Tenstorrent raises $1.5 billion at a $6.2 billion valuation to scale its AI chips
AI chip company Tenstorrent said on October 19, 2026 that it had closed a $1.5 billion Series E round at a $6.2 billion post-money valuation.
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Image: CNBC Anthropic commits 5% of its shares to a new Public Benefit Fund
Anthropic said on October 18, 2026, in a post on its own site, that it is setting aside part of its equity for a new entity called the Anthropic Public Benefit Fund.
Anthropic1 min readImage: BleepingComputer Attackers exploit SiteGuard WAF flaw to run commands as root or SYSTEM
BleepingComputer reported on October 18, 2026 that hackers are actively exploiting a critical command injection bug in SiteGuard Server Edition, a host-based web application firewall from a leading Japanese vendor.
BleepingComputer1 min readImage: The Hacker News Fake Web3 accelerator uses npm packages to steal data and hijack AI agent traffic
The Hacker News reported on October 19, 2026 on research from Elastic Security Labs into a campaign it tracks as REF8801.
The Hacker News1 min readImage: Engadget Four Gemini 4 Argon agents beat Minecraft with no human help
Engadget reported on October 19, 2026 that Google researchers have published a paper showing a team of four Gemini 4 Argon agents finishing Minecraft by defeating the Ender Dragon, without any person stepping in.
Engadget1 min readHyundai plans humanoid robots in new car factories after 2032
Aju Press reported on October 18, 2026 that Hyundai Motor Group plans to bring humanoid robots into new manufacturing plants after 2032.
Aju Press1 min readImage: The Guardian Microsoft pulls out of Nscale's Essex AI data centre over grid power delays
The Guardian reported on October 18, 2026 that Microsoft has ended its agreement to be a customer of the huge AI data centre that British firm Nscale is planning at Loughton in Essex.
The Guardian1 min readImage: BleepingComputer Microsoft says October Windows Server updates break Exchange sign-in and mail flow
BleepingComputer reported on October 19, 2026 that Microsoft has confirmed problems on some on-premises Exchange servers after this month's Windows security updates for Windows Server 2019 and later.
BleepingComputer1 min readImage: MiniMax MiniMax claims the Space Bunny model as M3.1 Flash and moves plan users to it
MiniMax has started moving developers onto its next model.
MiniMax1 min readImage: AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson Musk says he will give one SpaceX share to every kid in America next year
Elon Musk posted on X on October 19, 2026 that next year he will give one of his SpaceX shares to every kid in America, calling it the first of many.
Elon Musk on X1 min read- SpaceX
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Samsung will use TSMC's 3nm process for Nvidia's custom HBM base dies
Korea's Seoul Economic Daily reported in an exclusive on October 18, 2026 that Samsung Electronics will have the base die of Nvidia's next custom high-bandwidth memory made on TSMC's 3nm process.
Seoul Economic Daily1 min readImage: The Hacker News Unpatched Broadcom Wi-Fi setup bug lets nearby attackers take over routers
The Hacker News reported on October 19, 2026 on a flaw in Broadcom's Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) code that lets someone within radio range run code as root on Broadcom-based routers, with no Wi-Fi password and no pair...
The Hacker News1 min readImage: World World launches World ID tools for banks to prove a real human is behind a transaction
World announced World ID for banking and finance on October 18, 2026, with co-founder Alex Blania unveiling it on stage at Money20/20 in Las Vegas, according to the company's blog.
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Image: Interesting Engineering Agility's Digit 5 humanoid gets a nine-minute fast-charging battery
Agility Robotics has picked Nyobolt's fast-charging battery technology for Digit 5, its next warehouse and factory humanoid.
Interesting Engineering1 min readImage: CBC News Anthropic leases its first Canadian data centre in Nova Scotia
Anthropic has agreed to lease a new data centre being built at Point Tupper, near Port Hawkesbury on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia.
CBC News1 min readImage: TechCrunch Anthropic says it hires fewer juniors as staff spend more time managing Claude
Anthropic published a report on October 16, 2026 about how its own workforce has changed after building its daily work around AI, and TechCrunch summarized it on October 17.
TechCrunch1 min readImage: Global Times Apple Intelligence gets China approval, with a beta due later this month
Apple Intelligence and Alibaba's Qwen language models have received regulatory approval in China, and a beta version should arrive later in October, Apple executive chairman Tim Cook said during a visit to Shanghai.
Global Times1 min readImage: The Verge Big websites are starting to block AI shopping and browsing agents
A growing number of popular websites are refusing to work with AI agents that browse and act for users, The Verge reported on October 17, 2026.
The Verge1 min readImage: Anthropic Claude designs quantum circuits that beat the best published versions
Anthropic says its Claude model has designed quantum circuits that use fewer qubits and fewer gates than the best previously published designs.
Anthropic1 min read- AI
- Research
Image: Claude Platform Claude Opus 5.5 fast mode is now open to all API users
Anthropic has taken fast mode for Claude Opus 5.5 out of research preview, according to the Claude Platform release notes for October 15, 2026.
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