CORRECTIONS

Wrong: told organizations to apply fixes and said administrators faced immediate patching requirements. Right: Microsoft says it has already fully mitigated this cloud-service flaw and there is no action for customers to take.

Wrong: said the flaw affects confidentiality, integrity and availability, and told Azure customers to check the advisory for patches or configuration changes. Right: the CVSS vector lists a high integrity impact only, with no confidentiality or availability impact, and Microsoft says it has already fully mitigated the flaw, so customers need to take no action.

Wrong: said four high-severity flaws involve protocol parsers and three more affect version 12.2 only, and listed CVE-2026-82344 as affecting version 12.2. Right: three flaws involve protocol parsers and four more affect version 12.2 only; CVE-2026-82344 affects versions 12.0 and 12.1, per IBM's CVE records.

Wrong: described the touchscreen OLED MacBook Pro as having launched. Right: it has not launched; it is expected later this month, and Apple has not announced it.

Wrong: said the tablets go on sale October 14. Right: Amazon opened orders on October 8, and the tablets ship October 14 in the US, Canada and Mexico.

Wrong: said a Drunken Goddess Reflux demo is playable on Steam now. Right: the game's demo arrives on Steam on October 19, ahead of its December 8 release. We also clarified that Isle Goblin and Living Hell opened playtests, not demos.

Wrong: Claude Opus 5.5's 87.6% and GPT-6 Astra's 87.3% Terminal-Bench 2.1 scores read as Microsoft's own figures. Right: those scores come from Vals AI's Terminal-Bench 2.1 leaderboard, which uses a different test setup; Microsoft reported only its own model's scores (62.9% cloud, 66.3% local).

Wrong: headline and story said Mistral released Large 4 ("le Chonk") as an open model, said the preview was limited to developers, cybersecurity leaders and state authorities, and said it was trained on 4,000 GPUs. Right: Mistral launched a public API preview on October 6 and says the open weights are due by the end of October; cybersecurity leaders, vetted partners and state authorities are red-teaming it with expanded access; Mistral says it was trained on 3,800 Nvidia Grace Blackwell GPUs.

Wrong: said Microsoft recommends more than 120 GB of video memory to run the local MAI-Code-1.1-Flash. That figure came from Frandroid, not Microsoft. Right: Microsoft says the local model's memory use peaks at 75.5 GB at its full 256K context, so it effectively needs a 128 GB RTX Spark machine.

Wrong: stated The Information's report on Meta and Microsoft cutting internal Claude use as confirmed fact, said Microsoft steered staff to "OpenAI frameworks," and listed the story under Microsoft's October 7 event. Right: the figures come from The Information's October 5 report, which neither company has publicly confirmed; staff were steered to tools such as GitHub Copilot and OpenAI's models; the story is not part of the event coverage.

Wrong: headline and summary said NVIDIA and Microsoft unveiled RTX Spark at the October 7 event, and the social post gave the Grace CPU a fixed 20 cores. Right: Microsoft and NVIDIA first introduced RTX Spark in June; on October 7 they opened RTX Spark preorders. The Grace CPU has up to 20 cores.

Wrong: said MAI Code 1.1 Flash has 130 billion parameters and hedged Microsoft's own model details as "reportedly." Right: Microsoft says MAI Code 1.1 Flash has 137 billion total parameters (6.8 billion active); the model figures come from Microsoft's Windows blog.

Wrong: said MAI-Code-1.1-Flash activates 5 billion parameters per step and was "confirmed in development" for GitHub Copilot, and gave only the cloud model's 62.9% Terminal-Bench 2.1 score. Right: Microsoft says the model has 137 billion total and 6.8 billion active parameters; the local version comes to GitHub Copilot in experimental preview by the end of October; on Terminal-Bench 2.1 the cloud model scored 62.9% and the local version 66.3%.

Oct. 7, 2026: We originally reported, based on The Verge, that Xbox had secured exclusive GTA VI cloud streaming rights with PC streaming. Xbox has denied this, and The Verge corrected its report. Headline, summary and body updated.

Wrong: said Paramount Skydance's Warner Bros. Discovery deal was still expected to close later in the day, and that the Nasdaq hit intraday and closing records as markets opened Tuesday. Right: Skydance announced the deal closed on Tuesday morning, October 6, before this story ran; the Nasdaq's intraday and closing records came in Monday's session, with futures higher Tuesday morning.

Wrong: said MacRumors independently verified the October 13 event, stated the OLED iPad mini will debut this month as fact, implied the M5 Ultra Mac Studio was a final-week reveal, and ended with "Bloomberg has not confirmed it" even though Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reported the October 13 event. Right: MacRumors reported a second, later launch window from its own sources; the iPad mini is expected, not announced; Apple separately announced the M5 Ultra Mac Studio configuration for late October; Apple has not announced either launch.

