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1. Rockstar workers in the UK will hold a union vote just as GTA 6 is released

   Engadget · 28 Oct 2026, 01:25 IST

   A legal case alleging union-busting at the game developer will also wrap next month.

2. CISA KEV: CVE-2026-111497 — Google Brotli actively exploited

   CISA KEV · 27 Oct 2026, 05:30 IST · Critical severity

   Google Brotli Unchecked Return Value Vulnerability. Google Brotli contains an unchecked return value vulnerability that allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to corrupt adjacent decoder state memory, disclose sensitive memory...

3. CISA KEV: CVE-2026-48356 — Adobe Commerce and Magento actively exploited

   CISA KEV · 27 Oct 2026, 05:30 IST · Critical severity

   Adobe Commerce and Magento Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type Vulnerability. Adobe Commerce and Magento contain an unrestricted upload of file with dangerous type vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution...

4. Waymo adds nearly 250 square miles of robotaxi coverage in 5 cities

   Electrek · 28 Oct 2026, 01:25 IST

   Waymo is growing its driverless service area by nearly 250 square miles over the next week, spread across Los Angeles, Nashville, Orlando, San Diego, and the San Francisco Bay Area. That’s about as big as Tesla’s entire Houston Robotaxi...

5. Oracle bundles AI video tools and streaming into one media platform

   TNW · 28 Oct 2026, 01:15 IST

   Oracle announced Media Fabric at AI World, a platform that combines its own AI video and image models, an AI production suite and a live-streaming network. It lets brands make many versions of one ad. Oracle says it will be available...

6. Anthropic Says It Will Revolutionize Biology—Some Day

   Wired · 28 Oct 2026, 01:09 IST

   In breathless press releases and posts, the company has touted its models’ ability to deliver scientific breakthroughs. But its IPO filing taps the brakes on just how fast its AI will lead to big discoveries.

7. Former DOGE staffers say they just hacked Anthropic in less than 12 hours

   Fast Company Tech · 28 Oct 2026, 00:34 IST · Medium severity

   A cybersecurity firm run by former members of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) says it has broken into internal data and messaging systems at Anthropic. Perhaps even more surprising, though, is its claim that it...

8. Grand Theft Auto VI reportedly requires a 210GB download

   Engadget · 28 Oct 2026, 01:09 IST · Unconfirmed

   Be prepared to surrender a significant portion of your console's hard drive.

9. Warner Bros. drops final trailer for Dune: Part Three

   Ars Technica · 27 Oct 2026, 23:35 IST

   The end of the year is fast approaching and with it, the pre-Christmas release of Dune: Part Three , the final installment in Denis Villeneuve's acclaimed adaptation of sci-fi author Frank Herbert's novel(s). gave us a broody and...

10. Vibe genes? Natural(ish) language comes to protein, genome design software

    Ars Technica · 28 Oct 2026, 00:19 IST

    Protein design tools may be getting increasingly sophisticated , but you still need a sophisticated understanding of protein structure for them to work. This can include knowing enzyme mechanisms down to the positions of specific amino...

11. Google's Android Registered App Stores program launches Dec. 1, applications now open

    Ars Technica · 28 Oct 2026, 01:02 IST

    Running an app ecosystem has gotten a lot more complex for Google in the wake of its loss in the Epic Games antitrust case. While those in the US have access to app stores inside Google Play by order of the court, international users...

12. ASM lifts its 2027 sales forecast by a quarter as AI chipmakers spend

    TNW · 28 Oct 2026, 00:52 IST

    ASM International raised its 2027 revenue forecast to more than €5.7B, from above €4.6B, as memory and AI chipmakers expand. That reaches its 2030 target three years early. Third-quarter revenue rose 44% to a record €1.16B, and ASM...

13. Elon Musk says Ukraine’s military violated Starlink’s terms of service

    The Verge · 28 Oct 2026, 00:54 IST

    Elon Musk claims Ukraine violated Starlink's terms of service before the recent slowdown, as reported earlier by Ars Technica . According to Musk, "Ukraine military violated Starlink terms of service and used it for offensive drone...

14. 11 insights from the CASPA CEO Summit: AI infrastructure hardware becomes a systems game

    SiliconANGLE · 28 Oct 2026, 00:41 IST

    Faster chips alone no longer define the AI buildout. Hundreds of thousands of processors now work together as one machine, so AI infrastructure hardware is designed and judged as a complete system. That system runs from the optical...

15. CyberStrikeAI Uses 44 AI Agents to Automate Hacking Operations Against Japan Targets

    The Hacker News · 27 Oct 2026, 23:56 IST · Medium severity

    Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of three cyber attacks targeting organizations in Japan in which artificial intelligence (AI) was a key element, either in the driving seat or to assist a human operator. TrendAI, which...

