GamingNews2 min read
Deep Dish Dungeon launches on Xbox Game Pass, Series X|S and Steam
Behold Studios’ co-op dungeon crawler is out today via Raw Fury, with day-one Game Pass, Xbox Play Anywhere and handheld verification.
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Science & SpaceNews2 min read
Europe’s first geostationary sounder, Meteosat-13, enters service
EUMETSAT’s MTG Infrared Sounder is now operational. Every 30 minutes it profiles temperature, humidity and gases to support earlier severe-weather warnings.
Cars & EVsNews2 min read
BYD Great Han EV launches in China from ~$35,000 with up to 1,008 km CLTC
BYD’s Dynasty flagship sedan starts at 235,900 yuan. The RWD Premium claims 1,008 km CLTC; Flash Charging is quoted at 10–97% in nine minutes.
SmartphonesNews2 min read
Google Play lets you run private AI-built Android apps without a developer account
Build a personal app in Google AI Studio and launch it on your phone via Play. It stays private, separate from the public catalog, starting in the U.S. for users 18+.
Computers & AINews2 min read
Google opens Gemini 4 Argon to everyone with a 1M-token limit
Google’s frontier Gemini 4 Argon model is available today via API, Antigravity, the Gemini app and AI Mode in Search for Pro and Ultra subscribers.
Smart HomeNews3 min read
Apple HomeView is a $299 smart display with Siri AI and face recognition
Apple's first smart display has a 7-inch screen, recognises up to six people and runs the new Siri AI. Pre-orders are open now; it ships 13 November, but not in the EU.
Smart HomeNews3 min read
Apple Home Collection: a doorbell, lock, cameras and thermostats made with LG and Schneider
Apple's new smart home lineup, co-developed with LG and Schneider Electric, sets up with one tap and lives in the Home app. Prices start at $39.95; sales begin in December.
SmartphonesNews2 min read
Ray-Ban Meta Audio, Meta's first audio glasses, go on sale from $349
Meta's lightest AI glasses weigh 43 g, last up to 12 hours per charge and come in Clubmaster and Burbank styles, all available with prescription lenses.
GamingNews2 min read
NVIDIA DLSS 5 gets a 2x faster model and comes to Hogwarts Legacy on 5 November
DLSS 5's neural rendering model now needs half the GPU overhead. It arrives on RTX Spark laptops on 16 October, in Hogwarts Legacy on 5 November and in RTX Remix on 23 October.
Cars & EVsNews2 min read
Tesla pauses Model 3 Premium orders in Canada, citing its China import quota
Tesla says demand used up its quota for China-built cars, and orders should resume around March 2027. Canada's own tracker shows about two-thirds of the national quota unused.
Science & SpaceNews2 min read
Griffin-1 Moon lander passes its JPL tests ahead of a Falcon Heavy launch
Voyager Technologies' lander was shaken, spun, baked and frozen at JPL. It will carry more than 455 kg of cargo, including Astrolab's FLIP rover, to Nobile Crater near the lunar south pole.
Science & SpaceNews2 min read
ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot is back in Europe after a record 237-day ISS mission
Adenot landed in Cologne on 10 October after Crew-12 splashdown; her εpsilon flight set a European single-mission duration record and included three spacewalks.
Computers & AINews2 min read
Anthropic: small AI models may soon self-replicate on IoT devices
A 12 October research post shows a 26B model running across 15 cheap Android TV boxes and projects small weight-based replicators by late 2026.
GamingNews2 min read
Planet Zoo 2 launches today on PC, PS5 and Xbox Series
Frontier’s sequel is live from 15:00 BST on 13 October 2026, with aquatic and flying species, GeForce NOW day-one support and a free-to-try path via pre-order bonuses already closed at launch.
Cars & EVsNews2 min read
Tesla rolls out Halloween Mode with FSD Supervised v14.3.12
Software 2026.38.5 adds spooky cabin features and FSD improvements including a rewritten AI runtime Tesla says cuts reaction time by about 20%.
SmartphonesNews2 min read
OPPO ColorOS 17 launches globally with Living Flow Design and agentic AI
ColorOS 17 debuts on the Find X10 Series with a unified rendering engine, AI Mind Pilot Agent Mode and a progressive rollout to more OPPO phones.
