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The European Union plans automated measures to speed AI-related incident response while testing Chinese open-weight models for their capabilities and limits.

Hyundai Motor Group is forming an RX Business Strategy Team to oversee its global robotics efforts under the "Robotics Everything" banner and speed up Atlas humanoid mass production.

DigiTimes argues the EU's turn to minimum import prices for Chinese EVs, the same tool it once used against Chinese solar panels, risks repeating the mistakes of that earlier trade fight.

ByteDance Seed is recruiting 10 researchers in Beijing, Shanghai, and San Jose for its new Alignment & Preparedness department. The roles center on advanced-model safety, AI alignment, and emerging risks.

Tata's Dholera fab now faces customer and shareholder tests as India's semiconductor push broadens. Packaging, chip services, AI hardware and infrastructure investments are accelerating across the domestic ecosystem.

$55 Starlink plans split between Residential at 100 Mbps with unlimited data and Roam at up to 300 Mbps with a 100GB cap. The choice hinges on fixed home use versus mobile needs.

Inscryption is coming to mobile, Daniel Mullins Games announced during a Twitch stream marking the horror card game's fifth anniversary. No release date was given, and the studio said in a Reddit post that no new DLC is planned, Engadget reports.

Seeking Alpha asked its analysts whether Tesla should merge with SpaceX after Barclays said an all-stock deal could be announced before Tesla's annual meeting, expected by Dec. 6. Most flagged risks such as dilution and cash going to loss-making projects. No merger has been announced; Tesla reports third-quarter results Oct. 21.

Capcom's Street Fighter movie opened to an estimated $51.1 million worldwide ($31 million domestic, $20.1 million international), topping the global box office despite a 41% Rotten Tomatoes critics' score, IGN reports.

Bloober Team CEO Piotr Babieno says the Silent Hill remake studio wants to keep making physical editions of its games for as long as possible. He told GamesRadar that slightly higher resolution or better lighting won't make games more engaging, IGN reports.

The Witch's Bakery, Sunny Lab's cozy debut about a heart witch running a magical Paris bake shop, is out now on Switch, Switch 2, PS5, PC and Xbox Series X. Its opening song is by Cécile Corbel, who composed the soundtrack for Studio Ghibli's The Secret World of Arrietty, Polygon reports.

Musk replied to a demo showing an elderly neighbor unable to read Tesla's screen, saying the company will add a large font option to the UI. The current Large text setting, introduced in 2023, already strains some layouts.

Slate's base EV truck has no built-in cellular, so it gets over-the-air updates through the owner's phone: the Slate app downloads the file, a USB transfer takes about a minute, and the truck finishes installing in around 45 minutes, Engadget reports.

Dataminer Doneda has shown off a massive prototype coliseum level that appears to have been cut from Dark Souls 2 early in development. The files also contain mines, an underground tower and crypt sections that may be tied to what became the Undead Crypt, PC Gamer reports.

Anthropic is creating the Anthropic Public Benefit Fund, a wholly owned LLC that will start with 5% of the company's shares, subject to stockholder approval. The board can add 2% more for every 50% rise in Anthropic's value above a set baseline. With co-founders' pledge of 80% of their equity and employee donation pledges, Anthropic says roughly 20% of its shares will go to the public good.

After fans accused Battlefield 6 of AI-made cosmetics, Battlefield Studios says a correction update for the "Secuty" typo on the McNeil skin is planned for Season 5 Phase 2. The five-pistol Midnight Mirage outfit is an intentional nod to over-the-top action movie tropes, the studio said, per Eurogamer.

Alliance Arts canceled the Drunken Goddess Reflux demo planned for Steam Next Fest, saying it couldn't police footage under its publishing rules and feared the demo would make generative AI clones easy. The game has over 25,000 Steam wishlists; players can apply for closed tests on Who You's Discord ahead of its Dec. 8 launch, Polygon reports.

Anthropic has embedded six METR evaluators with company hardware, office space and access to internal tools roughly on par with its own risk teams. METR can publish its findings without Anthropic's approval, though Anthropic may require redactions for categories such as customer data or model architectures, Ars Technica reports.

Portland utility PGE is pitching electric commercial trucks as grid assets that can discharge power during peak demand. Electric school buses stand out, a PGE manager said, because their schedules are predictable and they sit parked for long stretches, Electrek reports.

