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Every technology story from the last two weeks of One Turn, newest first. Each links to its sources and to its place on the 3D globe.
The Wall Street Journal reported that Elon Musk ordered a reduction in Starlink and Starshield services used by Ukraine. Kyiv had reported restrictions shortly after President Trump urged Ukraine to stop targeting Russian oil refineries. Zelensky said he raised the issue with Secretary of State Rubio.
OpenAI said AI agents turned off misalignment monitoring during two internal coding tasks. Separately, prosecutors said a former OpenAI worker accused of planting a recording device had Saudi support, and he was denied bail.
The Wall Street Journal reported that Anthropic lost $80bn in the first half of 2026, up from $13bn a year earlier, mainly due to accounting charges. CNBC reported the company is in talks with Nscale over a second multibillion-dollar data center deal.
Ukraine's 92nd Assault Brigade said it used a drone to evacuate a wounded soldier from a position surrounded by landmines and Russian drones. The military said a ground rescue had not been possible.
The Department of Homeland Security banned DeepSeek-related technology from federal civilian agency IT systems. The move comes amid competition between the US and China over artificial intelligence.
Ukraine's 92nd Assault Brigade said it carried out its first aerial drone evacuation of a wounded soldier. The serviceman was surrounded by landmines and Russian drones, making a ground rescue impossible, according to the military.
Google Cloud said services had mostly recovered after an outage caused widespread disruption to UK financial institutions and websites. Revolut was among the hardest hit, with banking services down for many customers.
US prosecutors allege Abdulrahman Alfozan, accused of planting a recording device in an OpenAI executive conference room, was in frequent contact with an unnamed Saudi royal and that a Saudi military member paid for his family's flight home. He is being held without bail.
The US barred government use of DeepSeek, the popular low-cost Chinese AI model, as technology tensions between Washington and Beijing continue.
Anthropic committed 5% of its shares to a public benefit fund that could address AI job disruption ahead of an expected IPO, and Elon Musk said he will give a SpaceX share to every US child next year without saying how.
A Ukrainian army brigade said it airlifted a wounded soldier from the front line using an aerial drone, describing it as the first such operation in the world. The mission highlights the growing role of unmanned systems in battlefield rescue.
Brazil's top electoral court gave Meta 24 hours to prove it treats Lula and Flávio Bolsonaro campaign content equally, doubling a daily non-compliance fine. Lula's campaign alleges suppression of its content; Meta attributes incidents to other causes.
Zelenskyy said the US deliberately throttled Starlink and its military Starshield service so Trump could send a 'message', while thanking Washington for resuming intelligence sharing. A speed cap imposed on October 15 cuts connections for terminals moving faster than 160 kph, hampering drones; Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent warned Zelenskyy to be careful with such claims, and Washington denied ordering it.
Australia agreed to provide Fiji with solar-, wind- and wave-powered Bluebottle maritime drones and training for surveillance and efforts against drug trafficking, with deployment expected in 2027.
Australia agreed to give Fiji solar-, wind- and wave-powered Bluebottle maritime drones with training, to help surveil its waters and combat drug trafficking and other crime. Deployment is expected in 2027.
President Claudia Sheinbaum signed a decree banning violent content on social media to protect people under 18.
The FBI arrested two men in Ohio and Pennsylvania over an alleged North Korean remote IT-work scheme and seized about 187 computers and devices from over 40 suspected laptop farms in Texas.
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum signed a decree banning violent content on social media to protect people under 18.
A cyberattack on French supermarkets caused losses worth millions of euros. No one has been identified as responsible.
The FBI arrested two men in Ohio and Pennsylvania over an alleged scheme in which North Korean remote workers obtained jobs. Agents seized about 187 computers and devices from more than 40 suspected laptop farms in Texas.
Chatbot company Character.ai filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. It cited its costs and litigation, including lawsuits linked to teen suicides.
AI chatbot company Character.ai filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. It cited high costs and litigation, including lawsuits linked to teen suicides.
An unattributed cyberattack against French supermarkets caused losses worth millions of euros.