Microsoft reported a profit of $36.629 billion in its first fiscal quarter of 2027, up 32% year on year, on revenue of $92.279 billion, up 19%. Microsoft Cloud revenue grew 30% to $63.9 billion and Azure contributed $33.165 billion, up 48%. The company plans to invest $175 billion in AI during fiscal 2027. Its futures rose 3% in off-market trading. The company is preparing a voluntary exit plan for 60,000 workers.
Centro Democrático denounced the impersonation of Senate president Honorio Henríquez through phone calls and audio messages that would imitate his voice using artificial intelligence tools. The party identified two numbers that, it said, do not belong to the senator: 3213401065 and 3203925074. It asked people not to answer requests from those lines, not to share personal data or make money transfers without verifying the contact's identity, and recommended keeping evidence and filing complaints with authorities.
Alphabet reported sales of US$111.2 billion, excluding payments to partners, below the US$111.3 billion analysts expected, and net income of US$2.12 per share versus the US$2.99 estimate. Its shares fell as much as 8.5% in after-hours trading. The Google parent posted a US$8.7 billion loss on its equity investments and negative free cash flow of US$9.1 billion, while raising capital spending to US$205 billion this year.
Microsoft reported first-quarter fiscal results: revenue of $92.279 billion versus $90.625 billion expected and earnings of $4.89 per share, above the $4.73 forecast. Azure reported results independently for the first time and its revenue surged 485% year over year, against a 45% estimate. Capital spending, including leases, was $45.2 billion, below expectations. The stock rose 5% in after-hours trading.
Snapchat faces a jury for the first time over allegations of social media addiction among young people, alongside Instagram (Meta), in a trial that began this Wednesday in Los Angeles. Plaintiffs accuse the platforms of being designed to make them dependent, at the cost of depression, anxiety, eating disorders and self-harm. Jury selection began on October 28, 2026, and hearings are expected from November 4 to mid-December.
Apple unveiled its first MacBook Pro with a touchscreen, one day after announcing another model with a conventional display. In the Spanish store, the 14-inch M6 model without touch starts at 2,329 euros, while the touch version starts at 3,349 euros, 1,020 euros more. The gap is not only the screen: the entry touch model carries an M5 Pro, 24 GB of memory and a PROLED XDR panel with Multi-Touch, versus the M6 with 16 GB in the conventional one.
Anthropic made public on October 26 its registration to list on Nasdaq under the ticker ANT, with a possible debut in November. The company has not yet disclosed the number of shares or the price range, and market references place its valuation between US$1.5 and US$2.0 trillion. Its revenue went from US$41 million in 2023 to about US$16,286 million in the first half of 2026, while it holds infrastructure commitments with Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Broadcom and Nvidia.
ESET's APT activity report documents operations by advanced persistent threat groups between April and September 2026. China-aligned groups focused on government targets and Taiwanese semiconductor organizations; FamousSparrow continued monitoring South America. Iran-aligned activity increased, with FilthyFeline and MuddyWater attacking entities in Israel. North Korean actors kept technology and cryptocurrency companies as targets, and Lazarus again targeted the drone sector. ESET also identified the first destructive cyberattack attributed to a Belarus-aligned actor in Europe.
Starting November 19, 2026, companies that exploit, process and trade minerals in Colombia must report their operations under the Mineral Traceability System (STM). To meet the requirement, Colombian firm Cuantico launched MinTrace, a cloud platform enabled by the National Mining Agency (ANM) that connects ERP and accounting software with the Mineral Traceability Platform, featuring immutable audit records, biometric validation and cross-checks against 113 control lists.
A study by Google and Ipsos, published ahead of Cyber Monday scheduled for November 2-4, indicates that 85% of surveyed Argentines would be influenced by an AI recommendation when choosing a brand, store or product. 69% of those who use AI say they started planning and researching purchases earlier, and 60% use Gemini as their main tool. 39% want the recommendation to come with reviews from real people.
GMO Internet Group is investigating unauthorized access to Onamae Desktop Cloud, its virtual desktop service for financial operators, detected on October 21. The breach could affect 26,739 servers linked to client accounts of more than 70 securities firms and forex providers. The attackers began publishing data on October 27 and are demanding a ransom; the company refused to pay and announced compensation for verified losses. Its shares fell 15.65% on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on October 26.
