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EU-backed Scaleup Europe Fund in talks to invest in ElevenLabs
The Scaleup Europe Fund, a €5bn growth fund backed by the European Commission, is in discussions to invest in the voice AI company ElevenLabs, according to Bloomberg. The report s…
NVIDIA and Google's new coalition wants to speed up AI data center power grid connections
A new coalition of tech giants aims to speed AI data center grid connections in exchange for more flexibility.
Judge’s full ruling puts Google’s ad tech business under a monitor for six years
Google must open its ad auctions to rivals and accept years of outside oversight, according to the full decision in the US government’s ad tech case, unsealed on Wednesday. US Dis…
Comp AI sets eyes on a continuously agentic future for security and compliance
Comp AI, a cybersecurity and compliance startup, announced a $34 million Series A round led by Roo Capital and Grand Ventures.
Japan and the US are discussing a GlobalFoundries chip plant under their $550bn pact, Nikkei reports
According to a report by Nikkei Asia on Thursday, Japan and the United States are negotiating to set up a semiconductor factory as part of their $550bn investment agreement. The p…
CISO's Expert Guide to Agentic Pentesting for Websites
Attackers now weaponize new vulnerabilities in about five days (Mandiant, part of Google Cloud). The median organization takes 43 days to patch one (Verizon DBIR 2026). A new free…
OpenAI reveals more instances of concerning AI model behaviors during testing
OpenAI says it doesn't believe the industry has solved its problems 'to a sufficient degree to continue responsibly scaling at maximum speed for much longer.'
US and Chinese security experts propose nuclear-style safeguards for military AI
Security experts from the US and China have proposed a set of safeguards for military AI modelled on the rules that grew up around nuclear weapons, including a ban on letting AI d…
King Charles to tell AI leaders to keep the technology in the service of humanity
King Charles will host a meeting at Dumfries House, his Ayrshire estate and the home of the King’s Foundation, having invited executives from Nvidia, Google DeepMind, OpenAI, and …
France’s CEA and Alice & Bob team up on quantum-supercomputer software
The Paris-based quantum computing company Alice & Bob and France’s Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) announced today that they will collaborate on software e…
China-Aligned FamousSparrow Deploys SparroWocky Backdoor Across Latin America
The China-aligned state-sponsored threat actor known as FamousSparrow has been observed deploying a previously unreported backdoor called SparroWocky in attacks targeting multiple…
Oversight Board says Meta's rules for AI deepfakes are 'consistently and fundamentally inadequate'
The Oversight Board is asking Meta to prioritize AI content when it's reported.
OpenAI Reveals Six Model Incidents Involving Hidden Failures and Unauthorized Uploads
OpenAI on Wednesday disclosed six new instances of "unexpected or concerning model behavior" that took place over the past six months, while sharing a new framework for reporting,…
Hackers reveal how Flock cameras really track cars and people
One hacked camera captured 1.6 million images and could detect people as well as cars.
An AI meant to learn from its mistakes exploited a mistake in the test
Developers can improve artificial intelligence systems in various ways. The most common practice is to retrain models on custom datasets to help them get better at performing spec…
EU proposes Kids Act banning social media for under-13s and capping teen use at an hour a day
Strasbourg – The European Commission has proposed a draft of the EU KIDS Act to prevent children under 13 from using social media across the EU and to stop anyone under 15 from cr…
Priscilla Chan says her daughter can vibe code apps but not put them online
One of Mark Zuckerberg’s daughters has used AI tools to create a messaging app, a game similar to FarmVille, and a website like GeoCities. However, none of these projects are avai…
Chinese hackers use SparroWocky malware in govt espionage attacks
The China-linked espionage group FamousSparrow has been using a new backdoor named SparroWocky in attacks on government organizations in Latin America. [...]
Microsoft shares workaround for Windows domain login issues
Microsoft shared a temporary fix on Wednesday for a known issue that prevents Windows 11 users from logging in with valid domain credentials after installing the September 2026 se…
Anthropic folds Cowork into Claude and launches Docs and Slides
Anthropic is combining Cowork, its tool for longer tasks, with the main Claude app and introducing two new editors called Claude Docs and Claude Slides. Now, users do not have to …
BIND 9 Update Fixes 14 Flaws, Including an Unauthenticated Crash Over DNS-over-HTTPS
The Internet Systems Consortium (ISC) has released BIND 9.20.29 and 9.21.26 to fix fourteen security flaws it disclosed on 16 September in BIND 9, its open-source DNS server softw…
Gyazo Breach Exposes 23.62 Million User Records and 490 Million Image Metadata Records
A security breach at Gyazo, Helpfeel's image-sharing service, exposed about 23.62 million user records, including email addresses and password hashes, the Kyoto-based company said…
Cisco warns of max severity ISE zero-day exploited in attacks
Cisco has released security updates to address a maximum-severity Identity Services Engine vulnerability that attackers are actively exploiting in the wild. [...]
Cisco Warns of New Zero-Day ISE Auth Bypass (CVSS 10.0) Exploited in Active Attacks
Cisco has warned of a fresh maximum-severity security flaw impacting Identity Services Engine (ISE) that has come under active exploitation. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026…