But the layoffs highlight an inescapable contradiction. Even those responsible for the ubiquity of AI image generation are suffering from its expansion. Rather than a push for growth and innovation, Adobe and Canva's rollout of AI tools feels more their own desperate fight for survival, and it's a fight they might not be able to win.
https://www.creativebloq.com/news/canvas-mass-layoffs-are-a-warning-sign-for-creative-tech
Meta has quietly launched Style Sketch, an AI fashion app that helps users put together outfit ideas using clothes they already own. The app connects to Instagram to build a virtual closet from photos you’ve posted, or lets you add items manually by snapping a photo, recording a quick video, or uploading images from your camera roll. Style Sketch then suggests outfit combinations built from your wardrobe matched to your style. Users can then try on the outfits on a “realistic model matched to your body shape and skin tone,” the app description reads.
https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/29/meta-quietly-launches-an-ai-fashion-app-called-style-sketch/
Starlink’s test of dynamic pricing, which will enable the satellite internet service to raise and lower prices based on demand, has drawn comparisons to Uber. But to Loran Hatfield, the new policy is simply a “dogshit idea" that leaves users at the mercy of SpaceX. “Dynamic pricing does sound better than calling it hostage negotiations,” he told PCMag. Hatfield, a truck driver, is among the Starlink subscribers who will now have to pay up to 20% more after SpaceX introduced dynamic pricing for its Residential plans, a change that has been appearing mainly in Missouri and Kansas in the US market.
https://www.pcmag.com/news/not-sustainable-starlink-users-compare-dynamic-pricing-to-being-held-hostage
Microsoft has discovered once again that few things strike fear into the heart of a software engineer quite like a government deciding to fiddle with the clocks. Parts of Canada stopped observing seasonal clock changes on November 1, leaving affected areas of British Columbia, Alberta, and Manitoba permanently on UTC-07:00, UTC-06:00 and UTC-05:00 respectively. Unfortunately, Microsoft's sprawling software empire hasn't entirely caught up. Outlook users have been left with the most homework. Switching to the new Canadian time zones won't automatically update existing calendar entries, meaning that meetings scheduled after November 1 are potentially an hour out of whack.
https://www.theregister.com/software/2026/11/02/microsofts-canada-timezone-troubles-leave-admins-fixing-calendars-pretending-theyre-in-bogota/5306934
After years of resisting, Apple today launched a MacBook Pro with a touchscreen starting at $2,899. The release comes nearly 10 years after the company first tried integrating touchscreens on its laptops, with its Touch Bar on a MacBook Pro, which it later went on to remove. To make the new MacBook easy to use, Apple designed a hinge that stabilizes the screen when users touch it. This also helps to stabilize the camera when you are on a video call and trying to access content on the display.
https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/28/apple-launches-its-new-touchscreen-macbook-pro
Reddit is switching up its homepage feeds. The company announced today that it’s going to start offering a “new feed experience” that includes both a Following feed to show you posts from subreddits you follow and a For You feed that includes posts from your subreddits and “recommendations related to your interests.” You may already have the new feeds — I actually noticed them on my account yesterday. It’s a big shift for the platform, but not an entirely surprising one, as Reddit hasn’t been shy about wanting to switch up the homepage. Earlier this year, the company announced it would be deprecating r/all, which surfaced posts that were popular across the platform, as part of its “ongoing efforts to simplify Reddit and improve Home feed personalization.”
https://www.theverge.com/tech/1020751/reddit-for-you-following-feeds
The iPhone Duo is the riskiest Apple product in years. It’s a huge rethink of what an iPhone is and could be, and it contains the seeds of many fascinating ideas that might be great in the future. But that future is yet to come. The iPhone Duo is also one of Apple’s messiest first-generation products in a long time, and right now it will delight gadget nerds and early adopters and likely frustrate everyone else.
https://www.theverge.com/tech/1015028/iphone-duo-review