🫡 Surprised it wasn’t “qwerty”

French newspaper Libération reports → that the password for the Louvre’s video surveillance system was literally “Louvre.”

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🤩 Now with body settings

XPeng has unveiled a humanoid robot → that allows buyers to choose its gender and body type.

The model features soft skin, synthetic muscles, and a flexible spine, with production expected to begin next April.

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🤔 One AI for two

Apple is preparing to use Google’s Gemini model → to power the next version of Siri.

Bloomberg reports the companies are close to a deal worth around $1 billion per year for access to the technology.

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🤐 Wait

Rockstar Games has officially postponed → the release of Grand Theft Auto VI to November 2026.

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🤔 Guess who’s making smart glasses

After the ambitious but niche Vision Pro, Apple seems to have accepted the obvious: the future is not in bulky 3500 dollar headsets but in something people can wear every day without thinking about it.

We put together everything known so far about Apple’s upcoming smart glasses → and why they may be Cupertino’s next real game changer.

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😀 We’ve changed our mind

Many companies that laid off staff expecting AI to replace them are now bringing those workers back.

A new study shows → automation isn’t delivering at the scale executives were counting on.

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😄 Your move, OpenAI

Chinese company Kimi AI has released → its new reasoning model Kimi K2. According to the developers, K2 outperforms GPT-5 on several advanced reasoning benchmarks.

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❤️ This weekend in #TECH

💘 iPhone prices may increase due to rising chip production costs. Reports indicate an 8–10% price adjustment starting next year.

💘 Tesla shareholders have approved a new compensation package for Elon Musk, valued at approximately $1 trillion.

💘 Apple is preparing a major satellite expansion for the iPhone, negotiating a $1B deal with Google for Gemini in Siri, and developing a new budget MacBook.

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🍏 No iPhone Air for now

Apple is pausing the iPhone Air lineup → after weaker-than-expected demand for the current model.

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👍 Perfect timing

The UK’s Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs spent → £312 million upgrading its computers to Windows 10, just after Microsoft ended support for the system.

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☕️ Not quite as planned

Perplexity reportedly offered Telegram up to $350M a year for an official integration.

The bot → is available in the app now, though performance remains inconsistent: it responds to user queries, but does not reliably process commands.

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🛸 Teamwork!

ChatGPT now supports shared projects — a new feature that lets multiple people work inside the same chat. It was originally tested only with business customers, but as of October 24, it’s available to everyone.

We explain how it works →

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😄 Still patching the “unsupported”

Microsoft has released update KB5068781 → the first security patch for Windows 10 since the end of official support.

The update is part of the Extended Security Updates program, available to users with an active subnoscription.

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📱 Apple fixes the color problem it created

The iPhone 18 Pro will reportedly drop → its two-tone back for a cleaner, unified look. Apple is said to be updating the rear glass process to better match the frame’s color.

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😘 Because why not

Sony has unveiled a 27-inch gaming monitor → designed for PlayStation 5, set to hit the market in 2026.

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☕️ Starting the day with upgrades

OpenAI has introduced GPT-5.1, featuring two new models → Instant and Thinking.

The first offers greater speed and responsiveness, while the second delivers improved reasoning and consistency on complex tasks.

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🤨 We’re watching you

Google is facing a class-action lawsuit → accusing the company of using its Gemini AI assistant to secretly read users’ private Gmail messages, chats, and video calls.

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⚡️ Au revoir

French authorities have lifted the judicial restrictions → on Telegram founder Pavel Durov, granting him full freedom to leave France.

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📱 Policy update

Google has walked back its plan to make developer verification mandatory for all Android apps.

After strong pushback from the community, the company is now preparing alternative options → instead.

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🙂 Vine refuses to die

Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey has invested → in diVine, a new app built around the restored archive of Vine clips and a platform for posting new ones. The app has already unlocked up to 200,000 classic Vines.

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⚡️ Telegram sues Australia

Telegram has filed a lawsuit → against Australia’s eSafety regulator in the Federal Court over the country’s new age-verification law.

Earlier this year, the regulator fined the company for allegedly failing to provide timely information on its policies for handling extremist and child-abuse content.

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