Perfect Garbage announced Grave Seasons, a horror-themed farm sim, will launch March 9, 2027, shifting from an August release and emphasizing narrative-driven gameplay with seasonal progression.
Dragon Quest creator Yuji Horii demonstrated making a text-based police game using AI in 30 minutes, arguing AI enables solo development without drawing or programming skills.
The DATA Network and its Trace registry will integrate with Sui and Walrus to provide a rights-cleared supply of AI training data, enhancing provenance and storage for AI labs.
Manufacturers struggle to scale AI from pilot to production despite proven technology, with governance and alignment cited as key hurdles in a new industry playbook.
Microsoft researchers introduce StudentSim, an AI system that simulates individual student responses to tutor guidance to accelerate AI tutoring system development before real-world testing.
NASA will launch health-focused research to the International Space Station aboard SpaceX’s 35th Commercial Resupply Services mission, advancing studies on human and plant health and drug resistance.
GitHub introduces ways to customize Copilot for specific codebases using instructions, skills, agents, and MCP servers to improve AI assistance accuracy and efficiency.
The UK Home Secretary has launched a review of protective security for public figures and expanded police support amid rising threats, including harassment and intimidation.
Microsoft announced plans to expand its Azure Maia AI inference chip family, scaling deployments to multi-gigawatt levels by 2027 to support core products like Copilot and emerging AI workloads.
An independent review found the Teaching Council repeatedly failed to protect children by allowing a registered teacher with a history of offending to remain in the classroom, leading to serious abuse.
Meta unveils Muse Wonder and Muse Wonder Full, its most advanced AI models designed for agentic tasks across domains like law, finance, and health, featuring Active Memory and Active Focus capabilities.
The Reserve Bank of India launched the 116th quarterly Industrial Outlook Survey for October–December 2026, covering business sentiment and expectations for Q3 and Q4 of 2026–27 and Q1–Q2 of 2027–28.
The Reserve Bank of India initiated the 51st quarterly Services and Infrastructure Outlook Survey (SIOS) for Q3:2026-27, covering expectations for subsequent quarters and inviting sector-wide participation.
Nvidia reportedly shifts production from RTX 5090 consumer GPUs to RTX Pro models for AI developers, prioritizing datacenter and GenAI workloads over gaming hardware.
Google’s Data Agent Kit integrates with IDEs to automate end-to-end data workflows, from ingesting raw logs to deploying fraud-detection pipelines in Airflow.
Google introduces TimesFM 3.0 in BigQuery, enabling native multivariate time-series forecasting directly in SQL without custom model training or infrastructure setup.
Google Cloud’s Looker introduces Data Apps to turn AI-generated prototypes into production-grade, governed applications without custom coding or new infrastructure.
Veteran games journalist Chris Kerr has launched Vertical Slice, a subscription-funded publication offering independent, critical reporting for industry professionals, with free access until November 2nd.
Atlassian outlines five practical steps to integrate AI into workflows while preserving context, decisions, and quality, emphasizing human collaboration over speed alone.
L3Harris secures a $55 million U.S. Army contract to produce NOVA night-vision goggles for the BiNOD program, enhancing soldier situational awareness in all conditions.
Flo Health improved AI medical safety and usefulness scores by over 25 percentage points each using a privacy-first, judge-driven pipeline on Databricks, reducing inference costs and gaining control over model behavior.
Nineteen nations jointly condemned Iran’s alleged covert attacks, including an incident at RAF Fairford, and warned of consequences for state-backed hostile activities.
NVIDIA contributed Vera Rubin rack designs to the Open Compute Project to standardize next-generation AI factory infrastructure, emphasizing open standards and interoperability.
The UK Foreign Secretary condemned Iran’s alleged threats and announced sanctions against two Iranian nationals for facilitating hostile activities on behalf of the regime.
L3Harris secured a $250 million contract to produce GMLRS propulsion units at a new Arkansas facility, marking the program’s largest production run to date.
The UK Government will pilot virtual remand hearings and deploy specialist case coordinators to reduce court delays and speed up justice for victims.
Apple’s App Store Indie Games Week launches today, spotlighting seven acclaimed indie titles with daily features and curated collections for iPhone and iPad.
Planet Labs, Microsoft, and the University of Washington’s IHME have released Populace, a quarterly-updated global population density map at 40-meter resolution, addressing gaps in outdated census data.
Dwarf Fortress creator Tarn Adams discusses the game’s new Myth and Magic update, his opposition to generative AI, and the title’s growing commercial success and community-driven innovations.
Valor Mortis blends Napoleonic horror with Soulslike combat, offering a first-person take on necrotic battlefield chaos and tight sabre duels.