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Modal plans to run its Sandboxes product on Nvidia’s Arm-based Vera CPU, its first step away from x86 chips. In Modal’s own tests, Vera handled up to twice as many tasks as an Intel server when packed with containers. The results have not been independently checked. Modal plans to run its AI agent sandboxes on […] This story continues at The Next Web

Green SM, a ride-hailing firm owned by Vietnam’s Vingroup, has launched an all-electric taxi service in Los Angeles. It starts with 500 VinFast VF 8 SUVs and full-time drivers. The US is its ninth market, and the launch puts more cars from sister company VinFast on US roads. Green SM, a Vietnamese ride-hailing company, has […] This story continues at The Next Web

Monday.com has launched Harmony, a voice AI platform that calls, qualifies and follows up on sales leads, then hands them to human reps. It uses small, task-specific AI models and claims replies in about 200 milliseconds. It is available in the US, UK, Australia and Singapore. Monday.com has launched Harmony, a voice AI platform that […] This story continues at The Next Web

Deutsche Telekom, Orange, Telefónica and Vodafone have signed a letter of intent to explore a joint bid for satellite spectrum in Europe. The four companies announced it on Monday in a joint release. The spectrum is for mobile satellite services (MSS), the radio frequencies that link satellites with mobile devices. The bid would be for […] This story continues at The Next Web

Apple has confirmed a “Pro and tell” event in Los Angeles on 28 October. Bloomberg reports it will show its first touchscreen MacBook Pro with an OLED screen, an entry-level M6 MacBook Pro, a new iMac and an OLED iPad mini. Apple has not confirmed any products. Apple will hold a launch event in Los […] This story continues at The Next Web

Amazon has launched TorchNeuron, an open-source backend that lets PyTorch code run on its Trainium AI chips with a one-line change. It goes into public beta on 20 October under the Apache 2.0 licence and supports Trainium2 and Trainium3. Some PyTorch features are not yet supported. Amazon has launched TorchNeuron, a tool that lets developers […] This story continues at The Next Web

Launching an AI pilot is relatively straightforward. But integrating it reliably and at scale into business operations is a far greater challenge. McKinsey’s global 2026 survey found that only 37% of respondents said AI had improved their company’s earnings, unchanged from the previous year. Yet eight in ten said AI had helped them become more […] This story continues at The Next Web

Donald Trump described his call to Google to a crowd at Northern Kentucky University on Saturday. “I called Google, Google Maps. See, Google wouldn’t have taken my call in the first. Now they kiss my ass.” Donald Trump, at a rally in Highland Heights, Kentucky He was speaking at the university’s Truist Arena in Highland […] This story continues at The Next Web

SandboxAQ has added two products to its Switch AI platform. Switch Trust finds a company’s AI agents, tests them for attacks such as prompt injection, and blocks unsafe behaviour. Switch ROI tracks each agent’s spending against outcomes. Both are free for up to five agents. SandboxAQ has launched two tools to help companies check that […] This story continues at The Next Web

Samsung Electronics will make a core part of Nvidia’s custom memory chips on TSMC’s 3-nanometre process. The Seoul Economic Daily reported the move on Sunday, citing industry sources. It would be the first time the two have worked together on making high-bandwidth memory (HBM). The part is the base die, the logic layer at the […] This story continues at The Next Web

A federal judge in San Jose hears two opposed motions on the same day, Apple’s request to stop OpenAI using anything taken from it and OpenAI’s request to throw the case out. Apple won part of its expedited discovery on Tuesday, and was refused part of it. Apple and OpenAI are in court in San […] This story continues at The Next Web

California has opened a $28M round paying up to $100,000 per public DC fast-charging port, covering as much as 100% of eligible costs. The top rate goes only to ports above 275kW, even though charger makers’ own data shows plug count raises usage far more than power does. California has opened a $28M round of […] This story continues at The Next Web

EA has obtained an investment-grade rating from Egan-Jones for a subset of its bonds, and is using it to argue it does not owe creditors a 101-cent payout after the largest leveraged buyout on record. Egan-Jones is under SEC investigation over whether commercial pressure shaped its ratings, and it is certified to operate in the […] This story continues at The Next Web

Elon Musk has accused unnamed oligarchs of keeping Starlink out of India, as Brendan Ruberry reported for Semafor. India’s government has rejected the claim. “Unfortunately, we are being blocked by certain oligarchs in order to maintain their monopolistic chokehold on the Indian people,” Musk wrote on X, Forbes reported. “This is a crime against the people of […] This story continues at The Next Web

Sam Altman said the superintelligence accord that President Donald Trump signed with AI executives is “a good start”, but that the industry will need more. He said it in the second of two interviews with Vanity Fair, recorded in San Francisco on 2 October. The magazine published both interviews on 5 October. Guiducci recorded the […] This story continues at The Next Web

Netflix is preparing to cut about 5% of its workforce, with an announcement possible as early as next week, Puck reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the plans. Netflix had about 16,000 full-time employees at the end of last year, so a cut of that size would affect roughly 800 people. The report comes three […] This story continues at The Next Web

The EU’s cyber agency, ENISA, and the Commission’s own science service, the Joint Research Centre, have started testing open AI models from China, Politico reported. Three EU officials confirmed the work, the first time either body has spoken about it. These open-weight models are released in full, so anyone can download, run, and study them. Chinese […] This story continues at The Next Web

The privacy official in Spirit Airlines’ bankruptcy has recommended approval of the sale of deidentified Spirit Airlines data to Google. In a report filed on 5 October, ombudsman Lucy Thomson said Spirit and Google had taken passenger databases out of the deal. Google won the auction with a $10m bid, Business Insider reported. A hearing […] This story continues at The Next Web

Apple is asking some suppliers to make fewer parts for its two newest Pro phones, the iPhone 18 Pro and the Pro Max, Nikkei Asia reported on Friday. The two models were the first flagship launch under chief executive John Ternus. Citing several people familiar with the matter, Nikkei Asia said Apple’s October component orders are at least 15% below […] This story continues at The Next Web

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has applied to trademark her voice at the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO). The EUIPO record lists a sound mark filed on 5 October in her own name, as an individual, through the Italian firm Praxi Intellectual Property. As of 9 October, the application was still under examination. The […] This story continues at The Next Web