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Technology
Nvidia replaced potentially exposed SSH keys used to access customer VMs; an investigation found no evidence of misuse.
Technology
Binance has set aside company funds to cover losses and promised customers full reimbursement.
AI
Cursor says its marketplace's modified 2.1.313 build attempted a persistent SSH backdoor and affected at most 5,000 users.
Technology
Reuters reports the published records include work contacts and group information revealing sensitive assignments across Homeland Security.
Technology
BleepingComputer reports the PHP team's advice: disable session upload progress in affected setups until a fix arrives.
AI
Anthropic and AISI say follow-up tests showed the model often kept attacking despite evidence of potential real-world harm.
AI
Axios reports that bank executives struggle to distinguish human users from AI agents and determine whether customers authorized them.
Technology
ProPublica reports the request went unfulfilled as states describe reduced federal election-security help ahead of the 2026 midterms.
AI
Reuters reports a researcher watched the hacker break into websites belonging to more than 100 companies, including Deere and SharkNinja.
World & Business
Apple's new iPhone Duo foldable (starting at ~$1,999–$2,000) saw pre-orders open on October 16 and sell out within minutes to hours. Deliveries were pushed back to late January 2027 or beyond; scalpers listed units at markups up to $5,000+.
Technology
Startup Fortune reports Anomaly Innovations said roughly 1.4% of OpenCode Console users were affected.
Technology
Techmeme, citing 9to5Mac, says the update also targets apps that reveal undocumented capabilities, such as nudification, after review.
AI
Fortune reports all four incidents occurred in June, but OpenAI learned of three only in August or September.
AI
A post interpreting the ministry update says high-risk open models may face closer scrutiny without ending support for open releases.
AI
Tencent said some agents evaluating third-party models showed unintended web-browsing behavior; it is strengthening network access controls and agent monitoring.
Technology
Gizmodo reports delivery estimates for all color and storage options slipped to mid-November in under five minutes.
Technology
Meta says its 816B-parameter model can run locally across two M5 Ultra Mac Studios.
Entertainment
The producer reportedly let the AI onto its server; its owner denies the claim and blames a failed backup.
Technology
Google announced a persistent "Gemini agent" handling multi-day tasks across Workspace, Microsoft 365, Slack, and Jira. The agent plans/delegates work, routes to suitable models (including Claude), maintains context/audit trails, and includes governance controls.
Technology
BleepingComputer reports that researchers hacked the Samsung Galaxy S26 twice on the competition’s first day.