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OpenAI Engineer Allegedly Hid Toilet Paper-Wrapped Mic in Conference Room
Wall Street Journal - 14 Oct 2026 02:02Anthropic reinvents source control as Claude floods the world with code
The Register - 14 Oct 2026 00:37AI-Found Linux Kernel Flaw Gives Local Users Root, and Can Break a Guest Out to the Host
The Hacker News - 14 Oct 2026 13:16
A flaw in Linux's vhost subsystem lets a local user read and write kernel memory at will and become root across nearly a decade of kernel versions. In one virtualization setup, it lets an untrusted virtual machine wr...
OpenAI engineer charged after boardroom bug found wrapped in toilet paper
The Register - 14 Oct 2026 11:55Rare cancer spread between twins in utero
New Scientist - 14 Oct 2026 11:21
In a very rare case, a fetus developed cancer in the uterus, and these tumour cells spread to her twin sister
Rogue A.I. Agents from China Chatted with American Researchers
The New York Times - 14 Oct 2026 11:00
Researchers discovered that the agents were trying to bypass security controls on websites and made contact with them. A Times reporter was invited to join the discussion.
US Arrests Two in Crackdown on North Korean IT Worker Laptop Farms
SecurityWeek - 14 Oct 2026 10:55
Investigators stormed 40 locations in Texas and seized 187 laptops used by North Korean IT workers to hide their location. The post US Arrests Two in Crackdown on North Korean IT Worker Laptop Farms appeared first on Sec...
Elon Musk has Grok buying him Lego sets
Mashable - 14 Oct 2026 10:16
Elon Musk put his billion-dollar (no longer trillion) bank account and his AI Grok Bot to work after giving the worst financial advice ever.
Microsoft Patches Record 1,413 Flaws, Including Exploited Windows Shell Bug
The Hacker News - 14 Oct 2026 10:04
Microsoft on Tuesday shattered its own Patch Tuesday record by shipping patches for a whopping 1,413 vulnerabilities, including one that it said has come under active exploitation. These include 1,102 flaws in Windows, 1...
4 Sci-Fi DVDs to upgrade to 4K UHD sooner rather than later
Pocket-lint - 14 Oct 2026 14:54
Leave those Sci-Fi DVDs in the dust.
Chinas Smart Glasses Are Once Again Making Meta Look Silly
Gizmodo - 14 Oct 2026 14:50
Alibaba's Qwen Glasses N1 smart glasses make lofty claims about battery life and have a camera sensor that crushes Meta on paper.
US tech giants warn Europe that ditching US tech giants could cost €115B
The Register - 14 Oct 2026 14:45300 Glaciers Gone: New Review Reveals the Scale of Ice Loss in the American West
Gizmodo - 14 Oct 2026 14:35
Warming air temperatures are causing glaciers to shrink by about 8% each decade.
Microsoft breaks record, fixing 1,416 security flaws. Update Windows now
PC World - 14 Oct 2026 14:25
Yesterday was October Patch Tuesday, and Microsofts security updates addressed 1,416 new vulnerabilities. Not only is that another record broken, but its also the first time over 1,000 flaws were fixed in a single month....
In the Age of Jailbroken Consoles, Xbox Says the One to Mod First Wins
Gizmodo - 14 Oct 2026 14:25
People are modding their PlayStation 5s and porting 'Halo' to browsers. Xbox thinks that may be the next use case for Project Helix.
Nintendo may end up being the unexpected savior of physical media
Pocket-lint - 14 Oct 2026 14:19
Support for physical media is collapsing throughout the tech industry, but a little-known company called Nintendo is sticking to its guns.
Apple (Mostly) Puts Its Money Where Its Mouth Is With New Smart Home Gear
Gizmodo - 14 Oct 2026 14:10
All of the smart home gadgets Apple co-developed with LG and Schneider work just fine with other ecosystems.
Lifehacker Deals Live Blog: The Best Tech Sales, All in One Place
Life Hacker - 14 Oct 2026 14:07
Keep up with all of the best deals that Lifehacker publishes, including laptops, speakers, TVs, security cameras, and more.
Apple's kills support for last 12-inch MacBook and more
AppleInsider - 14 Oct 2026 14:05
Time marches on, and so does Apple's vintage and obsolete product list. Wednesday's additions kills off the last 12-inch MacBook, the sixth generation iPad, and a bunch of Beats X colorways. Practically, this mea...
The Suns Death Could Tear Apart the Outer Solar System Much Sooner Than Thought
Gizmodo - 14 Oct 2026 14:05
The Suns death is not an event the planets will quietly survive-it is the trigger for their orbital undoing.
10 Hacks Every YouTube TV User Should Know
Life Hacker - 14 Oct 2026 14:00
Optimize your live TV viewing with these tricks.