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Google DeepMind has introduced Genie 4, which Ars Technica says adds native audio, human speech and more realistic physics to interactive AI-generated worlds, with access opening first to developers and AI Ultra subscribers.
Harvard & Smithsonian researchers describe Lumina, which they call the largest cosmological radiation hydrodynamics simulation yet, built to be tested against Webb and Roman data.
New dating suggests the Ubeidiya site in the Jordan Valley is at least 1.9 million years old, hundreds of thousands of years older than earlier estimates and comparable in age to Dmanisi in Georgia, according to the researchers.
Apple announced a refreshed 14-inch MacBook Pro with its M6 chip on 27 October, starting at $1,999 with Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 6, plus an M6 iMac from $1,499; preorders open 28 October.
NASA's Artemis III will not land on the Moon: four astronauts will fly to low Earth orbit in summer 2027 to practise docking with prototype landers from Blue Origin and SpaceX, paving the way for an Artemis IV landing in 2028.
Apple launched the iPhone 18 Pro at its 9 September event with a variable-aperture camera. A report says Pro production is being trimmed, while timing for a standard iPhone 18 remains unconfirmed.
Apple released iOS 27.2 on 26 October, adding Apple Pencil support and an Edge Light video-call feature to the iPhone Duo, plus Siri AI in more languages, according to The Verge.
Anthropic, the maker of the Claude chatbot, publicly filed on 26 October for a US stock market debut under the symbol ANT, with analysts and investors valuing it above $1.5 trillion.
Scientists at the Kunming Institute of Botany describe Dianjunus rex, a new genus and family whose fruiting bodies reach 50 cm, taller than any previously known ascomycete.
Apple announced a thinner, lighter iPad mini on 26 October with an 8.5-inch OLED screen and A20 Pro chip, starting at $699, with preorders on 28 October and availability from 6 November.
Over 1,645 Martian days, the rover's PIXL instrument detected fine and ultrafine dust grains that stick to materials such as Teflon, findings NASA says could shape spacesuit, habitat and crew-health planning.
The Australian Signals Directorate says security must come before availability, reporting a 20% rise in incidents it handled and an 80% jump in alerts to organisations in 2025-26.