Amazon launched TorchNeuron, which it says lets existing PyTorch code run on its Trainium AI chips after one configuration change, with no rewrite. It's being open-sourced today as a public beta.
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#AWS#AI
DHS has ordered federal civilian agencies to remove DeepSeek AI products, even tools built on its models, and stop buying them. The order went public Oct 19 but took effect in late July. It doesn't cover Defense Department agencies.
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#DeepSeek#AI
Tesla's annual meeting is Dec 3, with Musk, Denholm and Straubel up for re-election. New in the proxy: retail shareholders can sign up to have their shares vote automatically with the board, except on mergers and contested elections.
https://t.co/5LmA6Lpe1Y
#Tesla#TSLA
Today we honor Sts. Isaac Jogues, John de Brébeuf & companions, the North American Martyrs. These Jesuit priests and lay missionaries crossed an ocean to bring Christ to this land, and gave their lives for Him between 1642 and 1649. Pray for us! #Catholic#NorthAmericanMartyrs
Ann Marie's Halloween in the Neighborhood coloring book is a fun one for the kitchen table: 45 big, bold pages of friendly ghosts, grinning pumpkins and black cats, easy for little hands and grandparents alike. 🎃
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#Halloween#ColoringBook
After backlash, Meta removed language from its commercial terms that critics read as allowing it to use content from websites to train its products. Meta says the terms only covered ads and business tools, and site owners can use robots.txt.
https://t.co/MiYZUr2XXr
#Meta#AI
BREAKING: During a livestreamed Mass on 17 Oct 2026 at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church in Guayaquil, Ecuador, Redemptorist priest Fr. Patricio Alfredo Sánchez Molinari was killed when a large wooden crucifix fell from the wall behind the altar and struck him. The Archdiocese confirmed his death.
Let us pray for the repose of his soul.
Oct 18 is St. Luke's day, the evangelist who gave us the Christmas story, the Prodigal Son, and Acts. Fitting that today is also World Mission Sunday: Luke told how the Gospel went out "to the ends of the earth." St. Luke, pray for us. #StLuke#Catholic
Federal regulators are looking into a California crash where a Tesla driver said he was asleep using Full Self-Driving when he hit a parked CHP car. Two officers were seriously injured. CHP says FSD requires continuous driver supervision.
https://t.co/EtJIctJZGz
#Tesla#FSD
Starlink in Ukraine update: Zelenskyy says service still cuts out above about 161 km/h. Secretary Rubio says the slowdown "wasn't deliberate" and he understands it's been restored. Ukraine says it can't confirm that yet.
https://t.co/D1fBEB6w3q
#Starlink#Ukraine
China proposed export controls on 23 AI technologies, including large models, agents and computing clusters. AI that's already public through open source or published papers is excluded. Comments are open through Nov 15.
https://t.co/n44Vqzt5Wq
#AI#China
Rough week for AI stocks. Dell fell 23%, its worst week since returning to public markets in 2018. Nvidia dropped 6.6%, AMD 13% and CoreWeave 25%, as investors worry about the debt paying for AI data centers.
https://t.co/3upbzDsbgt
#AI#Stocks
Is Tesla's flying Roadster a SpaceX merger hint? AP says it has cold gas thrusters and a suction system that can lift it briefly. Analyst Dan Ives forecasts an 80% chance Tesla and SpaceX merge by end of 2027.
https://t.co/0mUxSpLhIk
#Tesla#SpaceX
Today we honor St. Ignatius of Antioch, bishop and martyr. On the road to Rome he wrote: "I am the wheat of Christ, ground by the teeth of beasts to become pure bread." May his courage deepen our love for Jesus. #Catholic#SaintOfTheDay St. Ignatius, pray for us.
Meta released Muse Spark Open, an open-weight AI model that can run on a Mac. One catch: running it locally takes at least 1 TB of RAM, and it runs best on a Mac Studio with M5 Ultra. It's available now through several API platforms.
https://t.co/KZEewEcG65
#Meta#AI
TSMC just posted record profit for the sixth quarter in a row. Q3 net income was up 68.7% from a year ago, and revenue hit NT$1.49 trillion. It expects Q4 revenue of US$52.3B to US$54.3B.
https://t.co/EnmkBnhALl
#TSMC#Semiconductors
Tesla showed its next-gen Roadster. Per Tesla's timer, it hit 0-60 mph in under a second using SpaceX-derived thrusters. Production starts in 2028, no price, and no FSD. Musk called it the last Tesla built for a human to drive.
https://t.co/QxGCH3zof3
#Tesla#Roadster