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A slew of cyberattacks hit Japanese companies in September, exposing the data of millions and prompting calls for security checks, as AI lowers hacking barriers (www.bloomberg.com)
18 days ago Japan AI

Citrix warns admins to patch new NetScaler RCE flaw immediately (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
18 days ago

OpenAI defends its decision to fire three safety researchers, saying an investigation found they “violated clear policies on handling sensitive information” (www.cnbc.com)
18 days ago

Apollo Software Pioneer Margaret Hamilton Dies at 90 (science.slashdot.org)
18 days ago

Global PC shipments dropped 20.1% YoY in Q3 to 62.7M units due to higher prices and supply issues; Lenovo dropped 22.6% YoY, HP 30.9%, Dell 25%, and Apple 11.3% (www.idc.com)
18 days ago Apple Lenovo

Hackers get $1,262,000 for 98 zero-days at Pwn2Own Ireland (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
18 days ago Ireland

Sources: Apple told some suppliers to cut iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max component production by 15%-20% as higher memory costs pushed up prices and hurt demand (asia.nikkei.com)
18 days ago iPhone Apple

Sources: SoftBank is seeking to raise up to $100B from Gulf investors for a fund to buy companies and improve their operations with AI and other advanced tech (www.ft.com)
19 days ago AI

Anthropic is setting up a “presidential engagement” program for the 2028 US elections that will offer AI policy education to candidates in both parties (fortune.com)
19 days ago AI Education

First Thorium Nuclear Clocks Begin to Tick (science.slashdot.org)
19 days ago

Microsoft denies JD Vance's claim it replaced thousands of US workers with foreign workers last year, saying most H-1B applications were for existing employees (apnews.com)
19 days ago Microsoft H1B

Sources: Flock plans to let go of ~270 employees, or 18% of its staff, at the end of October; the layoffs come after a voluntary buyout program in September (www.reuters.com)
19 days ago Layoffs

Satya Nadella and Michael Dell were awarded the National Medal of Technology and Innovation by the White House during an appearance alongside other tech leaders (www.washingtonpost.com)
19 days ago

Meta bans ByteDance ads and paid marketing, plus third-party campaigns linking to TikTok, in the US, Canada, Egypt, Indonesia, Japan, Thailand, and Vietnam (www.bloomberg.com)
19 days ago Japan Thailand Canada Indonesia Vietnam Egypt

President Trump awards Elon Musk, Jensen Huang, Lisa Su, and Sergey Brin the National Medal of Science at a White House summit promoting innovation (www.nbcnews.com)
19 days ago Trump Elon Musk

US Bars Microsoft, Adobe, and Major IT Firms From Green Card Program (yro.slashdot.org)
19 days ago Microsoft Adobe

AI researcher Mikita Balesni says he believes OpenAI fired him, Tomek Korbak, and Jasmine Wang for “prioritizing safety over the near-term interests of OpenAI” (x.com)
19 days ago AI

FBI disrupts Chinese hacking tools used to breach critical infrastructure (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
19 days ago China FBI

SpaceX agrees to buy a nationwide low-band spectrum portfolio to help Starlink “become a major mobile carrier”; AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon fall 6%+ after hours (www.bloomberg.com)
19 days ago Mobile AT&T SpaceX

USV raised $900M, including a $500M early-stage fund, up from $275M in 2024, cuts general partnership to four investors, and aims to lead more AI rounds (www.bloomberg.com)
19 days ago AI

Anthropic launches OSS Scanner, a free opt-in vulnerability scanner for critical open-source projects; its AI-generated reports are sent without human review (www.anthropic.com)
19 days ago AI

Sources: Apple plans a second October launch, on or around October 27, for its first touch-screen MacBook, a new iPad mini, and M6 14-inch MacBook Pro and iMac (www.bloomberg.com)
19 days ago Apple MacBook iPad

Ransomware attack disrupts Japan's IDCF Cloud used by govt clients (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
19 days ago Japan

Filing: the FTC is probing Block over inadequate customer service for frozen or deactivated Square accounts amid staffing cuts, following 1,500+ complaints (www.bloomberg.com)
19 days ago

Anthropic launches the Critical Infrastructure Defense Program to provide AI models, threat research, and on-site support, starting with CrowdStrike and others (www.axios.com)
19 days ago AI

Low-cost Android phones ship with residential proxy malware (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
19 days ago Android

Nvidia, Oracle, CoreWeave, and other AI stocks fell after a report that OpenAI's annualized revenue at September's end was $20B less than previously reported (www.cnbc.com)
19 days ago AI Oracle Nvidia

Emmy Awards Leave Broadcast TV For Prime Video (slashdot.org)
19 days ago

Analyzing 2026's most prevalent browser attack techniques (pushsecurity.com)
19 days ago Browser

This $35 AdGuard VPN deal covers 10 devices for 5 years (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
19 days ago VPN

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