Amazon has expanded pre-order discounts on the newly unveiled Apple HomeView to its Silver, Space Gray, and Rose Pink colorways, each priced at $289.99, while the Starlight model has returned to full price. Separately, Best Buy is offering pre-orders on Apple's new HomePod mini 2 with double rewards points for members, alongside other Apple deals including a $220 discount on the 1TB M5 Max Mac Studio and a $600 cut on an M5 Pro MacBook Pro.
9to5mac.com
· 2026-10-15
Meta launched Muse Spark Open, an 816-billion-parameter multimodal AI model it calls the most capable US open-weight model available, and said it can run on two Apple M5 Ultra Mac Studios using Apple's MLX framework. Apple published its own technical post on MLX and the new model, and executives from both companies publicly praised the collaboration, which Axios reported had been months in the making.
theverge.com
· 2026-10-15
Google has rolled out a US feature letting Android users install apps built in AI Studio through Google Play without publishing them publicly or using a computer. The apps remain private, invisible in search and listings, and accessible only to their creator with a standard Google account. Creators must still follow Google Play's existing policies, and the apps aren't automatically eligible for public release.
techspot.com
· 2026-10-15
Ubisoft has proposed closing its Finnish studio RedLynx, affecting up to 52 positions, while cutting 70 roles at Ubisoft Singapore out of roughly 350 staff. Both studios had been supporting other Ubisoft projects under the company's Creative Network division. Ubisoft says the Singapore cuts are meant to align the studio with upcoming production needs.
engadget.com
· 2026-10-14
Formlabs unveiled the Form Studio 1, a $699 resin 3D printer designed for safer at-home use, paired with new resins formulated to reduce harmful fumes. The printer uses a 28-LED backlight system with individual lenses instead of the typical LCD setup, and loads resin via a cartridge system that tracks remaining material and allows swapping mid-print. Formlabs says it can print at 130mm per hour with its proprietary resin.
cnet.com
· 2026-10-14
Formlabs has released the Form Studio 1, a new SLA resin 3D printer priced at $699, marking the company's first product aimed at home users rather than professional businesses like dental offices or assembly shops. The printer uses stereolithography resin, compatible with both Formlabs-branded and third-party materials, with individual resin bottles starting at $29. A separate wash unit to clean finished prints costs $199.
wired.com
· 2026-10-14
Antima Jain and Pooja Choudhary, friends who met 11 years ago in Minnesota, used their own savings to launch a Color Me Mine paint-your-own pottery studio franchise in Edina in March 2025. The pair, both immigrants from India, bonded over shared interests before deciding to start a business together as their children grew more independent.
entrepreneur.com
· 2026-10-13
Google announced that users who build apps via prompts in AI Studio can now publish them for use on their own devices through a new 'personal library' in the Play Store, without needing a paid developer account. The feature targets users 18 and older in the US and select markets, and Google says it plans to add secure sharing with friends and family later. To reach a global audience, creators would need to upgrade to a professional developer account and pass standard Play Store safety reviews.
engadget.com
· 2026-10-13
Google announced that any standard Google account holder can now use AI Studio to create personal Android apps via text prompts, with no coding required. These apps install directly to a user's own device through a private Play Store channel rather than the public listing, and can be shared with others outside the formal app store.
zdnet.com
· 2026-10-13
Google announced that Android users can now build apps with AI in Google AI Studio and install them directly on their own device via Google Play, without publishing them to the public store. These private apps won't appear in search or listings and are visible only to their creator, though they must still follow Play's policies. The feature is launching first for users 18 and older in the U.S.
techcrunch.com
· 2026-10-13
Google announced a new US feature letting people install personal apps built with AI Studio's vibe-coding tool directly through the Play Store, skipping the need to sideload via a connected computer. These apps remain private and separate from the public store catalog, are tied to a standard Google account, and Google says sharing with select groups is coming soon.
theverge.com
· 2026-10-13
Scientists including Florida Atlantic University neuroscientist Ian Gaudet are increasingly running large language models locally on their own computers rather than using cloud-based chatbots such as Claude, Gemini or ChatGPT. Tools like Ollama, LM Studio and DEVONthink let researchers download AI models to search and organize their literature and data offline, avoiding the risk that cloud providers could use their inputs for training. Users cite concerns over data protection, reproducibility and cost as reasons for going local, though rising hardware costs and the need to verify AI output remain obstacles.
nature.com
· 2026-10-12
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