Wrong: the summary called Palmer Luckey Anduril's CEO. Right: Luckey is Anduril's co-founder (CNBC corrected the same title error in its own report). The contract, shipyard and Project Meridian details are unchanged.

Wrong: said Disney acquired a 9% Epic stake and that Fortnite expansions include Avengers Doomsday content scheduled for December. Right: Disney’s official disclosure is a $1.5 billion equity stake (the 9% figure was secondary reporting, not company-confirmed); Walden confirmed more partnership launches over the next two years but did not name Avengers Doomsday or a December Fortnite tie-in.

Wrong: said the standalone Lego Astro Bot set was Coming Soon / temporarily unavailable with pre-orders expected October 4. Right: PS Direct was already selling it on October 1 for $24.99 / £17.99 (per Video Games Chronicle and other reports). The October 4 timing belonged to the larger Lego PlayStation set's general pre-order window, not the Astro Bot standalone listing.

Removed claims that are not on OpenAI’s Dots page: a $100/month Pro plan, an iMessage/RCS waitlist, and a Grubhub dinner demo. Rollout is to Pro, Business Premium, and Enterprise; the first dot is included; ChatGPT, Slack, and Teams, with texting coming soon; Custom Rules and auto-review.

Corrected to past tense. The keynote was not still live. Aeon was a September 28 Verge rumor; OpenAI announced Dots and did not announce a product named Aeon. The keynote time stays 10:00 a.m. PT.

Changed “matches” to “nearly matches”: GPT-6.1 Sol nearly matches GPT-6 Astra at one-fifth of Astra’s standard token prices. The $200-plan limit cut was already in the story and was not part of this correction.

Updated September 29: Tesla moved the next-gen Roadster reveal from October 1 to October 15, citing severe weather for an outdoor-only event. No new start time was announced.

Updated Bitget breach figure from initial ~$351M to Bitget’s revised ~$387.5M ($388M headline) after Zcash/TRON transfers were counted; pointed source_url to Bitget’s Sep 25 incident update.

Ops restore: briefly overwritten by a mis-targeted Bitget amount patch during the 2026-09-25 fact-check; Digital Bros Armed Fantasia copy restored from pre-patch snapshot. No Armed Fantasia facts were intended to change.

Rewrote pre-event present/future copy (“is hosting today”, “will see”, “plans to detail”) to past tense after the Sep 24 Semi Rollout completed; kept 1.8M sq ft figure.

Wrong: summary, TL;DR and body gave the Sparks Semi factory as 1.7 million square feet, a figure from pre-event secondhand reporting (NotaTeslaApp). Right: Tesla said during the Sept. 24 rollout broadcast that the plant covers 1.8 million square feet (@tesla_semi, 2026-09-24); figure now attributed to Tesla.

Wrong: title, summary and body gave the Sparks Semi plant as 1.7 million square feet, a figure from earlier secondhand reporting (NotaTeslaApp). Right: Tesla said during the Sept. 24 rollout broadcast that the plant covers 1.8 million square feet (@tesla_semi, 2026-09-24); figure now attributed to Tesla.

Wrong: title claimed FDA-cleared Hearing Enhancement while body/tweet only mentioned vague Conversation Focus 'updates' with no FDA/pricing/product facts. Right: body+tweet now state FDA-cleared Hearing Enhancement for mild–moderate hearing loss, later-2026 timing, Meta One/$149.99, Ray-Ban not at launch (Engadget 2026-09-23).

Wrong (tweet/summary): treated $25B+ annualized card volume as already settling onchain / fully shifted. Right: SoFi began migration; $25B+ is expected annualized volume after migration (CoinTelegraph/CryptoSlate).

Hedged headline and social copy: audits are production-prep diligence, not a confirmed acceleration of Optimus mass production.

Wrong (tweet leftover after Sep 21 body fix): Acer 2.5 lb / Dell 2.2 lb and omitted Dell LCD. Right: Acer 2.7 lb, Dell XPS 2.5 lb with LCD callout — matching corrected body (THE-121 incomplete sweep).

Wrong: attributed active exploitation confirmation to Canadian Centre for Cyber Security and NCSC Netherlands without primary sources. Right: attributed to CISA KEV listing and F5’s advisory that the vulnerability has been exploited; forensic-triage line now cites CISA BOD 26-04 only.

Softened petition “hundreds of thousands” scale in body + tweet_text — not in Bungie primary (Xavier nod 2026-09-21).

Wrong (garbled AI copy): “The device follows Apple's earlier reporting on the announcement of the new Mac mini with M6 and M5 Pro chips and more.” Right: “Apple announced the refreshed Mac mini with M6 and M5 Pro options last month.”