Cars & EVsNews2 min read
BYD Atto 8: a seven-seat flagship EV that charges 10–97% in nine minutes
BYD's new European flagship SUV has a 115 kWh Blade Battery, up to 653 km WLTP range and Flash Charging. Sales start in Q1 2027; pricing is not announced yet.
Computers & AINews2 min read
Microsoft unveils Maia 300 AI chip, its main inference system from 2027
Microsoft's third-generation Azure Maia chip promises 40% more tokens per megawatt than leading GPU systems and up to 7x Maia 200's rack throughput.
Science & SpaceNews2 min read
Landsat 9 photographs Australia's Spider Crater, an ancient impact with 'legs'
NASA's Earth Observatory shows Western Australia's Spider Crater, a 13 km impact structure whose spidery sandstone ridges are 600–900 million years old.
GamingNews2 min read
Valor Mortis, the Napoleonic Soulslike from the Ghostrunner team, launches today
One More Level's first-person Soulslike arrives 13 October at 17:00 UTC on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Game Pass and Steam for $39.99, with New Game+ due in Q4.
SmartphonesNews2 min read
Honor 600S launches with an 8,100mAh battery and IP69K rating for RM1,299
Honor's new mid-ranger pairs a 6.87-inch 120Hz LCD with a Snapdragon 4 Gen 4, a 50MP camera, an 8,100mAh battery with 45W charging and an AI button.
GamingNews1 min read
Castlevania: Belmont's Curse launches 15 October on PS5, Xbox, Switch and PC
Konami's new Castlevania, made with Evil Empire and Motion Twin, the studios behind Dead Cells, arrives this Thursday for $29.99. A $39.99 Midnight Edition adds costumes, a relic and an art gallery.
Computers & AINews1 min read
Intel names its Crescent Island AI chip: GPU D-Series, with up to 480 GB of memory
Intel's inference accelerator, codenamed Crescent Island, is now the GPU D-Series. The first model, the D270, uses Xe3P and is rated at 1.3 PFLOPS of FP8 within an air-cooled 350 W card.
Computers & AINews1 min read
AMD Helion is an open rack blueprint for agentic AI, with up to 32,768 CPU cores
At the OCP Global Summit AMD introduced Helion, an open rack design for AI agents. The CPU-only version uses 6th Gen EPYC 'Venice' chips, and an all-in-one version adds Instinct GPUs.
Smart HomeNews2 min read
CMF, Nothing's budget brand, launches its first speakers: Speaker M and Speaker S
Both Bluetooth speakers are IP68-rated, use Bluetooth 6.0 and promise up to 18 hours of playback, priced at $109 and $59.
SmartphonesNews1 min read
vivo X Fold6 goes on sale in India at ₹2,19,999
vivo's new book-style foldable with a 200 MP ZEISS camera, a 6,900 mAh battery and OriginOS 7 is now on sale in India in a single 12 GB + 512 GB version.
Science & SpaceNews2 min read
SpaceX CRS-35 carries the ISS's final new solar arrays and new microgravity science
The 35th Dragon resupply mission for NASA is set to deliver about 2,860 kg of cargo, including the last pair of roll-out solar arrays that complete the station's power upgrade.
Computers & AINews2 min read
Dell adds Intel Core Ultra 7 Series 3 models to the XPS 13 in India
The refreshed 1kg ultraportable starts at Rs 1,80,990 and pairs a 2.5K 120Hz touchscreen with Wi‑Fi 7 and Bluetooth 6.0.
GamingNews1 min read
Rhythm-action roguelite Alpha Nomos is out now on PC, PS5 and Xbox
RibCage Games' Alpha Nomos, where every attack and dodge lands on the beat, launched on 12 October for $17.99, with 10% off until 24 October.
Computers & AINews2 min read
Meta launches Muse Wonder, its most capable AI models for agents and coding
Muse Wonder is available via the Meta Model API at $4/$20 per million tokens, while the more advanced Muse Wonder Full is limited to Muse Code subscribers.
Cars & EVsNews1 min read
Opel debuts STX Concept estate and its 800+ hp GSE 27FE Formula E car
Opel premiered two cars in Paris: the electric STX Concept estate and the GSE 27FE, its first Formula E car for the GEN4 era, with all-wheel drive and up to 700 kW of regeneration.
