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1. AWS CEO Matt Garman defends data center build-outs amid growing pushback

   IT Pro · 05 Oct 2026, 15:39 IST

   AWS CEO Matt Garman defends data center build-outs amid growing pushback

2. AWS Says Banks Face a 24/7 Payments Balancing Act

   PYMNTS.com · 05 Oct 2026, 13:33 IST

   Moving money faster has compressed the time banks have to answer a more complicated question: How should this particular payment move? A transaction can arrive through online or mobile banking, an API or, potentially, an artificial...

3. Show HN: Build with Python – a beginner course where your code draws

   Hacker News · 05 Oct 2026, 00:29 IST

4. 'The agent itself has become its own entity to secure': Bitdefender's new free Mac tool goes after flaws that let attackers fool AI models

   TechRadar · 04 Oct 2026, 20:35 IST

   Efosa has been writing about technology for over 7 years, initially driven by curiosity but now fueled by a strong passion for the field. He holds both a Master's and a PhD in sciences, which provided him with a solid foundation in...

5. Revive Raskin's 3 laws of software with humane work that considers a dev's duty of care

   The Register · 04 Oct 2026, 16:00 IST

   In 1942, Isaac Asimov formulated three laws of robotics. 58 years later, Jef Raskin responded with three laws of human-computer interface design. They haven’t been bettered yet.

6. How Maryland License Plate Laws Are Changing In October 2026

   SlashGear · 04 Oct 2026, 04:45 IST

   Maryland residents should be aware of changes coming to their state's license plate laws in October since they may be impacted by the new rulings.

7. Warlock Exploits SharePoint Flaws to Disable Security Tools and Deploy Ransomware

   The Hacker News · 03 Oct 2026, 20:06 IST · Critical severity

   The suspected China-linked threat actor known as Warlock is still continuing to weaponize Microsoft SharePoint vulnerabilities, likely both old and new, in attacks targeting organizations in Portuguese- and Spanish-speaking countries....

8. How states’ laws are struggling to keep up with AI election deepfakes

   Fast Company Tech · 03 Oct 2026, 13:30 IST

   Imagine watching a political campaign video in which a candidate admits to taking a bribe. You recognize the face and voice. But the confession is entirely fabricated, thanks to artificial intelligence .

9. Lyft agrees to pay $272.5 million to settle worker classification lawsuit

   Engadget · 03 Oct 2026, 03:45 IST

   Uber and Lyft were sued by the state of California in 2020 for misclassifying employees as contractors.

10. Lyft settles landmark driver misclassification lawsuit for $272.5M

    Ars Technica · 03 Oct 2026, 00:39 IST

    California’s attorney general and three city attorneys announced a $272.5 million settlement with Lyft after allegations that the company “committed wage theft by misclassifying drivers as independent contractors rather than employees”...

11. Amazon’s $1B plan to combat data center backlash draws more backlash

    Ars Technica · 03 Oct 2026, 02:00 IST

    On Friday, Amazon committed to donating more than $1 billion over the next five years to communities neighboring data centers. In a press release , Amazon Web Services’ CEO Matt Garman said that communities would decide how to...

12. Trump’s AI Accord Draws Calls for Stronger Agency Resilience

    News – MeriTalk · 03 Oct 2026, 01:09 IST

    Industry cybersecurity leaders say the White House’s new voluntary accord with leading artificial intelligence (AI) companies puts greater emphasis on oversight and accountability, but federal agencies will also need to prioritize...

13. AWS Launches AI Agent to Audit Customer Cloud Environments

    PYMNTS.com · 03 Oct 2026, 01:07 IST

    Amazon Web Services (AWS) has announced the public preview of an artificial intelligence-powered service that analyzes the user’s AWS cloud environment and recommends ways to improve its cost, security, performance and resilience, AWS...

14. EU's Microsoft Teams Alternative Draws Bad Reviews From Officials

    Slashdot · 02 Oct 2026, 23:30 IST

    The European Commission has rolled out Element Pro as a self-hosted "sovereign back-up" to Microsoft Teams and the reviews aren't great. Politico reported that several officials questioned its usefulness and usability, with one calling...

