Business & Technology
Meta revises new commercial terms on content scraping after publisher backlash
Meta has removed a reference to AI training from planned business account terms, but questions remain over its right to scrape websites. Publishers and media groups continue to criticize the rules.
Engadget · 20 Oct, 05:33
Dubai Police Adds Hybrid Lamborghini Temerario Supercar to Its Patrol Fleet
Dubai Police has added the 920-horsepower Lamborghini Temerario hybrid supercar to its tourist patrol fleet. It joins a collection of luxury vehicles used to boost public safety in areas popular with visitors.
iAuto.lv · 20 Oct, 05:32
Flipkart Prepares Challenge to Zomato and Swiggy in India's Food Delivery Market
Walmart-owned Indian e-commerce company Flipkart is testing a food delivery service internally and plans a public launch by the end of October. It would enter a market dominated by Zomato and Swiggy, where Amazon and Google have previously failed.
TechCrunch · 20 Oct, 05:32
Arch Linux ARM Booted on ASUS ProArt P16 With NVIDIA RTX Spark, Matching Windows in Tests
An Arch Linux package maintainer has adapted Arch Linux ARM for the ASUS ProArt P16 laptop with the 20-core NVIDIA N1X processor. In 7-Zip tests it performs on par with or slightly ahead of Windows, and both the OS and CUDA see a shared 116 GiB memory pool.
Hacker News (≥150 p.) · 20 Oct, 04:34
How to stop audio from auto-playing on Android Auto
Android Auto, Google's system for connecting phones to car displays, can resume your last music or podcast as soon as the phone connects. Turning off one setting often fixes it, but not always.
Engadget · 20 Oct, 04:33
NYC Mayor Mamdani Says Federal Government Has Abdicated on AI Regulation
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani told an event on Monday that AI's rollout is not inevitable and criticized federal inaction on regulation. He urged officials to hold AI companies accountable.
TechCrunch AI · 20 Oct, 04:31
Wholesale electricity price in Latvia jumps 105% in one week
The average wholesale electricity price in Latvia reached 159.45 EUR/MWh last week, 105% more than a week earlier. Lower renewable generation and seasonally rising consumption drove the increase.
NRA · 20 Oct, 03:35
Miles Plug: a $99 device tracks car location and driving without selling your data
US startup Miles has launched a device that plugs into a car's OBD-II port to track location, driving habits and vehicle health. Its founders say they will not sell user data.
The Verge · 20 Oct, 03:34
Pennsylvania issues alert over congenital measles cases
Pennsylvania's health department has issued an alert as measles cases during pregnancy, and congenital measles in newborns, keep rising in the state's outbreak. Such cases had not been seen in the US for decades.
Ars Technica · 20 Oct, 03:33
What the HDMI Port on a Ugreen NAS Is Used For
Ugreen network-attached storage (NAS) units have an HDMI port that can be used to watch media, as well as to reach the BIOS and a terminal. Playing media requires the Ugreen phone app.
Engadget · 20 Oct, 03:33
Anthropic and Nscale reportedly in talks over another $45 billion compute deal
AI company Anthropic and AI infrastructure provider Nscale are reportedly close to announcing a new $45 billion deal, according to Bloomberg. The two firms announced a deal of the same size a little over a month ago.
TechCrunch · 20 Oct, 03:32
Study: Lithium-Ion Battery Emissions Could Grow Tenfold by 2050
Researchers at the University of Melbourne estimate that making lithium-ion batteries currently accounts for 0.18 percent of annual greenhouse gas emissions, a share that could grow at least tenfold by 2050. The team compared ways of cutting those emissions by reducing the number of batteries that need to be produced.
Ars Technica · 20 Oct, 02:34
US Plans for New Fossil Fuel Infrastructure Surge as Renewable Growth Slows
A new report finds the US is lining up its largest build-out of fossil fuel infrastructure in a decade while wind and solar growth slows. The authors warn that gas projects could lock in higher pollution and electricity prices for decades.
The Verge · 20 Oct, 02:33
Embedded AI evaluators won't be an easy fix, says Hugging Face policy chief
Irene Solaiman, chief policy officer at Hugging Face, says AI model testing is not yet a mature science. She argues that third-party evaluators placed inside AI companies need far more standardization.
TechCrunch · 20 Oct, 02:32
Robot vacuums can threaten privacy: what they collect and how to protect your data
Modern robot vacuums can build home maps, keep cleaning histories and even record audio or video. Tech outlet Engadget advises checking the manufacturer's privacy policy before buying and limiting remote features.
Engadget · 20 Oct, 02:31
Ex-OpenAI engineer accused of bugging meetings is kept in US custody over fears he could flee to Saudi Arabia
A US court on Monday ordered former OpenAI engineer Abdulrahman Alfozan to remain detained while he faces charges of secretly recording meetings at the AI company. Prosecutors argue he could flee to Saudi Arabia with help from its government.
Ars Technica · 20 Oct, 01:34
What MLO means on a Wi-Fi 7 router and whether to enable it
Multi-Link Operation (MLO), a Wi-Fi 7 feature, is meant to send data across several frequency bands at once, but its benefits are still limited in practice. For most users it is safer to leave it off.
Engadget · 20 Oct, 01:32
Microsoft Says AI Agents Can Act Like Insider Threats, Launches Guardian Agents
Microsoft on Monday unveiled new security tools, including Guardian Agents, which monitors the AI agents a company uses. The firm argues that frontier AI models cannot be trusted because their behavior is unpredictable.
