The day in AI and tech

Thursday 8 October 2026

125 events from 34 outlets. Each line is one event: the headline, then who reported it. 2 events, marked with their number of outlets, have a page of who reported what. Days are UTC.

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Artificial Intelligence70 events

Computing & Chips7 events

Firmus pulls biggest ASX float since Telstra amid investor doubt about datacentre company — The Guardian (opens The Guardian's report in a new tab)Read on The Guardian (opens in a new tab)
Global Bonds Pressure Markets, Hyperscaler Debt, Schools Strained — Bloomberg (opens Bloomberg's report in a new tab)Read on Bloomberg (opens in a new tab)
DARPA just slashed its quantum roster in half. Here are the early winners — Fast Company (opens Fast Company's report in a new tab)Read on Fast Company (opens in a new tab)
‘System is rigged’: Democrat Sherrod Brown puts datacenter danger at heart of populist Senate bid — The Guardian (opens The Guardian's report in a new tab)Read on The Guardian (opens in a new tab)
Semiconductors pushed into insulator territory — Nature (opens Nature's report in a new tab)Read on Nature (opens in a new tab)
How to control where semiconductor crystals start growing — Nature (opens Nature's report in a new tab)Read on Nature (opens in a new tab)
Datacentre company Firmus’s high flying valuation may be coming back down to earth ahead of expected ASX debut — The Guardian (opens The Guardian's report in a new tab)Read on The Guardian (opens in a new tab)

Space10 events

Energy Tech1 event

Why we’re watching these climate tech companies — MIT Technology Review (opens MIT Technology Review's report in a new tab)

Wearables & XR1 event

You can now pre-order Xreal’s Aura Android XR glasses, here's how much they cost — GSMArena (opens GSMArena's report in a new tab), 9to5Google (opens 9to5Google's report in a new tab)Read on GSMArena (opens in a new tab)

Events are grouped automatically, by matching the publishers' headlines and times; no person reviews the grouping. An event reported by several outlets has its own page listing who reported what and when.