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The Register ·
Japan's mission to the Martian moon Phobos launched this week, with a veteran European probe expected to be waiting when it arrives. JAXA, Japan's space agency, confirmed that the Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) spacecraft launched...
The Register · · Medium severity
China-aligned attackers used AI agents and compromised ConnectWise application credentials to target more than 2,250 Microsoft 365 tenants, Microsoft says. The Windows giant revealed this week that the attackers, tracked as Storm-0940,...
The Register · · Medium severity
Attackers are hammering servers with millions of attempts to exploit the critical PHP2Shell vulnerabilities , with Amazon revealing that someone was already going after the flaws four days before they were publicly disclosed. Cloudflare...
TNW ·
Agility Robotics will use Nvidia’s IGX Thor modules as the only onboard computer in Digit 5, the next version of its humanoid robot. The company announced the deal on Thursday. Nvidia will be the exclusive supplier of onboard compute...
Electronics Weekly ·
Industrial automation is increasingly becoming a strategic priority for manufacturers, with robotics, AI and connected production systems promising productivity, flexibility and resilience, writes Payam Pajoohi of PHYTEC. Despite this,...
TNW ·
Tesla needs to build between 10,000 and 20,000 Optimus humanoid robots so they can learn to perform tasks through practice, Elon Musk said during the company’s third-quarter earnings call on 21 October. Tesla has only recently started...
TNW ·
Nebius has signed a $3.5 billion loan facility with Citi to build more data centres and buy GPUs. The Amsterdam-based AI cloud company announced the deal on Thursday. The secured facility runs for 364 days.
TNW ·
Spotify ended the third quarter with 306 million paying subscribers, up 9% from a year earlier, according to its third-quarter update, published on Thursday. Monthly active users rose 11% to 788 million. Revenue grew 16% to €4.97...
Tech.eu ·
An Anglo-Finnish University of Oxford quantum spinout has raised €12m in a funding round, it said today, as investment in the quantum sector continues to heat up. The funding round in QuantrolOx was led by IW Capital, an early stage...
TNW · · Unconfirmed
Some of the people working on a possible SpaceX-Tesla merger worry that Elon Musk’s public comments could draw shareholder scrutiny and delay the process by several weeks, Reuters reported on Thursday. Milana Vinn of Reuters heard this...
Silicon Republic ·
EA’s COO David Tinson and chief studios officer Cam Weber explained that they have taken a deeper look at the organisation, resulting in project cuts and job loss. Read more: EA to layoff roughly 400 people amid BioWare studio shutdown
IT Pro ·
Dell Technologies: Sort out your infrastructure or risk scuppering AI production projects
IT Pro ·
Veeam launches new global program for sovereign service providers
Silicon Republic ·
The latest layoffs represent about 9pc of eBay’s current workforce. Read more: eBay to cut 1,000 jobs in second layoff this year
TNW ·
Tesla’s profit fell 43% in the third quarter as it spent heavily on AI, robots and self-driving cars. Net income came in at $787 million, down from $1.37 billion a year earlier, according to Tesla’s third-quarter update, published on...
IT Pro ·
Ross Kelly is ITPro's News & Analysis Editor, with a keen interest in cyber security, business leadership and emerging technologies. He graduated from Edinburgh Napier University in 2016 with a BA (Hons) in Journalism, and joined ITPro...
TNW ·
Anthropic has opened a waitlist for Claude Duet, a new app that lets its AI assistant keep working in the background while users are away. The company announced the research preview on 21 October, adding to the growing competition to...
IT Pro ·
UK government urged to take stakes in publicly-funded tech firms.
TNW · · Medium severity
ESET linked hackers to Russia, using a decentralised network to hide their malware during an attack on a Ukrainian grain company. The security company says it is the first documented case of a state-linked hacking group using the...
IT Security Guru · · Medium severity
Organised by Eskenzi PR , the tenth annual awards ceremony took place at St Barts Pub in London, bringing together cybersecurity professionals, educators, industry leaders and advocates to recognise those whose work often goes...
