News Archive
October 2026
151 stories from the daily digest. Each one links to its full summary and sources.
/ Wednesday, October 14, 2026
- HCLTech signs a Global Premier Partnership with AnthropicAnthropic
- ASML reports Q3 sales of EUR 11.7 billionASML
- Judge orders OpenAI to expedite Apple hiring recordsApple Inc. · OpenAI
- Anthropic and OpenAI answer questions on evaluator publication rightsAnthropic · OpenAI
- Mind Robotics names Doug Field; Rivian is launch partnerRivian
/ Tuesday, October 13, 2026
- Apple opens Apple TV 4K and HomePod mini 2 pre-ordersApple Inc.
- Falcon 9 launches NASA CRS-35 cargo to the stationSpaceX
- Ondas forms Regna AI with Palantir for sovereign modelsPalantir Technologies
- Nvidia open-sources the full Run:ai platformNvidia
- AMD introduces Helion racks for agentic AIAMD
- Apple opens HomeView pre-orders at $299Apple Inc.
- Oklo plans Groves-2 Forge isotope pilot for lutetium-177Oklo
- Google opens Gemini 4 Argon to paid usersGoogle DeepMind · Alphabet
- Meta puts Ray-Ban Audio glasses on sale at $349Meta
- Anthropic says new defenses cut Claude distillation 90-99%Anthropic · Zhipu AI (Z.ai)
- Falcon 9 launches 27 Starlink satellites after a three-week gapSpaceX · Starlink
- BYD prices the Da Han EV from 235,900 yuanBYD
- Anthropic says small models may self-replicate on home devicesAnthropic · Zhipu AI (Z.ai)
/ Monday, October 12, 2026
- Nikkei says Apple cut iPhone 18 Pro partsApple Inc.
- Google opens Fitbit Edge pre-orders at $179.99Alphabet
- XPeng launches the G9L in Europe from 74,990 eurosXPeng
- Meta releases Muse Wonder frontier modelsMeta
- White House restores UK AISI model accessOpenAI · Anthropic · Google DeepMind
- Airbus flies the U740 Valkyrie in EuropeAirbus
- Microsoft unveils Maia 300 and targets multi-gigawatt inferenceMicrosoft
- WSJ says Amazon is in talks to buy Decart for about $7 billionAmazon
- Nvidia in talks to deepen Reflection AI tieNvidia
- Anduril unveils Steelfin interceptor familyAnduril Industries
- Nvidia opens Vera Rubin rack designs at the OCP summitNvidia · Meta
- NIO reaches 500 Guangdong battery-swap stationsNIO
- Tesla says 300-plus Cybercabs serve AustinTesla
/ Sunday, October 11, 2026
- BYD opens second-generation Seagull blind pre-ordersBYD
- California taps ICEYE for statewide disaster intelligenceICEYE
- Microsoft Execution Containers reach general availabilityMicrosoft
- White House SI Force mandates AI incident reportingAnthropic
- FMCSA grants Aurora a five-year cab-beacon exemptionAurora Innovation
- LG Energy Solution posts KRW 9.64 trillion Q3 salesLG Energy Solution
- Li Auto locks 2026 i6 launch for October 28Li Auto
- UBTECH and Xiamen C&D target 10,000 humanoids by 2030UBTECH Robotics
- Huawei opens HarmonyOS PC DevEco tools to public betaHuawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.
