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Here's the secret behind the return of the illuminated Apple logo on the back of the new touchscreen MacBook Pro

For Apple fans, the touchscreen MacBook Pro PROLED XDR tandem OLED display may be the gift that keeps on giving. Obviously, new integrated digitizing technology made the touchscreen possible, but the ultra-thinness of the display tech can also be credited with enabling the return of a beloved MacBook feature. The touchscreen MacBook Pro is the first MacBook in almost a decade to feature an illumin…

Apple's touchscreen MacBook Pro is designed for the iPad generation, with an optimized macOS, and the company is right to move on from Steve Jobs' skepticism (Federico Viticci/MacStories)

Federico Viticci / MacStories : Apple's touchscreen MacBook Pro is designed for the iPad generation, with an optimized macOS, and the company is right to move on from Steve Jobs' skepticism — Ever since I got my hands on the very first iPad Pro all the way back in November 2015, I've gotten used to a certain type …

Law Firm Linked to Elon Musk Started an ‘Election Integrity’ Organization

The firm that helped set up Elon Musk’s America PAC is behind the new group, which will work with election officials to pursue policies aligned with Donald Trump’s false election fraud claims.

Googles new holiday shopping guide reveals exactly when prices drop — 10 things every shopper should know

TL;DR: Google's new When to Buy Guide analyzed holiday shopping data across thousands of retailers to pinpoint the best days to shop. The verdict: Lock in your OLED TVs, sneakers, and skincare hauls over Black Friday weekend, but wait until late December for hardshell luggage and Dutch ovens. Holiday shopping usually feels like a high-stakes guessing game where you’re gambling on whether to…

Hamburg’s MuRay raises €7.1M for muon imaging of rocket engines

Hamburg startup MuRay has raised €7.1M to look inside dense metal parts, such as 3D-printed rocket engines and gas turbines. It does this with muons, tiny particles that pass through materials that block X-rays. The total combines a €3.5M private round with €3.6M in public funding, including a grant from the EU’s Horizon Europe research […] This story continues at The Next Web

Google's Gemini 4 Carbon promises 'significant leap' in AI coding and cybersecurity

Google's latest Gemini 4 Carbon AI model boasts top benchmark scores in areas like cybersecurity and coding. Google's latest Gemini 4 Carbon AI model boasts top benchmark scores in areas like cybersecurity and coding.

Lovable opens its first London office with 70 staff

Lovable has opened its first London office, giving the Swedish AI app builder a second home for its engineering, product and design teams. Around 70 people are already working there, and the company plans to increase that number to 100 by the end of the year. The company announced the opening on Thursday. Its London […] This story continues at The Next Web

Liquid Glass Finally Makes Sense on the iPhone Duo

Liquid Glass was a divisive redesign. But with a radically different iPhone, the pieces are finally falling into place.

Google Cloud revenue doubles to $30.7bn, beating forecasts

Google Cloud more than doubled its revenue in the third quarter, beating analysts’ forecasts, Alphabet said on Wednesday. Weaker growth in search advertising, however, meant the group as a whole fell short of expectations. Cloud revenue rose 103% from a year earlier to $30.7bn, according to Alphabet’s quarterly results. Analysts had expected $29.57bn, Reuters reported, citing LSEG […] This…

US officials believe Megaspeed executive Alice Huang is a Chinese asset who maintained a close relationship with Jensen Huang to pass intelligence to Beijing (New York Times)

New York Times : US officials believe Megaspeed executive Alice Huang is a Chinese asset who maintained a close relationship with Jensen Huang to pass intelligence to Beijing — Jensen Huang, the chief executive of Nvidia, is influential at the White House on technology policy and has developed a close relationship …

Atlassian people chief Avani Prabhakar calls AI mandates a ‘very bad start’

One AI “super user” in a team of five to seven people lifts the whole team’s AI adoption and usage by 56%, Atlassian’s Avani Prabhakar told TNW. Atlassian counts someone as a super user if they use AI’s most sophisticated features more than 40 times a week to change a workflow, she said. It tracks […] This story continues at The Next Web

Sources: Bloomberg, Susquehanna, and Jump Trading signed up for Truth Social's fast API feed of President Trump's posts, paying $60K to $100K per month (Reuters)

Reuters : Sources: Bloomberg, Susquehanna, and Jump Trading signed up for Truth Social's fast API feed of President Trump's posts, paying $60K to $100K per month — Truth Social, the social media platform founded by President Donald Trump, has signed up news and data provider Bloomberg and two Wall Street firms …

Samsung posts record $80bn quarterly profit on AI memory demand

Samsung Electronics made a record operating profit of 107.4 trillion won (about $80bn) in the third quarter, the company said on Thursday. Demand for the memory chips used in AI data centres kept rising. The figure confirms the preliminary results Samsung published earlier this month, when it said profit was about nine times higher than a year […] This story continues at The Next Web

Are Europe's fastest-growing startups hiring wrong?

