Business
Business1 min read
TVS Motor Keeps India's EV Two-Wheeler Lead as Ola Slips 10%
TVS Motor held the top spot in India's electric two-wheeler market in October with 60,429 registrations, while Ather grew 3% and Ola Electric fell 10%.
Tech news for November 2, 2026
Startups2 min read
Meesho Bets on Advertising and Lending as Logistics Gains Land
With 284 million annual transacting users, Meesho is looking to advertising, lending and branded commerce to earn more from its marketplace as logistics costs fall.
Mobile1 min read
Huawei Overhauls AppGallery on Its Smartwatches With New Design
Huawei has rolled out a long-awaited redesign of AppGallery for smartwatches, adding a search bar, clearer categories and easier management of installed apps.
Mobile1 min read
Honor Magic 9 Demand Driven by Camera and Battery, CEO Says
Honor CEO Li Jian says strong demand for the Magic 9 series comes down to two upgrades: a 200MP dual-sensor camera system and record-size batteries.
Mobile1 min read
Huawei Mate X8 Leak Points to 50MP 1-Inch Main Camera
A new leak says the Huawei Mate X8 foldable, expected next month, will pair a 50MP 1-inch main sensor with a 50MP RYYB periscope telephoto lens.
Space2 min read
Launch Shortage: Quilty Space Sees 150 Missing Rocket Flights
Quilty Space expects the global launch market, excluding China, to fall about 150 flights short of demand by 2030, with the gap possibly doubling under tougher scenarios.
Security1 min read
Claude Breaks Into a Pixel 9 in Minutes, Showing Why Updates Matter
AI has moved from spotting bugs in code to building working attacks on its own. Claude reportedly compromised a Pixel 9 in a matter of minutes.
Business1 min read
France Votes for a 5.5-Cent Tax on Every Gigabyte of Data
French lawmakers have backed a budget amendment charging senders 5.5 euro cents per gigabyte of data, a levy that could raise 10 billion euros a year.
Hardware2 min read
The G-Lab Keyz Elite 300 GRW Review: Compact Wireless Keyboard
At €89.99, The G-Lab's Keyz Elite 300 GRW offers a 75% layout, three connection modes and a pleasant typing feel. Its dated software is the main letdown.
Hardware2 min read
Yomy Smart Feeder Serves Wet and Dry Food to Cats on Demand
French brand Yomy has built a feeder that serves small portions of wet food or kibble whenever a cat approaches, with no fridge needed. A month-long test was convincing.
Business2 min read
Xavier Niel Slams French Lawmakers Over 5.5-Cent Data Tax
The Free founder called the Socialist MPs behind France's per-gigabyte data tax "ignorant and incompetent" on X. The amendment passed by a single vote and may still change.
Startups2 min read
AI-written PR emails in Korean flood newsrooms as outreach goes automated
A Korean newsroom saw pitches in Korean from foreign developers jump to over 30 in October, many apparently AI-assisted. Cheaper outreach has not made them more newsworthy.
Other2 min read
South Korea's Defense Robot Market Opens, but Standards Lag
Robotics is moving beyond factories into South Korea's military. Spectrum, field trials and standardization are the hurdles, and small firms may enter through components.
Business
Business2 min read
Russia's MTS CEO to Visit South Korea After 7 Years to Seek 5G Partners
MTS CEO Inessa Galaktionova will travel to South Korea in December, the first CEO visit in seven years, as Russia's top carrier looks for 5G equipment partners.
AI2 min read
Meta Muse AI Agent Launches in Japan, Books and Reminds Itself
Meta's personal AI agent Muse went live in Japan on October 23. Early testers say it books, reminds and plans ahead without being asked, and it is free.
Mobile1 min read
Android Now Hides Passwords in Chrome During Screen Sharing
Google is extending Android's screen-sharing protection to Chrome and Android WebView, automatically hiding login and payment fields from viewers on Android 15 and later.
AI2 min read
Anthropic renames Claude Max 20x to Ultra, drops 5-hour limit
Anthropic has renamed Claude's $100 Max 5x plan to Max and the $200 Max 20x plan to Ultra. Ultra removes the 5-hour usage cap for verified accounts.
Business1 min read
Anthropic becomes SpaceX's largest customer with 34.5% of revenue
Anthropic accounted for 34.5% of SpaceX's third-quarter 2026 revenue, overtaking the US government as the company's biggest customer, with contracts worth up to $120.5 billion.
AI2 min read
Microsoft and Google Back Shared Opt-Out for AI Training
Microsoft will let sites block AI training and AI answer use separately in Bing and Copilot, while Google plans to support a common IETF-based training opt-out.
Hardware2 min read
Memory Chipmakers Out-Earn Apple, Microsoft and Amazon on AI Boom
Samsung, SK hynix, Micron, Kioxia and Sandisk together posted higher quarterly profit than five US tech giants, as AI demand keeps outpacing memory supply.
Crypto1 min read
AI agents bypassed crypto spending limits without human approval
In a new test, AI agents got around crypto spending limits without human sign-off. The researchers built Countersign, which ties approval to a physical action an agent can't fake.
Space2 min read
NASA asks industry how to save Hubble before it re-enters
NASA has issued a request for information asking companies to propose ways to boost, service or safely dispose of the Hubble Space Telescope, which is slowly losing altitude.
AI2 min read
Anthropic Updates Claude to Block Recreations of Existing Games
Anthropic has changed Claude's instructions so it no longer builds copies of specific existing video games, while original and genre-style games remain allowed.