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The Tiqker optical atomic clock ran continuously aboard the support vessel RV Merlin during a maritime exercise in the Pacific. The goal: a precise timing source that does not depend on GPS.
The developer of the Digit humanoid said on Friday it expects to raise about $465 million in its merger with Churchill Capital Corp XI, down from the $620 million it estimated in June. The deal is expected to close on November 4.
Seoul police identified 80 drivers who allegedly installed devices that bypass the regional lock and enable FSD on cars not cleared for it, and confiscated 21 devices. The maximum penalty is two years in prison or a fine of up to 20 million won, about $15,000.
The quantum computing company showed a lab prototype of an 8x8 optical switch on a silicon chip, with no moving parts and no amplifier, and a typical signal loss of 1.2 dB. A 64x64 version has already taped out.
Apple announced on its Chinese newsroom that Apple Intelligence features will reach China in an iOS 27.3 beta on November 4, with the public release planned for December. The new Siri is not included.
Google said on Friday that the Gemma 4 model aboard its prototype satellite, launched on October 1, answered a prompt uplinked from the ground. It is the first time a data center class TPU has run a model in space.
Toyota will build a custom version of the bZ4X electric SUV with the Waymo Driver installed at the factory. Testing and validation of the fleet will begin in Japan in 2027, with expansion to the UK and other markets planned for the following years.
The world's largest crypto exchange froze withdrawals after several of its hot wallets were drained. The company says it will cover all losses. Stablecoin issuers have frozen about $2.4 billion of the stolen funds.
Version 2.1.313 of Anthropic's official extension on Cursor's extension marketplace contained a backdoor and was available for about 11 hours on Thursday. According to Cursor, at most 5,000 users were affected. It is still unknown how the attackers got access to the account.
The four companies said on Friday they will adopt a shared signal that lets websites tell several AI providers at once that they do not want their content used for training. Anthropic already implements it; Google and Microsoft will support it next year, and OpenAI "in the coming months".
Intel shares closed down 28.58% on Friday, erasing about $140 billion of market value, after a fourth-quarter revenue forecast of $15 billion to $16 billion. The company expects the explosion at its Fab 28 plant in Kiryat Gat to cut about $600 million from revenue over two quarters.