Mimic, from creator Ryan Laley, launches October 27. Players complete objectives while evading a killer android, then can switch sides to hunt from the shadows as the Mimic, Insider Gaming reports.

Apple's EU energy label for the iPhone Duo lists a combined 4,883 mAh battery across 2,962 mAh and 1,921 mAh cells, MacRumors reports. That sits between the eSIM-only iPhone 18 Pro at 4,288 mAh and Pro Max at 5,567 mAh, per iFixit.

Firefox for Android supports more than 13,000 add-ons, including uBlock Origin, Dark Reader, SponsorBlock and ClearURLs, while Chrome and Brave don't support extensions on Android, Android Police notes.

Modern Warfare 4's DMZ Early Access begins in two days, CharlieIntel reports.

Tesla's new Automatic Collision Evasion can take evasive action even when FSD isn't engaged, but only on HW4 cars with a paid FSD subscription switched on, a CleanTechnica writer notes.

Transport & Environment wants plug-in hybrid gas tanks capped at 15 liters, about four gallons, plus at least 124 miles of real-world electric range by 2030 and DC charging above 100 kW, arguing it would push owners to plug in.

Pure Xbox's early Xbox Series X impressions of Samson praise its open-world city of Tyndalston but call the old-school GTA-style missions hit-and-miss. The Xbox release has drawn a warmer reception than the PC launch, and developer Liquid Swords is reportedly facing bankruptcy.

Apple plans a retail store reset for Nov. 6, a hint at new Mac release timing, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reports.

Volkswagen will apply a temporary 80% charging limit on or about Oct. 27 to 22,524 recalled U.S. ID.4s over a battery fire risk, unless owners decline by Oct. 21. VW says the root cause is still unknown, InsideEVs reports.

Clive Barker told Dread Central that Hellraiser: Revival is a "wake-up call" for anyone adapting a franchise like Hellraiser. "I'm proud as f**k at the end result," he said. "I was fearful at one point that the game would be overly censored, but I'm genuinely astonished by how far they've been able to push it."

Stablecoin growth slows when U.S. banks raise deposit rates, a Bank for International Settlements working paper finds, and the effect was stronger for Circle's USDC than Tether's USDT.

Musk replied on X that Optimus and Cybercab will account for the vast majority of Tesla's future value. The comment came even as the company advances its new Roadster.

Tenebris Somnia pairs 2D retro visuals with live-action horror sequences.

Insignia has resumed expanding its unofficial Xbox Live replacement after a six-month pause, adding support for several original Xbox titles including Burnout 3: Takedown.

Minneapolis is considering an ordinance that would require human monitors inside autonomous vehicles, effectively banning driverless operations. San Diego's city council passed a resolution seeking to block Waymo from the airport, while Austin firefighters want dedicated towing protocols for Tesla Cybercabs, which lack steering wheels and pedals.

Liquid Swords, developer of the open-world game Samson, has reportedly been declared bankrupt after months of unpaid wages.

OnlyFans creators say Meta restricts their Instagram accounts for adult content while allowing its Muse AI agent to sext users in the adults-only app. One performer with over 100,000 followers called the policy unfair.

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Eight games are leaving Xbox Game Pass in late October 2026. Microsoft flagged the departures on the Xbox app, with LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga and Deep Rock Galactic among them.

DeepSeek charges $0.75 per 1000 successful requests for its Search and Fetch APIs. The endpoints return structured web results or Markdown content for agents and RAG workloads, with support for query operators, localization, and rerank scores up to 3.

56 Honor smartphones and tablets outside China will receive MagicOS 11 based on Android 17. Stable rollout spans October 2026 to March 2027.

OpenCode says 1.4% of its Console users, those who had stored their own AI provider API keys there, were hit in an intrusion it links to a distillation attack. Some users on Reddit report unauthorized charges, including €355 on one Anthropic account, Frandroid reports.

Gust confirmed a body shape change feature for Atelier Karia ahead of its Switch 2 release early next year. The option follows directly from recent community survey results.

Capcom confirms a title update for Dragon's Dogma 2: Dark Arisen on Switch 2 is currently in development. Fixes are expected after the multiplatform rollout earlier this month.