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A report by The Information claims that the world’s biggest chipmaker is considering adding memory back into its portfolio, starting with next-generation 3D DRAM.

For your “is that a bubble popping?” Bingo cards: Bloomberg reports that Microsoft is reconsidering deals to rent server capacity from “neoclouds” to power its AI efforts, and has been turning off rented capacity from Oracle since declining to renew a 2023 deal.

It says it used an upcoming cyber model to autonomously scan the latest Linux kernel as of “mid-October 2026.” OpenAI’s system also generated patches for the bugs, and it says a human researcher reviewed them.

A Weibo post from leaker Instant Digital suggests Apple could drop the Action button on next year’s iPhone, while merging its functions with the Camera Control button, as reported by MacRumors. Instant Digital claims long-pressing the button will trigger the Action button, while a single press will open the camera.

It’s opening preorders for its upcoming smart glasses on November 12th, the same day as Warby Parker. Gentle Monster also says in a post on X that it’s releasing a full version of the teaser short film later this month, directed by Jonathan Glazer and featuring Her star Joaquin Phoenix.

Following the Apple Music logo refresh, Apple has given Apple Music Classical an updated look, too. It’s now black-and-white instead of reddish-pink and white.

Ratchet & Clank: Ranger Rumble will get its final update today, be removed from app stores on November 21st, and be shut down entirely on May 1st. The game soft-launched in 2025, and earlier this year, its developers opened pre-registrations for an anticipated full launch, according to PushSquare.

Facebook pulled back on moderation after Trump’s election, and The Guardian reports on one of the groups that benefited, a popular health-misinformation-filled community called Crunchy Moms:

After Google previewed the feature when it announced the Pixel Tag tracker in August, Android’s Find Hub is finally getting ”Notify when left behind” alerts for trackers including third-party options like the Moto Tag, as spotted by 9to5Google. It’s a feature you can activate in the Find Hub app on a per tracker basis, and it includes an exception for your home address.

If you prefer your virtual pets with a side of gimmick, Netflix and Bandai have collaborated on a new Tamagotchi featuring a Stranger Things-inspired design, and an inverted screen. Functionally it’s the same as a standard Tamagotchi, but you’ll have to get used to raising your pet in the simulated upside down world when it launches next February for around $20.

The comments, made in an interview with Yahoo Finance, come after the chipmaker reported its “largest and most profitable” quarter in history. Su expects AMD’s data center business to grow 50 percent from Q3 to Q4, calling the growth a “testament to how important computing is” to the AI boom.

The new terms had come under scrutiny over language that appeared to give Meta broad leeway to train AI on scraped publisher content, even after the company updated them.

While a Northeastern study showed a Vizio TV sending data to suspected ACR endpoints even after opt-out, Vizio spokesperson Mischa Dunton told The Verge via email, “The encrypted traffic researchers observed is not ACR data, but rather routine operational data used to support the Vizio experience.”

Morgann Book reads a lot of books. And, as a literary creator and podcaster, makes a lot of content about books. She joins the show to explain why BookTok loves all things romance and romantasy, why physical books are an important balance to digital life, and why she’s not worried at all about the future of reading.

In its latest earnings report, Co-CEO Dave Gilboa also hinted at when the glasses will ship, saying, “on November 12, we’ll begin accepting pre-orders for our first Intelligent Eyewear collection and look forward to delivering customer orders during the holiday season.” Gentle Monster’s Android XR glasses are also expected to arrive this fall.

Apple has updated a support page to say that, when you’re trying to set up Siri AI, you “might” get put on a waitlist — previously, the document indicated that you would get added to a waitlist, as spotted by 9to5Mac.

CEO Peter Stern hinted at the upcoming product in an earnings call, saying it will combine “state-of-the-art software powered by AI,” premium equipment, human instruction, and community features. It will be the first in a new category for Peloton, but probably won’t be a wearable.

Bloomberg has a breakdown of how Starlink Mobile will operate — and what SpaceX still needs to do to get its hybrid 5G network up and running.

EA’s latest American football game is joining the Luna standard tier alongside NBA The Run, Mixtape, and Kingdom Come Deliverance II, Amazon announced today.

The new version of Google’s video generation model allows you to generate clips at a specific length, from three to 15 seconds. Google says Omni 1.2 Flash can also make edits to a video without re-generating the entire clip, and is better at generating scenes with continuous camera movements and “natural-sounding” dialogue.