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1. Instagram Is a Streaming Service Now

   Wired · 27 Oct 2026, 16:00 IST

   Instagram’s long-form video update is more than a swipe at YouTube. It’s an attempt to capture the clip economy.

2. DreamHost incident triggers password resets, locks customers out of email and FTP accounts

   Help Net Security · 27 Oct 2026, 15:49 IST

   DreamHost has brought its File Manager back online after an incident that disrupted several of its services, though some of its customers still can’t get into their email or FTP accounts until someone sets a new password for them....

3. Watchdog Urges Police and Fire Service to Improve Cybersecurity

   Infosecurity Magazine · 27 Oct 2026, 15:09 IST · Medium severity

   UK police forces and fire and rescue services have been urged to strengthen cybersecurity as rising cyber threats outpace current defenses

4. FreeBSD founder ports Omarchy to FreeBSD in ten days, ten releases

   The Register · 27 Oct 2026, 15:45 IST

   Omarchy has already taken up plenty of our column inches, but a new tentacle is reaching into the hitherto untouched FreeBSD. Daemonarchy brings Omarchy's Wayland-based desktop to the BSD world. It's an independent effort by Jordan...

5. This is Fine: What NetScaler Zero-Days Tell Us about the New Normal

   SecurityWeek · 27 Oct 2026, 15:32 IST · Critical severity

   Keep your patch management pipelines primed in case another round of Citrix NetScaler patches get released soon. The post This is Fine: What NetScaler Zero-Days Tell Us about the New Normal appeared first on SecurityWeek .

6. Whitespace hires former Meta product manager Mike Howard as CPO

   TNW · 27 Oct 2026, 15:28 IST

   Whitespace, a UK company that builds AI for defence and government, has hired former Meta product manager Mike Howard as its chief product officer. He will set the direction for its products and build the team behind them as the company...

7. Data center backlash is uniting America

   The Verge · 27 Oct 2026, 15:30 IST

   If there's one issue that seems to activate all kinds of voters in 2026, it's data centers. The rapid buildout of these massive server storage facilities - and the infrastructure construction and expenses that come with them - has...

8. ICEYE and Nokia to collaborate on Ukraine satellite project

   Tahawul Tech · 27 Oct 2026, 15:28 IST

   Satellite communications partners ICEYE and Nokia recently signed a pact with Ukraine’s Ministry of Defence to develop sovereign satellite capabilities. This announcement comes amidst reports that the Ukraine is continuing to have...

9. OpenAI Compaction Flaw Let Researchers Bypass Hidden Reasoning Protections

   The Hacker News · 27 Oct 2026, 13:52 IST

   OpenAI's compaction feature, which shrinks a long conversation to save space, could be turned into a way to copy a model's hidden reasoning out in plain text, security firm Xint has shown. OpenAI's reasoning models work through a...

10. Australia Gets Into Amadey Malware Backend, Cuts Off Access to 180,000 Infected Computers

    The Hacker News · 27 Oct 2026, 15:03 IST · Medium severity

    A criminal using the Amadey malware can no longer access or steal data from 180,000 infected computers around the world, including some in Australia, the Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) says. The agency's operators gained access to...

11. Apple’s iOS 27.2 gives Siri AI a memory and five more languages

    TNW · 27 Oct 2026, 15:22 IST

    Apple released iOS 27.2 on Monday, the first big update to iOS 27, alongside new versions of iPadOS, macOS, watchOS, visionOS and tvOS. Most of the new features are for Siri AI, the rebuilt assistant Apple released in beta in September....

12. Acer is bringing a Predator gaming handheld to the US for the first time

    The Verge · 27 Oct 2026, 15:24 IST

    It's been several months since Acer unveiled its Predator Atlas 8 gaming handheld , but now we finally know that it's coming to the US, and how much it'll cost. The Intel Arc G3 Extreme variant - the more powerful of the two models...

13. Meta unveils AI funding plans

    Tahawul Tech · 27 Oct 2026, 15:14 IST

    Meta Platforms recently unveiled plans to secure up to $95 billion in equity to fund its AI-related expansion ​of data centres and cloud computing. These efforts look to be backed by chipmakers Nvidia, AMD and Broadcom. The social media...

