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Abu Dhabi has launched TAMM Global, a private technology company to make the award-winning technology behind TAMM available to governments worldwide.
Source: ITWeb
https://www.itweb.co.za/article/abu-dhabi-launches-tamm-global-to-bring-its-ai-native-government-platform-to-the-world/xnklOvz1Plgq4Ymz
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Amulya Vishwanath, who spent seven years leading product marketing for NVIDIA’s robotics platforms, says robotics is currently in its “Lego era,” with the basic building blocks like actuators, robotic hands, software, and safety standards still being rebuilt.  This view runs counter to those who believe that robotics, powered by a general…

A new chip-based tape-measure for light could revolutionize mobile timekeeping and enhance national security.
Source: NIST
https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2026/10/new-chip-based-tape-measure-light-could-revolutionize-mobile-timekeeping
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The company will start off by testing its self-driving vehicles on Toronto's streets. https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/16/waymos-robotaxis-are-headed-to-canada/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

according to Elorian's evaluations, Glimpse outperforms even GPT-6 Astra on scientific chart reasoning and short-form video captioning, with competitive results on other visual reasoning tasks.  https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/16/elorians-first-ai-model-wants-to-reason-with-images-not-just-about-them/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Tressfecta will be at this year's TechCrunch Disrupt! https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/16/tressfecta-wants-to-make-hair-braiding-a-less-arduous-task-for-hairstylists/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Nathan Fielder's documentary about disgraced Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes has created a constellation of colliding personas that interrogate the very nature of authenticity. https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/16/in-you-can-see-everything-elizabeth-holmes-meets-her-equal-in-comedian-nathan-fielder/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

A 28-year-old Russian man was arrested in Germany after being linked to the cyber-crime gang that hacked blood-test firm Synnovis in 2024.
Source: BBC News
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9vgr61kml3mo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

The data comes from the Vercel's AI gateway, a unified API service similar to OpenRouter. https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/16/jev-is-vercels-fastest-adopted-ai-model-ever/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Actor and angel investor Mark Wahlberg said he is okay with using AI in filmmaking as long as it is used to enhance what you are doing.
Source: TechCrunch
https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/16/mark-wahlberg-on-using-ai-in-film-the-right-way-and-being-open-to-an-ai-clone-carrying-on-his-legacy/
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CERT-In has flagged agent intrusions, noting that old vulnerabilities are being exploited. Experts advise organisations to know their AI agents first.
Source: BusinessLine
https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/info-tech/know-your-ai-agents-first-experts-tell-organisations/article71593021.ece
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Anthropic announced that it has given the nonprofit METR inside access to audit its AI models and safety practices.
Source: The Decoder
https://the-decoder.com/anthropic-gives-metr-inside-access-to-audit-its-ai-models-and-safety-practices/
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Elon Musk unveiled the new Tesla Roadster on 15 October 2026. The car drove up a curved ramp, flipped upside down, launched off the end, and landed safely.
Source: IT News Africa
https://www.itnewsafrica.com/top-stories/new-tesla-roadster-2026-unveiled-with-spacex-technology/
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Actor and angel investor Mark Wahlberg says he's OK with using AI in filmmaking, provided it's used "to enhance what you're doing." https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/16/mark-wahlberg-on-using-ai-in-film-the-right-way-and-being-open-to-an-ai-clone-carrying-on-his-legacy/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Counterfeits of luxury goods are a major problem for fashion houses. Counterfeiters are getting better at replicating brands’ marks and passing off dupes, known as “superfakes,” as genuine items. A startup called Veritas wants to tackle the problem with its own chip that verifies goods. Veritas was founded by Luci…

Nvidia's RTX Spark laptops are built to run AI agents locally on the device.
Source: The Next Web
https://thenextweb.com/news/nvidia-rtx-spark-laptops-local-ai-agents
#Tech #Nvidia

ASML is expanding into hybrid bonding, a technique that creates dense electrical connections by directly joining chips or silicon wafers.
Source: South China Morning Post
https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3371181/asml-eyes-hybrid-bonding-report-finds-chinese-firms-adopt-chip-packaging-technique?utm_source=rss_feed
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Replit CEO Amjad Masad envisions a future of “self-driving companies,” where AI agents handle day-to-day tasks and people focus on higher-level decisions. https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/16/replits-ceo-says-the-future-of-work-is-the-self-driving-company/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

GBrain Tools is a password manager for AI.
Source: Product Hunt
https://www.producthunt.com/products/gbrain
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Nemotron 3.5 Super VL is NVIDIA's open multimodal model for specialized agents.
Source: Product Hunt
https://www.producthunt.com/products/nvidia
#Tech #Nvidia