A profile of Nscale CEO Josh Payne, who is proceeding with plans for a US IPO that sources say, is targeting a $30B valuation despite some investor pushback (Mark Bergen/Bloomberg)

Mark Bergen / Bloomberg : A profile of Nscale CEO Josh Payne, who is proceeding with plans for a US IPO that sources say, is targeting a $30B valuation despite some investor pushback — Sheryl Sandberg says the 32-year-old executive reminds her of Mark Zuckerberg. Josh Payne must now take his startup public at a tumultuous moment for the AI industry.

Best audio players for kids: Screen-free entertainment for the whole family

We choose stories alongside the kids, often listen together, and talk about what’s happening. They’ve proven to be a great tool to soften transitions, help the kids have some quiet time to rest while we prepare meals or clean up, take along during long car rides, and engage their brains without being overly stimulating. There is no shortage of options on the market right now specifical…

This simple technique can help you retain your best employees

It’s Friday afternoon—and your favorite team member’s last day before they move on to a new organization. You wanted to work through their final handoffs, but they’re in HR’s office. And in that meeting, for the first time in three years, someone asks them: “What made you decide to leave, and what could we have done differently?” They answer, in full detail. They joined because the company’s caree…

Datadog Builds a Specialist AI Model for SRE Investigations

<img src="https://res.infoq.com/news/2026/10/datadog-scout-sre-model/en/headerimage/generatedHeaderImage-1793038066919.jpg"/><p>Datadog has released Scout, a model trained to investigate production problems. It runs inside Bits Investigation, the company's AI SRE product, where it can pick up an alert, look through telemetry and suggest what caused the problem. Datadog engineers and a small number…

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TL;DR: A typical content project can involve writing, images, documents, and a recording that still needs transcribing. The 1min.AI Advanced Business Plan puts those tasks into one platform with a single upfront payment . Lifetime access is just $69.97 (MSRP $540) through Nov. 1. Opens in a new window Credit: 1minAI 1min.AI Advanced Business Plan Lifetime Subscription $69.97 $540 Save $470.03 Get…

Whats new to streaming this week? (Week of Oct. 30, 2026)

Looking for something great to watch at home? Streaming subscribers are spoiled for choice between Hulu , Netflix , HBO Max , Disney+ , Apple TV , Prime Video , Shudder , Paramount+ , Peacock , and more. And that's before you even look at the vast libraries of movies and television programs within each streamer! Don't be overwhelmed or waste an hour scrolling through your services to determine wha…

Halloween 2026 deals: Score free food from Chipotle, Dunkin, Krispy Kreme, Burger King, and more

Spooky season means wild decorations , even wilder costumes , and surprisingly, free food promos from a wide range of popular chains. Halloween falls on October 31, but plenty of promotions are already live. You can find BOGO offers, limited-edition drops, steep discounts, and genuinely free giveaways at this time of year. And we're not talking about impossible-to-claim offers buried in the small…

Scientists think theyve just discovered a new dwarf planet like Pluto

Astronomers have just spotted a small, bright world in the outer reaches of the solar system they think could be a dwarf planet like Pluto . The mysterious space object, for now known as 2026 ED138, lies about 46 times farther from the sun than Earth, and may measure between 370 to 930 miles wide. Scientists estimate it's about 1.1 billion miles farther than Pluto in the Kuiper Belt, a zone of icy…

Almost a quarter of data center staff could retire over the next decade — so who will be taking over?

Data center operators in the UK, Ireland, and Nordic countries are expected to lose 23% of their workforce to retirement in the next 10 years 10% of the businesses asked expect over 40% of their employees to retire The survey has raised the prospect of introducing apprenticeships and mentoring into the data center industry A survey of 300 “senior decision-makers” in the data center industry has fo…

Astronomers Discover a Possible New Dwarf Planet in Our Solar System

Lying beyond Pluto, 2026 ED138 could be as large as 1,500 kilometers in diameter. Astronomers are still working to confirm whether it meets the criteria for a dwarf planet.

DeepSeek and Moonshot trained new models on GPT-6 Astra, report says

Chinese AI companies DeepSeek and Moonshot AI relied heavily on OpenAI’s GPT-6 Astra to train their latest models, The Information reported on Wednesday, citing people with direct knowledge of the matter. The models in question are Moonshot’s Kimi K3.1 Pro, released last week, and an updated version of DeepSeek’s V4.1-Flash, which launched on 17 October. [&hellip;] This story continues at The Next…

Sony's new PlayStation Pulse PS5 headset is up for pre-order today — these are the links I'd bookmark now

The next generation of official PS5 audio is here, as the new PlayStation Pulse PS5 headset goes up for pre-order very soon. PlayStation Pulse PS5 headset pre-orders 1. US pre-order quick links 2. UK pre-order quick links This new Pulse headset feels like the formal, official, and proper replacement for the Pulse 3D headset that launched with the console in 2020. That was a great headset with a lo…

