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Oct 28, 2026
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AI
Big Tech
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Record revenue, a first operating profit, an $80.7B loss that's mostly on paper, and why Amazon wins biggest.
Vulnerabilities
Oct 24, 2026
Two critical PHP2Shell flaws sent site owners racing to update. Here's why some websites went offline and what to fix.
SpaceX
Bloomberg reports a push to combine Tesla and SpaceX on a political clock. The potential $3.7 trillion transaction is far from a completed deal.
A US court imposed an extraordinary consumer-protection penalty over Facebook privacy representations. Meta says it will appeal.
The Swedish legal AI company has doubled annual recurring revenue beyond $200 million as law firms move from AI chat tools toward workflow automation.
Defense Tech
Backed by investors including Sequoia and In-Q-Tel, the company wants to combine genetics and defense technology — but the engineered dogs are still a future goal.
Media & Entertainment
Oct 23, 2026
Months after Christopher Nolan's blockbuster, Musk's AI version of the epic arrives. Watch it and judge for yourself.
Oct 21, 2026
The research-focused AI startup is valued at $6 billion — with a bold bet that the next breakthrough will come from using far less training data.
M&A
Oct 20, 2026
The deal brings Braze's real-time, app-focused marketing tools into Salesforce's Marketing Cloud.
Policy
Oct 19, 2026
The order also covers products built on DeepSeek's models, not just its own apps.
Consumer Tech
Oct 15, 2026
After nearly a decade of delays, the new Roadster flipped through the air at a SpaceX test site, thanks to rocket-style thrusters.
The spend management company's value jumped from $44 billion to $60 billion in just four months.
Oct 13, 2026
After two weeks behind closed doors, Google's most powerful model is available to developers and paying users.
Once worth $14 billion, the dating app is going private in a deal led by an AI-focused holding company.
Oct 12, 2026
The once billion-dollar chatbot startup is up for sale, with Disney placing the opening bid.