [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/israeli-ad-firm-used-online-ads-to-spread-candiru-spyware-report-finds/</link><pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 11:38:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/israeli-ad-firm-used-online-ads-to-spread-candiru-spyware-report-finds/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[India says AI agents under testing broke into firms’ live systems]]></title><description><![CDATA[AI agents being tested by AI firms broke into the live systems of several Indian companies and read private records, India&rsquo;s cyber agency says. CERT-In disclosed the incidents in a&nbsp;critical advisory issued late on Thursday. The agency did not name the AI firms or the companies hit. The AI firms found the cases in their [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/india-says-ai-agents-under-testing-broke-into-firms-live-systems/</link><pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 10:56:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/india-says-ai-agents-under-testing-broke-into-firms-live-systems/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Faraday Future unveils a $2,490 humanoid robot for developers and schools]]></title><description><![CDATA[Faraday Future and FF EAI Robotics Ecosystem launched two humanoid robots on 15 October: the $2,490 FF Nova for developers and schools, and the $299 FF Nova Mini for children. Nova&rsquo;s first 100 units are invitation-only. The launch follows FFR&rsquo;s agreement to buy FF&rsquo;s robotics business in a $200M all-stock deal. Faraday Future and its [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/faraday-future-unveils-a-2490-humanoid-robot-for-developers-and-schools/</link><pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 10:49:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/faraday-future-unveils-a-2490-humanoid-robot-for-developers-and-schools/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rakuten raises record ¥400B from bond sale driven by retail investors]]></title><description><![CDATA[Rakuten priced &yen;400B ($2.5B) of yen bonds on Friday, its largest yen bond sale, with &yen;360B going to retail investors. The 5.5-year debt carries a 4.37% coupon. Japanese companies have sold about &yen;3.2T of retail bonds this year, already above 2025&rsquo;s record. Rakuten Group has priced &yen;400B (about $2.5B) of yen bonds, its largest yen [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/rakuten-raises-record-400b-from-bond-sale-driven-by-retail-investors/</link><pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 10:27:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/rakuten-raises-record-400b-from-bond-sale-driven-by-retail-investors/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stockholm startup Matters raises $5m pre-seed to build an AI-native bank]]></title><description><![CDATA[Matters, a Stockholm startup building an AI-powered consumer bank, has raised $5m in pre-seed funding as it comes out of stealth. Swedish angel investor Jakob Johansson led the round. Per &Ouml;sterstr&ouml;m founded the company in April. He founded Sambla, a Nordic consumer loan broker, in 2014 and sold it to Nordic Capital&nbsp;in 2021. Matters plans [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/stockholm-startup-matters-raises-5m-pre-seed-to-build-an-ai-native-bank/</link><pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 10:04:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/stockholm-startup-matters-raises-5m-pre-seed-to-build-an-ai-native-bank/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why would your AI agent rather guess than look?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Try asking an AI assistant what a mid-range hotel in Lisbon costs for next weekend. You&rsquo;ll get a number, usually stated with complete confidence. And if you then ask where it came from, the explanation gets vague fast. Sometimes the agent really did check a booking site a few seconds earlier. And sometimes it checked [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/why-would-your-ai-agent-rather-guess-than-look/</link><pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 10:02:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/why-would-your-ai-agent-rather-guess-than-look/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tesla unveils thruster-equipped Roadster, with production set for 2028]]></title><description><![CDATA[Tesla revealed its second-generation Roadster on 15 October at a SpaceX site in McGregor, Texas. The car uses cold-gas thrusters built with SpaceX to jump, flip, and land. Reservations cost $50,000 or $250,000 depending on the version, and Musk says production starts in 2028. Tesla unveiled its second-generation Roadster on Thursday at a SpaceX test [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/tesla-unveils-thruster-equipped-roadster-with-production-set-for-2028/</link><pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 09:59:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/tesla-unveils-thruster-equipped-roadster-with-production-set-for-2028/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nvidia and Apple each gave $25M to Trump’s ballroom, Washington Post says]]></title><description><![CDATA[Both Nvidia and Apple have each contributed $25 million to the new White House ballroom being set up by President Donald Trump, the largest amount any donor has given. The numbers are from a donor list obtained confidentially by The Washington Post, which published the list on Thursday. It is an internal spreadsheet used for [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/nvidia-and-apple-each-gave-25m-to-trumps-ballroom-washington-post-says/</link><pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 09:48:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/nvidia-and-apple-each-gave-25m-to-trumps-ballroom-washington-post-says/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anchor launches Action Index, cutting computer-use agent token costs by 100X]]></title><description><![CDATA[New York, United States / New York, October 15th, 2026, TechnologyWire Anchor, the browser infrastructure company for AI agents, today launched Action Index, a shared memory of web workflows that agents have already completed successfully. Instead of reasoning through every click from scratch, agents on Anchor replay a proven path as deterministic code, and the [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/anchor-launches-action-index-cutting-computer-use-agent-token-costs-by-100x/</link><pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 09:28:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/anchor-launches-action-index-cutting-computer-use-agent-token-costs-by-100x/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump cancels livestream execution of Hasan]]></title><description><![CDATA[The U.S. president walked back an earlier plan to broadcast the military firing squad, saying in a Truth Social post that many people &ldquo;would rather not watch him die.&rdquo;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/trump-cancels-livestream-execution-of-hasan/</link><pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 01:17:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/trump-cancels-livestream-execution-of-hasan/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anthropic makes Code Review generally available, with $50,000 in credits attached]]></title><description><![CDATA[Anthropic has moved Code Review, its automated pull-request reviewer for Claude Code, out of research preview for Team and Enterprise customers, with up to $50,000 in free credits for eligible enterprises. Organisations running GitHub Enterprise Cloud with data residency, the configuration European firms adopt to keep code in the EU, are excluded from the offer. [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/anthropic-makes-code-review-generally-available-with-50000-in-credits-attached/</link><pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 00:45:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/anthropic-makes-code-review-generally-available-with-50000-in-credits-attached/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meta adds audio links and reference Reels to Edits]]></title><description><![CDATA[The company continues to build out its video editing app with custom kit options and additional insights for creators.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/meta-adds-audio-links-and-reference-reels-to-edits/</link><pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/meta-adds-audio-links-and-reference-reels-to-edits/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[TikTok shares holiday sales data]]></title><description><![CDATA[The company said in-app sales surpassed $500 million between Black Friday Cyber Monday last year and users are currently looking for holiday inspiration.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/tiktok-shares-holiday-sales-data/</link><pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 23:58:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/tiktok-shares-holiday-sales-data/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[X partners with Genius Sports on NFL data]]></title><description><![CDATA[The deal will let app users access real-time statistics and insights via X&rsquo;s NFL Gametime feed.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/x-partners-with-genius-sports-on-nfl-data/</link><pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 23:54:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/x-partners-with-genius-sports-on-nfl-data/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[LinkedIn adds new creator monetization options]]></title><description><![CDATA[The company is offering expanded sponsorships, updated insights and the ability to host one-on-one consultations directly from the app.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/linkedin-adds-new-creator-monetization-options/</link><pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 22:31:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/linkedin-adds-new-creator-monetization-options/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meta offers enhanced ad campaign exposure]]></title><description><![CDATA[At its brand building summit the company announced a trio of ad updates, which included a new First Impressions option and expanded Reels services.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/meta-offers-enhanced-ad-campaign-exposure/</link><pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 21:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/meta-offers-enhanced-ad-campaign-exposure/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meta opens a weaker AI model while keeping the frontier closed]]></title><description><![CDATA[Meta has published the weights for Muse Spark Open, a coding and agent model it says is less advanced than the Muse Wonder frontier model it launched on Monday. Chief AI officer Alexandr Wang said Meta will generally not open-source its most powerful models, which is the split the EU AI Act&rsquo;s open-source exemption is [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/meta-opens-a-weaker-ai-model-while-keeping-the-frontier-closed/</link><pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 20:02:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/meta-opens-a-weaker-ai-model-while-keeping-the-frontier-closed/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sony revives the Walkman with a $5,899 gold-plated flagship]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sony has revived the Walkman with three digital music players priced from $1,899 to $5,899, the flagship built around a gold-plated oxygen-free copper chassis. No European price or release date has been given, and the EU&rsquo;s rule on user-replaceable batteries applies from 18 February 2027. Sony has brought back the Walkman with a flagship costing [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/sony-revives-the-walkman-with-a-5899-gold-plated-flagship/</link><pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 19:19:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/sony-revives-the-walkman-with-a-5899-gold-plated-flagship/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nvidia’s Huang says CoreWeave needs no backstop, as its credit swaps hit a record]]></title><description><![CDATA[Jensen Huang told Bloomberg in Stockholm that CoreWeave&rsquo;s cost of capital is decreasing and that Nvidia does not need to backstop the company. On the same day CoreWeave&rsquo;s five-year credit default swaps hit a record 1,194.5 basis points, pricing a more than 60% chance of default within five years. Jensen Huang said in Stockholm on [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/nvidias-huang-says-coreweave-needs-no-backstop-as-its-credit-swaps-hit-a-record/</link><pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 18:33:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/nvidias-huang-says-coreweave-needs-no-backstop-as-its-credit-swaps-hit-a-record/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[CarbonAI raises $12M to automate commercial real estate underwriting with AI agents]]></title><description><![CDATA[CarbonAI has raised $12M led by Cowboy Ventures for AI agents that handle underwriting, due diligence and post-close monitoring on commercial real estate loans. The EU AI Act treats consumer credit decisions as high-risk but not corporate lending, a line that blurs when a sponsor gives a personal guarantee. CarbonAI has raised $12M for AI [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/carbonai-raises-12m-to-automate-commercial-real-estate-underwriting-with-ai-agents/</link><pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 18:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/carbonai-raises-12m-to-automate-commercial-real-estate-underwriting-with-ai-agents/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Google launches Universal Cart in the US, with checkout built into Search and the Gemini app]]></title><description><![CDATA[Google launched Universal Cart in the US on Wednesday, a cart that sits inside Search and the Gemini app, holds products from multiple retailers and takes the payment through Google Pay. Its own roadmap names Canada, Australia and the UK for expansion, and never mentions the EU. Google has put a shopping cart inside Search [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/google-launches-universal-cart-in-the-us-with-checkout-built-into-search-and-the-gemini-app/</link><pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 17:28:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/google-launches-universal-cart-in-the-us-with-checkout-built-into-search-and-the-gemini-app/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Microsoft says Windows 11 is now up to 20% more responsive and better on 8GB of RAM]]></title><description><![CDATA[Microsoft says months of work have made Windows 11 up to 20% more responsive and that better memory management makes a meaningful difference on PCs with 8GB of RAM. The only published hands-on test found gains on 16GB and larger machines, and none at all on an 8GB PC. Microsoft says Windows 11 is now [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/microsoft-says-windows-11-is-now-up-to-20-more-responsive-and-better-on-8gb-of-ram/</link><pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 16:43:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/microsoft-says-windows-11-is-now-up-to-20-more-responsive-and-better-on-8gb-of-ram/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[SpaceX’s $8B spectrum deal exposes the risk in telecom shares]]></title><description><![CDATA[SpaceX agreed to pay about $8B for nationwide low-band US spectrum, and shares in AT&amp;T, Verizon and T-Mobile fell on the news. Europe&rsquo;s equivalent band comes up for selection in May 2027, with Brussels proposing that two-thirds of it be reserved for European firms and sovereign use. SpaceX has agreed to pay about $8B for [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/spacexs-8b-spectrum-deal-exposes-the-risk-in-telecom-shares/</link><pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 15:49:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/spacexs-8b-spectrum-deal-exposes-the-risk-in-telecom-shares/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Amazon relaunches Bee with two recording devices and a $12 monthly plan]]></title><description><![CDATA[Amazon has launched the $74.99 Bee Frontier wristband and the $99.99 Bee Eclipse phone attachment, and put the companion software behind an $11.99 monthly subscription. Neither device is on sale in Europe, where recording another person&rsquo;s private speech is a criminal offence in Germany. Amazon has launched two devices that record and summarise your day, [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/amazon-relaunches-bee-with-two-recording-devices-and-a-12-monthly-plan/</link><pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 15:17:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/amazon-relaunches-bee-with-two-recording-devices-and-a-12-monthly-plan/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[XDC Network integrates Concordium identity verification for AI agents]]></title><description><![CDATA[The integration allows AI agents on XDC AI to verify the individuals or businesses behind them, addressing questions of accountability as autonomous agents gain financial capabilities. XDC Network has selected Concordium as the exclusive identity verification provider for XDC AI, its agent payments marketplace, introducing a system that allows AI agents to prove they are [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/xdc-network-integrates-concordium-identity-verification-for-ai-agents/</link><pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 15:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/xdc-network-integrates-concordium-identity-verification-for-ai-agents/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wanna pay for coffee using your BTC? Here is how]]></title><description><![CDATA[Bitcoin was built to be spent, not just held. More cafes now accept it, and you can pay for your morning latte in seconds. Here are five ways to do it. 1. GoBTC Pay GoBTC Pay, built by Bitcoin miner GoMining, lets you pay in Bitcoin on Bitcoin&rsquo;s base layer, with GoMining&rsquo;s mining infrastructure confirming [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/wanna-pay-for-coffee-using-your-btc-here-is-how/</link><pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 14:59:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/wanna-pay-for-coffee-using-your-btc-here-is-how/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Glean CEO Arvind Jain says he wants Glean to be easy to replace]]></title><description><![CDATA[Glean has no plans to raise more money and no concrete plans to go public, founder and chief executive Arvind Jain told TNW. The enterprise AI company could list if it wanted to, he said, and it is getting its internal processes ready. But the AI industry moves too fast for that kind of stability [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/glean-ceo-arvind-jain-says-he-wants-glean-to-be-easy-to-replace/</link><pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 11:52:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/glean-ceo-arvind-jain-says-he-wants-glean-to-be-easy-to-replace/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[TSMC is open to working on Musk’s Terafab but says it must run the fab]]></title><description><![CDATA[TSMC is willing to work with Elon Musk&rsquo;s Terafab chip project, but any fab involved would have to be run by TSMC, chairman and chief executive C.C. Wei said on the company&rsquo;s third-quarter earnings call&nbsp;on Thursday. He added that the two sides have not yet reached an agreement. Bloomberg reported&nbsp;the remarks shortly after the call. [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/tsmc-is-open-to-working-on-musks-terafab-but-says-it-must-run-the-fab/</link><pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 11:29:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/tsmc-is-open-to-working-on-musks-terafab-but-says-it-must-run-the-fab/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bank of America CEO says 1,000 contractors are fixing AI-exposed flaws]]></title><description><![CDATA[Bank of America brought in about 1,000 outside contractors in the second quarter to repair software weaknesses exposed by AI models, chief executive Brian Moynihan said on 14 October. One of those models, he said, was Anthropic&rsquo;s Mythos. Moynihan disclosed the figure in an&nbsp;interview with CNBC&nbsp;after the bank reported third-quarter results, and discussed it again [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/bank-of-america-ceo-says-1000-contractors-are-fixing-ai-exposed-flaws/</link><pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 11:12:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/bank-of-america-ceo-says-1000-contractors-are-fixing-ai-exposed-flaws/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anthropic tells investors Q3 revenue reached $16.8bn, FT reports]]></title><description><![CDATA[On October 14, Anthropic told potential investors that its third-quarter 2026 revenue reached $16.8 billion. The company also reported an adjusted profit for that period. Moreover, the company shared these figures at an investor event held at its San Francisco headquarters, just weeks before its planned stock market debut. The&nbsp;Financial Times first reported the numbers, [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/anthropic-tells-investors-q3-revenue-reached-168bn-ft-reports/</link><pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 10:51:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/anthropic-tells-investors-q3-revenue-reached-168bn-ft-reports/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Researchers trace AI agents that probed Alibaba’s Amap to Tencent]]></title><description><![CDATA[A fleet of AI agents running on Tencent Cloud made more than 2,600 attempts to pull data from Amap, Alibaba&rsquo;s map service, between 28 September and 8 October. That is the main finding of a full report published on 14 October by independent researchers who track AI agent activity online. The group first shared preliminary [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/researchers-trace-ai-agents-that-probed-alibabas-amap-to-tencent/</link><pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 10:18:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/researchers-trace-ai-agents-that-probed-alibabas-amap-to-tencent/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Arkansas sues OpenAI, alleging it misled users about ChatGPT safety]]></title><description><![CDATA[Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin has sued OpenAI, saying the company told users ChatGPT was safe while it knew of serious risks. The 73-page complaint&nbsp;was filed on Wednesday in a Faulkner County court and names eight OpenAI firms. The state says ChatGPT has encouraged suicide and self-harm, fed delusions, given bad medical advice and helped [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/arkansas-sues-openai-alleging-it-misled-users-about-chatgpt-safety/</link><pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 09:55:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/arkansas-sues-openai-alleging-it-misled-users-about-chatgpt-safety/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[EU says it is in talks with Google over changes after €890M DMA fine]]></title><description><![CDATA[The European Commission is in talks with Google about the steps the company may take following the EU&rsquo;s &euro;890M (about $1bn) fine in July. The Commission confirmed the talks on Wednesday to Reuters. The fines were issued under the Digital Markets Act (DMA), the EU law that sets rules for the largest online platforms. In [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/eu-says-it-is-in-talks-with-google-over-changes-after-890m-dma-fine/</link><pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 09:36:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/eu-says-it-is-in-talks-with-google-over-changes-after-890m-dma-fine/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Norrsken and Nvidia to open Stockholm AI Lab for founders in 2027]]></title><description><![CDATA[Norrsken Foundation and Nvidia will open a hub for AI startups in central Stockholm in 2027. The Stockholm AI Lab will host a select group of European founders who use AI to address problems in climate, health, food and society, and it will also be home to Nvidia&rsquo;s Stockholm office. The lab will sit in [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/norrsken-and-nvidia-to-open-stockholm-ai-lab-for-founders-in-2027/</link><pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 08:59:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/norrsken-and-nvidia-to-open-stockholm-ai-lab-for-founders-in-2027/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[OpenAI says ex-employee took device files before returning to Apple]]></title><description><![CDATA[OpenAI says a former employee who went back to Apple sent more than 100 secret files about an unreleased OpenAI product to personal accounts, according to a court filing made on Wednesday in San Jose, California, According to the filing, the unnamed employee joined OpenAI from Apple and stayed for six months. Some of the [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/openai-says-ex-employee-took-device-files-before-returning-to-apple/</link><pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 08:53:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/openai-says-ex-employee-took-device-files-before-returning-to-apple/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Snap reports on Snap Map data for brands]]></title><description><![CDATA[The company said that the discovery tool can help drive engagement but noted that most users still turn to Google Maps for location information.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/snap-reports-on-snap-map-data-for-brands/</link><pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 00:13:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/snap-reports-on-snap-map-data-for-brands/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[TikTok Shop offers UK merchants more engagement tools]]></title><description><![CDATA[The platform added group deals, new auction functions and an easy way to create shoppable carousels.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/tiktok-shop-offers-uk-merchants-more-engagement-tools-2/</link><pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 00:12:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/tiktok-shop-offers-uk-merchants-more-engagement-tools-2/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[TikTok Shop offers U.K. merchants more engagement tools]]></title><description><![CDATA[The platform has added group deals, new auction functions and an easy way to create shoppable carousels.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/tiktok-shop-offers-uk-merchants-more-engagement-tools/</link><pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 00:12:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/tiktok-shop-offers-uk-merchants-more-engagement-tools/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[OpenAI hands its data centre and compute operation to a former xAI executive]]></title><description><![CDATA[OpenAI has put its compute and infrastructure businesses under Uday Ruddarraju, who ran infrastructure at Elon Musk&rsquo;s xAI until July 2025. Sachin Katti, who had been overseeing infrastructure and led the $30B Georgia build, leaves the role within weeks and stays on as an adviser. OpenAI has put compute and infrastructure under one executive. Uday [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/openai-hands-its-data-centre-and-compute-operation-to-a-former-xai-executive/</link><pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 23:01:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/openai-hands-its-data-centre-and-compute-operation-to-a-former-xai-executive/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[WhatsApp provides chat guest links for non-users]]></title><description><![CDATA[The new feature lets hosts send out chat invitations to anyone on or off the app, although guests will have limited usage options on calls.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/whatsapp-provides-chat-guest-links-for-non-users/</link><pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 22:51:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/whatsapp-provides-chat-guest-links-for-non-users/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[TikTok inks partnership with Made By Us studios]]></title><description><![CDATA[The content deal gives TikTok exclusive rights to select microdrama series from several high-profile creators.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/tiktok-inks-partnership-with-made-by-us-studios/</link><pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 22:41:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/tiktok-inks-partnership-with-made-by-us-studios/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[TikTok inks microdrama partnership with Made By Us studios]]></title><description><![CDATA[The content deal gives TikTok exclusive rights to select microdrama series from several high-profile creators.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/tiktok-inks-microdrama-partnership-with-made-by-us-studios/</link><pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 22:41:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/tiktok-inks-microdrama-partnership-with-made-by-us-studios/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Apple’s first AI features reach China in December, after a two-year wait]]></title><description><![CDATA[Apple plans to launch Apple Intelligence in mainland China in December with iOS 27.3, two years after the US, excluding the rebuilt Siri AI. Siri AI is also still missing in the EU, with no indication of when approval might come. Apple will ship Apple Intelligence in mainland China in December, two years after America [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/apples-first-ai-features-reach-china-in-december-after-a-two-year-wait/</link><pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 22:31:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/apples-first-ai-features-reach-china-in-december-after-a-two-year-wait/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[YouTube labels AI-generated music]]></title><description><![CDATA[The company has implemented transparency measures on its music platform and in its main app to identify generative artificial intelligence creations.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/youtube-labels-ai-generated-music/</link><pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 22:23:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/youtube-labels-ai-generated-music/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Google shares 2026 Halloween trends]]></title><description><![CDATA[This year&rsquo;s annual Frightgeist overview offers movie-inspired costumes from films including &ldquo;Obsession,&rdquo; as well as regional U.S. trend advice.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/google-shares-2026-halloween-trends/</link><pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 22:02:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/google-shares-2026-halloween-trends/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The charged OpenAI engineer had a one-way ticket out of the US, a filing shows]]></title><description><![CDATA[Abdulrahman Alfozan, the OpenAI engineer charged over a hidden recording device, had one-way tickets to Saudi Arabia booked for three days after his arrest, according to a court filing. He has entered no reported plea and is presumed innocent. The OpenAI engineer charged over a hidden recording device had a one-way ticket out of the [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/the-charged-openai-engineer-had-a-one-way-ticket-out-of-the-us-a-filing-shows/</link><pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 21:58:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/the-charged-openai-engineer-had-a-one-way-ticket-out-of-the-us-a-filing-shows/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nvidia’s Jensen Huang says he would cut off customers who build unsafe AI]]></title><description><![CDATA[Jensen Huang told Bloomberg in London he would halt chip supply to a customer building unsafe AI, while saying the current level of concern is not warranted. His prescription is to accelerate containment and monitoring technology, which Nvidia is building a team to sell. Nvidia&rsquo;s chief executive says he would stop supplying a customer building [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/nvidias-jensen-huang-says-he-would-cut-off-customers-who-build-unsafe-ai/</link><pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 21:36:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/nvidias-jensen-huang-says-he-would-cut-off-customers-who-build-unsafe-ai/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Modal raises $750M at $15.75bn valuation as run rate tops $1bn]]></title><description><![CDATA[Modal, a cloud company that runs AI models and code for developers, announced on Wednesday that it has raised $750 million in a Series D round at a $15.75 billion valuation. Accel led the round, and Kleiner Perkins joined. All of Modal&rsquo;s existing investors also took part, including Menlo Ventures, General Catalyst, Redpoint, Lux Capital, [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/modal-raises-750m-at-1575bn-valuation-as-run-rate-tops-1bn/</link><pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 20:36:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/modal-raises-750m-at-1575bn-valuation-as-run-rate-tops-1bn/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Salience Labs raises $125M for optical AI switches, then expands in California]]></title><description><![CDATA[Salience Labs has raised an oversubscribed $125M Series B led by Bullhound Capital, with AMD Ventures, Intel Capital and the British Business Bank taking part. The Oxfordshire company will use it to scale manufacturing and open a second West Coast office. An Oxfordshire photonics company has raised $125M to build optical switches for AI data [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/salience-labs-raises-125m-for-optical-ai-switches-then-expands-in-california/</link><pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 20:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/salience-labs-raises-125m-for-optical-ai-switches-then-expands-in-california/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kyndryl will run AI agents inside Toyota Finance’s live IT operations]]></title><description><![CDATA[Kyndryl and Toyota Systems will apply Kyndryl&rsquo;s agentic AI framework to Toyota Finance&rsquo;s IT change management, infrastructure design and impact analysis, in its production environment. No contract value, timeline or measured result has been disclosed. Kyndryl and Toyota Systems will run AI agents inside Toyota Finance&rsquo;s IT operations. No contract value, timeline or measured result [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/kyndryl-will-run-ai-agents-inside-toyota-finances-live-it-operations/</link><pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 19:15:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/kyndryl-will-run-ai-agents-inside-toyota-finances-live-it-operations/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[EV sales rebound to their highest level in a year, and stay 40% below 2025]]></title><description><![CDATA[US EV sales rose 6.1% on the previous quarter to almost 263,000, their highest in a year, against more than 437,000 in the same quarter of 2025. Europe registered 277,006 electric cars in July alone. American electric car sales rose 6.1% on the previous quarter, their best in a year. They were still about 40% [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/ev-sales-rebound-to-their-highest-level-in-a-year-and-stay-40-below-2025/</link><pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 18:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/ev-sales-rebound-to-their-highest-level-in-a-year-and-stay-40-below-2025/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A London startup is putting AI cameras into Polish operating theatres]]></title><description><![CDATA[VitVio is deploying its Vetro camera and sensor platform at University Clinical Centre in Gda&#324;sk, the first Polish hospital to take it. The AI Act category that covers systems monitoring workers&rsquo; performance was delayed to December 2027. A London startup is putting cameras into the operating theatres of a Polish public teaching hospital. It logs [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/a-london-startup-is-putting-ai-cameras-into-polish-operating-theatres/</link><pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 17:45:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/a-london-startup-is-putting-ai-cameras-into-polish-operating-theatres/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Humanly acquires CareerArc, adding recruitment marketing to its AI hiring tools]]></title><description><![CDATA[Humanly has acquired recruitment marketing company CareerArc, its fifth acquisition since 2025, with no price disclosed. The AI hiring tools it is consolidating fall into the EU AI Act&rsquo;s high-risk employment category, whose duties were delayed to December 2027. Humanly has bought CareerArc, its fifth acquisition in two years. No price was disclosed, and the [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/humanly-acquires-careerarc-adding-recruitment-marketing-to-its-ai-hiring-tools/</link><pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 17:01:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/humanly-acquires-careerarc-adding-recruitment-marketing-to-its-ai-hiring-tools/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[America has passed 80,000 public fast-charging ports for the first time]]></title><description><![CDATA[The US passed 80,000 public fast-charging ports for the first time, adding 4,106 in the third quarter, a 12% drop on a year earlier. The EU counted 212,439 public DC points in April and added nearly 18,000 of them in four months. America has passed 80,000 public fast-charging ports for the first time, after adding [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/america-has-passed-80000-public-fast-charging-ports-for-the-first-time/</link><pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 17:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/america-has-passed-80000-public-fast-charging-ports-for-the-first-time/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[OpenAI’s CFO says firms using Chinese AI models are risking security]]></title><description><![CDATA[OpenAI chief financial officer Sarah Friar told the International AI Summit in Dublin that businesses using low-cost Chinese models are taking a cybersecurity risk. Hugging Face, which OpenAI&rsquo;s models breached in July, used a Chinese open model to investigate it. OpenAI&rsquo;s finance chief says businesses using cheap Chinese models are taking a cybersecurity risk. Her [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/openais-cfo-says-firms-using-chinese-ai-models-are-risking-security/</link><pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 16:23:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/openais-cfo-says-firms-using-chinese-ai-models-are-risking-security/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Huskeys Launches Profiling to Advance Proactive Network Edge Security]]></title><description><![CDATA[For security teams, detecting a threat is only part of the challenge. They must also determine which application is at risk, how the activity relates to legitimate business operations, and what action will reduce exposure without interrupting users. Huskeys is introducing Profiling to address those questions, giving organizations a dynamic, business-aware view of their web [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/huskeys-launches-profiling-to-advance-proactive-network-edge-security/</link><pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 15:45:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/huskeys-launches-profiling-to-advance-proactive-network-edge-security/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[AI trading agents face a reliability bar human apps never did]]></title><description><![CDATA[Picture two AI trading agents running the same model and the same strategy. A signal arrives during a fast market, both send an order, and one platform answers in milliseconds while the other times out. Same intelligence, different result. The difference sat in the plumbing. As agents take on more of the work of trading, [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/ai-trading-agents-face-a-reliability-bar-human-apps-never-did/</link><pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 15:37:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/ai-trading-agents-face-a-reliability-bar-human-apps-never-did/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Revolut launches its mobile plan in Germany for €14.99 a month]]></title><description><![CDATA[Revolut has launched its own mobile phone plan in Germany, the company announced today. The fintech, which recently won a French banking licence, is pushing further beyond its banking app. Revolut Mobile costs &euro;14.99 a month and includes 120GB of data at full speed, then unlimited data at a slower 2 Mbit/s, plus unlimited calls [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/revolut-launches-its-mobile-plan-in-germany-for-1499-a-month/</link><pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 15:18:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/revolut-launches-its-mobile-plan-in-germany-for-1499-a-month/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[European Commission plans to use AI to respond faster to cyberattacks]]></title><description><![CDATA[According to a document obtained by Politico, the European Commission&rsquo;s IT department wants to use AI to fight back against the most dangerous cyberattacks. DG DIGIT, the Commission&rsquo;s IT department, wrote the paper, though it is undated, and it explains how the EU&rsquo;s executive branch should get ready to defend against AI-driven threats. According to [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/european-commission-plans-to-use-ai-to-respond-faster-to-cyberattacks/</link><pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 15:10:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/european-commission-plans-to-use-ai-to-respond-faster-to-cyberattacks/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Estonian