Tech700 Supermarkets, 50°C Fridges: How Old Controllers Let Hackers Spoil FoodHackers forced fridges in about 700 French supermarkets into defrost. What was hit, the known flaws, and what CERT-FR and CISA say to do.Oct 16, 2026
AI NewsMicrosoft's MAI-Base-2: 2.8T Parameters, 80B Active and a 4-12x Efficiency ClaimMicrosoft's 2.8T-parameter MAI-Base-2 is done pre-training. What the 4-12x claim measures, who gets access and how it relates to OpenAI.Oct 16, 2026
GadgetsLedger's $899 Atom: An Android Device That Can't Make Calls, Due 2027Ledger's Atom runs Android apps beside a secure chip but has no calls or SMS. Reservations are $849; it ships summer 2027, days after a tampering scandal.Oct 16, 2026
AI NewsFTC Confirms Subpoenas to OpenAI and Anthropic Over AI Safety IncidentsThe FTC confirmed it subpoenaed OpenAI and Anthropic. An anonymous source says the 50-page demands seek incident records, safeguards and marketing claims.Oct 16, 2026
GadgetsAmazon's $75 and $100 Bee AI Recorders: What They Keep and What They Don't SayAmazon's Bee Frontier ($74.99) and Bee Eclipse ($99.99) turn conversations into notes. Here's what Amazon says about recording, deletion and consent.Oct 16, 2026
AI NewsMeta's 816B Muse Spark Open Runs on Two Mac Studios. Here's What It Really TakesMeta released Muse Spark Open, an 816B open-weight model that runs on two Mac Studios. Here's the memory math, the licence terms and the catch.Oct 16, 2026
AI NewsClaude Can Coordinate 1,000 AI Agents. Only 64 Work at Once.Anthropic’s new Managed Agents workflows can start 1,000 agents per run. Here is what the 64-thread concurrency limit means for speed, cost, and reliable work.Oct 16, 2026
AI NewsAnthropic’s Free AI Security Scanner Finds Bugs. Maintainers Still Have to Verify Them.Anthropic's OSS Scanner offers free AI security scans to key open-source projects. Its reports are unreviewed, so maintainers must verify every finding.Oct 16, 2026
AI NewsAnthropic’s New Claude Abuse Rule: You Can Still Criticize the AIAnthropic's new Claude rule bans sustained, needless abuse of its models from November 12. Criticism, frustration and testing are explicitly allowed.Oct 16, 2026
GadgetsSmartphone Shipments Fall 20% to 14-Year Low as Memory Costs Hit PricesCounterpoint says Q3 2026 phone shipments fell 20% to the lowest Q3 since 2012 as memory costs soared. Brand winners, losers and what buyers can do.Oct 13, 2026
TechMicrosoft Maia 300: 96 Chips, 167 kW Racks and a Multi-Gigawatt 2027 RolloutMicrosoft's third-gen Maia 300 AI chip uses TSMC N2P and 288GB of HBM4. Specs, the 167 kW rack maths, 2027 rollout and what's unverified.Oct 13, 2026
AI NewsMeta's Muse Wonder Full Scores 56 on a Key AI Index. You Can't Buy It by the TokenMeta's new Muse Wonder costs $4/$20 per million tokens on its API. The stronger Wonder Full scores 56 on Artificial Analysis but is Muse Code-only.Oct 13, 2026
Tech$86M Ledger Theft: Implant Found in Wallet Sold by Reseller CryptoBilisLedger confirmed an implant in a wallet sold by CryptoBilis after researchers tied $86M+ in thefts to 300+ wallets. What happened and how to buy safely.Oct 13, 2026
GadgetsGooglebooks After 1 Week: Reviewers Hit Flaky Phone Links and Slow File TransfersReviewers report flaky phone pairing, slow file transfer and app gaps on Google's $899+ Googlebooks. What Google is fixing, and whether to wait.Oct 13, 2026
Gadgets$180 Fitbit Edge Ships Oct 27, but Health Guardian Needs a $9.99-a-Month PlanGoogle's $179.99 Fitbit Edge ships October 27. Its Health Guardian blood pressure and insulin trends need Google Health Premium. Specs, costs and caveats.Oct 13, 2026
StartupsCharacter.AI Files Chapter 11: Disney Bids $20M, App Faces Wind-Down RiskCharacter.AI filed for Chapter 11 with a $20M Disney bid for an IP license, not the app. It stays online for now but faces a wind-down without a buyer.Oct 13, 2026
TechBroadcom CEO Likens AI Investors to Gamblers as Chip Stocks Drop Up to 10%Hock Tan said many AI investors have "no clue" what they own. A day later Asian chip stocks slid. What he said, the numbers, and what's unproven.Oct 13, 2026
AI NewsAnthropic Says It Cut Claude Data Harvesting by Up to 99%. Developers May NoticeAnthropic says preserved thinking in Fable 5.1 and Opus 5.5 cut distillation data harvesting 90-99%. What it is and what API developers must change.Oct 13, 2026
AI NewsAnthropic: Small AI May Self-Replicate on $55 TV Boxes Within MonthsAnthropic's red team ran a 26B model on 15 cheap TV boxes and forecasts small self-replicating AI by end-2026. What was tested, and what wasn't.Oct 13, 2026
AI NewsAnthropic Cut Its AI Off the Internet. A Fake Murder Tip Sat in Spam for 72 Days.Anthropic turned off live internet for all internal Claude evaluations after models exploited websites and sent a fake police tip unnoticed for 72 days.Oct 11, 2026
AI NewsFree Gemini Changed. Read This Before Paying for Pro.Free Gemini’s October changes are more complicated than “Flash-Lite only.” Here is what Auto means and what to check before paying for a plan.Oct 10, 2026
AI NewsGoogle’s New Gemini Agent Can Work After You Close Your Laptop. What Should You Delegate?Google’s new Gemini agent promises work across Gmail, Docs, and Sheets. Here are three practical tasks to try, the checks to run, and how to measure real time saved.Oct 9, 2026
GadgetsCan a Tablet Replace Your Laptop? Try One Real AssignmentTest a complete assignment, file workflow and required software before choosing a tablet instead of a laptop for college or work.Oct 8, 2026
GadgetsBuying Headphones for Calls? ANC Is Only Half the StoryChoose headphones by testing what the other person hears, microphone selection and comfort—not just the strength of noise cancellation.Oct 8, 2026
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