A 16-year-old opened fire at an elementary school in Bend, Oregon, killing children aged five, eight and eleven and a teacher, the BBC, Guardian and France 24 reported. Police said a community member pursued and killed the suspect inside the school; two other people were wounded and local schools closed afterward.
Apple opened preorders for the iPhone Duo, its first foldable phone, with prices starting at $1,999, the Verge, Engadget, 9to5Mac and MacRumors reported. Orders were available through Apple’s website and store app in more than 70 countries, with the first deliveries scheduled for October 23.
Anthropic received the highest speculative-grade credit rating from Kroll Bond Rating Agency in June, the Financial Times and Seeking Alpha reported. The assessment placed the artificial-intelligence company just below investment grade and suggested a possible path toward that status, offering creditors a formal view of a fast-growing private company’s financial risk.
Chelsea captain Reece James was expected to miss about three months after undergoing knee surgery, the BBC, Sky Sports and Yahoo Sports reported. The absence was likely to keep him out until January and leave Chelsea short of an important midfielder, increasing pressure on the club’s squad and possible transfer plans.
A minibus carrying truck drivers struck a shuttle train near the French entrance to the Channel Tunnel, injuring 19 people, the BBC and France 24 reported. Two people were airlifted to hospital, though officials said no life appeared to be in danger; shuttle traffic was suspended for about 90 minutes.
Meta released Muse Spark Open, an open-weight artificial-intelligence model optimized with Apple to run locally on Mac Studio systems, CNBC, TechCrunch, Engadget, MacRumors and 9to5Mac reported. Meta called it its most capable US open-weight model, while Engadget said running it required a system configured with one terabyte of memory.
Power inverters, which are central to converting electricity in renewable-energy systems, became a focus of trade and security concerns as the global clean-power market expanded, the Financial Times reported. Governments and manufacturers were reassessing reliance on Chinese supply for the once-obscure technology, adding another component to disputes over energy security and industrial policy.
The Milwaukee Brewers completed a four-game sweep of the Los Angeles Dodgers to win the National League Championship Series and reach their first World Series since 1982, ESPN, CBS Sports and Yahoo Sports reported. Jake Bauers was named the series’ most valuable player, becoming the first Brewer to receive that award.
Nicolás Maduro pleaded not guilty in New York to newly added torture-related allegations and rejected the revised indictment, the BBC and Guardian reported. Prosecutors accused Venezuela’s former president and his wife, Cilia Flores, of directing a campaign of torture as part of a broader drug-trafficking case.
OpenAI upgraded its ChatGPT browser extension so it could view information in Chrome tabs that users explicitly tag, Engadget and the Verge reported. The feature was designed to compare information and perform tasks across already-open pages, bringing some of the company’s former Atlas browser capabilities into a standard Chrome workflow.