According to Axios, OpenAI and Anthropic executives have been conducting scenario-planning exercises modeling potential public and political backlash against AI companies, including hypothetical catastrophic incidents or major cyberattacks tied to their technology. OpenAI confirmed to Axios it runs 'preparedness exercises' covering various scenarios but said these aren't treated as inevitable outcomes. Anthropic declined to comment on the report.
A Paris Judicial Court has sided with Cloudflare in a dispute with French broadcaster Canal+, rejecting a request for 50,000-euro-per-day penalties over the company's refusal to block pirate sports streams through its 1.1.1.1 DNS resolver. Cloudflare continues to block such sites only through its CDN service, geoblocking 1,238 domains in France in the second half of 2025 under a single court order, while leaving its DNS resolver untouched.
Steven Levy recalls Apple's October 2001 launch of the iPod, which Steve Jobs told him would be 'a landmark product,' and traces its gradual discontinuation through 2014, 2017 and 2022 as the iPhone absorbed its functions. He argues the iPod's death became inevitable once Jobs unveiled the iPhone in January 2007, folding 'the best iPod ever' into a multipurpose device.
A 2026 summer research intern at Jane Street, Kavish, developed a diffusion model aimed at synthesizing order book events—such as order placements, cancellations and executions—rather than just predicting prices. The project explored whether market data, which mixes discrete actions with near-continuous and often spiky distributions (like order timing and price ticks), can be modeled using diffusion techniques borrowed from image, video, and audio generation.
Amazon is selling the CMF Watch Pro 2 smartwatch for $36, a 27% discount from its usual price. The device includes an AMOLED display, GPS, and Bluetooth calling, and this marks the lowest price it has reached since release.
The FBI and Justice Department announced the seizure and disabling of two hacking tools, 'Microscan' and 'FishHub,' used by the group known as Flax Typhoon to scan networks and conduct phishing attacks. Targets reportedly included a U.S. power company, airports in Japan and Poland, Taiwanese universities, an international NGO, and Taiwanese infrastructure firms. Officials say the operation was run by China-based Integrity Technology Group, which the FBI identifies as the actual entity behind Flax Typhoon.
An Entrepreneur contributor describes organizing multiple ChatGPT instances into a coordinated team for solo business owners, assigning each a specialized role such as email strategy, content research and campaign scheduling. The setup includes an always-on AI agent acting as a chief of staff to hand off tasks between the specialized assistants, built using separate ChatGPT projects with tailored instructions and files for each role.
Apple TV has revealed first details of Prodigies, a romantic comedy series created by and starring Will Sharpe alongside Ayo Edebiri. The show, about two childhood prodigies reassessing their long-term relationship in their 30s, premieres February 10, 2027 with two episodes, continuing weekly through March 17. The supporting cast includes John Malkovich, Tobias Menzies, Yumi Asō and Maria Bakalova.
Alongside the main TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 conference running October 13-15 in San Francisco, a range of independently organized side events are scheduled from October 10 through 16. These include national and regional tech meetups hosted by groups like Poland's PAIH, Innovation Norway, and Pakistan's Software Export Board, plus startup workshops and networking sessions.
The Python Software Foundation shipped Python 3.15.0 on Oct. 9, 2026, incorporating 5,643 commits from 1,012 contributors since version 3.14. The release includes a dedicated profiling package and sampling profiler under PEP 799, new typing capabilities such as TypedDict with typed extra items and TypeForm annotations, and C API updates including a new bytes-writer API and stable ABI support for free-threaded builds.
FCC Chairman Brendan Carr said in a CNBC interview that he would leave it to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to decide whether networks can air the planned firing-squad execution of convicted Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan. The Pentagon has said the execution will be livestreamed, which Carr noted likely places it outside FCC jurisdiction over broadcast TV. Major platforms including YouTube, Twitch, Meta, and X have not yet responded to questions about whether they would carry the livestream.
TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 will host a Builders Stage session titled 'The Zero-to-1K Playbook,' featuring Gamma CEO Grant Lee, Engine CEO Elia Wallen, and GV general partner Crystal Huang. The panel will discuss tactics founders use to acquire their first 1,000 customers without a marketing budget, including community building, product-led growth, and founder-led sales. Gamma, the AI presentation and content platform Lee co-founded, was reported in March 2026 to be nearing 100 million users after surpassing $100 million in annual recurring revenue in 2025.
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