Hasbro announces Ultimate Grogu from Star Wars, a $600 premium collectible that talks, giggles, toddles, and uses the Force.

New York Times:
Musk v. Altman: the judge told Musk's lawyer she did not want talk of AI's existential threat seeping into the trial, focusing instead on OpenAI's founding  —  Since he had a testy fireside chat about artificial intelligence with the Google co-founder Larry Page more than a decade ago …

In the two weeks since its release, Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream players have gotten very creative with the life sim.

Wired:
Musk v. Altman: when asked whether xAI has distilled OpenAI models, Elon Musk says the claim is “partly” true  —  While answering questions under oath, Musk argued it's standard practice for AI labs to use their competitors' models.  —  While testifying on Thursday in federal court …

Bloomberg:
Sources: Meta drew about $96B of orders from investors for a $25B bond sale it launched on Thursday; Meta sold $30B of corporate bonds in October 2025  —  Meta Platforms Inc. sold $25 billion of investment-grade bonds, hitting the market with a jumbo deal for the second time in six months …