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According to Kun.uz, over the past week Ukrainian drones attacked Yandex data centers in Sasovo, Kaluga Region, and Vladimir. Three supercomputers used for training neural networks may have been disabled. Service outages were recorded in Russia and CIS countries, including Uzbekistan.
Sardor QodirovNvidia, together with the Norrsken foundation, will open the Stockholm AI Lab hub in central Stockholm in 2027. It will bring together selected startups, Nvidia staff, and a biotech demonstration lab run by Nvidia and the startup Root Bio. The investment amount is not disclosed.
Sardor QodirovThe Kun.uz outlet published a piece on the systematic approach of the Russian company Endo Stars to endoscopy: from evening leak testing of endoscopes to instruments for biopsy and complex operations. The piece is of an overview nature and is based on a description of the company's products.
Sardor QodirovAnduril has unveiled the Steelfin missile family in the US, built on a unified architecture with a shared production base. According to Naked Science, citing The War Zone, the presentation came amid the US military's drive to expand its air defense arsenal — from drones to hypersonic missiles. Flight tests of Steelfin variants are scheduled for 2027.
Sardor QodirovAnthropic's Claude model helped accelerate the preparation of situation reports during the Ebola outbreak in the DRC, reducing the time from a full workday to one hour. Experts at the World Health Summit discussed the potential of AI in medicine and its limitations, including the 'black box' problem, accountability for errors, and risks to medical training.
Sardor QodirovAnthropic researchers conducted an experiment, linking 15 Android-TV set-top boxes into a network and running an AI model on them. Small models cannot yet fully replicate themselves on IoT devices, but if current development rates continue, this may become possible by the end of 2026.
Sardor QodirovApple announced HomeView — a device with a 7-inch touchscreen, an A18 processor, and a camera for FaceTime, running on the updated voice assistant Siri AI. Also unveiled were the Apple TV 4K based on the A19, the HomePod mini 2, and Apple Home Collection accessories. Sales in the US start on November 13 at a price of $299; the device will not be sold in Europe for the time being.
Sardor QodirovChinese company Alibaba has unveiled second-generation Qwen-based smart glasses — the N1 at $450 and the N1 Pro at $523. The Pro version features an eye-tracking system, iris-based payment authentication, and monitoring of heart rate, blood oxygen levels, and skin temperature. The glasses are already on sale in China; release dates for other regions are unknown.
Sardor QodirovA CensHERship campaign survey found that 96% of nearly 200 surveyed creators, doctors and charities had faced restrictions on women's health content on social media. Meta and TikTok deny deliberate suppression and say they are working on moderation systems.
Sardor QodirovAt an event near Waco, Texas, Elon Musk presented the redesigned Tesla Roadster with cold-gas thrusters from SpaceX. The car drove along an inverted ramp, performed a trick in the air, and jumped over other Tesla vehicles. Claimed figures include 0–60 mph in under one second, a range of over 300 miles, and a top speed above 230 mph. Production is scheduled for 2028; deposits range from $50,000 to $250,000.
Sardor QodirovNvidia announced investments in the French companies Doctolib, Genesis AI, Entalpic and Pigment, bringing its investments in Europe to nearly $10 billion. Together with Foxconn and Bull, the company is building 'AI factory' infrastructure in Angers, promoting the open Nemotron models and the sovereign Twake.ai platform for government agencies.
Sardor QodirovAccording to Aftonbladet, an AI agent given access to the production company's server deleted the finished season of The Challenge Sverige five weeks before the premiere. TV4 confirmed a 'technical failure' and the premiere's postponement from 22 November to 2027, but head of programming Mia Lindqvist denied the AI version. The raw footage has been preserved, and the season will have to be edited again.
Sardor QodirovOpenAI discovered a hidden recording device in an executive conference room at its San Francisco office and reported it to the FBI. Arrested was 35-year-old Saudi Arabian citizen Abdulrahman Alfozan, who had worked at the company as an engineer since July 2025. He is charged with intercepting oral conversations; the company said there are no signs of unauthorized access to model weights, code, or customer data.
Sardor Qodirov19-year-old Cal AI calorie-counting app founder Zach Yadegari spoke at TechCrunch Disrupt about how the company earned more than $30 million in two years through mass paid influencer posts. In March, Cal AI was acquired by MyFitnessPal for an undisclosed amount. In October, Yadegari launched the startup Persona, which has already raised $10 million.
Sardor QodirovAt the TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 conference in San Francisco, 20 startups competed for the Startup Battlefield Cup and $100,000. The winner was Intero Biosystems from Denver, a developer of lab-grown intestinal 'organoids' for drug testing. Second place went to the Australian Apate, which uses AI agents against scammers.
Sardor QodirovThe US Department of Justice reported arrests and searches at more than 40 'laptop farms' in Texas, with over 180 computers seized. According to the agency, North Korean IT workers, using stolen identities of US citizens, infiltrated at least 70 companies and earned about $3 million. The FBI estimates the number of DPRK operatives working at Western companies in the 'thousands'.
Sardor QodirovAmazon Senior Vice President Panos Panay, speaking at TechCrunch Disrupt in San Francisco, said that failures are inevitable when building successful products. He cited the failed launch of Surface RT at Microsoft, which led to a write-off of nearly $1 billion, and urged founders to learn lessons, not make excuses, and not abandon their vision.
Sardor QodirovAfter the first day of TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, organizers announced a 50% discount on all ticket types for the remaining two days — October 14 and 15 at Moscone West in San Francisco. Among the announced speakers are Mark Wahlberg, Replit CEO Amjad Masad, Benchmark partners, Panos Panay of Amazon, and representatives of OpenAI, Anthropic, and Hugging Face. Also planned are more than 320 exhibitors and the Startup Battlefield 200 pitch competition.
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