14. AWS calls for workplace redesign to unlock AI value

    Tahawul Tech · 27 Oct 2026, 15:18 IST

    Madhavi Reddy, Managing Director, AWS MENAT. Madhavi Reddy discusses AI governance, workforce skills, and the need to turn productivity gains into business growth across MENAT Organisations are investing in AI, but technology alone will...

15. Dead Popcorn Time Updater Put Millions of Computers at Risk of Takeover

    SecurityWeek · 27 Oct 2026, 15:14 IST · Medium severity

    Running at system boot, it periodically polled the update domain to execute any code served, with full privileges. The post Dead Popcorn Time Updater Put Millions of Computers at Risk of Takeover appeared first on SecurityWeek .

16. Infineon to invest €1.1bn in Austrian plant for gallium nitride chips

    TNW · 27 Oct 2026, 15:16 IST

    German chipmaker Infineon will invest about €1.1bn in its site in Villach, Austria, to make power chips from gallium nitride, the company announced on Tuesday. It says the plant will be the first in the world to make these chips in...

17. Energy giant ENGIE discloses data breach affecting customers

    BleepingComputer · 27 Oct 2026, 14:55 IST · High severity

    French energy giant ENGIE, one of the world's largest power and natural gas providers, confirmed that attackers stole customer data after breaching a marketing platform used by business partners.

18. I Tested Every Major AI Agent for a Day. Here’s the Best One

    Wired · 27 Oct 2026, 15:00 IST

    I ranked six AI agents—from Meta’s Muse to Anthropic’s Claude Duet—on how well they completed basic tasks.

19. ‘What is the point if the press has to ask for consent?’: News publishers tell SC that DPDP Act could create a pre-censorship regime

    Medianama · 27 Oct 2026, 14:47 IST

    The Supreme Court of India has refused to stay the Digital Personal Data Protection Act (DPDP Act), 2023, without hearing the government’s side and has listed the matter for November 17, 2026. This was the first hearing of the Digital...

20. MakeMyTrip says AI agents can’t replace travel platforms, as its own assistant handles 3,000 bookings a day

    Medianama · 27 Oct 2026, 14:55 IST

    “We see AI as a net positive for online travel platforms, particularly in large emerging markets such as India,” MakeMyTrip co-founder and Group Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Rajesh Magow said on the company’s earnings call for the...

21. Nvidia to invest $3bn in Meta and expand work on Muse agent

    TNW · 27 Oct 2026, 14:51 IST

    Nvidia will put $3bn into Meta and work more closely with it on Muse, Meta’s personal AI agent, the two companies announced today. The money is part of the share sale Meta launched on Monday to pay for its growing AI spending. Since...

22. Year of Linux on the Beach confirmed

    The Register · 27 Oct 2026, 15:00 IST

    2026 might not be the Year of Linux on the Desktop, but it is certainly the Year of Linux on the Beachfront, judging by some digital signage at the Spanish resort of Lloret de Mar. Snapped by Rich Skuse, an aficionado of automotive...

23. The secret strategy behind Whoop’s $10.1 billion valuation

    Fast Company Tech · 27 Oct 2026, 14:30 IST

    When former Harvard squash cocaptain Will Ahmed developed the idea for wearable company Whoop in the early 2010s, he was focused on helping serious athletes like himself optimize their performance. The wristband he designed tracks...

24. How much will data centers increase your electric bill?

    Fast Company Tech · 27 Oct 2026, 14:30 IST

    One of the biggest reasons most Americans don’t want a data center built nearby is that they worry it will drive up their utility bills. But whether those bills rise, and by how much, depends on the local power grid and the terms of the...

25. How solid-state transformers could help power the AI boom

    MIT Technology Review · 27 Oct 2026, 14:30 IST

    Transformers are a crucial but nearly invisible part of our grid. The devices help efficiently move power across long distances, but they’re complicated and in short supply. And given that their basic design hasn’t changed much for...

26. Submer and Aginode sign collaboration agreement to strengthen AI data centre delivery across the META region

    Tahawul Tech · 27 Oct 2026, 13:55 IST

    (L-R): Khalid Aljamed, General Manager, Middle East, Türkiye & Africa, Submer and Yousef Arafat, General Manager, Aginode at the signing ceremony. Submer , a full-stack AI and HPC data centre infrastructure provider, recently signed a...

27. Verizon to supply AWS with dark fibre infrastructure

    Tahawul Tech · 27 Oct 2026, 14:20 IST

    Verizon recently announced that the company has entered into an agreement worth more than $2 billion with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to supply dark fibre infrastructure to meet AI workload demand. The operator noted the AWS agreement...

