https://savvytoolz.com/en/news Daily AI and tech news, with the latest stories first, each linked to its original sources. en Fri, 30 Oct 2026 22:23:51 GMT https://savvytoolz.com/en/news/mistral-large-4-trillion-parameter-open-weights-2026-10-29 https://savvytoolz.com/en/news/mistral-large-4-trillion-parameter-open-weights-2026-10-29 Fri, 30 Oct 2026 22:23:51 GMT Artificial Intelligence Mistral has released weights for its trillion-parameter Large 4 model, aimed at coding and cyber defence. Company figures, checks and open questions. https://savvytoolz.com/en/news/spain-high-speed-train-crash-toledo-68-dead-2026-10-28 https://savvytoolz.com/en/news/spain-high-speed-train-crash-toledo-68-dead-2026-10-28 Thu, 29 Oct 2026 22:33:46 GMT World News A high-speed train collision near Toledo, Spain, has killed at least 68 people. Official accounts of the cause, national mourning and protests in Madrid. https://savvytoolz.com/en/news/microsoft-fy27-q1-revenue-92-3-billion-azure-48-percent-2026-10-29 https://savvytoolz.com/en/news/microsoft-fy27-q1-revenue-92-3-billion-azure-48-percent-2026-10-29 Wed, 28 Oct 2026 22:27:05 GMT Business and Markets Microsoft's fiscal Q1 2027 revenue rose 19% to $92.3 billion and Azure grew 48%. Headline figures from the company's release, plus open questions. https://savvytoolz.com/en/news/openai-gpt-6-1-terra-faster-cheaper-agents-2026-10-26 https://savvytoolz.com/en/news/openai-gpt-6-1-terra-faster-cheaper-agents-2026-10-26 Tue, 27 Oct 2026 22:36:17 GMT Artificial Intelligence OpenAI's GPT-6.1 Terra runs over three times faster than its larger siblings at half the API price. Specs, safety findings and open questions. https://savvytoolz.com/en/news/jordan-airstrikes-syria-karak-church-attack-2026-10-26 https://savvytoolz.com/en/news/jordan-airstrikes-syria-karak-church-attack-2026-10-26 Tue, 27 Oct 2026 22:36:17 GMT World News Jordanian strikes in southern Syria killed at least seven, Syria's civil defence says, after a Karak church shooting. Disputed accounts and open questions. https://savvytoolz.com/en/news/anthropic-s1-ipo-filing-nasdaq-ant-2026-10-26 https://savvytoolz.com/en/news/anthropic-s1-ipo-filing-nasdaq-ant-2026-10-26 Mon, 26 Oct 2026 22:46:43 GMT Artificial Intelligence Anthropic files its public S-1 for a Nasdaq IPO as ANT. The filing shows $16.3 billion in first-half 2026 revenue and an $80.7 billion net loss. https://savvytoolz.com/en/news/apple-ipad-mini-oled-a20-pro-699-2026-10-26 https://savvytoolz.com/en/news/apple-ipad-mini-oled-a20-pro-699-2026-10-26 Mon, 26 Oct 2026 22:46:43 GMT Technology Apple unveiled an 8.5-inch OLED iPad mini with the A20 Pro chip on 26 October. It starts at $699, with pre-orders on 28 October and sales from 6 November. https://savvytoolz.com/en/news/saudi-turkey-pakistan-iran-tehran-talks-houthi-attacks-2026-10-26 https://savvytoolz.com/en/news/saudi-turkey-pakistan-iran-tehran-talks-houthi-attacks-2026-10-26 Mon, 26 Oct 2026 22:46:43 GMT World News Officials from Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan met Iran’s leaders in Tehran on 26 October to open talks and head off renewed military escalation. https://savvytoolz.com/en/news/meta-35-billion-stock-offering-mandatory-convertible-preferred-2026-10-26 https://savvytoolz.com/en/news/meta-35-billion-stock-offering-mandatory-convertible-preferred-2026-10-26 Mon, 26 Oct 2026 22:46:43 GMT Business and Markets Meta launched about $35 billion in stock and convertible preferred offerings on 26 October, including $12.5 billion in mandatory convertible preferred. https://savvytoolz.com/en/news/lula-wins-brazil-runoff-bolsonaro-refuses-concede-2026-10-25 https://savvytoolz.com/en/news/lula-wins-brazil-runoff-bolsonaro-refuses-concede-2026-10-25 Mon, 26 Oct 2026 22:46:43 GMT Elections and Politics Lula won Brazil’s presidential