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Apple's refreshed 14-inch MacBook Pro brings the new M6, its first 2 nm chip in this model, with a 12-core CPU and GPU and up to 30% more performance than the M5. The price stays at $1,999, the design and display are unchanged, and pre-orders open October 28 with shipping from November 6.
Samsung is reportedly working with Google on a more deeply integrated Galaxy software experience, potentially bringing kernel-level optimizations, smarter background management and AI integration across popular apps. The next-generation software direction could mark a major shift from One UI's traditional feature-heavy approach.
Google is preparing to launch four TPU AI accelerators into orbit on October 1 as part of Project Suncatcher, testing whether future AI computing infrastructure could operate in space
AI agents can now browse, execute code and interact with real systems. Recent incidents involving OpenAI and Anthropic show how autonomy turns ordinary AI mistakes into a new class of cybersecurity risk.
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