Wrong: “spend $1.5 billion on film production in Hollywood over the next five years” and “may also sell a stake in Miramax if production targets are missed.” Right (CA AG Rob Bonta press release, Sep 21, 2026): an additional $1.5 billion over 2025 U.S. spending levels across five years; failure to meet the film-output requirement requires Miramax Studios divestiture plus $30 million per missed film.

Wrong: Acer Googlebook 14 weight listed as 2.5 lb; Dell XPS Googlebook as 2.2 lb; Lenovo Googlebook 15 as 2.84 lb; and a blanket “OLED displays” claim for all five models. Right: Acer 2.7 lb, Dell 2.5 lb, Lenovo 2.68 lb per Ars Technica’s launch specs table (Sep 21, 2026); Dell’s XPS Googlebook uses a 2.5K LCD touchscreen, not OLED. HP rounded to 2.7 lb.

Pre-publish harden (THE-128): stripped draft claims not in the TechCrunch Sep 15 piece — including Dec 2025 6.9 Bcf/d baseline, 54 Bcf/d power-sector total, 21 Bcf/d LNG delta, July 2026 20%/194 GW electricity share, 7.5/60 GW construction pipeline, Texas 80.6 GW, and named BNEF analyst attribution. Kept ~18 Bcf/d, nearly-double-in-nine-months, onsite 2.9–3.4, grid +15, 5× other sectors, price/climate hedges, and IEA 60g / 1 Mt/day / ~12% figures as reported.

Pre-publish harden (THE-128): grounded to microsoft.ai/news/mai-code-of-conduct and microsoft.ai/code-of-conduct. Removed unverified “37-page” count (secondary reportage only). Kept six-week consultation, 2027 training guidance, not-trained-today caveat, Chain of Command, Absolute Constraints, and hedge language for aspirational draft status.

Pre-publish harden (THE-128): removed claims not in Google’s Sep 15, 2026 primary — token limits 131072/65536, ultra-low/fixed latency profile wording, March 2026 3.1 Flash Live migration aside, and incorrect Workspace tier mapping (Docs: AI Pro/Ultra; Gmail/Keep: all Google AI subscribers).

Updated after Fortnite’s Sept 15 official trailer: Riku, Kairi and Roxas are confirmed skins alongside Sora (not merely text teasers). Title now names all four; source_url pointed to @Fortnite trailer post. Wrong: “Epic text teasers also point to Riku, Kairi and Roxas” / “Additional written hints… point to…”. Right: official trailer confirms Sora, Riku, Kairi and Roxas for Override this week.

Softened title so October 23 reads as the iPhone Duo ship date, not as a hard ship date for iOS 27.1 itself. Was: “iOS 27.1 to Ship With iPhone Duo on October 23”. Now: “iPhone Duo to Ship October 23; iOS 27.1 Expected Around Launch”. Body already hedged that Duo ships with 27.1 and that 27.1 timing is expected around / by that launch window.

Aligned Siri AI model language to Apple Newsroom primary wording: Apple Foundation Models “custom-built in collaboration with Google and its Gemini models,” while retaining Federighi nuance that this is not the Gemini app or Google Assistant (still under Apple Intelligence). Prefer primary Apple disclosure over rumor framing.

Corrected overclaim that Epic had fully confirmed Riku, Kairi and Roxas skins (Sora is confirmed; the others are suggested by Epic teasers) and fixed misattribution of the Sora confirmation line to a leaker instead of official Fortnite channels.

Corrected Steam Machine lottery reference: the randomized reservation system was used for the 2026 Steam Machine launch (June), not a 2015 launch.

Updated day-of: future-tense "Arrives Monday" framing corrected to shipped/present. Added Apple Newsroom facts on Siri AI English beta, daily usage limits, and China/EU unavailability. Source URL pointed at MacRumors day-of page.

Title/lede overclaimed “Gemini-Powered Siri” from The Verifier framing. Corrected to Siri AI / Apple Intelligence branding; kept Google collaboration with Federighi nuance (not Gemini app / not Google Assistant). Also aligned TL;DR, tweet, and body.

Removed leftover “up to 50% faster uploads” from the TLDR; matched Apple’s “meaningfully faster” wording already used in the body (Sep 10 body fix had missed the TLDR).

Fixed report count: Anthropic’s Sep 2026 misuse/threat report follows March, August, and November 2025 (not “third since March”). Pointed source_url to Anthropic’s primary report instead of a Google News CNN redirect.

Corrected PIF gaming stakes framing: Activision Blizzard is no longer a live public minority stake (Microsoft took ATVI private in 2023); wording now treats that holding as historical.

Updated platforms: 1001 Threads of Mizan is also coming to Xbox Series, Nintendo Switch 2, and PC (not PS5-only), per Variety/GamesBeat.