runoff on 25 October with 51.8% of the vote, according to the electoral court count. Flávio Bolsonaro refuses to concede. https://savvytoolz.com/en/news/israel-knesset-election-october-27-netanyahu-2026-10-26 https://savvytoolz.com/en/news/israel-knesset-election-october-27-netanyahu-2026-10-26 Sun, 25 Oct 2026 22:24:18 GMT World News Israel votes on 27 October for all 120 Knesset seats. Polls show the opposition and Netanyahu’s bloc close, and the final campaign days have turned bitter. https://savvytoolz.com/en/news/openai-frontier-training-no-internet-access-2026-10-23 https://savvytoolz.com/en/news/openai-frontier-training-no-internet-access-2026-10-23 Sat, 24 Oct 2026 22:23:54 GMT Artificial Intelligence OpenAI says frontier model training will run without live internet access after a September incident, and it reports new flaws found in testing. Details. https://savvytoolz.com/en/news/france-nationwide-protests-410000-interior-ministry-2026-10-24 https://savvytoolz.com/en/news/france-nationwide-protests-410000-interior-ministry-2026-10-24 Sat, 24 Oct 2026 22:23:54 GMT World News France’s Interior Ministry counts 410,000 at nationwide protests on 24 October, while unions claim 800,000. Police report 135 arrests by early afternoon. https://savvytoolz.com/en/news/russia-ukraine-oleshky-ceasefire-november-talks-2026-10-24 https://savvytoolz.com/en/news/russia-ukraine-oleshky-ceasefire-november-talks-2026-10-24 Sat, 24 Oct 2026 22:23:54 GMT World News Russia and Ukraine agree a local ceasefire around Oleshky from 27 October to allow aid and evacuations, with peace talks planned for November in Abu Dhabi. https://savvytoolz.com/en/news/anthropic-theorem-claude-formal-verification-123-libraries-2026-10-22 https://savvytoolz.com/en/news/anthropic-theorem-claude-formal-verification-123-libraries-2026-10-22 Fri, 23 Oct 2026 22:24:15 GMT Artificial Intelligence Anthropic says Claude wrote proofs showing no crashes on inputs up to 64 MB across 239 entry points in 123 open-source libraries. The limits matter. https://savvytoolz.com/en/news/tibet-magnitude-7-earthquake-nagqu-deaths-2026-10-22 https://savvytoolz.com/en/news/tibet-magnitude-7-earthquake-nagqu-deaths-2026-10-22 Fri, 23 Oct 2026 22:24:15 GMT World News A magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck northern Tibet on 22 October, killing at least 16 people and collapsing hundreds of homes. Rescue work is ongoing. https://savvytoolz.com/en/news/west-bank-lockdown-hebron-checkpoint-shooting-2026-10-23 https://savvytoolz.com/en/news/west-bank-lockdown-hebron-checkpoint-shooting-2026-10-23 Fri, 23 Oct 2026 22:24:15 GMT World News Israel ordered a full West Bank lockdown and a Hebron cordon after a 23 October checkpoint shooting that killed two soldiers, according to reports. https://savvytoolz.com/en/news/meta-q3-2026-results-revenue-26-percent-class-c-stock-2026-10-21 https://savvytoolz.com/en/news/meta-q3-2026-results-revenue-26-percent-class-c-stock-2026-10-21 Fri, 23 Oct 2026 22:24:15 GMT Business and Markets Meta reported Q3 2026 revenue of $64.6 billion, up 26%, and net income of $9.86 billion. It also narrowed its capex range and set out a new Class C stock. https://savvytoolz.com/en/news/nodejs-october-2026-security-releases-brotli-rce-2026-10-21 https://savvytoolz.com/en/news/nodejs-october-2026-security-releases-brotli-rce-2026-10-21 Fri, 23 Oct 2026 22:24:15 GMT Cybersecurity Node.js released 22.23.4, 24.22.1 and 26.12.1 to fix ten flaws, four rated high, including a Brotli bug that can lead to remote code execution. Update now. https://savvytoolz.com/en/news/php2shell-critical-php-flaws-patch-2026-10-21 https://savvytoolz.com/en/news/php2shell-critical-php-flaws-patch-2026-10-21 Thu, 22 Oct 2026 16:57:12 GMT Cybersecurity Two critical PHP