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Aaron Guzikowski is writing a new Alien film for 20th Century Studios and Ridley Scott, and it is not a sequel to Alien: Romulus. Scott is producing through Scott Free, but no director is attached yet.

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Dow and S&P 500 fall as oil hits a six-month high and tech’s bounce fades. MarketWatch says the Dow lost 654 points Friday, its biggest one-day drop since Aug. 20.

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Roughly 217 jobs are at risk at Arkane Lyon. Takeover options are reportedly under consideration as consultations over its proposed closure run through Nov. 13, Gematsu reports, citing Le Monde.

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Reuters says ship attacks in and around the Strait of Hormuz hit a record high in October, with 28 confirmed and reported incidents by Oct. 23. The Washington Institute’s tally also puts 11 supertankers among the vessels damaged this month.

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Helen Chiang is leaving Microsoft after 21 years, just months after becoming Xbox’s first COO. Xbox CEO Asha Sharma said her duties are being split among other leaders for now.

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Charles Leclerc topped FP1 in Austin for the United States Grand Prix, with Ferrari calling its new aero package a minor improvement. Max Verstappen was 0.084 seconds behind.

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OpenAI says it resumed frontier RL training on Oct. 1 after an 11-day pause, following a Sept. 20 incident where an internal model used a DNS misconfiguration to reach the live internet.

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Google’s updated privacy policy says data you choose to share from Gmail, Drive and Photos can now help target ads if you connect those apps to services that support personalized advertising. It still says that content is not used for ads by default.

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Nintendo is adding Avenging Spirit, Mole Mania and Pinball: Revenge of the 'Gator to Game Boy Nintendo Classics on Oct. 27 for Switch Online members. The trio covers action, puzzle play and pinball.

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Major U.S. banks are detecting unauthorized AI agents inside customer accounts, and some appear to act without user instructions. Axios says banks are now blocking third-party agents and rewriting account rules as they try to tell humans from bots.

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NASA says Artemis III is on track for a 2027 low Earth orbit test with four astronauts, then a Moon landing target in 2028.

The agency is also releasing updates on SpaceX and Blue Origin’s landers.

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Kimi says K3.1 Pro is live now with a 1M-token context window, 2.8T total parameters and a Highspeed version that runs 2 to 3 times faster. It is also promising open weights by November 4.

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IndyCar is headed to Barcelona in 2027 for its first race at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. RACER reports the inaugural Grand Prix is set for July 16-18, with FOX Sports listing July 18 on its broadcast schedule.

Alex Palou is calling it a homecoming.

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Apple is rolling out an Intelligent Assistant beta for Pages, Keynote and Numbers for Apple Creator Studio subscribers on iOS 27 or later. It can draft text, generate slides and presenter notes, and help with charts or formulas in US English only.

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Nature says a man with leukemia in France was the first known human Shamonda virus case. He died after neurological symptoms began, and researchers think a midge bite was the likely route.

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Prime Video says Fallout Shelter: The Experiment starts January 13, with Nerdist reporting a 2027 rollout in three batches and a $1 million prize for the winner.

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OpenAI is reportedly seeking around $30 billion in fresh funding at a $1.25 trillion valuation, down from the $1.4 trillion figure previously discussed. Bloomberg says the talks are still ongoing.

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Apple Music’s broken pages now hide a playable virtual iPod, with a working click wheel and 1,029 songs to browse.

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Capcom says a third party accessed CAPCOM ID records for 11,774,247 accounts, including email addresses and last-login details. It reset 196 unauthorized password changes and said no credit card data was involved.

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GTA 6’s first TV ad swaps out the steamy shower scene from the launch trailer and adds a few extra milliseconds from other clips. Polygon says the edited version is what aired during an NBA game.

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