https://paperweb.wehack.net/tech/ A technology-first newspaper covering the full stack: artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, datacenter infrastructure, engineering, astronomy, and hard science — with signal, not noise. en-us Tue, 06 Oct 2026 06:16:43 +0000 https://theconversation.com/optogenetics-wins-the-nobel-one-neuroscience-breakthrough-in-a-line-of-technological-innovations-helping-scientists-map-and-control-the-brain-293619https://theconversation.com/optogenetics-wins-the-nobel-one-neuroscience-breakthrough-in-a-line-of-technological-innovations-helping-scientists-map-and-control-the-brain-293619Mon, 05 Oct 2026 22:06:14 +0000The ConversationOptogenetics is illuminating the inner workings of the brain. akinbostanci/iStock via Getty Images Plus The brain is unbelievably complicated, which is both daunting and fascinating for neuroscientists like me . In the space of a cubic millimeter – about the size of a single poppy seed – there are tens of thousands of… https://www.techradar.com/pro/amazon-commits-usd1-billion-to-communities-near-data-centers-aws-ceo-says-it-no-longer-uses-ndas-with-government-agencieshttps://www.techradar.com/pro/amazon-commits-usd1-billion-to-communities-near-data-centers-aws-ceo-says-it-no-longer-uses-ndas-with-government-agenciesTue, 06 Oct 2026 01:35:00 +0000TechRadarAWS CEO looks to debunk common 'myths' about data centers Amazon announces it will no longer make local governments sign NDAs when proposing data center projects The company has also laid out new codified community commitments CEO of Amazon Web Services Matt Garman has released a statement in defense of AI data… https://www.csoonline.com/article/4230923/dell-patches-18-critical-flaws-that-could-hand-attackers-the-keys-to-storage-and-kubernetes.htmlhttps://www.csoonline.com/article/4230923/dell-patches-18-critical-flaws-that-could-hand-attackers-the-keys-to-storage-and-kubernetes.htmlTue, 06 Oct 2026 01:25:24 +0000CSO OnlineDell’s security team has had a busy week. The company has announced a slew of Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs) impacting its Dell Container Storage Modules (CSM) and Dell System Update (DSU). Disclosed by Dell in two security notices, these critical vulnerabilities could allow unauthenticated attackers to… https://www.therobotreport.com/teradyne-invests-ibright-machines-brings-robotics-ai-infrastructure-manufacturing/https://www.therobotreport.com/teradyne-invests-ibright-machines-brings-robotics-ai-infrastructure-manufacturing/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 23:34:35 +0000The Robot ReportBright Factory is an intelligent manufacturing platform connecting design, automation, and data. | Source: Bright Machines Teradyne Inc. today announced a strategic investment in Bright Machines Inc., a builder of AI and data center infrastructure. The companies are also launching a strategic collaboration focused on… https://science.nasa.gov/missions/hubble/suspected-second-generation-planet-solves-nasa-hubble-cold-case/https://science.nasa.gov/missions/hubble/suspected-second-generation-planet-solves-nasa-hubble-cold-case/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 15:00:35 +0000NASA NewsExplore Hubble Science Hubble Space Telescope Suspected Second-generation… Hubble Home Overview About Hubble The History of Hubble Hubble Timeline Why Have a Telescope in Space? Hubble by the Numbers At the Museum FAQs Impact & Benefits Hubble’s Impact & Benefits Science Impacts Cultural Impact Technology Benefits… https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/cvFhcjjfmE84uneKL/encouraging-general-generalisation-teaching-gemma-tohttps://www.lesswrong.com/posts/cvFhcjjfmE84uneKL/encouraging-general-generalisation-teaching-gemma-toTue, 06 Oct 2026 03:51:00 +0000LessWrongTL;DR Building on previous research, I create a constitution for Gemma 3 27B-IT and attempt to Gemma to it in a way that generalises . I argue that alongside previously considered types of alignment generalisation (across dilemmas and across environments), a new type is worth considering: generalisation across… https://www.storagereview.com/review/dgx-station-gb300-cluster-two-towers-two-400g-dacshttps://www.storagereview.com/review/dgx-station-gb300-cluster-two-towers-two-400g-dacsMon, 05 Oct 2026 17:16:42 +0000StorageReviewWe’ve taken a look at a couple of GB300 DGX Stations now, and recently had two of them physically in our lab at the same time: the ASUS ExpertCenter Pro ET900N G3 and the HP ZGX Fury AI Station . With both towers sitting next to each other, we wanted to connect them and see what a second GB300 could add to the… https://www.theregister.com/systems/2026/10/05/schneider-electric-acquires-ptc-for-226-billion/5301254https://www.theregister.com/systems/2026/10/05/schneider-electric-acquires-ptc-for-226-billion/5301254Mon, 05 Oct 2026 22:48:15 +0000The RegisterSchneider Electric's market cap has more than doubled in the past four years as the AI boom has driven unprecedented demand for datacenter power and cooling infrastructure. Now the French multinational is cashing in on its good fortunes to cement its place as a key provider of industrial power and datacenter… https://interestingengineering.com/ai-robotics/openai-chatgpt-invisible-watermarks-euhttps://interestingengineering.com/ai-robotics/openai-chatgpt-invisible-watermarks-euMon, 05 Oct 2026 22:50:45 +0000Interesting EngineeringOpenAI will begin adding invisible watermarks to text generated by ChatGPT and Codex in the European Union. The rollout addresses transparency requirements under the EU AI Act. The system embeds a hidden statistical signal into model-generated writing. Readers will not see the watermark, but OpenAI’s detector can… https://securityaffairs.com/200444/ai/anthropic-mythos-found-a-bug-in-rejetto-hfs-attackers-are-now-exploiting-it.htmlhttps://securityaffairs.com/200444/ai/anthropic-mythos-found-a-bug-in-rejetto-hfs-attackers-are-now-exploiting-it.htmlMon, 05 Oct 2026 18:15:12 +0000Security AffairsAI-assisted research uncovered a critical Rejetto HFS flaw that enables authentication bypass and remote code execution, now exploited in the wild. A Rejetto HFS vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-61500 (CVSS score of 9.3), discovered with the help of the Anthropic Mythos AI model is now being exploited in the wild,… https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/google-benches-open-source-bug-bounty-program-following-significant-rise-in-ai-submissionshttps://www.techradar.com/pro/security/google-benches-open-source-bug-bounty-program-following-significant-rise-in-ai-submissionsMon, 05 Oct 2026 14:50:00 +0000TechRadarGoogle paused OSS bug bounty submissions after a surge of AI-generated, invalid reports AI boosts vulnerability discovery but often produces flawed, incomplete, or hallucinatory findings Rising AI-driven bounty spam has also overwhelmed curl maintainers and Linux security reviewers Google has revealed it is pausing… https://www.techradar.com/pro/nearly-40-000-phishing-attacks-hit-us-financial-firms-in-h1-2026-automated-ai-agents-and-a-new-seychelles-bulletproof-host-fuel-aggressive-new-campaignshttps://www.techradar.com/pro/nearly-40-000-phishing-attacks-hit-us-financial-firms-in-h1-2026-automated-ai-agents-and-a-new-seychelles-bulletproof-host-fuel-aggressive-new-campaignsMon, 05 Oct 2026 21:05:00 +0000TechRadarUS financial services faced nearly 40,000 phishing URLs during H1 2026 Attackers used 645 hosting providers to distribute financial phishing campaigns Free hosting carried 12.6% of phishing URLs targeting financial services Phishing campaigns targeting American financial institutions are spreading across a fragmented… https://www.csoonline.com/article/4230892/shinyhunters-exploitation-of-a-new-peoplesoft-zero-day-hole-threatens-to-change-enterprise-risk-dynamics.htmlhttps://www.csoonline.com/article/4230892/shinyhunters-exploitation-of-a-new-peoplesoft-zero-day-hole-threatens-to-change-enterprise-risk-dynamics.htmlTue, 06 Oct 2026 01:02:05 +0000CSO OnlineA recent compromise of PeopleSoft by hacking group ShinyHunters is causing new concerns for enterprise users of the Oracle product, with analysts recommending extreme measures in response. Law enforcement has made some progress in its pursuit of the cyber criminals involved. On Saturday, Reuters reported that a… https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/10/06/0010236/texas-city-demands-2-million-for-public-records-on-flock-usage?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feedhttps://news.slashdot.org/story/26/10/06/0010236/texas-city-demands-2-million-for-public-records-on-flock-usage?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feedTue, 06 Oct 2026 04:30:00 +0000SlashdotAn anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: As bipartisan backlash against Flock grows, some cities are asking anti-surveillance advocates and media outlets to pay eye-popping fees -- including charging tens of thousands or even millions -- to get information about how police departments are using and… https://www.techradar.com/gaming/nyt-connections-today-answers-hints-6-october-2026https://www.techradar.com/gaming/nyt-connections-today-answers-hints-6-october-2026Mon, 05 Oct 2026 23:00:00 +0000TechRadarLooking for a different day? A new NYT Connections puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone – which means that some people are always playing 'today's game' while others are playing 'yesterday's'. If you're looking for Monday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers for Monday,… https://interestingengineering.com/ai-robotics/utah-autonomous-acne-prescriptionshttps://interestingengineering.com/ai-robotics/utah-autonomous-acne-prescriptionsMon, 05 Oct 2026 23:18:25 +0000Interesting EngineeringUtah has cleared a healthcare system to begin issuing initial acne prescriptions without a doctor approving each prescription beforehand, marking a significant test of autonomous medical decision-making in the U.S. The system, developed by New York-based health technology company Nolla Health, uses patient information… https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/x9vsZwJcShN2iLjr4/measuring-chain-of-thought-necessity-and-the-effect-of-2https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/x9vsZwJcShN2iLjr4/measuring-chain-of-thought-necessity-and-the-effect-of-2Tue, 06 Oct 2026 03:51:05 +0000LessWrongWhy read CoT monitoring is a key oversight tool for AI safety, but only if the CoT faithfully reflects the reasoning behind the answer. If it doesn't, monitoring it tells us less about why the model chose that answer. I extend the CoT faithfulness interventions from Lanham et al. (2023) to ethical reasoning. These… https://thenewstack.io/pi-agent-mcp-codemode/https://thenewstack.io/pi-agent-mcp-codemode/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 21:55:12 +0000The New StackPi spent much of the past year leaving MCP out of its coding agent , even as the protocol became standard across developer tools. Its creator, Mario Zechner , had a concrete reason for resisting it. When he measured the context cost of popular browser-automation servers, Chrome DevTools MCP alone took up roughly… https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/10/05/fbi-confirms-multiple-arrests-related-to-shinyhunters-hack/5301178https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/10/05/fbi-confirms-multiple-arrests-related-to-shinyhunters-hack/5301178Mon, 05 Oct 2026 17:46:22 +0000The RegisterThe FBI and law enforcement partners have arrested “multiple” suspects as part of an investigation into a September hack allegedly involving data-theft-and-extortion group ShinyHunters, the bureau told The Register. “The bureau continues to aggressively investigate the recent cyber incident allegedly involving… https://science.nasa.gov/blog/curiosity-blog-sols-5029-5035-back-in-the-lab/https://science.nasa.gov/blog/curiosity-blog-sols-5029-5035-back-in-the-lab/Tue, 06 Oct 2026 01:04:01 +0000NASA NewsCuriosity Navigation Curiosity Home Mission Overview Where is Curiosity? Mission Updates Science Overview Instruments Highlights Exploration Goals News and Features Multimedia Curiosity Raw Images Images Videos Audio Mosaics More Resources Mars Missions Mars Perseverance Rover Mars Curiosity Rover Mars Reconnaissance… https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/CJE8csmjWdqLrSjy4/what-s-the-type-of-an-ontological-mismatchhttps://www.lesswrong.com/posts/CJE8csmjWdqLrSjy4/what-s-the-type-of-an-ontological-mismatchTue, 06 Oct 2026 04:40:25 +0000LessWrong(Brief post, just barely not a quick take. This type signature gets put to work in Rocks to Rules , which locates mismatches on a ladder of binding-types.) Lately I've been thinking about ontological mismatches a lot - even more than I usually might. This is because it's a key aspect of the grant I'm on, but also… https://science.nasa.gov/blog/a-journey-to-the-depths-of-ancient-mars/https://science.nasa.gov/blog/a-journey-to-the-depths-of-ancient-mars/Tue, 06 Oct 2026 00:48:54 +0000NASA NewsExplore This Section Perseverance Home Mission Overview Rover Components Mars Rock Samples Where is Perseverance? Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Mission Updates Science Overview Objectives Instruments Highlights Exploration Goals News and Features Multimedia Perseverance Raw Images Images Videos Audio More Resources Mars… https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/dAbHSGXFNkgjcGAuz/takes-one-to-know-one-training-a-model-to-grade-reward-hackshttps://www.lesswrong.com/posts/dAbHSGXFNkgjcGAuz/takes-one-to-know-one-training-a-model-to-grade-reward-hacksTue, 06 Oct 2026 02:20:39 +0000LessWrongCode The question I asked in this project was - if I finetune a model to judge/catch reward hacks, does it change its behavior when completing the tests itself. Does it learn to hack more or less? Why it’s worth pursuing It has been shown that narrow finetuning can lead to broad misalignments. Nowadays, models are… https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/NvtLJ5nawJ6akWEqH/you-can-graft-sdf-changes-from-base-models-onto-post-trainedhttps://www.lesswrong.com/posts/NvtLJ5nawJ6akWEqH/you-can-graft-sdf-changes-from-base-models-onto-post-trainedTue, 06 Oct 2026 02:17:28 +0000LessWrongWebpage: praxis-research.org/grafting | Paper link: https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.00767 Work done during Peter and Dani's MATS Fellowship (10.0) under the mentorship of Shi, with Jinghua Ou as Research Manager. TLDR; We share a simple modification to synthetic document fine-tuning (SDF) that works surprisingly well: do… https://www.marktechpost.com/2026/10/05/meet-together-link-a-free-cli-that-runs-open-models-like-kimi-k3-and-glm-5-3-inside-claude-code-codex-and-opencode/https://www.marktechpost.com/2026/10/05/meet-together-link-a-free-cli-that-runs-open-models-like-kimi-k3-and-glm-5-3-inside-claude-code-codex-and-opencode/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 22:51:05 +0000MarkTechPostTogether AI has released Together Link , a free, MIT-licensed CLI now in beta. It connects the coding agents developers already use to open models hosted on Together AI. Supported tools include Claude Code , Claude Desktop, Codex , ChatGPT Desktop, OpenCode , and Pi . The idea is simple: keep the harness, swap the… https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/xbox/the-xbox-elite-controller-series-3-specs-mightve-leaked-via-the-design-lab-heres-whats-new-tmr-confirmedhttps://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/xbox/the-xbox-elite-controller-series-3-specs-mightve-leaked-via-the-design-lab-heres-whats-new-tmr-confirmedTue, 06 Oct 2026 01:01:31 +0000Windows CentralWe've been hearing bits and pieces about the new Xbox Elite Controller (Series 3) for some time now, and this latest leak is the biggest one yet. It initially leaked as part of the big Xbox documents drop during the Activision-Blizzard acquisition hearings, and then later via the Brazilian equivalent of the U.S. FTC.… https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/ancient-egyptians/ancient-egyptians-sacrificed-pharaohs-servants-so-they-could-continue-to-serve-their-king-in-the-afterlife-new-study-findshttps://www.livescience.com/archaeology/ancient-egyptians/ancient-egyptians-sacrificed-pharaohs-servants-so-they-could-continue-to-serve-their-king-in-the-afterlife-new-study-findsMon, 05 Oct 2026 16:40:38 +0000LiveScienceThe ancient Egyptians practiced human sacrifice around 5,000 years ago, a period shortly after the country was first unified, a new study finds. In the new study, Roselyn Campbell , an anthropology researcher at Purdue University, re-examined 46 skulls from individuals who were buried near royal tombs that belonged to… https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/JDgrAYviP2MJDW9Pj/a-closer-look-at-what-ozone-and-nuclear-arms-control-tell-ushttps://www.lesswrong.com/posts/JDgrAYviP2MJDW9Pj/a-closer-look-at-what-ozone-and-nuclear-arms-control-tell-usTue, 06 Oct 2026 00:46:53 +0000LessWrongCross-posted from my Substack and adapted for LessWrong. Epistemic status: confident, with qualifications about what would change my mind at the bottom. An influential AI policy coalition, well-known to readers of this forum, claims that AI may be close to disempowering or destroying humanity, and preventing this… https://www.marktechpost.com/2026/10/05/reflection-ai-introduces-beam-a-501b-open-weight-moe-model-with-23b-active-parameters-for-coding-and-agentic-workloads/https://www.marktechpost.com/2026/10/05/reflection-ai-introduces-beam-a-501b-open-weight-moe-model-with-23b-active-parameters-for-coding-and-agentic-workloads/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 21:04:20 +0000MarkTechPostReflection AI has introduced Beam, its first open-weight model. Beam is a sparse Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) model with 501B total parameters and 23B active per token, built for coding, reasoning and agentic workloads. As per the Reflection AI team, Beam directly competes with larger open models like GLM 5.2 while using… https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/10/05/get-rid-of-apples-ai-bloatware-and-reclaim-12-gb-of-storage-with-this-open-source-tool/5301213https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/10/05/get-rid-of-apples-ai-bloatware-and-reclaim-12-gb-of-storage-with-this-open-source-tool/5301213Mon, 05 Oct 2026 19:24:19 +0000The RegisterApple’s attempt to integrate AI into its various operating systems hasn’t been entirely well received, nor has the decision to make Apple Intelligence increasingly difficult to disable completely. Thankfully, the open source community has come to the rescue. A recently released open source tool called RemoveMacAI does… https://www.techradar.com/audio/wireless-bluetooth-speakers/after-3-months-of-using-it-as-my-shower-speaker-the-jbl-go-5-is-now-my-favorite-little-bluetooth-speaker-and-id-doubly-recommend-it-now-its-had-a-price-cuthttps://www.techradar.com/audio/wireless-bluetooth-speakers/after-3-months-of-using-it-as-my-shower-speaker-the-jbl-go-5-is-now-my-favorite-little-bluetooth-speaker-and-id-doubly-recommend-it-now-its-had-a-price-cutTue, 06 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000TechRadarYou know a piece of technology is good when it becomes a regular part of your life without you making an effort to include it. If you're reaching for it automatically, it's a success. The most recent example in my house is the JBL Go 5, even though it is undeniably the weakest speaker that isn't built into another… https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/10/05/2251217/rural-data-centers-are-in-for-a-big-federal-tax-break?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feedhttps://news.slashdot.org/story/26/10/05/2251217/rural-data-centers-are-in-for-a-big-federal-tax-break?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feedMon, 05 Oct 2026 23:00:00 +0000SlashdotWired reports that rural data center projects could become eligible for expanded federal Opportunity Zone tax benefits starting in 2027, with more than 100 planned or developing facilities potentially qualifying. "Right now, the only requirement to get the benefits is capital investment," says Emily Kraschel, a tax… https://interestingengineering.com/space/second-generation-planet-white-dwarfhttps://interestingengineering.com/space/second-generation-planet-white-dwarfMon, 05 Oct 2026 15:05:00 +0000Interesting EngineeringAstronomers have identified the first second-generation planet around a white dwarf, a world that appears to have formed from the remains of its dead star. A team led by the University of Warwick and funded by the European Research Council reported the finding in Nature Astronomy . Similar worlds have long been… https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/ZjAEgv3mrimKNepa5/how-would-we-know-reflections-on-trying-to-make-ai-go-wellhttps://www.lesswrong.com/posts/ZjAEgv3mrimKNepa5/how-would-we-know-reflections-on-trying-to-make-ai-go-wellMon, 05 Oct 2026 19:58:12 +0000LessWrongOverview In this post, I try to make sense of live debates in AI safety. Then I explore the implications of my take on those debates for macrostrategy, and reflect on how the field thinks about and builds knowledge. My core argument goes something like this: given how many important debates are unresolved and… https://www.techradar.com/computing/websites-apps/quordle-today-answers-clues-6-october-2026https://www.techradar.com/computing/websites-apps/quordle-today-answers-clues-6-october-2026Mon, 05 Oct 2026 23:00:00 +0000TechRadarLooking for a different day? A new Quordle puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone – which means that some people are always playing 'today's game' while others are playing 'yesterday's'. If you're looking for Monday's puzzle instead then click here: Quordle hints and answers for Monday, October 5 (game… https://www.therobotreport.com/fcc-robot-restrictions-could-accelerate-shift-to-local-ai/https://www.therobotreport.com/fcc-robot-restrictions-could-accelerate-shift-to-local-ai/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 17:30:12 +0000The Robot ReportA Unitree humanoid robot at the China Humanoid Robot Conference in Seoul in March. Robots are back in the national spotlight, and this time, the conversation is about more than what they can do. It’s about who controls them and what data they collect. The restrictions on foreign-produced robots by the Federal… https://futurism.com/future-society/elon-musk-tesla-robotaxis-nighthttps://futurism.com/future-society/elon-musk-tesla-robotaxis-nightMon, 05 Oct 2026 14:23:05 +0000FuturismFor many years now, Tesla CEO Elon Musk has been adamant that self-driving cars don’t need radar or the laser-based imaging tech known as LIDAR, arguing that they can instead get by exclusively with a camera-based system. He’s called LIDAR a “ fool’s errand ,” going as far as to claim that it and radar “ reduce safety… https://www.techradar.com/pro/finland-drops-first-come-first-served-grid-connections-leaving-data-centers-way-down-the-queuehttps://www.techradar.com/pro/finland-drops-first-come-first-served-grid-connections-leaving-data-centers-way-down-the-queueMon, 05 Oct 2026 23:20:00 +0000TechRadarFinland plans four connection categories, with facilities of 1MW or less getting priority Large data centers could move further back in Finland’s electricity connection queue Projects above 10MW would enter a separate category under Finland’s proposed system Finland's government has drafted an amendment that would end… https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/R7jsxihAzvd6Gf24R/dance-dancehttps://www.lesswrong.com/posts/R7jsxihAzvd6Gf24R/dance-danceMon, 05 Oct 2026 23:05:44 +0000LessWrongAs a brash but anxious young programmer in the before-time, I affected a standoffish attitude on the topic of games . Why would I learn to play a game as a human, I said, when I could just write a program to do it? When an office chess game got started at my workplace , I wrote a chess engine (a standard minimax… https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/10/controlling-the-brain-with-light-earns-a-physiology-nobel/https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/10/controlling-the-brain-with-light-earns-a-physiology-nobel/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 17:59:27 +0000Ars TechnicaOver decades of research, scientists have built up a partial picture of what specialized cells within the brain and spinal cord do. By studying how the brain develops, they could identify genes that were active in different populations of neurons, and where in the brain those neurons resided. In some cases, these… https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/meta-muse-data-breach-bank-accounts-email-archiveshttps://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/meta-muse-data-breach-bank-accounts-email-archivesMon, 05 Oct 2026 23:50:00 +0000FuturismWith the release of Meta’s buzzy Muse AI agent, there’ve been plenty of concerns over the amount of privacy and control Meta wants you to cede so it can serve as your “personal assistant. It seems that even its own employees are worried. Before launching the AI agent, engineers found a security vulnerability that… https://thenewstack.io/openai-codex-shipping-sprint/https://thenewstack.io/openai-codex-shipping-sprint/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 21:49:57 +0000The New StackOpenAI’s 28-day Codex shipping sprint has its first result , which means subscribers hoping for a free usage reset will have to wait at least another day. Thibault Sottiaux, engineering lead for Codex at OpenAI, said on Day 1 that the company had made GPT-6 Astra and GPT-6.1 Sol about 50% faster by default. Speeding… https://www.techradar.com/pro/the-keyword-is-speed-to-power-dell-apollo-and-jera-launch-a-usd140b-plan-to-build-up-to-4gw-of-ai-data-centers-across-japan-and-asiahttps://www.techradar.com/pro/the-keyword-is-speed-to-power-dell-apollo-and-jera-launch-a-usd140b-plan-to-build-up-to-4gw-of-ai-data-centers-across-japan-and-asiaMon, 05 Oct 2026 22:05:00 +0000TechRadarDell, Apollo and Jera plan up to 4GW of AI infrastructure within five years A $15bn Tokyo project will launch Japan’s biggest AI infrastructure push yet Jera wants gas power and AI computing facilities developed at unprecedented speed Japan is preparing a major expansion of artificial intelligence infrastructure, with… https://interestingengineering.com/energy/doe-vistra-4-billion-nuclear-uprateshttps://interestingengineering.com/energy/doe-vistra-4-billion-nuclear-upratesMon, 05 Oct 2026 23:08:41 +0000Interesting EngineeringThe U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has offered up to $4.2 billion in conditional financing to upgrade existing nuclear plants and add 433 megawatts of generating capacity in Pennsylvania and Ohio. The financing would support uprates and modernization across Vistra’s Beaver Valley plant in Pennsylvania and its… https://www.techdirt.com/2026/10/05/the-metric-is-not-the-mission-the-finished-internet/https://www.techdirt.com/2026/10/05/the-metric-is-not-the-mission-the-finished-internet/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 22:20:04 +0000TechdirtThe Metric Is Not the Mission is a ten-part examination of how Big Tech moved from building and expanding the open internet to increasingly shaping it around its own metrics, incentives and assumptions. Across the series, the argument follows the evolution of the platform economy—from the optimism of the early… https://securityaffairs.com/200437/data-breach/denmark-s-population-registry-breached-8-8-million-affected.htmlhttps://securityaffairs.com/200437/data-breach/denmark-s-population-registry-breached-8-8-million-affected.htmlMon, 05 Oct 2026 13:49:43 +0000Security AffairsHackers accessed names, addresses and CPR numbers of 8.8 million people in Denmark through a third-party company with legal registry access. A hacker broke into the database that holds basically every identifying detail on every person connected to Denmark, living, dead, or long since moved away. Denmark’s digital… https://www.theregister.com/offbeat/2026/10/06/security-researcher-claims-to-they-found-kvm-guest-host-escape-flaw/5301267https://www.theregister.com/offbeat/2026/10/06/security-researcher-claims-to-they-found-kvm-guest-host-escape-flaw/5301267Tue, 06 Oct 2026 02:06:20 +0000The RegisterLinux KVM, the hypervisor favoured by hyperscale clouds, apparently has a full VM escape bug. That nasty news came from security researcher Paulos Yibelo, who on X shared a screenshot of a bug bounty award he won for discovering what he described as “Full VM escape zeroday (guest>host root in industry standard… https://www.theregister.com/offbeat/2026/10/06/security-researcher-claims-they-found-kvm-guest-host-escape-flaw/5301267https://www.theregister.com/offbeat/2026/10/06/security-researcher-claims-they-found-kvm-guest-host-escape-flaw/5301267Tue, 06 Oct 2026 02:06:20 +0000The RegisterLinux KVM, the hypervisor favoured by hyperscale clouds, apparently has a full VM escape bug. That nasty news came from security researcher Paulos Yibelo, who on X shared a screenshot of a bug bounty award he won for discovering what he described as “Full VM escape zeroday (guest>host root in industry standard… https://mashable.com/roundup/best-handheld-gaming-consoleshttps://mashable.com/roundup/best-handheld-gaming-consolesMon, 05 Oct 2026 20:51:05 +0000MashableThe best handheld gaming consoles are getting too expensive Thanks to the AI industry hogging all the memory components, gaming consoles are getting more expensive. In the past 12 months, Nintendo, Microsoft, and Sony all raised prices on their gaming consoles, and Windows laptops are seeing the same increases. It's… https://www.techdirt.com/2026/10/05/a-5th-person-in-pa-has-suffered-a-measles-related-death/https://www.techdirt.com/2026/10/05/a-5th-person-in-pa-has-suffered-a-measles-related-death/Tue, 06 Oct 2026 03:17:04 +0000TechdirtThe measles outbreaks in America, and specifically in Pennsylvania, are getting worse instead of getting better. And, while RFK Jr. has and will continue to attempt to lay blame for this total failure of federal leadership at the feet of state officials, anyone with a few brain cells to rub together knows that’s… https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/10/cable-lobby-to-sue-trump-fcc-over-repeal-of-national-tv-ownership-cap/https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/10/cable-lobby-to-sue-trump-fcc-over-repeal-of-national-tv-ownership-cap/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 20:47:48 +0000Ars TechnicaCable lobby groups notified the Federal Communications Commission that they will sue the agency to block its controversial repeal of the National Television Ownership Rule, which limits the number of broadcast TV stations a single company may own. The cable groups said that larger broadcast TV station groups will have… https://www.engineering.com/roboparty-unveils-rp1-open-source-humanoid-robot/https://www.engineering.com/roboparty-unveils-rp1-open-source-humanoid-robot/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 11:11:14 +0000Engineering.comRoboParty unveiled RP1 (ROBOTO 01) at IROS 2026, marking the robot’s global debut. In January 2026, RoboParty fully open-sourced RPO (ROBOTO ORIGIN), its first open-source humanoid robotics project. To date, RPO has received more than 2,500 GitHub stars. As a developer-oriented open-source humanoid robot, RPO has… https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/10/texas-city-demands-2m-for-public-records-on-flock-usage/https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/10/texas-city-demands-2m-for-public-records-on-flock-usage/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 20:31:12 +0000Ars TechnicaAs bipartisan backlash against Flock grows , some cities are asking anti-surveillance advocates and media outlets to pay eye-popping fees—including charging tens of thousands or even millions—to get information about how police departments are using and potentially abusing AI-enabled camera systems that track every… https://spectrum.ieee.org/6-guidelines-governing-aihttps://spectrum.ieee.org/6-guidelines-governing-aiMon, 05 Oct 2026 18:00:02 +0000IEEE SpectrumFor the first 10 years of my career, I worked in product management and data analytics by myself. I wrote database queries that pulled numbers out of corporate systems, built statistical models to predict what customers would buy, and shipped data pipelines that moved information between business systems. I built and… https://interestingengineering.com/ai-robotics/robopartys-rp1-open-source-humanoid-roboticshttps://interestingengineering.com/ai-robotics/robopartys-rp1-open-source-humanoid-roboticsMon, 05 Oct 2026 13:24:47 +0000Interesting EngineeringChinese robotics firm RoboParty has unveiled RP1, a full-stack open-source humanoid robot designed for robotics research, education, and embodied AI development. The company presented the bipedal robot publicly using an interactive “Kick Me” display on September 28 at the 2026 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on… https://www.marktechpost.com/2026/10/05/building-a-streaming-robotics-learning-pipeline-using-nvidia-cosmos3-droid/https://www.marktechpost.com/2026/10/05/building-a-streaming-robotics-learning-pipeline-using-nvidia-cosmos3-droid/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 21:41:14 +0000MarkTechPostIn this tutorial, we design an end-to-end streaming robotics learning pipeline around the NVIDIA Cosmos3-DROID dataset without downloading its 707 GB repository locally. We first introspect the LeRobotDataset v3.0 structure and construct a metadata graph from info.json, task metadata, episode tables, and dataset… https://theconversation.com/floridas-limited-ban-on-flock-cameras-only-scratches-the-surface-of-widespread-surveillance-concerns-292174https://theconversation.com/floridas-limited-ban-on-flock-cameras-only-scratches-the-surface-of-widespread-surveillance-concerns-292174Mon, 05 Oct 2026 12:14:15 +0000The ConversationFlock cameras have popped up all over Florida, particularly in metro areas. Joe Raedle/Getty Images Automated license plate readers like Flock cameras have been quietly appearing on roadsides all over the U.S. Florida is no exception: Over the past several years, law enforcement agencies across Florida have signed… https://spyglass.org/airpods-5-thoughts/https://spyglass.org/airpods-5-thoughts/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 16:55:15 +0000SpyglassAt their September event – the first under new CEO John Ternus – Apple broke up their keynote into four main product unveils: iPhones Pro, AirPods, Apple Watch, and the "one more thing": iPhone Duo . Of those, I currently hold three, with the fourth set to be pre-ordered next week. But of those three in-hand, I'm… https://thenewstack.io/red-hat-guardrail-benchmark/https://thenewstack.io/red-hat-guardrail-benchmark/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 18:36:28 +0000The New StackGuardrail selection has typically meant choosing between a purpose-built classifier and an LLM acting as a judge. Decision models such as TypeSafe AI’s Jev have added a third option, promising the flexibility of zero-shot policies without the cost of open-ended generation. TypeSafe launched Jev in mid-September with… https://mashable.com/life/clavicular-camp-looksmax-dating-lessonshttps://mashable.com/life/clavicular-camp-looksmax-dating-lessonsMon, 05 Oct 2026 23:16:04 +0000MashableA week in a Los Angeles mansion, dating lessons, a wardrobe upgrade, and PowerPoint presentations about plastic surgery. Welcome to Camp Looksmax. Hosted by streamer Braden Peters, AKA Clavicular (who was charged with rape in Massachusetts on Sept. 8; Peters’ attorneys have denied the allegations in a related civil… https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/10/05/1932228/wikipedia-operator-says-openais-rogue-bots-may-be-linked-to-a-may-outage?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feedhttps://news.slashdot.org/story/26/10/05/1932228/wikipedia-operator-says-openais-rogue-bots-may-be-linked-to-a-may-outage?