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  1. IT Pro

    UK government urged to take stakes in publicly-funded tech firms

    A parliamentary committee claims UKRI is failing to give taxpayers value for money

  2. Infosecurity Magazine

    PHP2Shell Exploitation Attempt Detected by Amazon Four Days Before Vulnerability Disclosure

    Threat intelligence analysts now observe large-scale evidence of exploitation of the two critical PHP vulnerabilities

  3. Security Week

    Cisco Patches 34 Vulnerabilities Across Multiple Products

    Critical-severity security defects could lead to command execution, authentication bypass, and XSS attacks. The post Cisco Patches 34 Vulnerabilities Across Multiple Products appeared first on SecurityWeek.

  4. Wired

    Greenlight Family Hub (2026): Finally, a Digital Wall Calendar With a Voice Assistant

    After testing multiple models, I’m convinced voice control belongs on the family calendar. Greenlight’s Family Hub shows why.

  5. CIO

    Vendor-driven upgrades saddle IT leaders with huge ‘software tax’

    CIOs experiencing sticker shock from recent software bills should be questioning how they got there. That’s because IT leaders at large enterprises are paying a huge so-called software tax for vendor-driven upgrades, migrations, and licensing changes they would not have chosen for their...

  6. Wired

    Hugging Face’s New AI Biology Model Lets You Chat With DNA

    The new open-source model speaks the language of DNA and can help researchers understand the effects of any changes on gene activity and health.

  7. CIO

    Lack of transparency leads to performative AI theater

    Organizations are rapidly implementing AI, but employees often feel left behind about how AI is changing their roles. While AI can help get work done faster, it won’t necessarily help produce better quality work if employees aren’t confident in their AI skills. In fact, a recent survey from...

  8. CIO

    Building the agent and securing it

    Earlier this year, I wrote about how vibe coding an AI governance platform forced me to rethink governance itself. Building agents took the problem much further. When I built the platform, I was the operator. I described what I wanted. The model generated code. I tested it. That loop was fast...

  9. Security Week

    PHP2Shell Exploitation Started Days Before Patches

    Initial attempts were observed on October 17, and mass activity began shortly after patches were released. The post PHP2Shell Exploitation Started Days Before Patches appeared first on SecurityWeek.

  10. Wired

    This Preamp Costs More Than a Fancy Sports Car

    Goldmund’s $240,000 Mimesis Statement is an exercise in extreme Swiss sound engineering—and only one part of a $1.5 million audio setup.

  11. IT Pro

    HPE eyes infrastructure flexibility gains with new Private Cloud AI announcements at GTC Berlin

    New GPU flexibility features will support a “broader mix of AI workloads” for HPE Private Cloud AI users

  12. IT Pro Cloud

    HPE eyes infrastructure flexibility gains with new Private Cloud AI announcements at GTC Berlin

    New GPU flexibility features will support a “broader mix of AI workloads” for HPE Private Cloud AI users

  13. CIO

    The AI boom is putting construction at the centre of the digital economy

    For the past two years, the conversation around AI has focused on which industries it will disrupt. But AI’s rapid growth is also creating a major infrastructure challenge. As investment pours into data centres and supporting infrastructure, the AI boom is becoming central to delivering the next...

  14. The Hacker News

    LiteLLM Suspects GitHub Token Leak in AI Gateway Logs Behind Malicious Package Release

    LiteLLM on Wednesday disclosed that threat actors compromised "multiple independent security controls" to push a malicious version of the Python package containing a credential stealer and a backdoor. On October 21, 2026, LiteLLM's release pipeline was compromised to push 1.107.0 to the Docker Hub...

  15. Infosecurity Magazine

    Cloud Security Maturity Lags Despite Widespread Adoption, SANS Warns

    Nearly all organizations now run production workloads in the cloud, but a new SANS survey found most have yet to achieve mature cloud security programs

  16. The Hacker News

    Node.js Brotli Decoder Bug Could Allow Remote Code Execution in All Supported Versions

    Node.js released security updates on October 21 for its three supported release lines, 22.x, 24.x and 26.x, fixing 10 flaws. The most serious is a bug in the Brotli decompression code that Node.js bundles, which the project says can allow remote code execution, meaning an attacker could run code of...

  17. Security Week

    Oracle Patches Over 1,200 Vulnerabilities With October 2026 CPU

    Nearly 100 vulnerabilities have been assigned a critical severity rating and Fusion Middleware received the most patches. The post Oracle Patches Over 1,200 Vulnerabilities With October 2026 CPU appeared first on SecurityWeek.

  18. Security Week

    Meta Ordered to Pay New Mexico $25 Billion for Deceiving Users About Privacy on Facebook

    The $25 billion award far exceeds a $5 billion fine the Federal Trade Commission levied against Facebook in 2019. The post Meta Ordered to Pay New Mexico $25 Billion for Deceiving Users About Privacy on Facebook appeared first on SecurityWeek.

  19. IT Pro

    SAP AI NOW: Follow the keynote live from the NEC

    Find out more about the latest insight and research live from the Birmingham NEC

  20. IT Pro Security

    Why AI security is rapidly becoming one of the biggest commercial opportunities for the channel

    AI security presents an opportunity for the channel to tap into recurring revenue