The day in tech.

Apple launches first touchscreen MacBook Pro on October 28, 2026, priced at $2,899 and $3,399. Deliveries begin November 6, 2026, as global laptop shipments slump 11% this year. CEO John Ternus announces M5 Pro and Max chips for the new devices. Education pricing lowers 14-inch model to $2,749. Dynamic Island replaces display notch. 16-inch model costs up to $14,000.

Upwind raised $400 million in a Series C round led by Bessemer Venture Partners, valuing the firm at $3.8 billion. Total funding reaches $830 million since 2022 launch with roughly 600 employees. The company rejected a $4 billion offer from Datadog.

DeepMind launches Gemini 4 Carbon on Oct. 28 for $2 per million input tokens and $10 per million output tokens. Koray Kavukcuoglu leads Google DeepMind now after former CEO Demis Hassabis stepped aside. The model scores 59 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index.

On October 28, 2026, Amazon launches five new Echo devices featuring on-device AI. Prices range from $99.99 to $569.99, with the Echo Show 16 costing $499.99 or $569.99 with Nanomatte. Shipping for the Echo Show 16 begins later this year, while the Echo Time uses Omnisense technology for sleep sensing.

Samsung launches Galaxy Buds On in the US for $229 on November 6, 2026. The clip-on earbuds feature TwinBoost technology, 9.5 hours of battery life, and IP54 water resistance. They include head gestures for calls and integrate with Galaxy AI features, though they lack active noise cancellation and Bluetooth multipoint support. Europe launch scheduled for early 2027.

Samsung Electronics reported a record Q3 operating profit of 107.4 trillion won, or US$80.04 billion, driven by robust demand for AI chips. Net profit rose 510 percent to 75.1 trillion won, while the company plans to return up to 110 trillion won to shareholders this year.

Alphabet shares fell more than 8 percent after third-quarter results showed search advertising growth slowed to 12 percent. Total revenue reached $127.6 billion, while cloud revenue jumped 103 percent to $30.7 billion. A free cash flow deficit of $9.1 billion widened as AI infrastructure spending rose, with capital expenditure reaching $51.4 billion.

Asian equities fell as Alphabet shares lost 10% in after-hours trading due to heavy AI spending, erasing nearly $400 billion in market value. Microsoft rose 3% on strong cash flow, while Samsung Electronics shares dropped more than 4% despite a ninefold profit increase. The MSCI Asia-Pacific index excluding Japan slipped 0.7%.

Hacker Department of Peace stole over 40,000 DHS employee records via Okta in mid-August. The breach exposed 21,000 Customs and Border Protection staff and nearly 7,000 ICE employees, including access details for surveillance tools like Penlink and Mobile Fortify.

San Francisco startup Fragment raises $56 million in Series A funding led by 8VC to scale its AI agents for procurement. Founded in 2025, the company serves dozens of Fortune 1000 clients, reporting a 50% reduction in exceptions and over 90% resolution without human intervention.