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Four AI agents started barehanded in a random Minecraft world and defeated the Ender Dragon after 27 hours and 14 minutes. They never “saw” the game: they acted by writing JavaScript programs and coordinated through chat.
Apple released iOS 27.2 RC to developers alongside RCs for iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Apple TV and Vision Pro. There is no public release date yet; according to MacRumors, the update brings Siri AI in five new languages.
Apple will show new products on Wednesday, October 28, in Los Angeles. The invite says “Pro and tell”; according to Bloomberg, the headliners should be OLED touchscreen MacBook Pros, an OLED iPad mini and M6 Macs.
Tesla showed its second-generation Roadster leaping over other cars on jets of compressed gas. The reservation is $50,000 again, but the promised range has been cut in half.
Apple updated its App Review Guidelines: apps must prevent and remove nonconsensual intimate imagery, including AI-generated images, and developers who hide features from review can lose their accounts.
Citizen Lab researchers have confirmed for the first time mercenary spyware installed through targeted ads without the victim clicking anything. The confirmed target was the Al Jazeera media network.
The Court of Justice of the EU ruled that banks cannot refuse an immediate refund of an unauthorised payment by claiming the customer was careless. The ruling applies across the European Union.
Apple opens preorders for iPhone Duo, its first foldable phone, on Friday, October 16. Here are the prices, timing and the trade-offs to know before you order.