DoorDash's $17 billion Instacart deal is priced for a long antitrust fight
DoorDash agreed to buy Instacart for $65 a share. The fee terms, the closing date and the companies' own pitch show both sides expect a hard, slow review.
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OpenAI, Google and Microsoft back one robots.txt line to opt out of AI training
A shared robots.txt token lets a website refuse AI training once for several providers. Support arrives in stages through 2027, and the draft behind it is not yet a standard.
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Surface Laptop Ultra reviews agree on the build and split on the screen
Microsoft's RTX Spark laptop impresses reviewers on build and local AI, but measured brightness, dimming and value differ sharply across the first full reviews.
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Apple's first touchscreen Mac is a MacBook Pro with a tandem OLED display
Apple added touch and a tandem OLED panel to the 14- and 16-inch MacBook Pro, a day after launching a cheaper M6 model with a conventional screen. Here is how the two lines differ.
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Apple will replace iPhone Duo units whose inner screens crack at the hinge
Early iPhone Duo owners report inner displays cracking along the fold within days of launch. Apple calls it a small number of units and sends owners to AppleCare, no AppleCare+ needed.
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Alphabet's AI buildout now runs on debt and new shares, not spare cash
Alphabet spent $51.4 billion on capital projects last quarter, more than its operations brought in. How it filled the gap changes what kind of company it is.
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Chrome 156 got three security updates in nine days, with 426 fixes in total
Google shipped Chrome 156 on October 20 and patched it twice more by October 29. Here is what changed, who found the bugs, and how to make sure you are on the fixed build.
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Galaxy Tab S12 Ultra reviews praise the tablet and doubt the laptop pitch
Reviewers praise the Tab S12 Ultra's screen, speed and battery, but split on whether a $1,800 tablet-and-keyboard kit can replace a laptop.
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OpenAI releases GPT-6.1 Terra, a cheaper mid-tier model aimed at computer use
GPT-6.1 Terra costs half as much as GPT-6.1 Sol and targets desktop automation. OpenAI's own safety addendum rates it Critical for cybersecurity.
AI
Models, agents, chips and the companies racing to ship them.
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Claude Haiku 5.5 costs 90% less per token, but a new tokenizer eats part of the saving
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Claude Opus 5.5 cuts list prices 20% and claims Fable 5.1 performance on most work
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OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra is the first model rated Critical for cyber, and it launches gated
Hardware
Processors, PCs, wearables and the parts inside them.
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Nvidia's RTX Spark laptops are on sale, and early tests split on the CPU
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A YMTC employee says the memory shortage will last three more years, and TrendForce sees Q4 DRAM prices rising
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A leaker says Nvidia's RTX 60 and most of AMD's RDNA 5 will skip 2027
Phones
Launches, leaks that turned out true, and what changed for buyers.
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South Korea fines Samsung about $15 million over hidden Galaxy game throttling
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iPhone 18 Pro starts at $1,199 with a variable-aperture camera and no base iPhone yet
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Galaxy S26 FE costs $50 more than its predecessor and changes little but the chip
Software
Operating systems, apps, developer tools and the updates that matter.
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Ubuntu 26.10 completes the Rust coreutils switch, but most LTS users should wait
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Python 3.15 makes UTF-8 the default and adds lazy imports; check your file I/O first
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Firefox 157 ships its biggest visual refresh in years, with a Compact Mode and a sidebar opt-out
Reviews
What reviewers agree on, where they split, and who should care.
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Apple Watch Series 12 reviews like the new heart sensor and Readiness score, not the battery
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iPhone 18 Pro reviews: faster and longer-lasting, but the price rise is hard to ignore
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Pixel 11 Pro reviews: strong camera and screen, little reason for Pixel 10 Pro owners to upgrade
Analysis
The longer view: markets, strategy and why a story matters.
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AMD pays $8.2 billion in stock for World Labs to learn what AI chips will need
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Google keeps its ad exchange after a judge picks rules over a breakup
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Nvidia's $12.9 billion Hugging Face deal rests on a promise to stay open