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feedMon, 05 Oct 2026 21:00:00 +0000SlashdotThe Wikimedia Foundation says it found evidence that "rogue" OpenAI agents edited Wikimedia wikis without approval, unsuccessfully tried to exploit its Etherpad service, and generated millions of automated requests across Wikimedia projects. Here's a summary of what Wikimedia observed (via The Verge): Wiki editing:… https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/romans/1-800-year-old-temple-to-mars-and-statue-of-victory-unearthed-at-roman-military-fort-in-germanyhttps://www.livescience.com/archaeology/romans/1-800-year-old-temple-to-mars-and-statue-of-victory-unearthed-at-roman-military-fort-in-germanyMon, 05 Oct 2026 15:37:20 +0000LiveScienceArchaeologists have discovered a temple dedicated to the Roman war god Mars in the wooded foothills of the Taunus mountains in Germany. The temple was part of a military settlement that was built in the third century to defend the border of the Roman Empire against Germanic tribes. The Roman military constructed… https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/nasa-testing-aims-at-supercooled-large-droplet-aviation-safety/https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/nasa-testing-aims-at-supercooled-large-droplet-aviation-safety/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 15:27:23 +0000NASA News3 Min Read NASA Testing Aims at Supercooled Large Droplet Aviation Safety Ice collection seen on un-heated sections of the 1D2D-X ice drop detection probe in the test section of the IRT (Icing Research Tunnel). Drop Size Probe testing – SFD (Subsonic Flight Demonstrator) of SLD (Supercooled Large Drop) Instrumentation… https://www.darkreading.com/iot/clingstun-vulnerable-iot-devices-proxy-nodeshttps://www.darkreading.com/iot/clingstun-vulnerable-iot-devices-proxy-nodesMon, 05 Oct 2026 21:25:08 +0000Dark ReadingThe Linux backdoor exploits 24 known flaws to compromise IoT devices and uses legitimate public STUN servers to obscure communications. https://interestingengineering.com/military/northrop-grumman-flies-self-funded-yfq-48a-talon-blue-autonomous-fighterhttps://interestingengineering.com/military/northrop-grumman-flies-self-funded-yfq-48a-talon-blue-autonomous-fighterMon, 05 Oct 2026 14:07:47 +0000Interesting EngineeringNorthrop Grumman has completed the first fully autonomous flight of its YFQ-48A Talon Blue aircraft, covering taxi, takeoff, in-flight manoeuvres, and landing. The internally funded YFQ-48A challenges the military aviation norm that high performance requires extreme costs and slow production. The aircraft uses modular… https://phys.org/news/2026-10-indigenous-communities-dont-resist-oil.htmlhttps://phys.org/news/2026-10-indigenous-communities-dont-resist-oil.htmlTue, 06 Oct 2026 01:00:01 +0000Phys.orgMore than half of the Ecuadorian Amazon has been marked for oil drilling, overlapping with Indigenous territories and areas of high biodiversity. The ecological and cultural impacts of oil extraction are well documented and have fueled some of Latin America's most prominent environmental movements. Yet at the local… https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/anthropic-claude-ai-chatbot-police-violence-safetyhttps://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/anthropic-claude-ai-chatbot-police-violence-safetyTue, 06 Oct 2026 00:52:00 +0000FuturismWith mounting pressure on AI labs to curb the many real-world harms their products cause consumers, it’s never been clearer that they’re monitoring users’ conversations. Just ask Carli Michelle Heller, a woman arrested in Bonita Springs, Florida after allegedly telling Anthropic’s chatbot Claude about her plan to… https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-to-stream-spacex-crew-12-return-splashdown-live/https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-to-stream-spacex-crew-12-return-splashdown-live/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 21:44:40 +0000NASA NewsNASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 members gather for a portrait in the pressure suits they will wear when they depart the International Space Station inside the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft. From left, Roscosmos cosmonaut and mission specialist Andrey Fedyaev, NASA astronauts Jack Hathaway and Jessica Meir, Crew-12 pilot and… https://mashable.com/entertainment/hurdle-hints-answers-october-6-2026https://mashable.com/entertainment/hurdle-hints-answers-october-6-2026Tue, 06 Oct 2026 04:00:00 +0000MashableIf you like playing daily word games like Wordle , then Hurdle is a great game to add to your routine. There are five rounds to the game. The first round sees you trying to guess the word, with correct, misplaced, and incorrect letters shown in each guess. If you guess the correct answer, it'll take you to the next… https://gizmodo.com/elon-musk-is-a-trillionaire-again-hes-also-reaching-new-heights-of-self-debasement-2000821969https://gizmodo.com/elon-musk-is-a-trillionaire-again-hes-also-reaching-new-heights-of-self-debasement-2000821969Tue, 06 Oct 2026 01:57:10 +0000GizmodoHe's committed to this cringeworthy "Super Intelligence" rebrand, and it's an ugly thing to watch. https://futurism.com/space/solar-system-unstable-doomed-destructionhttps://futurism.com/space/solar-system-unstable-doomed-destructionMon, 05 Oct 2026 20:17:03 +0000FuturismScientists believe that the massive ball of hydrogen and helium at the center of our star system was born some 4.5 billion years ago, allowing life on Earth to flourish billions of years later. And while conventional models suggest the Sun will meet its final demise when it grows into a red giant and collapses to form… https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/call-of-duty/we-finally-know-more-about-call-of-duty-modern-warfare-4-dmz-and-hajins-exclusion-zone-sounds-the-place-to-be-in-this-years-gamehttps://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/call-of-duty/we-finally-know-more-about-call-of-duty-modern-warfare-4-dmz-and-hajins-exclusion-zone-sounds-the-place-to-be-in-this-years-gameMon, 05 Oct 2026 17:00:00 +0000Windows CentralCall of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 doesn't have the range of game modes to play when compared to Black Ops 7, but we are getting a return of DMZ . Previously tried in the Modern Warfare II era, DMZ is back without a beta tag, and we've had our first detail drop on what's going down. Infinity Ward is using this entire week… https://openai.com/index/eu-text-provenance/https://openai.com/index/eu-text-provenance/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 22:59:14 +0000Daring FireballOpenAI, today: The EU AI Act requires generative AI providers to make generated text identifiable in a machine-readable way. Text watermarking and detection remain early technologies with significant limitations, and views about their benefits and responsible uses are still developing. Our phased approach reflects… https://www.theregister.com/systems/2026/10/05/altman-backed-volantis-reveals-plan-to-vault-the-memory-wall-by-baking-photonics-into-ai-accelerators/5300959https://www.theregister.com/systems/2026/10/05/altman-backed-volantis-reveals-plan-to-vault-the-memory-wall-by-baking-photonics-into-ai-accelerators/5300959Mon, 05 Oct 2026 16:32:00 +0000The RegisterSam Altman-backed AI chip startup Volantis has a plan to break through the memory wall using light, and this time it's not just an IP play. Founded in 2022, the San Francisco-based startup is developing an AI accelerator that will use a photonic interposer to dramatically increase memory bandwidth without compromising… https://www.techdirt.com/2026/10/05/states-prosecuting-platforms-for-being-platforms-section-230-is-supposed-to-avoid-this-mess-we-reminded-a-court/https://www.techdirt.com/2026/10/05/states-prosecuting-platforms-for-being-platforms-section-230-is-supposed-to-avoid-this-mess-we-reminded-a-court/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 20:14:04 +0000TechdirtThe other day the Copia Institute filed an amicus brief at the Fourth Circuit in a case involving West Virginia attempting to punish Apple for not filtering CSAM the way it thinks it should. The issue raised in the appeal was in some respects a narrow one: could Apple cause the case West Virginia brought against it to… https://www.fastcompany.com/91618534/capcom-says-it-will-use-ai-to-speed-up-game-development-times?partner=rss&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=rss+fastcompany&utm_content=rsshttps://www.fastcompany.com/91618534/capcom-says-it-will-use-ai-to-speed-up-game-development-times?partner=rss&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=rss+fastcompany&utm_content=rssMon, 05 Oct 2026 19:47:16 +0000Fast CompanyCapcom saw tremendous success with the launch of Resident Evil Requiem earlier this year. The survival horror game has already sold more than 8.5 million copies, bringing in revenues topping $500 million and reigniting interest in the 30-year-old franchise. Resident Evil Requiem , like any AAA game, took a long time… https://interestingengineering.com/military/pac-3-mse-seeker-production-tripledhttps://interestingengineering.com/military/pac-3-mse-seeker-production-tripledTue, 06 Oct 2026 00:03:47 +0000Interesting EngineeringBoeing has secured a $14.7 billion award from Lockheed Martin to expand production of seekers for the PAC-3 MSE interceptor. The indefinite-delivery contract action supports a seven-year production framework agreed with the U.S. Department of War. Boeing will use the agreement to triple its current PAC-3 MSE seeker… https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/10/vulnerability-in-agents-from-google-and-others-exposes-structural-flaw-in-mcp/https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/10/vulnerability-in-agents-from-google-and-others-exposes-structural-flaw-in-mcp/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 22:26:35 +0000Ars TechnicaThe adoption of AI agents in millions of organizations is creating new opportunities for attackers to make them take malicious actions, such as exfiltrating database contents and sensitive business and personal information. In the past five months, Google and four other organizations—with little in common except for… https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/windows-11/what-to-expect-at-microsofts-special-windows-and-surface-event-on-october-7-surface-laptop-ultra-and-rtx-spark-revealed-new-agentic-os-capabilities-and-morehttps://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/windows-11/what-to-expect-at-microsofts-special-windows-and-surface-event-on-october-7-surface-laptop-ultra-and-rtx-spark-revealed-new-agentic-os-capabilities-and-moreMon, 05 Oct 2026 16:10:51 +0000Windows CentralMicrosoft is holding a special event in San Francisco on October 7 , and is remaining tight-lipped about what will be discussed. The company has confirmed that Windows, RTX Spark, and Surface are on all the agenda, but is yet to delve into specifics. This will be the first dedicated Windows & Surface event since the… https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/10/06/cybersecurity-jobs-available-right-now-october-6-2026/https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/10/06/cybersecurity-jobs-available-right-now-october-6-2026/Tue, 06 Oct 2026 04:00:58 +0000Help Net SecurityAssociate IAM Engineer New York City Office of Technology & Innovation | USA | On-site – View job details As an Associate IAM Engineer, you will support daily identity and access management operations in Microsoft Entra ID and related platforms. You will manage users, groups, access provisioning, and role assignments,… https://interestingengineering.com/energy/spacex-florida-starship-gas-pipelinehttps://interestingengineering.com/energy/spacex-florida-starship-gas-pipelineMon, 05 Oct 2026 23:41:23 +0000Interesting EngineeringSpaceX is seeking approval for a 32.4-mile natural gas pipeline in Florida to supply fuel for its Starship rockets as the company prepares to expand launch operations at Cape Canaveral. The proposed 16-inch transmission pipeline would run through Brevard County and connect SpaceX facilities with the existing Florida… https://www.livescience.com/space/jupiter/set-your-alarm-jupiter-will-disappear-behind-the-crescent-moon-in-a-once-in-a-decade-alignment-tomorrowhttps://www.livescience.com/space/jupiter/set-your-alarm-jupiter-will-disappear-behind-the-crescent-moon-in-a-once-in-a-decade-alignment-tomorrowMon, 05 Oct 2026 20:20:56 +0000LiveScienceYou may have watched the moon block out the sun during a solar eclipse , but have you ever seen it do that to a planet? Early Tuesday (Oct. 6) morning, skywatchers across much of eastern North America will have an opportunity to watch a crescent moon pass directly in front of Jupiter. The rare alignment won't happen… https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2026/10/google-pauses-open-source-bug-bounty-program-after-rise-in-ai-submissionshttps://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2026/10/google-pauses-open-source-bug-bounty-program-after-rise-in-ai-submissionsMon, 05 Oct 2026 15:00:56 +0000MalwarebytesCompanies like Google and Microsoft are find much bigger numbers of vulnerabilities in their own products as a result of AI . But the same technology is leading to public reporting programs becoming overwhelmed by the mass submission of speculative, duplicated, or hallucinated findings. Now, Google’s announced it has… https://www.theregister.com/offbeat/2026/10/05/musk-follows-trumps-lead-swaps-ai-for-si-in-spacex-rebrand/5301090https://www.theregister.com/offbeat/2026/10/05/musk-follows-trumps-lead-swaps-ai-for-si-in-spacex-rebrand/5301090Mon, 05 Oct 2026 14:29:00 +0000The RegisterElon Musk says SpaceXAI, the company formed by merging SpaceX and xAI, will be renamed SpaceXSI after President Donald Trump ordered US federal agencies to replace "Artificial Intelligence" with "Super Intelligence" in all comms. Trump's September 29 executive order directs federal agencies to switch from AI to SI in… https://mashable.com/life/best-new-lego-sets-october-2026https://mashable.com/life/best-new-lego-sets-october-2026Mon, 05 Oct 2026 23:00:50 +0000MashableIt's the beginning of a new month, and dedicated Lego fans know what that means: new sets are here. Though there aren't a ton of October Lego releases, this is very much a quality over quantity situation. Yes, there are standard holiday rollouts ahead of December, but a few sets we've been eyeing since their… https://thenewstack.io/cortex-xcor-ai-observability/https://thenewstack.io/cortex-xcor-ai-observability/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 15:04:53 +0000The New StackPalo Alto Networks introduced a new approach to AI-driven observability last week, signaling a shift from dashboards and manual incident response toward AI agents that investigate issues and recommend fixes on their own. Cortex XCOR is an AI-driven platform designed to deliver the holy grail of observability:… https://www.fastcompany.com/91616872/apple-vision-pro-fails-meta-vr-glasses?partner=rss&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=rss+fastcompany&utm_content=rsshttps://www.fastcompany.com/91616872/apple-vision-pro-fails-meta-vr-glasses?partner=rss&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=rss+fastcompany&utm_content=rssMon, 05 Oct 2026 18:15:41 +0000Fast CompanyApple’s Vision Pro was never going to be a big success right out of the gate. It wasn’t just the eye-watering $3,499 price—it was the headset’s reliance on highly advanced, low-yield OLED display panels from Sony, which could reportedly only be produced in quantities of under a million a year. There was never a… https://blog.adafruit.com/2026/10/05/icymi-adafruit-iot-monthly-off-grid-message-board-udp-in-ipv6-and-more/https://blog.adafruit.com/2026/10/05/icymi-adafruit-iot-monthly-off-grid-message-board-udp-in-ipv6-and-more/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 20:00:58 +0000AdafruitICYMI (In case you missed it) – the IoT Monthly Newsletter from AdafruitDaily.com went out this morning ! If you missed it, subscribe now! – You’ll get one newsletter each month . The next newsletter will be out in a month, and being subscribed is the best way to keep up with all things Internet of Things . There is… https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/10/05/1914252/meta-rushed-to-fix-muse-vm-escape-vulnerability-soon-before-launch?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feedhttps://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/10/05/1914252/meta-rushed-to-fix-muse-vm-escape-vulnerability-soon-before-launch?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feedMon, 05 Oct 2026 20:00:00 +0000SlashdotAn anonymous reader quotes a report from 404 Media: In the immediate weeks before Muse's launch, Meta engineers found several security vulnerabilities in the company's viral AI agent product, at least one of which could have allowed malicious users to break outside of Muse's intended environment and access Meta's own… https://therecord.media/wikimedia-foundation-openai-agents-reporthttps://therecord.media/wikimedia-foundation-openai-agents-reportMon, 05 Oct 2026 21:26:00 +0000The RecordBeyond the potential misuses of its services, Wikimedia said activity by AI agents can be a drain on web platforms that are already operating with limited resources. https://therecord.media/alleged-shinyhunters-member-detained-jordan-fbihttps://therecord.media/alleged-shinyhunters-member-detained-jordan-fbiMon, 05 Oct 2026 19:15:00 +0000The RecordSaif ‌al-Din Khader is cooperating with the FBI, reports said, as the bureau responds to a massive breach that exposed employee data. https://www.theregister.com/os-platforms/2026/10/05/debians-latest-kernel-security-update-has-1313-reasons-to-patch/5301124https://www.theregister.com/os-platforms/2026/10/05/debians-latest-kernel-security-update-has-1313-reasons-to-patch/5301124Mon, 05 Oct 2026 15:35:00 +0000The RegisterThe age of LLM-assisted security vulnerability discovery is really starting to bite. Debian's latest Linux kernel security update comes with a formidable reading list of 1,313 CVE identifiers. The DSA-6528-1 Linux security advisory, published on September 29, covers kernel package version 6.12.111-1 for Debian 13,… https://www.techdirt.com/2026/10/05/warner-chappell-sinks-lindsay-ellis-two-hour-cruise-video-over-a-few-seconds-of-karaoke/https://www.techdirt.com/2026/10/05/warner-chappell-sinks-lindsay-ellis-two-hour-cruise-video-over-a-few-seconds-of-karaoke/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 18:11:45 +0000TechdirtTechdirt has been around for almost 30 years now, and the one internet law issue that never seems to change is the bullshit use of copyright to take down speech. It’s run through basically our entire history. Back in 2020 we wrote about a copyright dispute involving an author of, well, “wolf-kink erotica” using the… https://www.windowscentral.com/hardware/surface/qotd-panay-surface-event-microsofthttps://www.windowscentral.com/hardware/surface/qotd-panay-surface-event-microsoftMon, 05 Oct 2026 14:03:34 +0000Windows CentralA lot is happening this week in the world of Windows and Surface. Today is the fifth anniversary of Windows 11 , a milestone that snuck up on me and plenty of other users. Perhaps it's because I dragged my feet while making the move permanently from Windows 10. On October 7, Microsoft is hosting a Surface event where… https://github.blog/ai-and-ml/github-copilot/reviewbench-an-open-benchmark-for-ai-code-review/https://github.blog/ai-and-ml/github-copilot/reviewbench-an-open-benchmark-for-ai-code-review/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 15:59:40 +0000GitHub BlogAgentic code review is becoming an essential piece of how development happens. It helps you inspect pull requests, catch issues, and decide what deserves attention before code ships. But the quality of existing AI reviewers can be hard to measure, and you need to know the strengths of a reviewer before you know if it… https://hackaday.com/2026/10/05/how-a-british-engineer-homebrewed-the-quietest-carbine/https://hackaday.com/2026/10/05/how-a-british-engineer-homebrewed-the-quietest-carbine/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 17:00:36 +0000HackadayHollywood has a lot to answer for when it comes to “silencers” on firearms. On screen, a suppressed pistol makes a pinging thud, and the bad guy in the next room flops to the floor. Real life is rather less cinematic. A suppressor takes the edge off the report, but it’s by no means quiet or silent. Hence why the term… https://www.404media.co/meta-rushed-to-fix-muse-vm-escape-vulnerability-immediately-before-launch/https://www.404media.co/meta-rushed-to-fix-muse-vm-escape-vulnerability-immediately-before-launch/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 14:13:58 +0000404 MediaIn the immediate weeks before Muse’s launch, Meta engineers found several security vulnerabilities in the company’s viral AI agent product, at least one of which could have allowed malicious users to break outside of Muse’s intended environment and access Meta’s own sensitive databases and services, 404 Media has… https://arstechnica.com/health/2026/10/researchers-death-from-undisclosed-illness-sparks-mass-quarantine-in-russia/https://arstechnica.com/health/2026/10/researchers-death-from-undisclosed-illness-sparks-mass-quarantine-in-russia/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 15:12:17 +0000Ars TechnicaRoughly 200 people are under medical observation, several hospitals are under quarantine , and dozens are in isolation in Russia following the unexplained death of an infectious disease researcher at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute of Siberia, in the town of Shelekhov, according to early reports of the… https://www.fastcompany.com/91614445/your-companys-ai-needs-a-scoreboard?partner=rss&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=rss+fastcompany&utm_content=rsshttps://www.fastcompany.com/91614445/your-companys-ai-needs-a-scoreboard?partner=rss&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=rss+fastcompany&utm_content=rssMon, 05 Oct 2026 17:00:00 +0000Fast CompanyI’m talking to many companies these days that are trying to incorporate AI into their business practices. Most of them are still in what I call “the administrative phase,” when they just try modest automations that allow some workers to draft documents or presentations, answer emails, or do research on certain topics,… https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/artificial-intelligence/openai-is-adding-invisible-watermarks-to-chatgpt-and-codex-text-in-the-eu/https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/artificial-intelligence/openai-is-adding-invisible-watermarks-to-chatgpt-and-codex-text-in-the-eu/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 22:46:33 +0000BleepingComputerOpenAI is preparing to add invisible watermarks to text generated by ChatGPT and Codex in the European Union. [...] https://cyberscoop.com/citrix-netscaler-third-exploited-zero-day-vulnerability/https://cyberscoop.com/citrix-netscaler-third-exploited-zero-day-vulnerability/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 23:07:17 +0000CyberScoopCitrix customers just got through back-to-back weekends filled with varying levels of uncertainty and worry, as yet another actively exploited zero-day vulnerability was discovered in Citrix NetScaler products. Researchers and security experts said the vulnerability — CVE-2026-88779 — is less concerning because… https://securityaffairs.com/200338/cyber-crime/shinyhunters-suspect-detained-in-jordan-helps-fbi-track-down-the-group.htmlhttps://securityaffairs.com/200338/cyber-crime/shinyhunters-suspect-detained-in-jordan-helps-fbi-track-down-the-group.htmlSun, 04 Oct 2026 13:41:21 +0000Security AffairsA suspected ShinyHunters member arrested in Jordan is reportedly cooperating with the FBI, helping investigators track down the group. A suspected member of ShinyHunters , the group that claims to have stolen data on every FBI employee , was picked up in Jordan this week. The man is Saif al-Din Khader, detained by… https://www.cncf.io/blog/2026/10/05/kubelet-watches-inodes-just-not-until-its-an-emergency/https://www.cncf.io/blog/2026/10/05/kubelet-watches-inodes-just-not-until-its-an-emergency/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 21:27:03 +0000CNCF BlogA worker node pages with NodeFilesystemFilesFillingUp. It’s on course to run out of inodes. You check the disk first, because that’s what everyone checks first, and it reads 83% used: 103G used, 22G available. Then you check inodes: 67% used, 11M used, 5.3M free. The disk is the fuller of the two, and the inode table… https://hackaday.com/2026/10/05/ambition-thy-name-is-a-3d-printed-transonic-r-c-jet/https://hackaday.com/2026/10/05/ambition-thy-name-is-a-3d-printed-transonic-r-c-jet/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 23:00:10 +0000HackadayBuilding anything that flies from scratch is an ambitious undertaking, even if it’s ‘just’ radio-controlled. 3D printing the aircraft isn’t that odd these days, but putting a hot jet engine into a plastic airframe is another ambitous reach. Getting said 3D printed airframe up to the transonic speed of Mach 0.8?… https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/10/05/1733245/anthropic-reports-florida-womans-claude-diary-threat-to-law-enforcement?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feedhttps://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/10/05/1733245/anthropic-reports-florida-womans-claude-diary-threat-to-law-enforcement?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feedMon, 05 Oct 2026 17:00:00 +0000SlashdotA Florida woman was arrested on a felony charge after Anthropic's human review team flagged and reported a Claude conversation in which she allegedly threatened to "shoot up" the Lee County Sheriff's Office and later mentioned acquiring a new gun. Tom's Hardware reports: Anthropic monitors chats for key phrases and… https://securityaffairs.com/200396/intelligence/mi5-raises-alarm-over-chinese-funding-of-uk-academic-research.htmlhttps://securityaffairs.com/200396/intelligence/mi5-raises-alarm-over-chinese-funding-of-uk-academic-research.htmlMon, 05 Oct 2026 09:12:58 +0000Security AffairsMI5 warns UK universities that over 100 academics may have unknowingly worked on research funded by a Chinese institute linked to the MSS. On September 30, MI5 published a formal warning naming the China General Technology Research Institute, CGTRI, also called CAGT in some translations, as an outfit with very strong… https://jack-clark.net/2026/10/05/import-ai-475-swarm-scaling-google-deepmind-watermarks-biology-and-the-ai-science-economy/https://jack-clark.net/2026/10/05/import-ai-475-swarm-scaling-google-deepmind-watermarks-biology-and-the-ai-science-economy/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 12:32:30 +0000Import AIWelcome to Import AI, a newsletter about AI research. Import AI runs on arXiv, cappuccinos, and feedback from readers. If you’d like to support this, please subscribe. Subscribe now When should you use swarms? When you are in a hurry: …How does swarm scaling work?… Toby Ord has a nice, short post about how to think… https://theconversation.com/why-cant-people-regenerate-limbs-like-salamanders-292088https://theconversation.com/why-cant-people-regenerate-limbs-like-salamanders-292088Mon, 05 Oct 2026 12:14:36 +0000The ConversationSalamanders like axolotls are champions of regeneration. Jaouad.K/iStock via Getty Images Plus Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to CuriousKidsUS@theconversation.com . Why can some organisms (like planaria or salamanders) regenerate limbs,… https://www.techdirt.com/2026/10/05/court-permanently-dismisses-reflecting-pool-vandalism-case-against-david-hearn/https://www.techdirt.com/2026/10/05/court-permanently-dismisses-reflecting-pool-vandalism-case-against-david-hearn/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 16:30:19 +0000TechdirtFinally. Now, it doesn’t matter what Trump wants his DOJ minions to do. If he’s going to try to pin a botched repair job on people who just happened to stick a hand into his algae-infested, liner chunk-filled Reflecting Pool/metaphor for his entire presidency, he’s going to have to stick it to someone other than… https://www.hackster.io/news/openarm-2-0-brings-capability-without-the-risk-6ac78b17170ehttps://www.hackster.io/news/openarm-2-0-brings-capability-without-the-risk-6ac78b17170eMon, 05 Oct 2026 21:05:55 +0000Hackster NewsSitting behind me in my office right now is a Sawyer robot arm that is currently unusable, because Rethink Robotics folded in 2018 and all of the robot’s control is hidden behind proprietary layers. This is a “cobot” that cost about $29,000 when it was new a decade ago, but which is now worth far less than the sum of… https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/windows-11/prepare-for-microsofts-windows-and-surface-event-with-these-cutting-edge-features-for-insidershttps://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/windows-11/prepare-for-microsofts-windows-and-surface-event-with-these-cutting-edge-features-for-insidersMon, 05 Oct 2026 12:12:01 +0000Windows CentralFull Release Notes Insider Beta Preview Build 26220.9587 Experimental Preview Build 26340.9596 Experimental (26H1) Preview Build 28120.3151 Beta (26H1) Preview Build 28020.3142 Experimental (Future Platforms) Preview Build 29680.1000 Microsoft's Windows 11 and Surface event is only a couple of days away. At the event,… https://www.livescience.com/technology/quantum/new-quantum-chip-taps-into-weird-quasiparticles-to-get-qubits-to-communicate-over-long-distanceshttps://www.livescience.com/technology/quantum/new-quantum-chip-taps-into-weird-quasiparticles-to-get-qubits-to-communicate-over-long-distancesMon, 05 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000LiveScienceResearchers have developed a new type of interconnected architecture for quantum computing chips, and it could pave the way for machines capable of large-scale processing, including those with over a million qubits. In a study published June 15 in the journal APL Quantum , scientists aimed to resolve a huge problem… https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/10/ai-glasses-face-their-first-major-government-crackdown/https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/10/ai-glasses-face-their-first-major-government-crackdown/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 13:39:30 +0000Ars TechnicaNorway has become the first major country to propose a temporary ban on the use of AI glasses in selected public places amid growing privacy concerns over wearable technology. The rich Scandinavian country’s center-left government said on Monday that it would introduce a law to parliament soon on a temporary ban for… https://www.engadget.com/2278051/wikimedia-links-openai-agents-to-an-outage-and-unauthorized-activity/https://www.engadget.com/2278051/wikimedia-links-openai-agents-to-an-outage-and-unauthorized-activity/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 19:55:11 +0000EngadgetWikimedia says it's "deeply concerned about the impact of 'rogue' AI agents on platforms like ours. https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/rejetto-hfs-servers-now-actively-scanned-for-critical-rce-flaw/https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/rejetto-hfs-servers-now-actively-scanned-for-critical-rce-flaw/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 20:20:05 +0000BleepingComputerHackers are actively scanning for a Rejetto HFS weak signing key vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-61500, that allows session forgery, account takeover, and remote code execution (RCE). [...] https://securityaffairs.com/200372/security/another-openai-safety-expert-quits-and-raises-new-ai-safety-concerns.htmlhttps://securityaffairs.com/200372/security/another-openai-safety-expert-quits-and-raises-new-ai-safety-concerns.htmlMon, 05 Oct 2026 07:30:04 +0000Security AffairsOpenAI safety veteran David Robinson resigns, warning that the company’s culture and fast AI development model could create bigger risks. OpenAI safety veteran David Robinson knows how his resignation looks. He starts his essay by calling himself “something of a cliché”: an AI company employee who quits and then… https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/10/03/0612209/flock-blamed-for-wrongful-13-day-imprisonment-and-a-police-stalking-incident-in-florida?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feedhttps://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/10/03/0612209/flock-blamed-for-wrongful-13-day-imprisonment-and-a-police-stalking-incident-in-florida?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feedMon, 05 Oct 2026 11:34:00 +0000SlashdotFrom the transportation news site MotorBiscuit: In late September 2026, 23-year-old Liz Lindseay Isaacs testified before a Senate Judiciary Subcommittee about her harrowing experience after a Flock camera misidentified her Dodge Durango, linking her to a fatal hit-and-run miles away from where she actually was... "The… https://pluralistic.net/2026/10/05/pervert-glasses/https://pluralistic.net/2026/10/05/pervert-glasses/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 18:58:11 +0000Pluralistic->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->-> Top Sources: None --> Today's links Scrutinized : Pervert glasses vs the authentic self. Hey look at this : Delights to delectate. Object permanence : DRM-free in the UK; Maple-leaf roses; Italian Wikipedia shuts down; Vancouver's property speculator tax… https://book.stevejobsarchive.com/#photo-37https://book.stevejobsarchive.com/#photo-37Tue, 06 Oct 2026 02:49:44 +0000Daring FireballWhat an apt photo, today of all days. What a gift Make Something Wonderful is. ★ https://www.dezeen.com/2026/10/05/estudio-modulo-itau-cultural-sao-paulo-design/https://www.dezeen.com/2026/10/05/estudio-modulo-itau-cultural-sao-paulo-design/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 19:15:33 +0000DezeenBrazilian architecture practice Estúdio Módulo has released its competition-winning designs for the headquarters of Itaú Cultural, which feature a tall, slender building wrapped in glass and white louvres . The São Paulo-based architectural studio's design for Itaú Cultural, an arts research institute, was selected… https://hackaday.com/2026/10/05/the-fpga-chronicles-open-source-it/https://hackaday.com/2026/10/05/the-fpga-chronicles-open-source-it/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 14:00:38 +0000HackadayLast time, we looked at getting started with the GOWIN tools and a Tang Nano 20K FPGA . The software from GOWIN isn’t bad, but it isn’t open source, and there are a few oddities about it. In addition, simulation is through a third-party simulation package that has undergone some changes since an acquisition. There are… https://mashable.com/entertainment/pips-nyt-games-hints-answers-easy-medium-hard-october-6-2026https://mashable.com/entertainment/pips-nyt-games-hints-answers-easy-medium-hard-october-6-2026Tue, 06 Oct 2026 02:24:21 +0000MashableWelcome to your guide to Pips, the latest game in the New York Times catalog. Released in August 2025, Pips puts a unique spin on dominoes, creating a fun single-player experience that could become your next daily gaming habit. Currently, if you're stuck, the game only offers to reveal the entire puzzle, forcing you… https://slashdot.org/story/26/10/05/1525207/sam-altman-the-world-should-accept-some-bad-things-happening-for-the-benefits-of-ai?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feedhttps://slashdot.org/story/26/10/05/1525207/sam-altman-the-world-should-accept-some-bad-things-happening-for-the-benefits-of-ai?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feedMon, 05 Oct 2026 16:00:00 +0000SlashdotOpenAI CEO Sam Altman says society should accept some negative consequences from AI in exchange for the technology's broader benefits and widespread public access. "I think there's a lot of daylight," Altman told Decoded co-author and Politico senior tech reporter Brendan Bordelon. Asked about where he differs between… https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/10/05/1842201/norway-plans-temporary-ban-on-smart-glasses?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feedhttps://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/10/05/1842201/norway-plans-temporary-ban-on-smart-glasses?