https://alvagante.com/news/ Daily AI-assisted news digest from Alvagante. en Fri, 09 Oct 2026 04:01:08 GMT Fri, 09 Oct 2026 04:01:08 GMT https://openai.com/index/oracle https://openai.com/index/oracle Across recruiting, engineering, and operations, Oracle turns specialist knowledge into fast, repeatable workflows with ChatGPT Work and Codex. AI OpenAI News Thu, 08 Oct 2026 16:00:00 GMT https://openai.com/index/pollo-ai https://openai.com/index/pollo-ai With GPT-5.6, GPT-6 Astra, and GPT‑Image‑2.5, Pollo AI helps creators turn bold ideas into detailed images and cinematic video ads. AI OpenAI News Thu, 08 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT https://openai.com/index/legalon-halves-codex-costs https://openai.com/index/legalon-halves-codex-costs LegalOn cut estimated daily Codex costs by 65% while maintaining development speed. It matched Astra, Sol, and Luna to tasks and managed budgets strategically. AI OpenAI News Thu, 08 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT https://openai.com/index/disrupting-ai-enabled-false-front-operations https://openai.com/index/disrupting-ai-enabled-false-front-operations OpenAI disrupted two AI-enabled influence operations that used false-front journalists and a think tank to spread geopolitical messaging. AI OpenAI News Thu, 08 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://simonwillison.net/2026/Oct/8/ttok/ https://simonwillison.net/2026/Oct/8/ttok/ Release: ttok 0.4 ttok is my CLI tool for counting tokens, using OpenAI's open source tiktoken library. It hasn't been in updated in a couple of years, but I finally fixed a Click warning, updated CI, and added a --list-models command to list available models. AI Simon Willison's Weblog Thu, 08 Oct 2026 23:34:28 GMT https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/10/08/mecca-pact-pakistan-turkey-saudi-houthi-yemen/ https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/10/08/mecca-pact-pakistan-turkey-saudi-houthi-yemen/ What Pakistan and Turkey will likely do (and want) in Saudi Arabia. Geopolitics Foreign Policy Thu, 08 Oct 2026 21:49:14 GMT https://simonwillison.net/2026/Oct/8/carson-gross/ https://simonwillison.net/2026/Oct/8/carson-gross/ Computer programming is, fundamentally, about two things: Problem-solving using computers Learning to control complexity while solving these problems I have a hard time imagining a future where knowing how to solve problems with computers and how to control th AI Simon Willison's Weblog Thu, 08 Oct 2026 21:05:44 GMT https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/10/08/united-states-china-ai-artificial-intelligence-race-winning-matt-sheehan/ https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/10/08/united-states-china-ai-artificial-intelligence-race-winning-matt-sheehan/ And why the two countries have different definitions of winning. Geopolitics Foreign Policy Thu, 08 Oct 2026 21:00:00 GMT https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/10/08/iraq-trump-sectarian-war/ https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/10/08/iraq-trump-sectarian-war/ Washington is pressing Shiite groups to disarm while ignoring the real fears that keep them armed. Geopolitics Foreign Policy Thu, 08 Oct 2026 20:34:49 GMT https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/10/08/next-iran-war-regime-change/ https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/10/08/next-iran-war-regime-change/ The Iran war is, and always was, about regime change. Geopolitics Foreign Policy Thu, 08 Oct 2026 19:57:39 GMT https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/10/08/france-protests-macron-europe-history-mitterrand-economy/ https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/10/08/france-protests-macron-europe-history-mitterrand-economy/ François Mitterrand’s U-turn decades ago holds lessons for today. Geopolitics Foreign Policy Thu, 08 Oct 2026 19:44:15 GMT https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/10/how-technology-empowers-and-imperils-dictators.html https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/10/how-technology-empowers-and-imperils-dictators.html This essay was written with Seva Gunitsky, and originally appeared in Foreign Affairs . Two weeks after Moscow's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in March 2022, the Russian TV Channel One editor Marina Ovsyannikova burst onto the set of the evening newscast. She Security Schneier on Security Thu, 08 Oct 2026 11:07:35 GMT https://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/pressreleases/enforcement20261008a.htm https://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/pressreleases/enforcement20261008a.htm Federal Reserve Board announces enforcement action against American Express Company to address, among other things, the firm’s failure to sufficiently detect and report certain suspicious activity related to money