Amazon cuts up to 250 jobs in its devices unit, Reuters reports

Amazon has cut up to 250 jobs in its devices and services unit, Reuters reported. The unit makes Kindle e-readers, Echo speakers and other hardware that runs Amazon’s Alexa assistant. The cuts mainly affected software developers, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters. Staff were told by text message and email early on Wednesday [&hellip;] This story continues at The Next Web

Fujifilm to raise data tape production fivefold as AI drives storage demand

AI data centres are creating a growing need for storage, and Fujifilm is betting that one of the oldest technologies in the business still has a place in the future. The Japanese company will invest ¥10 billion (€56 million) to increase its magnetic tape production capacity fivefold. The investment will go into Fujifilm’s factory in [&hellip;] This story continues at The Next Web

Hackers leaked details of more than 41,000 Homeland Security personnel

A hacktivist group stole the information of ICE agents and border police from Homeland Security. A hacktivist group stole the information of ICE agents and border police from Homeland Security.

Do data centers actually create jobs where they are built?

Data centers require enormous investments : land, buildings, computer equipment, and power infrastructure. Yet, once they’re up and running, they tend to employ no more than a few dozen people in occupations such as IT technicians, engineers, and security guards. With billions of dollars flowing into new data centers across the United States, communities are asking what they will get in return . S…

Anthropic tells Governor Gavin Newsom courts should be able to block risky AI models

Anthropic has told California Governor Gavin Newsom that the state should be able to ask a court to block AI models that pose a serious risk. The AI company made the case in a letter first reported by Politico. The letter, dated 15 October, responds to an executive order Governor Gavin Newsom signed in September. The [&hellip;] This story continues at The Next Web

Social Security 2026 update: SSA is changing its data on millions of Americans. Here’s what that means for you

The Social Security Administration (SSA) announced that it is combing the current Social Security Number (SSN) database, calling it the most comprehensive record “cleanup” in the agency’s 91-year history. “Accurate SSN records prevent fraud across federal programs and support the proper administration of benefits,” Commissioner Frank J. Bisignano said in a statement . The SSA said it is working wi…

Thanks to AI, are we raising the first generation of kids who don’t have to figure things out?

Your teenager gets into a fight with her best friend. She’s hurt, upset, and doesn’t know what to do. Maybe in the past she would have spent the day replaying the argument, venting to another friend about the drama, practicing an apology in the bathroom mirror, or laboring over what to text. These days, she can skip all that and ask AI what to say. It probably sounds better than anything she would…

T-Mobile is still giving away the Apple iPhone 17 for free — how to qualify

TL;DR: Get a free iPhone 17e when you sign up for a T-Mobile plan, with no trade-in required. Alternatively, get the iPhone 17 for under $100 from T-Mobile when you switch to T-Mobile and bring your number on an Experience More or Experience Beyond plan. Opens in a new window Credit: Apple Apple iPhone 17e Shop Now Opens in a new window Credit: Apple iPhone 17 Shop Now Apple is going extremely har…

EasyOptOuts data removal service review

Protecting your personal information online is as challenging as ever. With many platforms requiring signups to access information, you’re inadvertently going to disclose personal information online, and this information is often made public. Whatever is made public on the internet stays there for a long time, and you’re likely not comfortable with this. What’s a possible solution? A data removal…

Cosy witch sim Witchbrook finally has a release date

Witchbrook finally has a solid release date. A decade after developer Chucklefish first teased the cosy witch life sim, it and co-developer Robotality have now announced the game will launch on Jan. 28 next year. That's only three more months of waiting. SEE ALSO: Chinese fantasy farming sim 'Immortal Life' adds trauma bonding to pastoral ideal, and I love it First teased in 2016 under the working…

Cloudflare Introduces Web Search API for AI Applications

<img src="https://res.infoq.com/news/2026/10/cloudflare-web-search-api/en/headerimage/generatedHeaderImage-1791616850849.jpg"/><p>Cloudflare has recently launched a beta Web Search API through AI Gateway. Available through REST APIs and Cloudflare Workers, it provides unified logging, access controls, and billing, and supports bring-your-own-provider keys.</p> <i>By Renato Losio</i>

Ravical raises $17M to bring shared AI to accounting firms

Belgian startup Ravical, which builds AI software for accounting and tax firms, has raised $17M in a seed round led by MMC Ventures. Existing backers Lakestar and Pitchdrive also invested, along with new investor Shapers. More than 100 accounting firms in Europe now use the platform, the company said. Ravical plans to use the new money [&hellip;] This story continues at The Next Web

How Maynard v. Snapchat, a 2016 lawsuit linked to a car crash involving Snapchat's speed filter, sparked social media's legal reckoning over user safety (Olivia Carville/Bloomberg)

Olivia Carville / Bloomberg : How Maynard v. Snapchat, a 2016 lawsuit linked to a car crash involving Snapchat's speed filter, sparked social media's legal reckoning over user safety &mdash; The rain had only just let up when the night shift ended at the Bay Breeze Seafood Restaurant in Lovejoy, Georgia.