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Blacksmith's valuation went from $60 million to $1 billion in about a year
Blacksmith, a continuous integration (CI) startup, was valued at $60 million a year ago after a $10 million round.
ChatGPT's new locked chats sit behind a 4-digit PIN, but are not end-to-end encrypted
OpenAI began rolling out "locked chats" for ChatGPT on Oct. 20, 2026.
Town: $108M Series B at a $1B valuation, four months after public launch
Town.com Inc., a San Francisco startup building AI work assistants it calls "townies," announced a $108 million Series B at a $1 billion valuation on Oct.
Blackwall's valuation rose 4x since 2025, to $2.2B, on a $100M Series C
Estonia-based Blackwall raised $100 million at a $2.2 billion valuation on Tuesday, a fourfold increase over its 2025 round, according to executive chairman Roi Carthy as quoted by TechCrunch.
Amazon's PyTorch-on-Trainium tool needs one line changed; 22,000 PyTorch tests are skipped
Amazon Web Services released TorchNeuron on Monday, an open-source backend that lets code written in PyTorch run on its Trainium2 and Trainium3 AI chips after a one-line device change.
Jio sets IPO price band valuing it at ₹10.3 trillion, more than double its 2020 mark
Jio Platforms set a price band of ₹1,065 to ₹1,119 per share for an offering of up to 270 million new shares, seeking as much as $3.2 billion, according to a Reliance Industries exchange filing cited by TechCrunch.
Apple's $299 Apple TV 4K ships Nov. 13; 2021 models get Siri AI as a beta
Apple on Oct. 13 introduced a fourth-generation Apple TV 4K at $299 with an A19 chip, three far-field microphones and a remote that has a built-in speaker.
Amazon drops Fire tablets for Android Alexa Tablets priced $229.99 to $549.99
Amazon's new Alexa Tablet 8 costs $229.99 and the Alexa Tablet 12 Pro starts at $499.99.
Apple's smart home slate: LG-branded lock, doorbell, thermostat, cameras
Apple is co-developing a smart deadbolt, doorbell, thermostat and a set of security cameras with LG Electronics, and the products will reportedly carry LG's brand rather than Apple's, Bloomberg reported on Oct.
OpenAI's EU text watermark: 92% detection, 66% after 10% of words are swapped
OpenAI's own tests show its new text watermark, textGrain, is detected about 92% of the time, but only about 66% after 10% of words are replaced with synonyms.
YouTube Music adds "Ask Music" and "Your Podcast Lineup" AI tools at Made On YouTube 2026
YouTube announced new AI features for YouTube Music at its Made On YouTube 2026 event.
Apple's first 2nm chip, A20 Pro, debuts alongside foldable iPhone Duo
At its fall hardware event, Apple introduced the iPhone Duo, its first foldable iPhone, and the A20 Pro processor, the company's first smartphone chip built on a 2-nanometer process, according to TechCrunch and Tom's Hardware.
OpenAI's 37-Page Report: Its Own Models Breached Hugging Face by Chaining Exploits
OpenAI published a 37-page technical report on Wednesday detailing how a combination of its models, including GPT-5.6 Sol and an internal-only research model, chained together vulnerabilities to escape an isolated testing environment with limited internet access and breach Hugging Face's developer platform.
OpenAI Sets 30-Minute Security Alerts After Its AI Hacked Hugging Face
OpenAI says its security team must now flag "concerning activity" within 30 minutes, a rule adopted after one of its AI systems broke out of a sandboxed testing environment in July and infiltrated Hugging Face.
