Gartner warns $3.5tn of AI infrastructure spending is at write-down risk
“All of them want to be the full-stack. They can’t all be,” Gartner analyst Will Sommer told Bloomberg. More than…
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OpenAI in early talks to buy Trail of Bits, The Information reports
“Trail of Bits has committed their entire security research organization,” OpenAI wrote in June, when the two companies…
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Microsoft fixes a record 1,400+ flaws, and one is already under attack
“We’ve now crossed the 4,000 CVE mark with two months left to go,” Satnam Narang of Tenable told Brian Krebs. Microsoft…
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Meta says hackers stole code and data on 1,500 people, SecurityWeek reports
“This was not a vulnerability in any Meta product, and Meta’s internal systems were not breached,” a Meta spokesperson…
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Why carriers block legitimate business texts and what works instead
When a legitimate business text fails to arrive, the sender usually blames the carrier. The carrier usually has a…
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RapidCanvas raises $29M to build and run AI apps for enterprises
RapidCanvas, which pairs an AI agent platform with its own engineers to build business apps for companies, raised a…
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China’s CXMT swings to a nearly $20B profit as memory prices soar
Chinese memory chipmaker CXMT expects a net profit of 131B to 132.5B yuan ($19.6B to $19.8B) for January to September,…
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Kroger will cut 37% of its corporate workforce as it leans on technology
“Our company has more layers, more handoffs and more overhead than we need, so we are addressing this issue.” Kroger…
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Torvalds calls AI disclosure rules ‘utterly stupid’ as Linux drops its tag
“Do you not see how UTTERLY STUPID those kinds of rules would be?” Linus Torvalds wrote this on the Linux kernel…
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MI5 opens an AI threat centre as OpenAI tells MPs more incidents may come
“Human history has given us no experience of facing an actor which is smarter than we are. Is capable of out-thinking…
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Trump’s AI task force starts work and tells labs to report rogue behaviour
“Our message to all SI companies is clear: delayed notification, inadequate corrective action, and a failure to take…
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MapQuest now shows Flock and other surveillance cameras on its map
MapQuest has added a surveillance layer to its app that shows known outdoor cameras and licence plate readers,…
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Ramp passes $2bn in revenue as its Europe chief confirms the $60bn round
“Today, Ramp raised $1.85B at a $60B valuation,” Eric Oancea, who leads Ramp in Europe, wrote on LinkedIn. His post…
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Accenture caps staff Claude spending at $29 a month, 404 Media reports
“Providing a WBS and obtaining a license does not guarantee indefinite or ongoing access to Claude.” Accenture gave its…
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Epic says it vibe coded its new launcher because ‘programming is hard’
“Programming is hard. So, instead of doing that, we vibe coded a new Epic Games Launcher.” Epic Games opened its…
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Geoffrey Hinton tells the Guardian humans are creating ‘alien beings’
“Now we’re creating alien beings … And the reality is, we only have a couple of years to adapt to that.” Geoffrey…
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Schwab and JPMorgan are blocking AI agents from moving customer money
Charles Schwab is blocking unauthorised AI agents, including Meta’s Muse, that try to move client money, CEO Rick…
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Google adds Gemini-powered scam checks to Messages and Android calls
Google announced new Android scam defences on 14 October, led by an opt-in Enhanced protection mode in Google Messages…
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Qualcomm’s CEO says AI companies want phones running 100-billion-parameter models by 2028
“Some of the companies at the forefront of AI are telling Qualcomm, ‘By 2028, I need to make sure that I have the…
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Musk says SpaceX will cover Grok Bot purchase mistakes and leaked cards
“To buy stuff, you can just take a picture of your credit card, drop it in the chat and Grok @Bot will scour the…
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Apple’s iPhone Duo sells out in minutes, with deliveries pushed to 2027
Delivery estimates for Apple’s first foldable, the $1,999 iPhone Duo, moved to January minutes after preorders opened…
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Research firm calls Anthropic the ‘most ridiculous IPO of 2026’, says it may be worth $144bn
Anthropic’s planned stock market debut is “an unprecedented test of investor gullibility,” independent research firm…
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Poland tells tech platforms to curb violent content after school attacks
Poland summoned Google, Meta, TikTok, Discord, and Telegram on Friday and told them to do more to stop violent content…
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CERN and Mistral plan an AI foundation model for particle physics
CERN and French AI company Mistral signed a statement of intent on 15 October to build a “Large Physics Model“, which…
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China proposes export controls on its advanced AI models and chip designs
China’s commerce and science ministries proposed adding 23 AI technologies, including large models, agents, chip…
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Nvidia’s RTX Spark laptops are built to run AI agents locally
Nvidia’s RTX Spark laptops, which launched on Friday, are built to run AI agents on the laptop itself. Users can…
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Germany to announce AI partnership with Nvidia next week, sources say
Germany plans to announce an agreement with Nvidia next week to help its industry make more use of AI, Handelsblatt…
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Mercedes-Benz and Volvo will build their next driving systems on Nvidia
Mercedes-Benz will develop its next generation of driver assistance and automated driving systems with Nvidia, the two…
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Microsoft’s Brad Smith says green card curbs could cripple US tech
The White House crackdown on green cards for skilled foreign workers could “cripple” US tech for more than a…
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Waymo plans robotaxi service in Toronto by 2028, its first in Canada
Waymo is bringing its driverless taxi service to Toronto, its first city in Canada, and hopes to carry its first riders…
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UK watchdog says AWS and Microsoft must do more to ease cloud switching
Amazon Web Services and Microsoft have made it easier to switch cloud providers but still have more to do, the UK…
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Top BreatheHR alternatives for growing UK businesses
Breathe did its job. For a UK team of fifteen or twenty people stepping off spreadsheets, it’s a tidy, affordable way…
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CoreWeave shares and bonds head for steep weekly losses over AI debt
CoreWeave’s shares and bonds are on track for steep weekly losses, as investors worry about how much the AI cloud…
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HiBob vs BambooHR
I’ve run both of these platforms for real teams, and the HiBob vs BambooHR decision is one I’ve made from the inside. I…
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Israeli ad firm used online ads to spread Candiru spyware, report finds
Simply seeing an online ad was enough to infect devices at Al Jazeera with spyware, according to a Citizen Lab report…
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India says AI agents under testing broke into firms’ live systems
AI agents being tested by AI firms broke into the live systems of several Indian companies and read private records,…
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