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Open social network Bluesky is once again expanding beyond its flagship app. At TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 on Thursday, the company announced the launch of a new tool that allows creators to make websites, quizzes, games, polls, and other interactive experiences. The tool is an expansion of Attie, Bluesky’s more experimental platform, which initially offered AI-powered technology for building custom social feeds. With its new creation capabilities, the idea is to allow everyday users to create the kind of experiences that previously only software developers could build.

Diving into the details of vacuum technology On September 27th, the Quantum-Nano Fabrication and Characterization Facility (QNFCF) and Pfeiffer Vacuum hosted a vacuum technology seminar led by Siavash Asadollahi, Market Manager - Pfeiffer Vacuum (Scientific and Semiconductor Markets).

The Shanghai index declined 1.6% to 3,707.5 on Thursday, while the tech-heavy ChiNext Index dropped 2.9%. Photo: IC Chinese stocks fell sharply on Thursday as a selloff in technology shares left the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index just above 3,700.

The exhibit will feature visionary vehicle builds, technology demonstrations and microlearning sessions exploring the industry's future. From advanced powertrains and artificial intelligence to advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), emerging technologies are reshaping the automotive aftermarket. At the 2026 SEMA Show, November 3-6, Las Vegas, FutureTech Studio and the ADAS Showcase will give attendees an up-close look at these innovations through interactive demonstrations, featured vehicles and educational sessions exploring their real-world applications and implications for the industry.

Samsung cites a 300% Google search surge and exec-reported sales gains in the weeks after Apple’s October 23 iPhone Duo debutSamsung says demand for the Galaxy Z Fold 8 family has climbed 16% since launch, and the company is pointing directly at Apple as the reason why. Apple announced the iPhone Duo, its first foldable iPhone, on September 9, 2026, and Samsung claims its numbers started moving shortly after. Both figures, the 16% demand rise and a reported 300% surge in Google searches for Samsung foldables over the past month, come from a Samsung executive, according to a Forbes report published October 14, 2026. These are company-reported figures, not independently audited measurements, and they echo patterns seen when Samsung broke pre-order records with the Galaxy S25 family. Apple’s Arrival and the Numbers Samsung Wants You to SeeSamsung attributes rising foldable demand to Apple’s market entry, but the figures deserve a closer look. Samsung’s interpretation is straightforward: Apple entering the foldable market is validating the category, not cannibalizing it.

Earlier this week we learned that Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time is coming to Switch 2 on Nov. 5th, 2026. There’s no doubt some of you plan to go the physical route with this game, and if you happen to live in Canada, you might want to secure your purchase through EB Games. EB Games Canada has announced that those who pre-order Zelda: Ocarina of Time with them will get a holographic slipcover at no additional cost. This item is exclusively in Canada at EB Games, and you can get a look at the packaging above. Based on that design, there’s no doubt this pre-order bonus is going to be gobbled up quickly, so don’t wait long!

A team of ILM R&D engineers and artists won the award for Excellence in Production Technology – Application for their work on the “Oscar” tool, part of ILM StageCraft. Last evening at the Television Academy’s Saban Media Center in North Hollywood, Industrial Light & Magic engineers were honored with the Emmy Award for Excellence in Production Technology – Application for ILM’s Oscar UX application as used on the Lucasfilm episodic series Star Wars: Skeleton Crew. The Oscar application puts the power of ILM’s StageCraft virtual production platform in filmmakers’ hands in a user-centric, intuitive, and extremely powerful interface. The winners include Mike Jutan, David Hirschfield, Payton Gilbertson, Rey Reynolds, Mary Huang, Scott Richards, Ahmed Turki, and Alan Bucior.

This tablet is a great value, even if Android apps still aren't great on a big screen. Nanomatte display is outstanding in a variety of lighting conditions

HARRISBURG, Pa. — At least eight states are suing artificial intelligence giant OpenAI, saying the company's popular chatbot model violated state consumer protection laws by hurting children and deceiving adults. The company's chatbot model, ChatGPT, is giving dangerous medical advice, encouraging paranoia and coaching people to hurt others or commit suicide, Iowa's lawsuit said. At the same time, the chatbots are pretending to be agreeable and compassionate while preying on the vulnerable, according to the lawsuit.

A proxyjacking campaign has impacted devices in 34 countries, monetizing victims’ internet connections through a commercial residential proxy network. The operator installed Pawns.app, a legitimate bandwidth-sharing application that lets users earn money by sharing their internet connections, on devices without the owners’ consent.

Sharmila is an engineer-turned-gaming hardware journalist and freelance contributor at ScreenRant who has been covering the gaming and tech industry since 2021. While she first built her expertise writing about video games, she has since pivoted towards gaming hardware, with a focus on PC components, peripherals, handhelds, and performance-driven tech. When she’s not testing gear or writing about the latest hardware trends, she can usually be found diving into competitive shooters or keeping up with the evolving esports scene. Rockstar Games might finally have a way to shorten the long wait between its major releases. With Grand Theft Auto 6 scheduled to launch on November 19, 2026, the studio’s development leads have shared encouraging news about what comes next. Although Rockstar has not announced its next game, officials suggest future projects could benefit from the work already completed on GTA 6, and that they may launch sooner than expected. In an interview with Bloomberg, Phil Hooker and Aaron Garbut, Rockstar’s co-heads of development, discussed how the studio’s technology, tools, and development teams could help it create games more quickly.

Updated: Oct 15, 2026 5:59pm UTCIf you've been on gaming Twitter at all over the last month, you're probably aware of the massive wave of people using AI to rapidly decompile, port, and remix games. That wave of AI decomps has forced a massive decompilation community to sunset. In a blog post, admin @encounter from decomp.dev, a community repository for people to track decompilation posts, cites a wave of bad actors who are using AI to essentially steal the hard work of programmers working on existing decompilation projects. The act of decompiling games itself isn't new, and people have been taking games and trying to decompile them down to the source code for years. But what was once a herculean task requiring coding expertise can now be done with little effort thanks to new AI models like GPT 6 Astra and Claude Opus 5.5. The blog post doesn't blame the models themselves for the surge of vibe-coded decompilations and ports, but rather claims that bad actors are taking existing projects and then using AI to rush them to completion.