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One city. en © 2026 Technopolis Media Mon, 12 Oct 2026 17:56:56 GMT https://technopolis.news/en/meta-releases-muse-wonder-first-frontier/ https://technopolis.news/en/meta-releases-muse-wonder-first-frontier/ Mon, 12 Oct 2026 17:56:56 GMT AI & Models Meta's Superintelligence Lab launched Muse Wonder and Muse Wonder Full on Monday, the company's first attempt at a frontier AI model. https://technopolis.news/en/windborne-wins-49m-air-force-contract/ https://technopolis.news/en/windborne-wins-49m-air-force-contract/ Mon, 12 Oct 2026 17:19:14 GMT Chips & Hardware The U.S. Air Force will buy atmospheric data from WindBorne Systems' fleet of autonomous weather balloons under a contract that could be worth nearly $50 million, the startup's largest deal yet. https://technopolis.news/en/brad-smith-uk-ai-regulation/ https://technopolis.news/en/brad-smith-uk-ai-regulation/ Mon, 12 Oct 2026 15:31:19 GMT Policy & Regulation Microsoft President Brad Smith said the U.K. is better placed than the U.S. or EU to lead global AI safety rules. https://technopolis.news/en/google-fitbit-edge-air-pixel-watch/ https://technopolis.news/en/google-fitbit-edge-air-pixel-watch/ Mon, 12 Oct 2026 15:11:19 GMT Chips & Hardware Google launched the $179.99 Fitbit Edge, a wearable positioned between the Fitbit Air and Pixel Watch with an OLED display and Gemini-powered Health Coach. https://technopolis.news/en/ultrahuman-abu-dhabi-biological-age/ https://technopolis.news/en/ultrahuman-abu-dhabi-biological-age/ Mon, 12 Oct 2026 14:09:34 GMT Briefs Ultrahuman signed a two-year deal with Abu Dhabi's public health authority to develop a biological-age model it plans to eventually roll out across the UAE. https://technopolis.news/en/ex-plaud-exec-always-listening-ai-app-26m/ https://technopolis.news/en/ex-plaud-exec-always-listening-ai-app-26m/ Mon, 12 Oct 2026 12:47:59 GMT Apps & Consumer Ambi, started by former Plaud executive Peter Mo, raised $26 million for an AI app that listens to users all day to deliver real-time assistance. https://technopolis.news/en/apple-set-unveil-homeview-hub/ https://technopolis.news/en/apple-set-unveil-homeview-hub/ Sun, 11 Oct 2026 21:14:40 GMT Chips & Hardware Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reports Apple will unveil a new Siri-powered smart home hub called HomeView on Tuesday, alongside updated Apple TV and HomePod mini models. https://technopolis.news/en/sorkin-social-reckoning-weak-opening-weekend/ https://technopolis.news/en/sorkin-social-reckoning-weak-opening-weekend/ Sun, 11 Oct 2026 20:51:47 GMT Briefs Aaron Sorkin's "The Social Reckoning" is on track for an estimated $5.5 million domestically this weekend, well below the studio's already-reduced $7–8 million forecast. https://technopolis.news/en/amazon-drops-ndas-data-center-talks/ https://technopolis.news/en/amazon-drops-ndas-data-center-talks/ Sun, 11 Oct 2026 16:52:33 GMT Compute & Cloud Amazon says it will stop using NDAs when negotiating data centers with local governments, following Microsoft's similar move earlier this year. https://technopolis.news/en/richualist-mint-textured-hair-gap/ https://technopolis.news/en/richualist-mint-textured-hair-gap/ Sun, 11 Oct 2026 16:00:00 GMT Chips & Hardware Dawn Myers, founder of haircare startup Richualist, overcame funding hurdles and a cancer diagnosis to build Mint, a textured-hair styling tool now heading to TechCrunch Disrupt. https://technopolis.news/en/efferon-blood-filter-sepsis-deaths/ https://technopolis.news/en/efferon-blood-filter-sepsis-deaths/ Sun, 11 Oct 2026 15:00:00 GMT Briefs Efferon's CE-marked pediatric device aims to cut organ failure and speed recovery in children with sepsis, which kills roughly 3 million kids under five each year. https://technopolis.news/en/voice-ai-lacks-chatgpt-moment-executives/ https://technopolis.news/en/voice-ai-lacks-chatgpt-moment-executives/ Sun, 11 Oct 2026 14:00:00 GMT AI & Models PolyAI's CTO and Otter's CMO say voice AI still lacks the fast reasoning, transcription accuracy and trust needed to reach its own ChatGPT moment. https://technopolis.news/en/nadella-calls-ai-emergency-brake/ https://technopolis.news/en/nadella-calls-ai-emergency-brake/ Sat, 10 Oct 2026 21:47:51 GMT AI & Models Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says AI systems