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  • Apple Releases watchOS 26.1 With Bug Fixes and Improvements
    November 3, 2025, 7:26 PM EST. Apple today released watchOS 26.1, a minor update following watchOS 26. The release notes promise improvements and bug fixes, with no new features found in beta testing. The update is available for free on a paired iPhone running iOS 26.1 by opening the Apple Watch app and selecting General > Software Update, or on the watch via Settings. Installation requires at least 50 percent battery and the watch to be on a charger. This release prioritizes stability over new capabilities, continuing Apple's wearables maintenance cadence.
  • Apple releases iPadOS 26.1 with Slide Over return and new features
    November 3, 2025, 7:24 PM EST. Apple releases iPadOS 26.1, bringing the long-awaited return of Slide Over, now alongside the existing multitasking system. You can designate an app as your Slide Over window, resize it, and recall it quickly with the Globe key + on hardware keyboards. Unlike iPadOS 18, Slide Over now supports a single app at a time (multitasking remains separate), but can be hidden and shown on demand. New features include Liquid Glass with an optional Tinted setting for opacity, a Music MiniPlayer swipe to skip tracks, expanded Apple Intelligence to eight languages, enhanced Local Capture settings for audio/video, and an updated Photos scrubber for video playback. The update also includes various UI tweaks and performance improvements, and is available on supported iPads via Settings → General → Software Update.
  • ORACLE: Cooperative Laser Energetics for Satellite Megaconstellations
    November 3, 2025, 7:22 PM EST. A University of Michigan initiative backed by a $2 million AFOSR grant proposes ORACLE, a system enabling satellite megaconstellations like Starlink and Kuiper to share power and momentum via existing laser interlinks. Over three years, the project aims to redistribute propulsion and energy across constellation members, turning traditional autonomous satellites into a cooperative network. By leveraging light-driven momentum transfer-photons reflecting across engineered optical paths-the approach could enable fuel-free maneuvers, extend mission lifespans, and improve debris avoidance. Additional energy transfer could recharge onboard systems and supplement electric thrusters, enhancing overall efficiency and resilience of large-scale space networks.
  • Make Sense of Video Analytics by Integrating NVIDIA AI Blueprints
    November 3, 2025, 7:20 PM EST. Discover how to enrich video analysis with NVIDIA AI Blueprints by pairing the Video Search and Summarization (VSS) blueprint with the Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) blueprint. The approach enables efficient ingestion and indexing of video, audio, and multimodal data, while leveraging enterprise context for more accurate, context-aware insights. The post explains how to build scalable, modular pipelines for real-time video Q&A and summarization, using the NeMo Retriever to index multimodal documents at enterprise scale. By combining VSS's video-centric search and summarization with RAG's knowledge retrieval, developers can enrich analytics with proprietary data, generate richer summaries, and apply these workflows to real-world use cases across industries. Expect improved compliance, faster insights, and actionable alerts through integrated enterprise data.
  • AI darlings lift Wall Street while broad market stumbles
    November 3, 2025, 7:18 PM EST. AI darlings Nvidia and Amazon helped prop up Wall Street as the S&P 500 rose 0.2% on Monday, even as the Dow slipped and the Nasdaq climbed 0.5%. Nvidia remained a market driver, lifting its YTD gain to roughly 54%. Amazon jumped 4% after unveiling a $38 billion OpenAI cloud deal. IREN, an AI cloud provider, jumped 11.5% on a Microsoft contract that uses Nvidia chips. Palantir rose 3.3% ahead of its results. Despite the optimism, some warn AI stocks look expensive and a bubble risk lingers. Still, about four of five S&P 500 firms have beaten estimates, with projected profit growth near 11% year over year.