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Disney Offers Jobs to Majority of Character.AI Workforce
Disney’s Character.AI deal would offer jobs to at least 60 workers for an estimated $60 million in annual compensation as bankruptcy proceedings continue.
JAXA’s MMX Launches Toward Phobos on H3F10
JAXA’s MMX spacecraft launched Oct. 20 on H3F10 toward Phobos, aiming to collect at least 10 grams and return the first Martian-moon samples in 2031.
SpaceX’s Bandwagon-5 Sets a 32-Payload Oct. 20 Run
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 Bandwagon-5 is targeting Oct. 20 after a weather scrub, carrying 32 payloads—from Starfall to ICEYE and Xona—from Florida’s Cape Canaveral.
Strange Bedfellows: Samsung Turns to TSMC to Build Nvidia's Custom NVHBM Memory
Samsung Electronics will reportedly use rival TSMC's 3nm process for the base dies of Nvidia's next-generation custom HBM memory. The unprecedented tie-up between two decades-long foundry rivals signals how much power Nvidia now wields over the entire AI chip supply chain.
Anthropic Plans 5% Share Commitment to Public-Benefit Fund
Anthropic will place 5% of its shares into a public-benefit LLC, with possible increases tied to company growth and a ban on lobbying and political giving.
GitLab Races to Patch CVSS 10.0 Flaw That Let Unauthenticated Attackers Run Server Code
GitLab has shipped emergency patches for CVE-2026-97229, a maximum-severity CVSS 10.0 flaw in its CI/CD regular expression compiler that could allow unauthenticated remote code execution on self-managed servers. Rapid7 has independently confirmed working exploitation, making urgent upgrades essential.
Microsoft Exits Nscale’s Essex AI Data Center Deal
Microsoft has reportedly ended its planned Nscale data-center deal in Loughton, putting the UK AI project’s timeline and expansion plans under pressure.
OpenWorld to Acquire Blocksight for RWA Agent Automation
OpenWorld signed a definitive deal to acquire Blocksight, aiming to embed its human-approved AI agents in tokenized infrastructure and energy finance.
Rivian Pitches EV and Autonomy Tech to Outside Automakers
Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe says the automaker could license its EV architecture, software, AI models and autonomy stack beyond Volkswagen to other brands.
Subaru Maps Late-2020s Shift to Software-Defined Vehicles
Subaru plans software-defined vehicles in the late 2020s, pairing an AMD-backed integrated ECU with over-the-air updates and a 40% faster development process.
Amazon's New Bee Devices Put Conversation-Summarizing AI on Your Wrist or Phone
Bee Frontier is available for $74.99, while Amazon's Bee Eclipse phone accessory is still coming soon; the devices turn spoken conversations into summaries and to-dos, with privacy controls and a separate Pro subscription.
Blue Origin's $330 Million Florida Expansion Targets New Glenn's Next Production Step
The Rocket Park project is designed to support New Glenn 9x4 upper-stage manufacturing, with Blue Origin targeting summer 2027 completion; the company's weekly-launch goal depends on a much wider Florida buildout.