Santa Marta will have its first Innovation, Technology and Entrepreneurship Center, Casa MIC (Market for Innovation and Competitiveness), with an investment of more than COP 5 billion. The project stems from coordination between the District Mayor's Office and the Santa Marta Chamber of Commerce for Magdalena: the trade body handed over the building under a loan-for-use agreement and the administration will finance the remodeling of more than 1,200 square meters with its own resources. It aims to benefit more than 19,000 formalized entrepreneurs and 8,000 productive units, with digital innovation labs, coworking and employment and paperwork services.
The Inter American Press Association (SIP) held its 82nd General Assembly in Bogotá from October 22 to 25, 2026, with representatives of media outlets, international organizations, universities and technology companies. Artificial intelligence was at the center of the conversation, covering investigative journalism, content production and new business models. The protection of journalists, impunity for crimes against the press and the relationship between democracy and platforms were also addressed. The event recorded 340 registrants and an estimated average attendance of 250 participants.
Felipe Millon, OpenAI's head of government, spoke at the Encuentro Nacional de las Empresas (Enade) 2026 about AI use in the workplace. According to OpenAI studies, 43.5% of workers' conversations with AI focus on tasks from areas outside their regular roles. Millon called for moving from "explain it to me" to "help me do it" and addressed distrust over confidential data. He also warned about the gap between the companies that use these tools most and the average.
Layoffs in the tech sector have surpassed 197,000 so far in 2026, according to the Trueup tracker, amid record profits and massive investment in AI data centers. In the US, Challenger, Gray & Christmas counts 165,925 announced layoffs through September, 54% more than in 2025, while hiring totals just 22,361. Oracle, Cisco, Microsoft and Intel are among the companies cutting jobs, and Sam Altman warned of "AI washing" when attributing to AI layoffs that would have happened anyway.
The EU-Canada summit taking place this Thursday and Friday in Montreal aims to lay the foundations of a new alliance on defence, raw materials and technology. The "associate member" status proposed by Ursula von der Leyen was left out of the final draft. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney frames the relationship as an "alliance for the future" and warns that "the world has become more dangerous and more polarized". The agenda prioritizes geopolitics, with sectoral agreements added to CETA, which marks 10 years.
Apple officially unveiled the new MacBook Pro with a PROLED XDR display, the first in the Mac line with touch technology, a combination Steve Jobs had rejected in 2010. The touch sensors are integrated into the panel, which reduces latency, and the device includes a redesigned hinge for stability when touched. The tandem OLED display reaches 2000 nits and is available in 14.2 and 16.3 inches with ProMotion up to 120 Hz. It features M5 Pro and M5 Max processors, up to 128 GB of unified memory and 24 hours of battery life.
Tools developed with artificial intelligence, such as CleanYourTV, tv-detox and dumbtv, available on GitHub, aim to simplify the smart TV home screen, remove unnecessary software, reduce data tracking and strip out sponsored content. According to ComputerHoy, their development relies on "vibe coding" and tools such as Claude Code. They target mainly Android TV and Google TV, and do not remove ads inside streaming apps.
OpenAI is negotiating with Google to buy its TPU processors to expand its computing resources, according to The Information. Sam Altman's lab has been renting chips from Google since 2025, and its data centers, run with partners such as Oracle, SoftBank and CoreWeave, rely on Nvidia chips. In late August it unveiled Jalapeño, its own chip optimized for inference. The deal aims to reduce its dependence on Nvidia GPUs, which are costly and whose availability fluctuates due to TSMC's difficulty meeting demand.
Spanish start-up Impress, specialized in invisible orthodontics and medical technology, signed a 40 million euro venture debt loan with the European Investment Bank (EIB). The funds will boost its artificial intelligence platform across its network of more than 110 clinics and accelerate its expansion in Germany, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. With this injection, the company founded in 2019 has raised 290 million in total. Over the past year it posted positive EBITDA and 32% revenue growth, to 103 million euros.
