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• Musk Plans $10.5 Billion SpaceX Stock Giveaway for US Children

  Elon Musk announced plans to gift a single share of SpaceX stock to every child in the United States, a massive giveaway valued at roughly $10.5 billion.

• MiniMax Unmasks Space Bunny as M3.1 Flash After 200T Tokens

  MiniMax officially launched M3.1 Flash, confirming it was the mysterious 'Space Bunny' that dominated OpenRouter with over 56 trillion tokens.

• Microsoft Flees UK's Largest Data Center as Grid Delays Hit 2030

  Microsoft has abandoned plans to anchor the UK's largest AI data center after severe grid bottlenecks delayed operation until the 2030s.

• PlayStation 6 Price May Top $1,000 on Soaring Hardware Costs

  Hardware leaks suggest the PlayStation 6 bill of materials is spiraling, with memory and SSD costs alone potentially driving retail pricing over $1,000.

• Stock futures point higher before the open: pre-market brief for October 19, 2026

  Ahead of the Monday, October 19, 2026 opening bell, US equity futures are mixed, with Nasdaq 100 and S&P 500 futures pointing higher following Friday's broad-based sell-off. The…

• Burger King Japan Breach Leaks 11M App User Records

  Burger King Japan has confirmed a massive cybersecurity breach compromising personal details and order histories for over 11.18 million mobile app customers.

• Garmin Wake Word Cut Watch Battery Life in Half for Users

  Garmin added hands-free voice activation in its latest update, but the always-listening wake word is slashing smartwatch battery estimates in half.

• Windows 11 Cuts App Launch Delays by Skipping Ghost Processes

  Microsoft is overhauling how Windows 11 handles background instances to deliver snappy app launches, testing the shortcut first on Edge.

• UK Targets Microsoft Business Software with Strategic Market Status

  Britain's competition watchdog is preparing strict rules for Microsoft's enterprise stack, taking aim at switching barriers and Copilot integration.

• 44% of AI-Generated Code Fails Basic Software Security Checks

  AI assistants write code that compiles 99.9% of the time, but 44% introduces vulnerabilities. Software flaws are now the primary breach entry point.

• Apple TV 4K Finally Plays TrueHD Atmos, With a Big Catch

  A clever open-source pipeline brings Blu-ray Dolby Atmos audio to Apple TV 4K by rerouting TrueHD metadata through Apple's spatial engine.

• OpenAI Bugging Suspect Was Courted by Saudi Royal, Feds Say

  Court filings show the engineer accused of placing a listening device in an OpenAI boardroom was communicating with a Saudi royal days before his arrest.