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Nvidia in talks over possible multimillion-dollar investment in Firmus Grid after its cancelled Australian listing
Nvidia is in talks to invest hundreds of millions of dollars in Firmus Grid, an Australian AI cloud infrastructure company, according to The Information. Nvidia already holds a stake in the company. The talks follow Firmus's cancellation in early October of its initial public offering in Australia, which it attributed to market volatility. Firmus had announced a possible listing with a valuation above $30 billion. The report did not confirm a deal.
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Musk forecasts up to $1 trillion in SpaceX revenue by 2027 and touts profitability of its AI business
SpaceX reported third-quarter results, its second as a listed company. Elon Musk projected annual recurring revenue of between $500 billion and $1 trillion by the end of 2027, compared with $27.083 billion in the first nine months of the year. The AI division, now called SpaceXSI, nearly tripled its revenue to $7.56 billion and swung to an operating profit of $431 million. Musk said the company is receiving a flood of requests to rent processing capacity and left open a possible merger with Tesla.
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Supermicro raises revenue forecast by $4 billion on AI demand
Supermicro raised its revenue forecast for the first quarter of its fiscal 2027: it now expects sales of between $18.5 billion and $19.5 billion between July and September, up from its previous range of $14.5 billion to $15.5 billion. Analysts had expected an average of close to $15.2 billion. The company attributed the revision to higher demand for artificial intelligence platforms and also raised its gross margin forecast to 12–12.5%. Its shares rose about 10–13% after the close. Full results are due on November 3.
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John Deere calls the autonomous tractor "a milestone in the history of humanity"
At the opening of the AGRINVESTMENT 2026 event, Jaime Muguiro, business development director for Spain and Portugal at John Deere Ibérica, said that "the autonomous tractor is a milestone in the history of humanity" and that it is shaping the company's evolution in its 190-year history, referring to the automation of farming. At the same event, Ángel Pérez, director of the agricultural area at Grupo Interempresas, put the agribusiness situation in the Iberian Peninsula in context, and CBRE data on institutional investment in agricultural assets was cited.
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Formnext 2026 to focus on industrial applications of additive manufacturing
Formnext 2026 will take place from November 17 to 20, 2026, focusing on industrial applications of additive manufacturing. The trade fair expects around 800 exhibitors and will showcase use cases and business cases across the entire value chain, with particularly strong growth momentum in aerospace, defense, energy, medical technology and semiconductors. The organizer will concentrate the exhibition in halls 11.0, 12.0 and 12.1 and will add a Formnext Defence Summit and a special show on post-processing.
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Waymo begins testing its robotaxis in Madrid with the goal of carrying passengers in 2027
Waymo, a Google subsidiary, will begin testing its robotaxis in Madrid, Alcobendas and Getafe in the coming weeks with authorization from Spain's DGT under Instruction VEH 2025/07. In a first phase the cars will be driven by people to build high-precision maps; they will later move to autonomous mode with a safety specialist at the wheel. The fleet will be small and the company has not given figures. The goal is to carry passengers in 2027, though it still needs a passenger transport authorization from the Community of Madrid.
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WhatsApp scam alert: message asks users to vote for a child ballerina named Eliska who does not exist
A scam attempt has spread through WhatsApp with a message asking users to vote for a girl named Eliska so she can win a ballet class at a Prague academy. The text arrives from a contact in the address book and includes a malicious link to a website showing two supposed finalists. When users click to vote, the page requests a phone number and a verification code, which cybercriminals use to access the device, personal data and contacts. The images were generated with artificial intelligence.
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Rumors point to an iPhone Air 2 with more battery and a second camera in spring 2027
Leaks about the iPhone Air 2 suggest Apple would add a second 48-megapixel ultra-wide rear camera and a battery of around 3,500 mAh, compared with the 3,149 mAh in the current model. The device would be thinner, at around 5.2 mm, with an A20 Pro chip, 12 GB of RAM and a smaller Dynamic Island. Its launch is expected in spring 2027, alongside the iPhone 18.
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Fragmentation of specialized AI tools raises subscription costs and opens the door to aggregators
Professional use of artificial intelligence is fragmenting into specialized tools, with memberships mostly around 20 dollars a month per platform. Combining ChatGPT Plus, Gemini Pro and Claude Pro can cost about 60 dollars a month, and adding design or video tools adds 20 to 30 dollars each. Against this backdrop, aggregator platforms are emerging that offer several models under a single subscription, while consultant Lalo Zanoni anticipates assistants that integrate all capabilities.
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Meltio to showcase a full-size Fiat Abarth 500 at Formnext 2026 with a metal part 3D-printed by DMZ
Meltio will display at its Formnext 2026 booth (hall 12.0, stand C119) a full-size Fiat Abarth 500 racing car that includes a metal part 3D-printed by DMZ using its DED technology. According to the company, the high-performance exhaust manifold has worked reliably in the vehicle, with more than 10,000 km driven. DMZ cut assembly time from 8 hours to one and met Stellantis Group requirements. Meltio will also show live printing and applications in defense, aerospace, energy and oil and gas.
