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Tuesday, October 6, 2026
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AI
Reflection AI unveils Beam open-weight modelReflection AI unveiled Beam, a 501-billion-parameter model with 23 billion active parameters and a 1 million token context window, TechCrunch reported Monday. Reflection says it will release Beam's weights and full technical details this month and calls it a "workhorse model" for enterprises, the public sector and developers.
OpenAI to watermark ChatGPT and Codex text in the EUOpenAI will add an invisible watermark to text generated by ChatGPT and Codex in the European Union, rolling out over the coming weeks to eligible users on all plans, TechCrunch reported Monday. Developers using OpenAI's API anywhere can turn it on for select models; it is off by default. OpenAI said, "Watermarks can indicate that an OpenAI system generated or processed part of a passage, but not how much human judgment, editing, or creativity went into it."
TikTok launches AI shopping assistant and one-click checkoutTikTok announced Monday an AI shopping assistant and an in-app checkout that lets users buy from a brand in their For You feed with one click, TechCrunch reported. TikTok said the features are built with partners including Salesforce, Shopify, Shoplazza and Stripe.
U.S. stock futures edge up in Asian tradingNasdaq futures edged up 0.2% and S&P 500 futures rose 0.1% Tuesday, while Japan's Nikkei gained 0.7% and MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan rose 0.2%, Reuters reported. The 10-year Treasury yield was steady in Asia at 5.3089%, Brent crude was little changed at $100 a barrel and spot gold was little changed at $4,141.31 an ounce. Nvidia climbed 2.1% Monday to a record-high close, Reuters reported.
30-year refinance rate at 7.614%The average refinance rate on a 30-year, fixed-rate home loan is 7.614% and the 15-year rate is 6.733%, Fortune reported in its Oct. 6 report, citing Mortgage Resource Center data.
Burbank airport's new terminal opens to passengers Oct. 13Officials held a ribbon-cutting Monday for Hollywood Burbank Airport's nearly $1.3 billion replacement terminal, a 355,000-square-foot, 14-gate building scheduled to open to passengers Oct. 13, NBC Los Angeles reported. Burbank Mayor Tamala Takahashi said it keeps "the 14-gate airport our community knows."
CicLAvia Heart of LA on Sunday, Oct. 11CicLAvia's Heart of LA route opens 6.5 miles of streets to people instead of cars on Sunday, Oct. 11, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., from Echo Park Lake through Downtown, Chinatown and Little Tokyo to Mariachi Plaza in Boyle Heights, Curations LA reported. Admission is free.
Two L.A. County measures on the Nov. 3 ballotMeasure A would establish binding arbitration for specified labor disputes involving county employees including firefighters and deputies, and Measure E would make the county Ethics Commission independent and restore Measure J funding of 10% of unrestricted county general funds, The Signal reported. The last day to register is Oct. 19, vote centers open Oct. 24, and each measure needs 50% of the vote plus one.
State board names University of Idaho presidential search committeeThe Idaho State Board of Education named a nine-member committee, directed by board members Shawn Keough and Pete Koehler, to help select the University of Idaho's next president, Pullman Radio reported Oct. 5. President C. Scott Green will step down June 30, 2027.
University of Idaho Homecoming set for Oct. 18 to 24University of Idaho Homecoming runs Oct. 18 to 24 in Moscow, with the Serpentine at 8 p.m. and ICCU fireworks at 9 p.m. Friday, Oct. 23, and the 118th Homecoming Parade at 10 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 24, on Main Street, according to the university. Vandal football plays Southern Utah at 2 p.m. that day in the Kibbie Dome.
Trump signs dyed-diesel executive order at Nebraska rallyPresident Trump signed an executive order at a rally Monday at the Pinnacle Bank Expo Center in Grand Island, Nebraska, temporarily allowing tax-free dyed diesel on highways and deferring the 24.4-cent-per-gallon federal diesel tax on it through Dec. 31, Nebraska Public Media reported; the Treasury Department was given five days to determine whether federal law permits it. The White House estimated savings of about $60 per 250-gallon fill-up. Trump backed Sen. Pete Ricketts, Gov. Jim Pillen, Rep. Adrian Smith and Attorney General Mike Hilgers.
Francis Halzen wins 2026 Nobel Prize in PhysicsThe Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awarded the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics on Tuesday to Francis Halzen "for decisive contributions to the IceCube Neutrino Observatory and the discovery of high-energy neutrinos of astrophysical origin," RBC-Ukraine reported.