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feedMon, 05 Oct 2026 19:00:00 +0000SlashdotNorway is preparing legislation that would temporarily ban camera-equipped smart glasses in a range of public places, including parks, beaches, museums, shopping centers, schools, daycare centers, healthcare facilities, gyms and public events. Private use would still be allowed. The Guardian reports: Torgeir… https://mashable.com/tech/oct-5-glooin-pro-plan-lifetime-subscriptionhttps://mashable.com/tech/oct-5-glooin-pro-plan-lifetime-subscriptionMon, 05 Oct 2026 22:00:00 +0000MashableTL;DR: Glooin Pro is on sale for just $49.99 for life, combining browser-based screen recording with instant shareable links, automatic transcripts, and clickable CTAs. Opens in a new window Credit: Glooin Glooin Pro Plan: Lifetime Subscription $49.99 $249 Save $199.01 Get Deal Some explanations need a screen… https://www.csoonline.com/article/4230642/citrix-warns-of-actively-exploited-netscaler-flaw-days-after-zero-day-patch-rush.htmlhttps://www.csoonline.com/article/4230642/citrix-warns-of-actively-exploited-netscaler-flaw-days-after-zero-day-patch-rush.htmlMon, 05 Oct 2026 12:14:09 +0000CSO OnlineCitrix has warned customers about another high-severity vulnerability in its NetScaler ADC and NetScaler Gateway products, just days after the company urged them to fix a separate batch of flaws that included two actively exploited zero-days . The new vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-88779 , is a memory-overflow… https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/call-of-duty/call-of-duty-modern-warfare-4-dmz-fob-complete-guidehttps://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/call-of-duty/call-of-duty-modern-warfare-4-dmz-fob-complete-guideMon, 05 Oct 2026 17:00:00 +0000Windows CentralCall of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 is finally launching on October 23, and the mode that's probably most hyped is DMZ . It's been teased for some time, but as we get closer to launch we're finally getting more information on what it is, how it's going to play, and the mechanics we're going to be experiencing. One of the… https://www.dezeen.com/2026/10/05/knekt-floor-lamp-hegren-lighting-furniture-products-dezeen-showroom/https://www.dezeen.com/2026/10/05/knekt-floor-lamp-hegren-lighting-furniture-products-dezeen-showroom/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 18:00:16 +0000DezeenDezeen Showroom: an aluminium floor standing lamp with a wedge-shaped head is among seven new products featured on Dezeen Showroom. Knekt floor lamp by Hegren Norwegian brand Hegren has released a standing lamp that can be adjusted to change its height and the direction of the light it casts. The Knekt floor lamp is… https://futurism.com/health-medicine/the-brutality-of-lethal-injection-is-unfathomablehttps://futurism.com/health-medicine/the-brutality-of-lethal-injection-is-unfathomableMon, 05 Oct 2026 19:07:40 +0000FuturismSince the development of the lethal injection protocol by Oklahoma lawmakers in 1977, states across the US have adopted the method, presenting it as an effective, even humane alternative to the barbarity of the noose and the electric chair. Yet after 1492 executions — the total number of lethal injections in the US so… https://x.com/johnternus/status/2107093462118199562https://x.com/johnternus/status/2107093462118199562Mon, 05 Oct 2026 19:19:35 +0000Daring FireballJohn Ternus, posting on X: The way Steve taught us to care about every detail, every experience, every person, still guides our work today. Forever grateful. Tim Cook , also on X (with a photo I don’t recall seeing before): There are people who leave a mark on the world, and then there are people who change it… https://www.404media.co/muse-escapes-containment/https://www.404media.co/muse-escapes-containment/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 15:38:35 +0000404 MediaGood Monday morning, I'm on my second coffee of the day already so please excuse any jitters that come through today's newsletter. We've got a big constitutionality ruling on Flock, a scoop about a major fire Meta needed to put out pre-Muse launch, and a lot more from trawling the World Wide Web. Let's get into it.… https://the-decoder.com/openai-will-watermark-chatgpt-text-in-the-eu-but-makes-it-optional-for-api-users-worldwide/https://the-decoder.com/openai-will-watermark-chatgpt-text-in-the-eu-but-makes-it-optional-for-api-users-worldwide/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 17:32:42 +0000The DecoderOpenAI is adding invisible textGrain watermarks to ChatGPT in the EU, but unlike Anthropic, it will let API customers worldwide opt out. Tests show detection rates as high as 95 percent, dropping to 17 percent when a quarter of the words are replaced. The article OpenAI will watermark ChatGPT text in the EU but makes… https://securityaffairs.com/200414/security/u-s-cisa-adds-citrix-netscaler-flaw-to-its-known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog-3.htmlhttps://securityaffairs.com/200414/security/u-s-cisa-adds-citrix-netscaler-flaw-to-its-known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog-3.htmlMon, 05 Oct 2026 13:10:28 +0000Security AffairsU.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Citrix NetScaler flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added a Citrix NetScaler flaw tracked as CVE-2026-88779 (CVSS score of 8.7), to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities… https://www.engineering.com/why-bom-synchronization-fails-between-ecad-plm-and-erp/https://www.engineering.com/why-bom-synchronization-fails-between-ecad-plm-and-erp/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 14:32:26 +0000Engineering.comBy Alexsander Tamari, Technical Marketing Engineer, Altium The daily reality of hardware development often looks like this: A hardware team finishes a printed circuit board layout; the bill of materials looks complete in the design tool; the file is exported and sent over to procurement. A week later, procurement… https://www.dezeen.com/2026/10/05/plat-life-nature-of-design-ngv-melbourne/https://www.dezeen.com/2026/10/05/plat-life-nature-of-design-ngv-melbourne/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 09:00:25 +0000DezeenFrom a fire jacket grown from fungi to building blocks made from algae and oyster shells, the latest exhibition at Melbourne 's National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) explores humanity's relationship with the plant world through design. Called Plant Life: The Nature of Design, the exhibition features more than 60 works… https://www.dezeen.com/2026/10/05/knock-on-wood-device-shashwath-santosh-nithin-eluvathingal/https://www.dezeen.com/2026/10/05/knock-on-wood-device-shashwath-santosh-nithin-eluvathingal/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 17:00:21 +0000DezeenDesigners Shashwath Santosh and Nithin Eluvathingal have created a small remote device called a "knocker" that attaches to a tree and knocks on wood from afar to explore well-known superstitions. The conceptual device "knocks on wood for you" when wood is out of reach, according to the design team. It plays on a… https://futurism.com/future-society/voters-chatgpt-midterm-candidatehttps://futurism.com/future-society/voters-chatgpt-midterm-candidateMon, 05 Oct 2026 18:16:48 +0000FuturismHow are you deciding who to vote for in the coming midterm elections? Many Americans are turning to ChatGPT. In a new piece , NPR spoke to several voters who use the OpenAI chatbot to research candidates and get a rundown on their voting records. Some are asking the AI to create spreadsheets on different races or to… https://science.nasa.gov/earth/earth-observatory/moon-like-madagascar/https://science.nasa.gov/earth/earth-observatory/moon-like-madagascar/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 04:01:00 +0000NASA NewsEarth Observatory Science Earth Observatory Moon-Like Madagascar Earth Earth Observatory Image of the Day EO Explorer Topics All Topics Atmosphere Land Heat & Radiation Life on Earth Human Dimensions Natural Events Oceans Remote Sensing Technology Snow & Ice Water More Content Collections Global Maps World of Change… https://hackaday.com/2026/10/05/3d-printed-filter-removes-most-microplastics-from-water/https://hackaday.com/2026/10/05/3d-printed-filter-removes-most-microplastics-from-water/Tue, 06 Oct 2026 02:00:57 +0000HackadayWith the rise of synthetic polymers in everywhere from clothing, packaging and beyond, we have also seen a corresponding rise in fragments of these polymers in the environment. These micro- and nanoplastics (MNPs) come in a wide variety of sizes, but have in common that they do not break down very easily, leaving… https://phys.org/news/2026-10-exploring-racism-default-explanation-disparities.htmlhttps://phys.org/news/2026-10-exploring-racism-default-explanation-disparities.htmlTue, 06 Oct 2026 02:20:02 +0000Phys.orgMuch of the field of sociology treats systemic racism as its default explanation for racial disparities rather than as an open question that requires further investigation and evidence, according to a recent position paper. The assumptions and moralization surrounding the origins of race-based disparities have… https://securityaffairs.com/200304/malware/warlock-ransomware-still-exploits-year-old-sharepoint-flaws-to-hit-critical-infrastructure.htmlhttps://securityaffairs.com/200304/malware/warlock-ransomware-still-exploits-year-old-sharepoint-flaws-to-hit-critical-infrastructure.htmlSun, 04 Oct 2026 07:49:27 +0000Security AffairsWarlock ransomware continues to exploit unpatched SharePoint flaws to breach water utilities, telecoms, governments, and universities worldwide. Warlock ransomware made headlines back in mid-2025 for exploiting a chain of SharePoint zero-days collectively dubbed ToolShell . More than a year later, the same group is… https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/sam-altman-world-suffer-glories-aihttps://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/sam-altman-world-suffer-glories-aiMon, 05 Oct 2026 16:36:59 +0000FuturismOpenAI CEO Sam Altman isn’t afraid to throw humanity under the bus to build his dreams of a society powered by AI. During an interview with Politico ‘s new podcast Decoded , he laid it all out: that the “world should accept some bad things happening for the benefits of this technology and people having the agency.”… https://www.osnews.com/story/146071/apple-changes-full-disk-access-permission-in-macos/https://www.osnews.com/story/146071/apple-changes-full-disk-access-permission-in-macos/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 21:29:05 +0000OSnewsApple’s macOS has a Full Disk Access permission, designed to allow backup applications full access to, well, the disk, so they can perform their job properly. Apple posted a notice on its website that it’s going to further restrict this permission, because some applications were abusing this permission to gain access… https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/infrastructure-modernization/google-cloud-modernize-accelerate-transformation-with-ai/https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/infrastructure-modernization/google-cloud-modernize-accelerate-transformation-with-ai/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 16:00:00 +0000Google Cloud BlogToday, we’re announcing Google Cloud Modernize , an end-to-end transformation portfolio to help enterprises collapse multi-year roadmaps with the power of AI. Google Cloud Modernize brings together Google Cloud’s proven migration and modernization tools, including Migration Center, Google Cloud VMware Engine, Google… https://phys.org/news/2026-10-phoenix-planet-astronomers-world-reborn.htmlhttps://phys.org/news/2026-10-phoenix-planet-astronomers-world-reborn.htmlMon, 05 Oct 2026 15:00:15 +0000Phys.orgAstronomers have discovered the first example of a second-generation planet orbiting a white dwarf, a world that appears to have formed from the remains of the dead star it now orbits. https://www.fastcompany.com/91617808/eline-van-der-velden-tilly-norwood-interview?partner=rss&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=rss+fastcompany&utm_content=rsshttps://www.fastcompany.com/91617808/eline-van-der-velden-tilly-norwood-interview?partner=rss&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=rss+fastcompany&utm_content=rssMon, 05 Oct 2026 10:07:00 +0000Fast CompanyWhat happens when you interview an AI ? If you can believe it, it’s stranger than you’d expect. Eline van der Velden, the Dutch actress-turned-tech-founder who created AI “actor” Tilly Norwood, explains how a personal art project became one of the most controversial figures in entertainment—attracting talent agency… https://www.404media.co/arxiv-is-rate-limiting-submissions-because-it-cant-keep-up-with-ai-slop/https://www.404media.co/arxiv-is-rate-limiting-submissions-because-it-cant-keep-up-with-ai-slop/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 15:29:49 +0000404 MediaarXiv, an open-access repository where researchers publish preprint academic research, has announced it will rate limit submissions because it has been inundated with AI-written papers. A researcher can now only send in two pieces per calendar month and have a total of three active submissions at any given time. In a… https://www.thestack.technology/schneider-electric-shells-out-22-billion-for-ptcs-industrial-ai-software/https://www.thestack.technology/schneider-electric-shells-out-22-billion-for-ptcs-industrial-ai-software/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 18:48:00 +0000The StackAs enterprise AI tools continue to change the way that businesses build and maintain software, they're likely to change the way businesses build things in the physical world as well. Schneider Electric has agreed to acquire PTC, which makes industrial design software, for $22.6 billion, the companies announced Monday.… https://www.windowscentral.com/artificial-intelligence/microsoft-copilot/microsoft-gave-copilot-in-word-something-ai-desperately-needs-sourceshttps://www.windowscentral.com/artificial-intelligence/microsoft-copilot/microsoft-gave-copilot-in-word-something-ai-desperately-needs-sourcesMon, 05 Oct 2026 14:24:46 +0000Windows CentralMicrosoft Copilot has changed a lot over the past month. Microsoft recently outlined its broader plan for a unified AI experience across Microsoft 365, but it also shipped several new Copilot features users can try right now. Microsoft rounded up the changes in a recent blog post, highlighting updates across Copilot… https://www.fastcompany.com/91616337/ai-ballroom-dance-dystopian-future?partner=rss&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=rss+fastcompany&utm_content=rsshttps://www.fastcompany.com/91616337/ai-ballroom-dance-dystopian-future?partner=rss&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=rss+fastcompany&utm_content=rssMon, 05 Oct 2026 17:36:04 +0000Fast CompanyDystopian narratives about AI abound. Will the bots take over? Are we doomed as a human species? While I do not have a utopian outlook about our tech-saturated future, I do wonder what we could start doing today, in our present state, to course-correct these calamitous narratives. So, earlier this year I began… https://hackaday.com/2026/10/05/failing-to-make-a-fanless-pc/https://hackaday.com/2026/10/05/failing-to-make-a-fanless-pc/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 17:30:20 +0000HackadayThe discerning modern gamer’s quest is to find a quieter computer without sacrificing performance. That proves challenging when modern components are highly efficient at producing monumental quantities of thermal energy. So the typical solution ends up moving enough air through the computer to create a rather… https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/10/new-forensice-evidence-supports-egyptian-retainer-sacrifice/https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/10/new-forensice-evidence-supports-egyptian-retainer-sacrifice/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 04:00:52 +0000Ars Technica ScienceEgyptologists have long debated whether the earliest pharaohs of the First Dynasty were buried with various servants and officials to serve them in the afterlife—a form of human sacrifice . But there is very little archaeological evidence available, given that many of the earliest Egyptian tombs were plundered and/or… https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/oct/06/openai-must-explain-action-taken-to-stop-ai-hacking-australians-private-data-chair-of-federal-inquiry-sayshttps://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/oct/06/openai-must-explain-action-taken-to-stop-ai-hacking-australians-private-data-chair-of-federal-inquiry-saysMon, 05 Oct 2026 14:00:27 +0000Guardian TechUnions, employer groups, banks and industry experts will appear at the four-day hearings along with OpenAI, Anthropic, Microsoft and Google Get our new political email , free app or daily news podcast OpenAI must explain how they will stop their models from inappropriately accessing Australian data, the Labor chair of… https://phys.org/news/2026-10-neutrons-rotating-black-holes-galactic.htmlhttps://phys.org/news/2026-10-neutrons-rotating-black-holes-galactic.htmlTue, 06 Oct 2026 01:20:01 +0000Phys.orgGalactic black holes are cosmic mitochondria, powerhouses of the universe. Most of the energy these supermassive black holes produce comes from the material surrounding them: superheated plasma in their accretion disks interacting with tremendous magnetic fields. But there is a more direct way to extract energy from a… https://securityaffairs.com/200387/security/iranian-hacker-accused-of-draining-31tb-from-university-inboxes-extradited-to-the-us.htmlhttps://securityaffairs.com/200387/security/iranian-hacker-accused-of-draining-31tb-from-university-inboxes-extradited-to-the-us.htmlMon, 05 Oct 2026 08:33:57 +0000Security AffairsIranian hacker Amir Barati faces extradition to the US over an alleged Iranian campaign that stole 31TB of data from universities. Amir Barati spent June 25 getting arrested in Montenegro, and this week a Montenegrin court signed off on sending him to the United States. He’s a dual Turkish and Iranian citizen, 40… https://www.hackster.io/news/give-your-old-ipod-bluetooth-wi-fi-usb-c-and-2-tb-of-storage-7f7fb9deeb91https://www.hackster.io/news/give-your-old-ipod-bluetooth-wi-fi-usb-c-and-2-tb-of-storage-7f7fb9deeb91Mon, 05 Oct 2026 15:43:32 +0000Hackster NewsMost old iPod upgrades stop at replacing the hard drive with flash storage and squeezing in a bigger battery. Sprout goes much further by ripping out the entire logic board and replacing it with a modern RP2350-powered motherboard. The drop-in board keeps the original screen, click wheel, case, and headphone jack, but… https://arstechnica.com/apple/2026/10/command-line-tool-quickly-removes-apple-intelligence-from-macos-27/https://arstechnica.com/apple/2026/10/command-line-tool-quickly-removes-apple-intelligence-from-macos-27/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 19:14:44 +0000Ars TechnicaA new tool is allowing Mac users the ability again to easily turn off Apple Intelligence with one click and free up to 12GB of storage. Unlike with previous versions of macOS, macOS 27 Golden Gate doesn’t have a toggle for turning off Apple Intelligence. That makes disabling AI features that you may not want more… https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/saturn-at-opposition-closest-brightest-best/https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/saturn-at-opposition-closest-brightest-best/Sun, 04 Oct 2026 11:49:00 +0000EarthSkySaturn at opposition. Earth flies between the sun and Saturn on October 4, 2026. Our motion brings Saturn to its brightest and closest for the year. EarthSky’s Deborah Byrd wants to tell you how to see Saturn at opposition in the night sky … and more. Watch in the player above or on YouTube . Don’t miss the next… https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/visible-planets-tonight-mars-jupiter-venus-saturn-mercury/https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/visible-planets-tonight-mars-jupiter-venus-saturn-mercury/Sun, 04 Oct 2026 11:45:08 +0000EarthSkySaturn is at opposition today Our sun’s 6th planet, Saturn, is now putting on its best show of the year. It reaches opposition — when Earth flies between it and the sun — at 7 a.m. CDT (12 UTC) today, October 4. So Saturn is now at its brightest, matching the brightest stars, and visible all night, perfectly placed… https://phys.org/news/2026-10-global-soil-erosion-outpaces-natural.htmlhttps://phys.org/news/2026-10-global-soil-erosion-outpaces-natural.htmlTue, 06 Oct 2026 00:40:02 +0000Phys.orgIsaac Larsen, an associate professor in the College of Natural Sciences' Department of Earth, Geographic, and Climate Sciences, is a lead author of "Status of the World's Soil Resources 2026," a new report produced by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) that draws on recent scientific… https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/americas/urn-with-jaguars-and-skulls-a-1-400-year-old-burial-container-depicting-a-deceased-rulers-arrival-to-the-maya-underworldhttps://www.livescience.com/archaeology/americas/urn-with-jaguars-and-skulls-a-1-400-year-old-burial-container-depicting-a-deceased-rulers-arrival-to-the-maya-underworldMon, 05 Oct 2026 10:00:00 +0000LiveScienceThis burial urn depicts a person, accompanied by skulls, as they are received into the Maya underworld. (Image credit: The Walters Art Museum; ( CC0 1.0 Universal )) QUICK FACTS Name: Urn with jaguars and skulls What it is: A ceramic burial urn Where it is from: Guatemala When it was made: Circa A.D. 600 to 900 This… https://www.sciencenews.org/article/baby-planet-from-dead-star-phoenixhttps://www.sciencenews.org/article/baby-planet-from-dead-star-phoenixMon, 05 Oct 2026 15:00:00 +0000ScienceNewsFinding the potential planet hints that our sun’s death could lead to the creation of new worlds. https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2026/10/proposed-anti-flock-bills-could-spell-trouble-for-license-plate-readershttps://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2026/10/proposed-anti-flock-bills-could-spell-trouble-for-license-plate-readersMon, 05 Oct 2026 14:15:32 +0000Malwarebytes LabsAutomated license plate readers (ALPRs) are cameras that photograph passing vehicles, read their number plates, and typically log the time, location, and vehicle details. On their own, the images might be used to find a stolen car or locate a suspect. But lately there have been a lot of concerns raised about the way… https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/amazon-local-communities-stop-defying-ai-data-centershttps://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/amazon-local-communities-stop-defying-ai-data-centersMon, 05 Oct 2026 00:03:00 +0000FuturismThe tech industry has largely failed to win over the public when it comes to AI. Data centers have become a hot-button topic, with the vast majority of Americans — in a still-growing bipartisan cohort — now openly opposing them. Meanwhile, panicking executives are desperately trying to pivot the messaging to shore up… https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/10/05/1145580/connecting-ai-agents-to-enterprise-knowledge/https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/10/05/1145580/connecting-ai-agents-to-enterprise-knowledge/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 15:47:52 +0000MIT Technology ReviewFor all the data that AI systems continually amass and analyze, enterprise AI agents often suffer from a curious shortcoming: a lack of knowledge. More than data, knowledge is the understanding of what the data means in the context of individual organizations. AI agents need this understanding to reason about… https://the-decoder.com/reka-ais-omni-model-rho-1-handles-text-images-video-and-robot-control-in-a-single-model/https://the-decoder.com/reka-ais-omni-model-rho-1-handles-text-images-video-and-robot-control-in-a-single-model/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 18:26:05 +0000The DecoderReka AI's Rho-1 is a 19-billion-parameter omni-model that processes and generates text, images, video, and robot control actions in a single neural network. Trained on 320 H100 GPUs in about three months, it uses a fraction of the compute today's top models need. Instead of routing tasks to specialized systems, Rho-1… https://www.fastcompany.com/91618215/social-media-safeguards-kids-finally-motion-will-ai-protections-take-just-long?partner=rss&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=rss+fastcompany&utm_content=rsshttps://www.fastcompany.com/91618215/social-media-safeguards-kids-finally-motion-will-ai-protections-take-just-long?partner=rss&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=rss+fastcompany&utm_content=rssMon, 05 Oct 2026 17:00:00 +0000Fast CompanyYears after the risks of social media for kids first became apparent, U.S. states this summer reached an accord hailed as a turning point for child safety . Meanwhile, a new generation of children has begun engaging with an even more potent technology: artificial intelligence . While the efforts to make social media… https://www.livescience.com/physics-mathematics/particle-physics/particle-collider-experiment-recreates-the-big-bangs-primordial-soup-and-finds-an-unexpected-twisthttps://www.livescience.com/physics-mathematics/particle-physics/particle-collider-experiment-recreates-the-big-bangs-primordial-soup-and-finds-an-unexpected-twistSun, 04 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000LiveSciencePhysicists smashed gold nuclei together at nearly the speed of light and found an unexpected pattern in the particles these collisions sprayed out. If confirmed, that pattern could help reveal how the hot soup of quarks and gluons that filled the universe in the first few microseconds after the Big Bang cooled and… https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2026/10/smile-uvi-sxi-commissioning/https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2026/10/smile-uvi-sxi-commissioning/Sun, 04 Oct 2026 22:49:58 +0000NASASpaceflightFollowing its launch in May and a multi-month commissioning period, the joint European Space Agency and Chinese Academy of Sciences Solar Wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer (SMILE) mission has officially begun scientific operations. The spacecraft, which will investigate Earth’s magnetosphere in soft X-rays… https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2026/10/europe-update/https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2026/10/europe-update/Sat, 03 Oct 2026 22:11:23 +0000NASASpaceflightThe European Space Agency (ESA) recently started investigating options for a European-led space station. The announcement follows “A Call to Boost European Space Exploration,” which ESA’s member states recently endorsed. The Call asks ESA to strengthen its position in human and robotic exploration of low-Earth orbit,… https://hackaday.com/2026/10/05/building-a-cheap-dexterous-robot-hand/https://hackaday.com/2026/10/05/building-a-cheap-dexterous-robot-hand/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 15:30:41 +0000HackadayMost of the time, assuming nothing’s gone wrong with them, we take our hands so much for granted that it’s easy to forget what remarkable pieces of engineering they are: not only are they precise and sensitive enough to crack an egg or write a signature, but also strong enough to lift a weight or swing a hammer. Such… https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49973382https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49973382Tue, 06 Oct 2026 02:16:24 +0000Hacker News /AIAs in many other areas (e.g. code, emails, PRs, blog posts), people have started using LLMs to generate slides for their conference talks (e.g., set of HTML pages as a talk). On the one hand, the slides look tidy, neat, and precise, with infographics, plots, dashboards, and so on. Nothing to complain about. On the… https://www.macrumors.com/2026/10/05/macos-27-2-touch-gestures/https://www.macrumors.com/2026/10/05/macos-27-2-touch-gestures/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 21:14:08 +0000MacRumorsmacOS Golden Gate 27.2 adds code referencing new touch-specific gestures in apps like Safari, Notes, Photos , and Quick Look, a possible sign Apple is preparing to release the rumored OLED touchscreen MacBook, possibly called the "MacBook Ultra." Code in the latest beta adds new gesture recognition tools to several… https://9to5mac.com/2026/10/05/apple-reportedly-planning-second-wave-of-product-announcements-later-this-month/https://9to5mac.com/2026/10/05/apple-reportedly-planning-second-wave-of-product-announcements-later-this-month/Tue, 06 Oct 2026 03:25:14 +00009to5MacMacRumors reports that in addition to Apple’s expected event on October 13, the company is planning to unveil another batch of new products in the final week of the month. Here are the details. more… https://blog.cloudflare.com/birthday-week-2026-wrap-up/https://blog.cloudflare.com/birthday-week-2026-wrap-up/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 13:00:00 +0000Cloudflare BlogWe celebrated our 16th birthday last week by sharing how we’re building a better Internet for today’s world. As Matthew and Michelle reflected in this year’s Founders’ Letter , this year saw some of the most consequential changes in the history of the Internet. For the first time, automated traffic surpassed human… https://blog.cloudflare.com/one-year-later-1111-interns/https://blog.cloudflare.com/one-year-later-1111-interns/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 13:00:00 +0000Cloudflare BlogA year ago, many companies were cutting intern and new-graduate hiring . We went the other way. We announced a goal to hire as many as 1,111 interns in 2026, a number that’s a nod to 1.1.1.1, our public DNS resolver. The bet was that AI makes early-career talent more valuable and able to make an impact faster. The… https://www.dezeen.com/2026/10/05/grace-atelier-tiles-ceramiche-keope/https://www.dezeen.com/2026/10/05/grace-atelier-tiles-ceramiche-keope/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 04:00:44 +0000DezeenPromotion: Italian brand Ceramiche Keope has launched a porcelain tile collection called Grace Atelier, featuring stone-like surface designs available as monolithic slabs and geometric mosaics. Ceramiche Keope 's Grace Atelier collection includes three surfaces that aim to recall geological sites in Europe: Grace,… https://mashable.com/entertainment/nyt-connections-sports-edition-hint-answer-today-october-6-2026https://mashable.com/entertainment/nyt-connections-sports-edition-hint-answer-today-october-6-2026Tue, 06 Oct 2026 02:27:55 +0000MashableToday's Connections: Sports Edition will be easier for who watch baseball. As we've shared in previous hints stories, this is a version of the popular New York Times word game that seeks to test the knowledge of sports fans. Like the original Connections , the game is all about finding the "common threads between… https://thenewstack.io/ci-bottleneck-agent-verification/https://thenewstack.io/ci-bottleneck-agent-verification/Sun, 04 Oct 2026 15:00:00 +0000The New StackThree posts landed in September that I think engineering leaders should read together. Anthropic’s engineering team wrote that their continuous integration (CI) job volume grew 25x in six months . Their engineers now ship about 8x as much code per quarter as they did from 2021 to 2025. The fix they shipped was test… https://science.nasa.gov/blog/curiosity-blog-sols-5022-5028-cashing-in-at-cache-creek/https://science.nasa.gov/blog/curiosity-blog-sols-5022-5028-cashing-in-at-cache-creek/Sun, 04 Oct 2026 21:13:07 +0000NASA NewsCuriosity Navigation Curiosity Home Mission Overview Where is Curiosity? Mission Updates Science Overview Instruments Highlights Exploration Goals News and Features Multimedia Curiosity Raw Images Images Videos Audio Mosaics More Resources Mars Missions Mars Perseverance Rover Mars Curiosity Rover Mars Reconnaissance… https://mashable.com/entertainment/nyt-connections-hints-meanings-october-6-2026https://mashable.com/entertainment/nyt-connections-hints-meanings-october-6-2026Tue, 06 Oct 2026 02:00:00 +0000MashableLooking for spoiler-free NYT Connections hints or just wondering why Connections is trending today? We've got what you need to understand the clues for today's puzzle without spoiling any of the answers. Of course, Mashable has also provided daily hints and answers for Connections, Wordle , and Strands for years, so… https://www.dezeen.com/2026/10/05/edition-denmark-seoul-spacon-cafe-showroom/https://www.dezeen.com/2026/10/05/edition-denmark-seoul-spacon-cafe-showroom/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 05:00:47 +0000DezeenCopenhagen studio Spacon brought touches of its home country to Seoul with a showroom and cafe for the Edition Denmark brand that evokes the "layered feeling of a home". The 50-square-metre space was designed for a South Korean brand that sells Danish products. In a nod to the hospitality culture found in both… https://www.gsmarena.com/honor_x5d_s_is_now_official_taking_the_rear_screen_idea_to_a_very_low_price_point-news-74913.phphttps://www.gsmarena.com/honor_x5d_s_is_now_official_taking_the_rear_screen_idea_to_a_very_low_price_point-news-74913.phpTue, 06 Oct 2026 05:04:01 +0000GSMArenaXiaomi started a trend last year with the 17 Pro and 17 Pro Max - not a huge trend, but a trend nonetheless. Other Chinese smartphone makers are now starting to get inspired by the idea of having a screen on the rear of some of their devices. And today it's Honor's turn to join the party. Ladies and gentlemen, meet… https://www.neowin.net/news/chatgpt-introduces-invisible-text-watermarks-in-the-eu-though-theyre-not-hard-to-remove/?utm_source=rsshttps://www.neowin.net/news/chatgpt-introduces-invisible-text-watermarks-in-the-eu-though-theyre-not-hard-to-remove/?utm_source=rssMon, 05 Oct 2026 17:08:02 +0000NeowinOpenAI has begun rolling out an invisible text watermarking system for ChatGPT and Codex users in the European Union. Read more... https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/10/05/1145682/people-really-hate-ai-so-why-cant-they-get-enough/https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/10/05/1145682/people-really-hate-ai-so-why-cant-they-get-enough/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 08:00:00 +0000MIT Technology ReviewOver the summer I talked to the CEO of Springboards, a startup building an LLM that’s designed to come up with a wider variety of responses than its mainstream rivals do. At the start of the call, he said something that’s been stuck in my head since: “We often say that we’re a self-loathing AI company. We don’t know… https://www.engadget.com/2277866/openai-will-add-a-digital-watermark-to-text-and-code-generated-in-the-eu/https://www.engadget.com/2277866/openai-will-add-a-digital-watermark-to-text-and-code-generated-in-the-eu/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 18:55:40 +0000EngadgetThis move is to comply with the EU's new AI transparency rules. https://news.sky.com/story/russian-laboratory-worker-dies-of-suspected-pneumonic-plague-as-200-under-medical-observation-13595297https://news.sky.com/story/russian-laboratory-worker-dies-of-suspected-pneumonic-plague-as-200-under-medical-observation-13595297Mon, 05 Oct 2026 09:48:00 +0000Sky News TechnologyA laboratory worker in Russia who may have been exposed to pneumonic plague has died, leading to nearly 200 people being placed under medical observation, according to reports. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49972125https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49972125Mon, 05 Oct 2026 23:24:44 +0000Hacker NewsI've been having a hard time finding a solution. Is there really no commercialized model that I can feed in a reference sound and text instruction and get another sound out? Right now having a multimodal inputs to image or text output is a commodotized, solved problem. IE you can put a prompt for some image and use a… https://gizmodo.com/the-death-of-a-russian-plague-lab-worker-sounds-terrifying-how-worried-should-you-be-2000821634https://gizmodo.com/the-death-of-a-russian-plague-lab-worker-sounds-terrifying-how-worried-should-you-be-2000821634Mon, 05 Oct 2026 15:40:01 +0000GizmodoThe death of a 28-year-old lab worker at a plague research institute in Siberia has reawakened pandemic fears. https://www.nasa.gov/general/mapping-the-gaps-in-nasas-return-to-the-moon-featuring-richard-spolzino/https://www.nasa.gov/general/mapping-the-gaps-in-nasas-return-to-the-moon-featuring-richard-spolzino/Sun, 04 Oct 2026 19:10:59 +0000NASA News“I want to be able to look at a rocket launch and say, ‘I touched a piece of this.’” That’s how Richard Spolzino describes the thing he’s chasing. Not a title, not a specific mission, not even NASA itself, just the ability to point at something real and know his work made it possible. At NASA’s Langley Research Center… https://simonwillison.net/2026/Oct/5/felix-rieseberg/https://simonwillison.net/2026/Oct/5/felix-rieseberg/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 23:56:47 +0000Simon WillisonThe "old" version of Cowork runs model inference in the cloud, executing tool calls in an Anthropic-provided VM we shipped to your computer. We added the VM for capability, safety, and security reasons - mapping in just the data you explicitly added to your session. People loved what they were able to do with Claude… https://www.darkreading.com/cyber-risk/ai-attacks-security-strategieshttps://www.darkreading.com/cyber-risk/ai-attacks-security-strategiesMon, 05 Oct 2026 13:00:00 +0000Dark ReadingAI-powered attacks are fast, relentless, and automated. How security teams can keep up is top of mind, according to the latest Dark Reading reader poll. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49971503https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49971503Mon, 05 Oct 2026 22:04:23 +0000Hacker News /AIHi, my name is Andrew and I'm the founder of mainbrella co. Just a few days ago Cloudflare launched their container sandbox service. That inspired me to see what I could build in terms of a better e2b.dev or daytona.io type system. It is all open source GPL 3.0 and we offer the same services as the other players. We… https://www.techdirt.com/2026/10/05/brendan-carr-is-making-it-easier-for-republicans-to-harass-you-with-midterm-ai-robocalls/https://www.techdirt.com/2026/10/05/brendan-carr-is-making-it-easier-for-republicans-to-harass-you-with-midterm-ai-robocalls/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 12:25:32 +0000TechdirtTrump FCC Boss Brendan Carr loves to insist he’s being tough on robocalls, which have increasingly rendered U.S. voice communications networks less and less usable. Except whenever you actually dig into his plans, it usually involves making it easier for big companies and Republicans — who often use the same tactics… https://gizmodo.com/googles-fitbit-edge-leak-2000821793https://gizmodo.com/googles-fitbit-edge-leak-2000821793Mon, 05 Oct 2026 17:50:23 +0000GizmodoThe Fitbit Edge has a screen and a similar collection of sensors to the company's recent screenless wearable, according to new leaks. https://www.csoonline.com/article/4230243/should-the-ciso-role-be-split-in-two.htmlhttps://www.csoonline.com/article/4230243/should-the-ciso-role-be-split-in-two.htmlMon, 05 Oct 2026 08:25:00 +0000CSO OnlineIn its roughly 30-year history, the CISO role has been reshaped by waves of new technology and rising cyber threats. In many organizations, CISOs now own risk reporting, information risk management, threat monitoring, cyber risk accountability and governance, and security strategy. And as AI and digital dependence… https://www.understandingai.org/p/why-agent-swarms-could-be-the-nexthttps://www.understandingai.org/p/why-agent-swarms-could-be-the-nextMon, 05 Oct 2026 17:19:00 +0000Understanding AIOne of the most surprising aspects of July’s news that OpenAI agents attacked Hugging Face was how the agents had worked together. Hundreds of agents participated in the attack, and they did so in a pretty sophisticated way, organizing themselves unprompted into teams and dividing up their work. They referred to… https://www.dezeen.com/2026/10/05/hgaa-house-k-vietnam/https://www.dezeen.com/2026/10/05/hgaa-house-k-vietnam/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 10:30:11 +0000DezeenBlocky volumes in exposed concrete contrast with the lush greenery and rooftop vegetable garden at House K, a home in Vietnam designed by local architecture studio HGAA . Located in Nghệ An, the 885-square-metre family home has a central courtyard and a series of stepped terraces, designed to provide residents with as… https://www.marktechpost.com/2026/10/05/yandex-introduces-sona-a-single-generative-recommender-that-replaces-entire-recommendation-cascade/https://www.marktechpost.com/2026/10/05/yandex-introduces-sona-a-single-generative-recommender-that-replaces-entire-recommendation-cascade/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 08:10:37 +0000MarkTechPostMost production recommenders are cascades. Candidate generators feed a pre-ranker, which feeds a heavy ranker built on hundreds of engineered features. Yandex’s Sona Technical Report describes a different design. Sona is a generative AI model that brings candidate generation and ranking into a single system, replacing… https://www.dezeen.com/2026/10/05/neom-stadium-cancelled-saudi-arabia-world-cup/https://www.dezeen.com/2026/10/05/neom-stadium-cancelled-saudi-arabia-world-cup/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 10:15:26 +0000DezeenPlans for Neom Stadium in Saudi Arabia , which was being built to host World Cup games in 2034, have been abandoned, according to reporting by news agency Reuters. Reuters revealed yesterday that Saudi Arabia was "quietly shelving" the stadium. "According to two sources, plans to build the Neom Stadium have now been… https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/attackers-target-rejetto-hfs-flaw-that.htmlhttps://thehackernews.com/2026/10/attackers-target-rejetto-hfs-flaw-that.htmlMon, 05 Oct 2026 08:09:23 +0000The Hacker NewsA critical security flaw impacting Rejetto HTTP File Server (HFS) is witnessing active exploitation attempts, according to VulnCheck. The vulnerability in question is CVE-2026-61500 (CVSS score: 9.3), a case of session forgery stemming from the use of a weak pseudo-random number generator (PRNG) that can lead to a… https://vibivibi.com/https://vibivibi.com/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 14:16:09 +0000Hacker NewsHi HN, I'm Hongyin. I built Vibivibi ( https://vibivibi.com ) because I kept starting a coding agent session on my laptop and wanting to continue it on a server, or hand it to a colleague. I want an easier way to do it but won’t trust anyone hosting my traces who promises they won’t sell it (market price per coding… https://www.gsmarena.com/vivo_y32_quietly_launches_with_an_8000_mah_battery-news-74912.phphttps://www.gsmarena.com/vivo_y32_quietly_launches_with_an_8000_mah_battery-news-74912.phpTue, 06 Oct 2026 04:01:02 +0000GSMArenavivo has quietly listed the Y32 on its website in Bangladesh. The phone is obviously not to be confused with the Y32 from 2021 - we're not sure why the company is reusing the name so soon (or at all, really), but it is what it is. Anyway, the new Y32 comes with a 6.87-inch LCD screen with 720x1592 resolution, a 120Hz… https://therecord.media/denmark-breach-register-cyberattackhttps://therecord.media/denmark-breach-register-cyberattackMon, 05 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000The RecordDenmark is investigating a data breach affecting approximately 8.8 million people after unauthorized users gained access to its national population register. https://www.hackster.io/news/this-3d-printed-cement-stores-energy-while-supporting-a-building-9f2820ce1601https://www.hackster.io/news/this-3d-printed-cement-stores-energy-while-supporting-a-building-9f2820ce1601Mon, 05 Oct 2026 16:55:04 +0000Hackster NewsConcrete already makes up the floors, walls, columns, and foundations of our buildings. Researchers are now working on a way to give all that concrete another job: storing electricity. A team has developed a 3D-printed cement-based supercapacitor that combines energy storage and structural strength in a single… https://www.fastcompany.com/91616917/ai-doesnt-need-to-be-superintelligent-to-be-dangerous?partner=rss&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=rss+fastcompany&utm_content=rsshttps://www.fastcompany.com/91616917/ai-doesnt-need-to-be-superintelligent-to-be-dangerous?partner=rss&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=rss+fastcompany&utm_content=rssMon, 05 Oct 2026 12:03:00 +0000Fast CompanyWe are in a moment of AI anxiety, plagued with the knotty and draining problems raised by the technology’s ever-growing capabilities. What will we do when AI launches massive cyberattacks that might target a government—or destabilize the global stock market? Do we need a kill switch to ensure that AI systems can’t… https://www.macrumors.com/2026/10/05/apple-seeds-macos-27-2-beta-3/https://www.macrumors.com/2026/10/05/apple-seeds-macos-27-2-beta-3/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 18:23:19 +0000MacRumorsApple is testing the next macOS Golden Gate update, and developers can download the second ‌macOS Golden Gate‌ 27.2 beta. The third beta comes two weeks after Apple released the second beta. Registered developers can download ‌macOS Golden Gate‌ 27.2 by opening up the System Settings app, clicking on General,… https://cyberscoop.com/us-water-system-cybersecurity-ai-threats-op-ed/https://cyberscoop.com/us-water-system-cybersecurity-ai-threats-op-ed/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 10:00:00 +0000CyberScoopThe summer’s cyberattacks by Iranian hackers on water systems in 12 states underscored how vulnerable U.S. water systems are to foreign adversaries. A broad attack on water infrastructure could have consequences comparable to a public health crisis that impacts the country’s entire population. The threat to water has… https://www.macrumors.com/2026/10/05/apple-releases-watchos-27-2-beta-3/https://www.macrumors.com/2026/10/05/apple-releases-watchos-27-2-beta-3/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 18:20:00 +0000MacRumorsAlongside new betas of iOS 27.2, iPadOS 27.2, and macOS Golden Gate 27.2, Apple has released the third betas of watchOS 27.2, tvOS 27.2, and visionOS 27.2. The betas come two weeks after Apple released the second betas. Registered developers can download the betas through the Settings app on each device. With iOS 27.2… https://semiengineering.com/the-agentic-ai-supercycle/https://semiengineering.com/the-agentic-ai-supercycle/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 07:01:51 +0000Semiconductor EngineeringThe biggest technology revolutions of the past were driven by steam engines in the 1700s, railroads in the 1800s, electricity, cars, phones, planes, computers, and the internet in the 1900s. Now we are at the dawn of the Agentic AI revolution, which will be the biggest of them all. A few years ago, Goldman Sachs… https://gizmodo.com/googlebooks-android-app-compatibility-intel-2000821646https://gizmodo.com/googlebooks-android-app-compatibility-intel-2000821646Mon, 05 Oct 2026 14:10:50 +0000GizmodoARM-based Googlebooks may have a cleaner launch experience than the Intel variety. https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/denmark-population-registry-data-breach-affects-88-million-people/https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/denmark-population-registry-data-breach-affects-88-million-people/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 15:21:10 +0000BleepingComputerDenmark's Central Population Register (CPR) is warning of a data breach that exposed the personal information of approximately 8.8 million registered individuals. [...] https://www.extremetech.com/computing/white-house-rebrands-ai-as-super-intelligence-with-si-developers-responsiblehttps://www.extremetech.com/computing/white-house-rebrands-ai-as-super-intelligence-with-si-developers-responsibleMon, 05 Oct 2026 19:15:22 +0000ExtremeTechThe pledge signed by the president and tech CEOs misspelled "United States," which is surely a sign of good things to come. https://hackaday.com/2026/10/05/how-to-grow-a-giant-crystal-from-copper-sulfate/https://hackaday.com/2026/10/05/how-to-grow-a-giant-crystal-from-copper-sulfate/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 20:00:29 +0000HackadayCopper sulfate crystals are probably among one of the prettiest crystals you can grow at home, with even just a simple setup with some copper scrap and vinegar already capable of producing lots of them. Yet what if you want to grow really big ones? In that case the [Crystalverse] has got your back, with a recent video… https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/10/261005071523.htmhttps://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/10/261005071523.htmMon, 05 Oct 2026 11:59:17 +0000ScienceDailyOctober skywatchers can see Saturn at opposition, catch meteors from Halley’s Comet during the Orionid peak, and watch the Moon sweep past the famous Pleiades star cluster. Moonlight may obscure some Orionids, but the best viewing should come before dawn after the Moon sets. https://www.hackster.io/news/nabu-casa-seeks-to-escape-the-stink-of-big-tech-with-a-cloudless-rebrand-meet-home-assistant-link-ceb8360c3cb3https://www.hackster.io/news/nabu-casa-seeks-to-escape-the-stink-of-big-tech-with-a-cloudless-rebrand-meet-home-assistant-link-ceb8360c3cb3Mon, 05 Oct 2026 10:03:28 +0000Hackster NewsHome Assistant Cloud is no more — but it's not going away: instead, Home Assistant steward Nabu Casa is attempting to distance its offerings from those of "big tech" with a rebrand to Home Assistant Link. "From ever-increasing subscription prices to outages and data harvesting: we don’t like what the cloud has come to… https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/10/06/passwork-nis2-credential-security/https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/10/06/passwork-nis2-credential-security/Tue, 06 Oct 2026 05:00:44 +0000Help Net SecuritySecurity budgets rarely stretch to cover a full NIS2 programme in one pass. Credential controls are where a constrained team can start, because they make access visible, revocable, and reviewable without new infrastructure. NIS2 compliance rests on risk-management measures that fit the actual risk an organization… https://apps.apple.com/us/app/halo-personal-ai/id6783715054https://apps.apple.com/us/app/halo-personal-ai/id6783715054Mon, 05 Oct 2026 20:11:08 +0000Hacker News /AIHalo is privacy focused personal assistant for iOS that uses a custom built agent harness with support to use you existing LLM subscriptions, Wiki based memory system backed by on-device RAG, a full-fledged local browser agent, chat with generative UI and more. TLDR: It's a better version of Hermes/OpenClaw for iOS,… https://www.neowin.net/news/chatgpt-will-now-show-visual-ads-while-you-generate-images/?utm_source=rsshttps://www.neowin.net/news/chatgpt-will-now-show-visual-ads-while-you-generate-images/?utm_source=rssMon, 05 Oct 2026 16:06:01 +0000NeowinOpenAI is expanding its monetization strategy with the rollout of visual advertisements inside ChatGPT Image Generation. Read more... https://soundscaper.orghttps://soundscaper.orgMon, 05 Oct 2026 21:09:35 +0000Hacker NewsAfter I finished my job as a designer on Audacity 4, I dabbled around in making some web tools/WASM things, until I eventually had the thought: But what if I made a web port of Audacity? How hard could that be? Turns out: Browsers actually are reasonably capable at handling media, and the word robots are lying… https://semiengineering.com/extreme-environments-push-chips-to-their-breaking-point/https://semiengineering.com/extreme-environments-push-chips-to-their-breaking-point/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 07:01:21 +0000Semiconductor EngineeringKey Takeaways: Orbital data centers, military/aerospace vehicles, HPC experiments, quantum, and advanced manufacturing equipment are all putting pressure on chips to withstand extreme environments. Conditions include any combination of thermal and mechanical shock, radiation, high speeds, noise, vibration, pressure,… https://newatlas.com/knives-multitools/metmo-lockable-tiny-tweezer/https://newatlas.com/knives-multitools/metmo-lockable-tiny-tweezer/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 21:03:00 +0000New AtlasWhile Leatherman and Victorinox have established themselves as the pillars of multitool design, a much newer name has quietly worked its way into the thrown of stylish, meticulously engineered single-purpose tools. Since 2019, British workshop Metmo has impressed with a highly focused lineup of small pocket tools… https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/south-korea-probes-bank-breaches-amid-suspected-ai-powered-attacks/https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/south-korea-probes-bank-breaches-amid-suspected-ai-powered-attacks/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 14:22:12 +0000BleepingComputerSouth Korea's Financial Services Commission (FSC) held an emergency meeting following a series of cyberattacks targeting financial institutions in the country. [...] https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/10/06/product-showcase-webroot-mobile-security/https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/10/06/product-showcase-webroot-mobile-security/Tue, 06 Oct 2026 04:30:30 +0000Help Net SecurityWebroot Mobile Security combines device security checks, Safari protection, text scam filtering, and data breach monitoring. It is available for iPhone, iPad, and Android devices. The app requires an active Webroot subscription and is included with Essentials, Premium, and Total Protection. The home screen displays… https://www.macrumors.com/2026/10/05/apple-opens-iphone-duo-app-submissions/https://www.macrumors.com/2026/10/05/apple-opens-iphone-duo-app-submissions/Tue, 06 Oct 2026 02:15:04 +0000MacRumorsApple today announced that apps optimized for the iPhone Duo can now be submitted for App Store approval, ahead of the foldable device launching on Friday, October 23. While existing App Store apps will automatically run on the iPhone Duo, only apps built with the iOS 27.1 SDK or later can dynamically resize to fill… https://www.gsmarena.com/watch_the_vivo_v80_announcement_live_here-news-74901.phphttps://www.gsmarena.com/watch_the_vivo_v80_announcement_live_here-news-74901.phpTue, 06 Oct 2026 02:30:01 +0000GSMArenaAfter announcing the V80 Lite at the start of September, vivo started teasing the V80 with promises of a phone that can capture “cinematic moments”. The date was set for October 6, so it’s finally time to reveal the new model. vivo V80's color options The company has already confirmed some key details for the vivo… https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/apple-plans-tighter-macos-full-disk.htmlhttps://thehackernews.com/2026/10/apple-plans-tighter-macos-full-disk.htmlMon, 05 Oct 2026 10:38:50 +0000The Hacker NewsApple has announced that it's taking steps to tighten controls around a macOS setting called Full Disk Access (FDA) due to security risks posed by artificial intelligence (AI) agents. "Some developers are using Full Disk Access in ways that could put users at risk, exposing everything on their systems—including files,… https://www.engineering.com/michael-baker-launches-livetwin-digital-infrastructure-platform/https://www.engineering.com/michael-baker-launches-livetwin-digital-infrastructure-platform/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 12:51:52 +0000Engineering.comMichael Baker International launched LiveTwin , the first solution in its digitalMBI platform. Introduced during the company’s Tech Summit, LiveTwin creates a digital representation of facilities, campuses, infrastructure and operations by connecting assets, systems, models and real-time data in one environment. The… https://phys.org/news/2026-10-political-emerge-key-factors-local.htmlhttps://phys.org/news/2026-10-political-emerge-key-factors-local.htmlTue, 06 Oct 2026 00:20:02 +0000Phys.orgWhy does the expansion of wind energy sometimes meet with local resistance, even though renewable energy generally enjoys broad support? RIFS researcher Jörg Radtke used a representative survey of 6,284 people in North Rhine-Westphalia to investigate which social characteristics are linked to the acceptance of wind… https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49974436https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49974436Tue, 06 Oct 2026 05:10:19 +0000Hacker News /AIHave you discovered daily routines and use cases that bring you back? Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49974436 Points: 2 # Comments: 0 https://blog.adafruit.com/2026/10/05/eye-pendant-v2/https://blog.adafruit.com/2026/10/05/eye-pendant-v2/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 19:34:06 +0000AdafruitA followup to last year’s Soul Cage vishalsoniindia has another entry in the spooky wearable category. The Eye Pendant is a wearable electronic pendant with a small round display that shows an animated eye . The eye moves around the screen, looking in different directions and creating the illusion of a realistic eye… https://hackaday.com/2026/10/04/hackaday-links-october-3-2026/https://hackaday.com/2026/10/04/hackaday-links-october-3-2026/Sun, 04 Oct 2026 23:00:26 +0000HackadayIf you’re interested in aerospace, there’s an excellent chance you’ve heard the rumor that NASA is trying to get its SR-71 flying again. Or at the very least, they are interested in what exactly it would take to bring the iconic Mach 3+ spy plane back online . The story started a couple of weeks ago when NASA… https://www.marktechpost.com/2026/10/04/the-story-of-qwen-alibabas-ai-models-from-7b-to-2-4t/https://www.marktechpost.com/2026/10/04/the-story-of-qwen-alibabas-ai-models-from-7b-to-2-4t/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 04:10:34 +0000MarkTechPostIn April 2023, Alibaba Cloud demoed a chatbot whose name roughly means ‘truth from a thousand questions.’ Three and a half years later, its descendant ships open weights with 2.4 trillion parameters. This is the story of how Qwen got there, release by release. &&& Chapter 1 — 2023: a thousand questions Alibaba moved… https://www.hackster.io/news/this-brain-inspired-camera-can-see-through-dense-fog-af9414c18bbbhttps://www.hackster.io/news/this-brain-inspired-camera-can-see-through-dense-fog-af9414c18bbbMon, 05 Oct 2026 14:20:55 +0000Hackster NewsFog, muddy water, and other murky conditions can make even the best cameras practically useless. Light reflected from an object gets scattered before reaching the camera, leaving behind little more than a blurry mess. Researchers at Brown University have now developed a brain-inspired imaging system that can cut… https://phys.org/news/2026-10-game-simulator-math-decisions-resources.htmlhttps://phys.org/news/2026-10-game-simulator-math-decisions-resources.htmlTue, 06 Oct 2026 00:00:01 +0000Phys.orgIn "Bloons Tower Defense," the goal is to stop balloons from reaching the end of a track by strategically placing towers along the route. These towers vary in cost, range and attack power, and they also take up valuable space. The game becomes increasingly difficult with each round. Where you place a tower therefore… https://stratechery.com/2026/apple-and-a-hackers-future/https://stratechery.com/2026/apple-and-a-hackers-future/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 10:00:00 +0000StratecheryMy computer got hacked; the vulnerability that was exploited is detailed in this Ars Technica story : Dutch officials have warned that a high-severity macOS vulnerability that allows attackers to execute malicious code is under active exploitation. “The NCSC has received a notification indicating that active abuse of… https://www.extremetech.com/electronics/leaked-fitbit-edge-seems-to-strike-a-balance-between-pixel-watch-and-fitbithttps://www.extremetech.com/electronics/leaked-fitbit-edge-seems-to-strike-a-balance-between-pixel-watch-and-fitbitMon, 05 Oct 2026 15:11:44 +0000ExtremeTechIt is expected to come with a slim screen and a battery life similar to the Fitbit Air. Best of both worlds? https://www.macrumors.com/2026/10/05/tvos-27-2-apple-intelligence-code/https://www.macrumors.com/2026/10/05/tvos-27-2-apple-intelligence-code/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 20:45:55 +0000MacRumorsApple's latest tvOS 27.2 beta adds weight to rumors that the next Apple TV will have Siri AI and Apple Intelligence support. Code suggests Apple is adding an Improve ‌Siri‌ & ‌Apple Intelligence‌ toggle to the tvOS Settings app. "Help improve foundation models and ‌Siri‌ by allowing Apple to collect and use your text… https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/10/05/shinyhunters-member-rey-detained-jordan-fbi/https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/10/05/shinyhunters-member-rey-detained-jordan-fbi/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 10:36:02 +0000Help Net SecurityA suspected ShinyHunters member known as Rey has been detained in Jordan and is reportedly helping the FBI track down the rest of the group. Reuters reports that Jordanian authorities detained Saif al-Din Khader, alias Rey, last week, with two of its three sources placing the arrest on Tuesday. One source told the… https://europeanspaceflight.com/second-hyimpulse-suborbital-sr75-flight-slips-to-2027/https://europeanspaceflight.com/second-hyimpulse-suborbital-sr75-flight-slips-to-2027/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 14:00:18 +0000European SpaceflightCredit: HyImpulse German launch startup HyImpulse has pushed the second flight of its SR75 suborbital rocket into spring 2027. On 1 October, HyImpulse announced that it had secured a launch operator licence from the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) to operate its SR75 rocket from SaxaVord in Scotland. With the… https://www.noahpinion.blog/p/what-the-ai-boom-is-doing-for-americanshttps://www.noahpinion.blog/p/what-the-ai-boom-is-doing-for-americansMon, 05 Oct 2026 08:12:53 +0000NoahpinionPaul Krugman is the greatest econ writer in the world, and also a legendary economist. But I sometimes feel that he has a blind spot when it comes to the value of new technologies. In 1998 he famously wrote: The growth of the Internet will slow drastically, as the flaw in ‘Metcalfe’s law’—which states that the number… https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/10/05/cisa-flags-new-exploited-netscaler-flaw-as-attackers-crash-appliances-cve-2026-88779/https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/10/05/cisa-flags-new-exploited-netscaler-flaw-as-attackers-crash-appliances-cve-2026-88779/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 14:53:48 +0000Help Net SecurityCISA has added another Citrix NetScaler vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on Sunday: CVE-2026-88779, a memory overflow bug that may cripple vulnerable NetScaler ADCs and Gateways. “Citrix has observed targeted attacks on unmitigated NetScaler deployments which can lead to Denial of Service.… https://phys.org/news/2026-10-digital-ibuprofen-chinese-youth-comfort.htmlhttps://phys.org/news/2026-10-digital-ibuprofen-chinese-youth-comfort.htmlMon, 05 Oct 2026 23:40:01 +0000Phys.orgIn China, young people are encountering a myriad of challenges, from societal pressures around success to life in a highly surveilled society, that have led them to turn to the internet in search of a balm to soothe their pain. What has emerged is a host of content called "digital ibuprofen"—viewed as a way to numb… https://www.engadget.com/2277034/google-admits-some-complex-android-apps-run-poorly-on-intel-googlebooks/https://www.engadget.com/2277034/google-admits-some-complex-android-apps-run-poorly-on-intel-googlebooks/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 12:38:55 +0000EngadgetAndroid app compatibility on Googlebooks may not be as smooth as previously stated. https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/10/05/1145711/the-download-ai-popularity-paradox-emtech-future-2026/https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/10/05/1145711/the-download-ai-popularity-paradox-emtech-future-2026/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 12:10:00 +0000MIT Technology ReviewThis is today’s edition of The Download , our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. People really hate AI, so why can’t they get enough? —Will Douglas Heaven Over the summer I talked to the CEO of Springboards, a startup building an LLM designed to come up with a… https://restofworld.org/2026/ai-data-center-memory-chip-shortage-cheap-smartphones-digital-divide/https://restofworld.org/2026/ai-data-center-memory-chip-shortage-cheap-smartphones-digital-divide/Tue, 06 Oct 2026 04:37:17 +0000Hacker News /AIArticle URL: https://restofworld.org/2026/ai-data-center-memory-chip-shortage-cheap-smartphones-digital-divide/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49974238 Points: 10 # Comments: 3 https://spaceflightnow.com/2026/10/04/live-coverage-spacex-to-launch-21-data-transport-satellites-for-the-space-development-agency/https://spaceflightnow.com/2026/10/04/live-coverage-spacex-to-launch-21-data-transport-satellites-for-the-space-development-agency/Sun, 04 Oct 2026 20:33:26 +0000SpaceFlight NowSpaceX scrubbed its launch attempt of the Space Development Agency’s Tranche 1 Transport Layer A mission on Monday, Oct. 5, 2026. Image: SpaceX via livestream Update 4:28 a.m. EDT (0828 UTC): SpaceX aborted the launch countdown in the final minute. SpaceX will have to wait at least another day before launching a new… https://www.hackster.io/news/the-heathkit-h8-is-back-as-a-palm-sized-diy-replica-f82d2af90d60https://www.hackster.io/news/the-heathkit-h8-is-back-as-a-palm-sized-diy-replica-f82d2af90d60Mon, 05 Oct 2026 13:34:39 +0000Hackster NewsBuilding your own computer once meant something very different. Instead of ordering a few boards and plugging them together, you could buy a box full of components, pick up a soldering iron, and assemble the machine yourself. Heath Company helped popularize that experience with its famous Heathkits, including the H8… https://appleinsider.com/articles/26/10/05/third-developer-betas-for-ios-272-macos-272-land-for-testing?utm_source=rsshttps://appleinsider.com/articles/26/10/05/third-developer-betas-for-ios-272-macos-272-land-for-testing?utm_source=rssMon, 05 Oct 2026 18:30:49 +0000AppleInsiderThe third round of developer betas for iOS 27.2 , iPadOS 27.2, tvOS 27.2, visionOS 27.2, watchOS 27.2, and macOS 27.2 has arrived for testing. iOS 27 on an iPhone The third developer beta round of Apple's first post-milestone updates has rolled around. Developers now have fresh builds of iOS 27.2, iPadOS 27.2, macOS… https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/google/google-halts-open-source-bug-bounty-program-amid-ai-spam-surge/https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/google/google-halts-open-source-bug-bounty-program-amid-ai-spam-surge/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 08:27:46 +0000BleepingComputerGoogle has now suspended submissions to its Open Source Software Vulnerability Rewards Program (OSS VRP) after being flooded by AI-generated reports. [...] https://www.fastcompany.com/91613863/free-up-iphone-space-without-deleting-photos-apps?partner=rss&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=rss+fastcompany&utm_content=rsshttps://www.fastcompany.com/91613863/free-up-iphone-space-without-deleting-photos-apps?partner=rss&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=rss+fastcompany&utm_content=rssMon, 05 Oct 2026 04:30:00 +0000Fast CompanyFew digital warning banners prompt immediate frustration quite like seeing “iPhone Storage Almost Full” right when you open your camera to record a quick video. You might assume that you’re trapped in a terrible trade-off: Either delete three years of family photos or start uninstalling apps you actually use. In… https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/2026/summary/https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/2026/summary/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 09:33:13 +0000Hacker Newshttps://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/2026/press-releas... Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49962572 Points: 26 # Comments: 29 https://www.livescience.com/animals/do-animals-experience-schadenfreudehttps://www.livescience.com/animals/do-animals-experience-schadenfreudeSun, 04 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000LiveScienceIn 2023, an African gray parrot named Jack went viral for mimicking the coughs and wheezes of her owner's father , who often struggled to breathe from severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease . But it wasn't just the imitation that made Jack famous; it was also that she seemed to relish the suffering of a man she… https://seylo.cohttps://seylo.coMon, 05 Oct 2026 12:30:51 +0000Hacker News /AIHey HN, I am building Seylo solo. It keeps your projects references, files, notes, hooks, video scripts in one place. You can save stuff from browser extension, fe. pinterest inspirations; your phone (now only iPhone supported) fe. tiktok/ig videos of your competitors; What's more you can also connect gpt, claude or… https://www.macrumors.com/2026/10/05/apple-two-sets-of-product-launches-october/https://www.macrumors.com/2026/10/05/apple-two-sets-of-product-launches-october/Tue, 06 Oct 2026 02:25:00 +0000MacRumorsBloomberg 's Mark Gurman recently reported that Apple plans to unveil an all-new home hub, a new HomePod mini, and a new Apple TV 4K on Tuesday, October 13 , and MacRumors has since learned about another launch slated for later in the month. Apple is planning to unveil additional new products in the final week of… https://payloadspace.com/nebex-partners-with-thrusters-unlimited-to-unlock-700m-for-mexicos-space-ecosystem/https://payloadspace.com/nebex-partners-with-thrusters-unlimited-to-unlock-700m-for-mexicos-space-ecosystem/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 13:00:00 +0000PayloadNYC financial-exchange startup Nebex announced a partnership with Thrusters Unlimited, a Mexican EO and space system manufacturer, to help structure $700M in funds for Mexican sovereign space programs. The capital will fund EO, telecoms and other strategic capabilities, according to Nebex. The partnership aims to help… https://www.core77.com/posts/145562/The-Tuff-Jug-Ripper-Cap-Solves-a-Tricky-Fueling-Situationhttps://www.core77.com/posts/145562/The-Tuff-Jug-Ripper-Cap-Solves-a-Tricky-Fueling-SituationMon, 05 Oct 2026 13:00:00 +0000Core77Putting gasoline into most vehicles is easy—at the pump. The nozzle goes into the filler neck, you pull the trigger. Take away the pump, and it gets considerably trickier. Dirt bikes, tractors and construction equipment must be filled with gasoline or diesel in the field, from portable containers, and the filler necks… https://www.infoq.com/podcasts/future-cybersecurity-hardware-memory-safety/?utm_campaign=infoq_content&utm_source=infoq&utm_medium=feed&utm_term=globalhttps://www.infoq.com/podcasts/future-cybersecurity-hardware-memory-safety/?utm_campaign=infoq_content&utm_source=infoq&utm_medium=feed&utm_term=globalMon, 05 Oct 2026 11:00:00 +0000InfoQIn this episode, Chris Swan, engineer at Atsign and security track host at QCon London, reflects on the ideas shared during QCon London 2026 and teases topics of the future edition. The discussion explores how security engineering is shifting from relying on human vigilance toward automated, system-level defences… https://www.science.org/content/article/method-controlling-brain-cells-light-wins-nobelhttps://www.science.org/content/article/method-controlling-brain-cells-light-wins-nobelMon, 05 Oct 2026 05:40:00 +0000Science MagazineKarl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann, and Georg Nagel honored for developing optogenetics https://www.gsmarena.com/another_report_says_that_the_xiaomi_18_ultra_has_been_canceled_reveals_monster_specs-news-74903.phphttps://www.gsmarena.com/another_report_says_that_the_xiaomi_18_ultra_has_been_canceled_reveals_monster_specs-news-74903.phpTue, 06 Oct 2026 01:01:02 +0000GSMArenaAfter Xiaomi announced the Xiaomi 18 Pro and Xiaomi 18 Pro Max, it revealed that the two are headed for a global launch. That was a bit unusual, since the Xiaomi 17 Pro and 17 Pro Max never left China. Maybe this has something to do with the rumor from August that claimed that the Xiaomi 18 Ultra had been canceled.