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  1. The Next Web

    First a gulf, then a lake, now a technology. Trump orders US agencies to call AI ‘super intelligence (opens The Next Web in a new tab)

    President Donald Trump has now renamed a gulf, a lake, and a technology. On Tuesday, he signed an executive order telling every federal agency to stop saying ‘artificial intelligence’ and to call it ‘super intelligence’, or SI, instead. Also, on his Truth Social account, he posted 2 pages from the...

  2. Wired

    Best Mattresses for Kids (2026): Saatva, Birch, Helix, and More (opens Wired in a new tab)

    Learn what to look for when buying a kids’ mattress, plus how six top models stack up, according to my 2-year-old.

  3. Help Net Security

    Signal brings encrypted local backups to iOS and desktop, adds cross-platform restore (opens Help Net Security in a new tab)

    Signal users who switch from an Android phone to an iPhone, or the other way around, can take their message history with them, and backups can be restored on Android, iOS, Linux, macOS and Windows. The option is part of a set of backup updates the company finished rolling out with Signal for iOS...

  4. NY Times

    How to Listen to Your Favorite Music, Online or Off the Grid (opens NY Times in a new tab)

    Streaming services can introduce you to a wonderland of nearly unlimited audio, but downloading your digital collection has advantages.

  5. NY Times

    He Was a Tech Investor Before There Was a Silicon Valley (opens NY Times in a new tab)

    Bill Draper began funding start-ups in the early 1960s, when the Santa Clara Valley was better known for apricot orchards than microchips. He has died at 98.

  6. NY Times

    How Meta Uses A.I. Data Centers to Avoid Billions in Federal Taxes (opens NY Times in a new tab)

    Meta is exploiting a lucrative tax break intended to support research and experimentation. Its own accountants say the gambit is risky.

  7. CSO Online

    Can we jail a superintelligence? (opens CSO Online in a new tab)

    AI containment is essential, but security leaders should assume every boundary can fail once an agent can communicate, use tools, and act on real systems. On September 17, podcaster Steven Bartlett asked four AI experts an unusual question: Could you build a jail for a digital Einstein? The panel...

  8. CSO Online

    Can we jail a superintelligence? (opens CSO Online in a new tab)

    AI containment is essential, but security leaders should assume every boundary can fail once an agent can communicate, use tools, and act on real systems. On September 17, podcaster Steven Bartlett asked four AI experts an unusual question: Could you build a jail for a digital Einstein? The panel...

  9. CSO Online

    Can we jail a superintelligence? (opens CSO Online in a new tab)

    AI containment is essential, but security leaders should assume every boundary can fail once an agent can communicate, use tools, and act on real systems. On September 17, podcaster Steven Bartlett asked four AI experts an unusual question: Could you build a jail for a digital Einstein? The panel...

  10. CSO Online

    Can we jail a superintelligence? (opens CSO Online in a new tab)

    AI containment is essential, but security leaders should assume every boundary can fail once an agent can communicate, use tools, and act on real systems. On September 17, podcaster Steven Bartlett asked four AI experts an unusual question: Could you build a jail for a digital Einstein? The panel...

  11. CSO Online

    Can we jail a superintelligence? (opens CSO Online in a new tab)

    AI containment is essential, but security leaders should assume every boundary can fail once an agent can communicate, use tools, and act on real systems. On September 17, podcaster Steven Bartlett asked four AI experts an unusual question: Could you build a jail for a digital Einstein? The panel...

  12. CSO Online

    Can we jail a superintelligence? (opens CSO Online in a new tab)

    AI containment is essential, but security leaders should assume every boundary can fail once an agent can communicate, use tools, and act on real systems. On September 17, podcaster Steven Bartlett asked four AI experts an unusual question: Could you build a jail for a digital Einstein? The panel...

  13. CSO Online

    Can we jail a superintelligence? (opens CSO Online in a new tab)

    AI containment is essential, but security leaders should assume every boundary can fail once an agent can communicate, use tools, and act on real systems. On September 17, podcaster Steven Bartlett asked four AI experts an unusual question: Could you build a jail for a digital Einstein? The panel...

  14. CSO Online

    Can we jail a superintelligence? (opens CSO Online in a new tab)

    AI containment is essential, but security leaders should assume every boundary can fail once an agent can communicate, use tools, and act on real systems. On September 17, podcaster Steven Bartlett asked four AI experts an unusual question: Could you build a jail for a digital Einstein? The panel...

  15. CSO Online

    Can we jail a superintelligence? (opens CSO Online in a new tab)

    AI containment is essential, but security leaders should assume every boundary can fail once an agent can communicate, use tools, and act on real systems. On September 17, podcaster Steven Bartlett asked four AI experts an unusual question: Could you build a jail for a digital Einstein? The panel...

  16. Infosecurity Magazine

    Apple Patches CoreGraphics Zero Day Exploited in Attacks (opens Infosecurity Magazine in a new tab)

    Apple has patched CVE-2026-86950, a zero-day bug in the iOS CoreGraphics engine

  17. CSO Online

    Whatever happened to the 36-month IT security roadmap? (opens CSO Online in a new tab)

    Insight Global’s John Dickson had a problem familiar to many CISOs today. Employees were embracing AI tools faster than his security team could track them, and new AI agents and service integrations spread rapidly across the environment alongside them. Dickson and his security org had plans to...

  18. The Hacker News

    Attackers Exploit NetScaler Flaw for Root Access, Deploy WHIPSHOT and SLAPSHOT (opens The Hacker News in a new tab)

    Unknown threat actors have been observed exploiting a newly patched security flaw in Citrix NetScaler ADC and NetScaler Gateway appliances to target organizations in North America and Europe. The activity, observed by Mandiant Consulting and Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) in September...

  19. IT Pro

    Opengear pens first European distribution deal with Ingram Micro (opens IT Pro in a new tab)

    The agreement will expand the availability of the vendor's network resilience solutions across the continent

  20. The Next Web

    Aspirity to buy majority stake in Danish IoT company Onomondo (opens The Next Web in a new tab)

    London-based private equity firm Aspirity Partners has agreed to buy a majority stake in Onomondo, a Copenhagen firm that runs its own network to connect machines and sensors. The deal, announced on Wednesday, is part of a combined investment of more than €100m. EIFO, Denmark’s state investment...