TechCrunch · 20 Oct, 01:32
Microsoft: AI agents can become insider threats for companies
Microsoft on Monday introduced new security tools, including Guardian Agents, which monitor the AI agents a company uses. The company argues that frontier AI models cannot be trusted because their behavior is unpredictable.
TechCrunch AI · 20 Oct, 01:32
Trump Says Musk's SpaceX Shares for Kids Will Go Into "Trump Accounts"
US President Donald Trump announced that billionaire Elon Musk's promised SpaceX shares for children will be distributed through "Trump Accounts". Musk plans to give one share of the company to every kid in America next year.
The Verge · 20 Oct, 01:31
Russian military satellite approaches US commercial imaging satellite at very close range
Russia's military satellite Kosmos 2612 carried out deliberate maneuvers and moved very close to ICEYE-X36, a US-operated commercial Earth-imaging satellite. Orbital intelligence firm LeoLabs describes it as the first known unsanctioned rendezvous in low-Earth orbit.
Ars Technica · 20 Oct, 00:33
Wired Highlights Discounts on Popular Power Banks, From MagSafe Models to Laptop Chargers
Technology publication Wired listed discounts on several of its top-tested portable chargers on October 19, 2026. The roundup covers models for phones, Apple Watch and laptops.
Wired · 20 Oct, 00:32
CoreWeave's debt is becoming a problem for the whole AI industry
Bonds of US AI computing firm CoreWeave have slipped into distressed territory and its shares have fallen more than 20%. The worry has spread to other companies that borrowed for AI infrastructure, such as Oracle.
The Verge · 20 Oct, 00:31
Latvia's science "valley of death": why good ideas fail to reach the market
Agnese Oļševska, director of the Innovation Centre at Riga Stradiņš University, says many Latvian scientific inventions stall between the laboratory and the market. Some ideas never reach consumers, while others seek their path outside Latvia.
Delfi · 19 Oct, 23:35
Startup tests undersea geothermal power plant at Pacific volcano for the first time
US startup Endurance Energy tested a prototype geothermal power plant in September at an active underwater volcano in the northeast Pacific. It produced net-positive electricity for under 10 seconds, but showed the technology is feasible.
Ars Technica · 19 Oct, 23:34
Amazon releases TorchNeuron tool to move AI apps onto its Trainium chips
Amazon's cloud unit AWS on Monday released TorchNeuron, a tool that lets PyTorch apps run on its Trainium chip by changing a single line of configuration. The move challenges the software advantage that has made Nvidia the default choice in AI hardware.
TechCrunch AI · 19 Oct, 23:33
Amazon launches TorchNeuron to make moving AI apps from Nvidia to Trainium chips easier
Amazon Web Services on Monday released TorchNeuron, a tool that lets PyTorch apps run on its Trainium chips by changing one line of configuration. The move targets Nvidia's software advantage in AI hardware.
TechCrunch · 19 Oct, 23:32
Engadget Builds a 1970s-Style Slate Electric Truck Costing Nearly $38,000
Editors at US tech site Engadget configured a version of the modular Slate Truck electric pickup inspired by the 1970s Ford Bronco. The total comes to $37,918 and could still rise.
Engadget · 19 Oct, 22:34
Sony's new WF-1000XM6 earbuds hit an all-time low price at a US retailer
US retailer B&H Photo is selling Sony's WF-1000XM6 noise-canceling wireless earbuds for $238, which is $92 off, for a limited time. It is the lowest price recorded for the model.
The Verge · 19 Oct, 22:34
Hackers hit AI coding tool OpenCode, running up charges on users' AI accounts
The developers of OpenCode, an open-source AI coding agent, said attackers broke into an older system overnight and affected 1.4% of users of its online platform, OpenCode Console. Users reported unauthorized charges for AI services, some in the hundreds of dollars.
TechCrunch · 19 Oct, 22:31
AI Assistant Startup Town Reaches Unicorn Valuation Four Months After Launch
San Francisco-based startup Town, which builds AI assistants for businesses, announced a $108 million Series B round on Monday, reaching unicorn status. It launched publicly only four months ago.
TechCrunch · 19 Oct, 21:34
Programmer Attempts to Decode the Mysterious Plaque in Super Mario 64
A programmer known as Mochi64 used open-source analysis software to work out the text on the blurry plaque in the castle courtyard of Nintendo's Super Mario 64. He believes the top reads "Eternal Star" and the bottom "We hope so."
Engadget · 19 Oct, 21:33
Amazon to fund 12 small nuclear reactors at former coal plant site in Indiana
Amazon will fund development of a 960-megawatt nuclear plant in the US state of Indiana and be the first buyer of its power. Utility American Electric Power would operate it, with reactors supplied by X-energy.
TechCrunch · 19 Oct, 20:33
Homeland Security bans DeepSeek use in federal civilian agencies
The US Department of Homeland Security has ordered DeepSeek, a Chinese AI company, removed from all federal civilian agencies and their IT systems. The department cites the risk that data on government employees and vendors could be passed to the Chinese government.
Engadget · 19 Oct, 20:33
How HSBC's Sharia fund invested millions in Israeli war-linked firms
A fund run by the international bank HSBC that must comply with Islamic law bought $130m in shares in firms tied to Israel's military. This breaches its Sharia compliance requirements.
Al Jazeera · 19 Oct, 20:32
Williams Sonoma Discounts All-Clad Cookware With Minor Flaws in Fall Factory Seconds Sale
US retailer Williams Sonoma is running a fall sale on All-Clad cookware with minor blemishes or damaged packaging. Every item carries the same limited lifetime warranty as regular All-Clad products.
Wired · 19 Oct, 19:33