Tech News Roundup: November 2, 2026
Today’s roundup: SpaceX reportedly eyes Boost Mobile, Tesla Robotaxi launches in Fort Worth and Cybercab tours Europe, RHACM 2.17 adds an MCP server, SUSE cuts 10% of staff, and AlmaLinux moves its Vagrant boxes.
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AlmaLinux Moves Its Vagrant Boxes to vagrant.almalinux.org as HashiCorp Retires HCP Vagrant
With HashiCorp retiring the HCP Vagrant registry, AlmaLinux now runs its own box catalog at vagrant.almalinux.org with the full version history and every new release.
SUSE Will Cut About 10% of Its Workforce, Citing Automation and AI
In a memo seen by The Register, SUSE CEO Dirk-Peter van Leeuwen told employees the company will reduce its global workforce by about 10%, citing automation and AI.
Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management 2.17 Adds an MCP Server for Fleet-Wide Search
RHACM 2.17 exposes its multicluster search to AI assistants through a Technology Preview MCP server, alongside Lightspeed context and new GitOps and observability previews.
Tesla’s October Registrations Jump in Sweden, Norway and Denmark
Reuters reports Tesla registrations rose 248% in Sweden, 131% in Norway and 34% in Denmark in October, extending its recovery in the region.
Tesla Takes the Cybercab on a 12-Stop European Tour Starting at Auto Zürich on November 5
Tesla Europe announced a Cybercab display tour with 12 stops in nine countries, from Auto Zürich on November 5 through mid-January.
Tesla Launches Unsupervised Robotaxi Rides in Fort Worth With a 143-Square-Mile Zone
Tesla’s Robotaxi service began fully unsupervised rides in Fort Worth on November 2, a city that wasn’t on any of Tesla’s announced expansion lists.
SpaceX Is in Talks to Buy Boost Mobile or Use Its Network, Washington Post Reports
SpaceX has held talks with EchoStar about buying Boost Mobile or gaining access to its network, giving Starlink Mobile a possible path into the U.S. wireless market.
PostgreSQL Performance Tuning on AlmaLinux 10: postgresql.conf, EXPLAIN ANALYZE, Indexes and Autovacuum
Tune PostgreSQL 18 on AlmaLinux 10: size shared_buffers, work_mem and WAL settings, enable pg_stat_statements, read EXPLAIN ANALYZE plans, add the right indexes and keep autovacuum ahead of the workload.
Network Bonding for Oracle RAC on Oracle Linux 9: Active-Backup vs LACP (802.3ad) with nmcli
Build a bonded public network for Oracle RAC on Oracle Linux 9 with nmcli: active-backup vs 802.3ad LACP, bond options, failover testing, oifcfg and troubleshooting.