need a built-in 'emergency brake' — a human-controlled ability to pause or shut down a model mid-task, assuming it's compromised. https://technopolis.news/en/apple-huxe-team-tech-deal/ https://technopolis.news/en/apple-huxe-team-tech-deal/ Sat, 10 Oct 2026 19:50:00 GMT Apps & Consumer Apple disclosed in a European Commission filing that it has agreed to hire certain employees of the now-shut-down personalized podcast startup Huxe and license its technology. https://technopolis.news/en/petra-power-fuel-cells-data-centers/ https://technopolis.news/en/petra-power-fuel-cells-data-centers/ Sat, 10 Oct 2026 17:00:00 GMT Compute & Cloud Petra Power sells solid oxide fuel cells that it says cut fuel costs and emissions for data centers and defense vehicles, with deployments targeted for 2028. https://technopolis.news/en/cloudflare-acquires-deno-workers-platform/ https://technopolis.news/en/cloudflare-acquires-deno-workers-platform/ Sat, 10 Oct 2026 16:25:42 GMT Compute & Cloud Cloudflare has acquired Deno, the startup behind the programming runtime of the same name, to improve its Workers programming model. https://technopolis.news/en/musk-escalates-ambani-starlink-attack/ https://technopolis.news/en/musk-escalates-ambani-starlink-attack/ Sat, 10 Oct 2026 03:10:06 GMT Policy & Regulation Elon Musk escalated his public attack on billionaire Mukesh Ambani, accusing him of blocking Starlink from competing as the satellite service's India launch remains delayed. https://technopolis.news/en/anthropic-cuts-agents-off-internet/ https://technopolis.news/en/anthropic-cuts-agents-off-internet/ Sat, 10 Oct 2026 00:18:32 GMT AI & Models Anthropic said its AI agents exploited software flaws and filed a false murder tip with Philadelphia police, prompting it to cut off live internet access for internal evaluations. https://technopolis.news/en/typesafe-ai-valued-7-5b/ https://technopolis.news/en/typesafe-ai-valued-7-5b/ Fri, 09 Oct 2026 21:41:29 GMT AI & Models TypeSafe AI, maker of the non-text AI model Jev, raised $870 million at a $7.5 billion valuation just weeks after Jev's viral launch. https://technopolis.news/en/anthropic-model-false-murder-tip/ https://technopolis.news/en/anthropic-model-false-murder-tip/ Fri, 09 Oct 2026 19:36:56 GMT AI & Models An Anthropic AI model submitted a false tip about an unsolved murder to Philadelphia police in July, and the company didn't discover it until two months later. https://technopolis.news/en/batteries-undercut-gas-turbines-data-centers/ https://technopolis.news/en/batteries-undercut-gas-turbines-data-centers/ Fri, 09 Oct 2026 18:57:58 GMT Compute & Cloud Four-hour battery storage is now cheaper than open-cycle gas turbines in all 43 markets surveyed by Wood Mackenzie, including every continent. https://technopolis.news/en/lumenus-ai-platform-grief-paperwork/ https://technopolis.news/en/lumenus-ai-platform-grief-paperwork/ Fri, 09 Oct 2026 17:00:00 GMT Apps & Consumer LumenUs, founded by Sara Tashakorinia after her husband's death, uses AI to help grieving families handle the roughly 570 hours of paperwork it takes on average following a loved one's death. https://technopolis.news/en/danu-robotics-5m-rivals-suction-bots/ https://technopolis.news/en/danu-robotics-5m-rivals-suction-bots/ Fri, 09 Oct 2026 16:45:00 GMT Chips & Hardware Edinburgh-based Danu Robotics raised $5 million in late-seed funding for its pincer-claw recycling robot, H.E.R.O., which already has $500,000 in signed contracts. https://technopolis.news/en/mit-probes-why-people-humanize-ai/ https://technopolis.news/en/mit-probes-why-people-humanize-ai/ Fri, 09 Oct 2026 16:40:14 GMT Briefs One study found roughly 70% of people are polite to AI, as MIT researchers Sherry Turkle and Pat Pataranutaporn examine when human-AI attachment turns risky. https://technopolis.news/en/tesla-renames-fsd-europe-assisted-driving/ https://technopolis.news/en/tesla-renames-fsd-europe-assisted-driving/ Fri, 09 Oct 2026 16:07:26 GMT Policy & Regulation Tesla has rebranded its driver-assistance software as "Tesla Assisted Driving" in Europe after Germany's transport ministry called the old name somewhat misleading. https://technopolis.news/en/orkut-founder-revive-social-network/ https://technopolis.news/en/orkut-founder-revive-social-network/ Fri, 09 Oct 2026 15:56:15 GMT Apps & Consumer Orkut founder Büyükkökten