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Time magazine has published its list of the 300 best inventions of 2026. It includes Apple's first foldable iPhone, a Dyson electric toothbrush with a built-in camera, the $20,000 1X Neo home humanoid robot, and Lilypad Paint by Adept Materials.
At the 2026 Paris Motor Show, European manufacturers including Renault, Citroën and Fiat presented electric concepts inspired by historic models. Renault showed the E-Space — a reimagining of the 1984 family car with six seats in three rows — while Citroën is working on reviving the 2CV as an affordable car. The show runs until 18 October.
Dublin hosted the International AI Summit with more than 1,500 guests, including Demis Hassabis and Brad Smith. Discussions covered Europe's competitiveness, regulation, and AI's energy costs. Critics pointed to a lack of critical voices and protests against Big Tech influence.
Young workers in India — journalists, lawyers, managers — are increasingly using AI for routine tasks, but emphasize the need to verify results. According to surveys by Deloitte and Emeritus, a majority of young employees use AI. Experts and reports by NITI Aayog and the World Bank point to risks for entry-level positions and uncertainty about the long-term effect on the labor market.
Elon Musk demonstrated the Tesla Roadster supercar with cold-gas thrusters based on SpaceX technologies. Tesla shares rose on the hype, but analysts at Quilter Cheviot, ING and Deepwater consider the demonstration more of a PR stunt than a source of profit. Production is expected in 2028, the flying Rocket version is by invitation only, and prices have not been announced. EASA regulators point to the need for certification, while investors await the conversion of technologies into profit.
At TechCrunch Disrupt, actor Mark Wahlberg said AI is appropriate in filmmaking when applied correctly. He plans to use the technology to enhance set design in the Pete Rose biopic and is open to an AI copy of his likeness continuing his projects after his death.
Veritas, a startup founded by former Tesla manager Lucy Holland, has released the second version of its anti-counterfeiting chip: it works on metal surfaces and can be scanned through glass. The company also announced a partnership with the track and field league ATHLOS and raised $1.75 million in pre-seed funding.
At TechCrunch Disrupt in San Francisco, Replit CEO and co-founder Amjad Masad described the concept of a 'self-driving company': AI agents handle most of the routine work, while people focus on judgment, taste, and decision architecture. He gave an example of restructuring support at Replit itself and said many people around the world have not yet realized the coming changes.
Blind users of Meta AI glasses report that due to incidents of covert recording and harassment using the device, they are being called 'pervert glasses' and are afraid to wear them in public places. Some events, including ComicCon Scotland, have banned wearing such devices, depriving blind visitors of familiar assistance.
After criticism from the Association for Human Mathematics and plagiarism accusations, OpenAI announced a $5 million donation to the Simons Foundation for a new initiative to study AI-generated results. The total size of the initiative involving the Simons Foundation, Anthropic and OpenAI is $15 million.
The company SkyFall has unveiled a remotely piloted aircraft, StarGate, capable of lifting up to 150 kg and reaching speeds of up to 105 km/h. The drone is designed to evacuate the wounded from areas inaccessible to ground vehicles. A prototype has been handed over to a Ukrainian combat brigade for testing; results have not yet been published.
After reports about Starlink restrictions for the Ukrainian army, European plans have drawn renewed attention: the IRIS² network of 348 satellites and the Bundeswehr's own military project SATCOMBw 4. Key roles are played by OHB, Aerospacelab and Airbus, but the 2029 timeline is in question due to a shortage of launch vehicles.
The Tech Transparency Project has since the beginning of 2026 discovered 332 paid ads on Facebook and Instagram in which AI was used to turn ordinary photos of adults and children into sexualized content. Meta says it reviews ads before publication and prohibits the sexual exploitation of children, yet its system failed to stop these materials. Most ads led to AI image-generation apps, a significant share of which, according to TTP, were developed in China.
DW reports how China, despite strict censorship and licensing, has become a major player in the global video game market: more than 700 million gamers, investments by Tencent and NetEase, the international success of 'Black Myth: Wukong', and new projects such as 'The Defiant' about the war with Japan in the 1930s–40s.
Nearly nine years after its announcement, Tesla has officially shown the second-generation Roadster electric sports car. The October 15 presentation at the SpaceX rocket test site in Texas took the form of a stunt show: the car, driverless and in autonomous mode, flipped on a ramp, hovered in the air, and jumped over a row of Tesla cars and a Semi truck.
Ship 40, which flew on July 24 during the 13th suborbital flight with a controlled landing in the Indian Ocean, was towed by sea for 24 days and delivered to the port of Brownsville in Texas on October 7. It is now being studied in a hangar at Starbase.
The DeLorean brand, famous for the film 'Back to the Future', will take part in the Airspeeder electric vertical-takeoff race series. At the start, the team will use the standard Mk3C chassis, and by the 2027–2028 season it plans to develop its own craft together with student teams from the University of California, Berkeley and the Georgia Institute of Technology.
The Telegram beta for macOS (13.0) has gained a News tab with a unified feed of channel posts, including Added and For You sections with personalized recommendations. The feature has not been officially announced; it is unknown whether it will make it into the final release or other platforms.
