At TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, Cerebras Systems CEO Andrew Feldman said personal AI assistants that operate in the home are close to becoming reality, citing consumer AI agents like Meta's Muse and the $10 billion startup Instinct as evidence of growing adoption. He described a future where these assistants run partly on-device and partly in the cloud, learn user habits, and even handle purchases via linked credit cards within a defined security boundary. Feldman also said he personally uses several AI agents to manage his calendar and prepare for calls.
John Zimmerman, founder of the Swiss non-profit OKA, says his organisation has become Wikipedia's largest contributor of translated articles, publishing over 10,000 pieces mainly in Spanish, Portuguese and English. The process pairs AI-generated drafts with human translators who check every sentence, a workflow Zimmerman says would have cost millions using traditional human-only translation. Legal translator Ariella Baltié separately described reviewing AI-translated court documents that contained errors, including mistranslating a French legal term and garbling a woman's marital status.
Graduates and recruiters report growing use of AI to draft CVs, cover letters and prepare for online assessments and video interviews. Tom, 22, from Maidstone, says he used AI to help manage over 200 job applications before securing a restaurant manager role, describing the process as exhausting and demoralising. Many employers reportedly tolerate AI use in applications within limits, though the boundary between acceptable assistance and cheating remains unclear.
Biscoff, a sweeter variation of Belgium's traditional speculaas cookie, was largely unknown in the US until Delta Air Lines began serving it in 1986 as a stopgap replacement for peanuts during a domestic peanut shortage. The cookie, made by Lembeke-based Lotus Bakeries since 1932, had already built popularity in Belgium through a 1950s strategy of individually wrapping cookies and partnering with cafes to serve them alongside coffee. Lotus Bakeries now describes Biscoff as the world's fifth-bestselling cookie.
According to GamesBeat, Rockstar plans to launch Grand Theft Auto VI on PC in the first quarter of 2027, roughly three months after its November 19, 2026 console debut. Rockstar has not officially confirmed a PC version. The report follows Microsoft's announcement that it secured exclusive cloud-streaming rights to the game.
Apple's new Apple TV 4K replaces the 2022 model's A15 Bionic chip with an A19, which Apple says is up to 50 percent faster at CPU tasks and twice as fast at graphics, alongside doubled RAM, AV1 decoding, Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 6. The box now has three built-in mics for hands-free Siri, and a new $59 remote adds Precision Finding for compatible iPhones. The system also now supports four HomePods as a surround setup, up from the previous two-speaker stereo limit.
A tech guide outlines how users can adjust Chrome and Google account settings to reduce tracking, including blocking third-party cookies, enabling Do Not Track, and disabling Web & App Activity, Timeline location history, and Personalize Search in the Google Data & Privacy dashboard. It also recommends turning off personalized ads through Google's My Ad Center.
Industrial Next, a San Francisco startup presenting at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, unveiled self-contained robotic stations that use proprietary AI foundation models to combine vision, task context and motion, allowing production lines to be retooled in minutes instead of weeks without manual reprogramming. The company also announced a partnership with BMW Group Technology Office to evaluate its dexterous manipulation technology for manufacturing use.
Anthropic has filed a petition asking the full D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals to rehear its challenge to the Pentagon's designation of the company as a national-security 'supply chain risk.' A divided three-judge panel had upheld the designation in September, rejecting Anthropic's claims that the Defense Department's ban on its Claude models was arbitrary, unauthorized and unconstitutional. The Pentagon imposed the label in March after negotiations collapsed over how the military could use Claude, following a $200 million contract signed in July 2025.
The FTC and attorneys general from seven states have asked a federal judge to hold Martin Shkreli in contempt, alleging he repeatedly violated his 2022 lifetime ban from the pharmaceutical industry. They say he traded stock in dozens of drug companies and discussed the industry on social media livestreams despite the prohibition.
Jim Cramer told CNBC's 'Mad Money' viewers to avoid newly public data-center infrastructure firm Accelevation Holdings, which priced its IPO on Sept. 29 at $18 per share, below its proposed range, and has since fallen to about $15. He suggested putting the stock on a watch list rather than buying, citing his own preference for established AI infrastructure names like GE Vernova and Eaton.
AnitaB.org announced it is cancelling this year's Grace Hopper Celebration, which had been planned for Anaheim, California. The organization said individual registrations and sponsorship commitments fell well below expectations and below what was needed to cover operating costs. Registrants are being told to cancel their own travel and hotel bookings, and AnitaB.org said it will contact them about registration fee refunds by October 26.
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