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October 22, 2026 • 8 mins
Forewarned is forearmed, after all.
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-Reuters reported that governments in the Netherlands, Denmark, France and Finland took down at least some websites as a preventive measure.
-CEO Mark Zuckerberg said that the company is already working on monetizing the agent, and that he expects Muse to eventually generate more revenue per user than Facebook and Instagram.
-Anthropic is billing Duet as a proactive agent. Each day, it will generate a short briefing with a list ...
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October 21, 2026 • 7 mins
Amazon's devices have learned some new tricks.
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-The company intends to catch the Ship using the "chopstick" arms of its launch tower, which it had also used in the past to capture the vehicle's Super Heavy booster.
-OpenAI's agents misbehaved by switching off the systems meant to monitor them for misbehavior, or in AI parlance, misalignment.
-Researchers at security firm Claroc discovered that the links for users' shared Muse chats can be found and accessed via a passive DNS ...
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October 20, 2026 • 8 mins
It's not as nefarious as it sounds.
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-As flagged by Nieman Lab, the new language stated that Meta would have the right to use web scrapers and other automated tools "to access, index, cache, analyze, collect, retrieve, or crawl the domains, web pages, or URLs (and any content available through them)" associated with business accounts on the platform.
-DHS characterized the risks of DeepSeek use as potentially resulting in the "transfer of sensitive data" of US govern...
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October 19, 2026 • 6 mins
The company says more of its users are holding down multiple roles.
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-Four Gemini 4 Argon agents beat Minecraft's final "Ender Dragon" foe with no human intervention by working individually while sharing tips, threats and mistakes.
-When asked if OpenAI will actually build a humanoid robot, CEO Sam Altman said, "we will."
-The layer in MapQuest will show you where Flock cameras are. It also displays the locations of cameras from the likes of Motorola Solutions, Genetec, Axis Communications, Axon,...
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October 16, 2026 • 11 mins
The Eclipse and Frontier are cheap and colorful, but you'll need a Pro subscription to make the most of them.
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-The subpoenas are looking for documents regarding security incidents and safeguards, as well as some of the companies' marketing materials and content about their privacy policies.
-Meta's 800-billion parameter model was optimized for Apple Silicon, but you'll need a staggering 1TB of RAM to run it locally.
-The attack is unique in that it can infect devices just by showing an ad, with no need for the victim to click on a link ...
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October 15, 2026 • 6 mins
Of course, it asked AI what to do about it.
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-Mexico isn't the first country to introduce digital child protection measures, but it's unique in issuing the new rules via a presidential decree rather than new legislation.
-The lithium-ion batteries that power most electronics here on Earth are based on liquid electrolytes which can freeze at low temperatures, damaging the battery.
-The machine, built in 1976 and originally sold for $666.60 to a certain Fred Hatfield, is one ...
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October 14, 2026 • 8 mins
Two versions will be available in November for $299.
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-The suspect allegedly left a DIY recording device inside of an executive conference room he wasn't authorized to enter or use.
-In its blog post, Character said it filed for Chapter 11 protection to facilitate the sale of the company and its assets, listing liabilities of between $50 million and $100 million.
-White dwarfs are more common than pulsars, and Jamie Williams, the lead author of the study, said finding a second-gener...
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October 13, 2026 • 6 mins
It called the move 'a normal business practice.'
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-"No more hand-written code," the internal message stated, as well as ordering all art for the project to be "generated with full AI workflows."
-According to Meta, the models are particularly adept at navigating legal, financial and health-related tasks, and are able to deliver "frontier coding performance."
-Xandr allegedly didn't obtain "explicit consent" to use sensitive user data of those on Grindr for advertising purposes, ...
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October 12, 2026 • 7 mins
The company is reportedly rebooting its smart home ambitions with a smart display and a whole bunch of other accessories.
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-Microsoft president Brad Smith told ITV on Friday, “right now, your washing machine is subject to more safety rules than AI. Every carton of milk that you see in the grocery store is subject to safety rules and inspection."
-Four GM apps sent VINs to 10 companies including Microsoft and Adobe.
-Google has announced a partnership with Flo Health to bring more comprehensive menstrual health data to the Google Health app and...
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October 9, 2026 • 5 mins
The new Amazon Kids Tablets come in two sizes and can be bundled with one of two styles of case.
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-"We don't have to run ads from a competitor whose goal is to pull people off our apps," Meta spokesperson Chris Sgro told Bloomberg.
-Anthropic's new scanner could give open-source coders early alerts about potential security issues for free, albeit with the tradeoff that reports won't be reviewed by humans.
-Astronomers have used the James Webb telescope to pinpoint the origin of the burst detected in 2024, and it could s...
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