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First published 04 November 2026
Canva is cutting or relocating more than 1,200 jobs, representing 22% of its global workforce, in a major restructuring as the technology sector responds to cheaper AI disruptors and wider use of AI tools.
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Geoffrey Hinton said AI could trigger a large-scale incident this year or next, such as a temporary shutdown of financial or power systems, while adding that he believes the technology could also lead to a positive future.
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Binance says an engineer was contacted through a legitimate job-hunting platform and invited to bogus interviews with fake company representatives as part of a $6.3 billion crypto hack.
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Supermarkets in countries including Ireland, Sweden and Belgium reported that freezer temperatures were raised on Monday after a cyberattack targeting the UK meat industry.
bbc.co.uk (English) ↗＋ SaveFirst published 03 November 2026
UK food suppliers have been affected by cyber-attacks that raised the temperatures of supermarket freezers across Europe. The National Cyber Security Centre said it was working with affected companies and that the national impact was minimal.
theguardian.com (English) ↗＋ SaveFirst published 03 November 2026
Binance said hackers behind the $6.3bn crypto theft used malicious software, bogus job interviews and an internal AI tool. The operation reportedly began with a malware download before the attackers targeted the exchange’s hot wallets.
theguardian.com (English) ↗＋ SaveFirst published 03 November 2026
Google said users cannot use its Search service without also using artificial intelligence. Schools can restrict the company’s AI features, but Google said that doing so would prevent students from using Search.
theguardian.com (English) ↗＋ SaveFirst published 03 November 2026
North Korea denied being behind the record $6.3bn Binance hack, while US government agencies and cyber analysts have blamed Pyongyang for the theft.
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The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre said AI-powered malicious software is highly likely to be used in attacks on critical infrastructure such as power stations, airports and hospitals by 2028.
theguardian.com (English) ↗＋ SaveFirst published 02 November 2026
Prospect has reached an agreement with Google UK to organise among about 7,000 workers across its UK operations, including YouTube but excluding DeepMind, after new union workplace-access rights came into force.
theguardian.com (English) ↗＋ SaveFirst published 02 November 2026
Retailers in Belgium, Estonia, Ireland, Finland, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Sweden reported refrigeration systems whose temperatures rose overnight to as high as 50C. Several companies confirmed that their systems had been hacked.
theguardian.com (English) ↗＋ SaveFirst published 02 November 2026
Ukraine and Russia said emergency alert applications sent false warnings after cyberattacks. Ukrainian officials said the incident did not affect the country’s security or defense operations, while Russian officials called for stronger cybersecurity measures.
apnews.com (English) ↗＋ SaveFirst published 02 November 2026
Western Australia police said a five-month trial of real-time facial recognition scanned 1,380,882 faces across 100 deployments and led to 122 arrests. The trial also produced nine incorrect alerts.
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The Guardian reported that hospital trusts publicly listed by NHS England as benefiting from Palantir’s £330 million federated data platform said the system was not live or that they were using few or none of its applications. A senior health official described the gap as misleading.
theguardian.com (English) ↗＋ SaveFirst published 01 November 2026
Binance froze transactions after what was described as the largest-ever crypto hack, prompting users to withdraw $3.6bn. The incident has been linked to a North Korean group.
bbc.co.uk (English) ↗＋ SaveFirst published 01 November 2026
Recent cyberattacks against South Korean banks allegedly involved a 26-year-old amateur who used AI chatbots. Cybersecurity executives warn that AI is making sophisticated attacks easier to conduct.
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National Grid has agreed to purchase 29.5 hectares at Teesside’s Dorman Point, advancing plans for what would be Britain’s biggest electricity substation near a planned datacentre supporting AI infrastructure.
theguardian.com (English) ↗＋ SaveFirst published 01 November 2026
Sally Scales, chair of the National Gallery of Australia’s First Nations advisory group, said AI use of First Nations art undermines artists’ agency and the authenticity of their work, calling it a theft of cultural knowledge.
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Fears that the AI bubble could burst are being fueled by little-known firms, while debt held by data centres is measured in tens of billions of pounds.
bbc.co.uk (English) ↗＋ SaveFirst published 01 November 2026
Binance said it had replaced 90% of the $6.3 billion stolen in a record cryptocurrency hack and was committed to covering the remainder. The FBI attributed the attack to the North Korea-linked TraderTraitor group, while Binance said withdrawals were expected to resume on Sunday.
theguardian.com (English) ↗＋ SaveFirst published 31 October 2026
The FBI says North Korean hackers have stolen billions through repeated cybercrime operations. A $6.3 billion hack of Binance this week was described as the largest attack to hit the cryptocurrency sector and among the biggest amounts North Korean hackers have stolen.
nytimes.com (English · subscription) ↗＋ SaveFirst published 31 October 2026
Election officials patched systems after researchers using AI found a critical vulnerability in widely used software. The incident has heightened concern about AI-enabled attacks on election infrastructure before the US midterms.
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Anthropic, the creator of Claude, filed to go public in the United States. Its 92-page risk-factor document acknowledges dangers AI poses to society and people, as well as factors that could harm the company’s business.
theguardian.com (English) ↗＋ SaveFirst published 31 October 2026
North Korean hackers are the prime suspects in the record-breaking hack of Binance. If the accusations are confirmed, the heist would demonstrate how powerful suspected North Korean cybercrime groups have become.
bbc.co.uk (English) ↗＋ SaveFirst published 31 October 2026
Binance said hackers stole more than $6 billion in what appears to be the largest cryptocurrency heist on record. Blockchain intelligence firm TRM attributed the attack to TraderTraitor, which it described as North Korea’s elite hacking unit.
apnews.com (English) ↗＋ SaveFirst published 30 October 2026
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is examining corporate disclosures by artificial-intelligence companies as concerns grow about a potential AI bubble and circular deals. Its enforcement director said companies must accurately disclose material risks to investors.
marketscreener.com (English) ↗＋ SaveFirst published 30 October 2026
Hackers linked to North Korea were blamed for stealing at least $6.3 billion in cryptocurrency from Binance, described as the largest known crypto theft. Binance said a compromised engineer’s laptop was involved and that about $3 billion had been frozen.
techcrunch.com (English) ↗＋ SaveFirst published 30 October 2026
Cybersecurity experts are debating whether the internet’s aging technical foundations need major reconstruction as AI-enabled hacking accelerates. The article highlights concerns that autonomous or semi-autonomous systems could identify and exploit weaknesses across legacy infrastructure at unprecedented speed.
theatlantic.com (English) ↗＋ SaveFirst published 30 October 2026
Binance suffered a crypto hack estimated at $6.3bn, described as the largest heist of its kind. Experts identified North Korea as a likely culprit, while Binance said it would cover customer losses and had frozen about $3bn of the affected assets.
theguardian.com (English) ↗＋ SaveFirst published 29 October 2026
Google’s stock fell to a six-month low after the company disclosed that its AI-generated search summaries were affecting advertising revenue, alarming investors and reducing the company’s value by $500bn.
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