Android 17 QPR2 Beta 7 fixes the Flip to Shh battery drain and a download bug on Pixel
Google released Android 17 QPR2 Beta 7 on October 9, 2026, and its release notes list a fix for idle battery drain tied to Flip…
Apple is reportedly trimming iPhone 18 Pro orders, and the $100 price increase is part of the story
Apple has asked some suppliers to cut production of iPhone 18 Pro components because demand is running below expectations, according to a Nikkei Asia exclusive…
Claude Haiku 5.5 is up to 90% cheaper than Haiku 4.5, and the bigger story is how much more it can do
Anthropic released Claude Haiku 5.5 on October 7, 2026, a small model priced at $0.10 per million input tokens, about 90% below Haiku 4.5 for…
The Surface Laptop Ultra is Microsoft’s bet that you want big AI models running on your own laptop
Microsoft opened pre-orders for the Surface Laptop Ultra on October 7, 2026, and says it begins shipping October 16. It is a 15-inch laptop built…
Windows Search is being rebuilt to do things, not just find them
Microsoft is rebuilding Windows Search from scratch, and Insiders in the Experimental channel can start testing it today. The new version, announced in an official…
ChatGPT answers now come with charts, buttons and calculators, even on the free plan
OpenAI began rolling out GPT-6 with Intelligent UI to ChatGPT on October 7, 2026, and Free and Go users get it starting October 8. According…
ChatGPT’s new Intelligent UI turns answers into buttons, charts and calculators
OpenAI is rolling out GPT-6 with Intelligent UI in ChatGPT, which lets an answer arrive as charts, tappable buttons, forms and small interactive tools instead…
Samsung Wallet is adding USDC transfers for US Galaxy phones, but Samsung will not hold your money
Samsung Wallet stablecoin support is coming to eligible Galaxy owners in the US, starting in the last week of October 2026, according to Samsung’s US…
Skydance closed its Warner Bros. Discovery deal, and HBO Max and Paramount+ are headed for one service
Paramount has completed its Warner Bros. Discovery acquisition, and the combined company is now called Skydance, according to its October 6, 2026 press release. The…
ChatGPT can now turn a recorded meeting into notes, but only if you pay
OpenAI’s release notes for October 6, 2026 say ChatGPT can now take an audio file and turn it into a transcript, a summary, or answers…