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Tech News for Wednesday, October 21, 2026

144 stories from 43 outlets. Times show when each story first broke, in UTC.

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Business 37

Gadgets 19

AI 16

Startups 11

Security 9

Big Tech 8

Anthony Hughes · Bloomberg Technology6 sources

Meta beats third-quarter revenue expectations and plans non-voting Class C shares, a two-for-one stock split, to fund AI spending

Meta raised its 2026 capital spending outlook to $135 billion to $145 billion. The company plans non-voting Class C shares that will act as a two-for-one stock split, and shares rose about 2% after hours after it beat third-quarter revenue expectations.

Also covered by TechCrunch, The Verge, SiliconANGLE, Quartz, Decrypt

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Science 6

Everything else 33

Bloomberg Technology

AI Will Become A Commodity Over Time: Namburi

Madhu Namburi, managing director, co-head of creation fund at General Catalyst, joins Dani Burger on "Bloomberg Deals." They discuss how AI is affecting dealmaking and investments. (Source: Bloomberg)

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Tom Warren · The Verge

Xbox mandates a four-day return to office

Microsoft asked its employees to return to the office three days per week last year, and it's now upping this requirement to four days a week for most Xbox employees. An internal memo, seen by The Verge, describes the change as a "need to create more opportunities for people to work together" after feedback from […]

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Justine Calma · The Verge2 sources

Texas data center boom could erase decades of progress on air quality

<p>Article URL: <a href="https://www.texastribune.org/2026/10/20/data-centers-texas-air-quality-report-pollution-health-risks/">https://www.texastribune.org/2026/10/20/data-centers-texas-air-quality-report-pollution-health-risks/</a></p> <p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50184712">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50184712</a></p> <p>Points: 15</p> <p># Comments: 2</p>

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