Here’s what’s new from the past day across the platforms and companies we follow. Each item links to a full write-up with context and the original source.
SpaceX
- SpaceX Is in Talks to Buy Boost Mobile or Use Its Network, Washington Post Reports: The Washington Post reports SpaceX has discussed buying EchoStar’s Boost Mobile, or using its leased network, after the big three U.S. carriers turned Musk down.
Tesla
- Tesla Launches Unsupervised Robotaxi Rides in Fort Worth With a 143-Square-Mile Zone: Rides started at 6 a.m. Monday with no safety monitor, in a 143-square-mile zone that makes Fort Worth Tesla’s third-largest unsupervised market.
- Tesla Takes the Cybercab on a 12-Stop European Tour Starting at Auto Zürich on November 5: A look-but-don’t-ride tour with 12 stops in nine countries, four of them in Germany, running from November 5 to mid-January.
- Tesla’s October Registrations Jump in Sweden, Norway and Denmark: Reuters counts October gains of 248% in Sweden, 131% in Norway and 34% in Denmark, helped by easy comparisons and EV incentives.
Red Hat
- Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management 2.17 Adds an MCP Server for Fleet-Wide Search: RHACM 2.17 lets OpenShift Lightspeed and other MCP clients query resources across a managed fleet, as a Technology Preview.
SUSE
- SUSE Will Cut About 10% of Its Workforce, Citing Automation and AI: CEO Dirk-Peter van Leeuwen told staff about a 10% global reduction, with affected employees to be told by November 4.
AlmaLinux
- AlmaLinux Moves Its Vagrant Boxes to vagrant.almalinux.org as HashiCorp Retires HCP Vagrant: HCP Vagrant shuts down December 31, so point Vagrant at the new AlmaLinux catalog; box names stay the same.
No new non-security news turned up today for Oracle Solaris 11 or FreeBSD.