Microsoft is changing cloud storage rules for Microsoft 365 Family, Premium, and Pro subscribers, replacing the current 1TB-per-user allotment with a single shared 2TB pool for all users on a plan. The change applies at subscription renewal after May 2, 2027, and some users may receive bonus storage when switched, though Microsoft hasn't detailed eligibility. For a six-person family plan, this cuts total available storage by roughly two-thirds.
Frances Haugen, the Facebook whistleblower whose leaked documents sparked the Wall Street Journal's Facebook Files series, spoke to The Verge about watching Mikey Madison portray her in Aaron Sorkin's new film The Social Reckoning, out in theaters Friday. She noted the film accurately depicted her habit of wearing wrist warmers, a detail tied to a real vasoconstrictive disorder she manages, and said the experience made her newly aware of how disruptive the condition has been for years.
During China's National Day Golden Week, Guangzhou South Railway Station served over one million passengers in 24 hours, a reported world record, according to South China Morning Post. The station ran 1,252 trains that day with headways as low as 40 seconds, while China's national rail network logged 25.2 million passenger trips on October 1 alone.
A leaker known as 'pdfu,' who has previously shared accurate Apple and LG smart-home leaks, posted new details suggesting an NFC-based 'Proximity Control' feature for upcoming LG Apple Home accessories. The feature reportedly shows device controls in the iPhone's Dynamic Island when the phone is held near a compatible device, using the Matter protocol but tailored to Apple Home. This follows an earlier leak describing a 'tap to setup without power' pairing feature from the same source.
A developer has released Breadstick Linux as an app on the Google Play Store, aimed at users frustrated with limited Linux app support on Chromebooks and Android devices. The app is positioned as an alternative to the standard Linux terminal environment built into ChromeOS.
A CNET writer asked Meta's AI agent, Muse, to help confirm she was the registered owner of her Visible phone number after repeatedly receiving calls and texts meant for a previous owner named Andrew. The assistant was unable to complete the task, running into roadblocks at every step while trying to navigate Visible's chatbot-only customer service system.
President Trump said on Truth Social that the US will not attack Iran before the November 3 midterm elections, citing "productive discussions" between the two countries—a reversal from comments made a day earlier. He said the US naval blockade on Iran's ports remains fully in effect and that Iran still cannot be allowed a nuclear weapon. Oil prices rose during Thursday's trading session despite the de-escalatory tone.
Nikkei Asia reports Apple has told suppliers to cut October component orders for the iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max by roughly 15-20% versus original requests, citing sources who say demand has softened since early September. Sources attribute part of the slowdown to $100 price increases on both models, with one supplier noting demand is weaker than in past years when Apple released its full lineup simultaneously. Apple hasn't confirmed further cuts beyond October, and the report suggests similar reductions could hit the upcoming iPhone Duo.
Anthropic revised its usage policy on Thursday to allow its Claude models to terminate interactions in cases of "sustained and needless" cruelty from users. The behaviour joins existing banned conduct such as bullying, promoting self-harm and generating non-consensual intimate images, though Anthropic says it will only apply in extreme, repeated cases rather than ordinary frustration or creative testing.
Astronomers used the James Webb Space Telescope to identify the galaxy that produced the farthest fast radio burst ever detected, first spotted in 2024 by the MeerKAT array. The source galaxy formed just 3 billion years after the Big Bang and is roughly 1,000 times smaller than galaxies linked to previously known bursts, which occurred billions of years later.
Delta Air Lines reported third-quarter results showing a significant drop in net income and issued a more conservative forecast for coming periods. The announcement sent its shares down more than 3% in Friday morning trading.
Proofs and Prompts has compiled a running thread of mathematician reactions to OpenAI's 6 October announcement that its models produced solutions to over 100 research-level math problems, including one described as resembling a Quasi-Riemann result. Contributors like Tim Santens and Roman Sauer describe being stunned that the models applied known but obscure techniques across very different problems, and the site says it will keep collecting reactions for another week.
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