Apple introduced three new devices at a New York media event: the Apple HomeView, its first smart display with a 7-inch screen and speaker base; the HomePod Mini 2; and a fourth-generation Apple TV 4K. The company also showed smart-home accessories built with LG and Schneider Electric, including a video doorbell, thermostats and security cameras. HomeView runs a standalone operating system without App Store access, instead offering a curated set of apps like Messages, Safari and FaceTime plus select third-party apps.
Beats and The Pokémon Company have launched a special-edition Beats Pill speaker featuring Pikachu and Mimikyu graphics, along with bespoke charms including a Poké Ball and lightning bolts. The speaker retains the same specs as the standard 2024 Beats Pill, including USB-C and 24-hour battery life, but adds unique packaging. It goes on sale October 15 for $149.99 through Apple, Target, Argos, and Douyin depending on region.
American Express has unveiled a new system called the Intent Intelligence Framework, built to verify and preserve a customer's actual purchase instructions as AI agents carry out transactions. The framework starts with a Create Intent API meant to capture that intent before an agent completes a purchase, and it builds on Amex's ACE Developer Toolkit launched in April.
Apple has introduced HomeView, a smart display featuring a 7-inch square screen, offered in a speaker-base model and a wall-mountable version. The device is priced at $299, available in silver, starlight, rose pink, and space gray, and pre-orders are open now ahead of a November 13 shipping date.
Apple has introduced the HomeView, its first smart home display, featuring a 7-inch Liquid Retina touchscreen, a 12MP camera, and built-in Siri. The device is available in both wall-mounted and tabletop versions and includes a Home Widget that mirrors the Apple Home app, letting users control thermostats, locks, cameras and scenes directly from the screen.
Nvidia announced an October update to DLSS 5 that doubles performance versus the current model, a 10x gain since March. The update shrinks the model to 118 million parameters, cuts 4K VRAM usage by 20%, and halves GPU overhead at similar image quality, boosting frame rates by up to 1.4x. The faster model debuts in NBA 2K27 on October 16, with Hogwarts Legacy support coming next month, alongside a new faster Performance Mode for Frame Generation on RTX 40 and 50 series GPUs.
Companion chatbot startup Character.ai announced it is seeking Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, citing legal challenges, regulatory obstacles, and escalating operating costs. The four-year-old company said it plans to sell its assets to Disney as part of the proceedings.
When an EV battery is taken out of a car — due to reduced range, a fault, or crash damage — technicians inspect and test it to decide its next stage of life rather than discarding it. Depending on its condition, individual modules may be repaired and the pack reused in another compatible vehicle, or the battery may be repurposed for stationary energy storage or sent for recycling. Severely damaged packs, such as those from total-loss crashes, are harder to salvage.
TFG London, the UK arm of South Africa's The Foschini Group, confirmed a cybersecurity incident on October 11 that knocked out IT systems serving its Phase Eight, Hobbs, and Whistles brands. Physical stores remain open, and the company says Inside Story, White Stuff, and its Australian and African operations are unaffected. TFG London has activated incident response plans with external experts and is still investigating whether customer data was accessed.
After news broke of Mia Goth's divorce from Shia LaBeouf, a verified Instagram fan account posted an AI-generated image of Goth wearing a shirt reading 'MY EX IS MY BIGGEST FAN.' The post spread widely, was liked hundreds of thousands of times, and was covered as genuine by outlets including OK! and People, despite Goth's representatives saying they had repeatedly asked Instagram to remove the account.
JPMorgan Chase's third-quarter results fell short of Wall Street's revenue and profit estimates, an unusual miss for the largest U.S. bank by assets. CEO Jamie Dimon attributed part of the shortfall to softer fixed-income trading revenue and expenses outpacing revenue, while the bank also said trading and investment banking activity had moderated. JPMorgan shares dropped more than 3% in premarket trading before trimming losses after the bank raised its 2026 net interest income guidance.
Chinese memory chipmaker ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT) said over the weekend it had advanced new chip architecture that increases memory density, prompting sharp declines in global memory stocks. Micron fell 3.7% in premarket trading, SK Hynix closed 10% lower in Seoul, and Samsung Electronics dropped 7.4%, with SanDisk, Seagate and Western Digital also declining. CXMT, which went public on Shanghai's STAR Market in July with a 466% debut surge, reportedly plans to launch a server-memory product based on the new architecture by the end of 2026.
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