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Tech news of October 21, 2026
46 stories, synthesized from 222 sources in total.
Briefing of the day
- 35B parameter multimodal model runs on smartphone New weight preloading techniques enable powerful multimodal AI to run locally on mobile devices 9 sources
- Altman outlines three AI safety scenarios OpenAI's proposed governance paths could shape how international watchdogs monitor AI development 7 sources
- Chinese giants order $35 billion in Nvidia chips To bypass US export bans, Chinese tech giants ordered 3 million RTX PRO 5500 chips, though Nvidia may fulfill… 4 sources
- Samsung sold 80% of 2027 memory; RAM prices to rise Long-term contracts for HBM and DRAM are expected to drive double-digit price increases for consumers 3 sources
- ASUS ships world's first Wi-Fi 8 mesh system The ZenWiFi BN12 aims to provide reliable whole-home coverage with speeds up to 19 Gbps 8 sources
All stories of the day (46)
- OpenAI backs a startup using brain implants to detect cancer AI
- Samsung sold 80% of 2027 memory; RAM prices set to rise again Hardware
- A 35-billion-parameter multimodal model now runs on a smartphone AI
- Samsung Electro-Mechanics will supply Nvidia with AI chip substrates Hardware
- Fastweb and Vodafone boost Nvidia supercomputer for sovereign AI Tech
- AI trained on fossils suggests three mass extinctions were gradual Science
- US bans DeepSeek from federal agencies as Beijing blocks Western AI Policy
- ASUS ships ZenWiFi BN12, the first Wi-Fi 8 mesh system Hardware
- Anthropic reports $80 billion loss in first half of 2026 Business
- Altman outlines three AI safety endgames, one with a firm melting rivals AI
- Germany wants more data centers, but climate rules slow the plan Tech
- Nvidia's Groq moves to 3D stacked DRAM for more capacity over speed Hardware
- LG gram 2026 reaches Italy: local AI and prices from €1,099 Hardware
- Pocket TTS shrinks to 1.9 million parameters and still clones voices AI
- ElevenLabs launches Eleven Realtime: voice agents from a single model Software
- ChatGPT can now lock private chats behind a PIN or Face ID AI
- Unitree unveils H2-X: a kung-fu humanoid with about 8 hours of battery AI
- PowerToys 0.102 adds mouse button lock for dragging without holding click Software
- CES Unveiled comes to Milan with 70 startups, first time in Italy Tech
- Intel Core Ultra 9 4995HX: 28 cores for the fastest Nova Lake laptop chip Hardware
- South Korea plans 12 Nuri launches by 2032 and its first military payload Space
- Spotify launches podcast memberships in Italy; creators keep 90% revenue Tech
- Mistral launches Voxtral 3, a real-time voice agent that listens and talks AI
- FSR 4.1 reaches Radeon RX 6000 and Xbox Series X|S Hardware
- Gemini 4 Argon finds new solutions to a fusion problem open for 59 years AI
- Apple says HomeView had to wait for Siri AI Apple
- Gradium releases Phonon: open-source speech synthesis under 50M parameters AI
- Spark-X2.6-4B: a 4-billion model the maker says rivals 9B models AI
- Eagle-4 Is Faster Than DFlash 2 and DSpark Across Batch Sizes AI
- XGIMI brings a 120-inch laser screen to the living room for $2,399 Tech
- Perplexity Computer now runs fully on Mac, even offline AI
- Beam pulls a single app window from another Mac, no full remote desktop Software
- ByteDance, Alibaba and Tencent order $35 billion in Nvidia chips AI
- 55% of China's AI tokens go to short dramas and videos AI
- AI reverse engineering is rewriting smart TVs, mirrors and bricked devices Tech
- BLUETTI Apex 200 arrives with expandable 2.56 kWh and RV outlet Hardware
- Shadeform launches Spot so idle GPU owners can resell capacity Software
- Fable 5.5 isn't out, but Anthropic is building a model that reads intent AI
- Apple Hires for 6G Modems as It Prepares Post-5G iPhones Tech
- A robot inspired by seabirds swims, then takes off from the water Tech
- A robotic arm feels touch and reacts like a human arm AI
- NASA wants to assemble a football field-sized radiator in orbit Space
- Gemini Personal Intelligence comes to cars, reading your mail and calendar AI
- Kratsios rewrites US science: Europe must respond Policy
- ASUS Zenbook 14 debuts in Europe with two new Ceraluminum finishes Hardware
- Halo: Combat Evolved runs on Sega Dreamcast thanks to a fan port Hardware