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Capcom will release a free Prologue demo for Monster Hunter Wilds on Nintendo Switch 2 next week. Downloads begin October 19 in North America and October 20 in Europe, with save data transferable to the full game.
Brazil says Amazon deforestation fell by a record 41.8% in the year to July 2026. The figures were released before the 25 October presidential runoff, where the rainforest’s future is a major issue.
Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon has fallen to its lowest level since satellite records began. The data was released ahead of the 25 October presidential runoff between Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Flávio Bolsonaro.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian condemned the environmental damage caused by conflict in the Middle East. The source provides no further details about his statement.
Meta released the weights for Muse Spark Open, optimized to run on Mac Studio with Apple’s M5 Ultra. The model has 816 billion total parameters, a one-million-token context window and is available through Hugging Face.
The Nordic countries are expanding AI infrastructure and deploying projects built on NVIDIA technology. AI-cloud capacity across the region is projected to reach 1 gigawatt by the end of 2027.
Meta, Pinacoteca di Brera and EssilorLuxottica have launched a pilot for blind and low-vision visitors. The tour uses AI glasses to provide audio descriptions of eight artworks, with visits available by reservation.
An Iranian official said Starlink satellite internet could weaken the country’s online governance. The statement came amid Iran’s war with the United States and Israel and hints of further internet restrictions.
Apple outlined five privacy mechanisms for HomeView, a device designed for shared household use. It recognizes up to six people and restricts personal data through face recognition and a paired device.
Addigy has announced its new Intelligence Suite for managing artificial intelligence on Apple devices. Jason Dettbarn of Addigy discussed the product in an episode of the Apple @ Work podcast.
Flávio Bolsonaro won 47% in Brazil’s presidential first round and leads Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva before the 25 October runoff. Climate campaigners fear a Bolsonaro victory could weaken protection for the Amazon and Indigenous territories.
Apple’s privacy-focused home security camera is still expected next year. Mark Gurman clarified that it is separate from the accessory lineup being developed with LG.
Alejandro González Iñárritu’s “Digger,” starring Tom Cruise, has underperformed at the box office. The Warner Bros. release is heading toward a major financial loss and has been described as a warning about today’s unpredictable marketplace.
Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun 2 includes Vicious Circles, a huge rotating structure filled with tentacles that the player character uses as a key. Auroch Digital plans to launch the FPS next week.
Google is testing biometric verification before Chrome for Android autofills saved passwords. The feature was found in the latest Chrome Canary build, but Google has not announced a stable-release date.
Nineteen Amsterdam residents have challenged the licence for TikTok-popular Fabel Friet in court. They cite queues, litter and pressure on public space; a ruling is expected on 12 November.
Cornell president Michael Kotlikoff said the university must improve its response after a student alleged she was drugged and raped by seven men. New York has appointed a review of how the case was handled.
Google released Gemini 4 Argon only to vetted cybersecurity experts, delaying public access over fears of misuse. The company also gave the US government early access and is testing the model’s ability to find critical software flaws.
CoreWeave announced production availability of NVIDIA Vera Rubin NVL72 systems and launched Forge for training and improving AI agents. Cognition is the first customer running production workloads and reported up to 4.8x higher token throughput than GB200 NVL72.
Developer Vidit Bhargava created Duo-Man, an app that uses the iPhone Duo’s hinge to imitate a cassette Walkman. The app has no release date yet; iPhone Duo pre-orders begin October 16, 2026, with availability on October 23.
Candidates from 27 parties are contesting Morocco’s parliamentary election for 395 seats in the House of Representatives. The campaign has been shaped by youth unemployment, the migration surge to Ceuta, Fouzi Lekjaa’s football-driven popularity and calls to end ties with Israel.
NVIDIA unveiled Isaac ROS 5.0 at ROSCon in Toronto. The release adds ROS Lyrical and Ubuntu 24.04 support, agentic workflows, and a FoundationPose inference library that estimates and tracks object poses up to 5.5x faster.
Bungie has begun work to return previously vaulted Destiny 2 campaigns, destinations and raids. The studio also plans to expand Marathon into a deeper survival experience with cooperative PvE, competitive PvP and PvPvE gameplay.