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Bitcoin & Crypto

Meta’s Muse AI app loses momentum as downloads slip 8.1%

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Muse's declining user growth raises concerns about Meta's strategic direction and highlights challenges in AI adoption and privacy issues. From chart-topper to cooldown Muse launched on September 8, 2026. Total daily active users reached roughly 2.73 million on October 6. The post Meta’s Muse AI app loses momentum as downloads slip 8.1% appeared first on Crypto Briefing. 11, 2026 Meta ’s Muse came out of the gate looking like a hit. A month later, the app is starting to look more like a movie with a huge opening weekend and a steep second-week drop. Meta pitched it as a personal AI capable of carrying out tasks on its own, rather than simply answering questions. The app pulled in over five million downloads in its first 22 days.

Source: Crypto Briefing12 Oct 2026, 00:39 UTC

AI

Why SEA’s retailers need to protect AI-powered customer experience with observability

Source: e2712 Oct 2026, 01:00 UTC

WORLDTECH.NEWSAIMonday, 12 October 2026

AI

Two years since its release, Microsoft is killing off Outlook's Themes by Copilot feature

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2024 was kind of a weird time for AI as a whole. While Microsoft requires no admin action to phase out the feature by late October, switching away from a Copilot-generated theme means saying goodbye to it permanently. Microsoft is a software and software development company based in Redmond, founded in 1975.

11 OctSource: XDA + 1 more11 Oct 2026, 02:44 UTC

AI

Meet Cloudflare Clef-omni: A 30B-A3B text-and-image Decision Model for Audio, Video, Image and Text

Cloudflare released Clef-omni, an Apache-2.0 multimodal (able to work with more than one kind of input, such as text and images) decision model built on Qwen3-Omni-30B-A3B.

11 OctSource: MarkTechPost11 Oct 2026, 23:15 UTC

WORLDTECH.NEWSTechnologyMonday, 12 October 2026

Technology

Linus Torvalds Working On A Hefty Linux Kernel Improvement With Claude Code

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Linux creator Linus Torvalds has been known to use AI to help with kernel debugging and outside of the kernel tree has also done some vibe coding with Google's Antigravity. He has previously said he views AI as a useful tool.

Source: Phoronix12 Oct 2026, 00:16 UTC

Technology

The open-source mobile OS LineageOS upgrades to Android 17, escaping the ecosystem without losing the apps

One of the better options, LineageOS (mobile operating system based on Android), has just upgraded to Android 17 with version 24.

11 OctSource: XDA11 Oct 2026, 23:05 UTC

In Brief

Technology

Report: HomePod mini 2 to release on October 30 with these upgrades

11 OctSource: 9to5Mac11 Oct 2026, 14:56 UTC

WORLDTECH.NEWSBitcoin & CryptoMonday, 12 October 2026

Bitcoin & Crypto

XRP Gaining Nasdaq Exposure as Evernorth Takes 473M XRP Public

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Evernorth has completed its merger, bringing an actively managed XRP treasury to public markets ahead of expected Nasdaq trading.

Source: Bitcoin.com News12 Oct 2026, 00:35 UTC

Bitcoin & Crypto

Ethereum Foundation-linked wallets send 4,393 ETH to Kraken

Following the coins The two sending addresses were identified as 0x4c4…2b94 and 0x999…0229. In 2016, it received 59,751 ETH from an Ethereum Foundation address.

Source: Crypto Briefing12 Oct 2026, 01:04 UTC

In Brief

Bitcoin & Crypto

US reverses course, restores UK access to frontier AI models for testing

Under earlier voluntary arrangements, the UK received early access to emerging AI systems so its researchers could probe them before the public did.

Source: Crypto Briefing12 Oct 2026, 00:34 UTC

WORLDTECH.NEWSCybersecurityMonday, 12 October 2026

Cybersecurity

Microsoft announces new AI security features and Copilot+ PCs

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11 OctSource: SC Media11 Oct 2026, 17:59 UTC

Cybersecurity

Microsoft to end security updates for unsupported Windows versions in 2027

Microsoft announced that devices running unsupported versions of Windows will cease to receive security updates after the rotation of Windows Update certificates in 2027.

11 OctSource: SC Media11 Oct 2026, 17:59 UTC

In Brief

Cybersecurity

OpenAI revenue miss shakes AI stocks, but innovation continues

Google launched its Gemini agent, capable of autonomous tasks across devices, while other companies like Anthropic and Mistral released new models.

