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Apple's Ternus explains the MacBook Pro touch screen
Apple CEO John Ternus told Wired the Mac remains primarily an indirect input device built around trackpad and keyboard. Touch was added once it would not make the product heavier or thicker.
Full story at MacRumors ↗ - Artificial intelligence · New AI models
Mistral Large 4 arrives on Hugging Face
Hugging Face welcomes Mistral Large 4, nicknamed Le Chonk. The source gives no further details.
Full story at huggingface.co ↗ - Operating systems · IT industry & companies
Windows sales fall 27% despite Windows 10 ending
According to the headline, Windows sales dropped 27%. Many holdouts reportedly still refuse to move to Windows 11 after Microsoft ended Windows 10.
Full story at Windows Latest ↗ - Software & updates · Artificial intelligence · Smartphones & apps
Google Home app gets a major update
Google is pushing one of the biggest updates yet to the Google Home app and Gemini for Home. Gemini should better understand requests to move music between rooms.
Full story at Droid Life ↗ - Operating systems · Smartphones & apps
OnePlus begins Android 17 rollout early
OnePlus started rolling out Android 17 on October 22, ahead of the planned October 29. The update brings OPPO's ColorOS 17 instead of OxygenOS.
Full story at Gizchina.com ↗ - Cybersecurity · Operating systems
Forgotten Popcorn Time updater exposes Macs
An abandoned updater left up to 350,000 Macs open to remote takeover. Attackers could run malicious code with full system privileges.
Full story at AppleInsider ↗ - Cybersecurity · Networking · Cloud & data centers
Cloudflare reports more small DDoS swarms
Cloudflare's Q3 2026 DDoS report comes from Cloudforce One. Short attacks under 10 minutes and 1 Gbps surged by 208%.
Full story at blog.cloudflare.com ↗ - Enterprise software · Artificial intelligence · Software & updates
Slackbot becomes more proactive across more places
Slackbot now acts the moment something happens and works across docs, calls and apps. New features include Event-Triggered Tasks, Slackbot Mini and the Skills API.
Full story at slack.com ↗ - Software & updates
MIT system lets users edit their social apps
MIT researchers built Social.Wiki, where users can edit applications made within it. They can also choose which edits by others to see, for example removing an AI chatbot.
Full story at MIT News ↗
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