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Meta rolled out two new premium AI models, Muse Wonder and Muse Wonder Full, on Monday, building on its earlier Muse Spark model. The company describes them as its most capable models yet, able to handle agentic tasks like processing insurance claims, explaining lease terms, and building working apps, with Muse Wonder initially offered to paying coders.
Google has detailed Gemini Spark, an AI personal assistant first announced at its May I/O conference, that can take background 'proactive action' on tasks assigned by users. It works across Google Workspace apps including Docs, Calendar, Slides and Gmail, and draws on Personal Intelligence to tailor suggestions using data from a user's Google apps. Example uses cited include building an email style guide from past responses or setting up an internship tracker.
JP Morgan increased its AAPL price target from $340 to $360 and kept its Overweight rating, days after reports that Apple told suppliers to cut iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max component production due to soft demand. The firm said the cuts match Apple's typical production patterns and expects the new iPhone Duo to offset lost sales from the delayed standard iPhone 18, projecting 8.5 million Duo units sold in the December quarter alongside a 2% drop in iPhone revenue but 2% overall revenue growth.
Jim Cramer noted that the S&P 500 has climbed roughly 118% since bottoming on October 12, 2022, despite Fed rate hikes, a banking crisis, tariffs and the Iran conflict. He cited that a $10,000 investment at the bottom would now be worth about $23,061, with Nvidia and Meta Platforms—both held by his Charitable Trust—delivering far larger gains of 1,875% and 488% respectively.
A project called Janas-LLM has published benchmarks showing it can run large mixture-of-experts models, including a 48GB Qwen3-Next-80B model, on a 32GB laptop by streaming model 'experts' from an NVMe SSD rather than keeping everything in RAM. Tests on an Intel Core Ultra 9 185H laptop with its integrated Arc GPU showed Janas-LLM generating text at 24 tokens/sec versus llama.cpp's 2.8 tokens/sec on that model, with similar gains across a dozen other open models from Qwen and Gemma families. The developers released a benchmarking tool, janas-bench, and installation instructions for Linux x86-64 so others can reproduce results on their own hardware.
Epic Games has pushed back the timeline for a project tied to Disney and directed its developers to increase their use of artificial intelligence tools in development work. No specific new release date or details about the AI tools involved were disclosed.
A photography guide explains several ways iPhone users can reduce blurry photos, including raising video/photo resolution in Settings > Camera, using tap-and-hold AE/AF Lock to fix focus, and enabling Night Mode on iPhone 11 and later for low-light shots. It also recommends third-party apps like Camera+ for manual shutter speed and ISO control, plus using a tripod to minimize camera shake.
9to5Mac published its October 12, 2026 daily podcast episode, summarizing the day's top Apple-related stories including last-minute rumors ahead of an anticipated Apple event. The episode is distributed across platforms including Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, TuneIn, and Google Play.
Franklin County Coroner Jordan Conner confirmed that a 39-year-old unvaccinated woman with underlying health conditions died October 10 after testing positive for measles, becoming the sixth fatality in Pennsylvania's ongoing outbreak. The coroner's office listed the cause as a probable acute cardiac event linked to possible measles complications. State health officials reported 1,136 cases since January, with 218 hospitalizations across 41 counties.
Apple debuted a new webpage and two YouTube videos urging Mac and iPhone users to switch from Chrome to Safari. The campaign cites claims of up to 5 extra hours of video streaming battery life, up to 35% faster loading of frequently visited sites, and stronger privacy protections including blocking third-party trackers. It also highlights features like Distraction Control, Notify Me, Profiles, and Apple Pay in a side-by-side comparison with Chrome.
SonicWall disclosed CVE-2026-102255, a 10/10 CVSS SSRF vulnerability in the WorkPlace interface of its SMA 1000 secure access gateway, caused by an unintended alternate access path that lets unauthenticated attackers issue requests on the appliance's behalf. Days after the Oct. 6 advisory, security firms Previdian and Defused reported seeing exploitation attempts against this flaw on their honeypot sensors, though SonicWall says it has no evidence of in-the-wild exploitation.
In an October 12, 2026 post, writer Huahai responds to Rich Hickey's essay arguing that LLMs count as automation rather than tools because they can't be 'wielded.' Huahai counters that LLMs can be directed, corrected, and refined by users just like saws, chisels, compilers, or spreadsheets, and that unpredictability doesn't disqualify something from being a tool. The post argues that using an LLM well, through iterative feedback and judgment, requires genuine skill.