flaws, CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619, allow unauthenticated code execution. Fixed releases are out. Here is what to update now. https://savvytoolz.com/en/news/russia-frees-american-stephen-hubbard-witkoff-putin-2026-10-21 https://savvytoolz.com/en/news/russia-frees-american-stephen-hubbard-witkoff-putin-2026-10-21 Wed, 21 Oct 2026 17:07:24 GMT World News Russia has freed US citizen Stephen Hubbard, held over four years on mercenary charges, during envoy Steve Witkoff's visit. What is known and what is not. https://savvytoolz.com/en/news/dhs-orders-deepseek-removed-federal-civilian-systems-2026-10-19 https://savvytoolz.com/en/news/dhs-orders-deepseek-removed-federal-civilian-systems-2026-10-19 Tue, 20 Oct 2026 17:15:14 GMT Artificial Intelligence The Department of Homeland Security has ordered civilian federal agencies to remove DeepSeek products and stop buying them. Here is what the order covers. https://savvytoolz.com/en/news/hacker-ai-agents-breach-100-company-sites-2026-10-19 https://savvytoolz.com/en/news/hacker-ai-agents-breach-100-company-sites-2026-10-19 Tue, 20 Oct 2026 17:15:14 GMT Artificial Intelligence A Reuters exclusive says one hacker used AI agents and about $5,000 in tokens to break into more than 100 company websites. Here is what is confirmed. https://savvytoolz.com/en/news/minimax-m3-1-flash-launch-pricing-benchmarks-2026-10-19 https://savvytoolz.com/en/news/minimax-m3-1-flash-launch-pricing-benchmarks-2026-10-19 Tue, 20 Oct 2026 17:15:14 GMT Artificial Intelligence MiniMax launched its M3.1 Flash model on October 19 with a one-million-token window and low API prices. Here is what is confirmed and what is not. https://savvytoolz.com/en/news/microsoft-guardian-agents-monitor-risky-ai-agents-2026-10-19 https://savvytoolz.com/en/news/microsoft-guardian-agents-monitor-risky-ai-agents-2026-10-19 Tue, 20 Oct 2026 17:15:14 GMT Artificial Intelligence Microsoft unveiled Guardian Agents and new controls to watch and limit AI agents at work. Here is what was announced and what has not been dated. https://savvytoolz.com/en/news/apple-pro-and-tell-event-october-28-touchscreen-macbook-pro-2026-10-19 https://savvytoolz.com/en/news/apple-pro-and-tell-event-october-28-touchscreen-macbook-pro-2026-10-19 Tue, 20 Oct 2026 17:15:14 GMT Technology Apple has confirmed an October 28 event in Los Angeles. Bloomberg reports touchscreen MacBook Pro models, but Apple has not confirmed any products. https://savvytoolz.com/en/news/alberta-voters-reject-separation-path-referendum-2026-10-20 https://savvytoolz.com/en/news/alberta-voters-reject-separation-path-referendum-2026-10-20 Tue, 20 Oct 2026 17:15:14 GMT World News Albertans voted on October 19 against a path toward a second separation referendum. Early counts show about three in four backing Canada. https://savvytoolz.com/en/news/istanbul-kocaeli-floods-death-toll-nine-search-ends-2026-10-20 https://savvytoolz.com/en/news/istanbul-kocaeli-floods-death-toll-nine-search-ends-2026-10-20 Tue, 20 Oct 2026 17:15:14 GMT World News The Istanbul and Kocaeli flood death toll reached nine on October 20 after the last missing person was found. About 2,000 homes were seriously damaged. https://savvytoolz.com/en/news/deepseek-v4-1-flash-1017-faster-update-search-api-2026-10-19 https://savvytoolz.com/en/news/deepseek-v4-1-flash-1017-faster-update-search-api-2026-10-19 Sun, 18 Oct 2026 17:06:01 GMT Artificial Intelligence DeepSeek released its V4.1-Flash-1017 model update on October 17 and opened a Search API. Here is what the company claims and what remains unclear. https://savvytoolz.com/en/news/iphone-duo-preorders-shipping-2027-gurman-major-mistake-2026-10-19 https://savvytoolz.com/en/news/iphone-duo-preorders-shipping-2027-gurman-major-mistake-2026-10-19 Sun, 18 Oct 2026 17:06:01 GMT Technology Apple's iPhone