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Markets & Capital
AI DevicesApple Reportedly Trims iPhone 18 Pro Orders as $100 Price Rise Weighs on Demand
Suppliers told Nikkei Asia that October component orders for the Pro and Pro Max fell 15% to 20% below Apple's original requests.
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AI Devices
Glasses, wearables and other hardware built around AI assistants.
Cybersecurity
VulnerabilitiesBudget Android Phones Ship With Midnight Mimosa Proxy and Ad-Fraud Malware in Firmware
Bitdefender says the malware runs as system apps on MediaTek-based Doogee and Cubot models and on Samsung and Apple knockoffs, so owners cannot simply uninstall it.
Enterprise Tech
AI DevicesMicrosoft Bets on Local AI Agents as Nvidia RTX Spark Windows Laptops Open for Preorder
Microsoft paired a sandbox for AI agents in Windows 11 with Surface hardware built on Nvidia’s first Windows PC chip, priced well above mainstream laptops.
AI
AI DevicesMeta Opens Muse to Homemade Hardware and Gives Subscribers 5,000 Free Home Link Devices
Open-source firmware and a Linux SDK let hobbyists wire Meta's AI agent into Raspberry Pi and ESP32 projects, while a USB-C dongle links it to home networks.
AI
AI DevicesNvidia Adds a $4,999 64GB DGX Spark That Can Pool Memory Across Two Units
The cheaper desktop AI system goes on sale Oct. 23 through six PC makers, and two linked units can run models of about 200 billion parameters.
Policy
AI DevicesNewsom Vetoes California Bill Targeting Secret Recording With Smart Glasses
SB 1130 would have made California the first state to regulate camera-equipped wearables used to film people without consent, but the governor said its definitions were too loose.
AI
AI DevicesSamsung to Launch Display-Free AI Glasses With Gemini in November
Built with Google, Gentle Monster and Warby Parker, the camera-equipped glasses would be the first major challenge to Meta’s hold on the category.
Infrastructure
AI DevicesAMD Gorgon Halo Mini PCs Bring 192GB for Local AI, but Prices Start at $6,799
The extra memory fits models of more than 300 billion parameters, yet bandwidth rises only 6.5% over Strix Halo while the LPDDR5x shortage drives prices up.
Markets & Capital
AI DevicesOura Postpones Its IPO Indefinitely, Pulling a Deal That Could Have Raised $2.2 Billion
The smart ring maker had been set to price shares at $40 to $44, valuing it near $15 billion, and gave only market uncertainty as the reason.
Enterprise Tech
AI DevicesGoogle Will End ChromeOS Updates in 2034, Short of Its 10-Year Chromebook Pledge
Chromebooks bought today get about eight years of updates instead of ten, and fleets moving to Googlebook OS will need new management licenses.
Enterprise Tech
AI DevicesApple’s Vision Pro Successor Stalls as Smart Glasses Take Priority, Gurman Reports
Bloomberg says the next headset, code-named N224, may not ship before late 2028 as Apple weighs a Meta-style puck design and aims first for display-free glasses in 2027.
AI
AI DevicesPrismML Brings Tiny Language Models to Qualcomm Smart Glasses
The startup’s one-bit model approach aims to move more AI inference onto wearable devices, where latency, battery life and privacy are hard constraints.
Enterprise Tech
AI DevicesMeta Introduces Camera-Free AI Glasses as It Broadens Wearable Computing
The audio-first device trades cameras for a lighter privacy posture while retaining access to Meta’s AI assistant.