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SECURITY -- Patchpocalypse Now: Microsoft tops last month's record with 622 Patch Tuesday CVEs -- Remember when last month's 206 CVEs seemed eye-watering? Yeah, those were the days

Canadian Wildfire Smoke Is Pouring Into the US. Here's What to Expect

Gizmodo - 3 days ago

NASA's Artemis III will need three rockets to do the job Apollo did with one

Nvidia-backed startup hits $17.5B valuation as companies eye cheaper AI models

CNBC - 3 days ago

AWS issues update after CloudFront customers report outage

Daily Express - 3 days ago

The End of Forever

Newsweek - 3 days ago

OpenAI plans ChatGPT speaker as new AI home companion

Los Angeles Times - 3 days ago

Peter Thiel's AI Tribunal Put Journalists on Trial. Now It's Pivoted to Scoreboard Model

Hollywood Reporter - 3 days ago

Alza Microdrama Festival Partners With NYC Mayor's Office For October Debut

Hollywood Reporter - 3 days ago

ON-PREM -- AWS sustainability claims don't hold water, lawsuit alleges -- Ex-staffer accuses Amazon's Virginia datacenters of quietly guzzling H20 all year round, despite 'water positive' PR push

PUBLIC SECTOR -- MPs fear Treasury cold feet could sink Whitehall's £1.15B shared services push -- 'Do as we fund, not as we do' sends 'very poor reputational signal' says damning report

SpaceX Share Price Falls Below IPO Level a Month After Elon Musk's Market Debut

Breitbart - 3 days ago

Samsung set to unveil new foldable phones -- Tech giant Samsung is set to debut a new line of foldable phones at its Galaxy Unpacked event next week. CNET senior technology reporter Abrar Al-Heeti joins CBS News to discuss.

CBS News - 3 days ago

Report: OpenAI Developing Screenless Smart Speaker as First Hardware Product as Legal War with Apple Rages

Breitbart - 3 days ago

How period trackers share your private details - Some apps are sharing users' health data. New research uncovers which apps lock down your privacy, and which don't.

BBC News - 3 days ago

Grocery sales, United earnings and more: Morning Squawk

CNBC - 3 days ago

Google DeepMind CEO Calls for U.S.-Led Global AI Safety Watchdog

Breitbart - 3 days ago

AI power binge delivers best half since 2022 for climate tech venture funding

Watch: E-bike battery explodes at recycling centre -- Lithium batteries found in e-bikes can be extremely hazardous if damaged or crushed.

BBC News - 3 days ago

How to Watch Sky Go Abroad: Unblock Sky Go in USA or Anywhere

Gizmodo - 3 days ago

One Tech Tip: How to soothe thumb pain when texting and scrolling

Toronto Star - 3 days ago

Teenager's inquest to reopen after mum's campaign -- Ellen Roome believes her son's death in 2022 was as the result of an online challenge gone wrong.

BBC News - 3 days ago

OS PLATFORMS -- Dark patterns in Windows are steering users to Edge: Mozilla-commissioned report -- Report finds regional differences, especially outside the EEA, but it's still a dark tale claiming user manipulation

Move over, GPS: Navigation satellites in low-Earth orbit are making a comeback

Ars Technica - 3 days ago

Tribute to boy killed by TikTok-watching driver -- Finley's parents, Chloe and Daniel, say he entered the world like a "little ray of sunshine".

BBC News - 3 days ago

TSMC boosts U.S. infrastructure spending plans by $100-billion

The Globe and Mail - 3 days ago

Teen hackers who live streamed cyber-attack on TfL jailed -- Owen Flowers and Thalha Jubair were convicted for their roles in the attack, which led to large costs for Transport for London.

