Hyundai Motor Group hosted its first U.S. Tech Talent Forum in Silicon Valley, blending live robotics and vehicle demos with career recruitment to attract engineers and technologists.
AWS End User Messaging introduces a guided wizard to automate RCS agent registration video capture, reducing errors and accelerating approvals.
AWS End User Messaging in Notify now provides fully managed one-time passcode verification, handling code generation, delivery, and validation automatically across SMS, voice, and WhatsApp.
Vercel and Shopify launched Vercel Shop, an open-source Next.js storefront template for Shopify, enabling storefronts optimized for human, search engine, and agent interactions with machine-readable product data.
Son Heung-min remains a standout performer for Korea Republic ahead of the AFC Asian Cup Saudi Arabia 2027™, as the tournament approaches with several players aiming to make their mark.
Hugging Face and partners released a 2.8 trillion-token Indic pretraining corpus with an open GPU pipeline, aiming to expand Indian-language AI resources and technical model development.
A US lawmaker proposes legislation to protect videogame ownership, arguing that online game shutdowns violate consumer rights and that purchased games should be fully owned rather than rented.
KiwiRail will invest $37.5 million in Picton rail upgrades and auto-mooring technology, funded independently of the $1.7 billion New Ferries project allocation.
Hugging Face introduces Beam, a 501B-parameter open MoE model by Reflection, designed for coding and agentic tasks with a 1M-token context window and Apache 2.0 licensing.
Soft Crunch Games developed Foxy Dumplings for 12 platforms simultaneously by embedding cross-platform design into the project’s core architecture from the outset.
Elorian AI’s Glimpse visual reasoning model is now accessible via Vercel’s AI Gateway, enabling image and video analysis with object tracking and spatial reasoning.
Perplexity’s Decider V1.2 models, including a 27B and a 4B variant, are now accessible via AI Gateway for decision-making tasks such as routing, scoring, and classification.
Reflection AI’s Beam reasoning model is now accessible for free via AI Gateway during its launch period, offering low-latency coding and agentic tasks with adjustable parameters.
Waymo announced plans to launch a fully autonomous ride-hailing service in Toronto by 2028, beginning manual testing in the coming days while investing in local infrastructure and jobs.
SK Telecom opens pre-orders for the first foldable iPhone Duo on October 16–23, bundling coffee coupons, AI subscriptions, streaming vouchers and raffle prizes with membership perks.
Atlassian’s FastShift program has enabled millions of users to migrate to its Cloud Platform in a year, accelerating enterprise upgrades by 2-3x with dedicated support and tooling.
New Zealand allocates $150 million to upgrade five vulnerable South Island highways, with work starting on State Highway 94 between Te Anau and Milford to improve resilience and reduce disruptions.
Atlassian has expanded its MCP server to connect Bitbucket Cloud to AI tools via OAuth, enabling assistants to access code, pull requests, and pipeline data directly within development workflows.
Twelve barristers have been appointed King’s Counsel in New Zealand, recognising their expertise across diverse legal fields and strengthening specialist legal capacity nationwide.
Databricks’ AI Research team relies on AI Runtime to accelerate model development, scale training workloads, and support agent-led research, reducing infrastructure overhead and enabling faster experimentation.
The UK Prime Minister has invited the Scottish Government to collaborate on transferring more decision-making power from both Westminster and Holyrood to Scotland’s regions and cities to drive economic growth and...
New Zealand’s workplace safety minister launched an Approved Code of Practice to clarify health and safety roles on residential construction sites ahead of 2027 legislative changes.
Jagex abruptly canceled RuneScape Reignited less than two weeks after announcing it, citing player feedback and community concerns over splits and restrictions.
ASUS Republic of Gamers launches the ROG XBOX Ally X20 handheld gaming device, featuring an AMD Ryzen AI Z2 Extreme processor and a 7.4-inch OLED display, available standalone or in a premium bundle.
Hugging Face’s Granite Switch 4.1 integrates chat, decision-making, and speech-to-text into a single endpoint, reducing GPU overhead and accelerating multi-task workflows with shared KV caches and optimized adapters.
Activision QA workers have voted to authorise a strike after two years of stalled negotiations over wages, protections, and AI concerns ahead of *Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4*'s launch.
Duke Energy agrees to negotiate a clean transition tariff in North Carolina starting early 2027, responding to pressure from tech giants and advocates seeking 24/7 carbon-free power options.
The UK condemned Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia and reiterated support for a two-state solution amid ongoing violence in Gaza, calling for urgent humanitarian access and political progress.
Snowflake and Orange Business will collaborate to deliver a sovereign-by-design AI and data platform for France, combining Snowflake’s AI Data Cloud with Orange Business’s operational expertise on sovereign...
Snowflake and Bleu will jointly deliver a sovereign-by-design cloud platform in France, combining Bleu’s SecNumCloud-qualified infrastructure with Snowflake’s AI Data Cloud for regulated sectors.