Finance

Huawei's phone business is $51 billion as its EV sales fall

Huawei launched the Mate 90 on October 1, 2026, its first phone on the in-house LogicFolding chip. The consumer business is about $51 billion. Huawei-powered vehicle deliveries fell 29 percent in September, to just under 37,500.

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India says Starlink is at the same stage as two other licenses

India's ministry said Starlink and two other satellite licensees are at the same regulatory stage. Musk blamed unnamed oligarchs. The company has waited more than five years to…

October 8, 2026

The Surface Laptop Ultra starts at $2,599 with an RTX Spark

Microsoft priced the Surface Laptop Ultra at $2,599 and the RTX Spark Dev Box at $5,999. Asus, Dell, Lenovo, HP, and MSI ship on October 16, 2026. PC…

October 8, 2026

Free Gemini loses Flash and Pro on October 9, 2026

A Google support note says free Gemini users keep only Flash-Lite from October 9, 2026. The $5 Plus plan loses Pro that day. The $20 Pro plan gains…

October 8, 2026

U.S. data-center construction is running at an $85 billion pace

Census Bureau tables for August put private data-center construction at an $84.95 billion annual pace, up from $49.05 billion a year earlier. The series counts buildings. Racks and…

October 6, 2026

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Arc Raiders' Frozen Trails update adds a rope grapple

Embark's Frozen Trails update adds a green-tier rope grapple, a snow map called Pendola Pass, and skill-tree branches that force a choice. PC Gamer spent three hours in…

October 8, 2026

Skydance closed a $111 billion deal and skipped the games

Paramount finished a $111 billion purchase of Warner Bros. Discovery. The closing note skipped video games. Skydance now owns Avalanche, NetherRealm, Rocksteady, and TT Games, and it wants…

October 6, 2026

Dark Heresy lets an acolyte accuse a suspect on a feeling

Owlcat's Dark Heresy lets an inquisitorial acolyte log evidence and accuse a suspect at once, even on a hunch. Veronika Larionova says the world's answer is the verdict…

October 6, 2026

Jagex pulled a Dragon Slayer 2 trailer over a sixth finger

Jagex took down a Dragon Slayer 2 trailer at RuneFest in Birmingham after players spotted six fingers. Old School producer Alec Sween said an outside partner had promised…

October 6, 2026

Finance

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Huawei's phone business is $51 billion as its EV sales fall

Huawei launched the Mate 90 on October 1, 2026, its first phone on the in-house LogicFolding chip. The consumer business is about $51 billion. Huawei-powered vehicle deliveries fell…

October 8, 2026

India raises rates for the first time since 2023, to 5.50%

The Reserve Bank of India raised its repo rate by 25 basis points to 5.50 percent on October 7, 2026, the first increase since 2023. Retail inflation was…

October 8, 2026

Georgieva says AI could add half a point to world growth

IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva said AI could add up to half a point to annual world growth, from 3 percent to 3.5 percent. She also called the building…

October 8, 2026

DeepSeek is weighing a funding round of up to $15 billion

DeepSeek is considering a round of as much as 100 billion yuan, about $14.9 billion, double a 50 billion yuan target. It wants a valuation near 500 billion…

October 6, 2026