AI & TECHNOLOGY2 OCTOBER 2026

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01SECURITY

Utah VPN provisions temporarily blocked

A federal court in Utah temporarily halted SB 73’s VPN provisions for the duration of the case. The ruling says current technology cannot meet the law’s requirement that sites determine every visitor’s location perfectly, and that the burden also affects users and businesses outside Utah.

02INFRASTRUCTURE

Supabase is acquiring Turso

Supabase says Turso rebuilt SQLite in Rust and created a cloud architecture where one server can load millions of databases on demand and suspend idle ones. Turso will continue working on SQLite; Supabase says it will remain focused on PostgreSQL, while Turso gradually connects to the broader ecosystem.

03SECURITY

Lawsuit alleges DHS agents entered ICE observers into ICM

A partially unsealed filing in a US lawsuit alleges that DHS agents entered ICE observers in Maine into Palantir-developed ICM, using their photos and vehicle information. The government says the incidents were isolated and that DHS policy prohibits such conduct; the allegations have not been established in court.

04DEVELOPER TOOLS

DeepSeek Harness debuts as a desktop tool with plugins

DeepSeek Harness is presented as a desktop tool for macOS and Windows that can be extended with plugins. It supports improving document editing, spreadsheet analysis, and coding through chat, as well as scheduled tasks. Its core plugins and APIs are still changing during the preview phase.

05TECHNOLOGY

ChatGPT Sites lets users build websites and apps through chat

ChatGPT Sites lets users create, publish, and share websites, apps, and games through conversation. Initially, a created site is accessible only to its creator and workspace administrators; users can later share access with selected people, their workspace, or the public.

06AI

Ataraxos beats a top human Stratego player

Ataraxos, developed by researchers from Carnegie Mellon, MIT, New York University, and Stanford, won 15 games, lost one, and drew four against Stratego player Pim Niemeijer. The team says it trained the system for a few thousand dollars; the source does not explain the training method.

07DEVELOPER TOOLS

Zig 0.17.0 released with rebuilt build system

Zig 0.17.0 was released after five months of work, with 925 commits from 206 contributors rebuilding the build system and adding the Build Server Protocol. The project expects linker improvements to make incremental builds work for everyone on x86_64-linux; uses of @bitCast involving arrays and vectors should be reviewed.

08TECHNOLOGY

Micron expects memory supply constraints to persist

Micron CEO Sanjay Mehrotra told investors that demand for the company’s memory will exceed supply for at least the next few years. Three-quarters of its 2027 memory output is already allocated. With cleanrooms planned to open in 2028 and production expected to ramp gradually, the CEO expects supply to remain limited.

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