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  1. Wired

    Climate Change Has It In for the World’s Best Surfing

    As coastlines change, so do surf breaks. That may spell the end for premier waves and the tourist economies that depend on them.

  2. Wired

    The Best AirPods Cases We’ve Used In Our Day-to-Day Lives (2026)

    These accessories add personality to your Apple headphones case, make them easy to find, and offer some protection, too.

  3. The Hacker News

    ConnectWise Suspends Cloud Backup After Attackers Compromise Microsoft 365 Tenants

    ConnectWise on Saturday said it has disabled seven ConnectWise application identities as it continues its investigation into an incident in which unknown threat actors obtained unauthorized access to the application identities and compromised Microsoft 365 tenants. The disabled identities are...

  4. Help Net Security

    Week in review: Hidden implant in Ledger wallets linked to $93M theft, 1,500+ npm packages exposed

    Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: Strands Box: Open-source sandbox for AI agents AWS released Strands Box, an open source sandbox for AI agents that pairs operating-system isolation with rules that can weigh what an agent has already...

  5. CTO Magazine

    The Quantum Threat Is Already Here, Warns Moona Ederveen-Schneider

    Technology, Work, and Organizational Change Technology adoption continues to reshape how work is organized, performed, and managed across enterprises. This series examines the impact of automation, digital platforms, and intelligent systems on workforce structures, skills, and collaboration. It...

  6. Wired

    Encryption Is Getting Squeezed From All Sides

    Canada’s planned surveillance law is the latest grim step in a series of threats to encryption that are spreading around the world.

  7. Wired

    The Best LED Grow Lights for Houseplants This Winter (2026)

    Shorter days don’t have to spell trouble for your houseplants. These are the lights we’ve used and loved in our own homes.

  8. The Hacker News

    MALFEX npm Package 'imgdecode' Hides Shellcode Loader in Windows Native Addon

    Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a malicious npm package that's part of a recently disclosed software supply chain attack campaign dubbed MALFEX. The package, named "imgdecode," was uploaded to the package registry on September 30, 2026, by a user named "malfexteste8." It has been...

  9. Wired

    These 12 Automatic Cat Feeders Were the Best We Tested in 2026

    We tested some of the most popular automatic dry- and wet-food pet feeders to see which ones are worth the money.

  10. Security Week

    Israeli Ad Firm Doubled as Candiru’s Zero-Click Spyware Delivery Channel

    Israeli company Discover-Tech’s ads allow threat actors to fingerprint and track devices at scale and infect selected targets. The post Israeli Ad Firm Doubled as Candiru’s Zero-Click Spyware Delivery Channel appeared first on SecurityWeek.

  11. Wired

    Don’t Let a Crypto Inheritance Get Stuck on the Blockchain

    Claiming an inheritance of Bitcoin or other cryptocurrency can be like hunting for buried treasure. It doesn’t have to be.

  12. Wired

    HTC Made Smart Glasses That Are Way More Private

    These smart glasses do just about everything Meta glasses can, but they're not tied to a social media platform.

  13. Wired

    Why AI Isn’t Ready to Tackle Our Convoluted Genomes

    The DNA inside our cells isn’t just a series of instructions, but something far more dynamic. Like scientists, AI models don't yet have the data to properly decode it.

  14. Wired

    Microplastics React With Water, a New Study Says. That’s a Problem for Biology

    Though plastic is usually inert, tiny pieces of it have the potential to react with one of the most pervasive molecules in the environment and in our bodies.

  15. The Hacker News

    Hackers Use Compromised ConnectWise Credential to Sign In to 173 Microsoft 365 Tenants

    Cybersecurity researchers are sounding the alarm related to an active campaign in which unknown threat actors are abusing a compromised Microsoft 365 (M365) credential belonging to ConnectWise Cloud Backup (formerly SkyKick) to gain unauthorized access to customers' M365 environments. ConnectWise...

  16. Wired

    The Leap Second Is No More

    The metric might not mean much to laypeople, but leap seconds have been a source of contention in the timekeeping community for years. Now, they’re dead.

  17. NY Times

    Meta Withdraws $25 Million from Its Midterms Push

    The company outlined a $65 million budget last year when it embarked on an effort to elect state politicians friendly to the A.I. industry.

  18. CIO Dive

    Sprouts’ first-ever CTO departs

    Jim Bahrenburg stepped down after three years in the role, marking the first confirmed C-suite change since the grocer announced a CEO succession plan in September.

  19. CIO

    The technology maturity paradox: Why more capabilities can make IT harder

    Technology maturity is generally considered a sign of progress. Organizations modernize their infrastructure and capabilities, introduce advanced analytics, and invest in AI, all with the expectation that these improvements will make the business more capable, efficient, and competitive. But...

  20. Dark Reading

    BeyondTrust Remote Support Zero-Day Continues Trend of Exploited Edge Bugs

    Ivanti, Cisco, and Palo Alto Networks all had vulnerabilities in edge devices come under fire this week. Now BeyondTrust joins the group.