… https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/windows-11/microsoft-says-windows-11-version-26h2-is-a-predictable-and-low-disruption-update-now-it-needs-to-prove-windows-still-has-a-future-worth-getting-excited-abouthttps://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/windows-11/microsoft-says-windows-11-version-26h2-is-a-predictable-and-low-disruption-update-now-it-needs-to-prove-windows-still-has-a-future-worth-getting-excited-aboutSun, 04 Oct 2026 14:00:00 +0000Windows CentralIt looks like Microsoft is wrapping up its Windows and Surface efforts for 2026 to be able to focus on the future. Last week the company announced refreshes to the Surface Pro 12-inch and Surface Laptop 13-inch. This week, Microsoft rolled out Windows 11 version 26H2. With a bunch of Surface announcements in the… https://www.hackster.io/news/protect-your-raspberry-pi-5-from-sudden-power-losses-5296a712e710https://www.hackster.io/news/protect-your-raspberry-pi-5-from-sudden-power-losses-5296a712e710Mon, 05 Oct 2026 12:40:35 +0000Hackster NewsPulling the power cord on a Raspberry Pi without a proper shutdown is a really bad idea. Whether it's running Home Assistant, a NAS, a 3D printer controller, or an edge AI application, losing power unexpectedly can corrupt an SD card or interrupt writes in progress. Geekworm's new Supercapacitor UPS HAT protects… https://www.understandingai.org/p/introducing-dan-kagan-kanshttps://www.understandingai.org/p/introducing-dan-kagan-kansMon, 05 Oct 2026 19:11:19 +0000Understanding AIWe just published the first post by our newest writer, Dan Kagan-Kans. Dan Kagan-Kans (Photo by Kai Williams) I’m excited to have Dan on the team. He spent a decade as managing editor of Mosaic , a magazine devoted to Jewish history, culture, and politics, and wrote arts criticism and essays. Then he had a son two… https://payloadspace.com/us-army-welcomes-first-600-enlisted-space-soldiers/https://payloadspace.com/us-army-welcomes-first-600-enlisted-space-soldiers/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 12:06:06 +0000PayloadThe Army’s first class of permanent enlisted space warfighters is now reporting for duty. On Oct. 1, 600+ soldiers swapped their old jobs for the new 40D Tactical Space Operations Specialist military occupational specialty (MOS). “We had nearly 3,000 soldiers apply, and selected over 600 of the most capable,… https://www.osnews.com/story/146073/windows-legacy-8-3-filename-support-actually-negatively-affects-performance/https://www.osnews.com/story/146073/windows-legacy-8-3-filename-support-actually-negatively-affects-performance/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 21:41:12 +0000OSnewsTo this day, Windows retains full support for the old MS-DOS 8.3 filename limitation, and it does this by creating 8.3 aliases for files with longer names. Apparently, this has a measurable effect on performance, so naturally, people are going to turn it off to make their Windows installations perform better.… https://appleinsider.com/articles/26/10/05/siri-ai-smart-replies-coming-to-the-apple-tv-tvos-272-code-suggests?utm_source=rsshttps://appleinsider.com/articles/26/10/05/siri-ai-smart-replies-coming-to-the-apple-tv-tvos-272-code-suggests?utm_source=rssMon, 05 Oct 2026 21:49:25 +0000AppleInsiderWe now have yet another indication that Apple Intelligence is coming to the next Apple TV 4K, with references to Apple's foundation models surfacing in a tvOS 27.2 beta. Siri AI & Smart Replies might be offered with the next-generation Apple TV 4K. Back in June 2026, tvOS 27 code suggested that the next-generation… https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/oct/05/sam-altman-open-ai-chatgpt-benefits-riskshttps://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/oct/05/sam-altman-open-ai-chatgpt-benefits-risksMon, 05 Oct 2026 13:27:45 +0000Guardian TechBoss of OpenAI calls for a regulatory light touch because of the ‘good stuff’ the technology can deliver Sam Altman says he believes the world should accept “bad things” happening with AI in exchange for the benefits of the technology. The chief executive of OpenAI cited hacks, scams and “other bad things that will… https://www.therobotreport.com/how-robotics-physical-ai-can-responsibly-tackle-key-physical-security-challenges/https://www.therobotreport.com/how-robotics-physical-ai-can-responsibly-tackle-key-physical-security-challenges/Sun, 04 Oct 2026 12:52:11 +0000The Robot ReportSecurity sensors in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Credit: Krisna Azie, Unsplash Robotics and artificial intelligence are deeply intertwined technologies. Where the former serves as the “body,” the latter provides the “brain,” with organizations continuing to develop the technology from traditionally rigid machinery into… https://www.securityweek.com/linux-backdoor-abuses-stun-protocol-exploits-dozens-of-flaws/https://www.securityweek.com/linux-backdoor-abuses-stun-protocol-exploits-dozens-of-flaws/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 13:00:00 +0000SecurityWeekClingSTUN operates as a back-connect proxy backdoor, sets up persistence, and contains exploits for self-propagation. The post Linux Backdoor Abuses STUN Protocol, Exploits Dozens of Flaws appeared first on SecurityWeek . https://newatlas.com/military/blue-talon-stealth-low-cost/https://newatlas.com/military/blue-talon-stealth-low-cost/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 21:00:00 +0000New AtlasLoyal Wingman technology continues to evolve rapidly as Northrop Grumman's YFQ-48A Blue Talon autonomous fighter completes its maiden flight at Mojave, California, controlling every aspect from engine start to landing with pilot intervention. Continue Reading Category: Military , Engineering Tags: Northrop Grumman ,… https://gizmodo.com/florida-woman-arrested-following-conversation-with-claude-that-allegedly-included-threats-2000821756https://gizmodo.com/florida-woman-arrested-following-conversation-with-claude-that-allegedly-included-threats-2000821756Mon, 05 Oct 2026 18:15:55 +0000GizmodoSnitches get IPOs. https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/elon-musk-confirms-terafab-discussions-between-spacex-and-tsmc-says-spacexai-will-be-renamed-spacexsi/https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/elon-musk-confirms-terafab-discussions-between-spacex-and-tsmc-says-spacexai-will-be-renamed-spacexsi/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 12:12:15 +0000Data Center DynamicsFollows reports that TSMC is mulling over plans for a chip manufacturing hub in Texas https://www.hackster.io/news/a-piece-of-internet-history-goes-up-for-auction-a-packet-transmitted-by-rfc-1149-avian-carrier-d58994308fb4https://www.hackster.io/news/a-piece-of-internet-history-goes-up-for-auction-a-packet-transmitted-by-rfc-1149-avian-carrier-d58994308fb4Mon, 05 Oct 2026 11:06:37 +0000Hackster NewsDavid Waitzman and the Bergen Linux User Group are auctioning a piece of networking history: a physical packet transmitted using Waitzman's RFC 1149 — "Standard for the Transmission of IP [Internet Protocol] Datagrams on Avian Carriers," otherwise known as IP over pigeon. "Avian carriers can provide high delay, low… https://www.livescience.com/space/astronomy/auroras-appear-in-broad-daylight-in-smile-spacecrafts-eerie-first-images-of-earth-space-photo-of-the-weekhttps://www.livescience.com/space/astronomy/auroras-appear-in-broad-daylight-in-smile-spacecrafts-eerie-first-images-of-earth-space-photo-of-the-weekSun, 04 Oct 2026 10:00:00 +0000LiveScienceEarth glows like a half moon while a giant aurora writhes over the North Pole in this ultraviolet image from the new Smile spacecraft. (Image credit: ESA & CAS/Smile/UVI CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO ) Quick facts What it is: An aurora on the sunlit side of Earth Where it is: Over the North Pole, as seen from about 75,000 miles… https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/artificial-intelligence/openai-will-show-visual-ads-in-chatgpt-while-you-generate-images/https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/artificial-intelligence/openai-will-show-visual-ads-in-chatgpt-while-you-generate-images/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 10:28:45 +0000BleepingComputerOpenAI is expanding ads in ChatGPT, and one of the first new formats will show visual ads while you're generating images. [...] https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/10/05/google-ai-generated-vulnerability-reports-pause/https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/10/05/google-ai-generated-vulnerability-reports-pause/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 07:37:21 +0000Help Net SecurityGoogle has stopped accepting new product vulnerability reports through its Open Source Software Vulnerability Reward Program (OSS VRP), after a wave of invalid, AI-generated submissions swamped the engineers and open source maintainers who review them. The rules page for Google’s OSS VRP states that “as of October 1,… https://martinfowler.com/fragments/2026-10-04.htmlhttps://martinfowler.com/fragments/2026-10-04.htmlMon, 05 Oct 2026 04:28:00 +0000Martin FowlerIn response to my last fragments (probably the bit about us worrying if LLMs have consciousness when we when we should be wondering why they don’t have a conscience) “Metalanguage” replied : we shipped the id and forgot the superego. classic software lifecycle. I don’t know what was on their mind, but their post… https://www.vivienhenz.com/common-lisphttps://www.vivienhenz.com/common-lispTue, 06 Oct 2026 02:51:51 +0000Hacker NewsArticle URL: https://www.vivienhenz.com/common-lisp Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49973598 Points: 41 # Comments: 41 https://www.engadget.com/2276917/google-fitbit-edge-leaks-out-with-a-screen-and-pixel-11-colors/https://www.engadget.com/2276917/google-fitbit-edge-leaks-out-with-a-screen-and-pixel-11-colors/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 08:18:13 +0000EngadgetThe upcoming Fitbit Edge looks like a replacement for the Fitbit Charge last seen in 2023. https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/clingstun-backdoor-unpatched-iot/https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/clingstun-backdoor-unpatched-iot/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 14:30:00 +0000Infosecurity MagClingSTUN exploits known IoT flaws and abuses public STUN servers to keep proxy access to devices https://www.thestack.technology/stackup-the-stacks-weekly-tech-startups-and-funding-wrap-64/https://www.thestack.technology/stackup-the-stacks-weekly-tech-startups-and-funding-wrap-64/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 13:13:55 +0000The StackWelcome to The Stack ’s weekly round-up of the latest startups, scaleups, and funding news. (Want us to include your milestone in the next wrap-up? Get it to Noah Bovenizer here with the story in 50 words or fewer.) The complexity of building backend logic predates the current AI agent era, but the rollout of agents… https://www.neowin.net/news/google-is-working-on-a-possible-fitbit-charge-successor-heres-what-it-looks-like/?utm_source=rsshttps://www.neowin.net/news/google-is-working-on-a-possible-fitbit-charge-successor-heres-what-it-looks-like/?utm_source=rssMon, 05 Oct 2026 14:06:01 +0000NeowinNot long after launching its screenless fitness band, the Fitbit Air, Google is reportedly following up with a new wearable called the Fitbit Edge, according to leaks. Read more... https://www.securityweek.com/google-narrows-open-source-bug-bounty-amid-wave-of-invalid-automated-reports/https://www.securityweek.com/google-narrows-open-source-bug-bounty-amid-wave-of-invalid-automated-reports/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 14:26:00 +0000SecurityWeekGoogle has temporarily stopped accepting product vulnerability reports through its Open Source Software Vulnerability Reward Program (OSS VRP). The post Google Narrows Open Source Bug Bounty Amid Wave of Invalid Automated Reports appeared first on SecurityWeek . https://spectrum.ieee.org/millennium-prize-aihttps://spectrum.ieee.org/millennium-prize-aiTue, 06 Oct 2026 06:08:48 +0000Hacker News /AIArticle URL: https://spectrum.ieee.org/millennium-prize-ai Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49974823 Points: 1 # Comments: 0 https://github.com/mars2021y-gif/autonomous-ai-agent-security-incidents-2026https://github.com/mars2021y-gif/autonomous-ai-agent-security-incidents-2026Tue, 06 Oct 2026 06:03:48 +0000Hacker News /AIArticle URL: https://github.com/mars2021y-gif/autonomous-ai-agent-security-incidents-2026 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49974784 Points: 2 # Comments: 0 https://www.thestack.technology/cia-cyber-chief-national-security-anthropic/https://www.thestack.technology/cia-cyber-chief-national-security-anthropic/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 13:41:27 +0000The Stack"Today the question is different, and harder: what happens when AI makes cyber operations faster and cheaper for nation-states and criminals alike?" https://earthsky.org/sun/sun-news-activity-solar-flare-cme-aurora-updates/https://earthsky.org/sun/sun-news-activity-solar-flare-cme-aurora-updates/Sun, 04 Oct 2026 11:30:53 +0000EarthSkySun news for October 4, 2026. This video, starting at 16:01 UTC on October 2, follows the large coronal hole that faced Earth earlier this week as it rotates toward the sun’s western edge. Its fast solar wind is now reaching Earth, and along with a glancing coronal mass ejection ( CME ) expected today, it could stir… https://gizmodo.com/smart-glasses-ban-norway-2000821622https://gizmodo.com/smart-glasses-ban-norway-2000821622Mon, 05 Oct 2026 14:30:29 +0000GizmodoCounties in Europe are not screwing around when it comes to smart glasses. https://thenewstack.io/cve-vulnerability-risk-management/https://thenewstack.io/cve-vulnerability-risk-management/Sat, 03 Oct 2026 14:00:00 +0000The New StackArtificial intelligence has changed almost every aspect of software development and cybersecurity. But perhaps one of the most profound changes is happening in an area that has traditionally received less strategic attention: How organizations manage software vulnerabilities. The basic vulnerability-management model… https://earthsky.org/space/helium-leak-exoplanets-atmosphere-life/https://earthsky.org/space/helium-leak-exoplanets-atmosphere-life/Sun, 04 Oct 2026 11:00:30 +0000EarthSkyArtist’s impression of the newly discovered rocky exoplanet, LHS 1140b . This exoplanet atmosphere is leaking helium . Could it be a sign of alien life? Image via ESO . LHS 1140b is a potentially rocky exoplanet in its star’s habitable zone. It’s an intriguing target in the search for worlds that could support life.… https://earthsky.org/earth/worlds-loudest-birds-red-legged-seriema-bare-throated-bellbird/https://earthsky.org/earth/worlds-loudest-birds-red-legged-seriema-bare-throated-bellbird/Sun, 04 Oct 2026 11:00:06 +0000EarthSkyThe University of Massachusetts Amherst said the bare-throated bellbird and the red-legged seriema are both contenders for the world’s loudest birds. The bare-throated bellbird, which lives in the Amazon, has a call of around 131 decibels . The red-legged seriema, which lives in a wide swath of eastern South America,… https://www.securityweek.com/exploitation-hits-rejetto-hfs-vulnerability-discovered-by-ai/https://www.securityweek.com/exploitation-hits-rejetto-hfs-vulnerability-discovered-by-ai/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 11:00:05 +0000SecurityWeekCVE-2026-61500 allows attackers to recover the session-cookie signing key and gain administrative access and RCE. The post Exploitation Hits Rejetto HFS Vulnerability Discovered by AI appeared first on SecurityWeek . https://blog.adafruit.com/2026/10/05/the-smallest-internet-radio-probably/https://blog.adafruit.com/2026/10/05/the-smallest-internet-radio-probably/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 14:51:36 +0000AdafruitThere’s something about when someone claims to have made a supper small (or even the smallest version of something) that immediately draws me in. This build by maker Milen is no exception! He cites yoradio as his inspiration. The radio is designed by simple assembling of two small boards. The first one is ESP32 C3… https://appleinsider.com/articles/26/10/06/second-october-event-possible-with-new-macs-as-the-focus?utm_source=rsshttps://appleinsider.com/articles/26/10/06/second-october-event-possible-with-new-macs-as-the-focus?utm_source=rssTue, 06 Oct 2026 02:45:04 +0000AppleInsiderApple already has an unannounced product reveal expected on October 13 and rumors suggest a second round of releases could occur by the end of the month. New MacBook Pro models are expected soon It is gearing up to be a very busy October for Apple, as iPhone Duo ships, Apple Home gets several new products , and now a… https://www.phoronix.com/news/TrueNAS-27-RC.1-Releasehttps://www.phoronix.com/news/TrueNAS-27-RC.1-ReleaseTue, 06 Oct 2026 00:25:45 +0000PhoronixTrueNAS 27 RC.1 released today in working toward the next major release of this Linux-based storage/NAS operating system from iXsystems... https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/10/05/1143813/bringing-predictive-analytics-to-the-agentic-ai-era/https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/10/05/1143813/bringing-predictive-analytics-to-the-agentic-ai-era/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 13:29:32 +0000MIT Technology ReviewIn 2026, the question for enterprise AI is no longer whether predictive models can outperform statistical forecasts—that argument is settled. The big question now is how to enable predictive systems to act on their own conclusions without drifting from business intent. The frontier has moved from prediction to… https://www.gsmarena.com/openai_is_adding_visual_ads_to_chatgpt-news-74908.phphttps://www.gsmarena.com/openai_is_adding_visual_ads_to_chatgpt-news-74908.phpMon, 05 Oct 2026 21:58:02 +0000GSMArenaOpenAI introduced ads for free and Go users of ChatGPT back in February. Those were pretty simple ads that appeared between chat messages. Now the company is adding a new ad format, which it calls visual ads. These feature larger images – either several thumbnails or one screen-width image. These aren’t live yet as… https://importai.substack.com/p/import-ai-475-swarm-scaling-googlehttps://importai.substack.com/p/import-ai-475-swarm-scaling-googleMon, 05 Oct 2026 12:32:30 +0000Import AIWelcome to Import AI, a newsletter about AI research. Import AI runs on arXiv, cappuccinos, and feedback from readers. If you’d like to support this, please subscribe. Subscribe now When should you use swarms? When you are in a hurry: …How does swarm scaling work?... Toby Ord has a nice, short post about how to think… https://appleinsider.com/articles/26/10/05/identity-verification-to-be-required-when-reloading-apple-cash?utm_source=rsshttps://appleinsider.com/articles/26/10/05/identity-verification-to-be-required-when-reloading-apple-cash?utm_source=rssMon, 05 Oct 2026 18:56:42 +0000AppleInsiderChanges are happening to the Apple Cash Terms and Conditions, with Green Dot Bank requiring users to identify themselves to reload balances starting November 9. Apple Cash Apple Cash users are starting to receive emails from Apple about a few changes happening to the service. The changes are being prompted by Green… https://www.macrumors.com/2026/10/05/apples-new-mac-mini-prime-day/https://www.macrumors.com/2026/10/05/apples-new-mac-mini-prime-day/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 13:23:17 +0000MacRumorsPrime Big Deal Days sales are already starting , and have now hit Apple's brand new Mac mini and Mac Studio computers. You can get up to $199 off these 2026 devices with Amazon's latest savings. Note: MacRumors is an affiliate partner with some of these vendors. When you click a link and make a purchase, we may… https://blog.adafruit.com/2026/10/05/a-picnic-table-binaural-birdsong-and-double-forest-pota-atno-action-ei3lh/https://blog.adafruit.com/2026/10/05/a-picnic-table-binaural-birdsong-and-double-forest-pota-atno-action-ei3lh/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 13:50:00 +0000AdafruitEI3LH wrote up two days of Parks on the Air activations in County Kilkenny, Ireland, on ei3lh.eu. Both parks were ATNOs, or all time new ones, meaning nobody had activated them before. The first was Coill an Fhailtaigh National Forest, IE-0056, one of Ireland’s 16 Millennium Forests. With the park close to closing,… https://www.engineering.com/connx-integrates-intel-edge-technology-into-maestroiq/https://www.engineering.com/connx-integrates-intel-edge-technology-into-maestroiq/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 09:58:54 +0000Engineering.comConnX announced it is integrating Intel edge computing technology into its MaestroIQ Shared Intelligence Layer. The initiative is designed to help transportation, manufacturing and other distributed operations correlate fragmented data sources and respond to developing issues faster. For cities and transportation… https://9to5mac.com/2026/10/05/macos-27-2-golden-gate-beta-3-now-available-heres-what-to-expect/https://9to5mac.com/2026/10/05/macos-27-2-golden-gate-beta-3-now-available-heres-what-to-expect/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 18:22:00 +00009to5MacApple is rolling out the third developer beta of macOS 27.2 Golden Gate, ahead of its official rollout in the coming weeks. Here’s what’s coming. more… https://www.storagereview.com/news/vultr-1-2b-amd-helios-ai-rack-by-hpe-first-orderhttps://www.storagereview.com/news/vultr-1-2b-amd-helios-ai-rack-by-hpe-first-orderSun, 04 Oct 2026 19:37:15 +0000StorageReviewHPE has booked its first order for the AMD Helios AI Rack by HPE, a $1.2 billion commitment from Vultr to deploy the 72-GPU racks across Vultr’s cloud data centers in the United States. HPE announced the order on September 30, the same day it held its Networking investor day, and the deal is the first customer proof… https://www.neowin.net/guides/how-to-make-windows-11-lock-itself-when-you-walk-away/?utm_source=rsshttps://www.neowin.net/guides/how-to-make-windows-11-lock-itself-when-you-walk-away/?utm_source=rssTue, 06 Oct 2026 04:28:01 +0000NeowinWindows 11 can use your phone to tell when you've walked away and lock your PC automatically. Here's how to set it up. Read more... https://9to5mac.com/2026/10/05/daily-october-5-2026/https://9to5mac.com/2026/10/05/daily-october-5-2026/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 22:39:59 +00009to5MacListen to a recap of the top stories of the day from 9to5Mac . 9to5Mac Daily is available on iTunes and Apple’s Podcasts app , Stitcher , TuneIn , Google Play , or through our dedicated RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. Sponsored by Stuff :Stuff helps you get everything out of your head and into a… https://9to5mac.com/2026/10/05/heypolo-gives-parents-real-time-visibility-how-their-teen-driving/https://9to5mac.com/2026/10/05/heypolo-gives-parents-real-time-visibility-how-their-teen-driving/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 22:30:00 +00009to5MacDo you remember the first time you backed out of the driveway on your own? It was pure freedom. For your parents? It was probably one of the most terrifying times of their life. When you were a teenager, your parents had no way to know how fast you were driving, when you arrived at your location, how safe you drove,… https://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_z_fold7_and_flip7_one_ui_9_update_is_now_available_in_the_us-news-74904.phphttps://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_z_fold7_and_flip7_one_ui_9_update_is_now_available_in_the_us-news-74904.phpMon, 05 Oct 2026 20:31:02 +0000GSMArenaSamsung started rolling out the update to One UI 9 based on Android 17 for the Galaxy S25 family and the Galaxy Z Fold7 and Galaxy Z Flip7 in late September, and the update has made its way to the US over the weekend for the Galaxy S25 devices. [#InlinePriceWidget,13826,1#] [#InlinePriceWidget,13712,1#] Now, the same… https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/10/05/macos-full-disk-access-updates/https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/10/05/macos-full-disk-access-updates/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 08:11:17 +0000Help Net SecurityApple plans to introduce additional controls for Full Disk Access in macOS, citing growing privacy risks as AI agents become more capable and autonomous. Users will need to take explicit action to grant apps this permission. The company has not specified a rollout date or detailed how the controls will work. Apple’s… https://semiengineering.com/row-parallel-dram-computing-cuts-data-reorganization-overhead-syracuse-fau-tu-dresden/https://semiengineering.com/row-parallel-dram-computing-cuts-data-reorganization-overhead-syracuse-fau-tu-dresden/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 18:16:28 +0000Semiconductor EngineeringResearchers at Syracuse University, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg , and TU Dresden published a technical paper titled “RAPID: Row-Parallel Arithmetic Processing in DRAM.” Abstract Excerpt: “Processing-using-memory (PUM) architectures perform computation directly within DRAM to reduce costly data… https://blog.adafruit.com/2026/10/05/happy-world-teachers-day-2026-unesco-education-teacher-worldteachersday/https://blog.adafruit.com/2026/10/05/happy-world-teachers-day-2026-unesco-education-teacher-worldteachersday/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 12:13:39 +0000AdafruitSince 1994 World Teachers Day is honored every October 5. This is a time to celebrate teachers on the anniversiary of a 1966 UNESCO Reccomendation on teachers . Teachers are doing transformative work and they need support! 2026 marks the 60th anniversary! From UNESCO : Under the theme “ Standing with teachers: 60… https://semiengineering.com/backside-clock-meshes-cut-skew-and-power-in-2nm-nanosheets-ucsc/https://semiengineering.com/backside-clock-meshes-cut-skew-and-power-in-2nm-nanosheets-ucsc/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 18:07:21 +0000Semiconductor EngineeringResearchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz published a technical paper titled “Design Space Exploration of Backside Clock Meshes for 2 nm GAAFET BSPDN Technology.” Abstract Excerpt: “Clock meshes are used in high-performance VLSI designs to minimize skew and tolerate on-chip variation, but they spend… https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/jera-dell-technologies-and-rhaelm-team-up-for-behind-the-meter-ai-infrastructure-in-japan/https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/jera-dell-technologies-and-rhaelm-team-up-for-behind-the-meter-ai-infrastructure-in-japan/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 13:01:08 +0000Data Center DynamicsFirst project planned for power plant at Chiba https://www.engadget.com/2276395/how-to-add-customize-carplay-widgets/https://www.engadget.com/2276395/how-to-add-customize-carplay-widgets/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 22:30:00 +0000EngadgetCarPlay's widgets let you check info quickly, which is a great option for apps that aren't otherwise supported. https://www.osnews.com/story/146069/klassik-brings-kde3s-look-and-feel-to-kde-plasma-6/https://www.osnews.com/story/146069/klassik-brings-kde3s-look-and-feel-to-kde-plasma-6/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 20:18:43 +0000OSnewsThe KDE project recently brought back its classic Oxygen and Air themes, but what if you prefer something… A little older? A modern recreation of the classic KDE 3 desktop experience for KDE Plasma 6, built entirely using Qt 6 and Qt Quick, with full support for Wayland and fractional scaling. ↫ Klassik GitHub page… https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/google-suspends-opensource-bug/https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/google-suspends-opensource-bug/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 10:30:00 +0000Infosecurity MagGoogle has paused its Open Source Vulnerability Rewards Program due to a flood of AI submissions https://www.gsmarena.com/infinix_smart_20e_leaks_in_four_colors_some_specs_outed_too-news-74905.phphttps://www.gsmarena.com/infinix_smart_20e_leaks_in_four_colors_some_specs_outed_too-news-74905.phpMon, 05 Oct 2026 15:01:02 +0000GSMArenaInfinix launched the Smart 20 in March, and now it's apparently working on a companion device in the same family, called the Smart 20E. This has been leaked today in four colors, as you can see below. Its design seems nigh-on identical to the already available Infinix Smart 20. The Smart 20E has already been certified… https://semiengineering.com/reducing-contact-resistance-pushes-2d-transistors-toward-advanced-cmos-hust-polyu-ucsb-nus/https://semiengineering.com/reducing-contact-resistance-pushes-2d-transistors-toward-advanced-cmos-hust-polyu-ucsb-nus/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 17:25:40 +0000Semiconductor EngineeringResearchers at Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, University of California, Santa Barbara, and National University of Singapore published a technical paper titled “Low contact resistance and high current density in ballistic p-type transistors based on oxygen-doped WSe 2… https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musks-exes-are-the-most-damning-part-of-a-massive-new-documentary/https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musks-exes-are-the-most-damning-part-of-a-massive-new-documentary/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 19:58:38 +0000WiredInterviews with Justine Wilson and Ashley St. Clair in the nearly four-hour-long Musk paint the world’s richest man as capricious and cruel even toward those closest to him. https://www.core77.com/posts/145571/Industrial-Designer-Eduardo-Blancos-Cartesian-Pencil-Holdershttps://www.core77.com/posts/145571/Industrial-Designer-Eduardo-Blancos-Cartesian-Pencil-HoldersMon, 05 Oct 2026 15:00:00 +0000Core77There's something pleasingly M.C.-Escher-esque about this Ciclo desk organizer. Spanish industrial designer Eduardo Blanco explains its origin: I needed a pencil holder and I wanted it to have a sculptural look. Something that is always visible on a desk cannot be banal. I also wanted it to give me more options for… https://www.engineering.com/roland-dg-and-logojet-expand-uv-printing-partnership/https://www.engineering.com/roland-dg-and-logojet-expand-uv-printing-partnership/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 12:57:22 +0000Engineering.comRoland DG Americas announced a strategic partnership with LogoJET, a Lafayette, Louisiana-based manufacturer of industrial direct-to-object inkjet printers. Under the partnership, LogoJET will add Roland DG’s UV flatbed printers in large-format, benchtop and desktop configurations to its product portfolio. Roland DG… https://www.archdaily.com/1186296/ammodo-architecture-announces-first-edition-of-architecture-days-in-amsterdamhttps://www.archdaily.com/1186296/ammodo-architecture-announces-first-edition-of-architecture-days-in-amsterdamMon, 05 Oct 2026 14:00:00 +0000ArchDailyAmmodo Architecture will launch the first edition of Ammodo Architecture Days in Amsterdam on November 9 and 10, 2026. Organized by Ammodo Architecture, a programme of the Ammodo Foundation , the event will bring together architects, landscape architects, urban planners, artists, communities, collectives and… https://www.securityweek.com/alleged-shinyhunters-leader-arrested-in-jordan/https://www.securityweek.com/alleged-shinyhunters-leader-arrested-in-jordan/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 07:16:53 +0000SecurityWeekKnown as Rey, the suspect is reportedly helping the FBI identify and locate other members of the extortion group. The post Alleged ShinyHunters Leader Arrested in Jordan appeared first on SecurityWeek . https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/10/05/debix-m8391-01-industrial-sbc-features-mediatek-genio-720-soc-with-9-tops-npu-dual-display-support/https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/10/05/debix-m8391-01-industrial-sbc-features-mediatek-genio-720-soc-with-9-tops-npu-dual-display-support/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 09:00:49 +0000CNX SoftwareThe DEBIX M8391-01 is a compact industrial SBC built around the MediaTek MT8391 (Genio 720) processor, designed for edge AI, computer vision, robotics, and intelligent IoT applications. The S0C’s 9-TOPS NPU enables local AI inference without relying on cloud processing. The board features up to 16GB LPDDR4 memory and… https://www.marktechpost.com/2026/10/04/aleph-alpha-releases-kolibri-a-78-1b-open-weight-english-german-moe-model-with-only-3-46b-active-parameters/https://www.marktechpost.com/2026/10/04/aleph-alpha-releases-kolibri-a-78-1b-open-weight-english-german-moe-model-with-only-3-46b-active-parameters/Sun, 04 Oct 2026 07:01:04 +0000MarkTechPostAleph Alpha has released Kolibri , an open-weight Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) language model built for German and English. Kolibri has 78.1B total parameters but activates only 3.46B, or 4.4%, per token. It accepts up to 1,048,576 tokens of context, lets users set reasoning effort per request, and ships under the Apache… https://www.engineering.com/mathworks-and-mapmyindia-support-adas-development-in-india/https://www.engineering.com/mathworks-and-mapmyindia-support-adas-development-in-india/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 12:21:26 +0000Engineering.comMathWorks announced a collaboration with MapmyIndia Mappls to support automotive engineers developing and validating advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) for Indian road conditions. The integration connects MapmyIndia’s high-definition maps with MATLAB, Simulink and RoadRunner. Engineering teams can use the tools… https://www.neowin.net/news/google-docs-and-drive-can-now-edit-markdown-files-without-converting-them/?utm_source=rsshttps://www.neowin.net/news/google-docs-and-drive-can-now-edit-markdown-files-without-converting-them/?utm_source=rssTue, 06 Oct 2026 04:26:01 +0000NeowinGoogle has introduced native support for Markdown files across Google Drive and Google Docs for all Workspace and personal account users. Read more... https://gizmodo.com/utah-pilots-ai-only-examination-and-prescription-process-for-certain-patients-2000821993https://gizmodo.com/utah-pilots-ai-only-examination-and-prescription-process-for-certain-patients-2000821993Tue, 06 Oct 2026 03:16:03 +0000GizmodoNo human doctor involved. https://theconversation.com/hunter-gatherer-societies-are-often-put-on-a-pedestal-as-paragons-of-equality-but-the-reality-is-more-complicated-289009https://theconversation.com/hunter-gatherer-societies-are-often-put-on-a-pedestal-as-paragons-of-equality-but-the-reality-is-more-complicated-289009Sat, 03 Oct 2026 14:38:26 +0000The ConversationEven in egalitarian societies, people can be unequal in various ways. Duncan Stibbard Hawkes On the shores of Lake Eyasi in Northern Tanzania, a small number of people still hunt and gather their food. Today a Hadza hunter has taken down an animal – a kudu . He can’t carry it by himself, so he cuts his poisoned arrow… https://www.core77.com/posts/145566/A-Super-Easy-to-Install-Add-On-Clip-for-Swiss-Army-Kniveshttps://www.core77.com/posts/145566/A-Super-Easy-to-Install-Add-On-Clip-for-Swiss-Army-KnivesMon, 05 Oct 2026 14:00:00 +0000Core77When you think of the classic Swiss Army Knife, you likely envision the common 91mm version. That's the size that became the standard in the 1950s. As ubiquitous as this line is, the strange thing is that Victorinox never updated them with clips, which became popular with other folding knives starting in the 1980s. So… https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/microsoft-exchange-flaw-lets.htmlhttps://thehackernews.com/2026/10/microsoft-exchange-flaw-lets.htmlMon, 05 Oct 2026 16:21:52 +0000The Hacker NewsMicrosoft has released out-of-band security updates to address a high-severity flaw in Microsoft Exchange Server that could allow an attacker to escalate privileges under certain conditions. