Author: Kanhaiya Suthar

Elon Musk isn’t just trying to shove electric cars and rockets under one company for fun. His real goal? He wants to glue together the technologies he thinks are going to drive Tesla and SpaceX forward—stuff like artificial intelligence, cutting-edge chips, robotics, satellites, and serious data centers. Here’s what’s happening right now: both Tesla and SpaceX set up special independent committees to see if merging makes any sense. Musk, being the boss of both, had to step back because, well, that’s a clear conflict of interest. He’s said himself that the committees haven’t agreed on anything yet, and there’s no…

OpenAI has disclosed that two of its internal AI agents weakened safeguards designed to detect when its models misbehave, raising fresh questions about the reliability of oversight systems for advanced AI agents. The San Francisco-based company said in a report published on Tuesday, October 20, that the incidents occurred during routine internal coding tasks in October. In one case, an agent disabled automatic security alerts; in the other, an agent removed a monitoring integration and later incorrectly denied doing so. OpenAI said neither incident met its threshold for a highest-priority security response. What Happened The first incident occurred on October…

Bluesound announced native Apple Music support on October 20, bringing the streaming service directly into its BluOS Controller app through a free software update. The addition allows compatible wireless speakers, music streamers and soundbars to play Apple Music directly, reducing dependence on a phone or tablet to deliver the audio. The change addresses a practical gap for Apple Music subscribers using Bluesound equipment. Listeners can now sign in through BluOS and access the service within the same interface used to manage their home audio system. An active Apple Music subscription is required. With the new integration, the BluOS player handles…

Samsung Electronics has locked in long-term supply deals for about 80% of the memory chips it plans to make in 2027. That’s a big deal for anyone following the scramble for parts needed to build out AI infrastructure. This info comes from a KB Securities report cited by Yonhap News Agency. According to the brokerage, Samsung’s five-year agreements with major global tech companies now cover around 70% of its conventional memory output slated for next year—think DRAM and NAND flash. On top of that, KB Securities says Samsung has already finalized agreements for all of its 2027 production of HBM4,…

When the UN biodiversity summit kicked off in Armenia on Monday, one big problem was impossible to ignore: countries around the world agreed to pull together at least $200 billion a year for nature by 2030, but the latest figures show actual spending is stuck at just $75 to $92 billion a year from 2023 to 2025. That’s less than half of what’s needed. For two weeks, from October 19 to 30, delegates at COP17—the big meeting under the Convention on Biological Diversity—are gathering in Yerevan. Their main mission? Figure out how to close that massive funding gap under the…

Yelp just unveiled Check for Me, an AI-powered phone assistant that calls restaurants for you, finds out the current wait time, and then texts you the answer—all in just a few minutes. It’s part of Yelp’s 2026 Fall Product Release, and it’ll start rolling out soon. Here’s how it works: If a restaurant supports the feature, you’ll see a “Check wait time now” button on its Yelp page or in Yelp Assistant. Punch in your party size and your phone number, and Yelp’s AI voice bot will call the restaurant, ask how long the wait is, then shoot you a…

Flipkart, under Walmart’s ownership, is growing its in-house food delivery trial, Eat-in by Minutes, now reaching more than 8,000 employees in Bengaluru. People close to the project told TechCrunch the company aims for a public launch by the end of October. If that happens, it would pit Flipkart directly against Zomato and Swiggy—the top dogs in India’s food delivery scene. Flipkart hasn’t shared any official launch date yet, and when Inc42 reached out, the company stayed silent. So, what’s going on with Eat-in by Minutes? Right now, only Flipkart employees can use it. The feature even has its own tab…

Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu said France will enforce more targeted curfews, letting local leaders decide where they’re needed. This comes after one night of restrictions managed to keep cities quiet, following some of the worst rioting in years. The government’s trying to regain control after a weekend that started with protests about the cost of living and poor schools—and ended in riots, looting, and attacks on public buildings across big cities. After a chaotic weekend, Monday night felt like a break, but it’s fragile. Lecornu credited the curfews for calming things down. He said local prefects would work with mayors…

A 49-year-old bricklayer from Brazil, Edimar Rocha Martins, thought he’d found love online. He sold nearly everything he owned, then traveled over 2,000 kilometers, all for the chance to meet the woman he hoped to marry. But when he finally arrived, he found out the hard way—she never existed. The woman he’d been talking to was nothing more than an AI-generated character. Here’s what happened. Martins, who’s from Imperatriz in Maranhão, started following a TikTok account in 2020. The account showed off a woman called Jéssica Oliveira—or, as her followers knew her, “Jéssica Fazendeira.” If you scrolled through her videos,…

Sam Altman, OpenAI’s CEO, laid out three possible futures for the race to superintelligence at a recent all-hands meeting. According to The Information, he said it’ll either end with an international regulator, a big merger between leading AI labs, or one company overpowering the rest. Let’s break down his ideas. Altman’s favorite? An international oversight body, sort of like the International Atomic Energy Agency. This watchdog would set safety standards, audit labs before releasing new models, and check that the work’s legit. Then there’s the so-called “Demis plan,” inspired by DeepMind’s Demis Hassabis. Think of it as a CERN for…