SpaceX and Tesla form special committees to weigh a potential merger

<p>It's October 21st, 2026, and here are nine tech stories you need to know about today.</p><p><b>SpaceX and Tesla form special committees to weigh a potential merger</b><br>Sources: <a href="techcrunch.com/2026/10/20/spacex-and-tesla-boa… brings a more personalized version of Gemini to cars</b><br>Sources: <a href="theverge.com/tech/1014999/google-gemini-ai-car… Verge</a></p><p><b>PHP plans two emergency patches amid reports of a critical flaw</b><br>Sources: <a href="arstechnica.com/security/2026/10/php-maintaine… Technica</a></p><p><b>Private keys of eight eMudhra intermediate certificates were compromised</b><br>Sources: <a href="simonwillison.net/2026/Oct/20/emudhra-certific… Willison</a></p><p><b>Ukraine carries out the first drone evacuation of a wounded soldier</b><br>Sources: <a href="tech.slashdot.org/story/26/10/20/1929211/ukrai… unveils a gold-plated 5,900-dollar Walkman running Android</b><br>Sources: <a href="hardware.slashdot.org/story/26/10/20/1923237/s… Muse AI was exposing personal data in shared conversations</b><br>Sources: <a href="yro.slashdot.org/story/26/10/20/1655247/meta-m… launches Amazon ECS Gateway to simplify container ingress networking</b><br>Sources: <a href="aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/introducing-amazon-ec… News</a></p><p><b>Anthropic pitches AI safety bill that would limit regulators' power to block models</b><br>Sources: <a href="techcrunch.com/2026/10/20/anthropic-pitches-ai…;