Blade Runner 2099 Trailer Leads a Busy Week for Prime Video, Apple, and Flock

Three technology and entertainment stories published on October 11, 2026, cover Prime Video’s latest science-fiction series, Apple’s reported smart-home plans, and an Illinois college’s dispute with a security-camera company.

Prime Video reveals the full Blade Runner 2099 trailer

Prime Video has released the full trailer for Blade Runner 2099, following an earlier preview shown at San Diego Comic-Con in July. The trailer was unveiled at New York Comic-Con, where co-stars Michelle Yeoh and Hunter Schafer appeared with showrunner Silka Luisa.

The eight-episode series is scheduled to premiere on November 25, 2026, with all episodes released that day.

Yeoh plays Olwen, a dying replicant, while Schafer plays Cora. The supporting cast includes Hugo Hamlet as Buster Friendly, alongside Dmitri Abold, Lewis Gribben, Katelyn Rose Downey, Daniel Rigby, Johnny Harris, Amy Lennox, Sheila Atim, Matthew Needham, Tom Burke, and Maurizio Lombardi. Several of those characters’ roles have not yet been disclosed.

A story set after the replicant uprising

According to Luisa’s description at the NYCC panel, the show takes place 50 years after Blade Runner 2049. The replicant uprising that had been developing across the earlier films has occurred, and humanity has lost its dominant position.

The series is set at a turning point between two species: humans are approaching the end of their era, while replicants have surpassed their creators. Luisa said the show asks whether humanity can accept its decline and preserve its sense of humanity as its time runs out.

Luisa contrasted the series with the first Blade Runner, which examined mortality through individual replicants such as Roy Batty. Blade Runner 2099 expands that question to the level of an entire species.

Apple’s reported HomeView would make Siri the center of the smart home

Apple is reportedly preparing a smart-home display called HomeView, according to a report cited by CNET from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. The device is expected to be announced at Apple’s “Welcome Home” event and to ship in November, although Apple had not confirmed those details in the report.

The reported device would combine a display with an A18 chip and function as a central Siri interface for an Apple-based smart home. It is expected to come in two forms:

• A countertop version with a metal speaker base
• A wall-mounted version with a flat, square base

HomeView would compete with products such as Amazon’s Echo Show and Google’s Nest Hub line. It is also expected to serve as a HomeKit hub.

Other Apple devices reportedly planned

The same report says Apple may also introduce:

• A new Apple TV set-top box using an A19 chip
• An updated HomePod mini with an S10 chip
• Expanded voice-control and music-playback functions across the household

These details remain reported expectations rather than confirmed product specifications. Apple had not immediately responded to a request for comment. The report did not provide pricing, screen size, operating-system details, or further information about Siri’s capabilities on HomeView.

An Illinois college’s dispute with Flock raises data-access questions

Elgin Community College had six Flock safety cameras installed in April 2025 to improve campus security, according to the supplied report. By September of that year, the college administration had reportedly become concerned about several issues:

• Whether Flock was sharing data with Customs and Border Patrol
• Whether camera feeds were adequately secured
• Whether law-enforcement personnel and company employees were misusing access to the data

The report’s headline says the college tried to cancel its Flock contract and that the company refused. The available source material does not explain the contractual dispute, the basis for Flock’s refusal, or how the matter was resolved.

The report identifies concerns about data sharing, security, and misuse, but does not establish whether those concerns were substantiated or describe Flock’s response.

Questions raised by the dispute

The case raises broader questions about security-camera systems:

• Who can search or retrieve footage?
• How long is footage retained?
• Can data be shared across jurisdictions?
• Are access logs available for independent review?
• What remedies exist when an institution wants to end the relationship?

More information is needed to assess the contract dispute and its legal or administrative outcome.

Sources

• Prime Video unveils Blade Runner 2099 full trailer at NYCC, published October 11, 2026. https://arstechnica.com/culture/2026/10/prime-video-unveils-blade-runner-2099-full-trailer-at-nycc/
• New Apple Smart Home Hub Reportedly Called HomeView and Will Ship in November, published October 11, 2026. https://www.cnet.com/home/new-apple-homeview-smart-home-hub/
• A college in Illinois tried to cancel its Flock contact and it refused, published October 11, 2026. No URL was provided in the supplied source material.