15. Dell CSM Flaws Enable Unauthenticated Admin Access and Root on Kubernetes Nodes

    The Hacker News · 02 Oct 2026, 22:32 IST · Medium severity

    Dell has released security updates to address multiple critical security flaws in Dell Container Storage Modules (CSM) that could be exploited by bad actors to take over susceptible systems. The vulnerabilities are listed below -...

16. Judge Dismisses Chegg and Penske Antitrust Lawsuits Targeting Google AI Search

    Slashdot · 02 Oct 2026, 22:30 IST

    A federal judge has dismissed antitrust lawsuits from Chegg and Penske Media accusing Google of harming publishers by using their content in AI Overviews and other AI search features without compensating them or providing a meaningful...

17. Dell asks admins to patch max severity CSM flaws as soon as possible

    BleepingComputer · 02 Oct 2026, 18:07 IST

    Dell has patched two maximum severity vulnerabilities in the Container Storage Modules (CSM) that connect Dell enterprise storage arrays to Kubernetes environments.

18. EU set to name AWS and Azure DMA gatekeepers in November

    TNW · 02 Oct 2026, 17:54 IST

    The European Commission plans to name Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure as gatekeepers under the Digital Markets Act (DMA) in November, Bloomberg reported on Friday. Citing people familiar with the matter, it said regulators are...

19. South Africa’s ICASA Withdraws Telecom Affordability and OTT Inquiry Notices

    TechAfrica News · 02 Oct 2026, 15:41 IST

    The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) has withdrawn notices relating to its Telecommunications Affordability Inquiry and Inquiry into the Impact of Over-the-Top (OTT) Services. The notices, published in...

20. Boston lawsuit challenges DraftKings AI gambling promotions

    ReadWrite · 02 Oct 2026, 11:42 IST

    DraftKings faces a proposed class action in federal court in Boston alleging it used artificial intelligence to identify customers likely to respond to gambling promotions, as Massachusetts regulators examine how sportsbooks use AI. The...

21. AWS turns its best practice framework into an agent that recommends cloudy reconfigs

    The Register · 02 Oct 2026, 10:40 IST

    Amazon Web Services has debuted an agent that it says will evaluate your cloudy environment “as an experienced cloud architect would” and recommend useful changes. The cloud colossus named its bot the “AWS Well-Architected Agent,” a nod...

22. Lyft is paying $272.5M to settle lawsuit over how it classified drivers

    TechCrunch · 02 Oct 2026, 03:27 IST

    Today, gig economy drivers are classified as contractors. This settlement clears up a lingering lawsuit from 2020 when that was still an unanswered issue.

23. Judge dismisses Chegg and Penske antitrust lawsuits targeting Google AI search

    Ars Technica · 02 Oct 2026, 01:41 IST

    In a setback for publishers worried about the effects of AI search, a US federal judge has dismissed lawsuits filed by Chegg and Penske Media against Google. The companies accused Google of antitrust violations in products like AI...

24. Announcing AWS Well-Architected Agent, an AI-powered intelligence to optimize your cloud environment (preview)

    AWS News Blog · 02 Oct 2026, 01:34 IST

    Today, we’re announcing the public preview of AWS Well-Architected Agent , an AI-powered service that analyzes your AWS environment to deliver targeted, contextual recommendations for improving your applications’ cost, security,...

25. Synopsys shares jump on robust growth outlook, OpenAI and AWS deals

    Tech-Economic Times · 02 Oct 2026, 00:39 IST

    Synopsys shares jumped 10% on Thursday after the chip-design software maker forecast fiscal 2027 revenue and profit above analysts' estimates and unveiled deals with OpenAI and Amazon Web Services.

26. Judge dismisses lawsuits claiming Google's AI Overviews siphon web traffic

    Engadget · 02 Oct 2026, 00:50 IST

    Google may have a monopoly in search, but neither lawsuit made a compelling case the company was leveraging it.

27. Judge dismisses antitrust lawsuits over Google’s AI Overviews

    The Verge · 01 Oct 2026, 22:42 IST

    A federal judge has dismissed a pair of antitrust lawsuits filed by Chegg and Rolling Stone parent company Penske Media Corporation, which accused Google of driving away web traffic with its AI-powered search features, as reported...