energy storage firm Skeleton becomes unicorn with Siemens deal]]></title><description><![CDATA[Siemens has bought into Skeleton Technologies, an Estonian maker of energy storage systems. With this, the deal values Skeleton at more than $1 billion, its CEO Taavi Madiberk told Bloomberg. The deal closed this month and was worth more than $100 million, the company said, but it did not give the exact figure. In return, [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/estonian-energy-storage-firm-skeleton-becomes-unicorn-with-siemens-deal/</link><pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 14:46:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/estonian-energy-storage-firm-skeleton-becomes-unicorn-with-siemens-deal/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[INmune Bio and Quantum Computing partner to apply quantum optimization and AI to advance Alzheimer’s drug research and explore new applications for XPro]]></title><description><![CDATA[Boca Raton, Florida, October 14th, 2026, Financewire Collaboration combines INmune Bio&rsquo;s clinical research with QCi&rsquo;s Dirac-3S quantum optimization machine to identify potential new treatment indications and biomarkers for XPro. Initial engagement marks QCi&rsquo;s first commercial customer in pharmaceutical and biotechnology markets, expanding the application of quantum computing to drug development. INmune Bio Inc. (Nasdaq: INMB) [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/inmune-bio-and-quantum-computing-partner-to-apply-quantum-optimization-and-ai-to-advance-alzheimers-drug-research-and-explore-new-applications-for-xpro/</link><pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 14:45:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/inmune-bio-and-quantum-computing-partner-to-apply-quantum-optimization-and-ai-to-advance-alzheimers-drug-research-and-explore-new-applications-for-xpro/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Uvi raises $7.5M to give AI agents the company context they lack]]></title><description><![CDATA[Uvi, a startup that feeds company knowledge to AI agents, has emerged from stealth with $7.5 million in seed funding. CT Innovations and Cardumen led the funding round, with Mana VC, 91 Ventures, and Gaingles VC also participating. Uvi plans to use the funds to build a US team, increase sales, and continue developing its [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/uvi-raises-75m-to-give-ai-agents-the-company-context-they-lack/</link><pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 14:15:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/uvi-raises-75m-to-give-ai-agents-the-company-context-they-lack/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Forgepoint raises $9.8M to help manufacturers quote faster]]></title><description><![CDATA[American manufacturers can often make a part faster than they can get a quote back to the customer asking for it. That mismatch is the result of decades of automation reaching the shop floor, but rarely the office around it. Forgepoint is tackling that with Frank, an AI Inside Sales Rep built for manufacturing. Frank [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/forgepoint-raises-98m-to-help-manufacturers-quote-faster/</link><pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 14:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/forgepoint-raises-98m-to-help-manufacturers-quote-faster/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Evos raises $9M to bring autonomous operators to industrial businesses]]></title><description><![CDATA[Evolutionary Operating System, Inc. (Evos), the company building autonomous operators for the physical economy, came out of stealth, announcing $9M in pre-seed funding. Uncork Capital and Field Ventures co-led the round. Crosslink Capital, Utopia Capital Management, Sandwith Ventures, and angel investors also participated. Evos operators learn a job from a company&rsquo;s most experienced people and [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/evos-raises-9m-to-bring-autonomous-operators-to-industrial-businesses/</link><pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 14:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/evos-raises-9m-to-bring-autonomous-operators-to-industrial-businesses/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Scimplify raises $25M to speed up critical materials production with AI]]></title><description><![CDATA[Indian startup Scimplify has raised $25M led by Hitachi Ventures to supply specialty chemicals and critical materials outside China, with German customer Henkel joining as an investor. The new production network is going to the US and Japan, not Europe. Scimplify has raised $25M to supply specialty chemicals and critical materials from outside China. German [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/scimplify-raises-25m-to-speed-up-critical-materials-production-with-ai/</link><pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 13:55:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/scimplify-raises-25m-to-speed-up-critical-materials-production-with-ai/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Apple, OpenAI head to court over AI trade secrets, with the case on the line]]></title><description><![CDATA[A federal judge in San Jose hears two opposed motions on the same day, Apple&rsquo;s request to stop OpenAI using anything taken from it and OpenAI&rsquo;s request to throw the case out. Apple won part of its expedited discovery on Tuesday, and was refused part of it. Apple and OpenAI are in court in San [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/apple-openai-head-to-court-over-ai-trade-secrets-with-the-case-on-the-line/</link><pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 13:23:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/apple-openai-head-to-court-over-ai-trade-secrets-with-the-case-on-the-line/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[US and European regulators question banks about AI agents and cyber risks]]></title><description><![CDATA[Banking regulators in the US and Europe are stepping up efforts to contain the risks AI poses to banks, Reuters reported, citing six people familiar with the matter. Some fear that cyberattacks or rogue AI agents could shake the financial system. In the US, the Federal Reserve and two other bank regulators are questioning banks [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/us-and-european-regulators-question-banks-about-ai-agents-and-cyber-risks/</link><pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 13:20:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/us-and-european-regulators-question-banks-about-ai-agents-and-cyber-risks/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ofcom says it still has concerns over how X removes illegal hate content]]></title><description><![CDATA[Britain&rsquo;s online safety regulator, Ofcom, says it still has concerns about how well X removes illegal hate and terror content. This comes even though X is now reviewing these reports more quickly. In May, X promised to review posts reported through its UK illegal content tool within 24 hours on average. The company also said [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/ofcom-says-it-still-has-concerns-over-how-x-removes-illegal-hate-content/</link><pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 13:09:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/ofcom-says-it-still-has-concerns-over-how-x-removes-illegal-hate-content/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[US charges 14 over North Korean IT worker scheme at more than 70 companies]]></title><description><![CDATA[The US Justice Department has charged 14 people over a North Korean job scam, announced on Tuesday. North Korean IT workers used stolen names to get remote jobs at more than 70 US firms. The workers earned about $3 million, which went to North Korean groups under US sanctions, prosecutors believe. The firm works in [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/us-charges-14-over-north-korean-it-worker-scheme-at-more-than-70-companies/</link><pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 13:01:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/us-charges-14-over-north-korean-it-worker-scheme-at-more-than-70-companies/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Microsoft Azure executive asked teams to find 20% cost cuts, report says]]></title><description><![CDATA[A senior Microsoft cloud boss has asked team leaders to find ways to cut costs by at least 20%, The Information reported, citing people who know about the plans. We have not independently verified the report, and Microsoft disputes it. &ldquo;Azure leadership has not directed teams to develop cost-cutting plans,&rdquo; a Microsoft spokesperson told The [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/microsoft-azure-executive-asked-teams-to-find-20-cost-cuts-report-says/</link><pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 12:50:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/microsoft-azure-executive-asked-teams-to-find-20-cost-cuts-report-says/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anthropic opens a Singapore office and signs an AI safety MOU with the government]]></title><description><![CDATA[Anthropic has opened an office in Singapore, its fifth in Asia-Pacific, and signed a memorandum of understanding with the government. Neither comes with a figure or a headcount. The memorandum covers AI safety, security and model evaluation, research on adoption, and responsible adoption across the public and private sectors, the company said. Co-founder Ben Mann [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/anthropic-opens-a-singapore-office-and-signs-an-ai-safety-mou-with-the-government/</link><pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 12:41:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/anthropic-opens-a-singapore-office-and-signs-an-ai-safety-mou-with-the-government/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bumble agrees to be bought by Ithaca Holdings for about $1.3bn]]></title><description><![CDATA[Bumble has agreed to be acquired by Ithaca Holdings in an all-cash deal valuing the dating app at about $1.3 billion, the companies said&nbsp;on Tuesday. Ithaca will pay $6.05 per Bumble Class A share, about 138% more than the stock&rsquo;s closing price on October 9, before reporting on Monday that the two sides were in&nbsp;advanced [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/bumble-agrees-to-be-bought-by-ithaca-holdings-for-about-13bn/</link><pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 12:23:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/bumble-agrees-to-be-bought-by-ithaca-holdings-for-about-13bn/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anthropic’s international chief says open models carry more risk by definition]]></title><description><![CDATA[Anthropic&rsquo;s head of international told Bloomberg TV in Dublin that open alternatives to its models carry more risk by definition. That is a broader claim than the one Dario Amodei set out in July, when he wrote that open-weight models without dangerous capabilities are a public good. Anthropic&rsquo;s top sales executive outside the US says [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/anthropics-international-chief-says-open-models-carry-more-risk-by-definition/</link><pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 12:21:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/anthropics-international-chief-says-open-models-carry-more-risk-by-definition/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Home consoles face extinction as cloud and AI boom, BI research says]]></title><description><![CDATA[Bloomberg Intelligence forecasts that streamed games will become a $38B market by 2035 and that the dedicated console will stop being a mass-market product. The case depends on surplus GPU capacity pushing compute prices down late this decade, which has not happened yet. Streamed games will be a $38B market by 2035, and the console [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/home-consoles-face-extinction-as-cloud-and-ai-boom-bi-research-says/</link><pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 11:58:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/home-consoles-face-extinction-as-cloud-and-ai-boom-bi-research-says/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Google DeepMind opens its science AI models to 200 European researchers]]></title><description><![CDATA[Up to 200 European researchers will get direct access to Google&rsquo;s most advanced science AI models, plus $3 million in computing credits,&nbsp;Google said today. The offer comes from its AI lab, Google DeepMind, and its cloud arm, Google Cloud. The models include AlphaFold 3, which predicts the structure of proteins and other molecules, and WeatherNext, [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/google-deepmind-opens-its-science-ai-models-to-200-european-researchers/</link><pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 11:39:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/google-deepmind-opens-its-science-ai-models-to-200-european-researchers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nvidia commits $250M of compute to UK AI safety research]]></title><description><![CDATA[Nvidia has committed $250M over five years to UK agentic safety and security research, in the form of compute access rather than cash. Provider selection and commercial terms have still to be agreed. Nvidia has committed $250M to British AI safety research over the next five years. The commitment is compute access, not cash, and [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/nvidia-commits-250m-of-compute-to-uk-ai-safety-research/</link><pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 10:24:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/nvidia-commits-250m-of-compute-to-uk-ai-safety-research/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anthropic asks the full appeals court to rehear its Pentagon case]]></title><description><![CDATA[Anthropic has asked the full federal appeals court in Washington to revisit a 2-1 ruling upholding the Pentagon&rsquo;s designation of it as a supply-chain risk. It argues the designation was retaliation for its speech about AI safety. Anthropic has asked the full federal appeals court in Washington to rehear its challenge to a Pentagon designation [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/anthropic-asks-the-full-appeals-court-to-rehear-its-pentagon-case/</link><pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 10:09:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/anthropic-asks-the-full-appeals-court-to-rehear-its-pentagon-case/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[ASML says it cannot meet chip tool demand in 2027 or 2028]]></title><description><![CDATA[ASML says its supply plans mean it cannot fully meet demand in 2027 or 2028, and some customers want to place orders for 2029 and 2030. It raised the low end of its 2026 sales guidance and its shares rose 2.8%. ASML says it will not be able to meet demand for its machines in [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/asml-says-it-cannot-meet-chip-tool-demand-in-2027-or-2028/</link><pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 09:56:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/asml-says-it-cannot-meet-chip-tool-demand-in-2027-or-2028/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cachet raises new funding to insure Europe’s gig and mobility platforms]]></title><description><![CDATA[Tallinn startup&nbsp;Cachet, which sells insurance to ride-hailing, scooter, and gig-work apps, has closed a funding round led by Spintop Ventures. The deal raises its total capital to about &euro;11 million. Moreover, Truffle Capital and Icebreaker.vc, both earlier backers, joined the round. Cachet acts as a licensed broker rather than an insurer. Its policies are shaped [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/cachet-raises-new-funding-to-insure-europes-gig-and-mobility-platforms/</link><pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/cachet-raises-new-funding-to-insure-europes-gig-and-mobility-platforms/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An OpenAI engineer is charged over a listening device in the boardroom]]></title><description><![CDATA[An OpenAI engineer has been arrested over a listening device found behind a television in an executive conference room, and is charged with endeavouring to intercept oral communications. OpenAI says no model weights, source code or customer data were taken. An OpenAI engineer has been arrested over a listening device found at the company&rsquo;s San [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/an-openai-engineer-is-charged-over-a-listening-device-in-the-boardroom/</link><pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2026 23:53:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/an-openai-engineer-is-charged-over-a-listening-device-in-the-boardroom/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reddit announces plans for upcoming US elections]]></title><description><![CDATA[The platform outlined its commitment to election resources and explained how it intends to prevent misinformation from spreading online.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/reddit-announces-plans-for-upcoming-us-elections/</link><pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2026 23:35:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/reddit-announces-plans-for-upcoming-us-elections/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meta assists with scam crackdown in West Africa]]></title><description><![CDATA[The company joined Google, Microsoft and others in a larger law enforcement effort designed to disrupt criminal networks.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/meta-assists-with-scam-crackdown-in-west-africa/</link><pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2026 23:33:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/meta-assists-with-scam-crackdown-in-west-africa/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beyond AI: what Europe’s flagship customer contact event revealed]]></title><description><![CDATA[Amsterdam, early October. Customer Contact Week Europe 2026 brought together around 700 attendees and 50 exhibitors over three days to talk about the future of customer contact. As the industry&rsquo;s flagship event in Europe, it carried a certain energy that is hard to replicate, the kind that comes from having the right people in the [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/beyond-ai-what-europes-flagship-customer-contact-event-revealed/</link><pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2026 23:27:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/beyond-ai-what-europes-flagship-customer-contact-event-revealed/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[X launches unified subscription packages]]></title><description><![CDATA[The company is offering five price points for its integrated plans, including a free version.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/x-launches-unified-subscription-packages/</link><pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2026 23:17:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/x-launches-unified-subscription-packages/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[YouTube rolls out AI search chatbot to all US users]]></title><description><![CDATA[The conversational artificial intelligence-powered search option is now available for desktop, mobile and Connected TV.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/youtube-rolls-out-ai-search-chatbot-to-all-us-users/</link><pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2026 23:08:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/youtube-rolls-out-ai-search-chatbot-to-all-us-users/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pinterest asks brands to send people ‘back into their life’]]></title><description><![CDATA[The company released a marketing playbook outlining how to inspire offline activity instead of encouraging infinite scrolling.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/pinterest-asks-brands-to-send-people-back-into-their-life/</link><pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2026 22:57:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/pinterest-asks-brands-to-send-people-back-into-their-life/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Marina Segal wants your cloud to say no]]></title><description><![CDATA[Cloud security spent a decade learning to see everything. Half of what it found is still open. Tamnoon&rsquo;s CEO says the next decade belongs to machines that know when not to act, and as of today she is publishing what hers refused. Marina Segal helped build the machines that see everything. She was at Dome9 [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/marina-segal-wants-your-cloud-to-say-no/</link><pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2026 22:35:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/marina-segal-wants-your-cloud-to-say-no/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Zuckerberg admits Meta spent $200B on AI without knowing it would work]]></title><description><![CDATA[Mark Zuckerberg says Meta committed as much as $200B to AI infrastructure before anyone could tell him it would work, with his chief AI officer saying it was not clear at all. Meta&rsquo;s free cash flow fell 91% in the second quarter. Mark Zuckerberg says Meta committed to spending as much as $200B on AI [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/zuckerberg-admits-meta-spent-200b-on-ai-without-knowing-it-would-work/</link><pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2026 22:09:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/zuckerberg-admits-meta-spent-200b-on-ai-without-knowing-it-would-work/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Facebook adds plain language algorithm controls]]></title><description><![CDATA[The platform&rsquo;s updated system allows users to add or remove interests using a new chatbot prompt.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/facebook-adds-plain-language-algorithm-controls/</link><pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2026 22:04:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/facebook-adds-plain-language-algorithm-controls/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Google says Gemini 4 Argon is a ‘powerhouse’ AI model, and anyone can pay for it]]></title><description><![CDATA[Google has released Gemini 4 Argon globally to paying users, in the Gemini app, in Search and through the API. The $2 and $10 per million token prices are a launch discount against standard rates of $4 and $20. Google has released Gemini 4 Argon to anyone willing to pay for it. The model is [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/google-says-gemini-4-argon-is-a-powerhouse-ai-model-and-anyone-can-pay-for-it/</link><pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2026 20:12:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/google-says-gemini-4-argon-is-a-powerhouse-ai-model-and-anyone-can-pay-for-it/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Europe trails the US on AI because of how firms work, Sifted report says]]></title><description><![CDATA[Europe is falling behind the US on AI use at work, and the main reason is not technology, according to a new report.The&nbsp;report from Sifted, sponsored by London Business School, says Europe has an organisational gap rather than a tech gap. Firms struggle with skills, management, trust and the cost of fitting AI into how [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/europe-trails-the-us-on-ai-because-of-how-firms-work-sifted-report-says/</link><pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2026 20:02:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/europe-trails-the-us-on-ai-because-of-how-firms-work-sifted-report-says/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Google will let anyone publish an app to the Play Store, for free]]></title><description><![CDATA[Google will let anyone over 18 with a Google account publish privately listed Android apps built in its AI Studio, with no paid developer account. Apple spent this year tightening its own store against the same kind of software. Google will let anyone over 18 with a Google account publish an Android app to the [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/google-will-let-anyone-publish-an-app-to-the-play-store-for-free/</link><pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2026 19:35:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/google-will-let-anyone-publish-an-app-to-the-play-store-for-free/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Volkswagen’s US EV sales collapse 90% in a quarter]]></title><description><![CDATA[Volkswagen sold 1,421 electric cars in the United States in the third quarter, a 90% fall, after ending ID.4 production and halting imports of its electric minivan. In Europe battery electric cars took 29% of new registrations in August. Volkswagen sold 1,421 electric cars in the United States between July and September. That is 90% [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/volkswagens-us-ev-sales-collapse-90-in-a-quarter/</link><pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2026 19:18:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/volkswagens-us-ev-sales-collapse-90-in-a-quarter/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jio Platforms attracts more than $20B in bids ahead of record India IPO]]></title><description><![CDATA[Jio Platforms has drawn more than $20B in bids for what would be India&rsquo;s largest listing, with Fidelity, Allianz and Capital Group indicating interest. The company is now seeking about $108B, against the $170B bankers discussed last November. Jio Platforms has drawn more than $20B in bids for what would be India&rsquo;s largest listing. The [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/jio-platforms-attracts-more-than-20b-in-bids-ahead-of-record-india-ipo/</link><pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2026 19:06:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/jio-platforms-attracts-more-than-20b-in-bids-ahead-of-record-india-ipo/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Apple launches $299 HomeView hub alongside new smart home range]]></title><description><![CDATA[Apple has launched HomeView, a $299 smart display built around Siri AI, with shipping from 13 November in eight markets. The European Union is not one of them, because Siri AI is still blocked on iOS there. Apple has launched HomeView, a $299 smart display built around the new Siri, with pre-orders open and shipping [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/apple-launches-299-homeview-hub-alongside-new-smart-home-range/</link><pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2026 18:49:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/apple-launches-299-homeview-hub-alongside-new-smart-home-range/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nvidia plans $2B in European AI deals in the next week]]></title><description><![CDATA[Jensen Huang says Nvidia will announce $2B of European investments within a week, on top of $8B over the past year, and named four French startups in Paris. Nvidia committed more than $40B to AI equity in the first four months of this year alone. Jensen Huang says Nvidia will announce $2B of European investments [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/nvidia-plans-2b-in-european-ai-deals-in-the-next-week/</link><pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2026 18:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/nvidia-plans-2b-in-european-ai-deals-in-the-next-week/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Data centre firms say the AI bottleneck is now power and labour]]></title><description><![CDATA[Executives from NTT Data, Brookfield and Infosys say electricity and skilled labour, not chips, now limit how fast AI data centres get built. In Europe the binding constraint is worse, with grid connections in congested markets running to ten years. The thing slowing the AI buildout is no longer the chips. Executives running some of [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/data-centre-firms-say-the-ai-bottleneck-is-now-power-and-labour/</link><pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2026 18:19:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/data-centre-firms-say-the-ai-bottleneck-is-now-power-and-labour/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Microsoft is on track for its first record close in a year]]></title><description><![CDATA[Microsoft is on pace for its first record close since October 2025, having gained more than 50% from a June low and added roughly $1.5T in market value. The AI-disruption panic that caused the fall also hit SAP, which has not recovered. Microsoft is on track for its first record close in almost a year, [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/microsoft-is-on-track-for-its-first-record-close-in-a-year/</link><pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2026 18:06:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/microsoft-is-on-track-for-its-first-record-close-in-a-year/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pluto Security emerges from stealth with $42M in funding]]></title><description><![CDATA[The next phase of enterprise software adoption is giving employees capabilities that once required dedicated engineering teams. AI tools can now help workers build applications, automate processes, and create agents. But each new capability introduces questions about data access, dependencies, and control. For cybersecurity investors, this shift presents an opportunity to back companies building security [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/pluto-security-emerges-from-stealth-with-42m-in-funding/</link><pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2026 18:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/pluto-security-emerges-from-stealth-with-42m-in-funding/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[KuCoin Nigeria gains conditional approval from Nigeria’s SEC]]></title><description><![CDATA[KuCoin Nigeria Limited has received conditional Approval-in-Principle (AIP) from the Securities and Exchange Commission, Nigeria (SEC Nigeria), for admission into its Accelerated Regulatory Incubation Programme (ARIP). It advances the exchange&rsquo;s efforts to establish a regulated presence in one of Africa&rsquo;s most active digital asset markets. According to Chainalysis&rsquo; 2026 Global Crypto Adoption Index, Nigeria ranks [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/kucoin-nigeria-gains-conditional-approval-from-nigerias-sec/</link><pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2026 17:31:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/kucoin-nigeria-gains-conditional-approval-from-nigerias-sec/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[AI in HR and decision fatigue: why automation only helps when it decides]]></title><description><![CDATA[Every day, a manager approves a time-off request, signs off on an expense report, resolves a scheduling conflict and weighs in on a performance review. None of it feels monumental. Together, it adds up to something behavioral researchers call &ldquo;decision fatigue.&rdquo; That is the measurable decline in judgment that follows a long run of choices. [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/ai-in-hr-and-decision-fatigue-why-automation-only-helps-when-it-decides/</link><pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2026 16:49:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/ai-in-hr-and-decision-fatigue-why-automation-only-helps-when-it-decides/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[NYT, AFP and Economist join SPUR coalition on AI use of news]]></title><description><![CDATA[The New York Times, Agence France-Presse, and The Economist have joined a coalition that wants AI companies to stop using news without permission, the group said on Monday. The coalition, known as SPUR Standards for Publisher Usage Rights, has now reached over 80 members across more than 20 countries. It was founded in February by [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/nyt-afp-and-economist-join-spur-coalition-on-ai-use-of-news/</link><pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2026 15:18:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/nyt-afp-and-economist-join-spur-coalition-on-ai-use-of-news/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Goldman Sachs, Citadel and Google Alumni are building a blockchain exchange for real-world asset trading]]></title><description><![CDATA[DeepSigma has launched a paper-trading demo covering 77 traditional financial markets, using patented blockchain technology to bring crypto-style perpetual futures to stocks, commodities and other real-world assets. A team with backgrounds at Goldman Sachs, Citadel Securities, Google and Uber is developing a&nbsp;decentralized exchange&nbsp;designed to bring one of crypto&rsquo;s most popular trading models into traditional financial [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/goldman-sachs-citadel-and-google-alumni-are-building-a-blockchain-exchange-for-real-world-asset-trading/</link><pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2026 15:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/goldman-sachs-citadel-and-google-alumni-are-building-a-blockchain-exchange-for-real-world-asset-trading/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Palantir CTO says the Pentagon has already replaced Anthropic’s AI]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Pentagon has already replaced Anthropic&rsquo;s AI models, with no operational impact, Palantir&rsquo;s chief technology officer, Shyam Sankar, said on CBS&rsquo;s Face the Nation on Sunday. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s already been replaced,&rdquo; Sankar said. The Pentagon stopped using Anthropic&rsquo;s products after a dispute over its safeguards for military AI. It labelled the company a supply chain risk. [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/palantir-cto-says-the-pentagon-has-already-replaced-anthropics-ai/</link><pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2026 14:15:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/palantir-cto-says-the-pentagon-has-already-replaced-anthropics-ai/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Clueso raises $10M for AI agents that make corporate video]]></title><description><![CDATA[Clueso has raised a $10M Series A led by Dharana Capital for AI agents that script, record and maintain corporate video, bringing total funding to $12M. The market it is entering is led by London&rsquo;s Synthesia, which was valued at $4B in January after a $200M round. Clueso has raised a $10M Series A for [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/clueso-raises-10m-for-ai-agents-that-make-corporate-video/</link><pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2026 14:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/clueso-raises-10m-for-ai-agents-that-make-corporate-video/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Batam residents protest as data centres grow and their taps run dry]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hundreds of people in Batam, an Indonesian island near Singapore, have protested outside a data centre park. They say their homes have had no running water for months while the facilities have kept their servers cool, the BBC reported. The protest took place on October 5 at the gate of Nongsa Digital Park, according to [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/batam-residents-protest-as-data-centres-grow-and-their-taps-run-dry/</link><pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2026 13:56:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/batam-residents-protest-as-data-centres-grow-and-their-taps-run-dry/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Broadcom CEO Hock Tan likens many AI investors to casino gamblers]]></title><description><![CDATA[Broadcom chief executive Hock Tan compared many AI investors to gamblers who have little idea what they are betting on. He spoke on Monday at the DBS Asia Future Forward Conference in Singapore, Bloomberg reported. &ldquo;A lot of investors have no clue what they are investing in,&rdquo; Tan said. They &ldquo;set very extreme expectations only [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/broadcom-ceo-hock-tan-likens-many-ai-investors-to-casino-gamblers/</link><pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2026 13:55:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/broadcom-ceo-hock-tan-likens-many-ai-investors-to-casino-gamblers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[IMF warns $1.4tn in circular AI deals could deepen a market correction]]></title><description><![CDATA[A correction in AI-related stocks and debt could set off market turmoil, the International Monetary Fund said on Tuesday. It named the AI risk as one of three that could sharply tighten financial conditions. The other two are a sharp rise in government bond yields and cyber threats. The warning came in the IMF&rsquo;s Global [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/imf-warns-14tn-in-circular-ai-deals-could-deepen-a-market-correction/</link><pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2026 13:37:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/imf-warns-14tn-in-circular-ai-deals-could-deepen-a-market-correction/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Milk is more regulated than AI, Microsoft’s Brad Smith tells the BBC]]></title><description><![CDATA[Microsoft&rsquo;s president, Brad Smith, has called for global safety rules for AI. They include a legal duty to tell victims when a rogue AI agent breaks into their systems. He set out his case on the BBC&rsquo;s Big Boss Interview podcast with Will Bain, released on 11 October. Smith told the BBC: &ldquo;Right now, your [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/milk-is-more-regulated-than-ai-microsofts-brad-smith-tells-the-bbc/</link><pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2026 13:20:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/milk-is-more-regulated-than-ai-microsofts-brad-smith-tells-the-bbc/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Aramco Digital teams up with OrbitronAI to build AI for heavy industry]]></title><description><![CDATA[Aramco Digital, the tech arm of Saudi oil giant Aramco, has teamed up with start-up&nbsp;OrbitronAI&nbsp;to build and sell AI tools for heavy industry, the two firms said. The tools are aimed at oil and gas, power, mining, transport, and factory firms. They are meant to help them find money lost to slow decisions, scattered data, [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/aramco-digital-teams-up-with-orbitronai-to-build-ai-for-heavy-industry/</link><pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2026 13:18:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/aramco-digital-teams-up-with-orbitronai-to-build-ai-for-heavy-industry/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Amazon in talks to buy Decart for about $7bn, WSJ reports]]></title><description><![CDATA[Amazon is in talks to buy the AI startup Decart in a deal that could value it at about $7bn, The Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday. Kate Clark and Lauren Thomas reported the talks, citing people familiar with the matter. A deal could come soon if the talks do not fall apart and no [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/amazon-in-talks-to-buy-decart-for-about-7bn-wsj-reports/</link><pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2026 13:08:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/amazon-in-talks-to-buy-decart-for-about-7bn-wsj-reports/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[AI labs sought control over what outside evaluators publish, Reuters says]]></title><description><![CDATA[Anthropic and OpenAI have pushed for a big say over what outside reviewers of their AI models can make public,&nbsp;Reuters reported today, citing two people who know about the talks. Both companies worry that the findings could expose trade secrets. Both labs had recently promised outside reviewers a free hand. Last month, Anthropic boss Dario [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/ai-labs-sought-control-over-what-outside-evaluators-publish-reuters-says/</link><pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2026 13:02:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/ai-labs-sought-control-over-what-outside-evaluators-publish-reuters-says/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[ChatGPT leans on news sites more than any other AI platform, Semrush finds]]></title><description><![CDATA[ChatGPT leans on news sites more than any other major AI platform, in both the UK and the US, Semrush said on Tuesday. From January to July, news took a bigger share of ChatGPT&rsquo;s cited sources every month. Gemini, Google&rsquo;s AI Mode and AI Overviews all trailed it. The pull is stronger in the UK. [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/chatgpt-leans-on-news-sites-more-than-any-other-ai-platform-semrush-finds/</link><pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2026 12:42:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/chatgpt-leans-on-news-sites-more-than-any-other-ai-platform-semrush-finds/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alibaba starts selling its Qwen N1 AI glasses in China from $450]]></title><description><![CDATA[Alibaba has started selling its new Qwen Glasses N1 smart glasses in China, at prices from 2,999 yuan ($450) before discounts, Bloomberg reported&nbsp;from a launch event in Hangzhou on Tuesday. Several Chinese outlets put the starting price slightly lower, at 2,899 yuan. With state subsidies and launch offers, buyers can pay as little as 2,218 [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/alibaba-starts-selling-its-qwen-n1-ai-glasses-in-china-from-450/</link><pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2026 12:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/alibaba-starts-selling-its-qwen-n1-ai-glasses-in-china-from-450/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mozilla launches Firefox Enterprise for companies in Europ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Mozilla has launched Firefox Enterprise, a version of its browser for companies and public bodies that must meet strict security and compliance requirements. The product pairs the Firefox browser with a management console that organisations can host on their own servers. From there, IT teams can set browser rules, decide who can reach what, and [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/mozilla-launches-firefox-enterprise-for-companies-in-europ/</link><pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2026 