- ASML raises Korea lithography parts prices 10%ASML · Samsung Electronics · SK hynix
- Xiaomi Sky Nomad locks more than 70,000 ordersXiaomi EV
- NIO logs 1.19 million holiday battery swapsNIO
- CATL and Seres expand Aito plant-in-plant capacityCATL
/ Saturday, October 10, 2026
- Qwen ships Image 2.1 Turbo and hosted APIsQwen
- Microsoft opens Decision-1 in Foundry and OpenRouterMicrosoft
- Shield AI and GEK TERNA pursue X-BAT work in GreeceShield AI
- Zipline opens Round Rock First Flight in AustinZipline
- Long March 12 lofts satellite-internet group 27CASC
- OpenAI posts grader that tried to wreck its hostOpenAI
- Amazon launches Physical AI Toolchain with NvidiaAmazon · Nvidia
- NASA posts final commercial space-station RFPAxiom Space · Voyager Technologies · Vast
- SpaceX lofts SDA fourth Tranche 1 planeSpaceX
- Anthropic cuts live internet from internal Claude evalsAnthropic
/ Friday, October 9, 2026
- Amazon Leo builds its 1,000th satellite at KirklandAmazon Leo
- Pony.ai to test Gen-7 robotaxis in London with UberPony.ai
- TSMC books US CoWoS interposers from GlobalFoundriesTSMC
- Amazon unveils Alexa tablets with Google PlayAmazon
- Anthropic updates Usage Policy, effective Nov. 12Anthropic
- Meta FAIR releases 8B RoboJEPA world modelMeta
- OpenAI disrupts Russian and Iranian influence opsOpenAI
- OpenAI tells investors ARR is about $50BOpenAI
- Google Cloud launches Gemini agent for workAlphabet
- Tesla renames FSD to Assisted Driving in EuropeTesla
- SpaceX agrees to buy Grain's nationwide 800 MHz licensesSpaceX · Starlink
- Anthropic launches Cyber Mission and OSS ScannerAnthropic
/ Thursday, October 8, 2026
- OpenAI rolls GPT-6 Intelligent UI out to ChatGPTOpenAI
- XPeng names robotaxi YOYO and opens invite trialsXPeng
- Anthropic ships Claude Haiku 5.5 and cuts Sonnet cache priceAnthropic
- Navy adds $150M to Shield AI X-BAT OT agreementShield AI
- SpaceX Crew-12 splashes down off Los AngelesSpaceX
- Blue Origin names Hutto Constellation Park campusBlue Origin
- Waymo closes $5 billion first debt financingWaymo
- Amazon opens Nova 2.5 Sonic on BedrockAmazon
- FCC authorizes 15,000 SpaceX direct-to-device satellitesSpaceX · Starlink
- TSMC September sales reach NT$511.86 billionTSMC
- Google opens SynthID Detector to the publicGoogle DeepMind
- Nvidia commits $1B over five years to US scienceNvidia · AMD · OpenAI · Anthropic · Alphabet · Amazon
- BETA finishes Utah eIPP medical cargo flightsBeta Technologies
- DOE picks CFS to lead SPARC digital-twin projectCommonwealth Fusion Systems
- Samsung guides Q3 sales near KRW 195 trillionSamsung Electronics
- QuantumScape introduces QS PowerBlock for AI racksQuantumScape
/ Wednesday, October 7, 2026
- Musk says Tesla and SpaceX will run Terafab, not TSMCTesla · SpaceX · TSMC
- OpenAI posts 372 math result families from an unreleased modelOpenAI
- Voyager wins $22.4M Pentagon OTA for sat dispensersVoyager Technologies
- Lucid delivers 3,806 vehicles in Q3, builds 2,954Lucid Motors
- Nvidia opens RTX Spark Windows preorders with MicrosoftNvidia · Microsoft
- CoreWeave plans 240 MW India campus with AdaniConneXCoreWeave
- Google funds 890 MW of Constellation nuclear upratesAlphabet
- Waymo starts fully driverless Detroit runs for employeesWaymo
- Boston Dynamics names Rohit Prasad CEO, effective Oct. 7Boston Dynamics
- Bloomberg: Waymo upsizes debut private loan to $5BWaymo
- US and Japan welcome AST-Rakuten LEO cooperationAST SpaceMobile
- SpaceX in talks to raise $40B for Nvidia GPUsSpaceX · Nvidia
- Jury awards Aerosonic $116.9M against Joby over probesJoby Aviation
- Tesla turns on Powershare backup for Model 3 and YTesla
/ Tuesday, October 6, 2026
- Airbus delivers first 32 OneWeb refresh satellitesAirbus · Eutelsat OneWeb
- Shield AI puts Hivemind on Australia OWL munitionsShield AI
- Axiom says two ARC nodes are live with Kepler optical linksAxiom Space
- Anduril plans Maryland Arsenal-2 for Virginia-class partsAnduril Industries
- Wing and Walmart add Denver and Seattle for 2027Wing
- Huawei and Qualcomm sign multi-year patent licenseHuawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.