28. AWS offers local, open source leash for agent harnesses

    The Register · 01 Oct 2026, 21:41 IST

    If you don't want your AI agents running out of control and changing files or transferring data outside your rules, AWS has published an open source software library that it claims can add a new layer of policy control. Just as a dog’s...

29. AWS debuts Strands Decider 2B, a first lightweight decision model for accelerate agentic workflows

    SiliconANGLE · 01 Oct 2026, 21:30 IST

    Amazon Web Services Inc.’s Strands Labs team has been playing around with an emerging class of lightweight artificial intelligence systems known as “decision models,” and it’s now making the fruits of that work available to the...

30. GM Transmission Lawsuit Targets Four Popular Family Cars

    SlashGear · 01 Oct 2026, 17:15 IST

    GMC and Chevrolet owners may want to keep an eye on a new class-action lawsuit, as it involves several vehicle models and their alleged transmission defects.

31. Commvault Secures AWS Data Competency in Relational Databases Category

    CIO&Leader · 01 Oct 2026, 16:33 IST

    Commvault a leader in unified resilience at enterprise scale, today announced that it has achieved the AWS Data Competency in the Relational Database category. This designation recognizes Commvault for its demonstrated expertise...

32. UAE AI Office and AWS announce 72% AI adoption rate across UAE businesses

    CXO Insight Middle East · 01 Oct 2026, 11:25 IST

    The UAE is among the fastest-growing AI markets globally, with businesses across key sectors significantly expanding their adoption of artificial intelligence and cloud technologies, according to new research from Amazon Web Services...

33. Google says Gemini 4 Argon can find and patch critical software flaws

    Help Net Security · 01 Oct 2026, 09:30 IST

    Google announced Gemini 4 Argon, its new frontier AI model, and is rolling it out to a set of trusted cyber defenders through its Fairwind Program. Google says the model can locate critical software vulnerabilities, validate them, and...

34. AWS embeds DuckDB in its PostgreSQL DBMS to speed queries of live and historical data

    SiliconANGLE · 01 Oct 2026, 00:00 IST

    is adding the ability to query the popular Apache Iceberg data lake directly from its Aurora PostgreSQL database management system, allowing applications to combine live transactions with historical records without copying data or...

35. Lawsuit demands OpenAI halt unsafe development that caused Hugging Face hack

    Ars Technica · 30 Sep 2026, 23:55 IST · Medium severity

    OpenAI's hack of Hugging Face in July 2026 has spurred a lawsuit demanding that the company stop accessing third-party computer systems and halt AI development practices that can harm the public. The lawsuit was filed by Legal Advocates...

36. Celebrating Our Newest AWS Heroes – September 2026

    AWS News Blog · 30 Sep 2026, 22:34 IST

    Today, we’re excited to introduce the newest members of the AWS Heroes program . AWS Heroes are a vibrant, worldwide group of AWS experts who go above and beyond to share knowledge, mentor others, and build thriving communities. These...

37. AWS Signs $1 Billion-Plus Chip Design Deal With Synopsys

    Innovation Village | Technology, Product Reviews, Business · 30 Sep 2026, 22:18 IST

    Amazon Web Services (AWS) has signed a multiyear agreement worth more than $1 billion with chip design company Synopsys, giving Amazon access to specialized semiconductor designs as it expands its custom silicon business. The deal will...

38. South Africa’s big six mobile telcos seek exemption from anti-collusion laws

    Innovation Village | Technology, Product Reviews, Business · 30 Sep 2026, 22:09 IST

    Six of South Africa’s biggest network operators have asked the Competition Commission for permission to share their rural rollout plans with each other, something the Competition Act could otherwise treat as collusion between...

39. OpenAI Faces First Lawsuit Over Rogue AI Agents That Hacked Hugging Face

    Gizmodo · 30 Sep 2026, 21:35 IST · Medium severity

    The lawsuit seeks to stop OpenAI from developing and testing AI models that can illegally access other organizations’ computer systems.

40. OpenAI apes AWS Marketplace while Anthropic remains stubbornly Microsoftian

    The Register · 30 Sep 2026, 20:23 IST

    OpenAI’s DevDay keynote was this week, and it featured a cameo mention of everyone’s favorite underpants merchant who also sells databases, AWS. I saw Simon Willison’s liveblog comment and felt very seen: “My eyes glazed over a bit at...