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Comcast plans to cut 634 jobs at its Philadelphia headquarters from December 31, 2026, tying the move to AI, while saying it will create about 1,100 jobs nationwide.

MeitY launched a handbook on DEPA for AI Training on October 31, 2026, setting rules for organisations to share data for AI training while keeping control.

Virgin Media O2 could cut up to 4,000 of about 16,000 jobs, Sky News reported on October 31, 2026, as owners seek about £600 million in savings.

A second satellite in Bureau 1440's Rassvet constellation, Russia's Starlink rival, burned up around October 30, 2026, after failing to raise orbit.

A Chicago judge ruled on October 30, 2026, that McDonald's must face a proposed class action claiming the McRib misleads buyers about rib meat.

OnePlus has started rolling out ColorOS 17, based on Android 17, to the OnePlus 15, 15R, 13, 13s and 13R in India ahead of schedule, replacing OxygenOS.

A US judge on October 30, 2026 refused to dismiss the NAACP's Clean Air Act suit over gas turbines powering xAI's Colossus 2 AI data centre.

France's National Assembly voted 11-10 on October 30, 2026 for a €0.055-per-gigabyte levy on content providers such as Netflix and Google; it is not yet law.

Google's Project Suncatcher prototype ran the Gemma 4 AI model on a TPU in orbit and sent a reply to Earth, reported October 30, 2026.

NatWest said on 30 October 2026 it removed about 1,000 full-time roles in July-September, about 1,400 this year, as staff use of AI tools rose 66% in the quarter.

MeitY Secretary S Krishnan unveiled the DEPA for AI Training handbook in Bengaluru on 30 October 2026, a draft framework for training AI on Indian data without sharing raw datasets.

Nvidia on 29 October 2026 rejected a report that US agencies suspected a Megaspeed executive close to CEO Jensen Huang of spying for China; Beijing also denied it.

Drupal warned on 28 October 2026 that a highly critical access flaw in its Commerce Core module, used by over 42,000 sites, is being exploited; store owners should update and audit orders.

Oracle said on 27 October 2026 it will rent out Google's eighth-generation TPU AI chips on its cloud from 2027, the first time another big cloud will offer them.

Zoho co-founder Sridhar Vembu wrote on 29 October 2026 that any computer-based job now carries risk because one capable person using AI can do the work of ten.

Mumbai spacetech start-up Manastu Space has raised Rs 22 crore in a Series A extension, days after the Technology Development Board committed Rs 116 crore to its green propulsion.

Hyderabad's BharathCloud opened a second office at Mindspace IT Park on October 28, 2026, and plans to hire more than 500 people in cloud, AI and security roles.

Clinic software start-up Docterz raised about Rs 5 crore, with around 20 doctors who use it investing nearly Rs 3 crore, it said on October 29, 2026.

India's Q3 2026 smartphone shipments fell about 20% to a decade low, Counterpoint said on October 23; budget phones fell 47% as memory costs lifted prices.

Maharashtra launched MahaINDUS, Sarvam AI's Indus Cowork workspace, for about 2,500 officials on October 28, 2026, for drafting and translation in 22 languages.

GM agreed on October 29, 2026 to pay $220 million to US states over claims it sold drivers' data to brokers and insurers, and to adopt strict consent rules.

RSM's India arm opened a 154,000 sq ft office in Bengaluru on October 28, 2026; its India team has grown to about 4,200 from 700 five years ago.

Mistral AI released the weights of Mistral Large 4, a model of about 1 trillion parameters aimed at cyber defence, on October 29, 2026.

T-Mobile CEO Srini Gopalan said on October 28, 2026 he sees no room for a SpaceX MVNO on its network, but is open to resale deals like T-Satellite.

Samsung reported record Q3 2026 revenue of 195.3 trillion won and operating profit of 107.4 trillion won on October 29, driven by AI memory chips.

A Tobacco Control study reported on October 28-29, 2026, found 90,835 of 118,756 responses to the UK's 2023 disposable vapes consultation were bot-generated.

A 105-page Open Rights Group report, published around October 27-28, 2026, says the UK Home Office uses AI across immigration work with little transparency.

SAP said on October 28, 2026, it is expanding AI skilling in India toward two million people by 2030, with nearly 13% of that goal already reached.

Apple announced its first touchscreen MacBook Pro on October 28, 2026, with an OLED screen and M5 Pro or Max chips; India prices start at Rs 3,49,900.

Sarvam drew about 87% of the roughly $399 million raised by Indic AI start-ups in 2026, a Tracxn report released on October 28, 2026, shows.

