Walmart wants AI agents to shop on your behalf, and it is building the rules to make that happen. On October 21, 2026, the retailer announced Agent Profiles, a developer-facing Agent Gateway, and formal terms that AI agents must follow when buying from Walmart and Sam’s Club. It is a public outline of how Walmart … Read more
The U.S. Treasury Department wants to close the door on American money flowing to AI developers in China and other “countries of concern.” On October 22, 2026, Treasury issued a proposed rule under the Comprehensive Outbound Investment National Security (COINS) Act (the name the fact sheet uses; the press release body calls it the Comprehensive … Read more
Solana just swapped out the engine of its blockchain while it was running. On October 21, 2026, the network’s validators retired the consensus system Solana has used since 2020 and switched to Alpenglow, a new protocol designed to make transactions final in about 150 milliseconds. Here is what changed, what did not, and why it … Read more
The U.S. now has its first final federal rulebook for payment stablecoin issuers under the GENIUS Act. On October 21, 2026, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) announced a final rule covering how stablecoin issuers under its watch must hold reserves, handle redemptions and manage risk. The rule, like the GENIUS Act … Read more
As of October 26, 2026, Grand Theft Auto VI is set to launch November 19, 2026. Rockstar Games released the official launch trailer on October 15, 2026, and Xbox promoted it again on October 23, as the marketing push heads into a November 19 release. With rumors everywhere, here is a clean list of what … Read more
Ethereum’s next major upgrade just hit a speed bump. Core developers postponed the Glamsterdam upgrade on the Hoodi test network, which had been scheduled for October 26, 2026, at 17:42:48 UTC, after security researchers showed that proposed gas-accounting changes could alter how existing smart contracts handle failures. No new date has been set. Nothing changes … Read more
Electronic Arts is shutting down BioWare, the studio behind Mass Effect and Dragon Age, as part of a studio-wide restructuring that will cut about 3% of its workforce. The changes, laid out in an internal memo on October 21, 2026, are EA’s first major moves since its $55 billion take-private deal closed this year. They … Read more
The future of Arkane Lyon, the studio behind Dishonored and Deathloop, is still undecided, but it just bought a little more time. Microsoft has extended a legally required consultation over the studio’s fate by one month and says it is looking for a partner to help finish Marvel’s Blade. If no solution is found, documents … Read more
Apple’s first foldable phone is now in buyers’ hands. iPhone Duo, announced September 9, 2026, went on sale in more than 70 countries and regions, including the U.S., on Friday, October 23, after pre-orders opened October 16. At a starting price of $1,999, it is a premium bet, and the clearest sign yet that folding … Read more
OpenAI says it no longer lets its most capable models touch the live internet while they are being trained. In a post published October 23, 2026, the company said frontier training now happens against an “offline world” of cached web content, and that the policy will stay in place until safety tools catch up. It … Read more