Apple’s big AI week ends with Mac + Muse AI supercomputers
Welcome to the week Apple showed us how serious it really is about artificial intelligence on Macs, with the company making more moves to deliver
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MapQuest now shows Flock and other surveillance cameras on its map
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
Ramp passes $2bn in revenue as its Europe chief confirms the $60bn round
“Today, Ramp raised $1.85B at a $60B valuation,” Eric Oancea, who leads Ramp in Europe, wrote on LinkedIn. His post confirms the round that Bloomberg
Valve’s Steam Client for Linux Goes 64-bit in Beta and Moves Into a Container
Valve’s October 15 Steam Client Beta changes how the Linux client is built and run. It moves the client to a 64-bit build and runs
FOSS Weekly #26.42: AI in Kernel, Ubuntu 26.10 Firefox Business, Mint Release Changes and More Linux Stuff
AI’s role in kernel work is looking more apparent now. Linus Torvalds’ use of Claude Code has tripled read speeds for concurrent file access, while
Kroger will cut 37% of its corporate workforce as it leans on technology
“Our company has more layers, more handoffs and more overhead than we need, so we are addressing this issue.” Kroger chief executive Greg Foran wrote
Trump’s AI task force starts work and tells labs to report rogue behaviour
“Our message to all SI companies is clear: delayed notification, inadequate corrective action, and a failure to take responsibility will not be tolerated,” the task
Meta Withdraws $25 Million from Its Midterms Push
The company outlined a $65 million budget last year when it embarked on an effort to elect state politicians friendly to the A.I. industry.
“thegentlemanpervert” producing AI CSAM is a NJ prosecutor, say cops
New Jersey’s deputy attorney general, Brian Richard Fitzgerald, was arrested on “felony charges related to AI-generated child sexual abuse material (CSAM),” Bucks County Detectives said
US Rep proposes bill to give video game buyers “ownership,” not “a license”
A new bill proposed by Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-NY) aims to establish new regulations that would ensure that “buying a video game would give the
RapidCanvas raises $29M to build and run AI apps for enterprises
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
China’s CXMT swings to a nearly $20B profit as memory prices soar
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
October Patch Tuesday: 1,408 CVEs, 1 exploited flaw and a SharePoint surprise
Microsoft’s October 2026 Patch Tuesday is the year’s largest release, with 1,408 CVEs requiring customer action, 72 of them rated critical. September, the previous high
Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday updates: Keeping up with the latest fixes
Long before Taco Tuesday became part of the pop-culture vernacular, Tuesdays were synonymous with security — and for anyone in the tech world, they still