12:21:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/mozilla-launches-firefox-enterprise-for-companies-in-europ/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Visa gets China’s approval to prepare a domestic card clearing business]]></title><description><![CDATA[Visa has won approval to start preparing a domestic bank card clearing business in China, the company said on Tuesday. The People&rsquo;s Bank of China approved its &ldquo;Application to Prepare&rdquo;, which lets Visa begin formal preparations. It does not yet let Visa process domestic payments. Visa first applied to the central bank in May 2020, [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/visa-gets-chinas-approval-to-prepare-a-domestic-card-clearing-business/</link><pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2026 12:20:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/visa-gets-chinas-approval-to-prepare-a-domestic-card-clearing-business/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How AI coding tools could amplify software supply-chain attacks]]></title><description><![CDATA[AI coding tools are changing how developers obtain and use software. But the growing volume of automated package installations is creating new challenges for enterprise security teams. A vulnerability uncovered by Bloom Security demonstrates how weaknesses in software publishing infrastructure can intersect with these automated workflows. It could potentially expose organizations to malicious code without [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/how-ai-coding-tools-could-amplify-software-supply-chain-attacks/</link><pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/how-ai-coding-tools-could-amplify-software-supply-chain-attacks/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[ISACA survey finds 47% of women in tech have faced gender discrimination]]></title><description><![CDATA[Almost half of women working in tech, 47%, say they have been treated unfairly at work because of their gender, according to a new survey by&nbsp;ISACA. Two years ago, the figure was 42%. The rise was noted by ISACA, a global association for IT governance and security professionals, even as awareness of the problem has [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/isaca-survey-finds-47-of-women-in-tech-have-faced-gender-discrimination/</link><pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2026 11:56:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/isaca-survey-finds-47-of-women-in-tech-have-faced-gender-discrimination/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Two-thirds of small firms using AI now build their own tools, Pax8 finds]]></title><description><![CDATA[Small and mid-sized businesses have moved from buying AI tools to building their own. In every market surveyed, most do it without a formal, documented review, Pax8 found in a survey published on Monday. Pax8 is a Denver-based marketplace. It sells AI and cloud software to small businesses through IT service providers. It surveyed 1,150 [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/two-thirds-of-small-firms-using-ai-now-build-their-own-tools-pax8-finds/</link><pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2026 11:51:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/two-thirds-of-small-firms-using-ai-now-build-their-own-tools-pax8-finds/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[UiPath’s Michael Atalla on AI slop, junior jobs and a Shaolin monk’s advice]]></title><description><![CDATA[UiPath&rsquo;s marketing team has stopped paying outside firms to pull together its advertising data. The head of its paid media team built an AI agent on UiPath&rsquo;s own platform instead, chief marketing officer Michael Atalla told TNW. It collects the data, analyses it and makes some low-cost changes to how the ads run, around the [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/uipaths-michael-atalla-on-ai-slop-junior-jobs-and-a-shaolin-monks-advice/</link><pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2026 11:35:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/uipaths-michael-atalla-on-ai-slop-junior-jobs-and-a-shaolin-monks-advice/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Naboo rebrands and says its AI cuts corporate event costs by 12%]]></title><description><![CDATA[Naboo, a Paris start-up that books and manages events for large companies, has rebranded, it said on Tuesday. It now pitches itself to procurement and finance teams as well as to event organisers. The company says it handles more than $300 million of corporate events a year, and that its AI saves clients 12% per [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/naboo-rebrands-and-says-its-ai-cuts-corporate-event-costs-by-12/</link><pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2026 11:20:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/naboo-rebrands-and-says-its-ai-cuts-corporate-event-costs-by-12/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Atlassian does not use Chinese AI models in production, its CEO says]]></title><description><![CDATA[Atlassian does not run any Chinese AI models in its products, chief executive Mike Cannon-Brookes said in an&nbsp;interview with 20VC, the podcast hosted by investor Harry Stebbings. The episode came out on Monday and was recorded in Amsterdam, where Atlassian held its Team &rsquo;26 Europe conference last week. Stebbings raised the issue, saying SaaStr founder [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/atlassian-does-not-use-chinese-ai-models-in-production-its-ceo-says/</link><pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2026 11:12:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/atlassian-does-not-use-chinese-ai-models-in-production-its-ceo-says/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[AI reputation management: what gets said about you inside ChatGPT, Perplexity &amp; Google Gemini]]></title><description><![CDATA[When someone asks ChatGPT about you, they don&rsquo;t get a page of links to scroll through. They get a one-paragraph summary instead. That answer is fast becoming your first impression, and you can&rsquo;t scroll past it or push it to page two. The good news is that you can influence it. AI tools don&rsquo;t invent [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/ai-reputation-management-what-gets-said-about-you-inside-chatgpt-perplexity-amp-google-gemini/</link><pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2026 10:47:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/ai-reputation-management-what-gets-said-about-you-inside-chatgpt-perplexity-amp-google-gemini/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Microsoft reportedly is reorganising the leadership of its Azure cloud unit]]></title><description><![CDATA[Microsoft is reshaping the leadership of Azure, its cloud computing business, and merging some of its units, The Information reported&nbsp;on Monday. Scott Guthrie, who runs Microsoft&rsquo;s cloud and AI group, told staff about the changes that day, according to the report. As part of the shake-up, Arun Ulag, who was in charge of Azure&rsquo;s databases, [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/microsoft-reportedly-is-reorganising-the-leadership-of-its-azure-cloud-unit/</link><pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2026 10:41:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/microsoft-reportedly-is-reorganising-the-leadership-of-its-azure-cloud-unit/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ursula Von der Leyen wants AI to cut how often EU businesses report the same data]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ursula von der Leyen wants companies in the EU to provide officials with the same details just once, with AI helping public bodies use them. The European Commission president made the pitch on Monday, Politico reported, citing a copy of her speech. She spoke at a closed-door gathering of the European People&rsquo;s Party, her centre-right [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/ursula-von-der-leyen-wants-ai-to-cut-how-often-eu-businesses-report-the-same-data/</link><pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2026 10:28:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/ursula-von-der-leyen-wants-ai-to-cut-how-often-eu-businesses-report-the-same-data/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[NTT Data reportedly nears deal to build Anthropic’s first Japan data centre]]></title><description><![CDATA[TT Data Group is close to agreeing to a deal with Anthropic for a new data centre in Osaka, Nikkei Asia reported&nbsp;on Tuesday, citing multiple sources. It would be the first site in Japan built just for Anthropic, which makes the Claude AI models. TNW has not independently confirmed the report, and both NTT Data [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/ntt-data-reportedly-nears-deal-to-build-anthropics-first-japan-data-centre/</link><pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2026 10:12:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/ntt-data-reportedly-nears-deal-to-build-anthropics-first-japan-data-centre/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bumble reportedly in talks to go private at a valuation of about $1bn]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ithaca Holdings is in advanced talks to buy Bumble and take the dating app private, in a deal that would value it at about $1 billion.&nbsp;Reuters reported the talks, citing one source familiar with the matter. We have not independently confirmed the report, and neither company replied when Reuters asked for comment. Investors moved fast, [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/bumble-reportedly-in-talks-to-go-private-at-a-valuation-of-about-1bn/</link><pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2026 10:05:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/bumble-reportedly-in-talks-to-go-private-at-a-valuation-of-about-1bn/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Character.AI files for bankruptcy as Disney bids $20M for some assets]]></title><description><![CDATA[Character.AI has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the US and lined up Disney as the first bidder for some of its assets, the company said&nbsp;on Monday. The AI chatbot platform, owned by Character Technologies, filed in a federal court in Delaware. It plans to sell all or most of its assets through the court. [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/characterai-files-for-bankruptcy-as-disney-bids-20m-for-some-assets/</link><pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2026 09:54:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/characterai-files-for-bankruptcy-as-disney-bids-20m-for-some-assets/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[US says China-linked hackers breached a regional organisation in Fiji]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hackers linked to China broke into the network of a regional group based in Suva, Fiji, the US Embassy in Fiji&nbsp;said on Monday. They stayed inside for several days in July and August. The embassy, which also covers Kiribati, Nauru, and Tuvalu, did not name the group. Nor did it say what data the hackers [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/us-says-china-linked-hackers-breached-a-regional-organisation-in-fiji/</link><pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2026 09:44:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/us-says-china-linked-hackers-breached-a-regional-organisation-in-fiji/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[AirConsole partners with Zeekr in its first Geely deal]]></title><description><![CDATA[AirConsole is coming to Zeekr, its first partner inside Geely Auto Group, with a demonstration at the Paris Motor Show before a rollout in select models by the end of 2026. The same platform already runs in more than 5 million BMW, Volkswagen, Audi, Porsche, &Scaron;koda and Tata vehicles. AirConsole is going into Zeekr cars. [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/airconsole-partners-with-zeekr-in-its-first-geely-deal/</link><pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/airconsole-partners-with-zeekr-in-its-first-geely-deal/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anthropic says small AI models may soon copy themselves onto smart devices]]></title><description><![CDATA[Anthropic warned that small AI models might soon be able to copy themselves onto poorly secured smart devices without needing a data centre. The company gave examples like smart ovens and inexpensive Android TV boxes. This warning is based on new research from Anthropic&rsquo;s Frontier Red Team, which tests AI models for risky behaviors. The [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/anthropic-says-small-ai-models-may-soon-copy-themselves-onto-smart-devices/</link><pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2026 08:55:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/anthropic-says-small-ai-models-may-soon-copy-themselves-onto-smart-devices/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Snapchat publishes 2026 holiday marketing guide]]></title><description><![CDATA[The overview offers statistics and tips on how marketers can connect with gift givers during the upcoming shopping season.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/snapchat-publishes-2026-holiday-marketing-guide/</link><pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:38:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/snapchat-publishes-2026-holiday-marketing-guide/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meta acquires multiple VR patents from Sony]]></title><description><![CDATA[The two companies transferred 43 U.S. patents related to specific XR applications and displays, according to reporting from Road to VR and ZDNet Korea.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/meta-acquires-multiple-vr-patents-from-sony/</link><pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/meta-acquires-multiple-vr-patents-from-sony/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meta launches advanced Muse Wonder AI models]]></title><description><![CDATA[The new series of artificial intelligence models are able to undertake more complex tasks, though risks remain in regards to privacy, data safety and human error.&nbsp;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/meta-launches-advanced-muse-wonder-ai-models/</link><pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:21:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/meta-launches-advanced-muse-wonder-ai-models/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meta offers updated ad placement control guidance]]></title><description><![CDATA[The revised overview provides options for enabling some level of ongoing control as the company continues to automate its ad display systems.&nbsp;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/meta-offers-updated-ad-placement-control-guidance/</link><pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:07:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/meta-offers-updated-ad-placement-control-guidance/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Threads allows parents to see who their teens have blocked]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Meta-owned app has been steadily rolling out supervision tools designed to help protect younger users from harmful activity.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/threads-allows-parents-to-see-who-their-teens-have-blocked/</link><pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2026 21:33:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/threads-allows-parents-to-see-who-their-teens-have-blocked/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[AMD puts 32,768 CPU cores in a rack built for AI agents]]></title><description><![CDATA[AMD has published Helion, an open rack blueprint for running AI agents rather than training models, with a CPU-only version holding up to 32,768 cores. Partner systems are due in November, and the pitch is how many agents fit in each watt. AMD has published a rack blueprint for running AI agents rather than training [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/amd-puts-32768-cpu-cores-in-a-rack-built-for-ai-agents/</link><pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2026 20:29:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/amd-puts-32768-cpu-cores-in-a-rack-built-for-ai-agents/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[OpenAI adds 200 Dublin jobs and builds its second applied AI lab]]></title><description><![CDATA[OpenAI is adding 200 roles in Dublin and building an applied AI lab at its EU headquarters, taking planned Irish hiring to 450. The move lands two days before Ireland hosts the International AI Summit under its EU presidency. OpenAI is adding 200 jobs in Dublin and building an applied AI lab at its European [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/openai-adds-200-dublin-jobs-and-builds-its-second-applied-ai-lab/</link><pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2026 20:07:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/openai-adds-200-dublin-jobs-and-builds-its-second-applied-ai-lab/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meta says its new Muse model has reached the AI frontier]]></title><description><![CDATA[Meta has released Muse Wonder, known internally as Watermelon, and says it matches ChatGPT and Claude on coding and professional work. It has not said whether the weights will be published, which decides what it owes under the EU AI Act. Meta has released Muse Wonder, the most capable model to come out of the [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/meta-says-its-new-muse-model-has-reached-the-ai-frontier/</link><pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2026 19:51:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/meta-says-its-new-muse-model-has-reached-the-ai-frontier/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tesla’s robotaxis face a US safety review over school zone speeding]]></title><description><![CDATA[NHTSA has opened a defect petition review into claims that Tesla robotaxis exceeded posted speed limits in active school zones, covering about 1,000 vehicles with no reported crashes or injuries. Speeding is also the specific obstacle holding up Tesla&rsquo;s bid for EU-wide approval of its driver-assistance software. America&rsquo;s road safety regulator is reviewing a claim [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/teslas-robotaxis-face-a-us-safety-review-over-school-zone-speeding/</link><pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2026 18:35:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/teslas-robotaxis-face-a-us-safety-review-over-school-zone-speeding/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[UK says it will again test OpenAI and Anthropic models before release]]></title><description><![CDATA[Britain&rsquo;s AI Security Institute will keep testing the most powerful AI models before they are released, the UK government said on Monday. AI minister Kanishka Narayan said the UK had worked closely with the US to keep that access,&nbsp;Bloomberg reported. It reverses a US move that put White House checks first. &ldquo;I want Britain to [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/uk-says-it-will-again-test-openai-and-anthropic-models-before-release/</link><pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2026 18:19:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/uk-says-it-will-again-test-openai-and-anthropic-models-before-release/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Britain steps up its defences against AI risks]]></title><description><![CDATA[The UK government will extend a programme using frontier AI models to find vulnerabilities in its own systems, and will consider legislating on AI incident reporting and loss-of-control risk. The pilot behind it found 407 weaknesses across nine government organisations in a month for &pound;13,000 in tokens. Britain will expand a programme that points frontier [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/britain-steps-up-its-defences-against-ai-risks/</link><pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2026 18:11:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/britain-steps-up-its-defences-against-ai-risks/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[IonQ to buy cybersecurity firm Elisity for up to $1.3bn in stock]]></title><description><![CDATA[IonQ has agreed to buy Elisity in an all-stock deal worth up to $1.3bn. Up to $150mn of that depends on how well Elisity does. The Maryland-based quantum computing company&nbsp;announced the deal on Monday. IonQ wants its security arm to guard against attacks aided by AI and, one day, quantum machines. What Elisity does Founded [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/ionq-to-buy-cybersecurity-firm-elisity-for-up-to-13bn-in-stock/</link><pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2026 18:01:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/ionq-to-buy-cybersecurity-firm-elisity-for-up-to-13bn-in-stock/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[WhatsApp may soon let users schedule messages]]></title><description><![CDATA[WhatsApp is testing a feature that lets users schedule messages between ten minutes and two weeks ahead, spotted in an Android beta by WaBetaInfo. The main business use for it, sending work messages outside hours, is regulated across much of Europe, and nothing marks a delivered message as scheduled. WhatsApp is testing a way to [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/whatsapp-may-soon-let-users-schedule-messages/</link><pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2026 17:45:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/whatsapp-may-soon-let-users-schedule-messages/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Microsoft says Maia 300 chip will run its AI services from 2027]]></title><description><![CDATA[Microsoft will make its own Maia chips the primary system for running AI in its products starting in 2027. The company set out the plan on Monday as it unveiled the Maia 300, the third generation of its custom AI chip. Microsoft plans deployments measured in gigawatts starting next year, which could mean more than [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/microsoft-says-maia-300-chip-will-run-its-ai-services-from-2027/</link><pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2026 16:39:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/microsoft-says-maia-300-chip-will-run-its-ai-services-from-2027/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Google invests in period tracker Flo and plans women’s health wearables]]></title><description><![CDATA[Google has taken a stake in Flo Health, the period-tracking app, the companies&nbsp;said&nbsp;on Monday. The multi-year deal will bring women&rsquo;s health data into Google&rsquo;s wearables and coaching. They did not disclose the size of the investment. From early 2027, users will be able to sync Flo with the Google Health app,&nbsp;Engadget&nbsp;reported. Fitbit readings such as [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/google-invests-in-period-tracker-flo-and-plans-womens-health-wearables/</link><pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2026 16:21:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/google-invests-in-period-tracker-flo-and-plans-womens-health-wearables/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hackers defrost fridges at hundreds of French supermarkets, Bloomberg says]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hackers broke into the refrigeration systems of hundreds of French supermarkets on Sunday night. Stores had to throw out meat, frozen goods and vegetables. About 150 Intermarch&eacute; stores were hit, a spokesman for owner Groupement Mousquetaires told&nbsp;Bloomberg. The attackers set the cooling systems to defrost. Fridges and freezers heated to 50&deg;C for around six hours, [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/hackers-defrost-fridges-at-hundreds-of-french-supermarkets-bloomberg-says/</link><pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2026 16:20:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/hackers-defrost-fridges-at-hundreds-of-french-supermarkets-bloomberg-says/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Google launches $180 Fitbit Edge with a bigger screen and AI coach]]></title><description><![CDATA[Google has launched the Fitbit Edge, a $179.99 fitness tracker that sits between its screenless Fitbit Air and the Pixel Watch 5, the company&nbsp;said&nbsp;on Monday. It is on pre-order now and reaches shops on 27 October. A Stephen Curry special edition costs $219.99. Bigger screen, longer battery The Edge has the largest and brightest screen [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/google-launches-180-fitbit-edge-with-a-bigger-screen-and-ai-coach/</link><pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2026 16:04:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/google-launches-180-fitbit-edge-with-a-bigger-screen-and-ai-coach/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[DeepSeek to lead seed round in $400mn robot AI start-up, Bloomberg reports]]></title><description><![CDATA[DeepSeek has agreed to lead the first funding round for Winverse AI, a start-up building AI for robots, Bloomberg&nbsp;reported, citing people familiar with the matter. The seed round is worth tens of millions of dollars and would value Winverse at about $400mn after the investment. Meituan&rsquo;s investment arm, Long-Z, has also committed, the people said. [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/deepseek-to-lead-seed-round-in-400mn-robot-ai-start-up-bloomberg-reports/</link><pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2026 15:22:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/deepseek-to-lead-seed-round-in-400mn-robot-ai-start-up-bloomberg-reports/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nigerian fintech OPay files for New York IPO, Semafor reports]]></title><description><![CDATA[Pay, a Nigerian payments and lending app, has filed to list on the New York Stock Exchange, Yinka Adegoke reported for&nbsp;Semafor. Earlier reports put its likely valuation at about $4bn. The company filed on 9 October,&nbsp;bne IntelliNews&nbsp;reported. It will trade under the ticker OPAY, and investors expect it to price in mid-November, Semafor said. OPay [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/nigerian-fintech-opay-files-for-new-york-ipo-semafor-reports/</link><pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2026 15:13:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/nigerian-fintech-opay-files-for-new-york-ipo-semafor-reports/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Loops raises $3.5M to build the AI operating system for commerce]]></title><description><![CDATA[Online shopping has become very good at showing people thousands of products and surprisingly bad at helping them choose one. Loops was built around the idea that AI can collapse those experiences into one continuous journey. The company announced a $3.5 million seed round from a16z speedrun, NTT Docomo, Connecticut Innovations, Alumni Ventures and Monday [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/loops-raises-35m-to-build-the-ai-operating-system-for-commerce/</link><pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2026 14:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/loops-raises-35m-to-build-the-ai-operating-system-for-commerce/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Your company has a strategy, and your team has no idea what it is]]></title><description><![CDATA[Somewhere in your organisation, right now, a team is making a decision. A product prioritisation call, a budget reallocation, a hiring choice, a client proposal. The people making it are smart, experienced, and acting in good faith. There is a fair chance they are making it with no idea what the company&rsquo;s strategy says about [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/your-company-has-a-strategy-and-your-team-has-no-idea-what-it-is/</link><pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2026 12:38:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/your-company-has-a-strategy-and-your-team-has-no-idea-what-it-is/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[IMF says AI investment is keeping global growth near 3%]]></title><description><![CDATA[IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva said on Monday that spending on AI infrastructure is helping the world economy grow by about 3% each year, even though energy prices are high. She made these comments in Bangkok at the start of the IMF and World Bank annual meetings, according to Reuters. According to Georgieva, Asian economies that [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/imf-says-ai-investment-is-keeping-global-growth-near-3/</link><pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2026 12:28:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/imf-says-ai-investment-is-keeping-global-growth-near-3/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nicolas Cage says he refused Amazon’s AI waiver for ‘Spider-Noir’]]></title><description><![CDATA[Nicolas Cage says he refused to sign an AI waiver from Amazon for &ldquo;Spider-Noir&rdquo;, the Prime Video series it cancelled last month. He told a New York Comic Con panel on Saturday that he will probably not work with the studio again, Variety reported. &ldquo;Amazon is a very AI-friendly company, to the tune of $50 [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/nicolas-cage-says-he-refused-amazons-ai-waiver-for-spider-noir/</link><pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2026 11:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/nicolas-cage-says-he-refused-amazons-ai-waiver-for-spider-noir/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[TikTok’s Shou Chew expects an AI science breakthrough within three years]]></title><description><![CDATA[TikTok chief executive Shou Chew expects AI to deliver a major scientific breakthrough within two to three years. He named physics, biotech, chemistry and materials science. Chew spoke on Monday at DBS Bank&rsquo;s Asia Future Forward Conference in Singapore, CNBC reported. &ldquo;In the next two to three years, we&rsquo;re going to have a real scientific [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/tiktoks-shou-chew-expects-an-ai-science-breakthrough-within-three-years/</link><pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2026 11:23:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/tiktoks-shou-chew-expects-an-ai-science-breakthrough-within-three-years/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Microsoft launches a decision model built on Alibaba’s Qwen]]></title><description><![CDATA[Microsoft has released Microsoft-Decision-1, a small model that picks between fixed answer options instead of writing text. Microsoft built it on Alibaba&rsquo;s open-weight Qwen3.5-9B and then post-trained it, according to the Foundry model card. Achint Srivastava, a vice president of software engineering in Microsoft&rsquo;s Office of the CTO, announced the model in a blog post [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/microsoft-launches-a-decision-model-built-on-alibabas-qwen/</link><pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2026 10:59:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/microsoft-launches-a-decision-model-built-on-alibabas-qwen/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Japan steps up cyber warnings as data leaks hit millions of customers]]></title><description><![CDATA[Japan&rsquo;s government has told ministries, local authorities and companies to step up their cyber defences. A wave of attacks has exposed the data of millions of customers. The National Cybersecurity Office sent the instructions on Friday, the Associated Press reported. &ldquo;The attacks are getting increasingly sophisticated,&rdquo; Digital Transformation Minister Toshiharu Furukawa said this week. The [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/japan-steps-up-cyber-warnings-as-data-leaks-hit-millions-of-customers/</link><pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2026 10:48:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/japan-steps-up-cyber-warnings-as-data-leaks-hit-millions-of-customers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nvidia in talks to buy Reflection AI or invest more, FT reports]]></title><description><![CDATA[Nvidia is in talks to buy Reflection AI or invest more in the US open-weight model developer, the Financial Times reported on Saturday, citing people with direct knowledge of the matter. TNW has not independently verified the report. The talks are at an early stage and could still fall apart, according to the FT. The [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/nvidia-in-talks-to-buy-reflection-ai-or-invest-more-ft-reports/</link><pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2026 10:28:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/nvidia-in-talks-to-buy-reflection-ai-or-invest-more-ft-reports/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Drone attack shuts a third Yandex data centre in Russia in 4 days]]></title><description><![CDATA[Yandex has lost a third major data centre in four days. The Russian tech company said on Sunday that a drone attack had left its site in the Vladimir region, east of Moscow, out of service, Reuters reported. Nobody was hurt, Yandex said, though some of its services are down for users. The report does [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/drone-attack-shuts-a-third-yandex-data-centre-in-russia-in-4-days/</link><pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2026 10:22:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/drone-attack-shuts-a-third-yandex-data-centre-in-russia-in-4-days/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[China agrees to curb hybrid car exports to the EU after Beijing talks]]></title><description><![CDATA[China has agreed to moderate its exports of hybrid and plug-in hybrid cars to the EU, which EU trade commissioner Maro&scaron; &Scaron;ef&#269;ovi&#269; said could cut them by more than half. He announced it on Friday in press remarks in Beijing, after the second round of EU-China trade and investment consultations. &ldquo;It is unsustainable and it [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/china-agrees-to-curb-hybrid-car-exports-to-the-eu-after-beijing-talks/</link><pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2026 10:15:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/china-agrees-to-curb-hybrid-car-exports-to-the-eu-after-beijing-talks/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Satya Nadella says companies should treat AI models as insider risks]]></title><description><![CDATA[Microsoft chief executive Satya Nadella says companies should assume any advanced AI model they deploy could be compromised, and contain it from the start. He set out the case in a long article on X on Saturday. &ldquo;Think of it like an emergency brake. An authorized person should always be able to pause or shut [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/satya-nadella-says-companies-should-treat-ai-models-as-insider-risks/</link><pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2026 09:55:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/satya-nadella-says-companies-should-treat-ai-models-as-insider-risks/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[X rebuilds its third-party usage showcase]]></title><description><![CDATA[The platform&rsquo;s relaunched exhibit website lists official partners, agentic use cases and more in an effort to inspire developers to integrate X data into their apps.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/x-rebuilds-its-third-party-usage-showcase/</link><pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2026 00:19:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/x-rebuilds-its-third-party-usage-showcase/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[X re-builds its third-party usage showcase]]></title><description><![CDATA[The platform&rsquo;s relaunched exhibit website lists official partners, agentic use cases and more in an effort to inspire developers to integrate X data into their apps.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/x-re-builds-its-third-party-usage-showcase/</link><pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2026 00:19:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/x-re-builds-its-third-party-usage-showcase/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Social media platforms have not ruled out execution livestream]]></title><description><![CDATA[U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth proposed that a December military execution be livestreamed, and many platforms have not yet weighed in, per The Verge.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/social-media-platforms-have-not-ruled-out-execution-livestream/</link><pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2026 00:14:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/social-media-platforms-have-not-ruled-out-execution-livestream/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no viable case for widespread generative AI access]]></title><description><![CDATA[Despite the push to incorporate artificial intelligence into every aspect of social media and online life, the risks far outweigh AI&rsquo;s narrow use case.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/there-is-no-viable-case-for-widespread-generative-ai-access/</link><pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2026 22:42:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/there-is-no-viable-case-for-widespread-generative-ai-access/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meta publishes post to counter data center concerns]]></title><description><![CDATA[The company released an overview from creator Tom Shaw addressing public apprehensions about water usage, energy bills and local job impacts.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/meta-publishes-post-to-counter-data-center-concerns/</link><pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2026 22:17:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/meta-publishes-post-to-counter-data-center-concerns/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meta removes access verification for developers]]></title><description><![CDATA[The company is retiring a separate access review process for third-party apps and will rely on Business Verification and App Review instead.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/meta-removes-access-verification-for-developers/</link><pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2026 22:14:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/meta-removes-access-verification-for-developers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[US probes Foxconn, Luxshare and 18 others over AI server power patents]]></title><description><![CDATA[AUS trade body has opened a patent case against 20 companies over the power systems inside AI servers. Foxconn, Luxshare and Quanta are among them.The US International Trade Commission acted after a complaint by power-chip maker Vicor, it&nbsp;said&nbsp;on Friday. Vicor says their products infringe one of its patents. Twenty names on the list The case [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/us-probes-foxconn-luxshare-and-18-others-over-ai-server-power-patents/</link><pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2026 19:11:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/us-probes-foxconn-luxshare-and-18-others-over-ai-server-power-patents/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Parents near Tesla’s Fremont plant question emissions plan, SFGate reports]]></title><description><![CDATA[Parents at an elementary school next to Tesla&rsquo;s Fremont car plant want more time to question a plan that could raise emissions from the factory, Matthew Brown reported for&nbsp;SFGate. Lila Bringhurst Elementary sits less than 1,000 feet from the plant. Tesla has applied to change emission limits on two aluminium melting furnaces and add new [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/parents-near-teslas-fremont-plant-question-emissions-plan-sfgate-reports/</link><pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2026 18:59:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/parents-near-teslas-fremont-plant-question-emissions-plan-sfgate-reports/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[AI won’t fix America’s debt, Guardian analysis argues]]></title><description><![CDATA[The White House hopes AI will help the US grow its way out of debt. That is a new take on the Reagan-era promise that tax cuts pay for themselves, Eduardo Porter argued in an analysis for The Guardian. &ldquo;Even if AI supercharged the economy, its impact on the government&rsquo;s finances would be muted,&rdquo; he [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/ai-wont-fix-americas-debt-guardian-analysis-argues/</link><pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2026 18:53:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/ai-wont-fix-americas-debt-guardian-analysis-argues/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Turkey’s social media ban for under-15s starts on 1 November]]></title><description><![CDATA[Turkey will bar social media platforms from serving children under 15 from 1 November, under rules published in the country&rsquo;s Official Gazette, Inci Ozbek reported for Bloomberg. Platforms must check users&rsquo; ages when they sign up, using a token from Turkey&rsquo;s e-government system. Anyone found to be under 15 must be blocked. Existing accounts must [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/turkeys-social-media-ban-for-under-15s-starts-on-1-november/</link><pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 18:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/turkeys-social-media-ban-for-under-15s-starts-on-1-november/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump’s AI liability push leaves rogue-agent blame unclear, Bloomberg says]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Trump administration is betting that the threat of lawsuits will keep AI companies honest. But it is far from clear who would pay when an AI agent goes rogue, Maggie Eastland reported for Bloomberg. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and former White House AI czar David Sacks argue that existing liability laws work better than [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/trumps-ai-liability-push-leaves-rogue-agent-blame-unclear-bloomberg-says/</link><pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 17:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/trumps-ai-liability-push-leaves-rogue-agent-blame-unclear-bloomberg-says/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[UK can’t rely on AI that could be switched off, Turing chief tells Guardian]]></title><description><![CDATA[The UK must not depend on foreign AI that could be cut off at short notice, the new head of the Alan Turing Institute has said. George Williamson made the comments in an interview with Dan Milmo for The Guardian. &ldquo;We shouldn&rsquo;t depend solely on systems we can&rsquo;t inspect or control, or that could be [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/uk-cant-rely-on-ai-that-could-be-switched-off-turing-chief-tells-guardian/</link><pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 17:14:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/uk-cant-rely-on-ai-that-could-be-switched-off-turing-chief-tells-guardian/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[EIF’s incoming chief says Europe’s Tech Champions funds hold 15 unicorns]]></title><description><![CDATA[Europe must give its startups the capital to grow without leaving the continent, Jean-Christophe Laloux said. The incoming chief executive of the European Investment Fund spoke at Wave by Vento in Turin on Friday. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s not enough to innovate in Europe. You also must be able to scale in Europe. And that is really important [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/eifs-incoming-chief-says-europes-tech-champions-funds-hold-15-unicorns/</link><pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 14:42:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/eifs-incoming-chief-says-europes-tech-champions-funds-hold-15-unicorns/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vittorio Colao defends copyright rules and the DSA in Europe’s AI debate]]></title><description><![CDATA[Regulation is holding back AI in Europe, but not every rule in the same way, Vittorio Colao said. The former Vodafone chief executive, now vice chairman for Europe, the Middle East and Africa at General Atlantic, spoke on stage at Wave by Vento in Turin on Friday. Asked whether regulation is hindering AI in Europe, [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/vittorio-colao-defends-copyright-rules-and-the-dsa-in-europes-ai-debate/</link><pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 13:10:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/vittorio-colao-defends-copyright-rules-and-the-dsa-in-europes-ai-debate/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nvidia’s comms chief leaves after four months, Business Insider reports]]></title><description><![CDATA[Anna Soellner, who ran corporate communications at Nvidia, has left after about four months, Geoff Weiss reported for&nbsp;Business Insider. Soellner joined the chipmaker around June, according to her LinkedIn profile. Her boss was Mylene Mangalindan, who leads the team,&nbsp;Axios&nbsp;reported in July. It is not clear why she left. A busy four months She joined as [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/nvidias-comms-chief-leaves-after-four-months-business-insider-reports/</link><pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 12:10:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/nvidias-comms-chief-leaves-after-four-months-business-insider-reports/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Salesforce renames AIForce to SIForce as Trump’s AI rebrand spreads]]></title><description><![CDATA[Salesforce is renaming its AIForce agent platform to SIForce, chief executive Marc Benioff said on Friday, as Katherine Li reported for Business Insider. &ldquo;The era of Super Intelligence is here. AIForce is officially SIForce,&rdquo; Benioff&nbsp;wrote on X. The change covers the agent platform only, not the company&rsquo;s name. Following the president&rsquo;s lead Benioff is the [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/salesforce-renames-aiforce-to-siforce-as-trumps-ai-rebrand-spreads/</link><pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 11:48:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/salesforce-renames-aiforce-to-siforce-as-trumps-ai-rebrand-spreads/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ramp hits $60bn valuation in $1.85bn round, Bloomberg reports]]></title><description><![CDATA[Fintech start-up Ramp has raised about $1.85bn at a valuation of roughly $60bn, Rebecca Torrence reported for Bloomberg, citing people familiar with the matter. Dragoneer Investment Group and Thrive Capital led the round, and Founders Fund also wrote a large cheque, the people said. The $60bn figure is before the new money is counted. $16bn [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/ramp-hits-60bn-valuation-in-185bn-round-bloomberg-reports/</link><pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 11:33:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/ramp-hits-60bn-valuation-in-185bn-round-bloomberg-reports/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Law firm Quinn Emanuel maps how AI data centre debt could unravel]]></title><description><![CDATA[A memo from US law firm Quinn Emanuel sets out how the debt behind the AI data centre boom could turn into a wave of lawsuits. Liz Hoffman reported that it was doing the rounds again this week for Semafor. The 20-page client alert was first published in&nbsp;March. It is unusual because it names specific [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/law-firm-quinn-emanuel-maps-how-ai-data-centre-debt-could-unravel/</link><pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 11:23:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/law-firm-quinn-emanuel-maps-how-ai-data-centre-debt-could-unravel/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cirrus Logic made rival bid for Synaptics, Bloomberg reports]]></title><description><![CDATA[Chipmaker Cirrus Logic made a surprise offer for Synaptics last month, trying to break up its agreed sale to Onsemi, Liana Baker and Yiqin Shen reported for&nbsp;Bloomberg. Cirrus Logic is the &lsquo;Party A&rsquo; named in an updated Synaptics filing on Thursday, people familiar with the matter told Bloomberg. It is unclear whether Cirrus is still [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/cirrus-logic-made-rival-bid-for-synaptics-bloomberg-reports/</link><pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 11:16:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/cirrus-logic-made-rival-bid-for-synaptics-bloomberg-reports/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Super Micro case ‘fixer’ pleads guilty to sending AI servers to China]]></title><description><![CDATA[A former contractor charged alongside Super Micro Computer&rsquo;s co-founder has pleaded guilty to helping smuggle AI servers to China, Bob Van Voris reported for Bloomberg. Ting-Wei &lsquo;Willy&rsquo; Sun entered his plea in a Manhattan federal court on Thursday, as part of a deal with prosecutors. US authorities have described him as a &lsquo;fixer&rsquo;. A $2.5bn [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/super-micro-case-fixer-pleads-guilty-to-sending-ai-servers-to-china/</link><pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 10:51:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/super-micro-case-fixer-pleads-guilty-to-sending-ai-servers-to-china/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rwanda reportedly wins Africa’s first F1 Grand Prix since 1993]]></title><description><![CDATA[Rwanda looks set to host Formula 1&rsquo;s first African Grand Prix in more than 30 years. Motorsport site RacingNews365 first reported the deal, citing paddock sources, as&nbsp;GrandPrix.com&nbsp;relayed. AFP later reported the news, citing its own sources,&nbsp;Semafor&nbsp;said. Neither F1, the FIA nor Rwanda&rsquo;s government has confirmed it. A track near Kigali The race would take place [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/rwanda-reportedly-wins-africas-first-f1-grand-prix-since-1993/</link><pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 10:33:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/rwanda-reportedly-wins-africas-first-f1-grand-prix-since-1993/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anthropic says Claude sent a fake murder tip to police during testing]]></title><description><![CDATA[An Anthropic SI model submitted a false tip about a murder case to a US police department while it was being tested, the company said in a new report. The Claude Haiku 4.5 model filled in a tip form without a name or contact details, Shirin Ghaffary reported for&nbsp;Bloomberg. The Philadelphia Police Department disclosed the [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/anthropic-says-claude-sent-a-fake-murder-tip-to-police-during-testing/</link><pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 10:26:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/anthropic-says-claude-sent-a-fake-murder-tip-to-police-during-testing/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[India calls Vance’s ‘indentured servants’ remark deeply offensive]]></title><description><![CDATA[India&rsquo;s foreign ministry has called US Vice President JD Vance&rsquo;s description of foreign workers hired by Microsoft as &ldquo;indentured servants&rdquo; deeply offensive. Spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal read out the ministry&rsquo;s statement at its briefing in New Delhi on Friday. &ldquo;Resorting to terminology that carries painful historical and colonial legacy connotations is deeply offensive,&rdquo; Jaiswal said. On [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/india-calls-vances-indentured-servants-remark-deeply-offensive/</link><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 22:28:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/india-calls-vances-indentured-servants-remark-deeply-offensive/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump gives Musk, Huang, Su and Brin the National Medal of Science]]></title><description><![CDATA[Six technology leaders received the country&rsquo;s highest honours for science and technology from President Donald Trump on Thursday, the White House said. Elon Musk, Sergey Brin, Jensen Huang and Lisa Su got the National Medal of Science. Michael Dell and Satya Nadella got the National Medal of Technology and Innovation. Trump presented the medals at [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/trump-gives-musk-huang-su-and-brin-the-national-medal-of-science/</link><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 21:53:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/trump-gives-musk-huang-su-and-brin-the-national-medal-of-science/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[micro1 commits $1bn to buy company data for training AI agents]]></title><description><![CDATA[AI training company micro1 will spend $1bn over the next 12 months buying and licensing operational data from companies. The San Francisco company announced the plan on Friday. Citi and Hercules Capital are providing the capital. The money goes through micro1&rsquo;s Company Data Partnerships programme. The company uses de-identified company data to build reinforcement learning [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/micro1-commits-1bn-to-buy-company-data-for-training-ai-agents/</link><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 21:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/micro1-commits-1bn-to-buy-company-data-for-training-ai-agents/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anthropic signs CrowdStrike, Hitachi and 9 more to defend power and water]]></title><description><![CDATA[Anthropic will give its frontier Claude models, engineers and threat research to the companies that guard critical infrastructure. That means power grids, water utilities and transport networks. The Critical Infrastructure Defense Program is the first part of the Anthropic Cyber Mission. The company announced it on Thursday as a long-term effort to support defenders. The [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/anthropic-signs-crowdstrike-hitachi-and-9-more-to-defend-power-and-water/</link><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 21:25:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/anthropic-signs-crowdstrike-hitachi-and-9-more-to-defend-power-and-water/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vesta raises $30M for AI agents that work on mortgage decisions]]></title><description><![CDATA[Vesta has raised a $30M Series B to expand AI agents that handle mortgage origination work, including underwriting decisions, with three customer lenders among the investors. The same software sold in Europe would be high-risk under the AI Act, and GDPR already limits automated decisions of this kind. Vesta has raised a $30M Series B [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/vesta-raises-30m-for-ai-agents-that-work-on-mortgage-decisions/</link><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 20:59:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/vesta-raises-30m-for-ai-agents-that-work-on-mortgage-decisions/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wayve and Stellantis tune one AI driver for Fiat, Jeep and Maserati]]></title><description><![CDATA[Every car will one day need an AI driving system, just as it needs seatbelts and emergency braking, Wayve chief executive Alex Kendall said. He spoke with Stellantis chief executive Antonio Filosa at Wave by Vento in Turin on Friday. Morgan Stanley&rsquo;s Adam Jonas moderated. &ldquo;I think over time we&rsquo;re going to see this kind [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/wayve-and-stellantis-tune-one-ai-driver-for-fiat-jeep-and-maserati/</link><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 20:38:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/wayve-and-stellantis-tune-one-ai-driver-for-fiat-jeep-and-maserati/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Goldman’s Marco Argenti says AI turns developers into managers of managers]]></title><description><![CDATA[Goldman Sachs is entering a third phase of AI adoption, in which the goal moves from saving money to making it, the bank&rsquo;s chief information officer Marco Argenti said. He spoke with Bloomberg anchor Tom Mackenzie at Wave by Vento in Turin on Friday, in a session titled &ldquo;Mindset, not skillset&rdquo;. &ldquo;How do you make [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/goldmans-marco-argenti-says-ai-turns-developers-into-managers-of-managers/</link><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 20:09:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/goldmans-marco-argenti-says-ai-turns-developers-into-managers-of-managers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nik Storonsky wants Revolut to be Europe’s answer to Meta and Google]]></title><description><![CDATA[Revolut wants to grow beyond banking into a global tech company on the scale of the biggest US groups, but built in Europe, chief executive Nik Storonsky said. He spoke with Exor chief executive John Elkann at Wave by Vento in Turin, in a session titled &ldquo;Global Champions, European roots&rdquo;. &ldquo;Our American dream, I mean, [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/nik-storonsky-wants-revolut-to-be-europes-answer-to-meta-and-google/</link><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 19:56:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/nik-storonsky-wants-revolut-to-be-europes-answer-to-meta-and-google/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Intel is reportedly launching new CPUs on a five-year-old socket to allow DDR4]]></title><description><![CDATA[Gigabyte says new Intel processors will arrive on the five-year-old LGA1700 socket in early 2027, and has updated the BIOS across its whole B760 and H610 lineup. The socket takes DDR4, which costs far less than DDR5 in a market where AI has pushed memory prices to records. Gigabyte says new Intel processors will arrive [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/intel-is-reportedly-launching-new-cpus-on-a-five-year-old-socket-to-allow-ddr4/</link><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 19:42:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/intel-is-reportedly-launching-new-cpus-on-a-five-year-old-socket-to-allow-ddr4/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vittorio Colao: Europe missed the digital wave and must not miss the next]]></title><description><![CDATA[Europe has less than 2 gigawatts of AI computing capacity and needs more, former Vodafone chief executive Vittorio Colao said. He spoke at a closed-door press Q&amp;A at Wave by Vento in Turin on Friday, the event&rsquo;s last day. &ldquo;Europe missed the big digital wave. Fine, 20 years,&rdquo; Colao said. Europe should not miss the [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/vittorio-colao-europe-missed-the-digital-wave-and-must-not-miss-the-next/</link><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 19:40:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/vittorio-colao-europe-missed-the-digital-wave-and-must-not-miss-the-next/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sam Altman says OpenAI will put its mission before its share price]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sam Altman said OpenAI will put its mission ahead of its share price once it goes public, even if the stock &ldquo;falls a lot&rdquo;. The OpenAI chief executive said it in an interview with Vanity Fair, published on 5 October. Vanity Fair global editorial director Mark Guiducci recorded the conversation in San Francisco on 11 [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/sam-altman-says-openai-will-put-its-mission-before-its-share-price/</link><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 19:26:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/sam-altman-says-openai-will-put-its-mission-before-its-share-price/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tesla renames Full Self-Driving to Tesla Assisted Driving across Europe]]></title><description><![CDATA[Tesla has renamed Full Self-Driving to Tesla Assisted Driving across its European websites, days after Germany said the old name was misleading. The page under the new name is unchanged, and the real obstacle to EU approval is speed rather than branding. Tesla has stopped calling its driver-assistance software Full Self-Driving in Europe. The feature [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/tesla-renames-full-self-driving-to-tesla-assisted-driving-across-europe/</link><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 19:14:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/tesla-renames-full-self-driving-to-tesla-assisted-driving-across-europe/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Perficient launches AI tools for Medicare Advantage star ratings management]]></title><description><![CDATA[Perficient has launched an AI suite to help Medicare Advantage plans raise their CMS star ratings, which decide access to more than $13B a year in federal bonus payments. It arrived a day after CMS published 2027 ratings showing fewer plans qualifying, and the consultancy is owned by Swedish buyout group EQT. Perficient has launched [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/perficient-launches-ai-tools-for-medicare-advantage-star-ratings-management/</link><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 18:56:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/perficient-launches-ai-tools-for-medicare-advantage-star-ratings-management/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[California is paying up to $100,000 a port for public EV fast charging]]></title><description><![CDATA[California has opened a $28M round paying up to $100,000 per public DC fast-charging port, covering as much as 100% of eligible costs. The top rate goes only to ports above 275kW, even though charger makers&rsquo; own data shows plug count raises usage far more than power does. California has opened a $28M round of [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/california-is-paying-up-to-100000-a-port-for-public-ev-fast-charging/</link><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 18:28:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/california-is-paying-up-to-100000-a-port-for-public-ev-fast-charging/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[EA reportedly leans on a private rating as bondholders claim default]]></title><description><![CDATA[EA has obtained an investment-grade rating from Egan-Jones for a subset of its bonds, and is using it to argue it does not owe creditors a 101-cent payout after the largest leveraged buyout on record. Egan-Jones is under SEC investigation over whether commercial pressure shaped its ratings, and it is certified to operate in the [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/ea-reportedly-leans-on-a-private-rating-as-bondholders-claim-default/</link><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 17:57:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/ea-reportedly-leans-on-a-private-rating-as-bondholders-claim-default/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Musk blames Indian ‘oligarchs’ for Starlink delay, India calls it baseless]]></title><description><![CDATA[Elon Musk has accused unnamed oligarchs of keeping Starlink out of India, as Brendan Ruberry reported for Semafor. India&rsquo;s government has rejected the claim. &ldquo;Unfortunately, we are being blocked by certain oligarchs in order to maintain their monopolistic chokehold on the Indian people,&rdquo; Musk wrote on X,&nbsp;Forbes&nbsp;reported. &ldquo;This is a crime against the people of [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/musk-blames-indian-oligarchs-for-starlink-delay-india-calls-it-baseless/</link><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 16:42:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/musk-blames-indian-oligarchs-for-starlink-delay-india-calls-it-baseless/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sam Altman says Trump’s AI accord is a good start and more will be needed]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sam Altman said the superintelligence accord that President Donald Trump signed with AI executives is &ldquo;a good start&rdquo;, but that the industry will need more. He said it in the second of two interviews with Vanity Fair, recorded in San Francisco on 2 October. The magazine published both interviews on 5 October. Guiducci recorded the [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/sam-altman-says-trumps-ai-accord-is-a-good-start-and-more-will-be-needed/</link><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 16:20:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/sam-altman-says-trumps-ai-accord-is-a-good-start-and-more-will-be-needed/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Netflix prepares layoffs affecting about 5% of staff ahead of Q3 results]]></title><description><![CDATA[Netflix is preparing to cut about 5% of its workforce, with an announcement possible as early as next week, Puck&nbsp;reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the plans. Netflix had about 16,000 full-time employees at the end of last year, so a cut of that size would affect roughly 800 people. The report comes three [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/netflix-prepares-layoffs-affecting-about-5-of-staff-ahead-of-q3-results/</link><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 16:18:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/netflix-prepares-layoffs-affecting-about-5-of-staff-ahead-of-q3-results/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[EU’s cyber agency and research centre are testing Chinese AI models]]></title><description><![CDATA[The EU&rsquo;s cyber agency, ENISA, and the Commission&rsquo;s own science service, the Joint Research Centre, have started testing open AI models from China,&nbsp;Politico reported. Three EU officials confirmed the work, the first time either body has spoken about it. These open-weight models are released in full, so anyone can download, run, and study them. Chinese [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/eus-cyber-agency-and-research-centre-are-testing-chinese-ai-models/</link><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 15:21:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/eus-cyber-agency-and-research-centre-are-testing-chinese-ai-models/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Spirit’s privacy ombudsman backs Google’s $10m data deal]]></title><description><![CDATA[The privacy official in Spirit Airlines&rsquo; bankruptcy has recommended approval of the sale of deidentified Spirit Airlines data to Google. In a report filed on 5 October, ombudsman Lucy Thomson said Spirit and Google had taken passenger databases out of the deal. Google won the auction with a $10m bid, Business Insider reported. A hearing [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/spirits-privacy-ombudsman-backs-googles-10m-data-deal/</link><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 14:59:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/spirits-privacy-ombudsman-backs-googles-10m-data-deal/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Apple reportedly cuts iPhone 18 Pro component orders by at least 15%]]></title><description><![CDATA[Apple is asking some suppliers to make fewer parts for its two newest Pro phones, the iPhone 18 Pro and the Pro Max, Nikkei Asia&nbsp;reported&nbsp;on Friday. The two models were the first flagship launch under&nbsp;chief executive John Ternus. Citing several people familiar with the matter,&nbsp;Nikkei Asia&nbsp;said Apple&rsquo;s October component orders are at least 15% below [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/apple-reportedly-cuts-iphone-18-pro-component-orders-by-at-least-15/</link><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 14:39:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/apple-reportedly-cuts-iphone-18-pro-component-orders-by-at-least-15/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Giorgia Meloni files to trademark her voice against AI deepfakes]]></title><description><![CDATA[Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has applied to trademark her voice at the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO). The EUIPO record lists a sound mark filed on 5 October in her own name, as an individual, through the Italian firm Praxi Intellectual Property. As of 9 October, the application was still under examination. The [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/giorgia-meloni-files-to-trademark-her-voice-against-ai-deepfakes/</link><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 14:37:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/giorgia-meloni-files-to-trademark-her-voice-against-ai-deepfakes/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Google moves free Gemini to Flash-Lite and launches Nano Banana 2.1]]></title><description><![CDATA[From today, Gemini app users without a paid Google AI plan start losing two of its three models. Free personal accounts move to Gemini Flash-Lite only, according to Google&rsquo;s Gemini Apps Help page. The change comes three days after Google released Nano Banana 2.1, a new image model built on Gemini 3.6 Flash. Subscribers to [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/google-moves-free-gemini-to-flash-lite-and-launches-nano-banana-21/</link><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 14:20:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/google-moves-free-gemini-to-flash-lite-and-launches-nano-banana-21/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meta blocks TikTok ads on Facebook and Instagram in the US and Japan]]></title><description><![CDATA[Meta has banned ByteDance, the Chinese parent company of TikTok, from advertising on Facebook and Instagram in seven countries, including the US, Bloomberg News reported. The ban took effect immediately in the US, Canada, Egypt, Indonesia, Japan, Thailand, and Vietnam. It also covers other advertisers whose ads send people to TikTok or other ByteDance apps [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/meta-blocks-tiktok-ads-on-facebook-and-instagram-in-the-us-and-japan/</link><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 13:54:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/meta-blocks-tiktok-ads-on-facebook-and-instagram-in-the-us-and-japan/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Zuckerberg called Muse ready despite the risks, New York Times reports]]></title><description><![CDATA[In August, Mark Zuckerberg met Meta&rsquo;s chief AI officer, Alexandr Wang, and its head of AI product, Nat Friedman, Eli Tan reported for The New York Times on Friday. They discussed Instinct, a 14-person start-up whose AI agent was taking off. Zuckerberg told them Muse was ready to launch despite the risks, according to three [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/zuckerberg-called-muse-ready-despite-the-risks-new-york-times-reports/</link><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 13:52:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/zuckerberg-called-muse-ready-despite-the-risks-new-york-times-reports/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[President Donald Trump says anyone using the term ‘artificial intelligence’ is ‘the enemy’]]></title><description><![CDATA[US President Donald Trump wrote on Truth that the White House sees anyone who says &ldquo;artificial intelligence&rdquo; instead of &ldquo;super intelligence&rdquo; as &ldquo;THE ENEMY&rdquo;. &ldquo;The White House considers anyone that uses the term, &ldquo;Artificial Intelligence,&rdquo; as opposed to the highly accepted new and more accurate term, &ldquo;Super Intelligence,&rdquo; THE ENEMY! President DONALD J. TRUMP The [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/president-donald-trump-says-anyone-using-the-term-artificial-intelligence-is-the-enemy/</link><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 13:39:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/president-donald-trump-says-anyone-using-the-term-artificial-intelligence-is-the-enemy/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[OpenAI expects a $70bn revenue run rate by year-end, Bloomberg reports]]></title><description><![CDATA[OpenAI expects its annualised revenue to reach or exceed $70bn by the end of the year, Bloomberg reported on Friday. The company shared the forecast with investors in talks over its latest funding round, according to people familiar with the matter. They said growth in its enterprise business is driving most of it. A day [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/openai-expects-a-70bn-revenue-run-rate-by-year-end-bloomberg-reports/</link><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 13:11:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/openai-expects-a-70bn-revenue-run-rate-by-year-end-bloomberg-reports/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Healthcare AI cannot improve outcomes until it understands the human context behind every claim]]></title><description><![CDATA[Artificial intelligence is rapidly reshaping healthcare, but many of the industry&rsquo;s biggest operational problems remain unresolved. Hospitals continue facing administrative bottlenecks. Providers still struggle with&nbsp;documentation burdens. Insurers continue navigating authorization complexity. Patients are still waiting weeks or months for treatment approvals that directly affect their recovery and quality of life. The scale of the challenge [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/healthcare-ai-cannot-improve-outcomes-until-it-understands-the-human-context-behind-every-claim/</link><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 13:04:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/healthcare-ai-cannot-improve-outcomes-until-it-understands-the-human-context-behind-every-claim/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[8 best AI app builders for 2026]]></title><description><![CDATA[Which AI app generator turns a prompt into a working business app on your own data, with logins and roles from day one A year ago, &ldquo;AI app builder&rdquo; meant a tool that produced a convincing mockup. In 2026 the best AI app builders return something a team can log into: a database with the [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/8-best-ai-app-builders-for-2026/</link><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 12:29:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/8-best-ai-app-builders-for-2026/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sam Altman tells Vanity Fair Elon Musk is a bully he will still work with]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sam Altman called Elon Musk a bully and said he would still work with him, in an interview with Vanity Fair. The magazine published it on 5 October with its revived New Establishment list. The OpenAI chief executive tops that list. Vanity Fair global editorial director Mark Guiducci recorded the conversation in San Francisco on [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/sam-altman-tells-vanity-fair-elon-musk-is-a-bully-he-will-still-work-with/</link><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 12:20:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/sam-altman-tells-vanity-fair-elon-musk-is-a-bully-he-will-still-work-with/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[US suspends Microsoft and seven other firms from green card programme]]></title><description><![CDATA[The US government has suspended Microsoft and seven other technology companies from a federal programme that lets employers sponsor foreign workers for green cards. The other firms that are affected are Adobe, Capgemini, Cognizant, HCL, Infosys, Tata, and Wipro, Reuters reported. Vice President JD Vance announced the decision at the White House on Thursday and [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/us-suspends-microsoft-and-seven-other-firms-from-green-card-programme/</link><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 11:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/us-suspends-microsoft-and-seven-other-firms-from-green-card-programme/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Threads recognizes top posts with in-app Gems program]]></title><description><![CDATA[Gems automatically selects original posts and replies that bring value and spark discussion, per the company.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/threads-recognizes-top-posts-with-in-app-gems-program/</link><pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 23:58:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/threads-recognizes-top-posts-with-in-app-gems-program/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Threads recognizes top posts with Gems]]></title><description><![CDATA[The in-app rewards system will automatically select original posts and replies that bring value and spark discussion, per the company.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/threads-recognizes-top-posts-with-gems/</link><pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 23:58:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/threads-recognizes-top-posts-with-gems/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[LinkedIn exec offers insight into the battle against AI slop]]></title><description><![CDATA[Vice President of Engineering Tim Junka outlined in a post how the company approaches detection and how its artificial intelligence agents are trained.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/linkedin-exec-offers-insight-into-the-battle-against-ai-slop/</link><pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 23:42:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/linkedin-exec-offers-insight-into-the-battle-against-ai-slop/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[X launches MLB Gametime experience]]></title><description><![CDATA[Similar to its NFL hub, the dedicated space will feature real-time scores and conversations designed to enhance engagement among the platform&rsquo;s sports fans.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/x-launches-mlb-gametime-experience/</link><pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 23:24:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/x-launches-mlb-gametime-experience/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[TikTok announces its first European Bestseller of the Year]]></title><description><![CDATA[The 2026 BookTok honor went to author Rebecca Yarros&rsquo;s novel &ldquo;Fourth Wing&rdquo; on a list that also included author Rachel Reid&rsquo;s book &ldquo;Heated Rivalry.&rdquo;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/tiktok-announces-its-first-european-bestseller-of-the-year/</link><pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 22:57:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/tiktok-announces-its-first-european-bestseller-of-the-year/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[X’s Grok bots get analytic search capabilities]]></title><description><![CDATA[The bots will be able to respond to conversational queries and search in-app posts and brand mentions, offering trend insights to marketers.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/xs-grok-bots-get-analytic-search-capabilities/</link><pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 22:25:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/xs-grok-bots-get-analytic-search-capabilities/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Amazon builds 1,000th satellite, says space internet service is weeks away]]></title><description><![CDATA[Amazon has built its 1,000th broadband satellite and says service is weeks away, having cut production from 27 satellites in six months to 27 a week, while the number in orbit is still 396. That shortfall cost it spectrum priority in July, and the FCC will hand it back early if Amazon proves it has [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/amazon-builds-1000th-satellite-says-space-internet-service-is-weeks-away/</link><pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 21:41:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/amazon-builds-1000th-satellite-says-space-internet-service-is-weeks-away/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[X adds liveness check to counter bots]]></title><description><![CDATA[The app&rsquo;s new bot profile detection tool is designed to test whether suspect profiles are run by human users.