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David Ellison, CEO of the newly combining Paramount and Warner Bros, announced on X that the $110 billion merged company will be called Skydance, after the studio he founded in 2006. The deal is expected to close this month after clearing its last regulatory hurdle in September, uniting HBO Max and Paramount+ along with franchises like Harry Potter, DC and Game of Thrones under one company.
Apple announced it will add new restrictions to macOS's Full Disk Access permission, requiring explicit user action before apps can gain that level of system access. The company said some developers currently use the permission in ways that expose files, mail, messages and browsing history without users fully understanding the scope of access granted. Apple did not specify a rollout timeline for the change.
Google has quietly increased the Pixel 10a's US price from $499 to $599, with the change also reflected on Amazon and Best Buy listings. Archived listings show similar jumps in Canada (from roughly $529 CAD to $849 CAD) and the UK (from £429 to £599), suggesting the hike spans multiple markets. Google has not publicly commented on the price change.
The Arizona Court of Appeals ordered a new sentencing for Gabriel Horcasitas after ruling that an AI-created video of the victim, Christopher Pelkey, was unreliable evidence. The video, which depicted Pelkey speaking to the judge, was produced by his family to humanize him but was deemed not to reflect actual events. This case marks a potential first in U.S. courts involving AI-generated evidence influencing judicial decisions.
Tesla delivered 486,532 electric vehicles in Q3 2026, down 2.1% from 497,099 a year earlier, though the figure beat analyst expectations of 456,600. Model 3 and Y deliveries slipped only 0.6% to 478,237, while sales of other models—mainly Cybertruck along with Semi and Cybercab—plunged 48% to 8,295 units, even as total vehicle production rose 3.7%. Tesla's energy storage deployments grew 9.6% year-over-year to 13.7 GWh, and full financial results are due October 21.
Valve Software has published GPUVis, a tool for visualizing GPU and system traces, with its source code hosted on GitHub under an MIT license. The project relies on several existing open-source components, including Dear ImGui, Simple DirectMedia Layer, gl3w, and trace-cmd, each retaining their own respective licenses.
A free, open-source macOS utility called Magic Switch has been released on GitHub, allowing users to share an Apple Magic Keyboard, Trackpad, or Mouse across two Macs. The tool avoids the usual requirement of an Apple ID or manually re-pairing devices over USB when switching machines.
Research firms Omdia and Gartner have outlined a set of governance, security, and value challenges that organizations are expected to confront as AI adoption matures over the next year. Their analysis points to accountability becoming a central issue as companies scale AI deployments.
Toshiba has spent roughly ¥60 billion ($380 million) expanding its hard drive assembly facility in the Philippines, aiming to double nearline HDD production capacity by fiscal 2027 versus fiscal 2025. New manufacturing lines at the Laguna Technopark site are already installed and shipping, positioning Toshiba to launch 30TB-class drives in 2027, 65TB-class drives by 2030, and eventually 100TB-class drives using MAMR technology with up to 11 platters.
Dish-owned Sling TV has stopped offering Sling Pass, the feature that let customers buy single-day, weekend, or week-long access to cable channels instead of a full monthly subscription. The company confirmed the discontinuation in a statement on its website and in a note sent to customers, as first reported by The Desk.
An Entrepreneur contributor argues that companies investing in advanced AI tools often neglect two other necessary dimensions of transformation: building employees' ability to use AI effectively, and establishing governance over what AI should be permitted to do. The author frames this as 'Three Capacities of AI Transformation'—technological, human, and governance—arguing that developing only the technology creates organizational bottlenecks.
A new survey finds that heavier social media use correlates with greater likelihood of believing unverified rumors, according to researchers cited in the report. The study frames this pattern as a threat to democratic discourse, since decisions and public debate increasingly rest on claims that have not been fact-checked.