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US charges California man with smuggling $300mn of AI servers to China (opens The Next Web in a new tab)
US authorities have arrested a California man accused of smuggling more than $300mn of computer servers packed with AI chips to China, the Justice Department said on Thursday. Greg Lui, 38, of San Gabriel, also known as Yiu Kong Lui, was arrested on Wednesday, prosecutors said. Reuters also...
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RBI chief says the next financial crisis may start with a cyberattack (opens The Next Web in a new tab)
The next financial crisis may not start in a bank at all, India’s central bank governor has warned. Sanjay Malhotra said it could come from a war, a cyberattack or a tech failure, as Bloomberg reported. He spoke at the Kautilya Economic Conclave in New Delhi on Saturday. “It may begin with a...
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OpenAI safety staffer quits, says AI labs should run like nuclear plants (opens The Next Web in a new tab)
A member of OpenAI’s safety team has quit, warning that the company is not taking enough care with AI’s risks. David Robinson set out his reasons in an essay for The Atlantic. Robinson led transparency work on OpenAI’s safety team, Bloomberg reported. He wrote that the ChatGPT maker “has thrived by...
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Bessent says AI alarmism without solutions is not leadership (opens The Next Web in a new tab)
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has criticised AI leaders who warn of disaster but offer no fixes. He made the remarks in an interview with Axios published on Saturday. “This alarmism without solutions by some of the AI community, that’s not leadership,” Bessent said, as Bloomberg reported. In...
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The Nvidia Shield TV Is 7 Years Old. It Just Got a $100 Price Hike (opens Wired in a new tab)
The price of anything with memory is skyrocketing thanks to AI. Aging streaming devices are no exception.
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MI5 Says China’s MSS Funded Research Involving 100+ U.K.-Linked Academics (opens The Hacker News in a new tab)
The U.K.'s domestic intelligence and security agency has warned that more than 100 academics have helped China boost its intelligence gathering efforts on behalf of Beijing's state security service. In a "Security Service Espionage Alert" issued on September 30, 2026, MI5 said the "primary purpose...
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MI5 Says China’s MSS Funded Research Involving 100+ U.K.-Linked Academics (opens The Hackers News in a new tab)
The U.K.'s domestic intelligence and security agency has warned that more than 100 academics have helped China boost its intelligence gathering efforts on behalf of Beijing's state security service. In a "Security Service Espionage Alert" issued on September 30, 2026, MI5 said the "primary purpose...
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Warlock Exploits SharePoint Flaws to Disable Security Tools and Deploy Ransomware (opens The Hacker News in a new tab)
The suspected China-linked threat actor known as Warlock is still continuing to weaponize Microsoft SharePoint vulnerabilities, likely both old and new, in attacks targeting organizations in Portuguese- and Spanish-speaking countries. The activity, observed by the Symantec and Carbon Black Threat...
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Warlock Exploits SharePoint Flaws to Disable Security Tools and Deploy Ransomware (opens The Hackers News in a new tab)
The suspected China-linked threat actor known as Warlock is still continuing to weaponize Microsoft SharePoint vulnerabilities, likely both old and new, in attacks targeting organizations in Portuguese- and Spanish-speaking countries. The activity, observed by the Symantec and Carbon Black Threat...
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Muse Creates Detailed Profiles of All Your Friends and Family (opens Wired in a new tab)
Millions have downloaded Meta’s AI agent Muse. But getting it to do your bidding comes with privacy costs.
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doxx.net Raises $38 Million to Prevent AI Agent-on-the-Internet Misadventures (opens Security Week in a new tab)
doxx.net’s new ADN platform prevents agentic misadventure while the agent is operating under the user’s authority. The post doxx.net Raises $38 Million to Prevent AI Agent-on-the-Internet Misadventures appeared first on SecurityWeek.
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Fortra Patches Critical Vulnerabilities in BoKS (opens Security Week in a new tab)
The bugs could lead to authentication bypass, shell command execution, and memory corruption. The post Fortra Patches Critical Vulnerabilities in BoKS appeared first on SecurityWeek.
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How to Collect CDs (opens Wired in a new tab)
Fed up with paying to stream music you’ll never actually own? Give the little silver disc a spin. Here’s how to start a CD collection or get more out of one you already have.
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The Best E-Readers That Aren't a Kindle (2026): Kobo, Boox (opens Wired in a new tab)
Want to untether your reading from Amazon? These Kindle alternatives deserve a spot on your nightstand.
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The State of Cybersecurity in 2026: Key Segments, Insights, and Innovations (opens The Hacker News in a new tab)
Featuring: Cybersecurity is being reshaped by the expansion of cloud infrastructure, AI, distributed systems, and increasingly complex digital environments. As organizations manage more identities, devices, data, and internet-facing infrastructure, security is shifting toward continuous visibility...
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The State of Cybersecurity in 2026: Key Segments, Insights, and Innovations (opens The Hackers News in a new tab)
Featuring: Cybersecurity is being reshaped by the expansion of cloud infrastructure, AI, distributed systems, and increasingly complex digital environments. As organizations manage more identities, devices, data, and internet-facing infrastructure, security is shifting toward continuous visibility...
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Best Mosquito Repellents for Your Yard: What Works and What Doesn’t (2026) (opens Wired in a new tab)
After years of testing repellents, traps, and sprays, I found a few ways to keep the bugs at bay—and plenty that aren’t worth the effort.
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An A.I. Songwriting Experiment: Humans Against the Machine (opens NY Times in a new tab)
Five humans convened for a weekend to create new music from scratch. Could they do better than A.I.? Could you even tell the difference?
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A Decade-Long Experiment Is Unlocking the Mysteries of the Ocean’s ‘Deep Reefs’ (opens Wired in a new tab)
Scientists left structures up to 100 meters under the surface. Here’s what they found when they retrieved them 10 years later.
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Chewy Promo Codes: $20 Off October 2026 (opens Wired in a new tab)
Explore Chewy coupon codes for $30 off, $20 off your first order of $49, 50% off pet food, and more October 2026 discounts.
