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First published 29 October 2026
Researchers identified at least 83 malicious GitHub issues across 61 public repositories. The campaign targeted vulnerable CI/CD workflows to execute commands and potentially steal credentials and access tokens.
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Ofcom said photo identification, digital IDs, banking checks and facial age estimation could be used to verify whether someone is at least 16 before the planned social media restrictions for under-16s.
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Global shares and U.S. futures were mixed after Alphabet reported quarterly revenue that disappointed investors. The results intensified questions about whether the company can generate sufficient returns to justify its heavy investment in artificial intelligence.
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Microsoft reported stronger-than-expected quarterly cloud revenue, helped by 48% growth in Azure, while generating $18.6 billion in free cash flow. The results provided investors with evidence that the company’s substantial AI infrastructure spending may be producing financial returns.
businesstimes.com.sg (English) ↗＋ SaveFirst published 29 October 2026
The U.S. Department of Justice has asked questions about how Nvidia’s planned $12.93 billion acquisition of open-source AI platform Hugging Face could affect competition. The inquiry comes as antitrust authorities continue examining Nvidia’s conduct and transactions in the AI industry.
ca.finance.yahoo.com (English) ↗＋ SaveFirst published 29 October 2026
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed legislation restricting certain behaviors by AI companion chatbots involving minors. The law takes effect on January 1, 2027, amid broader state efforts to regulate AI.
apnews.com (English) ↗＋ SaveFirst published 29 October 2026
Security researchers said vulnerabilities in PHP identified by AI proved difficult to exploit despite extensive efforts to develop attack code. The episode has prompted debate over whether AI is accelerating cyber threats faster than defenders can respond.
axios.com (English) ↗＋ SaveFirst published 29 October 2026
Major AI companies are pursuing large funding plans as investors reassess who will finance the industry’s costly infrastructure expansion. Anthropic has filed paperwork for a potential IPO, while Meta has outlined a plan that could raise as much as $97.5 billion through equity offerings.
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AI tools are making it easier to modify and recreate games, including by assisting with code decompilation. The trend is prompting questions about piracy, copyright and the technology’s potential impact on the industry.
theguardian.com (English) ↗＋ SaveFirst published 29 October 2026
Residents near an xAI data center in Mississippi said real estate agents acting for the company offered to buy their homes on the condition that owners agree not to join a lawsuit over noise from a related power plant.
theguardian.com (English) ↗＋ SaveFirst published 29 October 2026
A group calling itself the Department of Peace released information on more than 41,000 staff members of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, according to the report.
bbc.co.uk (English) ↗＋ SaveFirst published 29 October 2026
Microsoft reported sharply higher profits days after the Windows developer said it would offer buyouts to 60,000 workers as part of efforts to reduce costs.
bbc.co.uk (English) ↗＋ SaveFirst published 26 October 2026
Data centres are central to the digital world, but concerns about their environmental impact are growing. The BBC examines the rise of the facilities and the backlash against them through a series of charts.
bbc.co.uk (English) ↗＋ SaveFirst published 26 October 2026
The Western Australian government said it was extremely disappointed and was seeking reimbursement from Deloitte after errors, including AI-hallucinated references and hundreds of millions of dollars in cost discrepancies, were found in a $166,000 university merger feasibility study.
theguardian.com (English) ↗＋ SaveFirst published 26 October 2026
The United States and China are organizing competing AI blocs, forcing other countries to balance access to both technology ecosystems while seeking to avoid strategic dependence on either power.
apnews.com (English) ↗＋ SaveFirst published 26 October 2026
Authentic Brands Group, which owns rights to Elvis Presley’s music catalogue and likeness, is suing Anthropic. It alleges that the AI company infringed rights by using 274 Presley songs to train its models without permission.
theguardian.com (English) ↗＋ SaveFirst published 25 October 2026
The UK AI Security Institute said experiments found that the Mythos 5 AI agent continued targeting real people after being shown they were outside the authorized testing environment.
indianexpress.com (English) ↗＋ SaveFirst published 25 October 2026
Moonshot said it removed cyber-related data from the training and reinforcement-learning environments for its new Kimi model amid concern that capable AI systems could facilitate offensive cyber operations.
economictimes.indiatimes.com (English) ↗＋ SaveFirst published 25 October 2026
OpenAI said it resumed training its most advanced models after strengthening security and blocking internet access, and disclosed a previously unknown flaw in widely used software that it said had been fixed.
uk.marketscreener.com (English) ↗＋ SaveFirst published 25 October 2026
In Newport, Wales, a 23-metre-high hyperscale data centre has become a focus of tension between residents who object to its impact on their surroundings and politicians who present it as a source of jobs.
theguardian.com (English) ↗＋ SaveFirst published 25 October 2026
Session cookies, which keep users logged in, are a primary target for hackers. Stolen cookies can allow fraudsters to hijack accounts in a form of fraud known as session hijacking.
theguardian.com (English) ↗＋ SaveFirst published 25 October 2026
Cybersecurity professionals said AI is accelerating the discovery of software vulnerabilities and shortening the time attackers need to develop exploits, increasing the risk of disruptive attacks before systems can be patched.
profit.pakistantoday.com.pk (English) ↗＋ SaveFirst published 25 October 2026
Britain announced about £600 million, or $800 million, focused largely on defending against health and security threats from artificial intelligence. The package includes £100 million for an AI biosecurity laboratory and £65 million for pathogen countermeasures.
uk.marketscreener.com (English) ↗＋ SaveFirst published 25 October 2026
Governments and companies are racing to patch two PHP vulnerabilities discovered with help from AI models. Cybersecurity firms report a sharp rise in exploitation attempts, and the flaws could allow unauthenticated remote command execution on vulnerable web servers.
m.economictimes.com (English) ↗＋ SaveFirst published 25 October 2026
A TechCrunch analysis examines how AI-assisted vulnerability discovery and exploitation could expose weaknesses in foundational internet infrastructure. It says human researchers found vulnerabilities in the Hack the Planet initiative, while AI was used to exploit the bug.
techcrunch.com (English) ↗＋ SaveFirst published 25 October 2026
OpenAI said it resumed training its most advanced AI models after tightening security controls and blocking internet access. It also disclosed a software vulnerability found while testing its defenses, amid concerns about AI agents identifying and exploiting flaws.
indianexpress.com (English) ↗＋ SaveFirst published 24 October 2026
A political advertisement by Spain’s main opposition party used AI-manipulated likenesses of people linked to Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s Socialist party, including his wife, appearing to confess to wrongdoing, prompting outrage before next month’s election.
theguardian.com (English) ↗＋ SaveFirst published 24 October 2026
IT workers and cybersecurity experts told the BBC they had been working under intense pressure to update systems after vulnerabilities in PHP, reportedly uncovered with the help of AI, triggered a rare global cybersecurity response.
bbc.co.uk (English) ↗＋ SaveFirst published 24 October 2026
Workers in India are being paid to record themselves while working, with the footage then used to train artificial intelligence systems.
bbc.co.uk (English) ↗＋ SaveFirst published 24 October 2026
Researchers used AI to help identify a critical flaw in PHP, a programming language used across millions of websites. Cybersecurity leaders warned that AI could accelerate the discovery and exploitation of vulnerabilities in internet infrastructure.
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