28. The days of assuming another company’s breach is someone else’s problem are over

    CSO Online Security · 27 Oct 2026, 13:55 IST · High severity

    The median blast radius of data breaches has increased year-on-year at the same time cybercriminals have begun using AI to mine stolen datasets for damaging information that enables follow-on fraud and cyberattacks. In 2026, the median...

29. Mozilla Festival returns to Barcelona with a focus on community-led tech

    TNW · 27 Oct 2026, 13:40 IST

    What would technology look like if it were built by communities rather than controlled by a handful of companies? That question sits at the heart of this year’s Mozilla Festival, which returns to Barcelona from October 28 to 30....

30. CISA confirms PHP2Shell vulnerabilities now exploited in attacks

    BleepingComputer · 27 Oct 2026, 13:50 IST · Critical severity

    Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added the PHP2Shell vulnerabilities to its catalog of actively exploited security flaws and ordered federal agencies to patch their systems by Thursday.

31. AI agents have no rules, so Meta wrote its own

    Fast Company Tech · 27 Oct 2026, 13:30 IST

    After all, this is the company that became the world’s avatar for shameless and exploitative data harvesting. The same data mastery that powers one of the most effective advertising platforms ever made also gave us Cambridge Analytica ,...

32. OpenAI announces new discoveries in mathematics, computer science and physics

    Engadget · 27 Oct 2026, 13:48 IST

    OpenAI said its models generated proof that the Exponential Time Hypothesis is false. It also released new results for math and physics problems.

33. ORAFOL Fresnel Optics cuts inspection times in half with Zebra Technologies’ AI machine vision solution

    Tahawul Tech · 27 Oct 2026, 13:43 IST

    Jason Harvey, VP AI and Automation EMEA, Zebra Technologies. Zebra Technologies Corporation , a global leader in digitising and automating workflows to deliver intelligent operations, recently announced ORAFOL Fresnel Optics GmbH has...

34. SAP advances its autonomous enterprise push with smarter, governed Joule agents

    SiliconANGLE · 27 Oct 2026, 13:30 IST

    SAP SE today announced a set of artificial intelligence innovations at its annual TechEd conference for developers, enhancing its Joule assistant solutions and Business AI Platform, including tabular data foundation models. New...

35. Maritime Coalition Launches Free Vulnerability Database for Ship and Port Systems

    SecurityWeek · 27 Oct 2026, 12:44 IST

    Blue Initiative indexes nearly 30,000 IT and OT vulnerabilities relevant to ships and ports, 37 of them in maritime-specific products. The post Maritime Coalition Launches Free Vulnerability Database for Ship and Port Systems appeared...

36. Predictions 2027: Prepare For New Infrastructure Demands

    Forrester Blog · 27 Oct 2026, 12:46 IST

    It’s prediction season again and 2027 will bring a reality check to infrastructure strategies. AI is moving into mission-critical production, geopolitical uncertainty is testing global operations, and organizations are pushing more...

37. Lette raises $6.5M to scale AI automation for UK rental operators

    Tech.eu · 27 Oct 2026, 12:44 IST

    Lette , an AI-powered platform for residential property operators, has raised $6.5 million in seed funding to expand its operations in the UK and support its planned European expansion. The round was led by Peak , with participation...

38. Several AI security market categories are headed for bigger platforms

    Help Net Security · 27 Oct 2026, 12:00 IST

    In this interview with Help Net Security, Jonathan Care, Lead Analyst and Practice Lead AI at KuppingerCole Analysts, compares AI security startups to the early fraud market he helped define at Gartner. He explains which categories will...

39. Microsoft Authenticator vulnerability let rogue Android apps steal work account access

    Help Net Security · 27 Oct 2026, 11:44 IST · Medium severity

    If you use Microsoft Authenticator on Android, update it. Researchers at Enclave found a flaw that let any app on your phone quietly take over your work account. The app didn’t need permissions, and you didn’t need to tap anything.

40. IBM admits mainframes need to be modernized and will use AI to do the job

    The Register · 27 Oct 2026, 09:37 IST

    IBM touts its Z series mainframes as the most reliable and cost-effective environments for certain workloads, but on Monday also acknowledged that the platform can drift towards hard-to-manage complexity that reduces resilience and...