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  1. The Hacker News

    The Third-Party Agent Problem: Why Security Built for AI You Chose Misses the Agents You Didn't

    In environments studied for the 2026 State of Agent Security Report, roughly 1,280 third-party products now embed AI. About 282 of them sit behind single sign-on. The other thousand are invisible to identity infrastructure by default, not because anyone hid them, but because an identity stack can...

  2. The Next Web

    Nvidia’s comms chief leaves after four months, Business Insider reports

    Anna Soellner, who ran corporate communications at Nvidia, has left after about four months, Geoff Weiss reported for Business Insider. Soellner joined the chipmaker around June, according to her LinkedIn profile. Her boss was Mylene Mangalindan, who leads the team, Axios reported in July. It is...

  3. The Next Web

    Salesforce renames AIForce to SIForce as Trump’s AI rebrand spreads

    Salesforce is renaming its AIForce agent platform to SIForce, chief executive Marc Benioff said on Friday, as Katherine Li reported for Business Insider. “The era of Super Intelligence is here. AIForce is officially SIForce,” Benioff wrote on X. The change covers the agent platform only, not the...

  4. CTO Magazine

    JP Morgan’s Shift from DEI to DOI: What It Means For Tech Leaders?

    JPMorgan Chase’s DEI to DOI approach is more than a change in terminology. It puts greater focus on access, skills, career growth, and the opportunities that help both people and businesses move forward. For years, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) has been an important part of the corporate...

  5. The Next Web

    Ramp hits $60bn valuation in $1.85bn round, Bloomberg reports

    Fintech start-up Ramp has raised about $1.85bn at a valuation of roughly $60bn, Rebecca Torrence reported for Bloomberg, citing people familiar with the matter. Dragoneer Investment Group and Thrive Capital led the round, and Founders Fund also wrote a large cheque, the people said. The $60bn...

  6. Wired

    Humans Watched This Supernova Explode Nearly a Millennium Ago. Now You Can See It in High Definition

    The new image isn’t just stunning—it may also provide clues about how this star survived its own explosion.

  7. The Next Web

    Law firm Quinn Emanuel maps how AI data centre debt could unravel

    A memo from US law firm Quinn Emanuel sets out how the debt behind the AI data centre boom could turn into a wave of lawsuits. Liz Hoffman reported that it was doing the rounds again this week for Semafor. The 20-page client alert was first published in March. It is unusual because it names...

  8. The Hacker News

    Anthropic Cuts Live Internet Access for Internal AI Tests After Claude Exploits Injection Flaws

    Anthropic on Friday said it's cutting off live internet access for all its internal evaluations following the discovery of new incidents in which its artificial intelligence (AI) models exhibited misaligned behavior and targeted real websites. The AI company said it identified four broad categories...

  9. The Next Web

    Cirrus Logic made rival bid for Synaptics, Bloomberg reports

    Chipmaker Cirrus Logic made a surprise offer for Synaptics last month, trying to break up its agreed sale to Onsemi, Liana Baker and Yiqin Shen reported for Bloomberg. Cirrus Logic is the ‘Party A’ named in an updated Synaptics filing on Thursday, people familiar with the matter told Bloomberg. It...

  10. Wired

    How This Tiny Startup Built the World’s Safest Bike Helmet

    Inspired by head-banging woodpeckers, Vancouver-based Pikio Labs has discovered a new approach to skull protection.

  11. The Next Web

    Super Micro case ‘fixer’ pleads guilty to sending AI servers to China

    A former contractor charged alongside Super Micro Computer’s co-founder has pleaded guilty to helping smuggle AI servers to China, Bob Van Voris reported for Bloomberg. Ting-Wei ‘Willy’ Sun entered his plea in a Manhattan federal court on Thursday, as part of a deal with prosecutors. US authorities...

  12. The Next Web

    Rwanda reportedly wins Africa’s first F1 Grand Prix since 1993

    Rwanda looks set to host Formula 1’s first African Grand Prix in more than 30 years. Motorsport site RacingNews365 first reported the deal, citing paddock sources, as GrandPrix.com relayed. AFP later reported the news, citing its own sources, Semafor said. Neither F1, the FIA nor Rwanda’s...

  13. The Next Web

    Anthropic says Claude sent a fake murder tip to police during testing

    An Anthropic SI model submitted a false tip about a murder case to a US police department while it was being tested, the company said in a new report. The Claude Haiku 4.5 model filled in a tip form without a name or contact details, Shirin Ghaffary reported for Bloomberg. The Philadelphia Police...

  14. Wired

    Disney Plus Discount Codes: 52% Off October 2026

    Cut your subscription costs with the latest active Disney+ bundle deals, verified student offers, and partner promotions.

  15. Wired

    Altra Running Promo Codes: 10% Off October 2026

    Score big savings on Altra Running shoes with up to 50% off sale styles, 20% off select models, 10% off your first order when you sign up, plus free standard delivery on every purchase.

  16. NY Times

    Anthropic Agents Tried to Fill Out Visa Forms on State Dept. Website

    The Philadelphia Police Department said the agents had also sent in a false homicide tip. The incidents led the White House to call for better disclosure of rogue A.I. behavior.

  17. Security Week

    OpenAI Fires 3 Safety Researchers in Dispute Over AI Risks

    The ChatGPT maker said the researchers "violated clear policies on handling sensitive information.” The post OpenAI Fires 3 Safety Researchers in Dispute Over AI Risks appeared first on SecurityWeek.

  18. Dark Reading

    ASOS Breach Reveals the Risks in Customer-Facing SaaS

    The attack on the British retailer shows that compromising a single identity can lead to much deeper penetration of the corporate network.

  19. The Next Web

    India calls Vance’s ‘indentured servants’ remark deeply offensive

    India’s foreign ministry has called US Vice President JD Vance’s description of foreign workers hired by Microsoft as “indentured servants” deeply offensive. Spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal read out the ministry’s statement at its briefing in New Delhi on Friday. “Resorting to terminology that carries...

  20. Wired

    Tesla’s ‘Full Self-Driving’ Becomes ‘Assisted Driving’ in Europe

    The automaker has been criticized for misleading drivers with the feature’s name. Now it’s renaming it for European regulators.