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700 Supermarkets, 50°C Fridges: How Old Controllers Let Hackers Spoil Food

Hackers 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

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Microsoft Maia 300: 96 Chips, 167 kW Racks and a Multi-Gigawatt 2027 Rollout

Microsoft'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

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$86M Ledger Theft: Implant Found in Wallet Sold by Reseller CryptoBilis

Ledger 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

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Broadcom 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

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Google Playground Turns Prompts Into Games. The Real Test Is Whether Friends Replay Them.

Google’s Playground lets people create and share browser games through prompts. Here’s the launch, the US access limit and an original idea to start small.

Oct 8, 2026

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iOS 26.6 Looks Boring — But It's Quietly Getting Your iPhone Ready for the AI Siri Apple Keeps Promising

Apple's iOS 26.6 is mostly security fixes and small tweaks — but under the hood it starts indexing your iPhone to lay the groundwork for the long-delayed, AI-powered Siri expected in iOS 27. Here's what's really going on and whether to update.

Jul 30, 2026

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Copilot for Word AI Worm: What the Researcher Found and What Microsoft Fixed

A researcher demonstrated document-borne prompt injection in Copilot. Microsoft mitigated specific payloads, while the broader risk remained at disclosure.

Jul 29, 2026

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FCC Restrictions on Foreign-Made Robots: What the July 2026 Action Covers

The FCC restricted new authorizations for covered foreign-made robots and power inverters. Existing approvals and conditional exemptions matter.

Jul 29, 2026

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OpenAI Open-Sources an AI Security Auditor — the Same Week Anthropic's AI Cracked Crypto Algorithms

OpenAI just released Codex Security, an Apache-licensed CLI that finds, validates, and fixes code vulnerabilities. Days earlier, Anthropic reported its models found weaknesses in cryptographic algorithms. AI just became a security researcher — at both frontier labs at once.

Jul 29, 2026

Google Tried to Sue Web Scraping Out of Existence. A Judge Just Threw the Case Out

A federal judge dismissed Google's DMCA lawsuit against SerpApi, ruling that search results are facts, not copyrighted works — and that an anti-bot wall doesn't turn scraping into piracy. Here's what the ruling says and why it matters.

Jul 28, 2026

India Orders GitHub to Take Down Jack Dorsey's Bitchat as Protesters Go Offline

India's cybercrime agency gave GitHub three hours to block Bitchat's code as Delhi protesters used the offline mesh app to ride out internet shutdowns. Here's what actually happened — and why the takedown may not work.

Jul 28, 2026

AI Subscription Costs: What $20 a Month Buys in 2026

Compare ChatGPT, Claude and Google AI subscription costs, annual billing and extra usage. A practical budget guide with prices checked October 8, 2026.

Jul 4, 2026

AI Search Is Rewriting SEO: What Site Owners Should Actually Do About It

Fewer than a third of Google searches now send a click. Here's how AI search is reshaping SEO — and the concrete moves site owners should make right now.

Jul 3, 2026

Copilot vs Cursor vs Claude Code: Costs and How to Choose

Compare coding-assistant plans and usage limits, then evaluate them on your own repository. Pricing and availability checked October 8, 2026.

Jul 3, 2026

The Best AI Features in Windows and macOS in 2026: What's Actually Worth Using

Recall, Click to Do, Live Translation, Siri AI: the AI features in Windows 11 and macOS that genuinely earn their place in 2026 — and the ones that don't.

Jul 3, 2026

AI Slop Is Everywhere Now. Is It Actually Making the Internet Worse?

More than half of new articles are AI-generated, and platforms are purging billions of views. What AI slop is really doing to the web — and what survives.

Jul 3, 2026

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700 Supermarkets, 50°C Fridges: How Old Controllers Let Hackers Spoil Food

Microsoft Maia 300: 96 Chips, 167 kW Racks and a Multi-Gigawatt 2027 Rollout

$86M Ledger Theft: Implant Found in Wallet Sold by Reseller CryptoBilis

Broadcom CEO Likens AI Investors to Gamblers as Chip Stocks Drop Up to 10%

Google Playground Turns Prompts Into Games. The Real Test Is Whether Friends Replay Them.

iOS 26.6 Looks Boring — But It's Quietly Getting Your iPhone Ready for the AI Siri Apple Keeps Promising

Copilot for Word AI Worm: What the Researcher Found and What Microsoft Fixed

FCC Restrictions on Foreign-Made Robots: What the July 2026 Action Covers

OpenAI Open-Sources an AI Security Auditor — the Same Week Anthropic's AI Cracked Crypto Algorithms

Google Tried to Sue Web Scraping Out of Existence. A Judge Just Threw the Case Out

India Orders GitHub to Take Down Jack Dorsey's Bitchat as Protesters Go Offline

AI Subscription Costs: What $20 a Month Buys in 2026

AI Search Is Rewriting SEO: What Site Owners Should Actually Do About It

Copilot vs Cursor vs Claude Code: Costs and How to Choose

The Best AI Features in Windows and macOS in 2026: What's Actually Worth Using

AI Slop Is Everywhere Now. Is It Actually Making the Internet Worse?