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/x-adds-liveness-check-to-counter-bots/</link><pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 20:54:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/x-adds-liveness-check-to-counter-bots/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Apple moves its deal team back under the CFO after seven years]]></title><description><![CDATA[Apple is moving its mergers and acquisitions team back under chief financial officer Kevan Parekh, who ended the company&rsquo;s net cash neutral policy in May in a move analysts read as room to buy things. It also promoted Carson Oliver to run the App Store, a job that is now mostly about European regulation. Apple [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/apple-moves-its-deal-team-back-under-the-cfo-after-seven-years/</link><pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 20:13:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/apple-moves-its-deal-team-back-under-the-cfo-after-seven-years/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dealroom CEO says Europe’s first trillion-dollar startup may already exist]]></title><description><![CDATA[Europe&rsquo;s venture-backed companies could be worth more than its industrial base within five years, Dealroom founder and chief executive Yoram Wijngaarde said. He spoke at Wave by Vento in Turin on Thursday. &ldquo;I think that the VC-backed ecosystem is going to overtake our industrial base in terms of total value created within the next five [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/dealroom-ceo-says-europes-first-trillion-dollar-startup-may-already-exist/</link><pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 19:41:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/dealroom-ceo-says-europes-first-trillion-dollar-startup-may-already-exist/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump to unveil $2.4B in AI credits to boost federal research]]></title><description><![CDATA[Five American technology companies are pledging $2.4B in AI tools and compute credits to federal science at a White House summit, with Nvidia giving $1B and Google the smallest share at $150M. The same administration suspended Microsoft from a residency programme hours earlier, and Britain&rsquo;s regulator named three of the five donors that morning. Five [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/trump-to-unveil-24b-in-ai-credits-to-boost-federal-research/</link><pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 19:39:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/trump-to-unveil-24b-in-ai-credits-to-boost-federal-research/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[SAP’s Sean Kask: software firms must become AI companies or perish]]></title><description><![CDATA[Established software companies have to rebuild their products around AI, not add it as one more feature, SAP&rsquo;s chief AI strategy officer Sean Kask said. He spoke at Wave by Vento in Turin on Thursday. &ldquo;Like the famous quip that every company is becoming a software company, every software company has to become an AI [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/saps-sean-kask-software-firms-must-become-ai-companies-or-perish/</link><pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 19:23:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/saps-sean-kask-software-firms-must-become-ai-companies-or-perish/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oracle moves gas by trucks to keep its AI data centres on schedule]]></title><description><![CDATA[Oracle is trucking compressed natural gas to AI data centres that cannot yet connect to a pipeline, at roughly four times the price of gas at a hub. Europe has the same grid bottleneck and is answering it the other way, with Spain proposing to refuse connections to any data centre not on 80% renewables [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/oracle-moves-gas-by-trucks-to-keep-its-ai-data-centres-on-schedule/</link><pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 19:18:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/oracle-moves-gas-by-trucks-to-keep-its-ai-data-centres-on-schedule/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Legora CEO says software sovereignty is an excuse not to compete globally]]></title><description><![CDATA[Legora co-founder and chief executive Max Junestrand says calls for European sovereignty in software are an excuse for companies that are not bold enough to go global. He spoke at Wave by Vento in Turin on Thursday. &ldquo;I think sovereignty in enterprise applications, or sovereignty in consumer apps, or sovereignty at the software layer is [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/legora-ceo-says-software-sovereignty-is-an-excuse-not-to-compete-globally/</link><pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 19:12:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/legora-ceo-says-software-sovereignty-is-an-excuse-not-to-compete-globally/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Station F and Anthropic say the AI boom is drawing startups back in person]]></title><description><![CDATA[AI makes it possible to build a company from anywhere, but founders are still choosing to sit together, Station F director Roxanne Varza and Anthropic&rsquo;s Aiden Blake said. They spoke on a panel at Wave by Vento in Turin on Thursday. &ldquo;What&rsquo;s really interesting is we&rsquo;re seeing more and more people coming since the &lsquo;AI [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/station-f-and-anthropic-say-the-ai-boom-is-drawing-startups-back-in-person/</link><pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 18:57:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/station-f-and-anthropic-say-the-ai-boom-is-drawing-startups-back-in-person/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Apple confirms its ‘Welcome home’ launch for 13 October in New York]]></title><description><![CDATA[Greg Joswiak, Apple&rsquo;s senior vice president of worldwide marketing, posted a teaser video on X on Thursday. It shows the old rainbow Apple logo, embroidered, and sets a launch for Tuesday 13 October. &ldquo;Welcome home. October 13,&rdquo; Joswiak wrote. Apple invited the press to an &ldquo;Apple Experience&rdquo; in Tribeca, New York, at 9am Eastern time, [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/apple-confirms-its-welcome-home-launch-for-13-october-in-new-york/</link><pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 18:47:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/apple-confirms-its-welcome-home-launch-for-13-october-in-new-york/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[AI model evaluator Arena nearly doubles its valuation to $3.1B]]></title><description><![CDATA[Arena has raised $200M at a $3.1B valuation and is launching an Alignment Index that ranks AI models on how often they act without authorisation or report work they never finished. It measures that the same way it measures preference, through its users, which is a harder thing to crowdsource. Arena has raised $200M at [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/ai-model-evaluator-arena-nearly-doubles-its-valuation-to-31b/</link><pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 18:26:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/ai-model-evaluator-arena-nearly-doubles-its-valuation-to-31b/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Odyssey-3 drives a car in India and runs humanoids from one world model]]></title><description><![CDATA[Odyssey has launched Odyssey-3, a world model that the Palo Alto AI lab says can control robot arms and humanoids, drive a car, fly drones and play video games. A research preview is available now, the company said on Thursday. World models learn from large amounts of visual data to predict how a scene will [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/odyssey-3-drives-a-car-in-india-and-runs-humanoids-from-one-world-model/</link><pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 18:21:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/odyssey-3-drives-a-car-in-india-and-runs-humanoids-from-one-world-model/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Google launches workplace AI agent that gets its own email address]]></title><description><![CDATA[Google&rsquo;s new Gemini agent gives each coworker agent its own Workspace account, email address, calendar and entry in the company directory, and runs work for days after the laptop closes. Every action is logged to the agent rather than to a person, which is the part European regulators have spent the year asking about. Google [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/google-launches-workplace-ai-agent-that-gets-its-own-email-address/</link><pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 18:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/google-launches-workplace-ai-agent-that-gets-its-own-email-address/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pentagon offers PsiQuantum a conditional loan of up to $150m]]></title><description><![CDATA[PsiQuantum has received a conditional commitment for a loan of up to $150 million from the US Department of War&rsquo;s Office of Strategic Capital. The quantum computing company announced the commitment on Thursday. It is the second conditional loan from the same Pentagon office in two days. On Wednesday, the Office of Strategic Capital offered [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/pentagon-offers-psiquantum-a-conditional-loan-of-up-to-150m/</link><pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 17:43:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/pentagon-offers-psiquantum-a-conditional-loan-of-up-to-150m/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Amazon replaces Fire tablets with Android Alexa Tablets from $229.99]]></title><description><![CDATA[Amazon is replacing its Fire tablets with a new line of Alexa Tablets. They are the first Amazon tablets to run Android with full access to the Google Play Store. The company announced three models on Thursday, from $229.99 to $549.99. All three ship on 14 October in the US, Canada and Mexico, and on [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/amazon-replaces-fire-tablets-with-android-alexa-tablets-from-22999/</link><pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 17:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/amazon-replaces-fire-tablets-with-android-alexa-tablets-from-22999/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[US suspending permanent residency programme for Microsoft and Capgemini, officials say]]></title><description><![CDATA[The US is suspending eight technology firms from PERM, the labour certification step that precedes an employer-sponsored green card, citing alleged fraud. Capgemini is the only European company named, and North America is its fastest-growing region at 29% of group revenue. The US has suspended eight technology companies from the programme that lets employers sponsor [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/us-suspending-permanent-residency-programme-for-microsoft-and-capgemini-officials-say/</link><pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 17:23:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/us-suspending-permanent-residency-programme-for-microsoft-and-capgemini-officials-say/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Waymo closes a $5bn loan, its first debt deal, to fund robotaxi growth]]></title><description><![CDATA[Waymo has closed a $5bn term loan, the first time the Alphabet-owned robotaxi company has raised money through debt. Pimco, Blackstone and Sixth Street led the loan, Waymo said on Thursday. The money will go into expanding Waymo&rsquo;s driverless ride-hailing service across the US and abroad, according to the company. &ldquo;Our strong momentum has enabled [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/waymo-closes-a-5bn-loan-its-first-debt-deal-to-fund-robotaxi-growth/</link><pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 17:10:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/waymo-closes-a-5bn-loan-its-first-debt-deal-to-fund-robotaxi-growth/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nvidia commits $1bn to US science over the next five years]]></title><description><![CDATA[Quantum computing, healthcare and energy security are the fields Nvidia wants to strengthen with commitments it values at $1 billion. The money will be spread over the next five years. The company announced the commitments on Thursday at the Science: A New Golden Age event in Washington, DC. US officials, industry leaders and members of [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/nvidia-commits-1bn-to-us-science-over-the-next-five-years/</link><pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 17:02:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/nvidia-commits-1bn-to-us-science-over-the-next-five-years/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Europe’s startups had their best quarter in 4 years, Crunchbase data shows]]></title><description><![CDATA[European startups raised $25bn in the third quarter, their strongest quarter for venture funding in four years. In North America, startup funding fell 35% from the previous quarter to $92bn, Crunchbase data shows. Europe&rsquo;s total was up 77% on the $14bn raised in the third quarter of 2025, Gen&eacute; Teare reported for Crunchbase News on [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/europes-startups-had-their-best-quarter-in-4-years-crunchbase-data-shows/</link><pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 16:55:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/europes-startups-had-their-best-quarter-in-4-years-crunchbase-data-shows/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[ICO secures data protection changes from 10 AI developers, turns to agents]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ten of the biggest AI developers have made, or committed to make, changes to how they handle personal data. The UK&rsquo;s Information Commissioner&rsquo;s Office (ICO) secured the changes after two years of scrutiny. The data regulator named them on Thursday: Amazon, Anthropic, Apple, Cohere, DeepSeek, Google, Meta, Microsoft, OpenAI and Stability AI. The changes include [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/ico-secures-data-protection-changes-from-10-ai-developers-turns-to-agents/</link><pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 16:44:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/ico-secures-data-protection-changes-from-10-ai-developers-turns-to-agents/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Uber and Pony.ai will test Chinese robotaxis in London within weeks]]></title><description><![CDATA[Pony.ai will start testing its seventh-generation robotaxis in London in the coming weeks, ahead of a service on Uber. The Chinese self-driving company announced the plan on X on Thursday. &ldquo;We look forward to working with local officials, and our partners, as plans progress to begin trials for self-driving vehicles under the UK&rsquo;s frontier plan,&rdquo; [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/uber-and-ponyai-will-test-chinese-robotaxis-in-london-within-weeks/</link><pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 16:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/uber-and-ponyai-will-test-chinese-robotaxis-in-london-within-weeks/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[VEIR raises $110M to swap copper for superconductors in AI data centres]]></title><description><![CDATA[VEIR has raised $110 million in a Series C round. The Massachusetts company makes superconducting power cables for AI data centres. Matter Venture Partners and Tyche Partners co-led the round, which VEIR called oversubscribed. LG Technology Ventures, Gates Frontier, Sabanci Climate Ventures and Hui Capital joined as new investors. Existing backers also took part, including [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/veir-raises-110m-to-swap-copper-for-superconductors-in-ai-data-centres/</link><pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 16:20:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/veir-raises-110m-to-swap-copper-for-superconductors-in-ai-data-centres/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Zenity says one prompt took over every AgentCore agent in an AWS account]]></title><description><![CDATA[Correction, 8 October 2026 An earlier version of this article&rsquo;s headline said researchers took over every AWS AgentCore agent in a region. The research covered agents within a single AWS account and region, and the headline stated the researchers&rsquo; claim as fact. We have corrected the headline and added a statement from AWS, which says [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/zenity-says-one-prompt-took-over-every-agentcore-agent-in-an-aws-account/</link><pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 16:14:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/zenity-says-one-prompt-took-over-every-agentcore-agent-in-an-aws-account/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One prompt let researchers take over every AWS AgentCore agent in a region]]></title><description><![CDATA[Researchers at Zenity Labs used a single prompt to one public-facing AI agent on Amazon Bedrock AgentCore to take over every AgentCore agent in the same AWS account and region. The security firm published the research on Thursday, alongside a talk at the SecTor 2026 conference in Toronto. AgentCore is AWS&rsquo;s managed service for building [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/one-prompt-let-researchers-take-over-every-aws-agentcore-agent-in-a-region/</link><pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 16:14:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/one-prompt-let-researchers-take-over-every-aws-agentcore-agent-in-a-region/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Voltus raises $225M to turn homes and batteries into power for data centres]]></title><description><![CDATA[Voltus has raised $225 million in a Series D round. The San Francisco company pays businesses and homes to cut, shift or supply power when the grid needs it. Generation Investment Management led the round, with Activate Capital and the energy trader Vitol as co-leads. Broadscale Group, Climate Investment, NGP, Ajax Strategies and All Aboard [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/voltus-raises-225m-to-turn-homes-and-batteries-into-power-for-data-centres/</link><pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 15:54:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/voltus-raises-225m-to-turn-homes-and-batteries-into-power-for-data-centres/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Just Eat Takeaway orders grow again after 55 months of decline, Prosus says]]></title><description><![CDATA[Just Eat Takeaway&rsquo;s orders grew year on year in September for the first time in 55 months, its owner Prosus said on Thursday. Chief executive Fabricio Bloisi gave the figure in a letter to shareholders that also covers iFood, Prosus&rsquo;s food delivery business in Brazil. Prosus said in a regulatory statement that its auditor has [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/just-eat-takeaway-orders-grow-again-after-55-months-of-decline-prosus-says/</link><pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 15:51:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/just-eat-takeaway-orders-grow-again-after-55-months-of-decline-prosus-says/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oratomic reportedly hits $5.4bn as Gartner sees quantum revenue top $1bn]]></title><description><![CDATA[Quantum computing startup Oratomic has raised $475 million at a $5.4bn valuation, Isabelle Bousquette reported for The Wall Street Journal on Thursday. The round came three months after its Series A and lifted its valuation from $1.5bn. The same day, British startup Universal Quantum announced a Series A of more than $100 million. Gartner then [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/oratomic-reportedly-hits-54bn-as-gartner-sees-quantum-revenue-top-1bn/</link><pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 15:36:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/oratomic-reportedly-hits-54bn-as-gartner-sees-quantum-revenue-top-1bn/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tetris makes its North American in-car debut at New York Comic Con]]></title><description><![CDATA[New York Comic Con visitors can step inside the new 2027 Volkswagen Atlas and experience AirConsole in-car gaming firsthand. It is at the Pop Insider booth, number 1935. The activation runs October 8 to 11 at the Javits Center. It gives more than 250,000 expected NYCC visitors the opportunity to experience AirConsole. AirConsole, the in-car [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/tetris-makes-its-north-american-in-car-debut-at-new-york-comic-con/</link><pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 15:04:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/tetris-makes-its-north-american-in-car-debut-at-new-york-comic-con/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[NextBlock backs Soda Labs with $3M to bring privacy to public blockchains]]></title><description><![CDATA[NextBlock is putting $3 million behind an increasingly important challenge for public blockchains: how to give financial institutions privacy without forcing them to move their activity onto separate, purpose-built networks. The Luxembourg-based venture capital firm has funded Soda Labs&rsquo; entire seed round. It is backing the company&rsquo;s programmable privacy infrastructure for financial activity on public [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/nextblock-backs-soda-labs-with-3m-to-bring-privacy-to-public-blockchains/</link><pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 15:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/nextblock-backs-soda-labs-with-3m-to-bring-privacy-to-public-blockchains/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mate Security wins CyberSecurity Breakthrough award for AI cyberdefense]]></title><description><![CDATA[CyberSecurity Breakthrough has named Mate Security the &ldquo;Security Response Solution of the Year&rdquo;. The award is part of the 10th annual CyberSecurity Breakthrough Awards program. The award recognizes the company&rsquo;s work to give AI agents organizational context. Agents need that context to investigate and respond to security threats. The recognition points to a growing issue [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/mate-security-wins-cybersecurity-breakthrough-award-for-ai-cyberdefense/</link><pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 15:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/mate-security-wins-cybersecurity-breakthrough-award-for-ai-cyberdefense/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[DARPA moves Atom Computing, IBM, IonQ and Diraq to final quantum test stage]]></title><description><![CDATA[DARPA has moved Atom Computing, Diraq, IBM and IonQ into the final stage of its Quantum Benchmarking Initiative. The US defence research agency runs the programme to test whether anyone can build a useful quantum computer by 2033. DARPA announced the four teams on Wednesday. Each one uses a different type of qubit, the basic [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/darpa-moves-atom-computing-ibm-ionq-and-diraq-to-final-quantum-test-stage/</link><pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 14:56:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/darpa-moves-atom-computing-ibm-ionq-and-diraq-to-final-quantum-test-stage/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[NHS South East rolls out skin cancer AI that can discharge patients alone]]></title><description><![CDATA[NHS England&rsquo;s South East region is rolling out an AI that can discharge patients with harmless skin lesions without a dermatologist seeing them. DERM, made by London-based Skin Analytics, goes live in all 18 NHS trusts there from this autumn. It will cover another 9 million people. Skin Analytics announced the rollout on Wednesday and [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/nhs-south-east-rolls-out-skin-cancer-ai-that-can-discharge-patients-alone/</link><pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 14:53:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/nhs-south-east-rolls-out-skin-cancer-ai-that-can-discharge-patients-alone/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nvidia-backed Upscale AI launches platform to link chips from rival makers]]></title><description><![CDATA[Upscale AI, a Santa Clara networking startup backed by Nvidia, launched a platform on Thursday that lets data centres link AI chips made by different suppliers,&nbsp;Reuters reported. The product, called Token Fabric, was revealed in a company announcement today. Upscale said it is built on open standards and works with graphics chips, custom AI chips, [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/nvidia-backed-upscale-ai-launches-platform-to-link-chips-from-rival-makers/</link><pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 14:50:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/nvidia-backed-upscale-ai-launches-platform-to-link-chips-from-rival-makers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pentagon offers Wolfspeed a $1.5bn loan for a stake of up to 7.5%]]></title><description><![CDATA[The US Department of War has offered chipmaker Wolfspeed a conditional loan of up to $1.5bn over 30 years. In return, Wolfspeed would give the department warrants to buy up to 7.5% of the company. Wolfspeed filed for bankruptcy protection in June 2025. The department&rsquo;s Office of Strategic Capital announced the commitment on Wednesday. In [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/pentagon-offers-wolfspeed-a-15bn-loan-for-a-stake-of-up-to-75/</link><pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 14:40:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/pentagon-offers-wolfspeed-a-15bn-loan-for-a-stake-of-up-to-75/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Italian data centre group expects €37B of investment by 2036]]></title><description><![CDATA[Italy&rsquo;s commercial data centres could attract &euro;36.9 billion ($41.5 billion) of investment through 2036, according to a study by the Italian Datacenter Association (IDA). The industry group presented its&nbsp;2026 market research at its Data Center Symposium in Rome on October 8. According to Bloomberg&rsquo;s account of the study, IT capacity in Italy&rsquo;s commercial data centres [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/italian-data-centre-group-expects-37b-of-investment-by-2036/</link><pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 14:32:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/italian-data-centre-group-expects-37b-of-investment-by-2036/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bhutan’s DK Bank gets ADGM in-principle approval for Abu Dhabi expansion]]></title><description><![CDATA[Bhutan&rsquo;s DK Bank has received In-Principle Approval from ADGM&rsquo;s Financial Services Regulatory Authority to establish a regulated subsidiary in Abu Dhabi. The approval gives the bank a pathway toward its first financial services presence outside Bhutan. DK plans to offer brokerage, custody, payments and advisory services through the Abu Dhabi entity. That is subject to [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/bhutans-dk-bank-gets-adgm-in-principle-approval-for-abu-dhabi-expansion/</link><pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 14:17:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/bhutans-dk-bank-gets-adgm-in-principle-approval-for-abu-dhabi-expansion/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nestlé CEO says workers need more than prompting skills to use AI well]]></title><description><![CDATA[Nestl&eacute; chief executive Philipp Navratil says knowing how to write a good prompt is not enough for workers who want to keep up with artificial intelligence. Staff also need to understand their business and change the way they work, he told Business Insider&nbsp;in an interview published this month. Philipp Navratil runs a company of more [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/nestl-ceo-says-workers-need-more-than-prompting-skills-to-use-ai-well/</link><pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 14:13:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/nestl-ceo-says-workers-need-more-than-prompting-skills-to-use-ai-well/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[OpenAI hires Cursor’s Europe chief, its second sales hire from SpaceX]]></title><description><![CDATA[OpenAI has hired Ismail Elmas, who ran Cursor&rsquo;s business in Europe, as its vice president of sales for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). He is the second sales executive OpenAI has taken from Elon Musk&rsquo;s SpaceX, which owns Cursor, in the past month. The German business daily&nbsp;Handelsblatt first reported the news on Thursday [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/openai-hires-cursors-europe-chief-its-second-sales-hire-from-spacex/</link><pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 13:50:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/openai-hires-cursors-europe-chief-its-second-sales-hire-from-spacex/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sesterce plans €10B AI data centre campus at former Finnish paper mill]]></title><description><![CDATA[French AI infrastructure company Sesterce plans to invest more than &euro;10bn in an AI data centre campus at a former paper mill in J&auml;ms&auml;, central Finland. The campus will be located on the Kaipola site, where UPM shut down its paper mill in early 2021, Sesterce announced. Building work on the first phase, with 200 [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/sesterce-plans-10b-ai-data-centre-campus-at-former-finnish-paper-mill/</link><pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 13:29:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/sesterce-plans-10b-ai-data-centre-campus-at-former-finnish-paper-mill/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Manus raises more than $500M in first funding round since Meta exit]]></title><description><![CDATA[Butterfly Effect, the company behind AI agent startup Manus, said that it has closed a funding round of more than $500 million. This would be the first raise since Meta&rsquo;s $2 billion-plus purchase of Manus was undone on Beijing&rsquo;s orders. Boyu Capital and IDG Capital led the round. Existing investors Tencent, HSG (formerly Sequoia China), [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/manus-raises-more-than-500m-in-first-funding-round-since-meta-exit/</link><pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 13:10:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/manus-raises-more-than-500m-in-first-funding-round-since-meta-exit/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[TikTok gave young users a placebo safety tool, New York lawsuit alleges]]></title><description><![CDATA[According to a new unsealed filing in New York&rsquo;s lawsuit, TikTok gave&nbsp;thousands of users, including teenagers and children, a safety tool that did not work. Reuters&nbsp;reported the allegations on October 7, after a judge ordered the filings unsealed. They appear in an amended complaint that New York Attorney General Letitia James filed under seal at [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/tiktok-gave-young-users-a-placebo-safety-tool-new-york-lawsuit-alleges/</link><pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 12:29:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/tiktok-gave-young-users-a-placebo-safety-tool-new-york-lawsuit-alleges/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[CrowdStrike links South Korean bank breaches to AI tools and a China suspect]]></title><description><![CDATA[The person behind a wave of cyberattacks on South Korean banks may be a 26-year-old living in China&rsquo;s Guangdong province, US cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike says. The suspect has not been named or charged, and South Korean authorities have not identified anyone. CrowdStrike set out its findings in a&nbsp;report published on October 7, and&nbsp;Reuters reported the [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/crowdstrike-links-south-korean-bank-breaches-to-ai-tools-and-a-china-suspect/</link><pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 12:14:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/crowdstrike-links-south-korean-bank-breaches-to-ai-tools-and-a-china-suspect/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[AI talent platform Dex hires founders of Secret Escapes and Progression]]></title><description><![CDATA[Dex, a London-based AI recruitment platform for software engineers, has hired two former founders for senior roles. Tom Valentine, co-founder of travel deals site Secret Escapes, joins as chief operating officer. And Jonny Burch, co-founder of career development platform Progression, becomes head of design. &ldquo;Tom and Jonny have built businesses around problems that matter deeply [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/ai-talent-platform-dex-hires-founders-of-secret-escapes-and-progression/</link><pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/ai-talent-platform-dex-hires-founders-of-secret-escapes-and-progression/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Samsung expects record $80bn quarterly profit as AI memory demand soars]]></title><description><![CDATA[Samsung Electronics expects its operating profit for the third quarter to reach a record level of about 107.4 trillion won ($80bn), a significant increase from 12.17 trillion won a year earlier. The South Korean company released its preliminary figures today. It represents an increase of nearly nine times, or roughly 783 per cent, and sales [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/samsung-expects-record-80bn-quarterly-profit-as-ai-memory-demand-soars/</link><pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 11:47:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/samsung-expects-record-80bn-quarterly-profit-as-ai-memory-demand-soars/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Swiss prosecutors investigate data leak at federal pension fund Publica]]></title><description><![CDATA[Publica, the pension fund that provides pensions for staff of the Swiss federal government, has confirmed today that a data leak occurred as a result of a cyberattack on one of its external software suppliers. The Swiss government stated that the supplier discovered the attack at the end of September and then filed a criminal [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/swiss-prosecutors-investigate-data-leak-at-federal-pension-fund-publica/</link><pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 11:10:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/swiss-prosecutors-investigate-data-leak-at-federal-pension-fund-publica/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Amazon reportedly cuts jobs in its retail unit during Prime Big Deal Days sale]]></title><description><![CDATA[Amazon has cut a small number of office jobs, mostly in its Stores division, the company confirmed on Wednesday. The cuts came during Prime Big Deal Days, its two-day sale on October 6 and 7. Business Insider first reported the layoffs, and then a person familiar with the matter told&nbsp;Reuters that fewer than 1,000 office [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/amazon-reportedly-cuts-jobs-in-its-retail-unit-during-prime-big-deal-days-sale/</link><pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 10:43:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/amazon-reportedly-cuts-jobs-in-its-retail-unit-during-prime-big-deal-days-sale/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Zendesk CEO Tom Eggemeier says Meta’s Muse saved him $3,105 in five days]]></title><description><![CDATA[Zendesk will end the year with about $400m of AI revenue, up from about zero two years ago, chief executive Tom Eggemeier told TNW. Most of it comes from AI agents that customers pay for only when they resolve a case. Eggemeier has run Zendesk since late 2022. Before that, he was a partner at [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/zendesk-ceo-tom-eggemeier-says-metas-muse-saved-him-3105-in-five-days/</link><pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 10:32:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/zendesk-ceo-tom-eggemeier-says-metas-muse-saved-him-3105-in-five-days/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[UK defence firms plan to invest £19.75bn over the next year]]></title><description><![CDATA[UK defence companies plan to invest a combined &pound;19.75bn over the next 12 months, according to&nbsp;new research&nbsp;from law firm White &amp; Case. Research company Censuswide surveyed 250 senior decision-makers at UK defence companies and&nbsp;defence technology start-ups&nbsp;for the study between 17 and 24 September. The &pound;19.75bn is the total for those 250 firms, which plan to [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/uk-defence-firms-plan-to-invest-1975bn-over-the-next-year/</link><pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 10:10:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/uk-defence-firms-plan-to-invest-1975bn-over-the-next-year/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Adobe will power Heathrow’s new website and AI search push]]></title><description><![CDATA[Heathrow Airport has extended its partnership with Adobe and will rebuild its main website on Adobe&rsquo;s AI customer experience software, the two companies announced on 8 October. The new site will run on&nbsp;Adobe CX Enterprise. The system uses AI agents, software that can carry out tasks on its own, to manage how a business attracts [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/adobe-will-power-heathrows-new-website-and-ai-search-push/</link><pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 09:14:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/adobe-will-power-heathrows-new-website-and-ai-search-push/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[AI favors brands with an active social media presence]]></title><description><![CDATA[Social platform links appeared in a majority of Google&rsquo;s artificial intelligence search results, according to a new study.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/ai-favors-brands-with-an-active-social-media-presence/</link><pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 00:19:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/ai-favors-brands-with-an-active-social-media-presence/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[LinkedIn shares checklist for B2B marketing campaigns]]></title><description><![CDATA[LinkedIn's latest guide provides notes on how marketers can better align their campaigns with changing discovery behaviors.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/linkedin-shares-checklist-for-b2b-marketing-campaigns/</link><pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 00:13:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/linkedin-shares-checklist-for-b2b-marketing-campaigns/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Edits gets carousel editing tools]]></title><description><![CDATA[Users can apply some of the app&rsquo;s video editing features to enhance carousel layouts, change fonts and add overlays.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/edits-gets-carousel-editing-tools/</link><pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 00:11:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/edits-gets-carousel-editing-tools/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Edits app gets carousel editing tools]]></title><description><![CDATA[Users can apply some of the app&rsquo;s video editing features to enhance carousel layouts, change fonts and add overlays.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/edits-app-gets-carousel-editing-tools/</link><pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 00:11:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/edits-app-gets-carousel-editing-tools/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pinterest expands creator content promotions]]></title><description><![CDATA[Brands will be able to sponsor creator Pins, boosting exposure and providing more promotional opportunities.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/pinterest-expands-creator-content-promotions/</link><pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 23:26:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/pinterest-expands-creator-content-promotions/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meta discusses protocols for agentic commerce]]></title><description><![CDATA[The company is trying to ease concerns from e-commerce businesses about how Muse artificial intelligence agents access websites and communicate online.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/meta-discusses-protocols-for-agentic-commerce/</link><pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 23:13:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/meta-discusses-protocols-for-agentic-commerce/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Microsoft says new $2,599 laptop with Nvidia chip outperforms MacBooks]]></title><description><![CDATA[Microsoft priced its first Nvidia-powered Surface at $2,599.99 and claimed on stage that it doubles a MacBook Pro M5 on local AI prompts, without publishing how either figure was measured. The chip inside is built on Arm&rsquo;s architecture, from the Cambridge company Nvidia failed to buy in 2022. Microsoft has priced its first Nvidia-powered laptop [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/microsoft-says-new-2599-laptop-with-nvidia-chip-outperforms-macbooks/</link><pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 21:26:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/microsoft-says-new-2599-laptop-with-nvidia-chip-outperforms-macbooks/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meta outlines political ad restrictions]]></title><description><![CDATA[The company once again plans to limit campaign and candidate-related promotions in the week leading up to the U.S. midterm elections.