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India becomes the latest country to report rogue AI agent activity
The agents got in through credentials and connection settings left exposed in app configurations, public code repositories, and overly permissive cloud roles.
Researchers Demonstrate OpenBSD Root Exploit Chaining 37-Year-Old Shared-Memory Bug
A local privilege escalation exploit published today gains root on OpenBSD 7.9 by chaining a roughly 37-year-old integer overflow with a separate kernel flaw, bypassing OpenBSD's …
Zero-click attacks used targeted ads to deliver Candiru spyware
Candiru spyware was delivered to devices at Al Jazeera Media Network via targeted online advertisements in a zero-click attack that required only rendering the malicious ads on th…
Torvalds calls AI disclosure rules ‘utterly stupid’ as Linux drops its tag
“Do you not see how UTTERLY STUPID those kinds of rules would be?” Linus Torvalds wrote this on the Linux kernel mailing list on 13 October. He was replying to a developer who wan…
RFK Jr. proposes FDA look the other way on unproven peptides, report says
FDA scientists said none of the popular drugs have been proven safe or effective.
Analogue returns to the 16-bit era with the Mega Sg+ and Super Nt+
Dust off your old Sega Genesis and Super Nintendo cartridges.
MI5 opens an AI threat centre as OpenAI tells MPs more incidents may come
“Human history has given us no experience of facing an actor which is smarter than we are. Is capable of out-thinking us.” Sir Ken McCallum, director general of MI5, said this abo…
Attackers Tampered with AOMEI Backupper's Update Servers for Minutes to Deliver a Backdoor
Attackers repeatedly changed the files that AOMEI Backupper fetches from the vendor's own update servers, in windows of five to ten minutes at a time between May and July 2026, so…
Trump’s AI task force starts work and tells labs to report rogue behaviour
“Our message to all SI companies is clear: delayed notification, inadequate corrective action, and a failure to take responsibility will not be tolerated,” the task force’s leader…
If memory shortages last, tech companies should offer cheap battery replacements
If a company like Apple could offer $29 batteries before, it can do so again.
A Nvidia insider-turned-VC on why robotics hasn’t hit its ChatGPT moment, yet
Amulya Vishwanath, who spent seven years leading product marketing for NVIDIA’s robotics platforms, says robotics is currently in its “Lego era,” with the basic building blocks li…
UAT-11985 Uses Fake Event Invites to Target Taiwan Research Affiliates With Google AitM Phishing
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of an advanced persistent threat (APT) spear-phishing campaign that has targeted individuals affiliated with Taiwan research organ…
MapQuest now shows Flock and other surveillance cameras on its map
MapQuest has added a surveillance layer to its app that shows known outdoor cameras and licence plate readers, including those made by Flock Safety. Users can switch it on in Map …
Ramp passes $2bn in revenue as its Europe chief confirms the $60bn round
“Today, Ramp raised $1.85B at a $60B valuation,” Eric Oancea, who leads Ramp in Europe, wrote on LinkedIn. His post confirms the round that Bloomberg reported on 10 October. Ramp’…
Waymo’s robotaxis are headed to Canada
The company will start off by testing its self-driving vehicles on Toronto's streets.
Accenture caps staff Claude spending at $29 a month, 404 Media reports
“Providing a WBS and obtaining a license does not guarantee indefinite or ongoing access to Claude.” Accenture gave its staff that warning in an internal announcement about Claude…
The new Apple TV 4K just got its first (very small) discount
Earlier this week, Apple announced its new Apple TV 4K, which costs nearly twice as much as the 2022 model did at launch. Amazon is now offering the first discount on the forthcom…
Elorian’s first AI model wants to reason with images, not just about them
According to Elorian's evaluations, Glimpse outperforms even GPT-6 Astra on scientific chart reasoning and short-form video captioning, with competitive results on other visual re…
In ‘You Can See Everything,’ Elizabeth Holmes meets her equal in comedian Nathan Fielder
Nathan Fielder's documentary about disgraced Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes has created a constellation of colliding personas that interrogate the very nature of authenticity.
Tressfecta wants to make hair braiding a less arduous task for hairstylists
Tressfecta builds products for textured hair. Its first project is a tool called Plait Pilot that helps braiders with the initial process of separating hair from packs before brai…
Epic says it vibe coded its new launcher because ‘programming is hard’
“Programming is hard. So, instead of doing that, we vibe coded a new Epic Games Launcher.” Epic Games opened its launcher announcement with those lines on 14 October. Epic says th…
Meta may use sweeping new commercial TOS to avoid millions in AI licensing fees
Meta “streamlined” its commercial TOS. Legal experts warn it’s an AI power grab.
Apple’s HomeView has an app problem
It's been a couple of days since Apple's big smart home announcement, and we have some more information - and a bunch of new questions - about the Apple HomeView. The device has p…
Geoffrey Hinton tells the Guardian humans are creating ‘alien beings’
“Now we’re creating alien beings … And the reality is, we only have a couple of years to adapt to that.” Geoffrey Hinton, the Nobel laureate often called a “godfather” of AI, said…