What surfaced overnight.

Meta released Muse Wonder, which TechCrunch calls its first frontier model. The Wonder models are larger than the lightweight, low-latency Muse Spark and are said to score higher on benchmarks and handle complex tasks such as coding better.

Microsoft announced Maia 300, its third-generation in-house AI chip. It is designed to be the "primary AI inference system" for Microsoft's products and services, cutting its reliance on Nvidia GPUs and improving the cost and efficiency of cloud AI workloads.

A research firm called Anthropic's planned IPO an "unprecedented test of investor gullibility", and an analyst said it would be the year's most ridiculous IPO, according to CNBC.

QGIS has enacted a moratorium on AI contributions, according to a pull request to its enhancement proposals repository. The move drew 362 points and about 390 comments on Hacker News.

Ars Technica reports that AI coding agents generate more code but not more software, adding to the debate over whether the tools improve real-world output.

Microsoft president Brad Smith called for urgent AI regulation, saying milk and washing machines face more oversight than AI companies. He said the UK is best placed to drive it.

Oil steadied after a three-day gain as the widening Middle East conflict threatened to slow a recovery in regional supply. Trump's declared Russia-Ukraine "energy ceasefire" is in question after he said there had been violations; markets struggled to gauge its effect.

Trump defended a deal easing US sanctions on Russian diesel, saying "I made the right choice," after pushback from lawmakers of both parties. Ukraine's President Zelenskyy said the easing "plays into Russia's hands."

Asian stocks were set to slip after US chipmakers fell on Wall Street, ahead of earnings season and inflation data that may shape the Fed's next move. Nvidia and AMD dropped despite new AI data-center announcements, and optical names Ciena and Lumentum were among Monday's biggest losers.

BlackRock's research unit turned more bullish on short-term US Treasuries, unwinding an underweight held for most of the past six years, as yields hit their highest in more than two decades. It also downgraded stocks.

A selloff in Singapore bank shares, driven by fears of earnings downgrades, is threatening one of Asia's best-performing major stock benchmarks this year and testing the city-state's safe-haven status.

Microsoft reclaimed a $4 trillion market capitalisation on Monday, with fresh record highs in sight.

Houthi attacks on Riyadh airport killed at least 18 people and wounded more than 300, and the airport remains closed. Saudi Arabia had stopped issuing public warnings days earlier and is probing why its defences failed. It has vowed a response, oil prices rose, and Trump is reportedly weighing US strikes in Yemen.

Zelenskyy says Russia is still striking Ukrainian energy facilities despite an "energy ceasefire" announced by Trump, adding that Moscow appears unwilling to accept it. Separately, NATO's top commander vowed to thwart Moscow while warning Kyiv over its refinery strikes.

Immigration agents searched the Washington home of Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar in a criminal probe. Omar, an outspoken Trump critic, called it an attempt to target political enemies and said she "will not be silenced"; Democrats condemned the raid.

Trump said he might meet North Korea's Kim Jong Un during a November Asia trip, on which he is also expected to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping.

Hurricane Simon and Tropical Storm Rachel battered Mexico's coast, with two deaths reported. Rachel's waves also damaged California beach homes, leaving eight buildings red-tagged in Long Beach.

Hackers attacked French supermarkets, disabling refrigeration and forcing stores to discard food. Affected chains include Intermarche, Cooperative U, Carrefour and Leclerc.

A BBC report says Deloitte falsified documents to help evade tax on Roman Abramovich's wealth. The item gives no further detail in the headline.

Google has been told to halt work on datacentres in Finland over environmental concerns, according to The Guardian. The headline points to a temporary halt pending an environmental impact assessment.

Tom's Hardware reports a cyberattack on supermarket refrigeration across Europe, in which hackers activated automatic defrosting in fridges. Delivery and store prices were also reportedly affected.

A GitHub issue alleges OpenAI's Codex CLI installs a persistent, self-updating background daemon by default. The report drew 222 comments on Hacker News.

Citroën is reviving the 2CV as an electric vehicle, the BBC reports.