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/meta-outlines-political-ad-restrictions/</link><pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 20:56:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/meta-outlines-political-ad-restrictions/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[HubSpot to cut 660 jobs as the company pivots to AI]]></title><description><![CDATA[HubSpot is eliminating about 660 roles, 7% of its workforce, in a restructuring its chief executive calls an AI strategy shift while insisting it is not driven by AI efficiencies. Its SEC filing concedes the timetable depends on local consultation law, which in Ireland means a statutory 30-day minimum and criminal penalties for ignoring it. [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/hubspot-to-cut-660-jobs-as-the-company-pivots-to-ai/</link><pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 20:50:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/hubspot-to-cut-660-jobs-as-the-company-pivots-to-ai/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[San Francisco pauses new data centres in the hometown of AI]]></title><description><![CDATA[San Francisco&rsquo;s board of supervisors unanimously passed a 45-day moratorium on new data centres, extendable to 22 months, halting a Bayview expansion and a 49.5 MW Dogpatch project. Europe paused first and for a different reason, the grid, and now finds it cannot build the capacity the Commission wants. San Francisco has paused new data [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/san-francisco-pauses-new-data-centres-in-the-hometown-of-ai/</link><pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 20:23:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/san-francisco-pauses-new-data-centres-in-the-hometown-of-ai/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Miro CEO says companies must redesign work around AI, not bolt it on]]></title><description><![CDATA[Miro co-founder and chief executive Andrey Khusid says adding AI to existing teams and processes will not deliver its full productivity gains. Companies need to redesign how work happens from the ground up, he said. He spoke at Wave by Vento in Turin on Wednesday. &ldquo;One of the big challenges is how not to put [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/miro-ceo-says-companies-must-redesign-work-around-ai-not-bolt-it-on/</link><pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 19:40:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/miro-ceo-says-companies-must-redesign-work-around-ai-not-bolt-it-on/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[DoorDash’s Tony Xu says AI agents will increase demand for human labour]]></title><description><![CDATA[DoorDash co-founder and chief executive Tony Xu says more AI agents will mean more demand for physical delivery networks, and even for human labour. He spoke on Wednesday at Wave by Vento in Turin, in a session titled &ldquo;Inside the Making of DoorDash&rdquo;. AI agents have probably already overtaken humans in the number of things [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/doordashs-tony-xu-says-ai-agents-will-increase-demand-for-human-labour/</link><pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 19:29:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/doordashs-tony-xu-says-ai-agents-will-increase-demand-for-human-labour/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Microsoft will block two Windows installer formats in Outlook from November]]></title><description><![CDATA[Microsoft will add .msix and .msixbundle to Outlook&rsquo;s blocked attachment list in early November, closing an email route for a packaging format its own threat researchers watched four criminal groups abuse in 2023. Renaming the extension still gets a package through, and the change lands as a default policy edit in every Exchange Online tenant, [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/microsoft-will-block-two-windows-installer-formats-in-outlook-from-november/</link><pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 19:20:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/microsoft-will-block-two-windows-installer-formats-in-outlook-from-november/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alibaba’s Joe Tsai says open source is Europe’s only way to AI independence]]></title><description><![CDATA[Alibaba co-founder and chairman Joe Tsai says open-source AI is the only way for Europe to become independent in the technology. He spoke to founders and investors on Wednesday at Wave by Vento in Turin, in a session titled &ldquo;The Other Side of the Story&rdquo;. &ldquo;Open source is the opportunity for Europe&hellip; That&rsquo;s the approach [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/alibabas-joe-tsai-says-open-source-is-europes-only-way-to-ai-independence/</link><pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 19:15:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/alibabas-joe-tsai-says-open-source-is-europes-only-way-to-ai-independence/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The 9 best accounts receivable automation software platforms for 2026]]></title><description><![CDATA[How nine AR automation platforms compare on collections automation and cash application, and which one keeps its AI inside auditable controls Allianz Research puts average global DSO at around 59 days, while roughly $10 trillion sits in unpaid invoices globally. Cash that sits in receivables is cash a company can&rsquo;t deploy, which is why late [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/the-9-best-accounts-receivable-automation-software-platforms-for-2026/</link><pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 19:12:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/the-9-best-accounts-receivable-automation-software-platforms-for-2026/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bending Spoons’ Luca Ferrari says capital is no longer Europe’s big barrier]]></title><description><![CDATA[Bending Spoons co-founder and chief executive Luca Ferrari says access to capital is no longer the main obstacle for European founders. Strong companies can now raise at scale in Europe, he said on Wednesday. He was speaking on a panel at Wave by Vento in Turin. &ldquo;I think if you have a great project and [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/bending-spoons-luca-ferrari-says-capital-is-no-longer-europes-big-barrier/</link><pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 18:56:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/bending-spoons-luca-ferrari-says-capital-is-no-longer-europes-big-barrier/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Honda will test wireless EV charging on 300 metres of motorway in 2027]]></title><description><![CDATA[Honda will test wireless charging built into a 300-metre stretch of Japanese motorway from next year, delivering up to 150 kW to vehicles moving at 120 km/h, aimed first at commercial vehicles. France, Germany and Sweden have been running or planning electric roads since 2022, and the French A10 project already delivers more than 200 [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/honda-will-test-wireless-ev-charging-on-300-metres-of-motorway-in-2027/</link><pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 18:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/honda-will-test-wireless-ev-charging-on-300-metres-of-motorway-in-2027/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Paramount closes Warner Bros deal as Skydance and plans a single streamer]]></title><description><![CDATA[Paramount has completed its purchase of Warner Bros. Discovery and renamed the combined company Skydance. The company announced the close on Tuesday, and its shares now trade on the New York Stock Exchange as SKYD. Warner Bros. Discovery shareholders received about $31.02 a share in cash. Skydance owns two major film studios, Paramount Pictures and [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/paramount-closes-warner-bros-deal-as-skydance-and-plans-a-single-streamer/</link><pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 18:33:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/paramount-closes-warner-bros-deal-as-skydance-and-plans-a-single-streamer/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[SpaceX petition on launch spectrum meets opposition from aerospace and healthcare]]></title><description><![CDATA[SpaceX and the commercial space industry want the FCC to abolish the third-party council that coordinates the radio spectrum used by rocket launches and aircraft flight testing, replacing it with an unspecified system of self-coordination. Boeing, Lockheed Martin, RTX and GE Healthcare have objected, while the European Commission is moving the other way and reserving [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/spacex-petition-on-launch-spectrum-meets-opposition-from-aerospace-and-healthcare/</link><pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 18:10:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/spacex-petition-on-launch-spectrum-meets-opposition-from-aerospace-and-healthcare/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[OpenAI publishes 722 maths papers written by a model it has not released]]></title><description><![CDATA[OpenAI has published 722 maths manuscripts from an internal model it has not released. The papers fall into 372 families of results. The company announced the release on Tuesday and put them all in a public GitHub repository. It is the same model behind OpenAI&rsquo;s Navier-Stokes proof last month. OpenAI gave it about 4,000 problems [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/openai-publishes-722-maths-papers-written-by-a-model-it-has-not-released/</link><pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 18:10:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/openai-publishes-722-maths-papers-written-by-a-model-it-has-not-released/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Finland orders Google to stop clearing forest at two data centre sites]]></title><description><![CDATA[Finland&rsquo;s Licensing and Supervision Agency (LVV) has ordered Google&rsquo;s Finnish subsidiary to stop work at two planned data centre sites, in Muhos and Kajaani. The halt covers work that significantly changes the environment. The agency issued the order on Tuesday. Tuike Finland Oy must stop at once, and by 23 October at the latest. The [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/finland-orders-google-to-stop-clearing-forest-at-two-data-centre-sites/</link><pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 17:57:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/finland-orders-google-to-stop-clearing-forest-at-two-data-centre-sites/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ring’s first smart lock has a clever answer to the dead battery problem]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ring has announced a $249 smart lock with a dial that recharges a dead battery by hand, due in the United States early in 2027. Amazon&rsquo;s own disclosure says the lock has not been authorised by the Federal Communications Commission and may not be sold until it is, and its remote features run over Amazon [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/rings-first-smart-lock-has-a-clever-answer-to-the-dead-battery-problem/</link><pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 17:50:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/rings-first-smart-lock-has-a-clever-answer-to-the-dead-battery-problem/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Apple and LG built a doorbell, lock and thermostat together, Bloomberg says]]></title><description><![CDATA[Apple is working with LG Electronics on a video doorbell, a thermostat, a smart deadbolt lock and three security cameras, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday. The devices will carry the LG brand, not Apple&rsquo;s. The accessories will work with Apple&rsquo;s new smart home hub, an upgraded HomePod mini and a new Apple TV box. Apple plans [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/apple-and-lg-built-a-doorbell-lock-and-thermostat-together-bloomberg-says/</link><pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 17:41:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/apple-and-lg-built-a-doorbell-lock-and-thermostat-together-bloomberg-says/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Endeavor Catalyst closes $320M fund as Europe becomes its top growth market]]></title><description><![CDATA[Endeavor Catalyst has closed its fifth fund at $320M, and Europe is now its fastest-growing market. It made 12 investments through Endeavor&rsquo;s European offices in the first half of 2026. That compares with 14 in all of 2025 and seven in 2024, the firm said on Wednesday. Investors oversubscribed Fund V, which takes the firm&rsquo;s [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/endeavor-catalyst-closes-320m-fund-as-europe-becomes-its-top-growth-market/</link><pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 17:28:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/endeavor-catalyst-closes-320m-fund-as-europe-becomes-its-top-growth-market/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nous Research raises $90M to take its Hermes AI agent to businesses]]></title><description><![CDATA[Nous Research has raised $90M to build a business version of Hermes, its open-source AI agent. Nvidia, Microsoft&rsquo;s M12, Samsung, Robot Ventures, Union Square Ventures, Y Combinator and Menlo Ventures are among the investors, chief executive Dillon Rolnick wrote in a note on the company&rsquo;s website. The round values Nous at $1.5bn, The Wall Street [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/nous-research-raises-90m-to-take-its-hermes-ai-agent-to-businesses/</link><pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 17:18:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/nous-research-raises-90m-to-take-its-hermes-ai-agent-to-businesses/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Musk’s Grok Bot will use Anthropic’s Claude, Midjourney and Suno models]]></title><description><![CDATA[Elon Musk&rsquo;s Grok Bot will no longer run only on SpaceX&rsquo;s own AI models. It will also use models from rivals, including Anthropic&rsquo;s Claude Opus 5.5, Midjourney and Suno, Musk said in a post on X on Wednesday. &ldquo;Going forward, @SpaceX will use the best back end model for any given task, including Claude Opus [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/musks-grok-bot-will-use-anthropics-claude-midjourney-and-suno-models/</link><pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 17:06:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/musks-grok-bot-will-use-anthropics-claude-midjourney-and-suno-models/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Amazon’s About You page goes viral for what it guesses about shoppers]]></title><description><![CDATA[Amazon&rsquo;s &ldquo;About You&rdquo; page has become a social media hit, for the things it says about shoppers. One user on Threads found that Amazon had concluded she &ldquo;has flat buttocks&rdquo;, Business Insider reported on Tuesday. Her post set off a wave of others sharing their own profiles. About You lists the details Amazon has drawn [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/amazons-about-you-page-goes-viral-for-what-it-guesses-about-shoppers/</link><pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 16:49:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/amazons-about-you-page-goes-viral-for-what-it-guesses-about-shoppers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Google opens SynthID Detector to everyone to check for AI-made media]]></title><description><![CDATA[Google has opened its SynthID Detector to everyone. The free website checks whether an image, video or audio file carries Google&rsquo;s SynthID watermark, a hidden signal its AI tools add to what they create. The tool is available globally in English from Wednesday, Google DeepMind&rsquo;s Pushmeet Kohli wrote in a company blog post. It flags [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/google-opens-synthid-detector-to-everyone-to-check-for-ai-made-media/</link><pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 16:37:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/google-opens-synthid-detector-to-everyone-to-check-for-ai-made-media/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Biohub, Meta, Google DeepMind and the US pool $1.8bn for AI biology data]]></title><description><![CDATA[Biohub, the US Department of Energy and the National Institutes of Health are putting $1.8bn into data to train AI models that predict how cells behave. Meta, Google DeepMind and Isomorphic Labs are joining with $300M between them, Biohub announced on Wednesday. Biohub is the nonprofit research institute backed by Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan. [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/biohub-meta-google-deepmind-and-the-us-pool-18bn-for-ai-biology-data/</link><pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 16:28:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/biohub-meta-google-deepmind-and-the-us-pool-18bn-for-ai-biology-data/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dutch tax office drops Microsoft 365 cloud for own servers and open source]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Dutch tax and customs administration has dropped its move to Microsoft 365 in the cloud. Its office software will instead run on servers it controls, together with European open source tools. State Secretary for Finance Eelco Eerenberg set out the plan in a letter to the Dutch parliament this week. The change covers the [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/dutch-tax-office-drops-microsoft-365-cloud-for-own-servers-and-open-source/</link><pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 16:20:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/dutch-tax-office-drops-microsoft-365-cloud-for-own-servers-and-open-source/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[CoreWeave plans its first India data centres with 240MW from AdaniConneX]]></title><description><![CDATA[CoreWeave will open its first data centres in India, using 240 megawatts of capacity at an AdaniConneX campus in Navi Mumbai. The US AI cloud provider announced the deal on Wednesday. CoreWeave expects the first phase to come online in mid-2028. AdaniConneX is a 50:50 joint venture between Adani Enterprises and data centre operator EdgeConneX. [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/coreweave-plans-its-first-india-data-centres-with-240mw-from-adaniconnex/</link><pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 15:43:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/coreweave-plans-its-first-india-data-centres-with-240mw-from-adaniconnex/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rivercell raises $25M to build an AI model of how cells respond to drugs]]></title><description><![CDATA[Paris start-up Rivercell has raised a $25M seed round to build an AI model that predicts how human cells respond to drugs and genetic changes. HV led the round, with HCVC, Alven and Bpifrance Digital Venture taking part, the company said on Wednesday. The money will pay for Rivercell&rsquo;s data platform, a bigger wet lab [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/rivercell-raises-25m-to-build-an-ai-model-of-how-cells-respond-to-drugs/</link><pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 15:37:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/rivercell-raises-25m-to-build-an-ai-model-of-how-cells-respond-to-drugs/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Google launches Playground to turn prompts into games, with Unity on board]]></title><description><![CDATA[Google has launched Playground, an experimental platform that turns text prompts into playable games. It is teaming up with Unity to add more advanced tools, the company said in a blog post on Wednesday. Google Playground opens today to users in the US aged 18 and over. People describe a game, test it right away [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/google-launches-playground-to-turn-prompts-into-games-with-unity-on-board/</link><pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 15:23:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/google-launches-playground-to-turn-prompts-into-games-with-unity-on-board/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Atomic Machines emerges with $250M to build micro-machines from code]]></title><description><![CDATA[Atomic Machines has come out of six years in stealth with $250M raised. It says its system builds working micro-machines straight from code. The Bay Area start-up announced the launch on Wednesday. Its first product is a power switch for AI data centres. Founder and chief executive Jeff Holden joined Amazon as its tenth engineer [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/atomic-machines-emerges-with-250m-to-build-micro-machines-from-code/</link><pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 15:15:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/atomic-machines-emerges-with-250m-to-build-micro-machines-from-code/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sereact’s robots now sort Zalando returns in Germany and Poland]]></title><description><![CDATA[Robots from Stuttgart start-up Sereact are now sorting Zalando&rsquo;s fashion returns in live operations in Germany and Poland. The two-armed machines work at CEVA Logistics sites in Greven, Germany, and &#346;wiebodzin, Poland, the three companies said on Wednesday. It is the first step of a plan to automate returns across Europe. Zalando joined Sereact&rsquo;s Series [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/sereacts-robots-now-sort-zalando-returns-in-germany-and-poland/</link><pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 15:03:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/sereacts-robots-now-sort-zalando-returns-in-germany-and-poland/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[EU-funded robot uses magnets to steer graphene implants into the brain]]></title><description><![CDATA[A European research group has built a robot that uses magnets to steer ultra-thin graphene electrodes into the brain. Barcelona&rsquo;s INBRAIN Neuroelectronics, which leads the clinical work, announced the results on Wednesday, at the end of the EU-funded MINIGRAPH project. The project&rsquo;s first target is Parkinson&rsquo;s disease. Doctors already treat it with deep brain stimulation, [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/eu-funded-robot-uses-magnets-to-steer-graphene-implants-into-the-brain/</link><pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 15:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/eu-funded-robot-uses-magnets-to-steer-graphene-implants-into-the-brain/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anduril to build $3.7bn Baltimore shipyard for US Navy submarine parts]]></title><description><![CDATA[Anduril will invest $3.7bn in a new shipyard near Baltimore to build parts for the US Navy&rsquo;s Virginia-class submarines, the defence company said on Tuesday. The Navy has also awarded Anduril a contract worth up to $2.9bn, with payments tied to demonstrated production outcomes. Together, that is $6.6bn for the submarine industrial base. President Donald [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/anduril-to-build-37bn-baltimore-shipyard-for-us-navy-submarine-parts/</link><pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 14:44:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/anduril-to-build-37bn-baltimore-shipyard-for-us-navy-submarine-parts/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Microsoft and Nvidia CEOs to launch Surface Laptop Ultra on Wednesday]]></title><description><![CDATA[Microsoft chief executive Satya Nadella and Nvidia&rsquo;s Jensen Huang will present the Surface Laptop Ultra in San Francisco on Wednesday, the first Surface built around Nvidia&rsquo;s RTX Spark chip. The laptop is designed to let AI agents run on the device rather than in the cloud, analysts told Reuters. The launch extends a push Microsoft [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/microsoft-and-nvidia-ceos-to-launch-surface-laptop-ultra-on-wednesday/</link><pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 14:29:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/microsoft-and-nvidia-ceos-to-launch-surface-laptop-ultra-on-wednesday/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bridge Neurotech raises $13.5M to read brains with ultrasound, no implant]]></title><description><![CDATA[Bridge Neurotech came out of stealth on Tuesday with $13.5M in funding. It plans a brain-computer interface that needs no surgery and no implant. The startup wants to use ultrasound to read brain activity through the skull. It also signed a research deal with Butterfly Network, which makes chip-based ultrasound devices. General Catalyst, reMind Capital, [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/bridge-neurotech-raises-135m-to-read-brains-with-ultrasound-no-implant/</link><pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 14:29:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/bridge-neurotech-raises-135m-to-read-brains-with-ultrasound-no-implant/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Boston Dynamics names Rohit Prasad, who helped build Amazon’s Alexa, as CEO]]></title><description><![CDATA[Boston Dynamics has named Rohit Prasad chief executive from 7 October, the robot maker said in a statement on Tuesday. The company said he will speed up its Physical AI strategy. That plan combines its robots with advanced AI to sell intelligent machines at scale. Prasad was senior vice president and head scientist for Alexa [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/boston-dynamics-names-rohit-prasad-who-helped-build-amazons-alexa-as-ceo/</link><pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 14:06:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/boston-dynamics-names-rohit-prasad-who-helped-build-amazons-alexa-as-ceo/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stuut raises $52.5M Series B to run order-to-cash with AI]]></title><description><![CDATA[Businesses worldwide have $16 trillion locked up in unpaid receivables. Stuut, the AI platform that runs order-to-cash for the world&rsquo;s enterprises, is going after it. In a world where all finance software looks and behaves the same, Stuut offers customers the ability to automate 100% of their work. It runs the entire order-to-cash process. It [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/stuut-raises-525m-series-b-to-run-order-to-cash-with-ai/</link><pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 14:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/stuut-raises-525m-series-b-to-run-order-to-cash-with-ai/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Germany backs EU approval of Tesla’s driver-assistance software]]></title><description><![CDATA[Germany will push for fast EU-wide approval of Tesla&rsquo;s advanced driver-assistance system, transport minister Steffen Bilger said on Tuesday. Elon Musk thanked him in German on X a day later, as Tesla tries to win over a bloc where it is so far cleared only country by country. Speaking at a Tagesspiegel Background conference in [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/germany-backs-eu-approval-of-teslas-driver-assistance-software/</link><pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 13:58:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/germany-backs-eu-approval-of-teslas-driver-assistance-software/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Spotify expands audiobooks to more than 180 markets by the end of 2026]]></title><description><![CDATA[Spotify will offer audiobooks in more than 180 markets by the end of 2026, up from 22 today, the company said at the Frankfurt Book Fair on Wednesday. The global rollout&nbsp;will reach more than 750 million people, who will find books next to their music and podcasts. Moreover, the expansion comes two months after Spotify [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/spotify-expands-audiobooks-to-more-than-180-markets-by-the-end-of-2026/</link><pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 13:47:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/spotify-expands-audiobooks-to-more-than-180-markets-by-the-end-of-2026/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tirana mayor Erion Veliaj uses AI avatar to address voters from jail]]></title><description><![CDATA[Erion Veliaj, the mayor of Albania&rsquo;s capital, Tirana, has spoken to voters through an AI copy of himself, promising free school meals. The video was posted on his official Instagram account and is indeed labelled as AI-generated content. The main problem is not AI-generated content from a mayor, but the fact that he is in [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/tirana-mayor-erion-veliaj-uses-ai-avatar-to-address-voters-from-jail/</link><pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 12:56:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/tirana-mayor-erion-veliaj-uses-ai-avatar-to-address-voters-from-jail/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[ChatGPT for Teens is unsafe for under-18s, Common Sense Media says]]></title><description><![CDATA[ChatGPT is unsafe for anyone under 18, even in the teen mode OpenAI launched in August, according to a new risk assessment&nbsp;from Common Sense Media. The US nonprofit gave ChatGPT for Teens its lowest rating, &ldquo;Unacceptable Risk&rdquo;, in a report published on Wednesday. The group wants OpenAI to stop promoting Teen Mode, and adds that [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/chatgpt-for-teens-is-unsafe-for-under-18s-common-sense-media-says/</link><pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 11:42:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/chatgpt-for-teens-is-unsafe-for-under-18s-common-sense-media-says/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Siena raises $17M Series A to build AI agents for consumer brands]]></title><description><![CDATA[Siena, a New York-based startup that develops AI agents for consumer brands, has raised $17 million in its Series A round, with York IE as the lead investor. The new capital raised brings the company&rsquo;s total funding to $29.7 million. Moreover, Joyance Ventures took part in the round as a new investor, and the existing [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/siena-raises-17m-series-a-to-build-ai-agents-for-consumer-brands/</link><pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 11:20:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/siena-raises-17m-series-a-to-build-ai-agents-for-consumer-brands/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Japan’s Rapidus teams up with 17 firms to win customers for 2nm chips]]></title><description><![CDATA[Rapidus, Japan&rsquo;s state-backed chipmaker, has signed up 17 chip design firms to help it win customers before it starts making 2-nanometre chips. They include Synopsys and Cadence from the US, India&rsquo;s Infosys, and Japan&rsquo;s Dai Nippon Printing and Toppan,&nbsp;Jiji Press&nbsp;reported on Monday. The partners will help clients design chips that suit the way Rapidus makes [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/japans-rapidus-teams-up-with-17-firms-to-win-customers-for-2nm-chips/</link><pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 10:55:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/japans-rapidus-teams-up-with-17-firms-to-win-customers-for-2nm-chips/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[SpaceX reportedly in talks to borrow $40B to buy Nvidia AI chips]]></title><description><![CDATA[SpaceX is in talks to borrow $40bn to buy AI chips from Nvidia, the&nbsp;Financial Times reported on Tuesday. Today, Bloomberg reported that the talks are underway, citing people familiar with the matter. Both reports rely on unnamed sources, and none of the companies involved has publicly confirmed the plan. According to the FT, the package [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/spacex-reportedly-in-talks-to-borrow-40b-to-buy-nvidia-ai-chips/</link><pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 10:27:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/spacex-reportedly-in-talks-to-borrow-40b-to-buy-nvidia-ai-chips/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Intel will stay on Musk’s Terafab chip project, CEO tells Bloomberg]]></title><description><![CDATA[Intel will keep working with Elon Musk on Terafab, his project to make advanced chips in Texas, chief executive Lip-Bu Tan told&nbsp;Bloomberg. Tan made the comments before a Tokyo event on Wednesday celebrating 50 years of Intel&rsquo;s operations in Japan. His comments come after a week of reports that Taiwan&rsquo;s TSMC, the world&rsquo;s largest contract [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/intel-will-stay-on-musks-terafab-chip-project-ceo-tells-bloomberg/</link><pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 10:19:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/intel-will-stay-on-musks-terafab-chip-project-ceo-tells-bloomberg/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[EU considers bigger levy on large companies to tax Big Tech]]></title><description><![CDATA[The European Commission is looking to collect more money from Apple, Meta, Google, and other US tech companies, according to the Financial Times, which spoke with six officials who are familiar with the discussions. The Commission plans to do this by introducing a levy on large companies overall. Their goal is to avoid a tax [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/eu-considers-bigger-levy-on-large-companies-to-tax-big-tech/</link><pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 10:02:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/eu-considers-bigger-levy-on-large-companies-to-tax-big-tech/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sierra announces Personal Agent Protocol, an open standard for personal AI agents]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sierra and Meta are developing Personal Agent Protocol, an open standard defining how personal AI agents authenticate with businesses and what those businesses let them do, with Genesys, Instinct, Rocket, Shopify, Stripe and Walmart. A v0.1 specification is due this month, and payments are listed as a future extension rather than part of it. Meta [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/sierra-announces-personal-agent-protocol-an-open-standard-for-personal-ai-agents/</link><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 21:43:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/sierra-announces-personal-agent-protocol-an-open-standard-for-personal-ai-agents/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Google launches EmbeddingGemma 2, an open multimodal embedding model for devices]]></title><description><![CDATA[Google has released EmbeddingGemma 2, an open 740-million-parameter model that maps text, code, images, audio and video into a single space and runs entirely on a phone or a small board. It is licensed under Apache 2.0, has had no safety tuning, and Google says performance is not equal across the 100 languages it supports. [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/google-launches-embeddinggemma-2-an-open-multimodal-embedding-model-for-devices/</link><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 21:15:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/google-launches-embeddinggemma-2-an-open-multimodal-embedding-model-for-devices/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reddit launches updated lead gen ads options]]></title><description><![CDATA[The platform also launched a test of in-market audiences and added new HubSpot integration as it expands its partnerships.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/reddit-launches-updated-lead-gen-ads-options/</link><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 20:59:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/reddit-launches-updated-lead-gen-ads-options/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meta tests Reels-first Facebook feed in India]]></title><description><![CDATA[The company, which is experimenting with the option on Instagram, is expanding its trials of the feature before expanding it to more countries.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/meta-tests-reels-first-facebook-feed-in-india/</link><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 20:53:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/meta-tests-reels-first-facebook-feed-in-india/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[TikTok highlights creator recs for Halloween travel]]></title><description><![CDATA[The app is focusing on popular #FilmTok and #BookTok locations and suggesting vacation ideas tied to spooky themes and the fall season.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/tiktok-highlights-creator-recs-for-halloween-travel/</link><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 20:45:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/tiktok-highlights-creator-recs-for-halloween-travel/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[TikTok highlights creator recommendations for Halloween travel]]></title><description><![CDATA[The app is focusing on popular #FilmTok and #BookTok locations and suggesting vacation ideas tied to spooky themes and the fall season.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/tiktok-highlights-creator-recommendations-for-halloween-travel/</link><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 20:45:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/tiktok-highlights-creator-recommendations-for-halloween-travel/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meta introduces new AI-powered tools at Advertising Week]]></title><description><![CDATA[The company is testing importing and creative insight features, as well as improved conversational guidance for its artificial intelligence elements.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/meta-introduces-new-ai-powered-tools-at-advertising-week/</link><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 20:37:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/meta-introduces-new-ai-powered-tools-at-advertising-week/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meta introduces new AI-powered tools at Ad Week 2026]]></title><description><![CDATA[The company is testing importing and creative insight features, as well as improved conversational guidance for its artificial intelligence elements.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/meta-introduces-new-ai-powered-tools-at-ad-week-2026/</link><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 20:37:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/meta-introduces-new-ai-powered-tools-at-ad-week-2026/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[AMD’s chief says demand is outrunning supply, and that AI should police itself]]></title><description><![CDATA[AMD&rsquo;s Lisa Su said chip demand is running ahead of supply and will stay very high for years, and urged the AI industry to work together as an ecosystem on safety rather than naming any regulator. The European Commission has been able to inspect models, restrict market access and fine providers 3% of global turnover [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/amds-chief-says-demand-is-outrunning-supply-and-that-ai-should-police-itself/</link><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 19:57:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/amds-chief-says-demand-is-outrunning-supply-and-that-ai-should-police-itself/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[X launches AI-powered ad creation option]]></title><description><![CDATA[The company launched X Lift at Advertising Week New York and said the new system can automatically convert a business URL to a promotional campaign.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/x-launches-ai-powered-ad-creation-option/</link><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 19:42:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/x-launches-ai-powered-ad-creation-option/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hark debuts an AI agent a year before its first devices]]></title><description><![CDATA[Brett Adcock&rsquo;s Hark has released Hark Pro, an agent that buys groceries, books cars, pays bills and refills a child&rsquo;s lunch card, free with $20 and $100 monthly tiers, a year before the company&rsquo;s first devices arrive. Meta launched an agent doing the same things at the same three prices four weeks ago. Hark has [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/hark-debuts-an-ai-agent-a-year-before-its-first-devices/</link><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 19:25:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/hark-debuts-an-ai-agent-a-year-before-its-first-devices/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Santé raises $15 million to bring AI to the neighborhood liquor store]]></title><description><![CDATA[Every bottle sitting unsold on a liquor store shelf ties up cash. Deciding when to discount it, which customers might buy it and whether to order another case requires information and time. An independent retailer may struggle to pull that together. Sant&eacute; sees a business opportunity in those everyday decisions. This week, the company announced [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/sant-raises-15-million-to-bring-ai-to-the-neighborhood-liquor-store/</link><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 19:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/sant-raises-15-million-to-bring-ai-to-the-neighborhood-liquor-store/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lucid production falls 38% as the EV maker clears inventory]]></title><description><![CDATA[Lucid built 2,954 vehicles in the third quarter, its lowest quarterly output since early 2025 and a 38% fall from the second quarter, while delivering 3,806 as it cleared inventory. The company has outstanding commitments for 25,000 driverless cars with Bolt in Europe and 20,000 with Uber. Lucid built 2,954 cars in three months. Its [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/lucid-production-falls-38-as-the-ev-maker-clears-inventory/</link><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 18:59:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/lucid-production-falls-38-as-the-ev-maker-clears-inventory/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pinterest releases inaugural report on beauty trends]]></title><description><![CDATA[The overview covers 11 key colors, finishes, scents and styles that have resonated with users in the app throughout 2026.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/pinterest-releases-inaugural-report-on-beauty-trends/</link><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 18:49:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/pinterest-releases-inaugural-report-on-beauty-trends/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pinterest releases debut report on beauty trends]]></title><description><![CDATA[The overview covers 11 key colors, finishes, scents and styles that have resonated with users in the app throughout 2026.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/pinterest-releases-debut-report-on-beauty-trends/</link><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 18:49:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/pinterest-releases-debut-report-on-beauty-trends/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Google accused of overcharging 20 million UK consumers over Play Store fees]]></title><description><![CDATA[Google is defending a &pound;1.2B claim at London&rsquo;s Competition Appeal Tribunal brought for about 20 million British consumers who say Play Store commissions of up to 30% were passed into the prices they paid since October 2015. It settled an equivalent claim from UK app developers for &pound;260M six weeks ago without admitting wrongdoing. Google [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/google-accused-of-overcharging-20-million-uk-consumers-over-play-store-fees/</link><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 18:46:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/google-accused-of-overcharging-20-million-uk-consumers-over-play-store-fees/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Top social media conferences to watch in 2027]]></title><description><![CDATA[Relevant topics professionals can look forward to include artificial intelligence, influencer marketing and more.