Apple’s new toggle puts human ASL and BSL interpreters directly into supported films, rather than requiring separate versions. It debuts November 14 with “Being Heumann”; “F1” follows, with “Way of the Warrior Kid” and “Greyhound” later in 2026.
Live 13 brings Ableton’s first desktop step sequencer, with per-step velocity, timing, chance, length and repeats, plus independent track length, rate and direction. It also adds ARA support, a drum synth with 20+ models across nine categories, and Looplet; release is expected in early 2027.
France formally attributed October-November 2026 attacks on thousands of refrigerated units across Europe to Iran’s IRGC, which raised temperatures to spoil food. Blood supplies were unaffected, but some Danfoss controllers lack security fixes.
NHTSA opened a recall query on November 6, 2026, after most reported incidents occurred despite Waymo’s November 17, 2025 software fix. Austin school officials reported at least five cases of robotaxis passing stopped buses.
Nearly 55,000 people signed a petition delivered to Google’s London headquarters in November 2026, opposing its planned Thurrock data center over habitat and pollution concerns. Google said the project prioritizes biodiversity and emissions reduction.
More than 100,000 App Store apps now support Apple’s iPhone Duo just two weeks after launch, with thousands more added daily, VP Susan Prescott says. But Instagram’s messy launch experience shows adoption doesn’t guarantee polish.
Layer3 Intel observed 28 residential-proxy services routing traffic through the network from Oct. 5 to Nov. 3, 2026, mostly 5 p.m.–midnight ET. Synthient linked the activity to Rave, which reportedly bundles 12 proxy SDKs.
Fox’s $22 billion acquisition gives it control of Roku, which reaches more than 100 million U.S. households, and adds founder Anthony Wood to Fox’s board. Fox plans to bring sports, news and local stations to the platform.
Meta, Google, and TikTok sued AG Rob Bonta in November 2026 over AB 1709, taking effect in 2027 to ban autoplay and personalized feeds for under-16s. Platforms face fines up to $50,000 per affected user and cite First Amendment violations.
Edits is now available for Mac, adding a multi-track timeline, keyframes, audio waveforms, custom font support and multilingual captions for larger projects. Creators can publish directly to Instagram, while mobile-saved styles sync across devices.
Election-night activity nearly matched Bluesky’s all-time record: users generated 44 million likes, 4.8 million posts and 2 million follows on Nov. 4. Traffic peaked at 35.8 GB/s, 200% above normal, between 8 and 10 p.m. PT.
Discord’s new Windows client runs on 290MB of RAM, versus over 1GB for the current app with a handful of servers open. CTO Stanislav Vishnevskiy says user testing is coming soon, but no full-release date is set.