11 OctSource: SC Media11 Oct 2026, 18:07 UTC

WORLDTECH.NEWSChips & HardwareMonday, 12 October 2026

Chips & Hardware

Ed Seeks To Become A Legend

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Ed Seeks To Become A Legend, according to Electronics Weekly.

Source: Electronics Weekly12 Oct 2026, 00:00 UTC

Chips & Hardware

Microsoft Warns Windows Update Will Stop Working on Unpatched PCs Next Year

Microsoft is replacing the certificates that Windows PCs use to confirm they are talking to genuine Windows Update servers, and machines that miss the changeover will stop receiving updates.

11 OctSource: TechPowerUp11 Oct 2026, 19:31 UTC

In Brief

Chips & Hardware

Drgn 0.3 Released For This "Natural" Programmable Debugger From Meta

11 OctSource: Phoronix11 Oct 2026, 10:07 UTC

WORLDTECH.NEWSRoboticsMonday, 12 October 2026

Robotics

Water-pumping robot worms its way over rugged coastal terrain

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Water-pumping robot worms its way over rugged coastal terrain, according to New Atlas Robotics. Biomimicry involves borrowing ideas from nature to solve engineering problems.

Source: New Atlas Robotics + 1 more12 Oct 2026, 00:35 UTC

Robotics

Amazon draws on fleet of 1 million robots to help machines learn and act in real world

11 OctSource: Interesting Engineering11 Oct 2026, 14:08 UTC

In Brief

Robotics

Chinese EV giant’s 31-joint humanoid robot could soon greet you at the car dealership

11 OctSource: Interesting Engineering11 Oct 2026, 18:11 UTC

WORLDTECH.NEWSStartups & BusinessMonday, 12 October 2026

Startups & Business

What to know about the landmark Warner Bros. Discovery sale

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Learn more about Paramount's planned acquisition (one company buying another) of Warner Bros. Discovery — a historic Hollywood megadeal valued at $111 billion — as it continues to develop.

11 OctSource: TechCrunch11 Oct 2026, 14:15 UTC

Startups & Business

Swiggy, Zomato Have A New Fight On Their Hands

Swish, which started with quick food delivery, is expanding into restaurant aggregation with its new marketplace, Swish Go.

11 OctSource: Inc4211 Oct 2026, 05:30 UTC

In Brief

Startups & Business

Ecommerce firms sell goods worth Rs 24k Cr in first two days of festive sales: Redseer

Ecommerce firms sell goods worth Rs 24k Cr in first two days of festive sales: Redseer, according to YourStory.

11 OctSource: YourStory11 Oct 2026, 12:05 UTC

WORLDTECH.NEWSScience & SpaceMonday, 12 October 2026

Science & Space

Wildlife populations have declined 73% since 1970—but many of the world's animals still aren't being counted

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That's according to the WWF's new 2026 Living Planet Index—a major estimate, updated every two years, of the changing state of nature. This does not mean that 73% of the world's animals have disappeared.

Source: Phys.org12 Oct 2026, 00:30 UTC

Science & Space

What’s Happening in Space Policy October 11-17, 2026

During the Week The week begins tomorrow (Monday) with a holiday, Columbus Day/Indigenous Peoples’ Day, and federal offices will be closed.

11 OctSource: SpacePolicyOnline11 Oct 2026, 19:37 UTC

In Brief

Science & Space

Conservation groups alarmed at marine mammals' deaths in Spain

11 OctSource: Phys.org11 Oct 2026, 17:31 UTC

WORLDTECH.NEWSBitcoin & CryptoMonday, 12 October 2026

Bitcoin & Crypto

America’s Credit Unions takes on crypto policy as stablecoin rules take shape

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America’s Credit Unions takes on crypto policy as stablecoin (a digital token meant to hold a fixed value, usually one dollar) rules take shape, according to Crypto Briefing. America’s Credit Unions takes on crypto policy as stablecoin rules take shape Chief Advocacy Officer Kathleen Coulombe is pushing to ensure credit unions get the same digital asset opportunities as banks before Congress locks in the rules. 11, 2026 Credit unions have spent decades arguing they deserve a seat at the same table as banks.

Source: Crypto Briefing12 Oct 2026, 00:18 UTC

WORLDTECH.NEWSAbout This EditionMonday, 12 October 2026

About This Edition

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