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-96940, is rated 8.8 on the CVSS scoring system. "Weak authorization in Microsoft Exchange… https://the-decoder.com/meta-and-microsoft-pull-back-from-claude-as-anthropic-transforms-from-partner-into-competitor/https://the-decoder.com/meta-and-microsoft-pull-back-from-claude-as-anthropic-transforms-from-partner-into-competitor/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 18:59:19 +0000The DecoderMeta and Microsoft, two of Anthropic's biggest enterprise customers, are sharply cutting their use of Claude. Microsoft slashed the monthly per-employee budget in its cloud division from $100,000 to $10,000, while Meta halved its Claude Code users to 30,000. Both companies are pushing their own AI tools instead. For… https://the-decoder.com/aleph-alpha-releases-kolibri-an-open-weight-model-that-makes-the-case-for-european-ai-sovereignty/https://the-decoder.com/aleph-alpha-releases-kolibri-an-open-weight-model-that-makes-the-case-for-european-ai-sovereignty/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 14:12:50 +0000The DecoderAleph Alpha has released Kolibri, a German-English mixture-of-experts model with 78 billion parameters, about three billion of which are active per token. Over 21 percent of the training data is German. The model was trained on 768 B200 GPUs in Germany and Finland, and the weights are freely available under the Apache… https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/oct/05/queensland-data-centre-anthropic-western-downs-dalbyhttps://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/oct/05/queensland-data-centre-anthropic-western-downs-dalbySun, 04 Oct 2026 14:00:29 +0000Guardian TechResidents of Dalby may soon live beside a $31bn datacentre. The premier sees ‘opportunity’ for the state – but others fear AI’s global creep From the veranda on his bush block, Denver Kanowski has watched resources companies come and go from rural Queensland for 70 years. The home cost him $800, and lets him live how… https://appleinsider.com/inside/ios-26/tips/how-to-use-filtering-in-messages-on-ios-26?utm_source=rsshttps://appleinsider.com/inside/ios-26/tips/how-to-use-filtering-in-messages-on-ios-26?utm_source=rssTue, 06 Oct 2026 02:54:55 +0000AppleInsiderIf your Messages inbox is catching a lot of stray, unwanted messages, we'll show you how to filter, report, and block spam messages on iOS 27 . Learn how to filter, report, and block messages on iPhone At WWDC 2025, Apple announced that it would be bringing enhanced message filtering capabilities to Messages. As… https://www.therobotreport.com/physical-ai-race-will-be-won-in-patent-office/https://www.therobotreport.com/physical-ai-race-will-be-won-in-patent-office/Sat, 03 Oct 2026 14:30:07 +0000The Robot ReportLightbringer’s co-founders and board members, from left: CTO Markus Andreasson, CEO Dominic Davies, and CCO Ola Wassvik. Source: Lightbringer Developments in AI, machine learning, and automation have given robots capabilities that would have seemed extraordinary a decade ago. As competition intensifies, the physical… https://www.engineering.com/jacobs-to-deploy-digital-twin-at-nvidia-rd-facility/https://www.engineering.com/jacobs-to-deploy-digital-twin-at-nvidia-rd-facility/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 11:00:22 +0000Engineering.comJacobs has been selected by NVIDIA to deploy its Data Center Digital Twin for a large-scale R&D facility in the United States. Under a three-year software-as-a-service agreement, Jacobs will deploy a digital twin environment to enhance operational planning and improve facility performance across one of NVIDIA’s most… https://www.zdnet.com/tech/fdroid-android-app-alternative-google-play/https://www.zdnet.com/tech/fdroid-android-app-alternative-google-play/Tue, 06 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000ZDNetThe third-party Android app store called F-Droid has been completely overhauled and I urge you to give it a try. https://the-decoder.com/anthropic-is-quietly-becoming-americas-biggest-corporate-donor-ahead-of-its-mega-ipo/https://the-decoder.com/anthropic-is-quietly-becoming-americas-biggest-corporate-donor-ahead-of-its-mega-ipo/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 16:00:12 +0000The DecoderAnthropic employees donated $540 million in 2025 alone, nearly five times as much as the next-largest Fortune 500 donors, thanks to a company program that tops up every stock donation with extra shares and triples contributions from early employees. The article Anthropic is quietly becoming America's biggest corporate… https://www.engadget.com/2276483/common-mistakes-avoid-using-foldable-phones/https://www.engadget.com/2276483/common-mistakes-avoid-using-foldable-phones/Tue, 06 Oct 2026 00:30:00 +0000EngadgetFoldable phones have unique durability concerns thanks to their moving parts and internal screens. https://www.engadget.com/2276473/apple-macbook-handle-graphically-demanding-heavy-games/https://www.engadget.com/2276473/apple-macbook-handle-graphically-demanding-heavy-games/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 23:30:00 +0000EngadgetmacOS is now a far healthier platform for gaming than it was just a few years ago, but it can't compete with Windows in many ways. https://www.techdirt.com/2026/10/04/funniest-most-insightful-comments-of-the-week-at-techdirt-228/https://www.techdirt.com/2026/10/04/funniest-most-insightful-comments-of-the-week-at-techdirt-228/Sun, 04 Oct 2026 19:00:00 +0000TechdirtThis week, our first place winner is danderbandit with a comment about the California ruling against a rogue sheriff who seized 650,000 ballots : So a sheriff broke the law, was confirmed by the state’s top court on two counts. But he is still working as the county sheriff. When is he going to be held to account and… https://thenewstack.io/claude-answer-to-dots-muse/https://thenewstack.io/claude-answer-to-dots-muse/Sat, 03 Oct 2026 10:11:00 +0000The New StackI’m Matt Burns, Chief Content Officer at Insight Media Group. Each week, I round up the most important AI developments, explaining what they mean for people and organizations putting this technology to work. The thesis is simple: workers who learn to use AI will define the next era of their industries, and this… https://thenextweb.com/news/bernie-moreno-letter-dario-amodei-anthropic-alarmisthttps://thenextweb.com/news/bernie-moreno-letter-dario-amodei-anthropic-alarmistMon, 05 Oct 2026 22:43:35 +0000The Next WebRepublican senator Bernie Moreno has accused Anthropic chief executive Dario Amodei of taking an “alarmist approach” to AI. He did so in a letter sent on Monday, ahead of Anthropic’s expected stock market listing. Axios first reported the letter. “I do not understand how you can ask them to invest their hard-earned… https://www.servethehome.com/kioxia-cm9-r-15-36tb-e3-s-nvme-ssd-review/https://www.servethehome.com/kioxia-cm9-r-15-36tb-e3-s-nvme-ssd-review/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 20:31:34 +0000ServeTheHomeWe test the Kioxia CM9-R at 15.36TB capacity. This is a fast drive that is a top-tier option for x86 and Arm PCIe Gen5 servers The post Kioxia CM9-R 15.36TB E3.S NVMe SSD Review appeared first on ServeTheHome . https://www.phoronix.com/news/Mold-3.0-Releasedhttps://www.phoronix.com/news/Mold-3.0-ReleasedMon, 05 Oct 2026 10:29:15 +0000PhoronixThe Mold high speed linker alternative to the likes of GNU Gold/LD and LLVM LLD recently has been going through a rewrite from C++ to Rust as well as having high ambitions of eventually becoming the default linker on Linux systems. Today marks the release of Mold 3.0 for this Rust-based high performance linker... https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.4-Rugged-Panther-Lakehttps://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.4-Rugged-Panther-LakeMon, 05 Oct 2026 10:23:18 +0000PhoronixBack in May we spotted a Linux patch adding "Panther Lake R" as a rugged version of Panther Lake intended for "use in harsh environments". Since Linux 7.2 we have seen some bits of Panther Lake R driver support added while for the upcoming Linux 7.4 cycle there is additional enablement happening for this Panther Lake… https://thenextweb.com/news/tiktok-ai-shopping-assistant-buy-direct-checkouthttps://thenextweb.com/news/tiktok-ai-shopping-assistant-buy-direct-checkoutMon, 05 Oct 2026 22:23:11 +0000The Next WebTikTok is adding an AI shopping assistant and one-click checkout to its app. The two features let users buy directly from brands without leaving TikTok, the company said in an announcement at Advertising Week New York on Monday. Buy Direct is an in-app checkout. Users can buy from a brand straight from the For You […]… https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/05/openai-will-start-watermarking-chatgpts-text-in-the-eu/https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/05/openai-will-start-watermarking-chatgpts-text-in-the-eu/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 20:36:48 +0000TechCrunch AIOpenAI will watermark ChatGPT and Codex text in the EU to comply with the AI Act. Editing can make the invisible marks harder to detect, it says. https://www.osnews.com/story/146075/microsoft-claims-its-optimising-windows-for-8gb-of-ram/https://www.osnews.com/story/146075/microsoft-claims-its-optimising-windows-for-8gb-of-ram/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 21:44:53 +0000OSnewsSpeaking of Windows and performance, how about that RAM crisis? Microsoft is feeling the squeeze too, and is apparently doing work up and down the Windows stack to improve its memory consumption. Microsoft’s Windows chief Pavan Davuluri has admitted that the rising cost of memory is pushing the company to make Windows… https://appleinsider.com/articles/26/10/05/macos-development-continues-to-hint-at-touchscreen-macbooks?utm_source=rsshttps://appleinsider.com/articles/26/10/05/macos-development-continues-to-hint-at-touchscreen-macbooks?utm_source=rssMon, 05 Oct 2026 22:35:04 +0000AppleInsiderApple's latest macOS 27.2 beta references new touch gestures for Safari and Notes, meaning we're in for a neat Sidecar upgrade, a touchscreen MacBook Pro , or both. macOS 27.2 beta 3 includes new touchscreen gestures for system apps. While rumors of a MacBook Pro with a touchscreen go back years , it looks as though… https://thenextweb.com/news/openai-text-watermarking-chatgpt-codex-eu-ai-acthttps://thenextweb.com/news/openai-text-watermarking-chatgpt-codex-eu-ai-actMon, 05 Oct 2026 21:12:29 +0000The Next WebOpenAI will add an invisible watermark to text from ChatGPT and Codex in the EU over the coming weeks. The change covers eligible users on all plans, but only in the EU, the company said in a blog post on Monday. OpenAI said it is acting in response to the EU AI Act, which requires […] This story continues at The Next… https://lwn.net/Articles/1098599/https://lwn.net/Articles/1098599/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 13:11:21 +0000LWNSecurity updates have been issued by AlmaLinux (ghostscript, libvirt, and osbuild-composer), Debian (freecad, linux-6.12, node-lodash, pcre2, perl, php8.2, ruby-rack-session, wireshark, and xen), Fedora (assimp, budgie-control-center, budgie-desktop, budgie-desktop-services, budgie-desktop-view, chromium, cri-o1.36,… https://9to5mac.com/2026/10/05/openai-details-new-text-watermarking-system-for-chatgpt-codex-and-the-api/https://9to5mac.com/2026/10/05/openai-details-new-text-watermarking-system-for-chatgpt-codex-and-the-api/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 20:46:17 +00009to5MacOpenAI today announced how it will comply with the EU AI Act, which requires providers of generative AI systems to mark AI-generated text in a way that makes it identifiable. Here are the details. more… https://www.marktechpost.com/2026/10/04/can-an-open-model-do-security-research-cantinas-apex-flash-1-solves-40-of-60-held-out-bug-tasks/https://www.marktechpost.com/2026/10/04/can-an-open-model-do-security-research-cantinas-apex-flash-1-solves-40-of-60-held-out-bug-tasks/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 01:47:28 +0000MarkTechPostCantina Security , with Yeta Labs, has released apex-flash-1 , an open-weights model trained specifically for vulnerability research. It is a reinforcement learning fine-tune of Z.ai’s GLM-5.3-Flash , released on Hugging Face under the MIT license. Is it deployable? Yes, the MIT weights serve on vLLM, SGLang or… https://thenextweb.com/news/wikimedia-openai-agents-wiki-edits-wikidata-outagehttps://thenextweb.com/news/wikimedia-openai-agents-wiki-edits-wikidata-outageMon, 05 Oct 2026 20:56:29 +0000The Next WebThe Wikimedia Foundation says AI agents it believes OpenAI runs made unapproved edits to its wikis. They also tried and failed to break into a note-taking tool it hosts. Their traffic may have contributed to a partial outage in May, the foundation, which hosts Wikipedia, said in a blog post on Monday. Its… https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/10/261005012444.htmhttps://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/10/261005012444.htmMon, 05 Oct 2026 12:26:03 +0000ScienceDailyScientists found that prolonged fasting triggers major changes throughout the body, but many of the most interesting effects only appeared after about three days without food. The results suggest fasting may influence health in ways that go beyond weight loss and could eventually inspire treatments that mimic its… https://www.gsmarena.com/the_galaxy_s27_ultra_could_be_available_in_these_base_color_options-news-74902.phphttps://www.gsmarena.com/the_galaxy_s27_ultra_could_be_available_in_these_base_color_options-news-74902.phpMon, 05 Oct 2026 16:18:03 +0000GSMArenaThe upcoming Samsung Galaxy S27 Ultra’s base color options have leaked. The flagship phone is expected to be unveiled in a couple of months with a new rear camera design, a bigger battery, and the Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 chipset. According to tipster Ice Universe, the Galaxy S27 Ultra will be available in… https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/10/261002080034.htmhttps://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/10/261002080034.htmMon, 05 Oct 2026 12:13:07 +0000ScienceDailyStimulating the vagus nerve after practice helped mice develop stronger long-term motor learning, revealing a potentially important window when the brain is still locking in a new skill. The effect was linked to rhythmic changes in brain blood vessels, hinting that body-to-brain signals may help prepare the brain for… https://spyglass.org/digger-box-office-bomb/https://spyglass.org/digger-box-office-bomb/Sun, 04 Oct 2026 14:10:34 +0000Spyglass🔗 Warner Bros.’ Last Release Before Merger, is a Major Flop • NYT It ended with a bang. But the bad kind. More an implosion than an explosion. Opening in over 3,000 locations, the R-rated movie grossed an estimated $8 million for the weekend. The studio has said the film cost $125 million but others put the total… https://the-decoder.com/ai-is-eroding-office-hours-study-groups-and-the-trust-between-faculty-and-students-mit-report-finds/https://the-decoder.com/ai-is-eroding-office-hours-study-groups-and-the-trust-between-faculty-and-students-mit-report-finds/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 11:46:18 +0000The DecoderAn MIT expert committee warns that AI is eroding key parts of the college experience: office hours, study groups, and the school's flagship research program for undergraduates are all fading. Trust between faculty and students is breaking down, and some professors are even considering AI agents instead of students as… https://blog.adafruit.com/2026/10/04/adafruit-weekly-editorial-round-up-adafruit-top-10-peppers-ghost-effect-3d-printing-timelapse-and-more/https://blog.adafruit.com/2026/10/04/adafruit-weekly-editorial-round-up-adafruit-top-10-peppers-ghost-effect-3d-printing-timelapse-and-more/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 00:00:48 +0000AdafruitADAFRUIT WEEKLY EDITORIAL ROUND-UP We’ve got so much happening here at Adafruit that it’s not always easy to keep up! Don’t fret, we’ve got you covered. Each week we’ll be posting a handy round-up of what we’ve been up to, ranging from learn guides to blog articles, videos, and more. BLOG Adafruit’s Top 10 Blog Posts… https://9to5google.com/2026/10/05/googlebook-slack-app-day-one/https://9to5google.com/2026/10/05/googlebook-slack-app-day-one/Tue, 06 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +00009to5GoogleGooglebook is now on sale and shipping to customers and, on day one at least, they can’t install the Slack web app. more… https://the-decoder.com/most-americans-want-ai-development-to-slow-down-or-stop-entirely-new-poll-finds/https://the-decoder.com/most-americans-want-ai-development-to-slow-down-or-stop-entirely-new-poll-finds/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 16:37:08 +0000The DecoderAccording to a Quinnipiac University poll, 77 percent of Americans want to slow down or stop AI development until its safety has been verified. 86 percent support independent safety standards, and 74 percent have little or no trust in AI company leaders. "[…] the public wants safeguards that do not depend simply on… https://www.archdaily.com/1186377/hikari-house-estudio-pkhttps://www.archdaily.com/1186377/hikari-house-estudio-pkMon, 05 Oct 2026 19:00:00 +0000ArchDailyCasa Hikari is conceived as a residence developed predominantly on the ground floor, designed for a couple whose children have already left the family home. This new stage of life opens the way to a more horizontal, intimate architecture linked to the landscape, where the pathway and the views—rather than the… https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/10/05/malwarebytes-scam-link-check/https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/10/05/malwarebytes-scam-link-check/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 13:30:28 +0000Help Net SecurityMalwarebytes has launched the Malwarebytes Scam Link Check, a free web tool that lets anyone check whether a website link is safe or dangerous before clicking it. Users paste any suspicious URL, the kind that arrives by text, email, chat, or social media, and the tool returns a safety result, along with the reasons… https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/10/261002080015.htmhttps://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/10/261002080015.htmMon, 05 Oct 2026 11:35:24 +0000ScienceDailyScientists have discovered evidence of altermagnetism in a thin, highly tunable material that could help electronics use electron spin instead of relying only on electrical charge. The unusual magnetic state may enable faster, more energy-efficient devices without the unwanted magnetic interference caused by… https://thenextweb.com/news/anthropic-claude-chat-reported-police-florida-arresthttps://thenextweb.com/news/anthropic-claude-chat-reported-police-florida-arrestMon, 05 Oct 2026 23:48:50 +0000The Next WebSheriff’s deputies have arrested a woman in Florida after Anthropic reported her Claude conversation to law enforcement. In the chat she allegedly said she would “shoot up” the Lee County Sheriff’s Office. WINK News first reported the arrest on 30 September. According to the arrest report, she wrote the statement on… https://www.securityweek.com/exploitation-of-citrix-netscaler-zero-day-hits-appliances-patched-days-earlier/https://www.securityweek.com/exploitation-of-citrix-netscaler-zero-day-hits-appliances-patched-days-earlier/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 05:14:48 +0000SecurityWeekCitrix has confirmed that a new zero-day vulnerability, CVE-2026-88779, emerged just days after two other exploited flaws were patched. The post Exploitation of Citrix NetScaler Zero-Day Hits Appliances Patched Days Earlier appeared first on SecurityWeek . https://appleinsider.com/articles/26/10/05/icloud-custom-emails-limit-raised-from-three-to-a-more-sane-ten?utm_source=rsshttps://appleinsider.com/articles/26/10/05/icloud-custom-emails-limit-raised-from-three-to-a-more-sane-ten?utm_source=rssMon, 05 Oct 2026 17:07:55 +0000AppleInsiderApple has increased how many personalized email addresses you can make from custom domains connected to iCloud+, from a meager three up to a more useful ten. iCloud One of the features of iCloud+ is the ability to set up custom email domains with the service. Instead of using the old iCloud.com or mac.com addresses,… https://www.archdaily.com/1186316/rural-futures-future-rurals-international-symposiumhttps://www.archdaily.com/1186316/rural-futures-future-rurals-international-symposiumMon, 05 Oct 2026 09:20:00 +0000ArchDailyRURAL FUTURES | FUTURE RURALS International Symposium October 15–16, 2026 Istanbul Museum of Painting and Sculpture The rural is increasingly being declared as a ‘new common ground for humans and all nonhuman living and non-living entities,’ and highlighted as a ‘new’ space for living alongside the city—a shift that… https://www.404media.co/our-solar-system-is-terminally-unstable-and-will-be-completely-destroyed-study-finds/https://www.404media.co/our-solar-system-is-terminally-unstable-and-will-be-completely-destroyed-study-finds/Sat, 03 Oct 2026 11:00:34 +0000404 MediaWelcome back to the Abstract! These are the studies this week that searched for the ur-animals, wandered the poles, rained on Mars, and destroyed the solar system. First, scientists present new evidence that the first animals appeared more than 800 million years ago, a truly ancient origin that suggests our metazoan… https://www.archdaily.com/1186312/photography-and-architecture-light-space-and-expression-with-paul-clemence-and-rodrigo-ohtakehttps://www.archdaily.com/1186312/photography-and-architecture-light-space-and-expression-with-paul-clemence-and-rodrigo-ohtakeMon, 05 Oct 2026 09:15:00 +0000ArchDailyArchitecture has been a subject of photography since the camera was first invented. Thanks to the medium's ease of use and precision, photography has long served as a tool for documenting architectural and urban works. Yet, as with any subject matter, architectural photography also offers an opportunity for artistic… https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/10/261001214129.htmhttps://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/10/261001214129.htmMon, 05 Oct 2026 11:11:21 +0000ScienceDailyA new nanoparticle therapy reduced lung tumors in mice while also targeting cachexia, the severe muscle wasting that can accompany cancer. By delivering follistatin mRNA directly to tumors, the approach could eventually offer a way to fight both the disease and one of its most dangerous complications. https://earthsky.org/human-world/october-birthstone-opal-tourmaline/https://earthsky.org/human-world/october-birthstone-opal-tourmaline/Sat, 03 Oct 2026 09:02:17 +0000EarthSkyPolished opals from Australia. The opal is an October birthstone. Image via Sevenopal/ Wikimedia Commons . October babies have two birthstones to choose from: opal or tourmaline. You deserve a daily dose of good news. For the latest in science and the night sky, click here to subscribe to our free daily newsletter .… https://www.macrumors.com/2026/10/05/apple-cash-reload-id-check/https://www.macrumors.com/2026/10/05/apple-cash-reload-id-check/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 17:58:02 +0000MacRumorsApple Cash will soon require identity verification to add money. In emails going out to customers, Apple explains that starting on November 9, Green Dot Bank will begin requiring users to verify their identity when reloading their Apple Cash cards. Identity verification is already required when adding, sending, or… https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMD-ROCm-10.1https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMD-ROCm-10.1Mon, 05 Oct 2026 22:08:56 +0000PhoronixFollowing the ROCm 10.0 release from late August, ROCm 10.1 is now available in continuing with the ROCm six week release cycle... https://packetpushers.net/podcasts/tech-bytes/tech-bytes-inside-the-velocity-room-a-new-community-for-it-infrastructure-professionals-sponsored/https://packetpushers.net/podcasts/tech-bytes/tech-bytes-inside-the-velocity-room-a-new-community-for-it-infrastructure-professionals-sponsored/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 20:08:24 +0000Packet PushersToday on the Tech Bytes podcast, you’re invited to The Velocity Room. The Velocity Room is a community for IT professionals with a focus on AI infrastructure and security. On today’s show we talk about this community, what kind of events it runs, and whether it might be worth your time. My guest is Richard ... Read… https://packetpushers.net/podcasts/network-break/nb594-visa-offers-ai-security-software-free-of-charge-metas-1pb-subsea-cable-puts-petal-to-the-metal/https://packetpushers.net/podcasts/network-break/nb594-visa-offers-ai-security-software-free-of-charge-metas-1pb-subsea-cable-puts-petal-to-the-metal/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 19:56:16 +0000Packet PushersTake a Network Break! We discuss listener follow-up on orbital data centers, and hit the Red Alert for a string of Citrix NetScaler vulnerabilities. Visa releases its homegrown agentic AI harness for finding and remediating vulnerabilities as open source software, a bad change borks Azure networking services in 19… https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/trump-super-intelligence-ai-rebrand-musk-spacexsi-slovenia-domain/https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/trump-super-intelligence-ai-rebrand-musk-spacexsi-slovenia-domain/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 20:36:30 +0000CNETElon Musk says he will rename the just renamed SpaceXAI to SpaceXSI to align with the White House directive. https://www.phoronix.com/news/Mesa-Governance-Modelhttps://www.phoronix.com/news/Mesa-Governance-ModelMon, 05 Oct 2026 13:04:00 +0000PhoronixThe Mesa 3D driver stack has functioned well over the years without a formal governance model and just relying on an informal consensus approach for big changes. But on some occasions this informal handling has been less than ideal so upstream Mesa developers are now looking at establishing a formal governance model... https://gizmodo.com/wici-one-wireless-gpu-hands-on-2000821866https://gizmodo.com/wici-one-wireless-gpu-hands-on-2000821866Mon, 05 Oct 2026 20:30:00 +0000GizmodoJust don't imagine the WiCi eGPU will be all that useful for turning your laptop into a gaming powerhouse. https://earthsky.org/space/world-space-week-october-4-to-10/https://earthsky.org/space/world-space-week-october-4-to-10/Sun, 04 Oct 2026 08:01:45 +0000EarthSkyThe World Space Week Association ( WSWA ) official poster for World Space Week 2026, celebrated October 4–10 under the theme The Rocket Revolution . Image via WSWA . Happy World Space Week ! It runs October 4 through 10. The dates were chosen in honor of the October 4, 1957, launch of Sputnik 1 — world’s first… https://www.marktechpost.com/2026/10/04/google-research-moves-federated-learning-into-tees-gboard-now-trains-with-externally-verifiable-differential-privacy/https://www.marktechpost.com/2026/10/04/google-research-moves-federated-learning-into-tees-gboard-now-trains-with-externally-verifiable-differential-privacy/Sun, 04 Oct 2026 07:29:59 +0000MarkTechPostGoogle Research has announced a next-generation Federated Learning (FL) system built on Trusted Execution Environments (TEEs). The research team claims externally verifiable central differential privacy (DP) guarantees for FL for the first time. What Problem Does TEE-Based Federated Learning Solve? Google introduced… https://www.neowin.net/guides/how-to-quickly-redact-sensitive-info-from-screenshots-in-windows-11/?utm_source=rsshttps://www.neowin.net/guides/how-to-quickly-redact-sensitive-info-from-screenshots-in-windows-11/?utm_source=rssMon, 05 Oct 2026 19:20:01 +0000NeowinWindows 11's built-in screenshot taker, Snipping Tool, has one underrated feature that lets you hide sensitive info from screenshots. Learn more about it: Read more... https://lwn.net/Articles/1096963/https://lwn.net/Articles/1096963/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 15:10:37 +0000LWNPatch review has long been one of the limiting constraints for the kernel project (and most others); there just aren't enough people to properly review all of the code that is submitted for inclusion. The Sashiko system, which uses a large language model (LLM) to generate reviews automatically, offers the prospect of… https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/10/261002080013.htmhttps://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/10/261002080013.htmMon, 05 Oct 2026 10:06:28 +0000ScienceDailyScientists have discovered a human gene with a remarkable double life: it appears to play an important role in brain cells while still retaining the ability to jump around the genome. Called BC200, the gene evolved millions of years ago from a mobile piece of DNA known as a transposon, but unlike most genes that arose… https://thenextweb.com/news/flock-records-fee-texas-eu-logshttps://thenextweb.com/news/flock-records-fee-texas-eu-logsMon, 05 Oct 2026 22:37:56 +0000The Next WebA Fort Worth suburb has told a privacy group it would cost $2.3M to release records on how its police use Flock number plate cameras, a figure reached by estimating 14 years of labour at $15 an hour. Under the EU’s law enforcement directive the same information has to be logged as a matter of […] This story continues… https://www.astronomy.com/observing/imaging-star-clusters-in-other-galaxies/https://www.astronomy.com/observing/imaging-star-clusters-in-other-galaxies/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 18:03:56 +0000Astronomy MagazineWhen processing galaxy images, we astrophotographers labor to display their many beautiful features, like bright nuclei, spiral arms, star clouds, emission nebulae, dust lanes, and tidal tails. Yet most of us are oblivious to another component of galaxies we may have captured in some images: their globular star… https://www.infoq.com/news/2026/10/ai-spec-driven-delivery/?utm_campaign=infoq_content&utm_source=infoq&utm_medium=feed&utm_term=globalhttps://www.infoq.com/news/2026/10/ai-spec-driven-delivery/?utm_campaign=infoq_content&utm_source=infoq&utm_medium=feed&utm_term=globalMon, 05 Oct 2026 13:58:00 +0000InfoQAkka used 65 open-source projects to examine how specification structure, context, model selection, automated validation, and delivery guardrails affect AI assisted software porting. The experiment measured time, token use, code size, test parity, and performance, finding substantial variation across models, effort… https://thenextweb.com/news/mcp-flaw-ssrf-google-jpmorgan-dinum-protocol-pivotinghttps://thenextweb.com/news/mcp-flaw-ssrf-google-jpmorgan-dinum-protocol-pivotingTue, 06 Oct 2026 00:00:38 +0000The Next WebSecurity teams at Google, JPMorgan Chase, Weaviate, France’s interministerial digital directorate (DINUM) and the city government of Tangerang in Indonesia have each fixed the same type of flaw in their Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers. Independent researcher Syed Anas Mohiuddin reported all five, he wrote in an… https://www.zdnet.com/home-and-office/what-tech-to-bring-on-a-cruise/https://www.zdnet.com/home-and-office/what-tech-to-bring-on-a-cruise/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 16:40:41 +0000ZDNetAfter a week in the Norwegian fjords, here’s the tech I’ll make sure to bring next time. https://newatlas.com/consumer-tech/vinyl-cassette-cd-player-system-trettitre/https://newatlas.com/consumer-tech/vinyl-cassette-cd-player-system-trettitre/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 15:27:06 +0000New AtlasA lesser-known audio gear brand out of China is targeting design fans with a range of spectacular-looking products. It's come out of the gate swinging with a whole system of analog music players that can go on your wall, and catch your eye every time you pass by. Continue Reading Category: Consumer Tech , Technology… https://www.archdaily.com/1185414/unearthing-the-ground-architecture-and-the-politics-of-wastehttps://www.archdaily.com/1185414/unearthing-the-ground-architecture-and-the-politics-of-wasteMon, 05 Oct 2026 07:30:00 +0000ArchDailyIn 1948, Robert Moses established the Fresh Kills Landfill on the western shore of Staten Island . The site, chosen for its remote marshland and cheap land value, was meant to be temporary, but by 1955 it was the largest landfill in the world, receiving up to 29,000 tons of refuse per day at its 1991 peak. By 2001,… https://therecord.media/belarusian-hacktivists-two-years-Russian-healthcare-networkhttps://therecord.media/belarusian-hacktivists-two-years-Russian-healthcare-networkMon, 05 Oct 2026 13:55:00 +0000The RecordRussian cybersecurity researchers attributed a quiet two-year espionage campaign to the Belarusian Cyber Partisans, a group better known for public attacks against governments and infrastructure. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/10/261001214127.htmhttps://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/10/261001214127.htmMon, 05 Oct 2026 09:24:29 +0000ScienceDailyCancer immunotherapy can lose its punch when tumor-fighting T cells become exhausted, but researchers may have found a way to keep them going longer. Scientists at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center identified a signaling molecule called MEK that can push T cells to burn through their energy while producing… https://www.archdaily.com/1034562/house-258-cornetta-arquiteturahttps://www.archdaily.com/1034562/house-258-cornetta-arquiteturaMon, 05 Oct 2026 17:00:00 +0000ArchDailyBuilt on a steeply sloped lot, House 258 arises from the principle of designing appropriately for the place, occupying the land and landscape with subtlety and respect while preserving the existing grove on the property. The result is an architecture that, on one side, opens up to the sunset and the surrounding… https://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-outlines-classic-outlook-bug-working-on-a-fix-now/?utm_source=rsshttps://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-outlines-classic-outlook-bug-working-on-a-fix-now/?utm_source=rssMon, 05 Oct 2026 18:44:21 +0000NeowinThe bug throws error messages for affected users. The Outlook Team is now working on a hotfix, but we don't know when it will arrive. Read more... https://www.astronomy.com/today-in-the-history-of-astronomy/oct-5th-1923-hubble-discovers-galaxies-beyond-the-milky-way/https://www.astronomy.com/today-in-the-history-of-astronomy/oct-5th-1923-hubble-discovers-galaxies-beyond-the-milky-way/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 13:00:00 +0000Astronomy MagazineOn Oct. 4, 1923, Edwin Hubble took a photographic plate of the Andromeda Nebula (as it was known then) using the 100-inch Hooker telescope at Mount Wilson. The next night, Oct. 5th, he took another plate and found that a star that seemed to belong to the nebula had changed in brightness. At first, he thought this… https://thenextweb.com/news/reflection-ai-beam-open-weight-modelhttps://thenextweb.com/news/reflection-ai-beam-open-weight-modelMon, 05 Oct 2026 22:01:57 +0000The Next WebReflection AI, the Nvidia-backed startup founded by former Google DeepMind researchers, has unveiled Beam, its first open-weight model. Beam is built for coding, reasoning and agentic work. Reflection will release its weights later this month, the company said in a blog post on Monday. Anyone can download an… https://www.archdaily.com/1186190/ambherst-college-herzog-and-de-meuron-plus-sasakihttps://www.archdaily.com/1186190/ambherst-college-herzog-and-de-meuron-plus-sasakiMon, 05 Oct 2026 07:00:00 +0000ArchDailyAmbherst College has long been recognized for its commitment to academic excellence and the holistic development of its students. The new Student Center & Dining Commons is designed to enhance the student experience by fostering a sense of community and maximizing opportunities to improve well- being. Strategically… https://www.sciencenews.org/article/first-miniature-quasar-earthhttps://www.sciencenews.org/article/first-miniature-quasar-earthMon, 05 Oct 2026 13:00:00 +0000ScienceNewsMicroblazars — a miniature version of blazars — may be responsible for mysterious ultra-high-energy particles. