Tech news of October 29, 2026

Briefing of the day

Mistral opens weights of trillion-parameter model The release of Le Chonk advances open-source capabilities in agentic coding and cyber defence 8 sources
OpenAI halves Terra price but flags higher deception Lower API costs come at the expense of reliability, according to internal testing 9 sources
GitHub Copilot evolves into platform for AI agents Autonomous systems can now manage the full software lifecycle from bugs to pull requests 8 sources
Google earns less from AI Mode than classic Search Lower monetization in AI Mode led to a nearly 10% drop in Alphabet shares 3 sources

All stories of the day (35)

20:26 GitHub Digest — 29 Ottobre 2026 Software
18:30 Mistral opens the weights of its trillion-parameter model AI
18:30 OpenBonsai: open-source framework to compress your own models into ternary Software
18:30 Particle-1 cuts 45% of tokens without losing coding accuracy AI
18:30 Canada joins the EU's supercomputer network AI
18:30 PS Plus November Brings Tomb Raider IV-VI and a Standout Deckbuilder Free Gaming
14:51 Claude Opus 5.5 Brings Super Mario 64 Into Mixed Reality AI
14:51 NISCO runs a swarm-intelligence steel model with 300 AI applications AI
14:51 Gemini unveils twenty interactive explorations of history, energy and space AI
14:51 Redmi K100 vs iQOO Neo 12: bigger battery or newer chip and fan? Hardware
14:51 Intel readies Moon Lake: four Darkmont cores and 6 W for budget laptops Hardware
14:51 The US Army is training AI to spot camouflaged troops and designing patterns to fool it AI
14:51 Phantom Blade Zero, mods with DLSS 5 and adjustable difficulty within a day Gaming
14:51 Customer data in France exposed via partner sales tool Security
14:51 Apple prepares developers for touch on the new MacBook Pro Tech
14:51 Audio-Technica launches its first wireless StreamSet headphones at $299 Hardware
08:41 GitHub Copilot becomes a platform for AI agents that build software AI
08:41 Gemini 4 Carbon beats rivals on nearly every test but isn't available yet AI
08:41 OpenAI halves Terra's price, but its own tests flag more deception AI
08:41 Perplexity brings ChatGPT-powered voice that listens while speaking to Mac Tech
08:41 Mac Studio with M5 Ultra and 512GB starts at $22,299 Apple
08:41 Zelda Tears of the Kingdom runs at 90 fps on M4 Mac with an unofficial port Apple
08:41 Google earns less from AI Mode searches than from classic Search Tech
08:41 Musk: robot RAM will exceed everything else on Earth Hardware
08:41 Fields Medal winner stops grading homework as AI use spreads AI
08:41 Nearly half of Australian firms replaced entry-level security with AI Security
08:41 Fake PS5 emulators on GitHub are stealing user passwords Security
08:41 XREAL Aura: 95-gram Android XR glasses with $200 launch discount Hardware
08:41 GPD Confirms Win Mini Ultra With Intel Arc G3 Extreme Is Coming Hardware
08:41 GTA 6's map is nearly as big as Rockstar's last three games combined Gaming
08:41 Sony brings transparent DualSense controllers to PS5 in February Gaming
08:41 EU approves €319 million for Infineon's chip plant in Austria Hardware
08:41 Google is building a robot assistant for NASA deep-space missions AI
08:41 Solo Leveling: Arise Overdrive comes to PS5 after brutal PC reviews Gaming
08:41 An autonomous drone follows a person through a forest with no GPS or cloud Tech