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Tech News Roundup: Feds’ Fake Cell Towers, Microsoft’s “Carton of Milk” AI Jab, OnePlus 16 & More (Oct 12, 2026)

Monday’s tech news runs from surveillance fights to flagship phones. Feds got warrants to use fake cell towers to track down a producer for Don Lemon, Microsoft’s Brad Smith says AI is less regulated than a carton of milk, OnePlus launched its most interesting phone in years, and WhatsApp is finally testing scheduled messages. Add plunging smartphone sales, Apple’s Indigenous-language keyboards, Amazon’s million-robot warehouses, a max-severity SonicWall hole under attack, and more — here’s the Lanbrew tech roundup for October 12, 2026 . Feds got warrants to use fake cell towers to find Don Lemon’s producer Court filings show U.S. agents got judges in Minnesota and Pennsylvania to authorize cell-site simulators — Stingrays, or IMSI catchers — to locate Jerome Richardson, a 21-year-old former Temple student who helped produce Don Lemon’s coverage of an anti-ICE protest at a St. Paul church in January. Investigators also sought to use the invasive tool against journalist Georgia Fort...
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Gaming News Roundup: Steam's 43.5M Record, GTA 6 Amazon Sellout, Aion 2 Backlash & More (Oct 12, 2026)

Steam (image via Eurogamer / Valve) Steam just had its busiest moment ever: over 43.5 million people were logged in at the same time on Sunday, and a record 14.5 million of them were actually playing. GTA 6's code-in-a-box version somehow sold out on Amazon even though there's no disc inside, Aion 2 is pulling huge numbers while players tear into its monetization, and ConcernedApe says Haunted Chocolatier is closer to an action RPG than a farming sim. Also on Monday's list: the first Valor Mortis reviews, Final Fantasy VII Revelation's Switch 2 plans, a Dragon Quest creator's 30-minute AI game, a Sonic Racing DLC fight, and a $5 Call of Duty lookalike that's blowing up. Here's the Lanbrew gaming roundup for October 12, 2026. Steam (image via Kotaku / Valve) Steam breaks its all-time record with 43.5 million people online at once Valve's platform hit 43,505,724 concurrent users on Sunday, October 11, per SteamDB. That's the most in Steam'...
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Tech News Roundup: Nvidia Eyes Reflection AI, Apple’s HomeView Leaks, FBI Nabs a Ransomware Negotiator & More (Oct 11, 2026)

Sunday’s tech news is all about deals and devices. Nvidia might scoop up open-model startup Reflection AI, the FBI’s ShinyHunters hunt just nabbed a ransomware negotiator, and Apple’s pre-event leaks are pouring out: a HomeView home hub, a new HomePod mini, a pricier OLED iPad mini and a mountain of iPhone Duo demo units. Add Cloudflare buying Deno, AI pricing your Big Mac and AI agents attacking power grids in the lab, and here’s the Lanbrew tech roundup for October 11, 2026 . Nvidia is reportedly in talks to buy (or go bigger on) Reflection AI The Financial Times reports Nvidia is in early talks to deepen its investment in open-weight model startup Reflection AI or acquire it outright. Nvidia has already put $800 million in, and Reflection was last raising at a $25 billion pre-money valuation. One option on the table is an acqui-hire, where Nvidia hires the staff and licenses the tech instead of buying the company, which could dodge a long regulatory review. Reflection, founded i...
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The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Remastered Review Roundup

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Remastered (Image: CD Projekt Red, via GamesRadar+) The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Remastered came out September 29 on PC, PS5, Xbox Series X|S and Nintendo Switch 2, and it's a free upgrade if you already own the game. We're a little late on this one, but it's easily one of the biggest remasters of the year and it deserves a proper roundup. The reviews are about as close to unanimous as it gets: every critic on OpenCritic recommends it, and none of the 13 PC reviews on Metacritic are mixed or negative. Critics say CD Projekt Red didn't turn it into a new game, but it did a ton of smart cleanup: a big lighting overhaul with ray tracing and path tracing, better animations, reworked combat and skill progression, new accessibility options, and lots of small fixes (Roach finally stops getting stuck on trees). Both expansions, Hearts of Stone and Blood and Wine, are included. The complaints are mostly familiar ones: combat still feels a bit cl...
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Gaming News Roundup: GTA 6 Leakers' Full-Build Threat, Squadron 42 Dated, Marvel Tokon Year One Fighters & More (Oct 11, 2026)

Grand Theft Auto VI (image via GamesRadar+ / Rockstar Games) The GTA 6 leak saga got even weirder this weekend: the Cyberleek group says it'll dump a full build of the game unless Take-Two gives it physical discs and a public apology, and then it posted another clip anyway. Squadron 42 finally has a Steam page and a Q2 2027 window, Marvel Tokon revealed the rest of its Year One fighters, and a Resident Evil Code Veronica remake DLC rumor is making the rounds. Also on Sunday's list: Metro 2039 pre-orders look close, Gran Turismo 7 is still selling better than Polyphony expected, Forza Horizon 6's PS5 disc comes with a catch, and BlazBlue: Central Fiction is coming to PS5. Here's the Lanbrew gaming roundup for October 11, 2026. Grand Theft Auto VI (image via Eurogamer / Rockstar Games) Update: GTA 6 leakers threaten a full-game leak unless Take-Two puts out physical discs and apologizes Earlier this week the Cyberleek group posted 25 minutes of GTA 6 footage. Now...
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