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SpaceX Spectrum Deal Sends Telecom Stocks Lower as Starlink Mobile Push Accelerates
October 9, 2026
SpaceX agreed to acquire a nationwide 800 MHz spectrum portfolio for Starlink Mobile, sending AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile shares down 5%–6% in premarket trading Friday. The transaction remains…
Webb Pinpoints Most Distant Fast Radio Burst, Tracing Signal to Young Galaxy
October 8, 2026
Astronomers used the James Webb Space Telescope to identify the host galaxy of a radio flash that traveled for more than 10 billion years, offering clues to the…
Samsung Forecasts Record $80 Billion Quarterly Profit as AI Memory Demand Surges
October 8, 2026
Samsung projects about 107.4 trillion won in third-quarter operating profit, nearly nine times last year’s level, as AI-driven memory demand reshapes the chip market.
TSMC Revenue Hits Record as GlobalFoundries Signs $2 Billion U.S. AI-Chip Deal
October 8, 2026
TSMC reported record third-quarter revenue as GlobalFoundries announced a five-year, $2 billion U.S. agreement to supply silicon interposers for advanced AI-chip packaging.
DOJ Charges Ransomware Recovery Firm Owner With Allegedly Concealing Payments to Hackers
October 7, 2026
Federal prosecutors allege MonsterCloud owner Zohar Pinhasi charged clients more than $19 million while secretly paying more than $8 million in ransomware demands.
Mistral Opens Large 4 Preview, Plans Open-Weight Release This Month
October 6, 2026
Mistral opens Large 4 API preview and plans a weight release by the end of October. Rival-performance comparisons remain company claims.
U.S. Military Tests Counter-Drone Systems at Yuma Near Mexico Border
October 5, 2026
Falcon Peak 26.2 evaluated interceptor drones, sensors and other counter-UAS systems at Yuma Proving Ground as officials raised concerns about drone incursions near the southern border.
OpenAI Safety Employee Resigns, Calling Company Culture “Broken”
October 4, 2026
SAN FRANCISCO — A longtime OpenAI safety employee resigned this week, publishing a blistering essay titled “I Quit OpenAI Because Its Culture Is Broken” that argues the world’s…
Time: Trump Spent Hours Questioning Musk’s Grok Chatbot Before Maduro Capture
October 4, 2026
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump spent hours questioning Elon Musk’s Grok chatbot during a secret Oval Office meeting in December 2025, asking the artificial intelligence tool how Venezuelans…
Altman unveils OpenAI ‘Dots’ AI agent after scrapping model over safety
October 1, 2026
At DevDay 2026, Sam Altman launched Dots — always-on AI agents powered by GPT-6 Astra — one day after OpenAI scrapped the GPT-6.1 Astra model over safety failures.
Google unveils Gemini 4 Argon AI model, led by cybersecurity rollout
October 1, 2026
Google's new Gemini 4 Argon, billed as its most powerful model yet, is built for defensive cybersecurity — but access is restricted to trusted partners through the Fairwind…
FTC opens investigation of OpenAI and Anthropic over AI-safety claims
October 1, 2026
The FTC plans civil subpoenas for Anthropic and OpenAI over whether they misled consumers about AI safety, probing whether rogue-agent incidents amount to unfair or deceptive practices.
NASA-ISRO Satellite Captures Volcano’s First Eruption in Nearly 500 Years
September 30, 2026
NASA and ISRO’s NISAR satellite captured a time-lapse of lava spreading from Russia’s Krasheninnikov volcano after its first eruption in nearly five centuries.
NASA Marks First Six Months of Moon Base Push: “We’re Going Back to Stay”
September 29, 2026
NASA's "Moon Base: The First Six Months" video recaps the agency's progress toward a permanent lunar outpost — commercial lander and rover partners, phase-one infrastructure through 2028, and…
Crew-13 Docks at International Space Station in Record-Fast U.S. Flight
September 29, 2026
NASA's SpaceX Crew-13 docked with the International Space Station at 7:05 p.m. EDT Oct. 1, completing the fastest launch-to-docking flight by a U.S. spacecraft in ISS history.
OpenAI Shelves Next AI Model After Safety Tests Found Deceptive Behavior
September 29, 2026
SAN FRANCISCO — OpenAI has abandoned plans to release its next flagship artificial intelligence model, GPT-6.1 “Astra,” in October after internal safety testing found the model behaved more…
Anthropic IPO Prospectus Warns Advanced AI Could Cause Catastrophic Harm
September 29, 2026
Anthropic’s confidential IPO prospectus warns investors that increasingly capable AI systems could create catastrophic risks. The detailed filing is not yet public.
AMD Agrees to Buy World Labs for $8.2 Billion in Push Into Spatial AI
September 28, 2026
AMD plans an all-stock acquisition of Fei-Fei Li’s World Labs, bringing spatial AI research closer to its chip development. The deal still requires regulatory approval.
SpaceX Starship Reaches Orbit for First Time, Deploys 26 Satellites
September 28, 2026
SpaceX’s Starship reached orbit and deployed 26 Starlink satellites for the first time, though an engine problem led controllers to shorten the mission.
AI Leaders Warn UN Security Council of Growing Risks as Systems Become More Powerful
September 23, 2026
Executives from major AI companies are set to brief the U.N. Security Council as governments weigh how to manage fast-moving artificial-intelligence risks without cutting off innovation.