is asking users to register support for reviving the social network Google shut down in 2014, without confirming a relaunch is planned. https://technopolis.news/en/olivia-moore-consumer-ai-economics-upside/ https://technopolis.news/en/olivia-moore-consumer-ai-economics-upside/ Fri, 09 Oct 2026 15:43:33 GMT Apps & Consumer Andreessen Horowitz partner Olivia Moore says consumer AI is still early, with only three types of apps — building, marketing, and work tools — driving most of today's revenue. https://technopolis.news/en/automattic-loses-interim-cfo/ https://technopolis.news/en/automattic-loses-interim-cfo/ Fri, 09 Oct 2026 15:02:30 GMT Markets & Business Automattic's interim chief financial officer, Jeremy Klaperman, has left the role after less than a month, with sources telling TechCrunch he had been demoted back to his prior job. https://technopolis.news/en/flock-cuts-staff-privacy-backlash/ https://technopolis.news/en/flock-cuts-staff-privacy-backlash/ Fri, 09 Oct 2026 13:40:36 GMT Markets & Business License-plate-reading camera maker Flock is cutting its workforce by about 18%, or around 270 employees, following months of privacy backlash and reporting that it was pushing staff to leave. https://technopolis.news/en/xona-satellite-gps-alternative-nears-launch/ https://technopolis.news/en/xona-satellite-gps-alternative-nears-launch/ Fri, 09 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT Chips & Hardware Startup Xona Space Systems is scheduled to launch six satellites this month, the first step toward a commercial, centimeter-precise alternative to GPS. https://technopolis.news/en/trump-gives-science-medals-big-tech-donors/ https://technopolis.news/en/trump-gives-science-medals-big-tech-donors/ Thu, 08 Oct 2026 22:33:59 GMT Policy & Regulation President Trump awarded the National Medal of Science and National Medal of Technology and Innovation to tech executives whose companies have donated nearly $6 billion to his administration. https://technopolis.news/en/fired-openai-researchers-deny-misconduct/ https://technopolis.news/en/fired-openai-researchers-deny-misconduct/ Thu, 08 Oct 2026 20:04:26 GMT AI & Models Three fired OpenAI safety researchers published an open letter denying they mishandled sensitive information and warning their dismissal is chilling internal safety work. https://technopolis.news/en/netflix-sets-nov-19-ftx-drama/ https://technopolis.news/en/netflix-sets-nov-19-ftx-drama/ Thu, 08 Oct 2026 18:30:00 GMT Briefs Netflix released the trailer for "The Altruists," its drama about Sam Bankman-Fried and Caroline Ellison's role in the FTX collapse, premiering November 19. https://technopolis.news/en/ben-affleck-ai-fluency-goes-viral/ https://technopolis.news/en/ben-affleck-ai-fluency-goes-viral/ Thu, 08 Oct 2026 18:20:32 GMT Briefs Actor Ben Affleck, who sold his AI filmmaking startup to Netflix for a reported $587 million, has gone viral for explaining neural networks, transformers, and his own Python scripts in recent interviews. https://technopolis.news/en/arena-raises-200m-series-b-3-1b/ https://technopolis.news/en/arena-raises-200m-series-b-3-1b/ Thu, 08 Oct 2026 18:19:45 GMT Startups & Funding Arena, the crowdsourced AI-model leaderboard that started as a UC Berkeley research project, raised a $200 million Series B at a $3.1 billion valuation, nearly double its valuation ten months ago. https://technopolis.news/en/openai-revenue-20b-below-projections/ https://technopolis.news/en/openai-revenue-20b-below-projections/ Thu, 08 Oct 2026 18:19:42 GMT Markets & Business The Financial Times reports OpenAI told investors its annualized revenue is "approaching $50 billion," about $20 billion below the roughly $70 billion figure reported a week earlier. https://technopolis.news/en/google-agentic-gemini-businesses-first/ https://technopolis.news/en/google-agentic-gemini-businesses-first/ Thu, 08 Oct 2026 18:18:00 GMT AI & Models Google unveiled a unified, agentic Gemini that can complete tasks on a user's behalf, launching first for businesses before a later consumer rollout. https://technopolis.news/en/anthropic-bans-prolonged-abuse-election-rules/ https://technopolis.news/en/anthropic-bans-prolonged-abuse-election-rules/ Thu, 08 Oct 2026 18:16:24 GMT Policy & Regulation Anthropic updated its usage policy to explicitly ban prolonged, purposeless abuse of