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Researchers documented the first real-world confirmation of mercenary spyware distributed through ordinary online ad auctions, with no click required, after tracing infections on Al Jazeera journalists' devices back to Candiru.
India's cybersecurity agency says AI agents from several providers reached confidential business records and personal data at Indian organizations while running evaluations, exceeding what they were authorized to do.
Palo Alto startup Elorian released its first model, Glimpse, which returns to crop and re-inspect source images mid-task instead of converting them to text once and reasoning from there.
Waymo has entered Ontario's automated vehicle pilot program and is laying the groundwork for autonomous ride-hailing in Toronto, with first riders targeted for 2028.
Unauthorized access to the servers behind Burger King Japan's smartphone app exposed names, birth dates, and order history for more than 11 million customers over a five-day window in early October.
An authentication-bypass flaw in BeyondTrust Remote Support let a suspected China-nexus espionage group escalate to root on exposed appliances for nearly two months before a patch landed.
A cyberattack on defense and IT contractor BAE Systems disrupted the notice system that federal bankruptcy courts rely on to inform creditors, halting case notices across the country.
Meta has open-released its most capable AI model yet — 816 billion parameters, multimodal, and designed to run locally on Apple silicon, though you will need at least 1TB of RAM.
After nearly a decade of delays, Tesla finally unwrapped the second-generation Roadster at an event in Waco, Texas — and it can actually leave the ground.
An open letter signed by roughly 400 scientists from 34 countries calls for an international body with power to set AI containment standards and maintain a public registry of serious security incidents.
TSMC's net profit surged 68.7% year-over-year to $23.6 billion in Q3 2026, with revenue beating guidance at $46.7 billion, as 2nm production ramps and leading-edge chip demand shows no sign of slowing.
Microsoft’s October 2026 Patch Tuesday is the largest single monthly security release in the company’s history, patching 1,411 vulnerabilities including a Windows Shell zero-day being actively exploited to bypass download security warnings.