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OpenAI doubles down on decision to fire three AI safety researchers
OpenAI is standing firm on its decision to fire three safety researchers after an investigation found they committed "a significant breach of trust." In a post on X on Friday, the…
US suspends Microsoft and seven other firms from green card programme
The US government has suspended Microsoft and seven other technology companies from a federal programme that lets employers sponsor foreign workers for green cards. The other firm…
Fired OpenAI researchers say they were let go for 'prioritising safety'
The AI firm instead claims the researchers were fired for mishandling sensitive information.
GoBalance Flaw Lets Attackers Hijack .onion Addresses by Recovering Tor-Format Keys
A bug in GoBalance, a tool many dark-web sites use to stay reachable during attacks, lets anyone work out the secret key that controls a site's .onion address using only public in…
SpaceX wants to become a 'major mobile carrier' with low-band spectrum acquisition
SpaceX has revealed its plans to become a major mobile carrier.
Citrix warns admins to patch new NetScaler RCE flaw immediately
Citrix has warned IT administrators to patch systems immediately against a new critical vulnerability affecting NetScaler ADC networking appliances and NetScaler Gateway secure re…
Three Teams Demonstrate Remote Hacks of Fully Patched Google Pixel 10 at Pwn2Own
Three research teams broke into Google's Pixel 10 on October 8 at Pwn2Own Ireland, a hacking contest in Cork whose rules require every target to be fully patched. The contest pays…
Fired OpenAI safety researchers dispute their dismissals in open letter
Three OpenAI researchers said their firings may have a 'chilling' effect on employees.
Citrix Patches Critical NetScaler Flaw That Could Enable RCE in SAML Deployments
Citrix has released patches for yet another critical security flaw impacting NetScaler ADC and NetScaler Gateway that could result in remote code execution or denial-of-service (D…
Microsoft 365 Family subscribers will finally be able to share AI benefits
Microsoft bundled its AI-powered Office features into Microsoft 365 Personal and Family subscriptions last year, but it only allowed the primary account holder to access the AI be…
'Careless use of AI is the real threat - not the ghost stories'
Meredith Whittaker says the tech has been misunderstood, in an exclusive interview with BBC Global Women.
FBI Seizes 7 Domains, Disrupts Flax Typhoon Tools Used in Critical Infrastructure Intrusions
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Department of Justice (DoJ) have announced the disruption of malicious tools used by a China-linked advanced persistent threat g…
Hackers get $1,262,000 for 98 zero-days at Pwn2Own Ireland
The Pwn2Own Ireland 2026 hacking contest has concluded, with hackers collecting $1,262,000 in rewards after exploiting 98 zero-day flaws. [...]
Apple reportedly plans touchscreen MacBook and iPad Mini launch for this month
The wait to (literally) get your hands on the tech may almost be over.
Why are more roofs not made of solar tiles?
Solar tiles were touted as an attractive alternative to solar panels - why have they not taken off?
President Trump awards big tech donors with nation’s highest science prizes
On Thursday, President Trump awarded Elon Musk, Jensen Huang, Sergey Brin, and AMD’s Lisa Su the National Medal of Science, the nation’s top science prize.
US plans livestream of execution by firing squad
The United States' execution of the Fort Hood shooter will be livestreamed, anonymous officials from the Defense Department told the BBC and Associated Press. The planned executio…
Anthropic launches free AI security scans for open-source projects
Anthropic's offering to help open-source projects track down security vulnerabilities with a new service called OSS Scanner. It says open-source projects that opt-in will get "tho…
IDC: Worldwide PC shipments in Q3 fell 20 percent from last year
"With macro conditions worsening, the risk is that the outlook for the next few quarters gets worse before it gets better."
FBI disrupts Chinese hacking tools used to breach critical infrastructure
The FBI has seized seven domains used by Chinese state-sponsored hackers known as Flax Typhoon to operate two hacking tools, MicroScan and FishHub, used in attacks that breached c…
Alexa Tablet vs iPad Pro: How Amazon is keeping up with Apple
Amazon's latest and greatest tablet shares some key similarities to Apple's high-end iPads, but the devil is in the details.
SpaceX calls for better coordination in orbit after near-misses with Starlink
"These led to conjunctions of tens of meters to hundreds of meters. Way too close to comfort."
SpaceX announces plan to become a ‘major mobile carrier’
SpaceX has acquired a portfolio of low-band spectrum licenses - a move the company says "will pave the way" for its Starlink Mobile service to become a "major" US carrier. When th…
Anthropic bans 'sustained and needless abusive or cruel behavior' toward its AI models
The company is also tightening its election policy ahead of the midterms.