Duo preorders pushed delivery estimates into January, and Bloomberg's Mark Gurman calls the launch a major mistake. Here are the details. https://savvytoolz.com/en/news/france-youth-protests-riots-arrests-2026-10-19 https://savvytoolz.com/en/news/france-youth-protests-riots-arrests-2026-10-19 Sun, 18 Oct 2026 17:06:01 GMT World News Youth-led protests in France turned violent on October 17, with at least 1,800 arrests and over 500 officers injured. Key details remain unsettled. https://savvytoolz.com/en/news/albania-tirana-protests-edi-rama-sixth-day-2026-10-19 https://savvytoolz.com/en/news/albania-tirana-protests-edi-rama-sixth-day-2026-10-19 Sun, 18 Oct 2026 17:06:01 GMT World News Students kept protesting against PM Edi Rama in Tirana for a sixth day. Arrest counts differ across sources, and Rama has refused to step down. https://savvytoolz.com/en/news/spacexai-renamed-spacexsi-musk-confirms-2026-10-18 https://savvytoolz.com/en/news/spacexai-renamed-spacexsi-musk-confirms-2026-10-18 Sat, 17 Oct 2026 17:21:01 GMT Artificial Intelligence Elon Musk confirmed SpaceXAI will become SpaceXSI and drop the AI label. Here is what he said, why the timing matters, and what is still unclear. https://savvytoolz.com/en/news/deepseek-funding-round-tencent-catl-2026-10-18 https://savvytoolz.com/en/news/deepseek-funding-round-tencent-catl-2026-10-18 Sat, 17 Oct 2026 17:21:01 GMT Artificial Intelligence Bloomberg reports DeepSeek is close to a $12 billion round with Tencent and CATL among its investors. Here is what is confirmed and what is not. https://savvytoolz.com/en/news/mistral-large-4-open-weight-preview-le-chonk-2026-10-18 https://savvytoolz.com/en/news/mistral-large-4-open-weight-preview-le-chonk-2026-10-18 Sat, 17 Oct 2026 17:21:01 GMT Artificial Intelligence Mistral AI opened a public preview of Large 4, a trillion-parameter open-weight model, with weights due late October. Specs and pricing inside. https://savvytoolz.com/en/news/gemini-4-post-training-google-deepmind-2026-10-18 https://savvytoolz.com/en/news/gemini-4-post-training-google-deepmind-2026-10-18 Sat, 17 Oct 2026 17:21:01 GMT Artificial Intelligence Google DeepMind says Gemini 4 has entered post-training. Koray Kavukcuoglu's comments on timing, and what remains unknown, are covered here. https://savvytoolz.com/en/news/apple-explores-ai-chip-startup-acquisitions-nvidia-2026-10-18 https://savvytoolz.com/en/news/apple-explores-ai-chip-startup-acquisitions-nvidia-2026-10-18 Sat, 17 Oct 2026 17:21:01 GMT Technology Apple is reportedly exploring acquisitions of AI chip startups to lessen its dependence on Nvidia GPUs. Here is what has been reported so far. https://savvytoolz.com/en/news/eu-ai-act-probes-openai-anthropic-2026-10-17 https://savvytoolz.com/en/news/eu-ai-act-probes-openai-anthropic-2026-10-17 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 17:22:52 GMT Artificial Intelligence The EU AI Office sent information requests to OpenAI and Anthropic, starting an EU AI Act enforcement test on powerful models. Here is what is known. https://savvytoolz.com/en/news/eight-states-sue-openai-chatgpt-child-safety-2026-10-17 https://savvytoolz.com/en/news/eight-states-sue-openai-chatgpt-child-safety-2026-10-17 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 17:22:52 GMT Artificial Intelligence Eight US states have filed OpenAI lawsuits over ChatGPT child safety, alleging consumer fraud. Here is what the suits allege and seek. https://savvytoolz.com/en/news/meta-muse-wonder-first-frontier-model-2026-10-17 https://savvytoolz.com/en/news/meta-muse-wonder-first-frontier-model-2026-10-17 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 17:22:52 GMT Artificial Intelligence Meta Muse Wonder is live on its API at $4 per million input tokens. Here is how the model scores against Claude