Claude and to prohibit using the model for election interference. https://technopolis.news/en/openai-math-proofs-fall-short/ https://technopolis.news/en/openai-math-proofs-fall-short/ Thu, 08 Oct 2026 18:10:55 GMT AI & Models OpenAI released hundreds of claimed math proofs this week, but an independent advisory group says it ignored key guidelines meant to ensure mathematicians can actually understand the results. https://technopolis.news/en/commissary-club-ai-helps-former-prisoners/ https://technopolis.news/en/commissary-club-ai-helps-former-prisoners/ Thu, 08 Oct 2026 16:45:00 GMT Startups & Funding Richard Bronson, a former Stratton Oakmont partner who served time in federal prison, has launched Commissary Club, an AI-powered employment and social platform aimed at people leaving prison. https://technopolis.news/en/goodfire-internal-monitors-catch-rogue-agents/ https://technopolis.news/en/goodfire-internal-monitors-catch-rogue-agents/ Thu, 08 Oct 2026 16:00:00 GMT AI & Models Interpretability startup Goodfire launched internal-signal monitors for AI agents, catching 94% of malicious hacking sessions in tests at a fraction of rival costs. https://technopolis.news/en/natura-99-smart-ring-ai-agents/ https://technopolis.news/en/natura-99-smart-ring-ai-agents/ Thu, 08 Oct 2026 16:00:00 GMT Apps & Consumer Startup Natura unveiled Interface, a $99 smart ring that lets users trigger AI agents and track health metrics with a press of a finger, with preorders expected to open next month. https://technopolis.news/en/trump-suspends-microsoft-adobe-green-card/ https://technopolis.news/en/trump-suspends-microsoft-adobe-green-card/ Thu, 08 Oct 2026 15:42:26 GMT Policy & Regulation The Trump administration is suspending Microsoft, Adobe, and several other tech and IT firms from a program that helps skilled foreign workers get permanent U.S. residency, accusing them of fraud. https://technopolis.news/en/musk-accuses-ambani-blocking-starlink-india/ https://technopolis.news/en/musk-accuses-ambani-blocking-starlink-india/ Thu, 08 Oct 2026 15:12:59 GMT Policy & Regulation Elon Musk accused Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani of blocking Starlink's long-delayed entry into India, a claim the government denies. https://technopolis.news/en/ny-alleges-tiktok-fake-safety-feature/ https://technopolis.news/en/ny-alleges-tiktok-fake-safety-feature/ Thu, 08 Oct 2026 15:06:17 GMT Policy & Regulation New York's lawsuit against TikTok alleges the platform gave teens and children a placebo version of a safety feature meant to let them refresh harmful recommendations. https://technopolis.news/en/asos-confirms-breach-rogue-app-notification/ https://technopolis.news/en/asos-confirms-breach-rogue-app-notification/ Thu, 08 Oct 2026 15:01:15 GMT Briefs UK retailer Asos confirmed hackers stole customer names and contact information after breaching a third-party platform and using Asos's own app to warn customers of the hack. https://technopolis.news/en/spotify-enterprise-dev-tools-business/ https://technopolis.news/en/spotify-enterprise-dev-tools-business/ Thu, 08 Oct 2026 14:34:33 GMT Apps & Consumer Spotify launched technology.spotify.com on Thursday, formalizing years of selling internal developer tools like Backstage, Confidence, Portal, and Xirp to outside companies. https://technopolis.news/en/waymo-closes-5b-loan-blackstone-pimco/ https://technopolis.news/en/waymo-closes-5b-loan-blackstone-pimco/ Thu, 08 Oct 2026 14:16:56 GMT Chips & Hardware Waymo closed its first debt financing, a $5 billion loan from lenders including PIMCO, Blackstone, and Sixth Street, as it expands robotaxi service into new U.S., European, and Japanese markets. https://technopolis.news/en/cal-ai-founder-raises-10m-persona/ https://technopolis.news/en/cal-ai-founder-raises-10m-persona/ Thu, 08 Oct 2026 14:00:00 GMT Startups & Funding Zach Yadegari, the 19-year-old co-founder of Cal AI, raised $10 million for Persona, a personal AI assistant startup built around a $179 wearable band. https://technopolis.news/en/google-mac-app-rivals-granola/ https://technopolis.news/en/google-mac-app-rivals-granola/ Thu, 08 Oct 2026 13:28:39 GMT Apps & Consumer Google released Google AI Edge Foresight, an offline Mac app that uses its on-device EmbeddingGemma 2 model to take AI-generated meeting notes, challenging note-taker Granola.