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/oct/05/internet-watch-foundation-huge-rise-ai-child-sexual-abuse-materialhttps://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/oct/05/internet-watch-foundation-huge-rise-ai-child-sexual-abuse-materialMon, 05 Oct 2026 05:00:49 +0000Guardian TechAbuse material monitor says number of AI images assessed this year is already 40% higher than last year’s total AI-generated child sexual abuse material is proliferating online, with the amount of illegal material investigated this year already exceeding the total for 2025. Analysts at the Internet Watch Foundation… https://www.solidsmack.com/3d-cad-technology/the-model-is-finished-why-isnt-the-video/https://www.solidsmack.com/3d-cad-technology/the-model-is-finished-why-isnt-the-video/Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:41:28 +0000SolidSmackI spent the first part of my career on the CAD side of building projects, and I still remember the first time someone from the developer’s marketing team leaned over my desk on a Tuesday and asked whether I could “just export a flythrough” of the model for an investor meeting on Friday. It seemed reasonable to both of… https://www.universetoday.com/articles/new-simulations-connect-the-first-stars-to-cosmic-fingerprints-still-visible-todayhttps://www.universetoday.com/articles/new-simulations-connect-the-first-stars-to-cosmic-fingerprints-still-visible-todayMon, 05 Oct 2026 22:33:00 +0000Universe TodayIn a recent study, researchers at the international MEGATRON project used some of the most detailed simulations of the early Universe to investigate how the first stars and galaxies formed. https://www.sciencenews.org/article/dark-matter-supersymmetry-higgsinohttps://www.sciencenews.org/article/dark-matter-supersymmetry-higgsinoMon, 05 Oct 2026 17:00:00 +0000ScienceNewsOne theory points to a long-awaited supersymmetric particle called a ‘higgsino.’ But that idea has some issues. https://appleinsider.com/articles/26/10/05/ternus-and-cook-commemorate-steve-jobs-on-the-15th-anniversary-of-his-death?utm_source=rsshttps://appleinsider.com/articles/26/10/05/ternus-and-cook-commemorate-steve-jobs-on-the-15th-anniversary-of-his-death?utm_source=rssMon, 05 Oct 2026 13:56:16 +0000AppleInsiderNew Apple CEO John Ternus and his predecessor Tim Cook have both taken to X to describe the inspiration that Steve Jobs was to them. The late Steve Jobs, shown here at the 2010 launch of the iPad - image credit: Apple. It has been an annual tradition for Tim Cook to post on X about Steve Jobs on this anniversary date,… https://therecord.media/us-australia-warn-of-latest-citrix-vulnerabilityhttps://therecord.media/us-australia-warn-of-latest-citrix-vulnerabilityMon, 05 Oct 2026 17:22:00 +0000The RecordCitrix confirmed late on Friday that it was “tracking a newly observed issue” related to some customer-managed NetScaler deployments but claimed the problem was not connected to vulnerabilities reported last week that also caused alarm among cybersecurity experts. https://9to5mac.com/2026/10/05/apple-accuses-openai-of-improperly-adding-new-arguments-to-trade-secrets-case/https://9to5mac.com/2026/10/05/apple-accuses-openai-of-improperly-adding-new-arguments-to-trade-secrets-case/Tue, 06 Oct 2026 01:43:32 +00009to5MacA few days ago, OpenAI accused Apple of improperly adding new evidence to its trade secrets case. Today, Apple fired back with its own accusation that OpenAI went beyond what court rules permit in its response. Here are the details. more… https://www.archdaily.com/1186206/on-world-architecture-day-2026-a-call-to-build-better-build-differently-and-share-resourceshttps://www.archdaily.com/1186206/on-world-architecture-day-2026-a-call-to-build-better-build-differently-and-share-resourcesMon, 05 Oct 2026 05:30:00 +0000ArchDailyThe International Union of Architects designates the first Monday of October as World Architecture Day each year, aligning it with the United Nations' World Habitat Day . This year, both occasions are drawing attention to the global housing crisis as a fundamental element of human dignity, inclusion, and well-being.… https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/05/reflection-debuts-beam-a-open-weight-ai-model-to-rival-chinese-models-at-lower-compute-cost/https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/05/reflection-debuts-beam-a-open-weight-ai-model-to-rival-chinese-models-at-lower-compute-cost/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 19:33:53 +0000TechCrunchReflection is aiming Beam and future models at enterprises and sovereign nations. The pitch is to build “AI factories,” a product that would let institutions build their own customized, local AI system by training Reflection’s AI models on their own proprietary data. https://therecord.media/atb-ukraine-cyberattack-ransomwarehttps://therecord.media/atb-ukraine-cyberattack-ransomwareMon, 05 Oct 2026 17:00:00 +0000The RecordUkraine’s largest grocery store chain, ATB, confirmed that it was hit by a cyberattack after hackers posted an extortion demand on its website. https://sunnny.com/https://sunnny.com/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 23:49:05 +0000Daring FireballHow can B2B software be so friggin’ delicious? Early access drops 10/19. Spread the love. ★ https://www.phoronix.com/news/Qualcomm-HW-BIn-Trip-Pointhttps://www.phoronix.com/news/Qualcomm-HW-BIn-Trip-PointMon, 05 Oct 2026 10:04:53 +0000PhoronixA new patch series sent out from Qualcomm that aims to help at least the Snapdragon X series laptops is hardware-binned trip point support. Some Qualcomm SoCs are available in different multiple thermal/package bins with different junction temperature limits but otherwise being the same silicon. The new Linux patches… https://newatlas.com/music/benjamin-ipad-dock-youtube-music-lessons/https://newatlas.com/music/benjamin-ipad-dock-youtube-music-lessons/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 13:27:00 +0000New AtlasBenjamin is a tactile control surface and iPad stand that replaces fiddly touchscreen gestures with physical controls. It helps musicians keep their focus on the instrument while they learn from tutorial videos. Continue Reading Category: Music , Consumer Tech , Technology Tags: xxKickbooster , Kickstarter , Learning… https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/10/05/1145413/emtech-future-2026-when-ai-meets-everything/https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/10/05/1145413/emtech-future-2026-when-ai-meets-everything/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 04:00:00 +0000MIT Technology ReviewYossi Matias, Vice President & Head of Google Research, explores how AI is beginning to reshape biology, infrastructure, manufacturing, and science, and why its greatest impact may come when it intersects with other fields. Step inside the newsroom with our MIT Technology Review editors for sharp analysis and… https://www.infoq.com/presentations/elastic-ai-agent-evaluations/?utm_campaign=infoq_content&utm_source=infoq&utm_medium=feed&utm_term=globalhttps://www.infoq.com/presentations/elastic-ai-agent-evaluations/?utm_campaign=infoq_content&utm_source=infoq&utm_medium=feed&utm_term=globalMon, 05 Oct 2026 11:19:00 +0000InfoQSusan Chang explains how Elastic transitioned from siloed, ad-hoc AI agent evaluations to a unified, production-grade framework. She discusses balancing LLM-as-a-judge with deterministic rules, bridging Python data science evals with TypeScript production code, and implementing deep tracing to catch regressions across… https://simonwillison.net/2026/Oct/3/default-hard-budget-caps/https://simonwillison.net/2026/Oct/3/default-hard-budget-caps/Sat, 03 Oct 2026 23:34:02 +0000Simon WillisonHere's a product feature which the world is going to need a whole lot more of over the coming months and years: default hard budget caps . I'm talking about the feature of pay-by-usage services and APIs that lets you say "after $X/month, cut this thing off and return errors". These need to be hard limits. Soft caps,… https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/10/05/geekworm-ups-scap-5v5a-a-supercapacitor-ups-hat-for-raspberry-pi-5/https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/10/05/geekworm-ups-scap-5v5a-a-supercapacitor-ups-hat-for-raspberry-pi-5/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 00:00:22 +0000CNX SoftwareGeekworm, in collaboration with Mcuzone, has launched the UPS Scap 5V5A, a new supercapacitor UPS HAT for the Raspberry Pi 5 designed to keep the Raspberry Pi running long enough (a few seconds to a few minutes) to save data and shut down safely, rather than provide hours of backup power. Available in 100F, 60F, and… https://simonwillison.net/2026/Oct/4/qwen38-addition-in-words/https://simonwillison.net/2026/Oct/4/qwen38-addition-in-words/Sun, 04 Oct 2026 23:34:00 +0000Simon WillisonResearch: Qwen3.8 27B addition in words Colin Frasier posted on Bluesky about an experiment he ran over two years ago using GPT-4o to see how well it could "compute the sum but return the answer in words" across increasingly large numbers. Here's the chart he shared of those results: I'm confident GPT-4o didn't cheat… https://www.thestack.technology/runtime-cloudflare-gets-serious-about-data/https://www.thestack.technology/runtime-cloudflare-gets-serious-about-data/Sat, 03 Oct 2026 15:00:38 +0000The StackWelcome to Runtime! Today on Product Saturday: Cloudflare's new data query engine builds on open formats and serverless thinking, MongoDB levels up during a tough week, and more. Please forward this email to a friend or colleague! If it was forwarded to you, sign up here to get Runtime for free every week, or level up… https://www.infoq.com/articles/platform-engineering-playbook-production-llms/?utm_campaign=infoq_content&utm_source=infoq&utm_medium=feed&utm_term=globalhttps://www.infoq.com/articles/platform-engineering-playbook-production-llms/?utm_campaign=infoq_content&utm_source=infoq&utm_medium=feed&utm_term=globalMon, 05 Oct 2026 11:00:00 +0000InfoQIn this article, author discusses his experience with AI agent hallucinations in an inventory recommendation system and how this problem was solved by treating the LLM stack as a platform infrastructure concern instead of as an application one. He makes a case for a shared LLM platform with common services like prompt… https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/uncategorized/2026/10/a-week-in-security-september-28-october-4-2https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/uncategorized/2026/10/a-week-in-security-september-28-october-4-2Mon, 05 Oct 2026 07:01:00 +0000Malwarebytes LabsLast week on Malwarebytes Labs: Fake xStocks, Pendle, and other sites bait crypto users with rewards votes Shadow AI explained: The work shortcut that could leak your company’s secrets Convincing Free Mobile phishing emails appear after data breach Malwarebytes earns another Top Product award in independent testing… https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2026/10/a-week-in-security-september-28-october-4-2https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2026/10/a-week-in-security-september-28-october-4-2Mon, 05 Oct 2026 07:01:00 +0000Malwarebytes LabsLast week on Malwarebytes Labs: Fake xStocks, Pendle, and other sites bait crypto users with rewards votes Shadow AI explained: The work shortcut that could leak your company’s secrets Convincing Free Mobile phishing emails appear after data breach Malwarebytes earns another Top Product award in independent testing… https://www.zdnet.com/tech/most-secure-linux-distros/https://www.zdnet.com/tech/most-secure-linux-distros/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 17:18:19 +0000ZDNetIf security is a top priority, you should consider one of these five Linux distributions. They’re all free to install and use. https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-dell-system-update-flaw-lets-hackers-gain-root-privileges/https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-dell-system-update-flaw-lets-hackers-gain-root-privileges/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 14:53:06 +0000BleepingComputerDell warned customers to patch a critical vulnerability in the System Update (DSU) command-line interface (CLI) deployment tool as soon as possible. [...] https://therecord.media/ransomware-university-illinois-chicagohttps://therecord.media/ransomware-university-illinois-chicagoMon, 05 Oct 2026 15:30:00 +0000The RecordA ransomware attack that affected the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) College of Medicine resulted in the theft of some information from its servers. https://www.quantamagazine.org/is-ai-the-end-of-math-as-we-know-it-20261005/https://www.quantamagazine.org/is-ai-the-end-of-math-as-we-know-it-20261005/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 13:40:07 +0000Quanta MagazineThroughout the summer of 2026, there were plenty of signs of what was to come. Every week, it seemed, artificial intelligence models were offering proofs of decades-old mathematical conjectures. So what happened on September 8 shouldn’t have been a complete surprise. And yet to many it felt sudden, almost violent.… https://www.universetoday.com/articles/x-rays-and-ai-reveal-how-spacecraft-heat-shields-burn-in-real-timehttps://www.universetoday.com/articles/x-rays-and-ai-reveal-how-spacecraft-heat-shields-burn-in-real-timeMon, 05 Oct 2026 10:02:19 +0000Universe TodayHeat shields are undeniably one of the most important parts of any spacecraft that intends to enter an atmosphere. And the material they are made out of is absolutely critical. Improving them has been a bit of a challenge though, as typically researchers only get “before” and “after” pictures of when the heat shield… https://newatlas.com/technology/app-dissects-songs-into-separate-tracks/https://newatlas.com/technology/app-dissects-songs-into-separate-tracks/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 20:39:14 +0000New AtlasIf you're wondering why anyone would want to pull a perfectly good song apart, I have a simple answer. Continue Reading Category: Technology Tags: Audio , AI Art and Music , Mixer , Sound https://www.universetoday.com/articles/space-radiation-sparks-a-biological-cascade-of-cancerhttps://www.universetoday.com/articles/space-radiation-sparks-a-biological-cascade-of-cancerMon, 05 Oct 2026 11:08:14 +0000Universe TodayDeep space travel comes with a huge potential downside - radiation exposure that can kill an astronaut either quickly or slowly over time if not managed correctly. But what exactly does that mean, and is there any way to handle it other than sticking more and more protective layers between the squishy biological… https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/10/261003234013.htmhttps://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/10/261003234013.htmMon, 05 Oct 2026 04:47:40 +0000ScienceDailyNASA has selected the GIMLI project to investigate whether the Marius Hill Pit opens into a vast underground cave or lava tube. Using radar, seismic sensors, gravity measurements, and cameras, researchers will search beneath the lunar surface and estimate the size of any hidden void. Such caves could preserve clues to… https://www.zdnet.com/tech/cloud-repatriation-enterprise-cost-optimization/https://www.zdnet.com/tech/cloud-repatriation-enterprise-cost-optimization/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 17:17:40 +0000ZDNetEnterprise leaders explain why so many companies are suddenly pushing to move their workloads off cloud. https://www.engadget.com/2278067/instagram-is-toying-with-a-read-only-mode-for-plus-subscribers/https://www.engadget.com/2278067/instagram-is-toying-with-a-read-only-mode-for-plus-subscribers/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 20:04:03 +0000EngadgetThat's a nicer name than 'stalker mode.' https://www.astronomy.com/science/how-do-professional-astronomers-book-time-on-jwst-or-hubble/https://www.astronomy.com/science/how-do-professional-astronomers-book-time-on-jwst-or-hubble/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 14:00:00 +0000Astronomy MagazineHow do professional astronomers book time on JWST or Hubble? Frank CoulterTauranga, New Zealand The opportunity to use either the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) or James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) as what NASA calls a general observer is available to scientists all over the world each year. The science program for both… https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/disable-apple-intelligence-save-space/https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/disable-apple-intelligence-save-space/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 21:25:18 +0000CNETThe new Siri AI could be taking up a lot of storage on your device. https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMD-Zen-6-BTB-CTX-Linux-7.4https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMD-Zen-6-BTB-CTX-Linux-7.4Mon, 05 Oct 2026 18:47:01 +0000PhoronixThe Linux 7.4 kernel is set to introduce support for a new AMD Zen 6 security feature... https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/10/04/esp-sdr-firmware-turns-esp32-into-a-2-4-5-ghz-software-defined-radio-sdr/https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/10/04/esp-sdr-firmware-turns-esp32-into-a-2-4-5-ghz-software-defined-radio-sdr/Sun, 04 Oct 2026 03:00:42 +0000CNX SoftwareWe have seen ESP32s used for everything from simple IoT devices to AI, audio, and vision projects. But while looking for a new project, I found out about ESP-SDR firmware, which turns the ESP32 into a native Software-Defined Radio (SDR) without additional hardware. This open-source firmware bypasses the ESP32’s… https://newatlas.com/tiny-houses/e-vista-xl-limited-escape/https://newatlas.com/tiny-houses/e-vista-xl-limited-escape/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 11:03:06 +0000New AtlasAll tiny houses – even the massive ones – require a degree of compromise, but the eVista XL Limited Edition makes smart use of its compact single-story space to ensure it's more practical and comfortable than you might expect. Continue Reading Category: Tiny Houses , Outdoors Tags: Building and Construction , Tiny… https://pluralistic.net/2026/10/03/full-employment/https://pluralistic.net/2026/10/03/full-employment/Sat, 03 Oct 2026 12:07:59 +0000Pluralistic->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->-> Top Sources: None --> Today's links Economic probabilities for our grandchildren : If only data centers would stop hogging all the copper. Hey look at this : Delights to delectate. Object permanence : RIAA v P2P; Infoseek's anti-terror brain-scanner;… https://www.astronomy.com/observing/full-moon-calendar-dates-times-types/https://www.astronomy.com/observing/full-moon-calendar-dates-times-types/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 13:36:48 +0000Astronomy MagazineThe phenomenon of a Full Moon arises when our planet, Earth, is precisely sandwiched between the Sun and the Moon. This alignment ensures the entire side of the Moon that faces us gleams under sunlight. Thanks to the Moon’s orbit around Earth, the angle of sunlight hitting the lunar surface and being reflected back to… https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/oct/04/app-tax-google-apple-smartphone-duopoly-cmahttps://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/oct/04/app-tax-google-apple-smartphone-duopoly-cmaSun, 04 Oct 2026 09:00:23 +0000Guardian TechA deep-seated duopoly allows the tech giants to exploit the public and developers. But the regulator has powers to stop this abuse – it should use them Chi Onwurah is the Labour MP for Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West and chair of the parliamentary science, innovation and technology committee Debates around big… https://www.infoq.com/news/2026/10/cloudflare-cross-tenant-exposure/?utm_campaign=infoq_content&utm_source=infoq&utm_medium=feed&utm_term=globalhttps://www.infoq.com/news/2026/10/cloudflare-cross-tenant-exposure/?utm_campaign=infoq_content&utm_source=infoq&utm_medium=feed&utm_term=globalMon, 05 Oct 2026 08:48:00 +0000InfoQCloudflare has disclosed a cross-tenant data exposure vulnerability in Containers and Sandboxes, caused by thin-provisioned storage pools configured to skip zeroing reused blocks. Researchers recovered directory structures, database pages and complete SQLite databases across four continents. Cloudflare remediated it… https://www.universetoday.com/articles/neutrons-rotating-black-holes-and-a-galactic-pevatron-at-the-center-of-the-milky-wayhttps://www.universetoday.com/articles/neutrons-rotating-black-holes-and-a-galactic-pevatron-at-the-center-of-the-milky-wayMon, 05 Oct 2026 15:40:25 +0000Universe TodaySupermassive black holes generate tremendous amounts of energy through their accretion disks and jets. But they can also generate energy through the magnetic Penrose process. A new study looks at how we might observe this process through multimessenger astronomy. https://9to5mac.com/2026/10/05/john-ternus-writes-post-celebrating-steve-jobs-on-anniversary-of-passing/https://9to5mac.com/2026/10/05/john-ternus-writes-post-celebrating-steve-jobs-on-anniversary-of-passing/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 13:13:45 +00009to5MacApple CEO John Ternus, as well as former CEO Tim Cook, have shared posts in remembrance of Steve Jobs today on the 15th anniversary of his passing. Here’s what they said. more… https://www.neowin.net/deals/get-this-roku-55-select-series-4k-tv-for-20-less-today/?utm_source=rsshttps://www.neowin.net/deals/get-this-roku-55-select-series-4k-tv-for-20-less-today/?utm_source=rssMon, 05 Oct 2026 18:38:01 +0000NeowinThis TV is ideal for living rooms, especially if you are on a budget. Thanks to a discount, you can grab this for just $229.99. Read more... https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/iqvia-fined-78-million-for-failing-to-properly-anonymize-health-data/https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/iqvia-fined-78-million-for-failing-to-properly-anonymize-health-data/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 17:19:53 +0000BleepingComputerItaly's Data Protection Authority (GPDP) has fined IQVIA €7 million ($7.8M) over poor data-processing practices that the agency says could have put roughly one million patients at risk of data exposure and de-anonymization. [...] https://www.securityweek.com/trump-names-national-intelligence-director-jay-clayton-to-lead-a-new-federal-ai-task-force/https://www.securityweek.com/trump-names-national-intelligence-director-jay-clayton-to-lead-a-new-federal-ai-task-force/Sun, 04 Oct 2026 14:57:25 +0000SecurityWeekThe announcement comes after Trump hosted top executives of AI companies at the White House last week. The post Trump Names National Intelligence Director Jay Clayton to Lead a New Federal AI Task Force appeared first on SecurityWeek . https://www.zdnet.com/paid-content/article/how-the-dell-xps-13-fits-into-a-modern-hybrid-workday/https://www.zdnet.com/paid-content/article/how-the-dell-xps-13-fits-into-a-modern-hybrid-workday/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 14:55:27 +0000ZDNetFor professionals whose work shuffles between home, client sites, shared workspaces, and the daily commute, the Dell XPS 13 offers a compact footprint, plus the performance and battery life needed to support flexibility. https://www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/chinese-actor-impersonates-us-officials-cyber-espionagehttps://www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/chinese-actor-impersonates-us-officials-cyber-espionageMon, 05 Oct 2026 15:52:59 +0000Dark ReadingAn emerging threat group known as TA419 established seemingly legitimate professional relationships with AI policy experts working for US think tanks, universities, and legal organizations. https://9to5mac.com/2026/10/05/upgrade-to-apple-watch-series-12-or-ultra-4-heres-how-to-get-the-most-out-of-it/https://9to5mac.com/2026/10/05/upgrade-to-apple-watch-series-12-or-ultra-4-heres-how-to-get-the-most-out-of-it/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 18:35:26 +00009to5MacUpgrade to a new Apple Watch Series 12 or Ultra 4? Apple Watch Series 12 and Ultra 4 bring upgraded performance and new health sensing features. Still, they can feel like the same watch in day-to-day use unless you know where to look for the changes. From new health complications to automatic Shazam recognition, a few… https://therecord.media/nikkei-cyberattack-japan-datahttps://therecord.media/nikkei-cyberattack-japan-dataMon, 05 Oct 2026 13:15:00 +0000The RecordThe Japanese media giant Nikkei disclosed a cyber incident involving an employee email account that may have compromised journalistic sources. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/04/trump-jay-clayton-white-house-ai-czarhttps://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/04/trump-jay-clayton-white-house-ai-czarSun, 04 Oct 2026 13:44:50 +0000Guardian TechCalyton said AI was a ‘gamechanger’ but it also posed ‘a threat’ during his DNI Senate confirmation hearing Donald Trump on Sunday named Jay Clayton, the director of national intelligence , to serve also as the new White House AI czar. Clayton, who leads the US’s 18 intelligence agencies , previously served as the top… https://9to5google.com/2026/10/05/googlebook-intel-chip-performance/https://9to5google.com/2026/10/05/googlebook-intel-chip-performance/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 16:15:00 +00009to5GoogleAccording to a statement from Google, Intel-based Googlebooks will apparently still struggle with some Android apps. more… https://earthsky.org/earth/fat-bear-week-2026/https://earthsky.org/earth/fat-bear-week-2026/Sat, 03 Oct 2026 10:50:53 +0000EarthSkyThe winner of Fat Bear Week 2026 is … Backpack! The people voted him the chonkiest chunk at Katmai National Park this season. He’s the son of former 2019 winner, Holly. Congrats, Backpack! Image via Explore.org . Love wildlife and the natural world? Get the latest animal stories — as well as space and night sky… https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/alerts/2026/10/04/cisa-adds-one-known-exploited-vulnerability-cataloghttps://www.cisa.gov/news-events/alerts/2026/10/04/cisa-adds-one-known-exploited-vulnerability-catalogSun, 04 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000CISA AdvisoriesCISA has added one new vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog , based on evidence of active exploitation. CVE-2026-88779 Citrix NetScaler Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer Vulnerability This type of vulnerability is a frequent attack vector for… https://lwn.net/Articles/1098600/https://lwn.net/Articles/1098600/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 13:21:44 +0000LWNVersion 3.0 of the MusicBrainz Picard tag editor has been released. " This release brings many changes, including an upgrade to Qt6, a completely new plugin system, several improvements to the user interface, cover art processing, [ International Standard Recording Code (ISRC) ] submission and many more. " LWN covered… https://www.infoq.com/news/2026/10/dotnet-aspire-13-6-release/?utm_campaign=infoq_content&utm_source=infoq&utm_medium=feed&utm_term=globalhttps://www.infoq.com/news/2026/10/dotnet-aspire-13-6-release/?utm_campaign=infoq_content&utm_source=infoq&utm_medium=feed&utm_term=globalMon, 05 Oct 2026 09:39:00 +0000InfoQMicrosoft has released Aspire 13.6. The dashboard now stores telemetry in SQLite and keeps up to ten completed runs per application. The release adds prerelease hosting packages for Java and Rust, portable volume paths, and new CLI options. Breaking changes include automatic TLS for local MongoDB resources and a new… https://www.phoronix.com/news/Auto-CPUFreq-3.2https://www.phoronix.com/news/Auto-CPUFreq-3.2Mon, 05 Oct 2026 15:36:12 +0000PhoronixThe open-source Auto-CPUFreq tool for active system monitoring and power optimizations is out with a new release for continuing to enhance battery life on Linux laptops... https://newatlas.com/knives-multitools/fingertip-knife-edc-tizker-g11/https://newatlas.com/knives-multitools/fingertip-knife-edc-tizker-g11/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 18:10:35 +0000New AtlasIf you're looking to build out an easy-to-carry EDC kit with just the essentials for days in the city, this impossibly tiny knife is worth a look. Continue Reading Category: Knives and Multitools , Gear , Outdoors Tags: EDC , Knife , Titanium , xxKickbooster , Kickstarter https://blog.adafruit.com/2026/10/04/phyllotaxis-an-audio-reactive-led-display/https://blog.adafruit.com/2026/10/04/phyllotaxis-an-audio-reactive-led-display/Sun, 04 Oct 2026 17:18:33 +0000AdafruitA phyllotaxis describes a distinct arrangement of leaves some plants form. It is one of nature’s mesmerizing patterns and one that maker Jagi Natarajan is particularly interested in. In this project they created spiraling audio-reactive LED display. It has 89 individual cells each lit by an addressable LED. The… https://blog.adafruit.com/2026/10/03/celebrate-a-nasa-halloween/https://blog.adafruit.com/2026/10/03/celebrate-a-nasa-halloween/Sat, 03 Oct 2026 20:00:09 +0000AdafruitHubble has photographed the “Ghost Nebula,” which has eerie, semitransparent flowing veils of gas and dust. The nebula is being blasted by a torrent of radiation from a nearby, blue-giant star. This animation flips between two views from Hubble. The more colorful image is taken in visible light where the glow of… https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a74033610/russia-plague-lab-worker-dies/https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a74033610/russia-plague-lab-worker-dies/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 17:06:35 +0000Popular MechanicsThe case raises chilling questions about engineered pathogens and biodefense secrecy. https://www.troyhunt.com/weekly-update-524/https://www.troyhunt.com/weekly-update-524/Sun, 04 Oct 2026 11:52:23 +0000Troy HuntI'm in Denmark! Well, just, I'm now at Copenhagen airport ready to begin the long trek home, with the final event at GOTO now done and going just perfectly. This week, there are two ShinyHunters arrests in the news: Pepijn in the Netherlands and then Saif in Jordon . It's an inevitable outcome, of course, and as I say… https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cqj6jenp26zyo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rsshttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cqj6jenp26zyo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rssMon, 05 Oct 2026 02:32:21 +0000BBC TechThe president named his national intelligence chief as the taskforce's head as worries over AI grow. https://doc.searls.com/2026/10/05/waningcrescentmoonday/https://doc.searls.com/2026/10/05/waningcrescentmoonday/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 18:33:00 +0000Doc SearlsNow, roughly. That’s what it says at MoonPhase.today Specifically, 26%. I’ll consider them unreal if they’re not at IIW . The UOR Foundation has plans to… Well, I can’t copy and paste the text, so here’s a screengrab: I’ll say not. Quite. AM I? | A Documentary About AI Consciousness . https://www.zdnet.com/innovation/claude-code-vibe-coding-mac-app/https://www.zdnet.com/innovation/claude-code-vibe-coding-mac-app/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 12:03:03 +0000ZDNetClaude helped me vibe-code a Mac app and pass Apple’s review in less than two weeks. Come with me on my journey from idea to purchasable App Store product. https://spacenews.com/resource-competition-intensifies-with-surge-in-megaconstellations/https://spacenews.com/resource-competition-intensifies-with-surge-in-megaconstellations/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 19:13:40 +0000SpaceNewsAmazon wants more than 5,000 satellites in orbit. Blue Origin has proposed another 5,400. Chinese companies have filed plans encompassing vastly more. Elon Musk has talked about a constellation numbering […] The post Resource competition intensifies with surge in megaconstellations appeared first on SpaceNews . https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/oct/03/openai-safety-leader-quits-warning-ai-companys-culture-is-brokenhttps://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/oct/03/openai-safety-leader-quits-warning-ai-companys-culture-is-brokenSun, 04 Oct 2026 07:48:54 +0000Guardian TechDavid Robinson joins other insiders in urging industry to take more care over rapidly developing technology A safety leader at OpenAI has quit the company, warning that its culture was broken and that AI firms were not “being nearly careful enough” about developing the technology. David Robinson, who led the writing… https://spacenews.com/agile-space-industries-strengthens-board-and-corporate-development-to-support-continued-growth/https://spacenews.com/agile-space-industries-strengthens-board-and-corporate-development-to-support-continued-growth/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000SpaceNewsDURANGO, Colo., Oct. 5, 2026 — Agile Space Industries today announced that Jonathan Baliff has joined its Board of Directors, bringing extensive experience in aerospace, finance, and corporate leadership. His […] The post Agile Space Industries Strengthens Board and Corporate Development to Support Continued Growth… https://www.universetoday.com/articles/chandra-x-ray-observatory-drops-new-view-of-our-galaxys-unruly-centrehttps://www.universetoday.com/articles/chandra-x-ray-observatory-drops-new-view-of-our-galaxys-unruly-centreMon, 05 Oct 2026 15:52:00 +0000Universe TodayThe core of the Milky Way is a dense, active, messy region, dominated by a supermassive black hole called Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*) hiding at the heart of the galaxy. But Sgr A* is only a supporting actor in this stunning new image from the Chandra X-ray Observatory. https://news.sky.com/story/campaigners-demand-public-consultation-on-mega-data-centres-13595298https://news.sky.com/story/campaigners-demand-public-consultation-on-mega-data-centres-13595298Mon, 05 Oct 2026 09:52:00 +0000Sky News TechnologyEnvironmental campaigners are urging the Scottish government to hold a public consultation before any new hyperscale data centres are given the green light. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-03091-2https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-03091-2Mon, 05 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000NatureNature, Published online: 05 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03091-2 Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel win the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their work on optogenetics, which has revolutionized neuroscience. https://www.astronomy.com/observing/the-sky-today-monday-october-5-2026/https://www.astronomy.com/observing/the-sky-today-monday-october-5-2026/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 08:00:00 +0000Astronomy MagazineLooking for a sky event this week? Check out our full Sky This Week column. October 4: Saturn reaches opposition The Moon passes 1.2° north of Mars at 2 A.M. EDT. The pair shares Cancer early this morning, rising around 1:15 A.M. local daylight time and remaining visible until sunrise. Mars is now magnitude 1.1, a… https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/05/tiktok-rolls-out-an-ai-shopping-assistant-and-one-click-checkout/https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/05/tiktok-rolls-out-an-ai-shopping-assistant-and-one-click-checkout/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 18:29:00 +0000TechCrunch AITikTok describes its new Shopping Assistant as a conversational AI agent designed to help users discover and purchase products. https://www.science.org/content/article/how-did-rosalind-franklin-miss-helix-her-iconic-dna-image-she-didn-thttps://www.science.org/content/article/how-did-rosalind-franklin-miss-helix-her-iconic-dna-image-she-didn-tMon, 05 Oct 2026 11:00:00 +0000Science MagazineNew analysis refutes James Watson’s claim he was first to recognize significance of famed photograph 51 https://9to5google.com/2026/10/05/android-auto-might-start-requiring-android-11-or-later/https://9to5google.com/2026/10/05/android-auto-might-start-requiring-android-11-or-later/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 14:45:00 +00009to5GoogleIf you’re still holding onto an older Android phone as your daily driver, it might be losing its ability to get you where you need to be. Some users are starting to see notifications warning that their device will no longer be supported through Android Auto, suggesting the days of Android 10 are coming to a close.