Google announced Gemini 4 Carbon on October 28, 2026; it leads an independent AI index and is going first to vetted cyber defenders, with wider access later.

Amazon confirmed on October 28, 2026, that it cut up to 250 jobs, mostly software roles, in its devices and services unit, its second round of cuts this month.

Y Combinator-backed Mochatrade has raised about $5.5 million in a seed round led by CoinFund to let Indian traders bet on US stocks through rupee-funded perpetual contracts.

Uttar Pradesh's cabinet approved letters of comfort for GCC projects by Havells, LG Soft India, Ameriprise and MetLife in Gautam Buddh Nagar, worth Rs 1,709.84 crore.

Sweden's Government Offices blocked web versions of ChatGPT and Claude on staff computers from October 26, 2026, citing information security; Copilot stays.

Apple said on October 26, 2026 it is aware of inner-display problems on a small number of iPhone Duo foldables and will replace affected units via AppleCare.

Apple launched the 14-inch MacBook Pro with its new M6 chip on October 27, 2026, priced from $1,999 and Rs 2,39,900, with sales from November 6.

About 550 Innodata staff in India lost their jobs on October 26, 2026, by email after system access was cut, employees said; shares fell sharply on October 27.

Google DeepMind unveiled Genie 4 on October 27, 2026, a world model that builds interactive scenes with sound and lets users change them by text.

An ACLU report on October 26, 2026 warns US police are stopping drivers whose plate-scan travel patterns software flags as 'suspicious', without evidence of crime.

OpenAI said on October 26, 2026 that its AI produced a Lean-checked disproof of the Exponential Time Hypothesis; the hypothesis's co-authors will lead a review.

Apple's new iPad mini, announced October 26, 2026, moves to an 8.5-inch OLED screen and A20 Pro chip; in India it starts at Rs 82,900, with pre-orders from October 28.

Karmayogi Bharat and OpenAI signed an MoU on October 21, 2026, to offer OpenAI Academy AI courses on iGOT Karmayogi, used by 1.7 crore government staff.

Infosys hired over 8,000 freshers in July-September 2026, about 13,000 in the first half, and kept its FY27 target of about 20,000, management said.

New York start-up Overwatch raised a $15 million Series A led by Mouro Capital on October 26, 2026, with Visa and Capital One's venture arms joining.

Meta launched about $35 billion of stock offerings on October 26, 2026 to pay for AI infrastructure, and plans up to $60 billion more, taking its equity raising to about $95 billion.

Apple released iOS 27.2 on October 26, 2026, adding Siri AI in five more languages, Group FaceTime Dual Capture and more than 130 security fixes; the Health redesign was held back.

Bengaluru gaming start-up Matiks raised $10 million in a pre-Series A round led by General Catalyst on October 26, 2026, to expand its math and puzzle games abroad.

TCS, Infosys, HCLTech, Wipro and Tech Mahindra added 16,055 people net in April-September 2026, up from 3,097 a year ago; only Wipro shrank.

Ahmedabad space-tech start-up SpectraGaze Systems raised Rs 3.7 crore in a GVFL-led seed round reported on October 23, 2026, its first external funding.

Infinix launches the GT 50 Pro gaming phone in India on October 27, 2026, with a Dimensity 8400 Ultimate chip and bundled accessories; price unannounced.

An Embark report released October 23, 2026 projects India's GCCs adding 1 million to 1.4 million net jobs by 2031 despite AI cutting routine roles.

Tel Aviv start-up Mave, founded by ex-Unit 8200 officers, launched on October 22, 2026 with $34 million to build AI agents for security operations centres.

Britain announced a £100 million AI Biosecurity Lab on October 23, 2026, with OpenAI, Anthropic and Google DeepMind as partners, to track biological threats.

Hyundai Motor India launches the Bayon SUV on October 26, 2026 with a Perplexity-powered AI voice assistant; prices are due at the launch.

Apollo's Torsten Slok said on October 24, 2026, that AI has lifted margins and revenue per worker only at the seven biggest tech firms, not the other 493.

An ICRIER survey of 651 IT firms in 10 cities, reported on 21-22 October 2026, found 55% cut entry-level hiring after adopting AI tools.

Telangana unveiled an AI avatar of IT Minister D. Sridhar Babu, built by TensorGo, at DevFest Hyderabad on 24 October 2026; a grievance feature is planned.

Some early iPhone Duo owners report inner-screen cracks along the hinge, one within six hours of purchase; Apple has not confirmed a defect.

Quess Corp's report, released on 23 October 2026, projects 67,000 openings in India's healthcare GCCs in 2026, with 93% for experienced staff.