- OpenAI tests visual ads beside ChatGPT image resultsOpenAI
- Pentagon picks Boeing laser for counter-drone pilotBoeing
- Anthropic expands Cyber Verification into three access tiersAnthropic
- Mistral opens Large 4 preview, weights due end of OctoberMistral AI
/ Monday, October 5, 2026
- OpenAI and Anthropic testify; SpaceXAI skips NYC AI hearingOpenAI · Anthropic · xAI
- Anduril wins $162.8M Army NGC2 award for I CorpsAnduril Industries
- Germany funds tens of thousands of Quantum interceptorsQuantum Systems
- AST and TELUS complete first smartphone-network testAST SpaceMobile
- Boeing gets ~$14.7B Lockheed UCA to triple PAC-3 seekersBoeing
- Former NASA science chief to lead Blue Origin conceptsBlue Origin
- OpenAI starts EU text watermarks under the AI ActOpenAI
- Pentagon tells BBC it has stopped using Anthropic toolsAnthropic · Palantir Technologies
/ Saturday, October 3, 2026
- California AG serves OpenAI a cyber-incident subpoenaOpenAI
- Court trims Joby trade-secret suit and Archer counterclaimsArcher Aviation · Joby Aviation
- Pentagon taps Musk and Luckey to map future warfareSpaceX · Anduril Industries
- DeepMind watermarks AI-designed proteins in Nature paperGoogle DeepMind
- OpenAI safety leader quits, saying culture is brokenOpenAI
- Nvidia adds 64GB DGX Spark SKU from $4,999Nvidia
- Apple will tighten macOS Full Disk Access for AI agentsApple Inc.
- Appeals court pauses Minnesota AI nudification law in xAI casexAI
/ Friday, October 2, 2026
- Tesla delivers 486,532 vehicles in Q3, 2% below last yearTesla
- Tesla adds Emergency Drive Away at U.S. SuperchargersTesla
- OpenAI parts with three researchers over information handlingOpenAI
- Anthropic commits $100M to train 10,000 Claude engineersAnthropic
- Falcon Heavy flies first NRO mission as NROL-97SpaceX
- Palantir names Armada its modular data-center partnerPalantir Technologies
- SpaceX Crew-13 docks at ISS in fastest US launch-to-dockingSpaceX
- Broadcom may lend Anthropic $42B for TPU infrastructureAnthropic · Broadcom
- Varda flies W-8 and W-9 together on Transporter-18Varda Space Industries
- Rivian delivers 19,248 vehicles in Q3 and keeps 2026 guidanceRivian
- ICEYE and Nokia aim for sovereign LEO satcom in 2028ICEYE
- FAA says 737 MAX software glitch is not a safety issueBoeing
- Rivian recalls 14 R2s over high-voltage battery fastenersRivian
/ Thursday, October 1, 2026
- SpaceX lofts Google Suncatcher TPU satellite on Transporter-18SpaceX · Google DeepMind
- Li Auto delivers 31,817 vehicles in September and ships MACH VLA 2.0Li Auto
- CoreWeave puts Nvidia Vera Rubin NVL72 into production with CognitionNvidia
- Xiaomi Auto says September deliveries topped 40,000Xiaomi EV
- XPeng delivers 118,390 vehicles in Q3 as L03 tops 10,000XPeng
- SpaceX launches Crew-13 to the ISS on Dragon GraceSpaceX
- Zeekr delivers 37,216 vehicles in September, a sixth monthly recordZeekr
- US-Korea $120B nuclear framework names six Westinghouse AP1000sWestinghouse Electric Company
- Ethiopian Airlines firms eight 777-8F freighters and two 777FsBoeing
- NIO delivers 109,178 vehicles in Q3, inside guidanceNIO
- Rocket Lab books 20 more Electron launches for SynspectiveRocket Lab
- Google DeepMind opens Gemini 4 Argon to Fairwind defendersGoogle DeepMind
- Agility and FORT sign Digit 5 Offboard Safety Bridge MOUAgility Robotics
- Boston Dynamics unveils 13-DOF Atlas hand without a pinkyBoston Dynamics
- BYD sells 463,561 NEVs in September, 2026 monthly highBYD
- Huawei launches Mate 90 series from 5,999 yuanHuawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.