Thursday, 22 October 2026
- Anthropic opens waitlist for background AI agent Claude Duet
Anthropic has opened a waitlist for Claude Duet, a research preview that lets its Claude assistant keep working while users are away, according to Tech Crunch.
- Walmart lets AI agents shop and checkout on its behalf
Walmart introduced tools that let AI agents search for products and complete purchases on behalf of shoppers, according to Reuters.
- Nasdaq dragged lower as Facebook owner's spending spooks the Street
Technology stocks bore the brunt of a broad market sell-off on Thursday, with the Nasdaq Composite falling 1.6% as semiconductor shares led the retreat and…
- Meta shares slide 7% as spending startles twitchy investors
Meta's shares fell around 7% in early trading on Thursday, wiping $116 billion from the value of the Facebook owner.
- Pichai rebuffs Trump bid to rename the Atlantic Ocean
President Donald Trump said he called Google chief executive Sundar Pichai to discuss renaming the Atlantic Ocean, according to the Washington Post.
- Taiwan's tech factories are flashing green, and AI is why
Taiwan sits at the heart of the global technology industry.
- Nasdaq futures slide 1.7% as oil spike and earnings jitters rattle tech stocks
Nasdaq futures are pointing sharply lower ahead of Thursday's open, with contracts on the tech-heavy index down 1.7% as semiconductor stocks reverse…
- SpaceX is building an AI supercomputer bigger than anything the world has seen
SpaceX is building one of the largest artificial intelligence supercomputers in the world, and it is doing so at a pace that has surprised even the analysts…