Tech.eu ·
Cloud funding in Europe during H1 2026 was heavily concentrated in infrastructure investments, with companies raising approximately €5.9 billion across eight transactions, including one with an undisclosed amount. The UK dominated the...
The Register ·
Welcome back to PWNED, the column where we talk about companies and organizations that leave the doors wide open to attackers. This week’s sad story involves a major American pharmacy chain that couldn’t fill a prescription for password...
TNW ·
Over the years, enterprises have been in an all-out sprint to adopt the latest and greatest AI models. In that sprint, the average AI stack has grown quickly to include an array of platforms. These include developer tools, AI agents,...
Tech.eu ·
Unmanned aerial systems and vehicles maker Beyond Vision has raised over €28 million, co-led by Índico Capital Partners and Lince Capital , with a follow-on investment from ActiveCap, a shareholder since 2024. Founded in 2013 and led by...
TNW ·
Barclays expects to have cut around 5,000 jobs by the end of 2026, roughly 5% of its staff. The bank said artificial intelligence and other technology now let it do the same work with fewer people. The British lender gave the figure on...
Silicon Republic ·
The latest Talent Trends report explores the key trends shaping HR practices in Ireland’s workplaces. Read more: Ibec report suggests AI won’t negatively impact headcount in 2027
TNW ·
Finance professionals used to learn their jobs by doing the work themselves. They processed invoices, reconciled accounts, investigated exceptions, chased approvals, and gradually developed the judgment needed to handle more complex...
TNW ·
Europe’s biggest news publishers are asking regulators in the EU and UK to stop Meta from introducing new business terms that they fear could allow the company to copy content from their websites for use in AI products. The changes are...
IT Pro ·
Ross Kelly is ITPro's News & Analysis Editor, with a keen interest in cyber security, business leadership and emerging technologies. He graduated from Edinburgh Napier University in 2016 with a BA (Hons) in Journalism, and joined ITPro...
Tech.eu ·
Swiss robotics startup Enact Intelligence has today emerged out of stealth, with a $30m pre-seed round and backing from two heavyweights from the French AI ecosystem, Mistral boss Arthur Mensch and Meta's former AI chief scientist Yann...
The Register ·
During a flight on Marc Benioff’s private jet last year, the Salesforce CEO apparently subjected his company’s senior execs to a four-hour montage of Palantir CEO Alex Karp holding forth on the value of forward-deployed engineers...
Silicon Republic ·
The investigation will explore whether Booking.com’s efforts to identify and manage phishing scams is sufficient. Read more: EU regulators open investigation into Booking.com’s fraud response
Silicon Republic ·
The company said it has a current annual recurring revenue of more than $200m. Read more: AI legal-tech Legora valued at $8.8bn after $550m Series E
Silicon Republic ·
These flaws rank among the 'most severe vulnerabilities' arguably discovered in software history, Wiz said. Read more: AI helps uncover critical PHP flaw threatening 70pc of internet
Tech.eu ·
French-American AI startup Reduck has raised $3 million in a pre-seed funding round led by Daphni , with participation from Drysdale Ventures and Galion.exe . The company is developing technology that enables AI agents to interact with...
The Register ·
From training massive language models to powering nonstop inference , AI is fundamentally rewriting the rules of data center thermal management. AI workloads are characteristically less predictable and significantly more power-dense...
TNW ·
Palantir says neither it nor the US government can remotely shut down Maven, its AI-powered battlefield system used by NATO’s top military command. The assurance comes as European countries question how much control they have over...
IT Pro ·
Jane is managing editor at ITPro and ChannelPro. She started out with the brands as a staff writer specializing in cloud computing before going on to become senior writer and reports editor, managing the content and creation of ITPro’s...
IT Pro ·
Why AI security is rapidly becoming one of the biggest commercial opportunities for the channel
IT Pro ·
Mark Samuels is a freelance writer specializing in business and technology. For the past two decades, he has produced extensive work on subjects such as the adoption of technology by C-suite executives. At ITPro, Mark has provided...
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