Breaking news and updates from the world of technology.
Two unauthenticated remote code execution vulnerabilities in PHP were actively exploited for four days before emergency patches shipped on October 21, taking government and hospital websites offline worldwide.
Anthropic’s new Claude Duet app works in the background across iOS, Android, and the web, handling tasks and surfacing what needs your attention while you’re busy.
The NU7 upgrade cuts Zcash block time from 75 seconds to 25 seconds and permanently shuts down the chain's original Sprout privacy system.
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency will decide case-by-case whether stablecoin rewards programs from exchanges like Coinbase and PayPal violate the law, with no safe harbor for existing programs.
A joint advisory from five countries' cyber agencies details how the SafePay group has used VPN brute-forcing and stolen credentials to breach victims since 2024.
Elon Musk confirmed both boards set up independent-director panels to review combining the two companies, though he says no terms have been agreed.
Perplexity's AI agent for Mac can plan tasks, use tools, and process files entirely on-device without sending data to the cloud, though full local operation requires at least 36GB of unified memory.
Zoom unveiled a suite of AI management features including real-time deepfake risk detection, centralized AI activity controls, and custom guardrails for AI-generated meeting content, announced today at its annual Zoomtopia conference.
General Catalyst's Customer Value Fund will give the AI meeting-notes company repayable capital instead of shares, letting CEO Sam Liang fund an enterprise sales push without diluting existing investors.
Kosmos 2612 spent weeks maneuvering to match the orbit of ICEYE-X36, a commercial radar satellite, before closing to a distance orbital trackers call the first unsanctioned rendezvous of its kind in low-Earth orbit.
The Department of Homeland Security published a sweeping order excluding DeepSeek from federal procurement and requiring its removal from existing government IT systems, citing data-transfer and malware risks.
NorForge researchers caught a Chinese-speaking hacker running an autonomous AI agent campaign that broke into over 100 corporate websites, including John Deere and SharkNinja, spending just $5,000 total.