Speedrun.com replaced its terms of service on 1 October 2026, removing the Creative Commons licence that previously governed user-submitted data and content. The new terms state that parent company Elo now owns the site's data, databases and records, and ban activities including automated scraping, donation-based funding models, and building tools with 'substantially similar' features to the site. The API can now also be revised or shut off without notice.
Jessica Liao Mayers founded Slate Swim in November 2015 with $300 in fabric and a sewing machine, starting with made-to-order minimalist swimwear. She grew the company without outside investment, reinvesting revenue into production, inventory, branding and operations, eventually building it into a seven-figure business that was recently acquired.
Salvatore Sanfilippo, the creator of Redis, has released DwarfStar 4 (ds4), a lightweight C-based inference engine for running large open-weight language models locally on high-memory Mac, CUDA and ROCm hardware. The tool supports models including DeepSeek V4, V4.1 Flash, GLM 5.x and Qwen3.8 Flash Next, covering text and vision, with a local API, CLI and native agent, and is released under the MIT license.
Peacock has officially ordered a live-action television series set in the Fast & Furious universe, months after star Vin Diesel first revealed the project was in development. Details on cast, plot and premiere timing have not yet been disclosed.
Christos Cassandras, a Boston University professor and IEEE Life Fellow, has built mathematical models and algorithms that use vehicles' speed, mass, and distance to coordinate self-driving cars without traffic signals. He received this year's IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Society Outstanding Research Award for the work, which builds on his 1990s theory describing cars as both physical objects and information-processing systems, now known as cyber physical systems.
By the early 2000s LEGO had diversified into theme parks, an in-house game studio, clothing and TV content, and by 2003 it had lost nearly a third of its revenue in one year, reportedly coming within about 18 months of running out of cash. New CEO Jørgen Vig Knudstorp, appointed in 2004, didn't scrap those ventures but restructured how LEGO ran them: selling majority ownership of its theme parks to Merlin Entertainments while retaining licensing rights, and closing its internal game studio in favor of licensing deals with outside developers, which produced titles like Lego Star Wars and Lego Batman.
The European Commission has deployed Element Pro, a self-hosted messaging tool from UK firm Element, as a sovereign alternative to Microsoft Teams. Politico reported that internal staff messages described the software harshly, with officials calling it confusing and of little value, and one saying the U.S. would win instantly if it cut off its tech given how Teams compares. Element CEO Matthew Hodgson acknowledged early 'teething issues' and said switching tools always causes friction.
Amazon is offering the Arlo Ultra Wireless Security Camera 4K HDR bundle, including two cameras and a SmartHub, at a record low price of $220.99. Originally priced at $349.99, this deal represents a 37% discount and is the lowest price seen this year for this high-end security system.
A study published in Organisms Diversity & Evolution by University of British Columbia researchers documents seven sea spider species found in the Salish Sea, including two previously undescribed ones alongside five known species. The team collected specimens from depths of up to about 60 feet and used scanning electron microscopy and DNA analysis to classify them. One new species, Callipallene pilosuspedes, was named for its hairy, sensory-hair-covered mouthparts.
Apple introduced the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max, with the Max model featuring a 6.9-inch display and the standard Pro at 6.3 inches. The Max also claims the largest battery life increase ever for iPhone. Both models are equipped with the new A20 Pro chip and similar camera systems, including 48MP sensors and optical zoom.
The White House convened leading tech CEOs, including Zuckerberg, Bezos, and Musk, to endorse an AI safety pledge and signed an executive order that rebrands artificial intelligence as 'super intelligence.' Major companies like Meta and OpenAI are promoting more approachable AI products amid ongoing enterprise investments. The event highlights a shift in government and industry language around AI development and safety.
The California State Athletic Commission sent a cease-and-desist letter to organizers of Robot Entertainment Kombat, which staged a human-versus-humanoid-robot cage match in September billed as the first of its kind. The commission says the event lacked required permits and ordered organizers to stop hosting or promoting such fights or face misdemeanor charges. Founder Cix Liv publicized the letter on social media rather than disputing it.
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