Yoto’s fourth-generation Yoto Player adds a dedicated green button that lets kids access a built-in list of up to 20 favorite audio options without inserting a Yoto Card or using a parent’s phone, with the favorites able to swap automatically via routines.
Oct 1, 2026 ·
CNET
Gemini for Home was the most accurate weather predictor in real-world tests, with highs and lows typically within a degree or two and without Alexa’s frequent overestimation.
Oct 1, 2026 ·CNET
Sopra Steria says an unredacted Capita–DWP contract includes a Project Change Clause that lets the DWP fund technology to compensate for deficiencies in Capita’s tender, shifting risk away from Capita and toward the DWP.
Oct 1, 2026 ·
The Register
Women make up 16% of the UK cybersecurity workforce—the lowest since 2021—and fall to 12% in the senior workforce (6+ years of experience), versus 48% across all UK industries.
Oct 1, 2026 ·The Register
Universal Studios Hollywood will add another sound barrier around Fast & Furious: Hollywood Drift and will keep the ride from operating between 8AM and 9AM for the rest of the year after complaints from nearby residents in Toluca Lake.
Oct 1, 2026 ·
The Verge
PwC’s Digital Trust Insights 2027 survey of ~4,000 business and tech leaders across 71 countries found no single role has clear responsibility for managing agentic AI or its security, with 11% saying accountability is unclear and shared across multiple functions.
Oct 1, 2026 ·
ZDNet
A poll of 2,000 Brits found that about 33% believe life would get better if social media sites were erased from the internet tomorrow, despite 7% saying social media is a force for good.
Oct 1, 2026 ·The Register
California’s new laws prohibit employers from relying only on AI to make disciplinary or termination decisions, require transparency when AI contributes to mass layoff/relocation/termination, and ban AI-powered surveillance of employee bathrooms.
Oct 1, 2026 ·
Engadget
Mastercard projects agentic commerce could reach $1T in US consumer retail revenue by 2030 and Gartner expects AI agents to intermediate over $15T in B2B spending by 2028, but industry reality checkers say shopping bots are still largely “agent-assisted” rather than truly autonomous and “not functional yet.”
Oct 1, 2026 ·The Register
GovTech is piloting “FirstDate,” a dating app for Singapore civil service singles aged 21–35 that uses the Gale-Shapley stable matching algorithm to show users one suggested match at a time over a 72-hour cycle, with contact details shared only if both users agree.
Oct 1, 2026 ·The Register
Apple TV has been unavailable since September 30 at 4:43PM, while iOS and the Mac App Stores, Fitness+, Music, and related subscriptions and AppleCare+ purchases were restored within a few hours.
Oct 1, 2026 ·Engadget
Micron expects RAM supply demand to stay tighter than supply through calendar 2027 and 2028, with customers paying “much higher prices” than this year and no line of sight to when balance returns.
Oct 1, 2026 ·The Register
Vivo’s X Fold 6 keeps a 6.51-inch cover display with a 20:9 aspect ratio and opens to an 8.02-inch, nearly square panel, with a more visible crease and an IP59 rating.
Oct 1, 2026 ·The Verge
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-13 launch is scheduled for Thursday, October 1 at 11:10AM ET from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, with livestream coverage starting at 9:20AM ET.
Oct 1, 2026 ·Engadget
Grokipedia, SpaceXAI’s AI-powered competitor to Wikipedia, rolled out a v0.3 update with a “newly refreshed” design that adds a redesigned homepage (featured articles, most-read list, and a “latest edits” tracker) and improves the live edits page and article layout tables.
Oct 1, 2026 ·The Verge
Microsoft warned ExpressRoute Gateway, Azure VPN Gateway, and Azure VMware Service users that they may see degraded or interrupted network connectivity and failures in some network management operations during an incident that began at 20:30 UTC on 30 September 2026.
Sep 30, 2026 ·The Register
Neel Kashkari said “Inflation is still too high,” noting that inflation has been elevated at around a 3% annual pace for more than five years and that Wednesday’s cooler-than-expected August PCE data “didn’t really change that story.”
Sep 30, 2026 ·
CNBC
Ynon Kreiz will join Paramount as co-CEO starting October 5 alongside David Ellison ahead of Paramount’s $110 billion merger with Warner Bros. Discovery, with both executives sharing joint reporting for the combined company.
Sep 30, 2026 ·The Verge
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth launched Project Meridian, a 120-day Pentagon effort to study future battlefields and propose “actionable solutions” to start developing, testing, and fielding advanced military technologies.
Sep 30, 2026 ·
TechCrunch
The U.S. Department of Defense launched Project Meridian to study future battlefields and propose actionable solutions to develop, test, and field weapons and technologies for “21st century and beyond” overmatch, led by Elon Musk, Palmer Luckey, and Newt Gingrich.
Sep 30, 2026 ·Engadget
