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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Reuters reports Tesla registrations rose 248% in Sweden, 131% in Norway and 34% in Denmark in October, extending its recovery in the region.
Tesla Europe announced a Cybercab display tour with 12 stops in nine countries, from Auto Zürich on November 5 through mid-January.
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 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.
Today’s roundup: Sen. Padilla seeks an inquiry into the Ukraine Starlink outage, Tesla’s 2026.38.6 update takes Grok out of beta, Robotaxi runs until 2 a.m., and Italy backs EU approval of Tesla Assisted Driving.
Italian infrastructure minister Matteo Salvini says Italy supports a swift EU-wide approval of Tesla Assisted Driving, though Italy itself has not approved the feature.