BBC News - 3 days ago

RESEARCH -- 'The bots are alive!' Jailbroken Gemini spun up new C2 server for Russian fraudster in just 6 minutes -- Human did 10% of the job,AI did 90%

AI chatbots at risk of spreading govt restrictions on online speech, new study says

ABC News - 3 days ago

TSMC second-quarter profit spikes over 77%, topping estimates

CNBC - 3 days ago

EXPLAINER - Indian startup patents rare-earth-free EV motor - 6 - m read

Gulf News - 3 days ago

OS PLATFORMS -- A moment of silence, please, for the final release of Debian on x86-32 -- New Debian versions hit FOSSland in the form of 13.6 and 12.15

AI chatbots are at risk of spreading government restrictions on online speech, a new study says

Toronto Star - 3 days ago

Meta accused of using AI to pick employees with medical conditions for layoffs

Los Angeles Times - 3 days ago

Astronomers find universe's faintest planet after 11 years of hide-and-seek

International The News - 3 days ago

Nvidia, Kawasaki partner on AI robots for shipbuilding

Daily Sabah - 3 days ago

Deep Down and Dirty: The Science of Soil

BBC News - 3 days ago

New 3D silicon chip stacks circuits on top of each other to boost computing power -- Rich McEachran

Live Science - 3 days ago

TikTok faces Ofcom investigation over child age checks -- It follows a review by the regulator in May that criticised the platform for not being "safe enough" for children.

BBC News - 3 days ago

Best Prime Video VPN 2026: Get Prime Video Unblocked Abroad

Gizmodo - 3 days ago

Has China got its hands on the world's most important machine?

Sydney Morning Herald - 3 days ago

OpenAI's First Device Will Want to Know Everything About You

New York Magazine - 3 days ago

Best VPN for CapCut: How to Download CapCut in India in 2026

Gizmodo - 3 days ago

Music industry launches AI-generated content labels -- m read

Gulf News - 3 days ago

DATABASES -- EU competition decision hands SAP customers more leverage in contract talks -- Truce over maintenance fees is a bargaining chip for ECC holdouts – just don't expect a stampede to third-party support

TSMC posts record profit, boosts US investment by $100B

Daily Sabah - 3 days ago

Microsoft update is killing some popular laptops and yours could be on the list

Daily Express - 3 days ago

Baddies caught exploiting extensions bugs with perfect 10 scores on vulnerable Joomla websites -- Flaws in iCagenda, Balbooa Forms extensions can impact open source CMS that powers a million sites worldwide

CYBER-CRIME -- German firm files for insolvency, blames cybercrims who shut down production for 6 weeks -- ZEGO-TVZ says the financial fallout from a March cyberattack left shutting its doors as the only option

The Guardian -- Guardian News & Media Ltd

Gizmodo - 3 days ago

Sugar in space? Astronomers make a groundbreaking interstellar discovery

International The News - 3 days ago

Millions of Freeview users face more TV issues that will last until Monday

Daily Express - 3 days ago

How Oleh Halat Is Shaping the Next Generation of AI-Powered Commerce

International Business Times - 3 days ago

Children taught detail about online sexual risks -- Report shows authorities are stepping up efforts to protect children from harmful online content.

BBC News - 3 days ago

COLUMNISTS -- The Star Wars cantina scene shows we need a new hope for the agentic web -- 'We don't serve their kind here' protects today's publishers, but won't help rebels destroy the monetization Death Stars built by Google and Meta

NTSB Confirms Texas Tesla Had 100% Floored Accelerator Pedal During Fatal Crash -- Mike Pearl

Gizmodo - 4 days ago

Alibaba and Baidu shares jump in Hong Kong on Apple AI partnership

CNBC - 4 days ago

Security -- EU and UK officially blame Russian spies for cyberattack on Poland's power grid -- Sweeping sanctions and condemnation follow op that could have left half a million without power in the depths of winter

Why travellers are switching to Yesim in 2026

Sydney Morning Herald - 4 days ago

Is this the electric car of the future? -- Shell's Triple 10 Challenge Concept Car car can charge its battery from 10% to 80% in 10 minutes.

BBC News - 4 days ago

Applications - Microsoft to switch off OWA Light after nearly two decades

Anthropic Is Moving Toward a Mega-IPO. Then It Could Reshape the AI Investment Race.

International Business Times - 4 days ago

Celebrity influencers paid up to £1m to advertise deodorant on Instagram -- The chief executive of Wild reveals what happens behind the scenes of social media posts.

BBC News - 4 days ago

Cramer questions whether Wednesday's rally in Big Tech will have staying power

CNBC - 4 days ago

Trump blasts New York Gov. Hochul's moratorium on AI data centers

CNBC - 4 days ago

Details on New York data center moratorium -- New York has become the first state in the U.S. to impose a moratorium on the construction of massive AI data centers. The pause takes effect immediately and halts the construction of new data centers for up to a year. Paris Marx, a technology podcast host, joins CBS News to discuss.