laundering Economy Federal Reserve Press Releases Thu, 08 Oct 2026 20:30:00 GMT https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2026/10/08/governments-are-mishandling-the-affordability-crisis https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2026/10/08/governments-are-mishandling-the-affordability-crisis They should lift incomes, not suppress prices Economy The Economist — Finance & Economics Thu, 08 Oct 2026 09:26:41 GMT https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2026/10/08/indian-celebrations-will-be-more-expensive-this-year https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2026/10/08/indian-celebrations-will-be-more-expensive-this-year Blame soaring sugar prices Economy The Economist — Finance & Economics Thu, 08 Oct 2026 09:25:56 GMT https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9e8ld448km8o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9e8ld448km8o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss The German sportswear brand wants the Sydney-based label to stop selling the clothes and pay damages. Geopolitics BBC News — World Fri, 09 Oct 2026 03:36:41 GMT https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cmy0r96xygx6o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cmy0r96xygx6o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss The US Defence Secretary says the execution will be public, but a legal expert says the "unprecedented" decision is on "uncertain legal terrain". Geopolitics BBC News — World Fri, 09 Oct 2026 03:36:12 GMT https://www.wired.com/story/come-see-uncanny-valley-live/ https://www.wired.com/story/come-see-uncanny-valley-live/ Missed our latest WIRED@Night event? Enjoy an evening of podcasting in San Francisco right here. Technology Wired Fri, 09 Oct 2026 03:30:00 GMT https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/10/08/1146224/roundtables-a-conversation-with-the-creator-of-ai-designed-viruses/ https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/10/08/1146224/roundtables-a-conversation-with-the-creator-of-ai-designed-viruses/ Friday, October 16, 2026 Can AI design new life forms? In 2025, Stanford University PhD student Samuel King came up with a preliminary answer when he used a generative AI model to propose genetic blueprints for microscopic viruses. It isn’t yet an example of A Technology MIT Technology Review Fri, 09 Oct 2026 00:08:24 GMT https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckgel9044vqeo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckgel9044vqeo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss Vitalii Zhykovych gives his own account of the attempted assassination of Ukrainian-born businessman Vadym Yermolayev. Geopolitics BBC News — World Thu, 08 Oct 2026 23:11:10 GMT https://www.wired.com/story/ice-emails-discuss-using-palantir-supported-tool-to-investigate-voter-fraud/ https://www.wired.com/story/ice-emails-discuss-using-palantir-supported-tool-to-investigate-voter-fraud/ Documents obtained by Democracy Forward show that ICE looked into feeding voter roll data into the ELITE tool, normally used to identify targets for deportation. Technology Wired Thu, 08 Oct 2026 22:40:11 GMT https://www.theverge.com/tech/1008530/us-government-livestream-execution-firing-squad-fort-hood https://www.theverge.com/tech/1008530/us-government-livestream-execution-firing-squad-fort-hood The United States' execution of the Fort Hood shooter will be livestreamed, anonymous officials from the Defense Department told the BBC and Associated Press. The planned execution of Nidal Hasan, the former US Army major convicted of killing 13 people at the Technology The Verge Thu, 08 Oct 2026 22:32:04 GMT https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/1008521/anthropic-open-source-oss-scanner https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/1008521/anthropic-open-source-oss-scanner Anthropic's offering to help open-source projects track down security vulnerabilities with a new service called OSS Scanner. It says open-source projects that opt-in will get "thorough, periodic security scans by our strongest models at no cost." That could me Technology The Verge Thu, 08 Oct 2026 21:53:51 GMT https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fbi-disrupts-chinese-hacking-tools-used-to-breach-critical-infrastructure/ https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fbi-disrupts-chinese-hacking-tools-used-to-breach-critical-infrastructure/ The FBI has seized seven domains used by Chinese state-sponsored hackers known as Flax Typhoon to operate two hacking tools, MicroScan and FishHub, used in attacks that breached critical infrastructure and other organizations worldwide. [...] Security BleepingComputer Thu, 08 Oct 2026 21:42:51 GMT https://www.theverge.com/science/1008467/spacex-announces-plan-to-become-a-major-mobile-carrier https://www.theverge.com/science/1008467/spacex-announces-plan-to-become-a-major-mobile-carrier