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Elon Musk political party before Trump’s term ends? Traders just piled into the Manifold market. A contract asking whether Elon Musk will create a political party before Donald Trump’s presidency ends sits at roughly 25% implied probability of YES as of October 05, 2026, on Manifold. Around 35% of the market’s all-time volume changed hands…
Denuvo spent a decade as PC gaming’s most hated acronym, and 2026 is the year that reputation finally caught up with the product. A hypervisor-based bypass method that surfaced in April wiped out Denuvo’s protection on every single-player, non-VR title it had ever shipped on, according to tracking maintained by cracking groups and reported by…
Apple has not announced a chip called the M6. Yet by October 5, 2026, “apple m6 chip” is pulling real search volume and feeding a wave of speculation that has turned into one of the most-discussed hardware stories of the week. The reason is simple: according to MacRumors and 9to5Mac, both citing Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman,…
A New York startup founded by two former Google DeepMind researchers is preparing to release the West’s answer to China’s open-source AI dominance, and the timing could not be more pointed. Axios reported on October 4, 2026 that Reflection AI, backed by Nvidia and a roster of marquee investors, is readying its first open-weight foundation…
Android has no shortage of retro emulators, but most of them ask you to pick a console, download a separate app, and repeat the process ten times over. Lemuroid takes a different approach: one app, one library, twenty supported systems. The project crossed 4,371 GitHub stars by early October 2026, its repository shows commit activity…
Ninja Theory has started laying off staff, and the Cambridge-based studio behind the Hellblade series is now heading toward a full closure after two separate attempts to sell it fell apart. The move was confirmed by Xbox Chief Content Officer Matt Booty in a September 22, 2026 update, and it landed the same day Microsoft…
Most gamers install a mouse, leave every setting on default, and never touch it again. That is a mistake, and in 2026 it is a bigger one than ever. Flagship sensors like PixArt’s PAW3950 now ship with a 30,000 DPI ceiling, Logitech’s HERO 2 tops out at 44,000 DPI with 888 IPS tracking, and wireless…
Clockwork.io has raised $31 million in new funding as demand grows for software that can keep expensive AI workloads running when GPUs, network links, or servers fail. The round was co-led by Premji Invest, Wing Venture Capital, and Seligman Ventures, […] The post Clockwork.io raises $31M to keep AI workloads running through GPU failures first…
When AI video company Tavus revealed that its newest model could pass for a real person on a live video call almost half the time, the proof-of-human network World answered within a day. Its response on X was short and […] The post When Seeing Is No Longer Believing: World ID Moves to Verify Who…
Monday’s startup funding activity is light in volume but surprisingly consistent in theme, with fresh capital flowing into companies tackling difficult, high-friction problems across enterprise AI, legal research, cybersecurity, senior healthcare, and cell therapy. Leading today’s deals is OneByZero with […] The post Startup Funding News Today, October 5, 2026: OneByZero, Pandektes, Fleuret AI &…
