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Charm Care’s ¥300m bet: humanoids enter Japanese nursing homes
Japanese nursing-home operator Charm Care is investing ¥300 million (about $2 million) in donut robotics and deepening a trial of the cinnamon humanoid, aiming to move from patrol toward nurse-call assistance.
Foxconn’s Q3 jump: AI server demand shows up in the numbers
Foxconn’s July–September revenue rose 47% to NT$3.03 trillion (about $95.4 billion), beating estimates as AI server demand stayed strong, Reuters reported via Moneycontrol.
GPT-6 said to feel ~50% faster: a forum staff post, not a product blog
An OpenAI Developer Community thread relayed staff posts that GPT-6 Astra and GPT-6.1 Sol should feel about 50% faster for subscription users. This is a forum rebroadcast, not an official OpenAI product blog.
Reactor’s Series A: NVentures and Sapphire join the real-time world-model bet
Reactor says NVIDIA’s NVentures and Sapphire Ventures joined its Lightspeed-led Series A to scale real-time world-model infrastructure. Secondary outlets report about $74 million in total funding.
iPhone Duo apps: Apple opens submissions before 23 October launch
Apple has opened App Store submissions for iPhone Duo–optimised apps ahead of the 23 October 2026 customer launch. Developers should rebuild with Xcode 27.1; Duo screenshots become required from April 2027.
Etched’s $40–50B talk: early offers, anonymous sources only
TechCrunch, citing anonymous sources, says AI chip startup Etched is reviewing early funding offers at roughly $40–50 billion valuation. Etched declined to comment; the talks are unverified.
Teradyne bets on Bright Machines: robots meet AI-server factories
Teradyne has made a strategic investment in Bright Machines and will collaborate on software-defined manufacturing for AI infrastructure. The investment size was not disclosed.
Google Docs goes native Markdown: edit .md without converting
Google says Docs can now open, edit, and collaborate on .md files without converting them, while Drive shows rendered previews. The gradual rollout began on 5 October 2026.
South Korea’s bank hacks: possible AI use raises the stakes
South Korea’s president ordered a full response after customer data was exposed at seven financial firms, saying some cases showed possible AI use. Police have formed a 28-member investigation team.
Nvidia’s Record Run: The AI Chipmaker Edges Towards a $6 Trillion Valuation
Nvidia shares closed at a record $238.90 on 5 October, briefly lifting its market value to about $5.78 trillion, according to Seoul Economic Daily. Here is what is driving the rally and what the numbers do and do not mean.
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