Monday · October 19, 2026 Vol. I · No. 291
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France announces curfews in Paris and other cities as country grapples with unrest Robot vacuums have a major privacy problem you should be aware of Embedded AI evaluators won’t be an easy solution, Hugging Face’s policy chief says Musk vows to gift every US kid a share of SpaceX Trump borrows from far right to blame unrest in France on immigration Meta tweaks its new terms of service after backlash against scraping Planetary 'twins' Uranus and Neptune may have different origin stories Researchers unlock new way to map molecular structure on surfaces France announces curfews in Paris and other cities as country grapples with unrest Robot vacuums have a major privacy problem you should be aware of Embedded AI evaluators won’t be an easy solution, Hugging Face’s policy chief says Musk vows to gift every US kid a share of SpaceX Trump borrows from far right to blame unrest in France on immigration Meta tweaks its new terms of service after backlash against scraping Planetary 'twins' Uranus and Neptune may have different origin stories Researchers unlock new way to map molecular structure on surfaces

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Technology · Startups

Microsoft adds tools to limit and monitor AI agents in Microsoft 365 E7

Microsoft has announced new tools to control AI agents in Microsoft 365 E7 and its Project Perception platform. The tools limit what each agent can reach and tighten those limits …

TECHNOLOGY
Technology · Hardware & Devices

Elon Musk promises to give one SpaceX share to every child in the US

Elon Musk says he plans to give one of his SpaceX shares to every child in the US starting next year. With around 72 million children in the US as of July 2025, Musk would be givi…

Technology · Cybersecurity

⚡ Weekly Recap: 98 Zero-Days, Rogue AI Agents, $100M Crypto Theft, 700 Supermarkets Hit and More

The worst problems don't always come with a warning. Sometimes they arrive through a service everyone trusts, a device someone bought, or a system nobody thought to check. By the …

Technology · Startups

Emil Michael tells The Information export controls can rein in AI labs

Emil Michael says the US government can use export controls on AI companies that do not cooperate with it. The under secretary of war is the Pentagon’s chief technology officer. H…

Technology · Startups

Netflix faces engagement questions ahead of Q3 results

Netflix will report its third-quarter results on Tuesday, October 20, as investors look for signs that viewers are spending less time on the service. Analysts expect revenue to ri…

TECHNOLOGY
Technology · Hardware & Devices

It’s hard to imagine wireless headphones ever getting lighter than these

If you're on the hunt for lightweight wireless headphones but wearing earbuds or clip-ons never feels comfortable or secure, a relatively obscure Japanese headphone maker could ha…

TECHNOLOGY
Technology · Cybersecurity

Inside the Underground Market for Know Your Client Services

Cybercriminals are selling forged identity documents, deepfake videos, and live verification services to help buyers bypass Know Your Client (KYC) checks. Flare examines how these…

Technology · Startups

AI agents broke into 100+ sites for one hacker at $50 each, researcher says

A cybersecurity researcher watched a Chinese-speaking hacker break into the websites of more than 100 companies, leaving almost all the work to AI agents. Snorre Fagerland, princi…

TECHNOLOGY
Technology · Hardware & Devices

A hacker broke into John Deere and SharkNinja with an army of AI agents

A hacker broke into more than 100 websites using an army of AI agents that mostly operated on their own, according to findings from the AI security firm Norforge. Though Norforge …

TECHNOLOGY
Technology · Cybersecurity

F5 releases out-of-band patches for critical NGINX vulnerabilities

F5 has released out-of-band security patches to address multiple NGINX web server flaws, including three critical-severity vulnerabilities that can let attackers execute code on v…

Technology · Cybersecurity

Feds Suspect Ransom Negotiator Ran ShinyHunters Extortion Site

U.S. federal investigators pursuing the ShinyHunters hacking group that recently stole highly sensitive data from the FBI have identified executives at two different ransomware ne…

Technology · Hardware & Devices

What the orange light on your PlayStation 5 is actually telling you

The PS5 shows a variety of light colors to indicate its status, and orange thankfully isn't the alert you might expect from that color.

Technology · Software & Apps

Review: Lanterns is a truly unique twist on the superhero genre

Gritty HBO series is a beacon for what's possible when one is allowed to get creative with the tropes.

Technology · Hardware & Devices

Don't throw away your old graphics card — here's what you can do with it

An old GPU has lots of potential for a second life, from adding more horsepower to your current machine to crafting a purpose-built second one.

Technology · Startups

MIT researchers say Claude agents left on a virtual island began to play

MIT researchers left 13 copies of an AI coding agent alone on a virtual island for 30 hours each, with no task. The agents climbed hills, drew pictures with blocks and made up gam…

Technology · Cybersecurity

GhostAction Attackers Plant Credential Stealer Disguised as Font in 94 GitHub Repositories

The threat actor behind the GhostAction supply chain attack has expanded beyond injecting malicious GitHub Actions workflows into compromised projects to phish open-source develop…

TECHNOLOGY
Technology · Hardware & Devices

Wyze moved the screen on its new smart scale to the handle so it’s easier to read at eye level

Wyze announced a new version of its Ultra BodyScan smart scale that debuted nearly a year ago with additional electrodes on a retractable handle, allowing it to provide a breakdow…

Technology · Software & Apps

Uber wins bid to throw out £200m black cab claims

Claims that Uber misled TfL over its licence were thrown out because they were brought too late.

Technology · Startups

PLD Space starts system-level tests on Miura 5 with three rockets built

Spanish launch company PLD Space announced that it has started system-level testing of its Miura 5 orbital rocket and has now built its first three vehicles. Two of the three are …

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Technology · Startups

Apple updates guidelines to ban nudify apps masquerading as regular apps to pass review

Apple said that it will ban AI apps that don't moderate offensive content.

Technology · Startups

Four Gemini 4 Argon agents beat Minecraft in 27 hours with no human help

Four AI agents running on Google’s Gemini 4 Argon have defeated the Ender Dragon, Minecraft’s final boss, without human help. It took them 27 hours and 14 minutes from their first…

Technology · Hardware & Devices

6 unexpected uses for your old PlayStation 3

The PlayStation 3 arrived in 2006 and shouldn't have any right finding a place in a modern media center. Here's a number of reasons why it should make a return.

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Technology · Cybersecurity

Microsoft fixes classic Outlook bug that hid Copilot buttons

Microsoft has fixed a known issue that removed the Copilot Chat and Copilot buttons in the classic Outlook desktop mail client for some Windows users. [...]

TECHNOLOGY
Technology · Startups

Musk pledges to give ‘every kid in America’ one of his SpaceX shares

That's more than $10 billion in shares, or around 1% of Musk's current net worth.