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Anthropic officially files for its public debut Oct 27, 2026

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Plus - Instacart reportedly discussed selling itself with DoorDash and Uber; Apple unveils new iPad mini with OLED display and faster A20 Pro chip

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Spotify confirms Family Plan crackdown Oct 24, 2026

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Plus - OpenAI working on new $30B raise at $1.25T valuation ahead of IPO; 1Password launches a way for AI agents to log in on your behalf without seeing your password

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Spotify’s current AI bet is about being the music service that agents choose Oct 23, 2026

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Plus - Airbnb limits chores for guests, sparking backlash from hosts; DeepSeek reportedly raises $15B days after US restrictions

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SpaceX’s AI business is beating expectations Oct 22, 2026

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Plus - Waymo starts offering rides at the Las Vegas airport; Anthropic’s cloud partnerships are getting messy

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Meta’s Muse hits 10M U.S. downloads in 40 days Oct 21, 2026

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Spotify launches paid podcast memberships with perks beyond bonus content; Yelp can now call on your behalf to check wait times at a restaurant

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People are using AI to make their smart TVs dumb again Oct 20, 2026

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Plus - Elon Musk pledges to give ‘every kid in America’ one of his SpaceX shares; Nvidia launches new open models to run agents in the enterprise and on PCs

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Mark Wahlberg talks about using AI in film ‘the right way’ Oct 17, 2026

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Plus - Meta launches an open-weight AI model that runs on Macs;

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Flock CEO defends surveillance technology Oct 16, 2026

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Plus - Google’s Universal Cart shopping tool launches in the US; YouTube Music launches new labels as AI-generated music floods streaming platforms

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Netflix to lay off 1,000 staff Oct 15, 2026

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Facebook is giving users more control over their algorithm; Deezer will soon let you filter out AI-generated music