GamingNews1 min read
PlateUp! Halloween event is live, with Steam Trading Cards and 90% off
The co-op restaurant game's Halloween event brings back Trick cards, adds new costumes and recipe-themed Steam Trading Cards, and cuts the price by 90% until 22 October.
Computers & AINews1 min read
AMD's new Ryzen AI Halo packs 192 GB of unified memory for local AI
AMD's Ryzen AI Halo developer box uses the Ryzen AI Max+ PRO 495 with 192 GB of LPDDR5x, so models with 300B+ parameters can run on a desktop. The Linux version costs $7,299.99 at Micro Center.
Cars & EVsNews1 min read
Hyundai in Paris: all-new BAYON, refreshed TUCSON and the electric STARIA Cargo
Hyundai's Paris stand brought a new BAYON with a 138 PS hybrid, a TUCSON with a 17-inch screen and a STARIA Cargo EV van with up to 450 km of WLTP range on an 800 V platform.
Science & SpaceNews2 min read
ExoMars rover twin rehearses its first drive onto Mars 20+ times
Amalia, a full-size twin of ESA's Rosalind Franklin rover, practised driving off its landing platform in simulated Mars gravity, on a 20° tilt and over obstacles, ahead of the 2030 mission.
SmartphonesNews2 min read
Google unveils Fitbit Edge, a $179.99 tracker with a screen and week-long battery
The new Fitbit Edge sits between the screenless Fitbit Air and the Pixel Watch 5, adding a 1.34-inch OLED display, built-in GPS and up to seven days of battery life.
GamingNews2 min read
Nintendo says it has "no plans" to drop physical games
A Nintendo executive says the company will follow what players prefer — and that fans clearly still want physical releases — as Sony moves away from discs.
Smart HomeNews2 min read
Philips Hue firmware 1.164.2 lets bulbs use Zigbee and Matter-over-Thread at once
The new Hue lamp firmware adds Matter 1.4.1, Apple adaptive lighting over Matter, and Zigbee and Matter running at the same time on Thread-capable bulbs.
Cars & EVsNews2 min read
Volkswagen recalls 22,524 ID.4 EVs in the US over battery fire risk
VW advises owners of 2023–2026 ID.4 models to charge to no more than 80% while it investigates a high-voltage battery defect that could lead to thermal runaway.
Cars & EVsNews1 min read
Audi A2 e-tron in Paris: 646 km of range and a 0.24 drag coefficient
Audi showed its new compact electric A2 e-tron to the public in Paris. It is built in Ingolstadt, starts at €38,200 in Germany and reaches European customers in December.
Science & SpaceNews1 min read
ESA's Sawa nanosatellite will measure how space weather swells the atmosphere
ESA unveiled the patch for Sawa, a Polish-built space weather nanosatellite due to launch in 2029. It will measure the thermosphere directly, because that layer expands during solar storms and drags satellites off course.
SmartphonesNews2 min read
OnePlus 16 launches in China with a 200MP camera and a 9,000mAh battery
OnePlus's new flagship pairs a 6.78-inch 185Hz display with Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6, 100W charging and a 200MP main camera — but it isn't expected in the US or Europe.
Cars & EVsNews2 min read
The two-seat smart #2 returns as an EV, debuting at the Paris Motor Show
smart has revived its original city-car formula: a 2.75-metre, two-seat electric #2 with up to 290 km of WLTP range. Early ordering in Europe started straight after the premiere.
SmartphonesNews1 min read
Galaxy S26 FE is Samsung's first S26 phone with One UI 9 and seven years of updates
Samsung details the Galaxy S26 FE: One UI 9 out of the box, Galaxy AI features such as Now Brief and Now Nudge, up to 29 hours of video playback, and seven OS upgrades.
Cars & EVsNews2 min read
Citroën 2 CV Concept previews a ~€15,000 electric city car for 2028
Citroën revived the 2 CV name with a 3.76-metre electric concept. A production version made in Europe is due within two years, with a target price of around €15,000.
Smart HomeNews2 min read
Ring's first smart lock has a hand-cranked dial for when the battery dies
Ring announced a smart lock you can power back up by turning a dial, four new Retinal Vision 4K cameras and a Pan-Tilt Indoor Cam 2K. The lock reaches the US in early 2027.