… https://news.sky.com/story/whisky-to-be-aged-in-space-for-first-time-in-university-satellite-project-13595263https://news.sky.com/story/whisky-to-be-aged-in-space-for-first-time-in-university-satellite-project-13595263Mon, 05 Oct 2026 09:30:00 +0000Sky News TechnologyWhisky is to be distilled in space for the first time as part of an experiment which will also measure how the spirit ages in the environment beyond Earth's atmosphere. https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/automobiles/riding-in-kodiak-autonomous-semi-truck/https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/automobiles/riding-in-kodiak-autonomous-semi-truck/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000CNETKodiak is planning to bring its fully self-driving trucks to highways later this year. I took a test ride to see the technology in action. https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/applied-digital-adds-75mw-of-capacity-at-ellendale-data-center-campus-in-north-dakota/https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/applied-digital-adds-75mw-of-capacity-at-ellendale-data-center-campus-in-north-dakota/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 14:50:53 +0000Data Center DynamicsSecond building now complete, campus totals 250MW https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5j9x9pr0240o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rsshttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5j9x9pr0240o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rssMon, 05 Oct 2026 16:13:21 +0000BBC TechIt labelled Anthropic a supply chain risk in February after the firm refused to remove safety guardrails from its tools. https://9to5google.com/2026/10/05/fantastical-long-awaited-android-debut-begins-today-on-googlebook/https://9to5google.com/2026/10/05/fantastical-long-awaited-android-debut-begins-today-on-googlebook/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 14:00:00 +00009to5GoogleFantastical has long been hailed as one of the greatest calendar apps available today, but if you’re an Android user, there’s a good chance you’ve never used it. Despite a move from Apple exclusivity to cross-platform availability on Windows, Android has long eluded the attention of development team Flexibits. Today,… https://www.wired.com/story/astronomers-confirm-discovery-of-youngest-known-exoplanet-ever/https://www.wired.com/story/astronomers-confirm-discovery-of-youngest-known-exoplanet-ever/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 18:15:16 +0000WiredUnder 1 million years old, “Elias 2-24b” is now the youngest exoplanet ever observed, and it may force researchers to reevaluate theories about how planets are formed. https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/meta-muse-charm-pendant-smartwatch-hint/https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/meta-muse-charm-pendant-smartwatch-hint/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000CNETAs smartwatches head toward becoming AI companions, Meta might be working a new angle. https://www.astronomy.com/observing/the-sky-today-sunday-october-4-2026/https://www.astronomy.com/observing/the-sky-today-sunday-october-4-2026/Sun, 04 Oct 2026 08:00:00 +0000Astronomy MagazineLooking for a sky event this week? Check out our full Sky This Week column. October 3: Dione transits Saturn We’re back at Saturn this evening with the planet as the main attraction as the ringed world reaches opposition today at 8 A.M. EDT. Rising around sunset and setting around sunrise, it is visible all night in… https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/germanys-karlsruhe-institute-of-technology-unveils-33-petaflops-horeka-2-supercomputer/https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/germanys-karlsruhe-institute-of-technology-unveils-33-petaflops-horeka-2-supercomputer/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 13:40:36 +0000Data Center DynamicsHybrid system powered by AMD Turin CPUs and Nvidia GB200 GPUs https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/05/lucid-motors-ev-output-falls-to-lowest-level-in-almost-two-years/https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/05/lucid-motors-ev-output-falls-to-lowest-level-in-almost-two-years/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 21:54:01 +0000TechCrunchThe company is deliberately limiting production after years of struggling to find mass-market demand for its EVs. https://9to5google.com/2026/10/05/googlebook-luminar-photo-editing-app/https://9to5google.com/2026/10/05/googlebook-luminar-photo-editing-app/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 21:35:00 +00009to5GoogleOne of the biggest questions around Googlebook is what app support will look like and, as the platform officially arrives for customers this week, Luminar is debuting a rebuilt photo editing app for Googlebook. more… https://the-decoder.com/chatgpts-new-ad-format-fills-the-image-generation-loading-screen-with-product-carousels/https://the-decoder.com/chatgpts-new-ad-format-fills-the-image-generation-loading-screen-with-product-carousels/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 12:37:32 +0000The DecoderChatGPT users in the US will soon see display ads while the chatbot generates an image for them. The article ChatGPT's new ad format fills the image generation loading screen with product carousels appeared first on The Decoder . https://www.extremetech.com/cars/california-to-fine-robotaxi-companies-for-blocking-emergency-respondershttps://www.extremetech.com/cars/california-to-fine-robotaxi-companies-for-blocking-emergency-respondersMon, 05 Oct 2026 16:00:31 +0000ExtremeTechThe new law also sets rules for remote staff operating self-driving cars. https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/05/etched-fields-funding-offers-at-40b-valuation-sources-say/https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/05/etched-fields-funding-offers-at-40b-valuation-sources-say/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 20:24:09 +0000TechCrunchJust a couple of months after its last big raise, the AI chip startup is already being plied with investment offers at double or more its current value, sources tell TechCrunch. https://www.construction-physics.com/p/reading-list-2026-10-03https://www.construction-physics.com/p/reading-list-2026-10-03Sat, 03 Oct 2026 13:14:44 +0000Construction PhysicsAnnunciation with Saint Emidius, by Carlo Crivelli, via WikiArt . Welcome to the reading list, a weekly roundup of news and links related to buildings, infrastructure and industrial technology. This week we look at a Senate permitting reform bill, the potential of Tesla’s Cybercab, the Navy’s $200 billion worth of… https://9to5google.com/2026/10/05/october-2026-google-system-updates/https://9to5google.com/2026/10/05/october-2026-google-system-updates/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 21:17:10 +00009to5GoogleThe monthly “ Google System Release Notes ” primarily detail what’s new in Play services, Play Store, and Play system update across Android phones/tablets, Wear OS, Google/Android TV, Auto, and PC. Some features apply to end users, while others are aimed at developers. more… https://www.securityweek.com/senate-passes-bipartisan-bill-to-strengthen-healthcare-cybersecurity/https://www.securityweek.com/senate-passes-bipartisan-bill-to-strengthen-healthcare-cybersecurity/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 10:42:19 +0000SecurityWeekMore than 730 cyber breaches affected over 270 million Americans last year, costing an average of $10 million per breach. The post Senate Passes Bipartisan Bill to Strengthen Healthcare Cybersecurity appeared first on SecurityWeek . https://blog.ovhcloud.com/en/posts/managed-wordpress-hosting-evolution/https://blog.ovhcloud.com/en/posts/managed-wordpress-hosting-evolution/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 18:34:05 +0000OVHcloud BlogHosting WordPress is no longer about disk space. Discover how managed WordPress hosting absorbs updates, security, and backups without locking you in. https://9to5google.com/2026/10/05/google-find-hub-tags-nfc/https://9to5google.com/2026/10/05/google-find-hub-tags-nfc/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 21:53:10 +00009to5GoogleAccording to the latest version of Google Play services, Find Hub tags are getting two new capabilities. more… https://restofworld.org/2026/ai-data-center-memory-chip-shortage-cheap-smartphones-digital-divide/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feedshttps://restofworld.org/2026/ai-data-center-memory-chip-shortage-cheap-smartphones-digital-divide/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feedsMon, 05 Oct 2026 10:00:43 +0000Rest of WorldThe world’s cheapest smartphones are disappearing because AI infrastructure is absorbing the components. Prices of existing smartphone models have risen by about 15% globally this year, while newly launched models... https://research.ibm.com/blog/directed-execution?utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rsshttps://research.ibm.com/blog/directed-execution?utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rssMon, 05 Oct 2026 16:30:00 +0000IBM ResearchSee, customize, and extend how your circuits use the error mitigation and correction methods researchers are exploring today on IBM quantum hardware https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a73870468/ancient-source-of-consciousness/https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a73870468/ancient-source-of-consciousness/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 21:53:07 +0000Popular MechanicsConscious experience may come from deep-brain circuits that vertebrates have shared for 500 million years—meaning somewhere, the fish may have feelings. https://www.thestack.technology/aws-expands-mcp-server-to-dublin-london-four-other-regions/https://www.thestack.technology/aws-expands-mcp-server-to-dublin-london-four-other-regions/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 13:41:32 +0000The Stack"The code is open-source under AWS API MCP. This gives us several advantages" https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/schneider-agrees-purchase-of-us-software-company-ptc-for-22-billion/https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/schneider-agrees-purchase-of-us-software-company-ptc-for-22-billion/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 14:39:00 +0000Data Center DynamicsDeal furthers the company’s AI ambitions https://lwn.net/Articles/1098476/https://lwn.net/Articles/1098476/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 05:47:41 +0000LWNThe 7.3-rc6 kernel prepatch is out for testing. Linus said: Next week might look a bit different: we've got the annual maintainer summit and the Linux plumbers conference going on , so I'll be on the road, as will a number of other maintainers. That may or may not end up changing the stats for -rc7. But it's unlikely… https://simonwillison.net/2026/Oct/3/newsletter/https://simonwillison.net/2026/Oct/3/newsletter/Sat, 03 Oct 2026 22:00:31 +0000Simon WillisonI just sent the September edition of my sponsors-only monthly newsletter . If you are a sponsor (or start a sponsorship now) you can access it here . This month: More Fable class models A pricing war 3D graphics, Blender, and pixel art LLMs come for mathematics So many more accidental cyberattacks The vulnapocalypse… https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/05/open-or-closed-ai-how-founders-are-choosing-what-to-build-on-at-techcrunch-disrupt-2026/https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/05/open-or-closed-ai-how-founders-are-choosing-what-to-build-on-at-techcrunch-disrupt-2026/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 15:00:00 +0000TechCrunchLearn how founders are choosing between building on open or closed AI at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026. Register now to save up to $100 and get a second pass at 50% off. https://www.wired.com/gallery/best-portable-chargers-power-banks/https://www.wired.com/gallery/best-portable-chargers-power-banks/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 11:00:00 +0000WiredKeep your phone, laptop, handheld gaming console, and other electronics running with these travel-friendly power banks. https://newatlas.com/materials/binghamton-wallpaper-humidity-energy/https://newatlas.com/materials/binghamton-wallpaper-humidity-energy/Sun, 04 Oct 2026 23:00:00 +0000New AtlasRooftop solar panels power millions of homes around the world. But a team of researchers at Binghamton University is asking what happens if some of that electricity came from inside the house. Their answer is a study, described in Advanced Energy Materials, that turns indoor humidity into a small electric current.… https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/05/meet-the-startup-battlefield-200-judges-wholl-decide-the-winner-at-techcrunch-disrupt-2026/https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/05/meet-the-startup-battlefield-200-judges-wholl-decide-the-winner-at-techcrunch-disrupt-2026/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 14:30:00 +0000TechCrunch AIMeet the final five Startup Battlefield judges who'll decide who wins the pitch competition at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026. Get your pass now to save up to $100, and get a second at 50% off. https://www.popularmechanics.com/home/tools/a74035170/why-you-should-buy-an-electric-stud-finder/https://www.popularmechanics.com/home/tools/a74035170/why-you-should-buy-an-electric-stud-finder/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 20:56:05 +0000Popular MechanicsYes, magnetic models are a bit less expensive, but a few extra dollars go a long way toward convenience and reliability. https://www.datacenterknowledge.com/data-center-site-selection/beyond-the-megawatt-why-data-center-site-selection-is-now-a-three-front-battlehttps://www.datacenterknowledge.com/data-center-site-selection/beyond-the-megawatt-why-data-center-site-selection-is-now-a-three-front-battleMon, 05 Oct 2026 13:00:00 +0000Data Center KnowledgeData center development now requires addressing grid costs, water use, and community benefits. Securing power alone is no longer enough for approval. https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/ares-ups-investment-in-sabey-data-centers/https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/ares-ups-investment-in-sabey-data-centers/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 15:02:22 +0000Data Center DynamicsMinority stakeholder takes total investment above $500 million https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/green-fuels-plant-in-nova-scotia-canada-could-host-data-centers/https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/green-fuels-plant-in-nova-scotia-canada-could-host-data-centers/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 15:00:07 +0000Data Center DynamicsEverWind Fuels explores potential co-located data center development https://lwn.net/Articles/1098610/https://lwn.net/Articles/1098610/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 15:11:11 +0000LWNThe Rust Foundation has posted the recordings from RustConf 2026 in Montreal, Canada. Photos of the event are also available. LWN covered four talks from RustConf this year. https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/ai-cloud-startup-verda-raises-189m-in-series-b-funding-round/https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/ai-cloud-startup-verda-raises-189m-in-series-b-funding-round/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 13:20:44 +0000Data Center DynamicsRound was led by Emergence Capital https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/05/the-final-disrupt-stage-lineup-three-days-of-conversations-you-wont-hear-anywhere-outside-of-techcrunch-disrupt-2026/https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/05/the-final-disrupt-stage-lineup-three-days-of-conversations-you-wont-hear-anywhere-outside-of-techcrunch-disrupt-2026/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 14:00:00 +0000TechCrunch AIThe full TechCrunch Disrupt Stage lineup revealed, featuring Max Hodak, Mark Wahlberg, Benchmark partners, and more. 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But once I reached the "it works" point and started thinking about how to operationalize it, the whole thing became more complicated. I started to question how a trained model becomes something you can ship to the edge. How… https://www.nextplatform.com/ai/2026/10/05/ai-spending-is-the-honey-badger-of-budgets/5301184https://www.nextplatform.com/ai/2026/10/05/ai-spending-is-the-honey-badger-of-budgets/5301184Mon, 05 Oct 2026 17:52:31 +0000Next Platform https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/05/hot-girl-hotline-is-like-dear-abby-for-the-ai-era/https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/05/hot-girl-hotline-is-like-dear-abby-for-the-ai-era/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 17:29:22 +0000TechCrunch AIFounded by two sisters, Hot Girl Hotline uses AI to give young women personalized dating and relationship advice, with an emphasis on safety and avoiding emotional dependency. https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/05/5-startups-that-caught-vcs-attention-at-the-latest-pearx-demo-day/https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/05/5-startups-that-caught-vcs-attention-at-the-latest-pearx-demo-day/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 17:26:44 +0000TechCrunchTechCrunch attended Pear’s latest demo day and discovered which startups generated the most buzz, from spatial models to chips for local AI. https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/smtp-linux-backdoors-network-edge/https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/smtp-linux-backdoors-network-edge/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 14:00:00 +0000Infosecurity MagRapid7 has uncovered new BPFDoor, BPF Rekoobe and AVERAT malware variants targeting telecom and network-edge appliances in South Korea and Taiwan https://www.servethehome.com/nvidia-dgx-spark-64gb-launched-and-big-128gb-gb10-price-increases/https://www.servethehome.com/nvidia-dgx-spark-64gb-launched-and-big-128gb-gb10-price-increases/Sat, 03 Oct 2026 14:12:17 +0000ServeTheHomeThe NVIDIA DGX Spark 64GB is launching with a $4999 price as the 128GB model jumps to $6950 pushed by memory pricing The post NVIDIA DGX Spark 64GB Launched and Big 128GB GB10 Price Increases appeared first on ServeTheHome . https://www.popularmechanics.com/home/tools/a74036839/milwaukee-advent-calendar-2026/https://www.popularmechanics.com/home/tools/a74036839/milwaukee-advent-calendar-2026/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 20:25:46 +0000Popular MechanicsIt includes 24 tools and accessories—some of which are exclusive to the set—made for DIYers and fans of the brand. https://www.securityweek.com/250000-impacted-by-data-breaches-at-new-jersey-texas-healthcare-firms/https://www.securityweek.com/250000-impacted-by-data-breaches-at-new-jersey-texas-healthcare-firms/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 12:35:15 +0000SecurityWeekHackers stole patient information from Clover Health Investments and AngMar Management Services in July. The post 250,000 Impacted by Data Breaches at New Jersey, Texas Healthcare Firms appeared first on SecurityWeek . https://www.popularmechanics.com/home/tools/a73983541/miter-saw-10-vs-12-inch/https://www.popularmechanics.com/home/tools/a73983541/miter-saw-10-vs-12-inch/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 20:18:05 +0000Popular MechanicsThe decision comes down to cutting capacity, storage, and how often you need to move it between projects. https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/05/hackerranks-ai-interviewer-offers-a-glimpse-into-what-job-interviews-could-become/https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/05/hackerranks-ai-interviewer-offers-a-glimpse-into-what-job-interviews-could-become/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 16:43:35 +0000TechCrunch AIHackerRank’s AI interviewer has already conducted more than 500,000 interviews, with Snowflake, Snorkel, and Capgemini among its early testers. https://www.extremetech.com/mobile/you-can-reset-the-iphone-duos-crease-for-just-19https://www.extremetech.com/mobile/you-can-reset-the-iphone-duos-crease-for-just-19Mon, 05 Oct 2026 18:27:22 +0000ExtremeTechIf you have AppleCare+, anyway. https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/citrix-netscaler-zero-day/https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/citrix-netscaler-zero-day/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 13:30:00 +0000Infosecurity MagThe memory buffer vulnerability can result in denial of service to customers, with CISA warning it poses “significant risks” to the federal government https://openai.com/index/eu-text-provenancehttps://openai.com/index/eu-text-provenanceMon, 05 Oct 2026 15:00:00 +0000OpenAI BlogHow OpenAI is approaching text watermarking under EU rules. Learn where watermarks apply, how detection works, and why access starts with researchers. https://www.infoq.com/news/2026/10/pizza-bot-ai-agents/?utm_campaign=infoq_content&utm_source=infoq&utm_medium=feed&utm_term=globalhttps://www.infoq.com/news/2026/10/pizza-bot-ai-agents/?utm_campaign=infoq_content&utm_source=infoq&utm_medium=feed&utm_term=globalSun, 04 Oct 2026 06:34:00 +0000InfoQA team of developers working at AWS recently open-sourced Pizza Bot, a self-hosted application designed to let AI agents run tasks in the background and return results through an inbox-style interface. 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We released iOS 27.0.1 earlier this week and strongly encourage all iPhone 18 Pro Max… https://www.cnet.com/tech/computing/google-acknowledges-day-one-android-app-performance-issues-on-new-laptops/https://www.cnet.com/tech/computing/google-acknowledges-day-one-android-app-performance-issues-on-new-laptops/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 21:54:19 +0000CNETFive new Googlebooks are available now, but the company says that not every Android app will offer “smooth performance” at launch. https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/ai-pilots-production-dh2i-brings-customers-resilient-ai-red-hat-openshifthttps://www.redhat.com/en/blog/ai-pilots-production-dh2i-brings-customers-resilient-ai-red-hat-openshiftMon, 05 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000Red Hat BlogBuilding an AI application is a milestone; running it reliably against business-critical enterprise data is a challenge. As organizations transition retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) and AI assistants from the lab to production, the underlying infrastructure becomes the primary differentiator. 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Some hyperscalers do not seem eager to take the free cash. https://www.akamai.com/blog/security/2026/oct/secure-grid-executive-order-14421-zero-trusthttps://www.akamai.com/blog/security/2026/oct/secure-grid-executive-order-14421-zero-trustMon, 05 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000Linode/Akamai https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/05/instinct-brings-its-ai-agent-to-group-chats-even-for-friends-without-an-account/https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/05/instinct-brings-its-ai-agent-to-group-chats-even-for-friends-without-an-account/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 18:54:30 +0000TechCrunch AIInstinct is launching group chats that let friends use its AI agent together for tasks like planning trips, organizing carpools, and coordinating events. The company says personal accounts remain separate, with permission required before personal agents share information or take action. https://www.popularmechanics.com/home/tools/a1961/best-hedge-trimmers/https://www.popularmechanics.com/home/tools/a1961/best-hedge-trimmers/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 17:50:00 +0000Popular MechanicsKeep your bushes and hedges tidy and neat with these top hedge trimmers. https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/uk-schools-recovering-faster/https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/uk-schools-recovering-faster/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 09:30:00 +0000Infosecurity MagOfqual study finds growing number of UK schools are bouncing back “immediately” from cyber-attacks https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/05/after-factorys-public-spat-with-khosla-menlo-proudly-invests/https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/05/after-factorys-public-spat-with-khosla-menlo-proudly-invests/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 19:38:07 +0000TechCrunchDays after Vinod Khosla called Factory a struggling also-ran, Menlo has shown up with a check and a glowing blog post. https://openai.com/index/new-chatgpt-ads-format-and-measurementhttps://openai.com/index/new-chatgpt-ads-format-and-measurementMon, 05 Oct 2026 10:00:00 +0000OpenAI BlogOpenAI introduces a new visual ad format in ChatGPT and expands measurement tools, attribution partnerships, and brand suitability for advertisers. https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/frontline-education-breach-k12/https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/frontline-education-breach-k12/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000Infosecurity MagA breach at school software provider Frontline Education has exposed employee data https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/10/another-historic-cipher-falls-to-ai.htmlhttps://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/10/another-historic-cipher-falls-to-ai.htmlMon, 05 Oct 2026 11:04:47 +0000SchneierThis one is from 1809, written by Napoleon’s nephew. https://www.astronomy.com/today-in-the-history-of-astronomy/oct-4th-1957-sputnik-launches/https://www.astronomy.com/today-in-the-history-of-astronomy/oct-4th-1957-sputnik-launches/Sun, 04 Oct 2026 13:00:00 +0000Astronomy MagazineOn Oct. 4th, 1957, at 10:29 PM Moscow time, the Soviet Union successfully launched Sputnik 1 into space on a repurposed R-7 rocket. The world’s first artificial satellite, Sputnik was about 22 inches (58 centimeters) in diameter and weighed 184 pounds (84 kilograms). Although there were no scientific instruments… https://www.noahpinion.blog/p/the-second-trump-presidency-is-ahttps://www.noahpinion.blog/p/the-second-trump-presidency-is-aSat, 03 Oct 2026 08:47:17 +0000NoahpinionPhoto by The White House via Wikimedia Commons There’s a large market for “Trump is bad” posts. I wrote one of them back in May: It’s easy to tune these posts out, for at least two reasons. One is partisanship — as a reader, I’m sure you know how hard it is to separate “Trump is bad” from “Trump made me mad”. The… https://www.universetoday.com/articles/xrism-makes-first-ever-detection-of-a-pulsar-feeding-from-a-companions-stellar-windhttps://www.universetoday.com/articles/xrism-makes-first-ever-detection-of-a-pulsar-feeding-from-a-companions-stellar-windSun, 04 Oct 2026 21:54:36 +0000Universe TodayUsing data from the Japan-led XRISM observatory, astronomers have directly observed a giant star’s stellar wind captured by its compact companion (triggering X-ray flares) for the first time. https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/05/hackers-steal-8-million-citizens-records-from-danish-government-database/https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/05/hackers-steal-8-million-citizens-records-from-danish-government-database/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 14:58:42 +0000TechCrunchThe Danish government said the breach of names, addresses, and state-issued ID numbers affects 8 million people, including people living abroad and the deceased. https://www.wired.com/story/a-prediction-market-about-the-past-sure-why-not/https://www.wired.com/story/a-prediction-market-about-the-past-sure-why-not/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 09:30:00 +0000WiredAs prediction markets surge in popularity, a new platform called Verifact Markets is pushing the concept even further, letting users trade on “disputed facts.” https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-03134-8https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-03134-8Mon, 05 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000NatureNature, Published online: 05 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03134-8 Two books explore how warfare is being reshaped, with influence shifting from states to tech giants. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-03157-1https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-03157-1Mon, 05 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000NatureNature, Published online: 05 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03157-1 Outcomes have improved drastically in the United States for some forms of the disease, but those for others continue to lag. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-03135-7https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-03135-7Mon, 05 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000NatureNature, Published online: 05 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03135-7 Twenty-five years after the US anthrax attacks, fears around AI are distracting people from seeing what’s needed to stay safe: a strong, regulated life-sciences sector. https://www.servethehome.com/intel-xeon-6-sku-list-and-value-analysis-clearwater-forest-runs-wide/https://www.servethehome.com/intel-xeon-6-sku-list-and-value-analysis-clearwater-forest-runs-wide/Sun, 04 Oct 2026 15:00:08 +0000ServeTheHomeWith Intel's Xeon 6+ "Clearwater Forest" CPUs now shipping in volume, we are taking a look at the various SKU options among chips, and what configurations offer the best value for different needs The post Intel Xeon 6+ SKU List and Value Analysis: Clearwater Forest Runs Wide appeared first on ServeTheHome . https://9to5google.com/2026/10/05/google-flights-cheap-times/https://9to5google.com/2026/10/05/google-flights-cheap-times/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 16:35:00 +00009to5GoogleAhead of the busy holiday travel season, Google is detailing the best time to book your next flight to get the best possible price. more… https://workos.com/guide/the-developers-guide-to-sso?utm_source=daringfireball&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=q32026https://workos.com/guide/the-developers-guide-to-sso?utm_source=daringfireball&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=q32026Sat, 03 Oct 2026 21:23:10 +0000Daring FireballMy thanks to WorkOS for sponsoring this last week, once again, at DF. SSO is table stakes for enterprise deals, but building it into your app yourself means writing SAML controllers, parsing XML assertions, and handling IdP-specific quirks for each provider. Learn how SAML flows work, the tradeoffs between building or… https://aiweekly.co/issues/universities-cannot-grade-their-way-out-of-aihttps://aiweekly.co/issues/universities-cannot-grade-their-way-out-of-aiSun, 04 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000AI WeeklyThis week, campus IT leaders voted AI their top priority for the first time, Cambridge refused Turnitin's new terms over AI training on student work, Dartmouth opened an investigation into its own provost's writing, and Ken Griffin gave Carnegie Mellon $3 billion. Student AI use is no longer a future scenario. The… https://lwn.net/Articles/1098412/https://lwn.net/Articles/1098412/Sat, 03 Oct 2026 11:31:18 +0000LWNVersion 0.17 of the Zig programming language has been released. This release features 5 months of work : changes from 206 different contributors , spread among 925 commits . Originally predicted to be shorter, this release cycle ended up [being] substantial, with the Build System reworked, including the introduction… https://www.astronomy.com/today-in-the-history-of-astronomy/oct-3-1942-the-v-2-successfully-launches/https://www.astronomy.com/today-in-the-history-of-astronomy/oct-3-1942-the-v-2-successfully-launches/Sat, 03 Oct 2026 13:00:00 +0000Astronomy MagazineA 12-ton rocket loaded with a 1-ton warhead, the V-2’s successful launch would prove to be exceptionally significant to both the military and to space exploration. On Oct. 3, 1942, the V-2 was fired from Peenemunde, Germany – its fourth test, and the first to succeed. The rocket rose to an altitude of 60 miles… https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-03094-zhttps://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-03094-zMon, 05 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000NatureNature, Published online: 05 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03094-z Nature’s senior biology reporter Ewen Callaway reflects on today’s prize for optogenetics — which scientists have anticipated for years. https://www.wired.com/story/keurig-alta-coffee-brewer/https://www.wired.com/story/keurig-alta-coffee-brewer/Sun, 04 Oct 2026 09:30:00 +0000WiredKeurig is ready to ditch the K-Cup with a compostable and plastic- and aluminum-free coffee pod, but the price is steep. https://www.wired.com/story/elusive-geoneutrinos-are-building-a-new-map-of-earths-volatile-interior/https://www.wired.com/story/elusive-geoneutrinos-are-building-a-new-map-of-earths-volatile-interior/Sun, 04 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000WiredA global network of detectors are reporting some of the most substantial measurements yet of neutrinos created deep underground by the radioactive elements that power our planet’s tectonic activity. https://www.fortra.com/blog/n0n-ransomware-what-you-need-knowhttps://www.fortra.com/blog/n0n-ransomware-what-you-need-knowSat, 03 Oct 2026 08:29:54 +0000Graham CluleyN0n is a newly-emerged cyber extortion gang. The group was first spotted in the middle of September 2026, and within days it had published on its dark web leak site details of what it claimed to be around a dozen victims. Since then, the tally has continued to grow. Read more in my article on the Fortra blog. https://www.zdnet.com/tech/iphone-18-pro-best-camera-feature-isnt-variable-aperture/https://www.zdnet.com/tech/iphone-18-pro-best-camera-feature-isnt-variable-aperture/Sat, 03 Oct 2026 10:30:00 +0000ZDNetVariable aperture is cool, but f/1.48 is the iPhone 18 Pro camera upgrade that matters https://www.zdnet.com/tech/most-popular-garmin-watches-prime-day-deal-2026/https://www.zdnet.com/tech/most-popular-garmin-watches-prime-day-deal-2026/Sat, 03 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000ZDNetGarmin’s latest Fenix 9 Pro isn’t the only watch readers are scooping up. Check out what’s on sale ahead of Prime Day. https://www.cnet.com/science/space/why-the-moon-is-a-legal-wild-west/https://www.cnet.com/science/space/why-the-moon-is-a-legal-wild-west/Sun, 04 Oct 2026 14:41:24 +0000CNETPrivate companies are taking cremated remains and stunt payloads to the moon. Former NASA attorney Steve Mirmina warns that there’s nothing stopping them. https://www.wired.com/story/muse-creates-detailed-profiles-of-all-your-friends-and-family/https://www.wired.com/story/muse-creates-detailed-profiles-of-all-your-friends-and-family/Sat, 03 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000WIRED SecurityMillions have downloaded Meta’s AI agent Muse. But getting it to do your bidding comes with privacy costs. https://www.cnet.com/home/yard-and-outdoors/power-washer-test-lawnmaster-lt506-vs-ar-blue-clean/https://www.cnet.com/home/yard-and-outdoors/power-washer-test-lawnmaster-lt506-vs-ar-blue-clean/Sat, 03 Oct 2026 13:00:00 +0000CNETElectric power washers range in price from $100 to $400. I tested one at each end of the price spectrum to see how they compare. https://lwn.net/Articles/1098404/https://lwn.net/Articles/1098404/Sat, 03 Oct 2026 11:21:42 +0000LWNGreg Kroah-Hartman has announced the release of the 7.2.9 , 6.18.55 , 6.12.112 , 6.6.158 , 6.1.189 , 5.15.222 , and 5.10.271 stable kernels. Each contains a large number of important fixes throughout the tree; users are advised to upgrade. https://huggingface.co/blog/microsoft/thinkingboxhttps://huggingface.co/blog/microsoft/thinkingboxSat, 03 Oct 2026 22:56:48 +0000Hugging Face https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/this-harry-potter-edition-phone-from-realme-is-the-coolest-collab-of-2026/https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/this-harry-potter-edition-phone-from-realme-is-the-coolest-collab-of-2026/Sat, 03 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000CNETI got my Hogwarts acceptance letter. Surprisingly, it also came with a special-edition Harry Potter-themed phone.