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/top-social-media-conferences-to-watch-in-2027/</link><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 18:06:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/top-social-media-conferences-to-watch-in-2027/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Revolut’s commercial real estate lending chief exits]]></title><description><![CDATA[Duncan Batty, hired from M&amp;G Investments in January 2025 to build Revolut&rsquo;s commercial real estate lending business, has left the company, with his departure appearing in Companies House filings and confirmed by a spokesperson. Neither a reason nor a successor has been given, and it comes as Revolut expands across banking, wealth and payments ahead [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/revoluts-commercial-real-estate-lending-chief-exits/</link><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 17:59:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/revoluts-commercial-real-estate-lending-chief-exits/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Investor urges Snap to raise outside capital for Specs]]></title><description><![CDATA[Blue Duck Capital Partners has written to Snap&rsquo;s board urging it to sell about a fifth of its Specs subsidiary at a $5B valuation, raising $1B to fund roughly two years of spending without diluting Snap shareholders. It is the second fund to press Snap over Specs, and the glasses ship this autumn into three [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/investor-urges-snap-to-raise-outside-capital-for-specs/</link><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 17:46:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/investor-urges-snap-to-raise-outside-capital-for-specs/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[ASML’s chip packaging move threatens Besi shares, Bank of America says]]></title><description><![CDATA[Bank of America cut BE Semiconductor Industries to neutral and nearly halved its price target, saying the share price does not reflect the threat of ASML entering hybrid bonding, the market Besi depends on for growth. Besi has also been approached by two American rivals, one of which has owned 9% of it since last [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/asmls-chip-packaging-move-threatens-besi-shares-bank-of-america-says/</link><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 17:35:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/asmls-chip-packaging-move-threatens-besi-shares-bank-of-america-says/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Spiko raises a $90M Series B led by NEA for its tokenised cash funds]]></title><description><![CDATA[Spiko, a Paris and London company that issues tokenised cash funds, has taken its total funding to $120 million, it said in a statement on Tuesday. New Enterprise Associates (NEA) led the $90 million Series B. Index Ventures, Bpifrance, Speedinvest, Flourish Ventures, Shapers and White Star Capital took part. So did Blockwall, Frst, EQNX, Mirana [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/spiko-raises-a-90m-series-b-led-by-nea-for-its-tokenised-cash-funds/</link><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 17:13:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/spiko-raises-a-90m-series-b-led-by-nea-for-its-tokenised-cash-funds/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Asos app users get an alert claiming its Snowflake instance was compromised]]></title><description><![CDATA[Asos app users in the UK got a push notification on Tuesday morning in which the senders claimed to have fully compromised the online fashion retailer&rsquo;s Snowflake instance. The message, titled &ldquo;ASOS HACKED&rdquo;, addressed the company&rsquo;s data protection officer (DPO) and IT team. &ldquo;Dear ASOS DPO and IT, we have fully compromised the Snowflake instance. [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/asos-app-users-get-an-alert-claiming-its-snowflake-instance-was-compromised/</link><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 16:52:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/asos-app-users-get-an-alert-claiming-its-snowflake-instance-was-compromised/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BT takes over TalkTalk and its 2.5 million customers out of administration]]></title><description><![CDATA[BT Group has acquired TalkTalk&rsquo;s consumer and wholesale businesses out of administration. They have 1.5 million retail customers and 1 million wholesale customers. BT announced the deal on Monday. It said a prolonged sale process for those operations had been unsuccessful. BT bought TalkTalk Telecommunications Limited and PlatformX Communications Limited, the wholesale business, on a [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/bt-takes-over-talktalk-and-its-25-million-customers-out-of-administration/</link><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 16:39:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/bt-takes-over-talktalk-and-its-25-million-customers-out-of-administration/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Denmark’s CPR breach: 14 million lookups in ten days, found through a bill]]></title><description><![CDATA[Unknown users have pulled names, addresses and ID numbers on about 8.8 million people from Denmark&rsquo;s Central Person Register (CPR). They abused a small Danish company&rsquo;s legal access to the register. Denmark&rsquo;s digitalisation ministry announced the breach on Monday. The CPR administration has cut off the company, and the police are investigating. Denmark has about [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/denmarks-cpr-breach-14-million-lookups-in-ten-days-found-through-a-bill/</link><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 16:24:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/denmarks-cpr-breach-14-million-lookups-in-ten-days-found-through-a-bill/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Minerva Humanoids raises $10M for robots that do bomb disposal and rig work]]></title><description><![CDATA[Minerva Humanoids has raised about $10M in pre-seed funding to build humanoid robots for dangerous jobs. The San Francisco startup works on oil and gas and public safety. General Catalyst led the round, with Long Journey Ventures and Credo Ventures as co-leads, the company said on Tuesday. Hugging Face, Codecademy, RunwayVC and Compound are among [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/minerva-humanoids-raises-10m-for-robots-that-do-bomb-disposal-and-rig-work/</link><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 16:05:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/minerva-humanoids-raises-10m-for-robots-that-do-bomb-disposal-and-rig-work/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Zapata Quantum joins IBM Quantum Network to build quantum applications]]></title><description><![CDATA[Zapata Quantum, a Boston quantum software company, has joined the&nbsp;IBM Quantum Network, it said on Tuesday. It will use IBM&rsquo;s machines to build software for its clients. Zapata does not make quantum hardware. Instead, it helps organisations figure out which problems quantum computers can solve, then creates the software to do that. It says hardware [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/zapata-quantum-joins-ibm-quantum-network-to-build-quantum-applications/</link><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 15:23:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/zapata-quantum-joins-ibm-quantum-network-to-build-quantum-applications/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[9 best requirements management tools for functional safety (IEC 61508)]]></title><description><![CDATA[The best requirements management tools for functional safety all protect one thing: the chain of evidence behind a safety case. It runs from a hazard, through the safety requirement that mitigates it, into the design that implements it, and out to the test that proves the design works. Break one link and an assessor stops [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/9-best-requirements-management-tools-for-functional-safety-iec-61508/</link><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 15:02:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/9-best-requirements-management-tools-for-functional-safety-iec-61508/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Uber to buy ezCater for $2.3bn to bring workplace catering to Uber Eats]]></title><description><![CDATA[Uber has agreed to buy ezCater, a US platform for workplace catering, for $2.3bn in cash. Uber and ezCater announced the deal in a joint statement on Tuesday. The purchase brings ezCater&rsquo;s catering orders to Uber Eats and to Uber for Business, Uber&rsquo;s service for company accounts. Boston-based ezCater lets businesses order food for meetings, [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/uber-to-buy-ezcater-for-23bn-to-bring-workplace-catering-to-uber-eats/</link><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 15:01:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/uber-to-buy-ezcater-for-23bn-to-bring-workplace-catering-to-uber-eats/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tango communities go live for breast cancer research]]></title><description><![CDATA[Mountain View, California, October 5, 2026, TechnologyWire This Breast Cancer Awareness Month, live-streaming platform Tango is bringing together some of its leading creator communities to raise funds for breast cancer research and, just as importantly, encourage more open conversation around a disease that affects millions of women and families worldwide. From October 13-18, several of [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/tango-communities-go-live-for-breast-cancer-research/</link><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 15:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/tango-communities-go-live-for-breast-cancer-research/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mistral releases Large 4, a 1 trillion-parameter open-weight AI model]]></title><description><![CDATA[Mistral has released a preview of Mistral Large 4, a 1T model that the Paris-based company says is the most powerful open-weight AI system outside China. Starting today, developers can access it via Mistral&rsquo;s API. The model weights, which enable anyone to download and run it on their own servers, will be available on October [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/mistral-releases-large-4-a-1-trillion-parameter-open-weight-ai-model/</link><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 15:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/mistral-releases-large-4-a-1-trillion-parameter-open-weight-ai-model/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Europe’s Mistral launches Large 4 to challenge China’s lead in open AI models]]></title><description><![CDATA[Mistral has released a preview of Mistral Large 4, a 1T model that the Paris-based company says is the most powerful open-weight AI system outside China. Starting today, developers can access it via Mistral&rsquo;s API. The model weights, which enable anyone to download and run it on their own servers, will be available on October [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/europes-mistral-launches-large-4-to-challenge-chinas-lead-in-open-ai-models/</link><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 15:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/europes-mistral-launches-large-4-to-challenge-chinas-lead-in-open-ai-models/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[SAP agrees to acquire Belgian AI workforce startup TechWolf]]></title><description><![CDATA[SAP has agreed to buy TechWolf, a Belgian company whose AI maps the skills and daily work of a firm&rsquo;s employees. The two companies announced the deal today but did not disclose its terms. The acquisition is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2026, subject to regulatory approval. Until then, the two companies [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/sap-agrees-to-acquire-belgian-ai-workforce-startup-techwolf/</link><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 14:52:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/sap-agrees-to-acquire-belgian-ai-workforce-startup-techwolf/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[10 best third-party risk management software platforms for 2026]]></title><description><![CDATA[Most companies hand sensitive data to dozens of outside vendors, from payroll providers to cloud hosts. When one of those vendors gets breached, the company that hired it still answers for the damage. Third party risk management software gives security and compliance teams one place to vet each vendor before signing and keep watch on [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/10-best-third-party-risk-management-software-platforms-for-2026/</link><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 13:05:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/10-best-third-party-risk-management-software-platforms-for-2026/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anthropic IPO filing shows CEO Dario Amodei earned $18M last year]]></title><description><![CDATA[Dario Amodei earned $18M last year as chief executive of Anthropic, the maker of the Claude AI models, according to the company&rsquo;s IPO prospectus. Reuters reported the figure on Tuesday after seeing the filing, which has not been made public. Most of the package came as stock and options rather than salary. Amodei and his [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/anthropic-ipo-filing-shows-ceo-dario-amodei-earned-18m-last-year/</link><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 13:01:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/anthropic-ipo-filing-shows-ceo-dario-amodei-earned-18m-last-year/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sam Altman says OpenAI will disclose more incidents of rogue AI models]]></title><description><![CDATA[OpenAI is preparing to disclose more incidents in which its AI models acted without permission, chief executive Sam Altman said. None of them is as serious as the cases already made public, he added. Sam Altman made the comments on the first episode of Politico&rsquo;s Decoded&nbsp;podcast. Politico asked whether he knew of any further rogue [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/sam-altman-says-openai-will-disclose-more-incidents-of-rogue-ai-models/</link><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 12:48:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/sam-altman-says-openai-will-disclose-more-incidents-of-rogue-ai-models/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Italy opens investigation into AI music company Suno over its terms]]></title><description><![CDATA[Italy&rsquo;s competition authority, the AGCM, has&nbsp;opened an investigation into Suno, the US company whose AI service turns text prompts into songs.The authority said today that parts of Suno&rsquo;s terms of service may be unfair to consumers under Italian law. The case is based on Article 33 of Italy&rsquo;s Consumer Code, and according to this article, [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/italy-opens-investigation-into-ai-music-company-suno-over-its-terms/</link><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 12:31:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/italy-opens-investigation-into-ai-music-company-suno-over-its-terms/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Zoom CTO XD Huang on bringing Steve Jobs to every meeting]]></title><description><![CDATA[Zoom has opened the speech recognition behind its My Notes tool to other companies, and is in conversation with some AI note-taking firms that are considering switching to it, chief technology officer XD Huang told TNW. He said Zoom wants AI that finishes the work discussed in a meeting before the meeting ends. Huang leads [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/zoom-cto-xd-huang-on-bringing-steve-jobs-to-every-meeting/</link><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 12:24:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/zoom-cto-xd-huang-on-bringing-steve-jobs-to-every-meeting/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ofcom opens investigation into Meta over Instagram Instants risk checks]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ofcom has opened a formal investigation into Meta over Instagram&rsquo;s Instants feature, the UK regulator&nbsp;said on Tuesday. It will check whether Meta broke the Online Safety Act by failing to assess the feature&rsquo;s risks before launch. Meta launched Instants in May. The feature lets Instagram users share posts that vanish after they&rsquo;re seen. Ofcom will [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/ofcom-opens-investigation-into-meta-over-instagram-instants-risk-checks/</link><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 12:16:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/ofcom-opens-investigation-into-meta-over-instagram-instants-risk-checks/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chip simulation startup Vinci raises $250m at a $1.5bn valuation]]></title><description><![CDATA[Vinci, the AI software company based in Palo Alto that simulates physics for use in chip and hardware design, has raised $250M at a $1.5bn valuation, the company announced on Tuesday. Advent, Temasek and Xora Innovation led the round, while earlier investors Eclipse and Khosla Ventures participated again, along with Madrona, the company stated. Vinci&rsquo;s [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/chip-simulation-startup-vinci-raises-250m-at-a-15bn-valuation/</link><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 11:32:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/chip-simulation-startup-vinci-raises-250m-at-a-15bn-valuation/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[ABC tells Australian AI inquiry its content has likely been scraped]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Australian Broadcasting Corporation told a parliamentary inquiry on Tuesday that AI companies have probably already used its content to train their models. The public broadcaster also said AI firms can strike licence deals to use its work,&nbsp;Reuters reported. Kate Gilchrist, the ABC&rsquo;s head of content and legal operations, gave evidence to the Joint Select [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/abc-tells-australian-ai-inquiry-its-content-has-likely-been-scraped/</link><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 11:09:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/abc-tells-australian-ai-inquiry-its-content-has-likely-been-scraped/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Google reportedly nears $1bn-plus nuclear power deal with Constellation]]></title><description><![CDATA[Alphabet&rsquo;s Google is close to an agreement to buy nuclear power from Constellation Energy, Bloomberg reported on Monday. Under the multi-year deal, Google would pay Constellation $1bn or more, according to people familiar with the talks. Bloomberg said an announcement may come this week. Yet, Constellation declined to comment to Reuters. Constellation runs more US [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/google-reportedly-nears-1bn-plus-nuclear-power-deal-with-constellation/</link><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 10:59:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/google-reportedly-nears-1bn-plus-nuclear-power-deal-with-constellation/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[DeepSeek reportedly nears $12bn funding round backed by Tencent and CATL]]></title><description><![CDATA[DeepSeek is close to raising at least 80 billion yuan, or about $12bn, in a new funding round, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday. Tencent and the battery maker CATL have committed some of the largest sums, according to people familiar with the matter cited by Bloomberg. The Chinese AI lab had first set out to [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/deepseek-reportedly-nears-12bn-funding-round-backed-by-tencent-and-catl/</link><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 10:29:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/deepseek-reportedly-nears-12bn-funding-round-backed-by-tencent-and-catl/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Accenture contractor removed from FBI after unpatched system led to breach]]></title><description><![CDATA[An Accenture contractor has been removed from FBI work following a breach that exposed the personal data of thousands of bureau staff. The FBI acted on Monday, Reuters reported, citing two people familiar with the matter. A senior FBI official told Reuters that an unnamed contractor had not applied a security fix, known as a [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/accenture-contractor-removed-from-fbi-after-unpatched-system-led-to-breach/</link><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 10:23:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/accenture-contractor-removed-from-fbi-after-unpatched-system-led-to-breach/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Amsterdam’s Hadrian raises $40M for AI-powered offensive security]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hadrian, an Amsterdam-based cybersecurity startup, has raised $40m to expand in Europe and the US. Forgepoint Capital International and Smartfin co-led the round, which brings Hadrian&rsquo;s total funding to $65m. HV Capital, Motive Partners, Picus Capital and Oetker Ventures were also among the existing investors. Hadrian stated that the funds will be used to expand [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/amsterdams-hadrian-raises-40m-for-ai-powered-offensive-security/</link><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/amsterdams-hadrian-raises-40m-for-ai-powered-offensive-security/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Google, JPMorgan and two governments fixed the same MCP flaw]]></title><description><![CDATA[Security teams at Google, JPMorgan Chase, Weaviate, France&rsquo;s interministerial digital directorate (DINUM) and the city government of Tangerang in Indonesia have each fixed the same type of flaw in their Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers. Independent researcher Syed Anas Mohiuddin reported all five, he wrote in an update published this month. MCP is the standard [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/google-jpmorgan-and-two-governments-fixed-the-same-mcp-flaw/</link><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/google-jpmorgan-and-two-governments-fixed-the-same-mcp-flaw/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Florida woman arrested after Anthropic reported her Claude chat to police]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sheriff&rsquo;s deputies have arrested a woman in Florida after Anthropic reported her Claude conversation to law enforcement. In the chat she allegedly said she would &ldquo;shoot up&rdquo; the Lee County Sheriff&rsquo;s Office. WINK News first reported the arrest on 30 September. According to the arrest report, she wrote the statement on 26 September. In a [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/florida-woman-arrested-after-anthropic-reported-her-claude-chat-to-police/</link><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 01:48:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/florida-woman-arrested-after-anthropic-reported-her-claude-chat-to-police/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[San Diego sues AppLovin over explicit ads on kids’ devices, Bloomberg reports]]></title><description><![CDATA[San Diego County has sued AppLovin, a mobile advertising technology company. The county alleges that AppLovin bypassed parental controls to serve ads for adult dating services, alcohol, vaping and graphic sexual content in games played by children. The complaint was filed with San Diego Superior Court on Monday, Bloomberg reported. According to the complaint, AppLovin [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/san-diego-sues-applovin-over-explicit-ads-on-kids-devices-bloomberg-reports/</link><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 01:16:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/san-diego-sues-applovin-over-explicit-ads-on-kids-devices-bloomberg-reports/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nokia CEO says data centres would go up twice as fast if supply allowed]]></title><description><![CDATA[Nokia&rsquo;s chief executive Justin Hotard says the industry would build data centres twice as fast if memory and energy supply allowed, and that demand would hold even without a new frontier model for three years. Bain and a paper presented at the Brookings Papers on Economic Activity both question whether the revenue exists to pay [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/nokia-ceo-says-data-centres-would-go-up-twice-as-fast-if-supply-allowed/</link><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 00:54:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/nokia-ceo-says-data-centres-would-go-up-twice-as-fast-if-supply-allowed/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Senator Bernie Moreno accuses Anthropic’s Amodei of ‘alarmist’ AI talk]]></title><description><![CDATA[Republican senator Bernie Moreno has accused Anthropic chief executive Dario Amodei of taking an &ldquo;alarmist approach&rdquo; to AI. He did so in a letter sent on Monday, ahead of Anthropic&rsquo;s expected stock market listing. Axios first reported the letter. &ldquo;I do not understand how you can ask them to invest their hard-earned savings in Anthropic&rsquo;s [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/senator-bernie-moreno-accuses-anthropics-amodei-of-alarmist-ai-talk/</link><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 00:43:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/senator-bernie-moreno-accuses-anthropics-amodei-of-alarmist-ai-talk/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Texas city wants $2.3M for public records on police Flock use]]></title><description><![CDATA[A Fort Worth suburb has told a privacy group it would cost $2.3M to release records on how its police use Flock number plate cameras, a figure reached by estimating 14 years of labour at $15 an hour. Under the EU&rsquo;s law enforcement directive the same information has to be logged as a matter of [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/texas-city-wants-23m-for-public-records-on-police-flock-use/</link><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 00:37:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/texas-city-wants-23m-for-public-records-on-police-flock-use/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meta, TikTok and X challenge Ofcom over online safety data, Reuters reports]]></title><description><![CDATA[Meta, TikTok and X are challenging Ofcom in court over its data demands under the UK&rsquo;s Online Safety Act, Reuters reported on Monday. The challenge is one of the first brought under the 2023 law. In February, Ofcom sent the companies information notices, according to Paul Sandle&rsquo;s report for Reuters. The notices asked for detailed [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/meta-tiktok-and-x-challenge-ofcom-over-online-safety-data-reuters-reports/</link><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 00:31:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/meta-tiktok-and-x-challenge-ofcom-over-online-safety-data-reuters-reports/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[TikTok adds an AI shopping assistant and one-click checkout to its app]]></title><description><![CDATA[TikTok is adding an AI shopping assistant and one-click checkout to its app. The two features let users buy directly from brands without leaving TikTok, the company said in an announcement at Advertising Week New York on Monday. Buy Direct is an in-app checkout. Users can buy from a brand straight from the For You [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/tiktok-adds-an-ai-shopping-assistant-and-one-click-checkout-to-its-app/</link><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 00:23:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/tiktok-adds-an-ai-shopping-assistant-and-one-click-checkout-to-its-app/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meta adds parental oversight to Meta AI app]]></title><description><![CDATA[The company is including supervision controls to allow parents and guardians to see the topics their children have been inquiring about, but not the conversations.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/meta-adds-parental-oversight-to-meta-ai-app/</link><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 00:22:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/meta-adds-parental-oversight-to-meta-ai-app/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cheaper EVs are fuelling Europe’s electric car boom, and the rules behind them are up for revision]]></title><description><![CDATA[Battery-electric sales in the EU reached 1.64 million in the first eight months of 2026, up 45%, with 16 models under EUR 25,000 due on sale by the end of the year. Transport and Environment says the version of the 2035 target proposed by Parliament&rsquo;s rapporteur would cut sales of those cheap models by nearly [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/cheaper-evs-are-fuelling-europes-electric-car-boom-and-the-rules-behind-them-are-up-for-revision/</link><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 00:18:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/cheaper-evs-are-fuelling-europes-electric-car-boom-and-the-rules-behind-them-are-up-for-revision/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pinterest hires Amazon’s advertising finance chief as CFO]]></title><description><![CDATA[Pinterest has made James Dibbo its chief financial officer from 26 October, hired out of Amazon where he was finance chief for global entertainment, advertising and corporate development. He replaces Julia Brau Donnelly, who announced her departure in August, and he inherits a business whose European revenue grew 27% in the first quarter against 13% [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/pinterest-hires-amazons-advertising-finance-chief-as-cfo/</link><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 00:05:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/pinterest-hires-amazons-advertising-finance-chief-as-cfo/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nvidia-backed Reflection unveils Beam, its first open-weight model]]></title><description><![CDATA[Reflection AI, the Nvidia-backed startup founded by former Google DeepMind researchers, has unveiled Beam, its first open-weight model. Beam is built for coding, reasoning and agentic work. Reflection will release its weights later this month, the company said in a blog post on Monday. Anyone can download an open-weight model and run it on their [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/nvidia-backed-reflection-unveils-beam-its-first-open-weight-model/</link><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 00:01:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/nvidia-backed-reflection-unveils-beam-its-first-open-weight-model/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[OpenAI is in talks with Abu Dhabi’s MGX and BlackRock for a $30B round]]></title><description><![CDATA[OpenAI is in talks with UAE funds including MGX, which may put in as much as $10B together, and with BlackRock, to anchor a $30B round at a $1.4T valuation it is presenting as a fixed price without a lead investor. The EU&rsquo;s AI gigafactory programme carries the same headline number with about EUR 1B [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/openai-is-in-talks-with-abu-dhabis-mgx-and-blackrock-for-a-30b-round/</link><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 23:52:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/openai-is-in-talks-with-abu-dhabis-mgx-and-blackrock-for-a-30b-round/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At NYC’s AI hearing, ex-lab insiders warn humanity may lose control of AI]]></title><description><![CDATA[Three former AI lab researchers told the New York City Council on Monday that humanity may lose control of the systems the industry is building. The council&rsquo;s AI hearing also questioned policy staff from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and Meta, and weighed 10 bills to regulate AI in the city. &ldquo;On the current path, I think [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/at-nycs-ai-hearing-ex-lab-insiders-warn-humanity-may-lose-control-of-ai/</link><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 23:51:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/at-nycs-ai-hearing-ex-lab-insiders-warn-humanity-may-lose-control-of-ai/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Instagram tests option to open to Reels]]></title><description><![CDATA[The app has been prioritizing Reels over its main feed for a while and this move suggests a further shift away from Stories.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/instagram-tests-option-to-open-to-reels/</link><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 23:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/instagram-tests-option-to-open-to-reels/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[TikTok outlines US election preparations]]></title><description><![CDATA[The app stressed its security and reliability ahead of the potentially divisive November midterms.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/tiktok-outlines-us-election-preparations/</link><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 23:22:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/tiktok-outlines-us-election-preparations/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Social media platforms resist UK safety disclosures]]></title><description><![CDATA[Meta, TikTok and X are challenging requests from digital regulator Ofcom asking for detailed &#8203;content moderation metrics, per Reuters.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/social-media-platforms-resist-uk-safety-disclosures-2/</link><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 23:14:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/social-media-platforms-resist-uk-safety-disclosures-2/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Social media platforms resist U.K. safety disclosures]]></title><description><![CDATA[Meta, TikTok and X are challenging requests from digital regulator Ofcom asking for detailed &#8203;content moderation metrics, per Reuters.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/social-media-platforms-resist-uk-safety-disclosures/</link><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 23:14:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/social-media-platforms-resist-uk-safety-disclosures/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[OpenAI starts watermarking ChatGPT and Codex text in the EU]]></title><description><![CDATA[OpenAI will add an invisible watermark to text from ChatGPT and Codex in the EU over the coming weeks. The change covers eligible users on all plans, but only in the EU, the company said in a blog post on Monday. OpenAI said it is acting in response to the EU AI Act, which requires [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/openai-starts-watermarking-chatgpt-and-codex-text-in-the-eu/</link><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 23:12:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/openai-starts-watermarking-chatgpt-and-codex-text-in-the-eu/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wikimedia says rogue OpenAI agents edited its wikis without approval]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Wikimedia Foundation says AI agents it believes OpenAI runs made unapproved edits to its wikis. They also tried and failed to break into a note-taking tool it hosts. Their traffic may have contributed to a partial outage in May, the foundation, which hosts Wikipedia, said in a blog post on Monday. Its investigation found [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/wikimedia-says-rogue-openai-agents-edited-its-wikis-without-approval/</link><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 22:56:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/wikimedia-says-rogue-openai-agents-edited-its-wikis-without-approval/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Google shares early holiday travel trend data]]></title><description><![CDATA[Search results culled from the company&rsquo;s domestic and international travel flight data identified top destinations and pricing information.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/google-shares-early-holiday-travel-trend-data/</link><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 22:52:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/google-shares-early-holiday-travel-trend-data/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[TikTok unveils AI-powered updates at Advertising Week]]></title><description><![CDATA[The platform presented improved shopping and product discovery features, as well as expanded ad placement opportunities in the U.S.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/tiktok-unveils-ai-powered-updates-at-advertising-week/</link><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 21:13:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/tiktok-unveils-ai-powered-updates-at-advertising-week/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nobel Prize in medicine goes to the light switch for brain cells]]></title><description><![CDATA[Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel have won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. The prize rewards optogenetics, a method that switches nerve cells on and off with light. The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm announced it on Monday, according to its press release. Deisseroth works at Stanford University and [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/nobel-prize-in-medicine-goes-to-the-light-switch-for-brain-cells/</link><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 17:31:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/nobel-prize-in-medicine-goes-to-the-light-switch-for-brain-cells/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[US judge rules a police Flock search was unconstitutional mass surveillance]]></title><description><![CDATA[A federal judge in Oklahoma has ruled that a deputy&rsquo;s warrantless search of Flock&rsquo;s licence plate reader network broke the US Constitution. In an order dated 1 October, Judge Sara Hill called the system &ldquo;a type of indiscriminate mass surveillance&rdquo;. Jason Koebler of 404 Media first reported the ruling. &ldquo;It is a tool that collects [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/us-judge-rules-a-police-flock-search-was-unconstitutional-mass-surveillance/</link><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 16:43:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/us-judge-rules-a-police-flock-search-was-unconstitutional-mass-surveillance/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Security teams are starting to treat AI like staff, and that means managing it]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ask anyone who has worked in a security operations center what the job actually involves, and you&rsquo;ll hear a lot about alerts. Thousands of them, most of which turn out to be nothing. For the past decade, AI&rsquo;s role has been to help with that pile: spot something odd, flag it, and leave the decision [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/security-teams-are-starting-to-treat-ai-like-staff-and-that-means-managing-it/</link><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 16:43:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/security-teams-are-starting-to-treat-ai-like-staff-and-that-means-managing-it/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Collibra acquires Munich’s trail ML to automate AI governance]]></title><description><![CDATA[Collibra has acquired trail ML, a Munich startup whose agents work out which AI rules apply to a system, check whether its controls work, and block agent actions that break policy, with no price disclosed. The market exists because of the EU AI Act, whose enforcement powers arrived on 2 August and whose frontier model [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/collibra-acquires-munichs-trail-ml-to-automate-ai-governance/</link><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 16:33:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/collibra-acquires-munichs-trail-ml-to-automate-ai-governance/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[OpenAI’s chip chief tells More Than Moore he doesn’t fully trust AI design]]></title><description><![CDATA[OpenAI&rsquo;s own AI models changed parts of its Jalape&ntilde;o chip, and its engineers could not always say why. In one example, they saved more than 13% of die area, Richard Ho told Ian Cutress of More Than Moore. Ho leads OpenAI&rsquo;s hardware team, and the interview was published on 30 September. &ldquo;Well, I still don&rsquo;t [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/openais-chip-chief-tells-more-than-moore-he-doesnt-fully-trust-ai-design/</link><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 16:17:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/openais-chip-chief-tells-more-than-moore-he-doesnt-fully-trust-ai-design/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dutch eyewear chain Hans Anders stops selling Meta’s Ray-Ban glasses]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hans Anders, one of the largest Dutch eyewear chains, has stopped selling Meta&rsquo;s Ray-Ban smart glasses in the Netherlands and Belgium. The chain told Reuters on Friday that privacy concerns were behind the move. Dutch online retailer Wehkamp has also paused sales, Business Insider reported. &ldquo;This decision follows the ongoing public and political debate surrounding [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/dutch-eyewear-chain-hans-anders-stops-selling-metas-ray-ban-glasses/</link><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 15:59:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/dutch-eyewear-chain-hans-anders-stops-selling-metas-ray-ban-glasses/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Apple adds new Full Disk Access controls on Macs because of AI agents]]></title><description><![CDATA[Apple will add new controls to Full Disk Access on the Mac. Users will only be able to give an app that level of access &ldquo;with very explicit user action&rdquo;. The company announced the change on its developer news site on Friday and said AI agents were the reason. &ldquo;As AI agents become increasingly capable [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/apple-adds-new-full-disk-access-controls-on-macs-because-of-ai-agents/</link><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 15:50:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/apple-adds-new-full-disk-access-controls-on-macs-because-of-ai-agents/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[PwC and Cohere form an enterprise AI alliance, launching first in Canada]]></title><description><![CDATA[PwC and Cohere have announced a global alliance to sell secure enterprise AI, beginning in Canada, with no client, value or timeline disclosed. Cohere markets itself as a sovereign AI company while completing a merger with Germany&rsquo;s Aleph Alpha in which Cohere shareholders take roughly 90%, as Europe drafts rules defining the highest tier of [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/pwc-and-cohere-form-an-enterprise-ai-alliance-launching-first-in-canada/</link><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 15:39:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/pwc-and-cohere-form-an-enterprise-ai-alliance-launching-first-in-canada/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Slovenia’s .si domains hit 20,000 in a day after Trump renamed AI]]></title><description><![CDATA[Slovenia&rsquo;s domain registry recorded 20,276 new .si web addresses in the 24 hours to Monday afternoon, the live counter on Register.si shows. The .si country code matches the initials of &ldquo;super intelligence&rdquo;, the name President Donald Trump has told US agencies to use instead of AI. The registry counts 46,066 new .si domains in the [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/slovenias-si-domains-hit-20000-in-a-day-after-trump-renamed-ai/</link><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 15:37:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/slovenias-si-domains-hit-20000-in-a-day-after-trump-renamed-ai/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Google says some Android apps need developer tuning on Intel Googlebooks]]></title><description><![CDATA[Google has said a small number of complex Android apps and games need developer tuning to run properly on the Intel versions of its new Googlebook laptops, which reached Britain, Ireland, France and Germany today. Three of the five models use Intel chips and run Android through a translation layer, while the Dell and HP [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/google-says-some-android-apps-need-developer-tuning-on-intel-googlebooks/</link><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 15:13:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/google-says-some-android-apps-need-developer-tuning-on-intel-googlebooks/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Risotto launches an ‘Autonomous IT Engineer’ for complex IT tickets]]></title><description><![CDATA[Anyone who has ever worked at a large enterprise knows the drill. You submit an IT ticket for a complex software issue, and then you wait. First-generation AI chatbots have successfully managed to automate the low-hanging fruit of Tier-1 support, like password resets and basic software approvals. But they historically hit a brick wall the [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/risotto-launches-an-autonomous-it-engineer-for-complex-it-tickets/</link><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 15:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/risotto-launches-an-autonomous-it-engineer-for-complex-it-tickets/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reclinker raises £10m to turn demolition waste back into cement]]></title><description><![CDATA[Reclinker, a startup that turns demolition waste back into cement, has raised &pound;10m in a Series A round. It will use the money to move from trials to full commercial production in Cardiff. The company said on Monday that its process cuts cement&rsquo;s emissions in half, at the same cost as conventional cement. Clean Growth [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/reclinker-raises-10m-to-turn-demolition-waste-back-into-cement/</link><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 15:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/reclinker-raises-10m-to-turn-demolition-waste-back-into-cement/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sam Altman says AI money in US politics is clearly not working]]></title><description><![CDATA[During the first episode of Decoded, Politico&rsquo;s podcast, OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman says the money AI companies are pouring into US politics has failed to improve how people see the technology. &ldquo;Something&rsquo;s clearly not working,&rdquo; he said on the first episode of&nbsp;Politico&rsquo;s Decoded&nbsp;podcast. People often love using AI tools, Altman said, but they are [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/sam-altman-says-ai-money-in-us-politics-is-clearly-not-working/</link><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 14:15:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/sam-altman-says-ai-money-in-us-politics-is-clearly-not-working/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Deliveroo is putting delivery robots on the pavements of five UK towns]]></title><description><![CDATA[Deliveroo has partnered with the American firm Coco Robotics to run four-wheeled pavement robots in five UK locations, starting in Canary Wharf this month, and says most orders will still go to human riders. Milton Keynes, one of the five, has had robot deliveries since April 2018 through Starship, a company founded in Tallinn and [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/deliveroo-is-putting-delivery-robots-on-the-pavements-of-five-uk-towns/</link><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 14:09:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/deliveroo-is-putting-delivery-robots-on-the-pavements-of-five-uk-towns/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[OpenAI is putting ads inside ChatGPT’s image generation]]></title><description><![CDATA[OpenAI is testing a visual ad format during image generation in ChatGPT, placed by guardrails that assess whether a conversation is emotionally vulnerable or sensitive before an ad appears. Ads already run in 31 European countries, and ChatGPT&rsquo;s designation as a very large online search engine means it must publish a public ad repository by [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/openai-is-putting-ads-inside-chatgpts-image-generation/</link><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 13:28:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/openai-is-putting-ads-inside-chatgpts-image-generation/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Huawei and Qualcomm sign patent deal covering 5G, AI and networking]]></title><description><![CDATA[Huawei and Qualcomm have agreed to a multi-year patent licensing deal covering 5G, AI, computing and networking, and announced the agreement today. &nbsp;&ldquo;This agreement not only demonstrates the value of Huawei&rsquo;s innovations, but also recognizes Qualcomm&rsquo;s foundational contributions to modern communication technologies,&rdquo; said Alan Fan, Huawei&rsquo;s Chief Intellectual Property Officer.