16. Disruptive raises $10B fund to make big bets on at least 10 companies

    TechCrunch · 28 Oct 2026, 00:25 IST

    Disruptive has made headlines in recent years for pouring money into companies like chip startup Groq and the AI voice-generation startup ElevenLabs.

17. Apple’s New M6 MacBook Pro Costs $1,999. Is It Worth Upgrading?

    TechRepublic · 28 Oct 2026, 00:09 IST

    Apple's 14-inch M6 MacBook Pro brings faster AI, Wi-Fi 7, and a $1,999 price. See what changed from M5 and whether upgrading makes sense. The post Apple’s New M6 MacBook Pro Costs $1,999.

18. CISA Confirms PHP2Shell Exploitation, Orders Federal Agencies to Patch

    HackRead · 27 Oct 2026, 23:56 IST · Medium severity

    The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added two critical PHP flaws, CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619, to its…

19. This old Nokia phone got an AI Upgrade it was never designed for

    Engadget · 28 Oct 2026, 00:00 IST

    This old Nokia phone got an AI Upgrade it was never designed for

20. Microsoft releases Windows OOB updates to distrust eMudhra certificates

    BleepingComputer · 27 Oct 2026, 23:50 IST · Medium severity

    Microsoft has released out-of-band (OOB) Windows updates to remove trust in certificates tied to compromised eMudhra certificate authority keys, protecting systems that do not receive automatic certificate trust updates.

21. Dell links supply chain security to the challenges of agentic AI

    SiliconANGLE · 27 Oct 2026, 23:49 IST

    Supply chain security is taking on new importance as enterprises bring AI into core business operations. Those deployments introduce risks that require security teams to examine how infrastructure, data and autonomous systems are...

22. Anthropic Flags Gas Supply as One of Its Biggest Near-Term Risks

    Wired · 27 Oct 2026, 23:50 IST

    The data center buildout could cause a massive increase in gas prices as companies scramble for limited supplies and infrastructure fails to meet demand.

23. The eMudhra Certificate Authority Incident Is A Wake-Up Call For Enterprise PKI

    Forrester Blog · 27 Oct 2026, 23:09 IST

    The private key of a certificate authority (CA) should be one of the most secure secrets in digital infrastructure. In eMudhra’s case, eight CA private keys turned out to not be very secret. In fact, they were so weak that security...

24. Why buying a Mac mini over a MacBook might be the smarter move

    Engadget · 27 Oct 2026, 23:30 IST

    Apple's smallest desktop delivers better performance and value for those willing to leave the laptop behind.

25. From cheap tool to premium subscription: When a beloved app's price skyrockets

    Ars Technica · 27 Oct 2026, 21:20 IST

    How much are you willing to pay to keep using your favorite app? Maybe you’ve used it for years. Perhaps it performs a function so essential and specific that you couldn’t imagine what you’d do without it.

26. DeepMind unveils Genie 4 world model promising more realistic physics and humans

    Ars Technica · 27 Oct 2026, 21:30 IST

    Last year, Google DeepMind sent gaming stocks tumbling with the reveal of its Genie 3 world model . Since then, world models have become a major focus of AI labs around the world, but Google isn't resting on its laurels. Researchers...

27. Ford simplifies using your EV as a home battery with the $30K Fathom

    Ars Technica · 27 Oct 2026, 21:47 IST

    This morning, Ford revealed that buyers of the forthcoming Fathom —the company's sub-$30,000 electric pickup truck due next year —will get more than just a truck. Until now, vehicle-to-home technology— like the setup Ford developed for...

28. Microsoft earnings preview: Employee buyouts, AI spending and a new financial scorecard

    GeekWire · 27 Oct 2026, 23:20 IST

    report quarterly earnings under a new financial structure Wednesday. (GeekWire File Photo / Kevin Lisota) Microsoft’s earnings report Wednesday will come two days after the company offered buyouts to about 60,000 people , roughly a...

29. Brotli bug reaches far beyond Node.js (CVE-2026-111497)

    Help Net Security · 27 Oct 2026, 23:08 IST · Medium severity

    A vulnerability in Brotli, Google’s widely used open-source compression library, is putting a broad range of software at risk. About CVE-2026-111497 Alternatively known as “Node2Shell”, “Broccoli2Shell” and “Brotli2Shell”,...

30. Whop raises $200M at $5.1B valuation after shipping three products in three months

    TNW · 27 Oct 2026, 22:59 IST

    Palo Alto-based Whop has closed a $200 million Series D led by Sequoia Capital and Shopify Ventures at a $5.1 billion valuation, and plans to open offices in Europe and Colombia, Bloomberg reported. 2The company said the capital will...