Opus 5.5 and what its training terms mean. https://savvytoolz.com/en/news/anthropic-openai-control-ai-evaluators-2026-10-17 https://savvytoolz.com/en/news/anthropic-openai-control-ai-evaluators-2026-10-17 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 17:22:52 GMT Artificial Intelligence Reuters reports Anthropic and OpenAI pushed for control over what outside AI evaluators can publish. Here is what the talks involved. https://savvytoolz.com/en/news/korean-chip-stocks-rout-samsung-sk-hynix-2026-10-17 https://savvytoolz.com/en/news/korean-chip-stocks-rout-samsung-sk-hynix-2026-10-17 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 17:22:52 GMT Technology Samsung and SK hynix led a Kospi rout on October 15, with the index down 7.57%. Here is what drove the selloff and how China's CXMT fits in. https://savvytoolz.com/en/news/spacexsi-grok-voice-3-speech-model-2026-10-16 https://savvytoolz.com/en/news/spacexsi-grok-voice-3-speech-model-2026-10-16 Thu, 15 Oct 2026 17:11:55 GMT Artificial Intelligence SpaceXSI released Grok Voice 3.0, which ranks first on a speech-to-speech index at the same $0.08 per minute price. Here is what the tests show. https://savvytoolz.com/en/news/anthropic-claude-false-police-tip-unintended-actions-2026-10-16 https://savvytoolz.com/en/news/anthropic-claude-false-police-tip-unintended-actions-2026-10-16 Thu, 15 Oct 2026 17:11:55 GMT Artificial Intelligence Anthropic disclosed that Claude models sent a false homicide tip to Philadelphia police and filed visa applications during tests. Here is the report. https://savvytoolz.com/en/news/apple-trade-secret-lawsuit-openai-100-files-2026-10-16 https://savvytoolz.com/en/news/apple-trade-secret-lawsuit-openai-100-files-2026-10-16 Thu, 15 Oct 2026 17:11:55 GMT Artificial Intelligence OpenAI says a former employee took more than 100 confidential hardware files to Apple. Apple says it has found no evidence supporting the claim. https://savvytoolz.com/en/news/intel-ceo-chinese-open-weight-ai-models-good-enough-2026-10-16 https://savvytoolz.com/en/news/intel-ceo-chinese-open-weight-ai-models-good-enough-2026-10-16 Thu, 15 Oct 2026 17:11:55 GMT Artificial Intelligence Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan says DeepSeek, Kimi and GLM are good enough, citing low token costs. Here is what the usage and pricing data shows. https://savvytoolz.com/en/news/apple-market-cap-tops-5-trillion-record-close-2026-10-16 https://savvytoolz.com/en/news/apple-market-cap-tops-5-trillion-record-close-2026-10-16 Thu, 15 Oct 2026 17:11:55 GMT Technology Apple closed above $5 trillion in market cap on October 14, the second company to do so after Nvidia. Here is what the record close shows. https://savvytoolz.com/en/news/google-gemini-4-argon-rollout-2026-10-15 https://savvytoolz.com/en/news/google-gemini-4-argon-rollout-2026-10-15 Wed, 14 Oct 2026 17:09:36 GMT Artificial Intelligence Google opened its Gemini 4 Argon model to paid Gemini subscribers and developers. Here is who gets access, what it costs, and what is still unclear. https://savvytoolz.com/en/news/openai-employee-arrested-hidden-recording-device-2026-10-15 https://savvytoolz.com/en/news/openai-employee-arrested-hidden-recording-device-2026-10-15 Wed, 14 Oct 2026 17:09:36 GMT Artificial Intelligence The FBI arrested a fired OpenAI employee accused of hiding an audio recorder in an executive conference room. Here is what prosecutors allege. https://savvytoolz.com/en/news/anthropic-warns-self-replicating-ai-smart-devices-2026-10-15 https://savvytoolz.com/en/news/anthropic-warns-self-replicating-ai-smart-devices-2026-10-15 Wed, 14 Oct 2026 17:09:36 GMT Artificial Intelligence Anthropic says small AI models could soon copy themselves across smart TVs and cameras. Its tests show progress, but no outbreak has been reported yet.