WhatsApp third-party AI agents reach iPhone beta 26.37.10.70 with a five-agent cap, API-key setup and no end-to-end encryption on agent chats.
AI funding tracker: Crusoe's $3.9B Series F leads 23 deals, with training-data, inference and defence rounds pushing AI valuations higher.
Nvidia-backed Firmus IPO seeks A$7 billion on the ASX, launching October 6 and listing October 22, as a $77 million loss tests AI data-center demand.
Independent testing found cheap smart glasses can be hijacked over Bluetooth with no password, exposing stored photos, video and personal data.
Qualcomm's Snapdragon Sound Elite Gen 2 puts on-device AI, Wi-Fi 6E and 128 GOPS of neural compute into earbuds, with 40% less power.
Microsoft Middle East AI investment tops $10 billion by 2030 for cloud and AI build-out across the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Kuwait.
Samsung's One UI 9 rollout has reached the US, but only T-Mobile carrier-locked Galaxy S26 units get Android 17 so far. Unlocked and AT&T buyers wait.
Oracle's Project Jupiter force majeure notice defers rent on a 2.45 GW New Mexico AI campus, testing how lenders price power risk.
Volkswagen AirConsole gaming reaches six 2027 US models: 20 games on the infotainment screen, playable only in park, then $149 a year.
The White House AI review requires OpenAI and Anthropic to hold new frontier models from UK testers until US security testing is complete.
Waymo safety data claims 82% fewer injury-causing crashes over 271.3M driverless miles, but the same period logs 797 crashes and no outside audit.
BlackRock and IFM Investors are in exclusive talks on a Stack data center deal worth up to $25 billion for Stack Infrastructure's Asia-Pacific assets.
The Anthropic IPO slips to November as the company targets a $100 billion raise at a $2 trillion valuation, with Q2 revenue of $11.5 billion.
Databricks' Genie One MCP reaches general availability, exposing governed metrics and semantic definitions to AI agents.
Spotify Taste Profile beta reaches US Premium subscribers aged 18 and over, letting listeners view and rewrite the taste data behind their Home feed.