Corrected AES deal framing: acquisition is by a GIP- and EQT-led consortium (with CalPERS and QIA), not GIP alone; equity value about $10.7 billion.

Reframed the customer: Riot’s filing named only an unnamed frontier AI lab; Anthropic identification attributed to Bloomberg/CNBC reporting and noted as unconfirmed by Riot and Anthropic.

Finished Ultra→Duo correction on TLDR left from an earlier partial fix; official name iPhone Duo starts at $1,999.

Updated foldable product name from rumor-era “iPhone Ultra” to official iPhone Duo.

Updated foldable product name from rumor-era “iPhone Ultra” to official iPhone Duo (starts at $1,999).

Updated foldable product name from rumor-era “iPhone Ultra” to official iPhone Duo.

Updated foldable product name from pre-event rumor “iPhone Ultra” to official iPhone Duo (starts at $1,999).

Clarified that the Commission’s July 10, 2026 DSA action is a preliminary finding of breach, not a final determination that Meta violated the law.

Clarified that Meta disabled Muse Image’s Instagram @-mention/public-account referencing feature, not the Muse Image model itself, which remains available in Meta AI.

Corrected filing day from Thursday to Friday (July 10, 2026) and clarified Chang Liu and Tang Yew Tan as former Apple employees, not both executives.

Corrected source_url search parameter from unrelated Oracle CVE-2026-46817 to the article’s KNX CVE-2023-4346.

Corrected garbled Bloomberg claim that misstated OnePlus as extending an exit “beyond China”; clarified reported 2027 pullbacks concern markets outside China (e.g., India), with China remaining.

Clarified Apple sued OpenAI plus two former employees (Tang Tan and Chang Liu); Yu-Ting “Alyssa” Peng is alleged as a conduit in the complaint but is not a named defendant.

Corrected Q2 USD revenue equivalent from $39.45B (CNBC conversion) to TSMC’s official $40.20B; corrected CapEx year from 2024 to 2026.

Corrected CXMT’s 7.67% share wording from “worldwide memory chip sector” to “global DRAM market,” matching the IPO prospectus and CNBC coverage.

Corrected takeover premium from 26% to 24% for base consideration plus final dividend versus the undisturbed closing price, matching DCC Energy’s recommended-offer announcement.

Clarified that the reported 2,013% CapEx surge to $15.8B refers to AI-segment spending, not company-wide CapEx (about $18.4B in Q2 per SpaceX filings).

Corrected source_url KEV search from CVE-2026-58644 (SharePoint) to CVE-2026-39808 (FortiSandbox), matching the article subject.

Corrected SigNoz fix PR reference from #11844 to the merged #12172 (NVD later replaced the superseded PR link).

Corrected headline/why framing from ‘Adds New Game Plus’ to ‘Confirms New Game Plus,’ reflecting that the mode is in development, not yet shipping.

Corrected Galaxy Watch 9 / Ultra 2 retail availability from August 9 to August 7, matching Samsung’s U.S. newsroom.

Clarified DeltaX's Georgia plan is a BESS assembly hub, not a battery cell factory; kept LG Energy Solution Michigan cell production accurate.

Corrected product name from Lego Cities Skylines to official LEGO Skylines.

Corrected studio name from MCB Game Studio to MBC Game Studio and creative director from Lars Blonde to Lars Bonde.

Corrected Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream Q1 sell-in from 7.96 million to Nintendo’s reported 7.94 million.

Clarified Stripe–OpenRouter as a finalized agreement still pending close, not a completed closing.

Corrected announcement weekday from Thursday to Wednesday (Aug 5, 2026).

Corrected minigame name from Queens Blood to Queen's Blood.

Corrected New Mexico Meta case: March jury $375M plus August $567M abatement (not both phases in March); clarified federal trial began Aug. 18 rather than suit filing that day.

Corrected Roman Space Telescope cruise to L2 from approximately one month to approximately three months (~100 days), matching NASA.

Moved ceramic case colors (pearl white / night blue) from Ultra 4 to Series 12; clarified Ultra 4 remains titanium-only with up to 50-hour battery.

Corrected branding to AppleCare One Family and replaced “price not disclosed” with official $49.99/month coverage for up to six Family Sharing members.

Corrected foldable product name from iPhone Ultra to iPhone Duo.

Corrected foldable name from iPhone Ultra to iPhone Duo and price from “exceeding $2,000” to official $1,999 starting price.

Fixed Dubai Loop timing (Feb 2026 implementation, not “last year”) and Nashville loop length (nearly 25 miles, not 20).

Replaced unsupported “up to 50% faster uploads” claim with Apple’s “meaningfully faster” wording.

Removed invented polishing-cloth and ceramic Series 12 lines; attributed price hike to The Verge, not tipsters.

Corrected foldable name from iPhone Ultra to iPhone Duo; fixed AppleCare One Family branding.