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GuliKit TT Pro review: The ideal Switch 2 controller for players on the go
A protective case and an accessory box make it easy to travel with the TT Pro.
Madrid is getting its first quantum computer from Telefónica and IQM
Telefónica and IQM Quantum Computers will install an IQM Spark at the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid before the end of 2026. It will be the first quantum computer in the Commun…
Tesla says it will no longer release the Cybertruck in Australia and New Zealand
People who reserved the Cybertruck in Australia and New Zealand will soon get a refund, because Tesla now won't release it there.
PHP Warns of Another Unpatched RCE Two Days After Emergency PHP2Shell Patches
PHP has warned of another way an attacker could run code on a web server, two days after it shipped emergency fixes for the critical PHP2Shell flaws. The new issue, assigned CVE-2…
DeepSeek reportedly raises $15bn from Tencent and CATL ahead of IPO
Chinese AI lab DeepSeek has raised about 100bn yuan ($15bn), one of the largest private funding rounds ever in China. Bloomberg reported the deal on Thursday, citing people famili…
Review: Crystal Lake suffers a bit from its obsession with Pam Voorhees
Friday the 13th prequel series based on Jason’s mom drags at first, then hits a vein.
Maxinsights raises $30M to turn everyday chores into robot training data
Maxinsights pays people to wear cameras while they cook, clean and work. The Santa Clara startup has now raised $30M in seed funding to turn that footage into training data for ro…
Russian-Linked Hackers Used New Mesh Network Backdoor in Destructive Ukraine Attack
The Russian state-sponsored hacking group Sandworm teamed up with another threat actor to carry out a destructive wiping attack targeting a Ukrainian logistics company last year. …
Rocket Report: SpaceX says no thanks to military launches; Spanish rocket nearly ready
"We believe Canada should be able to reach orbit on its own terms."
Startup equips genetically enhanced dogs with Palmer Luckey’s military tech
A new Texas-based defense startup has a plan to improve military and police dogs in the US: it's going to genetically modify them and equip them with Anduril's military technology…
Meta had to ask Stripe to raise limits as Muse shoppers poured in
Purchase volumes on Muse came in “above what any of us expected”, Mark Zuckerberg said. Meta had to ask Stripe to raise its credit limits. He spoke on Meta’s third-quarter earning…
US lawmakers press Zuckerberg over Meta’s role in Brazil’s runoff
Senator Bernie Sanders and 12 House Democrats have told Mark Zuckerberg it is “unacceptable” for a platform to favour one candidate. Their letter, sent on Thursday, asks Meta to e…
Zuckerberg planned to sell his home, so Meta built him a wealth tax deal
Meta says Mark Zuckerberg “would effectively be paying to serve” as its chief executive if California taxes its billionaires. So it is creating new shares he can sell to cover the…
No, the iPhone Duo isn’t a small phone
When we published our review of the iPhone Duo, I got a lot of hopeful questions from my fellow Mini fans who took note of the cover screen's Mini-ish 5.4-inch size. "Is this… a s…
Oura sues Ultrahuman (again) to block its latest smart ring from the US market
Oura has sued Ultrahuman again in a Texas federal court over its latest product, the Ring Pro.
Microsoft nominates Stripe’s Collison to its board and trims Nadella’s pay
Microsoft has nominated Stripe co-founder and president John Collison to its board, the company disclosed on Wednesday in its annual proxy statement. The same filing asks sharehol…
Critical Flaw in Python’s Popular Pillow Image Library Allows Code Execution via a Crafted Image
Pillow, the most widely used image library for Python, can be made to run operating system commands on a server by specifying the name of a file it is told to open. The flaw, CVE-…
OpenAI signs AI safety research deal with Poland’s NASK institute
OpenAI has partnered with Poland’s NASK National Research Institute to research AI safety and security, as concerns grow over AI agents behaving in ways their developers did not i…
Nvidia has put $170bn on the line for neoclouds, The Information reports
Jensen Huang told CNBC on Thursday that demand for neoclouds is “off the charts”, Business Insider reported. His company has put more than $170bn on the line for them and other la…
A startup called Warhound is genetically engineering dogs for the military
Warhound is genetically engineering dogs for the military, law enforcement and first responder operations.
Apple’s iPhone Duo goes on sale with tight supply and mixed reviews
Apple’s first foldable phone, the iPhone Duo, went on sale on Friday, October 23, at a starting price of $1,999. Sydney was the first Apple Store to sell it, opening its doors at …
Walmart will let AI agents shop for you, with their own spending limits
Walmart will let AI agents shop for customers on Walmart.com and at Sam’s Club, each with its own profile, spending limit and purchase history. The retailer announced Agent Profil…
LiteLLM says hackers poisoned it with GitHub tokens leaked via Claude Code
LiteLLM says hackers took the keys they needed from its own logs. They used them to publish a poisoned version of its software on Wednesday. The open-source AI gateway explained i…
Researchers Demonstrate Node2Shell RCE Exploit on Node.js Build Using Crafted Brotli Data
Malicious Brotli data can make an application on an official build of Node.js run attacker-supplied code, security researchers at Imperva have demonstrated. Their "Node2Shell" pro…