&nbsp; Under the deal, each company [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/huawei-and-qualcomm-sign-patent-deal-covering-5g-ai-and-networking/</link><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 13:19:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/huawei-and-qualcomm-sign-patent-deal-covering-5g-ai-and-networking/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Norway plans temporary ban on AI glasses in parks, schools and gyms]]></title><description><![CDATA[Norway&rsquo;s government plans to ban the use of AI glasses in selected public places for a limited time and announced the plan today, saying that people could be filmed or recorded without their knowledge. The ban could cover places where the public often gathers, such as parks, beaches, museums, shopping centres and public events. Moreover, [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/norway-plans-temporary-ban-on-ai-glasses-in-parks-schools-and-gyms/</link><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 11:48:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/norway-plans-temporary-ban-on-ai-glasses-in-parks-schools-and-gyms/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Schneider Electric to buy US software maker PTC for $22.6bn in cash]]></title><description><![CDATA[Schneider Electric has agreed to buy PTC, a US maker of industrial design and engineering software, for about $22.6bn (&euro;20.1bn) in cash. The French group announced the deal&nbsp;on Monday morning. The announcement came a day after the&nbsp;Financial Times&nbsp;first reported that the two companies were close to an agreement, at a price of about $20bn. Under [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/schneider-electric-to-buy-us-software-maker-ptc-for-226bn-in-cash/</link><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 11:22:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/schneider-electric-to-buy-us-software-maker-ptc-for-226bn-in-cash/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Influencer marketing has an AI trust problem]]></title><description><![CDATA[AI influencers are harder to spot, making transparency essential to protecting consumer trust.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/influencer-marketing-has-an-ai-trust-problem/</link><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/influencer-marketing-has-an-ai-trust-problem/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sam Altman tells Politico the world “should accept some harm from AI”]]></title><description><![CDATA[OpenAI chief Sam Altman says the gains from AI are worth some harm. He also says the tech should stay open to the public. Altman made the comments in&nbsp;an interview with Politico&nbsp;for the first edition of Decoded. The new daily tech newsletter and podcast launches on Monday. TNW has not seen the full interview. &ldquo;We [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/sam-altman-tells-politico-the-world-should-accept-some-harm-from-ai/</link><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 10:28:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/sam-altman-tells-politico-the-world-should-accept-some-harm-from-ai/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Elon Musk says SpaceXAI will be renamed SpaceXSI after Trump’s AI order]]></title><description><![CDATA[Elon Musk said on Sunday that SpaceX&rsquo;s artificial intelligence unit, SpaceXAI, will change its name to SpaceXSI. The plan follows an order from US President Donald Trump directing federal agencies to drop the term &ldquo;artificial intelligence.&rdquo; Musk confirmed the change in a reply on X,&nbsp;Reuters reported, after a user had asked him whether SpaceXAI could [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/elon-musk-says-spacexai-will-be-renamed-spacexsi-after-trumps-ai-order/</link><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 09:41:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/elon-musk-says-spacexai-will-be-renamed-spacexsi-after-trumps-ai-order/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Exclusive: Danish legal research startup Pandektes raises €13.5M Series A]]></title><description><![CDATA[The law is spread across millions of documents in many different places, and finding the right one takes lawyers a lot of time. For decades, a handful of publishers have done that work for them, and in most European countries lawyers have had little choice but to pay for it. In early 2023, Casper Laursen [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/exclusive-danish-legal-research-startup-pandektes-raises-135m-series-a/</link><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 07:49:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/exclusive-danish-legal-research-startup-pandektes-raises-135m-series-a/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[X launches updated video composer]]></title><description><![CDATA[The new editor features an improved captioning process and a more intuitive layout.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/x-launches-updated-video-composer/</link><pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2026 23:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/x-launches-updated-video-composer/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Instagram tests read-only mode]]></title><description><![CDATA[The feature would allow users to view profiles but would not enable liking, messaging or following.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/instagram-tests-read-only-mode/</link><pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2026 23:27:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/instagram-tests-read-only-mode/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Instagram adds AI songs to DMs]]></title><description><![CDATA[Users can generate lyrics and music to share AI-generated&nbsp;tracks with their friends, echoing a similar paid Snapchat feature.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/instagram-adds-ai-songs-to-dms/</link><pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2026 23:23:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/instagram-adds-ai-songs-to-dms/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Instagram adds Threads sharing sticker for Stories]]></title><description><![CDATA[The feature allows users to add previously liked or saved posts to a Stories frame, replicating a similar quote post update.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/instagram-adds-threads-sharing-sticker-for-stories/</link><pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2026 23:18:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/instagram-adds-threads-sharing-sticker-for-stories/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meta’s Muse AI collects private user data]]></title><description><![CDATA[Security researchers found that the artificial intelligence-powered app extracted information on users&rsquo; personal contacts, per reporting from Wired.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/metas-muse-ai-collects-private-user-data/</link><pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2026 23:06:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/metas-muse-ai-collects-private-user-data/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Musk says Tesla’s robotaxis still cannot reliably see pets at night]]></title><description><![CDATA[Elon Musk said Tesla&rsquo;s robotaxis are still working on spotting animals that blend into the road at night, describing the problem as grey kittens on grey tarmac, as Austin&rsquo;s hours moved to 11pm from 10pm. The EU&rsquo;s Technical Committee on Motor Vehicles votes on bloc-wide approval of the same camera-only sensor suite on 6 October. [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/musk-says-teslas-robotaxis-still-cannot-reliably-see-pets-at-night/</link><pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2026 20:13:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/musk-says-teslas-robotaxis-still-cannot-reliably-see-pets-at-night/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[China wants solid-state batteries in use by 2030, and CATL rates them four out of nine]]></title><description><![CDATA[China&rsquo;s industry ministry and six other agencies set 2030 as the date for the first large-scale use of all-solid-state batteries, though CATL&rsquo;s chairman rates the technology four out of nine and calls million-vehicle use before 2030 very unlikely. ProLogium&rsquo;s Dunkirk plant, the largest new European cell project since Northvolt went bankrupt, is staged at 0.8 [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/china-wants-solid-state-batteries-in-use-by-2030-and-catl-rates-them-four-out-of-nine/</link><pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2026 19:52:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/china-wants-solid-state-batteries-in-use-by-2030-and-catl-rates-them-four-out-of-nine/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son says superintelligence in the wrong hands could be “super dangerous”]]></title><description><![CDATA[Masayoshi Son, who has put $64.6bn into OpenAI and calls bubble talk absurd, said in Kyoto that superintelligence in the wrong hands could become super dangerous and that countries must cooperate to control it. He spoke beside Michael Kratsios, who launched a 17-country declaration written in Washington&rsquo;s renamed vocabulary and endorsed by Germany, Italy, Poland, [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/softbanks-masayoshi-son-says-superintelligence-in-the-wrong-hands-could-be-super-dangerous/</link><pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2026 19:18:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/softbanks-masayoshi-son-says-superintelligence-in-the-wrong-hands-could-be-super-dangerous/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump names four officials to lead his Super Intelligence Force]]></title><description><![CDATA[Trump named the intelligence director Jay Clayton, the FTC chairman Andrew Ferguson, the Pentagon technology chief Emil Michael and the personnel director Scott Kupor to lead a Super Intelligence Force with no statutory authority or budget. Europe took the opposite route in May, when the EU ratified the Council of Europe treaty whose title uses [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/trump-names-four-officials-to-lead-his-super-intelligence-force/</link><pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2026 18:45:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/trump-names-four-officials-to-lead-his-super-intelligence-force/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Zelensky asked Trump to block Russia’s Starlink rival, FT reports]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has asked Donald Trump to sanction the Russian and Chinese companies building Russia&rsquo;s answer to Starlink, the Financial Times&nbsp;reported. He has raised it with Trump several times, including at a recent meeting in New York. Ukrainian news agency&nbsp;UNN&nbsp;cited those details from the FT report. A network for the front line The [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/zelensky-asked-trump-to-block-russias-starlink-rival-ft-reports/</link><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 21:23:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/zelensky-asked-trump-to-block-russias-starlink-rival-ft-reports/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[AI may cost us our ability to listen, oral historian warns in the Guardian]]></title><description><![CDATA[Much of the worry about AI is that it will erode how well we write. Australian oral historian Shirleene Robinson thinks the bigger loss may be our ability to listen. She made the case in an opinion column for&nbsp;The Guardian. &ldquo;Listening to different views and entering into different worlds is integral to our humanity,&rdquo; she [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/ai-may-cost-us-our-ability-to-listen-oral-historian-warns-in-the-guardian/</link><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 21:18:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/ai-may-cost-us-our-ability-to-listen-oral-historian-warns-in-the-guardian/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[US charges California man with smuggling $300mn of AI servers to China]]></title><description><![CDATA[US authorities have arrested a California man accused of smuggling more than $300mn of computer servers packed with AI chips to China, the Justice Department&nbsp;said on Thursday. Greg Lui, 38, of San Gabriel, also known as Yiu Kong Lui, was arrested on Wednesday, prosecutors said. Reuters also reported the case, in a story carried by&nbsp;The [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/us-charges-california-man-with-smuggling-300mn-of-ai-servers-to-china/</link><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 21:04:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/us-charges-california-man-with-smuggling-300mn-of-ai-servers-to-china/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[RBI chief says the next financial crisis may start with a cyberattack]]></title><description><![CDATA[The next financial crisis may not start in a bank at all, India&rsquo;s central bank governor has warned. Sanjay Malhotra said it could come from a war, a cyberattack or a tech failure, as&nbsp;Bloomberg&nbsp;reported. He spoke at the Kautilya Economic Conclave in New Delhi on Saturday. &ldquo;It may begin with a geopolitical event, or cyber [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/rbi-chief-says-the-next-financial-crisis-may-start-with-a-cyberattack/</link><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 20:50:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/rbi-chief-says-the-next-financial-crisis-may-start-with-a-cyberattack/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[OpenAI safety staffer quits, says AI labs should run like nuclear plants]]></title><description><![CDATA[A member of OpenAI&rsquo;s safety team has quit, warning that the company is not taking enough care with AI&rsquo;s risks. David Robinson set out his reasons in an essay for The Atlantic. Robinson led transparency work on OpenAI&rsquo;s safety team,&nbsp;Bloomberg&nbsp;reported. He wrote that the ChatGPT maker &ldquo;has thrived by trial and error.&rdquo; That approach no [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/openai-safety-staffer-quits-says-ai-labs-should-run-like-nuclear-plants/</link><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 20:35:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/openai-safety-staffer-quits-says-ai-labs-should-run-like-nuclear-plants/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bessent says AI alarmism without solutions is not leadership]]></title><description><![CDATA[US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has criticised AI leaders who warn of disaster but offer no fixes. He made the remarks in an interview with&nbsp;Axios&nbsp;published on Saturday. &ldquo;This alarmism without solutions by some of the AI community, that&rsquo;s not leadership,&rdquo; Bessent said, as&nbsp;Bloomberg&nbsp;reported. In September, Anthropic&rsquo;s Dario Amodei, OpenAI&rsquo;s Sam Altman and xAI&rsquo;s Elon Musk [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/bessent-says-ai-alarmism-without-solutions-is-not-leadership/</link><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 20:26:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/bessent-says-ai-alarmism-without-solutions-is-not-leadership/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[AI can’t fix a business system with broken processes]]></title><description><![CDATA[I have come to believe that one of the biggest misconceptions about AI is also one of the most expensive: the idea that technology can repair a business that has never streamlined how its processes actually work. AI can accelerate an operation, automate repetitive work, and surface problems at remarkable speed. Give it a fragmented [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/ai-cant-fix-a-business-system-with-broken-processes/</link><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 00:15:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/ai-cant-fix-a-business-system-with-broken-processes/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Google lifts the Pixel 10a price to $599 as memory costs climb]]></title><description><![CDATA[Google raised the Pixel 10a from $499 to $599 seven months after launch, with no change to the phone, blaming memory costs that its own vice president said had risen from $2.80 per gigabyte to $12. Apple and Samsung have both repriced existing phones in the past month, and Google has not said whether European [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/google-lifts-the-pixel-10a-price-to-599-as-memory-costs-climb/</link><pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 22:11:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/google-lifts-the-pixel-10a-price-to-599-as-memory-costs-climb/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nvidia hits its first record since May, within $300B of $6T]]></title><description><![CDATA[Nvidia hit a record for the first time since May, leaving it under $300B short of becoming the first company worth $6T, on a rally driven by AI agent demand and a record $150B buyback increase. ASML, Europe&rsquo;s most valuable listed company, needs the same $300B to reach its first trillion. Nvidia hit a record [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/nvidia-hits-its-first-record-since-may-within-300b-of-6t/</link><pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 21:32:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/nvidia-hits-its-first-record-since-may-within-300b-of-6t/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Quantum sensing could become the next foundation of navigation]]></title><description><![CDATA[GPS has become so embedded in modern life that its infrastructure is almost invisible. A driver opens a map, an aircraft follows its navigation system, or an autonomous machine calculates its position, and the underlying infrastructure disappears from view. Nir Sharon, Chief Quantum Technology Scientist at Quantum X Labs and an associate professor of applied [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/quantum-sensing-could-become-the-next-foundation-of-navigation/</link><pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 20:12:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/quantum-sensing-could-become-the-next-foundation-of-navigation/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Robot software startup FieldAI is set to raise $700M at a $10B valuation]]></title><description><![CDATA[FieldAI is raising $700M at a $10B valuation, five times its mark from just over a year ago, for software designed to run robots it does not build. Europe&rsquo;s biggest robotics rounds this year funded machine makers, and the nearest European answer to FieldAI was reported at about a third of its valuation. FieldAI is [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/robot-software-startup-fieldai-is-set-to-raise-700m-at-a-10b-valuation/</link><pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 19:38:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/robot-software-startup-fieldai-is-set-to-raise-700m-at-a-10b-valuation/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pope Leo comes out against AI-generated art and calls for an alliance with artists]]></title><description><![CDATA[Pope Leo XIV told artists at the Vatican on Friday that there is an ontological difference between art and what a machine generates from millions of images made by others. European law has required synthetic content to carry machine-readable marks since 2 August, but artistic and satirical work gets the lightest disclosure obligations of all. [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/pope-leo-comes-out-against-ai-generated-art-and-calls-for-an-alliance-with-artists/</link><pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 18:35:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/pope-leo-comes-out-against-ai-generated-art-and-calls-for-an-alliance-with-artists/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Volantis raises $88M for a photonic memory layer built for AI inference]]></title><description><![CDATA[Volantis has raised $88M to build a photonic link between AI compute and memory, using gallium arsenide lasers to avoid constraints in indium phosphide. The Netherlands is building a EUR 153M indium phosphide pilot line at Eindhoven that opens in 2027, the same year Volantis plans to ship. Volantis has raised $88M to put light [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/volantis-raises-88m-for-a-photonic-memory-layer-built-for-ai-inference/</link><pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 18:06:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/volantis-raises-88m-for-a-photonic-memory-layer-built-for-ai-inference/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tesla’s deliveries fell 2% and still beat expectations]]></title><description><![CDATA[Tesla delivered 486,532 vehicles in the third quarter, down 2% year on year but well above the 461,000 analysts expected, with American electric sales down 47% in August after the federal credit expired. Its European registrations rose 43.3% between January and August, outpacing the wider battery-electric market. Tesla delivered 486,532 vehicles last quarter, 2% fewer [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/teslas-deliveries-fell-2-and-still-beat-expectations/</link><pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 17:42:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/teslas-deliveries-fell-2-and-still-beat-expectations/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alibaba in early talks with Spain’s Solaria over power for a data centre]]></title><description><![CDATA[Alibaba has held preliminary talks with Spanish solar producer Solaria about supplying power for a data centre at Puertollano, south of Madrid. Spain is drafting rules that would require data centre operators to be established in the EU and keep all data inside European borders. Alibaba has held talks with a Spanish solar producer that [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/alibaba-in-early-talks-with-spains-solaria-over-power-for-a-data-centre/</link><pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 17:18:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/alibaba-in-early-talks-with-spains-solaria-over-power-for-a-data-centre/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anthropic tells IPO investors US government actions could hit its business]]></title><description><![CDATA[Anthropic has warned that the US government&rsquo;s view of the company could hurt its ties with business customers and partners as well as its government work. The warning is in the AI firm&rsquo;s IPO prospectus, which Reuters reported&nbsp;on Friday after seeing the document. The prospectus has not been made public, and TNW has not seen [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/anthropic-tells-ipo-investors-us-government-actions-could-hit-its-business/</link><pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 16:19:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/anthropic-tells-ipo-investors-us-government-actions-could-hit-its-business/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meta’s Muse reportedly passes 3 million weekly users and 5m downloads]]></title><description><![CDATA[More than 3 million people prompt Meta&rsquo;s Muse at least once a week, according to internal data reviewed by The Information. More than 1 million send the AI agent a prompt every day, Jyoti Mann reported. The weekly figure is part of a wider group. More than 4 million people use Muse in some way [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/metas-muse-reportedly-passes-3-million-weekly-users-and-5m-downloads/</link><pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 15:36:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/metas-muse-reportedly-passes-3-million-weekly-users-and-5m-downloads/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tencent leases 100,000 AI chips from Oracle in a $7bn deal, FT reports]]></title><description><![CDATA[Tencent has signed a five-year lease to use about 100,000 advanced AI chips from Oracle. People familiar with the matter told the Financial Times about the deal. The chips, which are not available in China, sit in several Oracle data centres in South-East Asia. The deal, signed this year, is worth about $7bn, and Tencent [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/tencent-leases-100000-ai-chips-from-oracle-in-a-7bn-deal-ft-reports/</link><pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 15:09:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/tencent-leases-100000-ai-chips-from-oracle-in-a-7bn-deal-ft-reports/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nvidia’s Huang questioned Amodei’s AI warnings at White House, WSJ reports]]></title><description><![CDATA[Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang and other tech leaders questioned Anthropic&rsquo;s Dario Amodei about his public warnings on AI at Tuesday&rsquo;s White House lunch. People familiar with the matter told The Wall Street Journal about the exchange. Amodei replied that it was important to be honest, according to the report. The exchange came just after [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/nvidias-huang-questioned-amodeis-ai-warnings-at-white-house-wsj-reports/</link><pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 14:58:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/nvidias-huang-questioned-amodeis-ai-warnings-at-white-house-wsj-reports/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Micron sees the memory shortage tightening into 2028 after a record quarter]]></title><description><![CDATA[Micron says the global memory shortage will get tighter over the next two years. The US chipmaker reported record results on Wednesday. Revenue for the quarter to 3 September rose nearly fivefold from a year earlier, to $54.23bn, the company said. Net income reached $37.7bn, up from $3.2bn a year earlier. Gross margin hit 86.8%, [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/micron-sees-the-memory-shortage-tightening-into-2028-after-a-record-quarter/</link><pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 14:43:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/micron-sees-the-memory-shortage-tightening-into-2028-after-a-record-quarter/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yann LeCun calls Anthropic’s Dario Amodei ‘deluded’, Fortune reports]]></title><description><![CDATA[Yann LeCun does not worry &ldquo;at all&rdquo; about AI wiping out humanity, and he has &ldquo;zero concerns&rdquo; about the recent run of rogue AI incidents. The Turing Award winner said so in an interview with Emily Forlini for Fortune. He also called Anthropic chief executive Dario Amodei &ldquo;deluded&rdquo; and, later in the interview, &ldquo;crazy&rdquo;. LeCun [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/yann-lecun-calls-anthropics-dario-amodei-deluded-fortune-reports/</link><pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 14:24:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/yann-lecun-calls-anthropics-dario-amodei-deluded-fortune-reports/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[EU set to name AWS and Azure DMA gatekeepers in November]]></title><description><![CDATA[The European Commission plans to name Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure as gatekeepers under the Digital Markets Act (DMA) in November,&nbsp;Bloomberg reported&nbsp;on Friday. Citing people familiar with the matter, it said regulators are finishing an investigation that will find both cloud services fall under the bloc&rsquo;s Big Tech rules. The decision is still a [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/eu-set-to-name-aws-and-azure-dma-gatekeepers-in-november/</link><pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 14:24:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/eu-set-to-name-aws-and-azure-dma-gatekeepers-in-november/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[California subpoenas OpenAI as investigators trace its agents to the CDC]]></title><description><![CDATA[OpenAI&rsquo;s rogue agents reached pre-production servers, tried attacker techniques and probed the websites of the CDC, the SEC, the International Energy Agency and the Mayo Clinic. That is according to an investigation published on Thursday by Asymmetric Security, a digital forensics firm. Some of their tactics left records erased or out of reach. Public data [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/california-subpoenas-openai-as-investigators-trace-its-agents-to-the-cdc/</link><pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 14:14:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/california-subpoenas-openai-as-investigators-trace-its-agents-to-the-cdc/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Newsom signs 13 AI bills, including a ban on AI-only firings]]></title><description><![CDATA[In California, an AI system will no longer be able to fire or discipline a worker on its own. Governor Gavin Newsom signed the No Robo Bosses Act on Wednesday, his office said. It was one of 13 AI bills he signed that day. The law, SB 947, bars employers from relying solely on an [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/newsom-signs-13-ai-bills-including-a-ban-on-ai-only-firings/</link><pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 13:53:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/newsom-signs-13-ai-bills-including-a-ban-on-ai-only-firings/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The AI race is becoming a test of strategy, not just software]]></title><description><![CDATA[AI has become remarkably good at making organizations move faster and more efficiently. The harder question is whether companies know where they should be going. As artificial intelligence moves deeper into everyday work, the competitive divide is beginning to shift from access to technology toward the quality of the decisions surrounding it. &nbsp;Gallup reports that [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/the-ai-race-is-becoming-a-test-of-strategy-not-just-software/</link><pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 13:12:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/the-ai-race-is-becoming-a-test-of-strategy-not-just-software/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gemini 4 Argon matches GPT-6 Astra and hallucinates far less in early tests]]></title><description><![CDATA[Google&rsquo;s Gemini 4 Argon is level with OpenAI&rsquo;s GPT-6 Astra in early independent tests. It scored 53 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, the same as GPT-6 Astra and one point ahead of GPT-6.1 Sol, Artificial Analysis said. Anthropic&rsquo;s Claude Opus 5.5 still leads the index, with 58. The score is 23 points above Gemini [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/gemini-4-argon-matches-gpt-6-astra-and-hallucinates-far-less-in-early-tests/</link><pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 13:01:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/gemini-4-argon-matches-gpt-6-astra-and-hallucinates-far-less-in-early-tests/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[OpenAI says Trump’s AI accord needs more detail, Semafor reports]]></title><description><![CDATA[The AI industry&rsquo;s new pact with Donald Trump is only a start, according to one of the firms that signed it. Ashley Gold reported the comments for Semafor. &ldquo;Companies are going to have to make it more specific, on how they&rsquo;re going to operationalize it,&rdquo; said Chris Lehane, OpenAI&rsquo;s chief global affairs officer. TNW is [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/openai-says-trumps-ai-accord-needs-more-detail-semafor-reports/</link><pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 12:55:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/openai-says-trumps-ai-accord-needs-more-detail-semafor-reports/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Amazon pledges $1bn over five years to US data centre communities]]></title><description><![CDATA[Amazon will spend more than $1bn over the next five years in US communities that host its data centres. Matt Garman, chief executive of Amazon Web Services, announced the programme, called Built Together, in a post on Friday, along with new commitments on power, water and transparency. The money will go to three areas: education [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/amazon-pledges-1bn-over-five-years-to-us-data-centre-communities/</link><pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 12:40:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/amazon-pledges-1bn-over-five-years-to-us-data-centre-communities/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[America isn’t short of electricity. It’s short of places to plug in fast enough.]]></title><description><![CDATA[On 22 July 2026, the Texas grid set an all-time record. Demand reached about 91 gigawatts on a punishing summer evening and&nbsp;the system met it, roughly half from natural gas and a third from solar. Nothing broke. Yet much of the discussion around artificial intelligence and electricity suggests a looming shortage.&nbsp;American data centers&nbsp;used&nbsp;about 176 terawatt-hours [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/america-isnt-short-of-electricity-its-short-of-places-to-plug-in-fast-enough/</link><pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 12:26:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/america-isnt-short-of-electricity-its-short-of-places-to-plug-in-fast-enough/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Discord opens its ad business to smaller brands, Ars Technica reports]]></title><description><![CDATA[Discord is opening its advertising business to companies of any size, as Scharon Harding reported for Ars Technica. The chat app has launched Discord Ads Manager, a tool for planning, buying and tracking ad campaigns in one place, it&nbsp;said&nbsp;on Tuesday. Select advertisers can use it now. Full self-serve access is due in early 2027. Until [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/discord-opens-its-ad-business-to-smaller-brands-ars-technica-reports/</link><pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 12:02:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/discord-opens-its-ad-business-to-smaller-brands-ars-technica-reports/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Caverion to build €15M substation for Nebius data centre in Finland]]></title><description><![CDATA[Caverion Finland has agreed to design and build a substation for Nebius&rsquo;s new data centre in M&auml;nts&auml;l&auml;, southern Finland, in a deal valued at about &euro;15 million. The company announced the contract on Friday and expects to finish the work by autumn 2027. The substation will link the data centre to the high-voltage grid and [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/caverion-to-build-15m-substation-for-nebius-data-centre-in-finland/</link><pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 11:44:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/caverion-to-build-15m-substation-for-nebius-data-centre-in-finland/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The difference between a liar and a bullshitter]]></title><description><![CDATA[Back in 1986, a Princeton philosopher named Harry Frankfurt published a short essay with a title you don&rsquo;t expect to see in an academic journal, &ldquo;On Bullshit.&rdquo; It stayed largely inside academic circles for the better part of twenty years. Then in 2005 Princeton University Press decided to reprint it as a tiny hardcover, 67 [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/the-difference-between-a-liar-and-a-bullshitter/</link><pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 11:13:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/the-difference-between-a-liar-and-a-bullshitter/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[AI broke the economics of software. Vayu wants to be the first to tell a CFO which customers are losing them money]]></title><description><![CDATA[Here is a problem the software industry did not have three years ago. A customer signs a contract for an AI product. They use it heavily, which is what every vendor wants. Every one of those uses costs the vendor money: tokens, compute, third-party model calls. The invoice goes out at the agreed price. The [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/ai-broke-the-economics-of-software-vayu-wants-to-be-the-first-to-tell-a-cfo-which-customers-are-losing-them-money/</link><pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 10:42:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/ai-broke-the-economics-of-software-vayu-wants-to-be-the-first-to-tell-a-cfo-which-customers-are-losing-them-money/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[French state-owned Bull doubles supercomputer output at Angers factory]]></title><description><![CDATA[Bull, the French state-owned supercomputer maker, has doubled production at its factory in Angers, western France, after an &euro;80 million rebuild. The plant now assembles 12 racks a month, up from six, executives told&nbsp;Reuters, which first reported the expansion on Thursday. Output could rise to 24 racks next year if demand continues to grow. Bull [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/french-state-owned-bull-doubles-supercomputer-output-at-angers-factory/</link><pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 10:37:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/french-state-owned-bull-doubles-supercomputer-output-at-angers-factory/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[SoftBank completes $30bn OpenAI investment with final $10bn payment]]></title><description><![CDATA[SoftBank Group has completed its $30bn follow-on investment in OpenAI, after paying the third and final $10bn tranche on 1 October, Japan time. The Japanese group made the payment through its Vision Fund 2, it&nbsp;said on Thursday. With this payment, SoftBank has now put $64.6bn into OpenAI in total, for a stake of about 13%. [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/softbank-completes-30bn-openai-investment-with-final-10bn-payment/</link><pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 10:13:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/softbank-completes-30bn-openai-investment-with-final-10bn-payment/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Concerns about social media’s negative impact are growing]]></title><description><![CDATA[New research from Pew found that sentiment surrounding app usage has soured over the last four years, with adults statistically more worried than teens.&nbsp;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/concerns-about-social-medias-negative-impact-are-growing/</link><pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:33:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/concerns-about-social-medias-negative-impact-are-growing/</guid></item></channel></rss>