CBS News - 4 days ago

AI AND ML -- Australia demands AI companies must produce more energy than they consume, stop 'theft' of content -- PM frames sweeping new regulations as the equivalent of labour movement touchstones like winning a minimum wage

Anthropic Accidentally Made the Perfect Commercial

The Atlantic - 4 days ago

Backlash grows nationwide over data centers -- There's growing backlash nationwide against AI data centers and now New York is hitting pause. Gov. Kathy Hochul signed an executive order to delay the building boom. Kelly O'Grady has more.

CBS News - 4 days ago

Engineer identifies and explains every '90s computer seen in Jurassic Park

Ars Technica - 4 days ago

Here's the Truth About Whether Meta's NameTag Face Recognition Tech 'Exists'

Wired News - 4 days ago

Virtualization -- Google Cloud's VMware service loses resilience due to a dud update -- As VMware itself warns of critical flaw in its load balancer

Nowhere to run to: Why angry Telstra users may stay put

Sydney Morning Herald - 4 days ago

Watch Live: Donald Trump Speaks at Pennsylvania Defense and Innovation Summit

Breitbart - 4 days ago

Zealot Builds AI Infrastructure for Allied Cyber Operations

International Business Times - 4 days ago

DC Passes Bill to Ban Surveillance Pricing for Concert Tickets, Cap Resale Prices -- Matt Novak

Gizmodo - 4 days ago

Why Jim Cramer is shocked by Citi's against-the-grain praise of Microsoft's Copilot

CNBC - 4 days ago

Why are male World Cup players wearing ... sports bras?

New York Post - 4 days ago

7 Must-Have Webflow Apps to Turn a Website into a Revenue Engine

International Business Times - 4 days ago

Robot dog can climb stairs, navigate a forest and bound over logs thanks to new, rapid AI training technique -- Kenna Hughes-Castleberry

Live Science - 4 days ago

This Orange-Lipped Monkey Puzzled Scientists for Nearly Two Decades. They Finally Know What It Is

Gizmodo - 4 days ago

SpaceX share price drops below stock market debut -- Share trading in Elon Musk's rocket company has been volatile since it went public a month ago.

BBC News - 4 days ago

Anthropic moves closer to mega-IPO as bankers line up investor meetings

CNBC - 4 days ago

Watch Live: Breitbart News at the Pennsylvania Defense and Innovation Summit Day 2

Breitbart - 4 days ago

Google's AI search engine poses 'unacceptable risks for kids': bombshell report

New York Post - 4 days ago

Third-party app stores coming to Google Play next week as Epic settlement withdrawn

Ars Technica - 4 days ago

SpaceX shares drop below $135 IPO price as rally that made Musk a trillionaire fizzles

New York Post - 4 days ago

World Cup grudge attackers may have scored Argentine FA access via year-old infostealer infection -- Footie fans? Overreacting? There's a first time for everything

Galaxy S27 Ultra camera rethink: Fewer lenses? -- m read

Gulf News - 4 days ago

26 Meta employees sue, alleging AI-driven layoff picks hit workers on medical and parental leave

One America News Network - 4 days ago

Personal Tech - This is your BIOS speaking. Please fix me. Your PC is broken - Casual IT team learns that building bespoke PCs can be a false economy

SpaceX stock sinks below $135 IPO price for the first time

CNBC - 4 days ago

Electrovaya stock soars after lithium-ion battery maker announces Amazon deal

The Globe and Mail - 4 days ago

PayPal shares soar 17% after Stripe, private-equity firm make blockbuster $53B offer

New York Post - 4 days ago

Nolte: George Lucas Defends AI and Jar Jar Binks — 'It's Much Easier to Make Movies'

Breitbart - 4 days ago

The UK Says Social Media Is Too Addictive. It's Taking Measures For Older Teens

International Business Times - 4 days ago

GovTech restructuring signals shift towards technical, outcome-driven roles: Experts

The Straits Times - 4 days ago

Anthropic Has Warned AI Could End Civilization. Now They're Hiring People to Prevent Exactly That.

International Business Times - 4 days ago

DTCC, Wall Street's post-trade powerhouse, tests tokenized markets with industry heavy hitters

CNBC - 4 days ago