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Lenovo recognized as a leader in IT sustainability by ISG in Europe and the US
Lenovo announced that the 2026 ISG Provider Lens® Digital Sustainability reports placed it as a Leader in the IT Solutions quadrant for Europe and the United States. ISG highlights its IT sustainability approach covering devices, infrastructure and services. The study estimates the global digital sustainability market at 34.3 billion dollars, up 12% from 2025; Europe accounts for 43% and the US for 33%. Lenovo is expanding its approach toward circular procurement, AI-ready infrastructure, managed lifecycle services and carbon intelligence.
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Forterro to bring its integration and automation solutions for the window and facade industry to Veteco 2026
Forterro will present at Veteco 2026, held November 10-13 at IFEMA Madrid, an offering focused on connecting the commercial, technical and production processes of the window and facade industry. At pavilion 10, stand E02, it will showcase Klaes, an ERP specialized for window, door and enclosure manufacturers; Logikal, focused on design, engineering and CNC data generation; and Unilink, a platform that connects design systems with CNC machines from different manufacturers.
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SpaceX and Tesla study a merger that would create a $3.5 trillion giant
SpaceX and Tesla have created a committee to study a possible merger of both companies, as announced by Elon Musk, CEO of both, on an analyst call. Musk said the combination would have "many advantages" and would be a "good idea", though he did not treat the deal as done. It would combine SpaceX's $2 trillion valuation and Tesla's $1.5 trillion, about $3.5 trillion, and would be the largest merger in history. The announcement came after SpaceX's results, with net profit of $4.404 billion in the third quarter of 2026.
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Allianz Partners automates 50% of roadside assistance calls with AI
Allianz Partners fully handles 50% of its roadside assistance calls with artificial intelligence, according to Marta Peña, its Global Digital Manager for roadside assistance, speaking at the Customer Experience Live Show in Madrid. The company uses LLM-based voicebots and an omnichannel strategy that answers 97% of calls in under 20 seconds, automatically identifies and validates the policy in 99% of cases, and operates in more than 10 languages, 24 hours a day, across several European markets.
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Two critical unpatched PHP vulnerabilities put websites worldwide at risk
Two critical PHP vulnerabilities, known as PHP2Shell, were rated 9.2 out of 10 on the CVSS 4.0 scale by the PHP security team, dated October 20. The flaws, registered according to media as CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619, would allow remote code execution on a server. Patches are expected on October 21 at 14:00 UTC and would reach supported branches, from PHP 8.2. According to Mallory, about 884,000 servers use PHP 8.1 or earlier.
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SpaceX and Tesla study merger with Musk's backing
SpaceX and Tesla have set up a committee to study a possible merger, according to remarks by Elon Musk after presenting SpaceX's results. Musk said the combination would have "many advantages" and would be a "good idea", but did not treat the deal as done. If completed, it would be the largest corporate merger in history and would create a company worth about 3.5 trillion dollars in market capitalization. SpaceX earned 4.404 billion dollars in the third quarter of 2026, compared with a loss of 1.054 billion a year earlier.
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Pre-orders for the iPhone Duo, Apple's first foldable, sell out in three minutes
Pre-orders for the iPhone Duo, Apple's first foldable, sold out in just three minutes after opening on Friday, despite a price of 2,330 euros. Mark Gurman said the company "made a big mistake" by launching it in more than 70 countries while knowing there would be severe supply constraints, instead of limiting it to the United States and China. According to the journalist, Apple prioritized having the device on the market at the start of its first fiscal quarter. Delivery times now stretch to late January.
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Leroy Merlin uses AI to re-engage former candidates and match them with open roles
Leroy Merlin uses CLARA, an artificial intelligence tool, to reconnect with candidates who had already shown interest in the company and match them with open vacancies. The agent holds voice conversations to update data on location, education, experience and professional interests. The project began as a pilot in June and has since reactivated more than 2,000 profiles: 1,000 expressed interest in open vacancies and 293 candidates were moved into new selection processes, with a 60% contact rate.
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Spain's automotive sector ends 2025 with 590,183 workers and a pending generational handover
Spain's automotive sector ended 2025 with 590,183 workers, of whom nearly 47% are 45 or older and only 26% are under 35, according to Randstad Research data. Dealerships and repair shops raised their staff by 9.7% to 375,843 workers, while manufacturing fell 4.6% and ended with 214,340 employees. The arrival of electric platforms is driving demand for profiles in programming, electronics, batteries and automated systems.
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Ukraine carries out first aerial drone rescue of a wounded soldier on the front line
The drone unit of Ukraine's 92nd Assault Brigade, together with the 30th Brigade and the 10th Army Corps, extracted a wounded soldier from the front line using an unmanned aerial vehicle, in what would be the first rescue of its kind. The soldier had spent nearly 500 days in an isolated position supplied by drones. Ground evacuation was ruled out due to mined terrain and Russian drone activity. A Heavy Shot Ayudag-6 hexacopter from Gurzuf Defence was used.
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