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  1. The Hacker News

    LG Smart TVs Vulnerable to Pre-Auth Root Takeover From Local Network

    Three vulnerabilities in LG's webOS can be chained to give an attacker on the same local network root access to certain smart TVs without a PIN or any interaction from the owner. LG has issued a fix, according to an advisory published by SSD Secure Disclosure on October 12. The chain was tested on...

  2. The Next Web

    Amazon in talks to buy Decart for about $7bn, WSJ reports

    Amazon is in talks to buy the AI startup Decart in a deal that could value it at about $7bn, The Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday. Kate Clark and Lauren Thomas reported the talks, citing people familiar with the matter. A deal could come soon if the talks do not fall apart and no […] This...

  3. The Next Web

    AI labs sought control over what outside evaluators publish, Reuters says

    Anthropic and OpenAI have pushed for a big say over what outside reviewers of their AI models can make public, Reuters reported today, citing two people who know about the talks. Both companies worry that the findings could expose trade secrets. Both labs had recently promised outside reviewers a...

  4. Wired

    30 Best Tech Books to Gift in 2026: Biographies, Startup Histories, Exposés

    Give the techie in your life access to the inner workings of the companies and characters shaping Big Tech.

  5. Wired

    Wikipedians Believed AI Would Come and Go. They Were Wrong

    In a world of AI Overviews, Wikipedia usage declines. But the real loss may be far more existential than website traffic.

  6. Security Week

    AI Turns Familiar Cyberattacks Into a Race Against Time

    IBM’s Steve Wallin talks to SecurityWeek on the effect of AI-driven attacks on enterprise defenses. The post AI Turns Familiar Cyberattacks Into a Race Against Time appeared first on SecurityWeek.

  7. CIO

    Why process excellence will become the competitive advantage in the AI economy

    The AI revolution is here, and enterprises everywhere are racing to deploy the latest tools, agents and models. Yet, the simple truth is that access to AI technology is no longer a competitive advantage. Open-weight models are becoming universally available, and enterprises can dynamically optimize...

  8. CIO Dive

    How Unilever tailors AI focus to business outcomes

    “AI loves context, context loves data, that’s where we start,” said Allen Bates, SVP, chief digital and information officer, Unilever North America.

  9. IT Pro

    French fridges hacked in country-wide supermarket attack

    Internet-connected fridge temperatures raised remotely by hackers, spoiling food and sparking fires

  10. IT Pro Security

    French fridges hacked in country-wide supermarket attack

    Internet-connected fridge temperatures raised remotely by hackers, spoiling food and sparking fires

  11. IT Pro

    UK's AI minister promises greater safeguards in the face of advanced AI threats

    Frontier AI is "a question of national security, also a question of democratic power" - but do new pledges go far enough?

  12. IT Pro Security

    UK's AI minister promises greater safeguards in the face of advanced AI threats

    Frontier AI is "a question of national security, also a question of democratic power" - but do new pledges go far enough?

  13. The Next Web

    ChatGPT leans on news sites more than any other AI platform, Semrush finds

    ChatGPT leans on news sites more than any other major AI platform, in both the UK and the US, Semrush said on Tuesday. From January to July, news took a bigger share of ChatGPT’s cited sources every month. Gemini, Google’s AI Mode and AI Overviews all trailed it. The pull is stronger in the UK. […]...

  14. Security Week

    $86 Million Crypto Heist Linked to Ledger Signer Hardware Implant

    A small circuit board hidden under the signers’ screens read user data and transmitted it to the attackers. The post $86 Million Crypto Heist Linked to Ledger Signer Hardware Implant appeared first on SecurityWeek.

  15. Wired

    Alex Gibney’s ‘Musk’ Has a Unique Perspective on Daddy Issues

    Elon Musk’s father, Errol Musk, agreed to be interviewed immediately.

  16. The Hacker News

    Product Walkthrough: Bitdefender AI Visibility and Control

    A user opens a browser tab, pastes data into a chat assistant, and nothing is installed. A developer adds a coding assistant as an editor extension, and nothing shows up in the installed programs list. Someone downloads a local model runtime, a program that runs models directly on the machine...

  17. IT Pro

    Microsoft weans itself off Nvidia chips with home-grown alternative

    Maia will become the primary architecture for running AI models

  18. CSO Online

    Over 1,500 npm packages exposed by Trusted Publishing validation flaw

    A flaw in npm’s Trusted Publishing mechanism could allow attackers to hijack legitimate software packages by reclaiming abandoned GitHub repository names, potentially exposing millions of package downloads to supply-chain attacks. Researchers at Bloom Security identified more than 1500 potentially...

  19. CIO

    6 IT wins to deliver before the year ends

    CIOs entered the year with ambitions to bring more AI into their companies and start using AI to transform how work gets done. At the same time they also wanted to leverage tech to cut costs and boost productivity throughout the business. And they hoped to use their post to help drive the strategic...

  20. Wired

    The Biggest Pro-AI Super PAC Network Has Poured Millions Into Nevada Shell Companies

    Backed by Silicon Valley titans, Leading the Future has raised huge sums to promote pro-AI candidates on both side of the aisle.