Today: Apple, Meta and DeepSeek — the stories behind each move.
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MediaHeat / AI
Media Thermometer
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October 24, 2026 edition
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Today's movement
scale from -100 to +100 · tap a name to see the evidence
| Apple (+5) |
+15 |
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| Apple advances with Siri, but AI is arriving in stages |
| Meta (−5) |
+7 |
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| Meta accelerates in AI, but trust remains contested |
| DeepSeek (+2) |
+2 |
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| DeepSeek gains scale but loses institutional trust |
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Today's stories
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Apple surpasses Nvidia as the world’s most valuable company on the day iPhone Duo launches →
On the global launch of iPhone Duo, Apple regained its position as the world’s most valuable company on Friday, reaching new trading records.
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Meta delays new business terms after publishers push back against data scraping for AI →
Publishers fear the terms would allow Meta to scrape content from news sites to train AI. The company says they will take effect on November 20, after the delay.
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DeepSeek open-sources AI model as China and the U.S. restrict each other’s technology →
AI leaders want their models to be available everywhere and remain under their control, but may not be able to have both.
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also today Chinese startup claims to beat Nvidia DGX Spark and Mac Mini on Qwen: “256 TOPS beats 1000 TOPS in preprocessing,” with 16-core Cortex-A55 SoC and 40 W →
Sipeed claims its 256-TOPS MaixStation outperforms Nvidia DGX Spark on Qwen tasks, despite having lower advertised computing capacity and power consumption.
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also today Hottest Christmas toy? Nvidia CEO plays with adorable Microduck robots; 20,000 sold →
The robots tap their feet, make sounds like R2-D2, sit, fall over as if taking a “nap,” and do somersaults on voice command.
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