SpaceX has acquired a portfolio of low-band spectrum licenses - a move the company says "will pave the way" for its Starlink Mobile service to become a "major" US carrier. When the Federal Communications Commission signs off on the deal, SpaceX says it will de Technology The Verge Thu, 08 Oct 2026 21:23:31 GMT https://www.wired.com/story/uncanny-valley-podcast-inside-elon-musks-midterm-spending-spree/ https://www.wired.com/story/uncanny-valley-podcast-inside-elon-musks-midterm-spending-spree/ This week on “Uncanny Valley,” we discuss where Elon Musk’s PAC is spending millions, the latest ideology Trump claims is dangerous, and the backlash against the designer behind Muse’s logo. Technology Wired Thu, 08 Oct 2026 21:14:12 GMT https://www.theverge.com/games/1008353/amd-will-bring-fsr-4-to-handhelds-by-the-end-of-2026 https://www.theverge.com/games/1008353/amd-will-bring-fsr-4-to-handhelds-by-the-end-of-2026 It's already possible to get AMD's framerate-enhancing FSR 4 boost on handhelds as old as the Steam Deck - but in June, AMD reserved the right to disappoint handheld gamers by not officially bringing FSR 4 to older handhelds. Now, AMD consumer chip boss Jack H Technology The Verge Thu, 08 Oct 2026 21:01:18 GMT https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/oct/09/jake-callum-robinson-australian-surfers-carter-rhoad-mexico-murder-trial-ntwnfb https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/oct/09/jake-callum-robinson-australian-surfers-carter-rhoad-mexico-murder-trial-ntwnfb The brothers’ parents, Martin and Debra Robinson, to address court before a Mexican judge hands down verdict A Mexican judge is expected to hand down his verdict in the high-profile murder trial of three men accused of killing two Australian surfers and their Geopolitics The Guardian — World Thu, 08 Oct 2026 20:40:55 GMT https://www.theverge.com/tech/1008422/apple-macbook-pro-touchscreen-ipad-mini-rumor https://www.theverge.com/tech/1008422/apple-macbook-pro-touchscreen-ipad-mini-rumor Apple is set to introduce a new MacBook Pro with a touchscreen and an updated iPad Mini "on or around" October 27th, Bloomberg reports. If true, that would put the event just two weeks after the October 13th event Apple announced today, which is rumored to foc Technology The Verge Thu, 08 Oct 2026 20:32:21 GMT https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/oct/08/researchers-find-180000-giant-tortoises-living-on-island-in-seychelles https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/oct/08/researchers-find-180000-giant-tortoises-living-on-island-in-seychelles Free-roaming Aldabra population far exceeds human population of Seychelles after decades-long recovery programme A survey of the world’s largest free-roaming giant tortoise population has discovered that the once endangered species is thriving. A population of Geopolitics The Guardian — World Thu, 08 Oct 2026 20:20:31 GMT https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ransomware-attack-disrupts-japans-idcf-cloud-used-by-govt-clients/ https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ransomware-attack-disrupts-japans-idcf-cloud-used-by-govt-clients/ IDC Frontier, a major Japanese cloud and digital infrastructure company, disclosed that its IDCF Cloud service was targeted in a ransomware attack that caused an outage at a data center cluster serving the eastern part of the country. [...] Security BleepingComputer Thu, 08 Oct 2026 20:09:45 GMT https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/10/lets-encrypt-cuts-certificate-lifetimes-to-64-days-starting-february-2027/ https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/10/lets-encrypt-cuts-certificate-lifetimes-to-64-days-starting-february-2027/ Free SSL/TLS certificate lifetimes reduce to 64 days in February. Security Ars Technica — Security Thu, 08 Oct 2026 19:57:17 GMT https://www.wired.com/story/she-designed-metas-new-ai-logo-then-came-the-hate/ https://www.wired.com/story/she-designed-metas-new-ai-logo-then-came-the-hate/ Jessica Hische knew working for Meta might upset some people. But she didn’t anticipate just how angry they would get. Technology Wired Thu, 08 Oct 2026 19:30:00 GMT https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/low-cost-android-phones-ship-with-residential-proxy-malware/ https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/low-cost-android-phones-ship-with-residential-proxy-malware/ A malware campaign dubbed 'Midnight Mimosa' has been discovered on low-cost Android smartphones that ship with malicious software embedded in their firmware, allowing attackers to silently install apps, perform ad fraud, and turn devices into residential proxi Security BleepingComputer Thu, 08 Oct 2026 19:20:33 GMT https://www.wired.com/story/trump-administration-crackdown-microsoft-adobe-immigration/ https://www.wired.com/story/trump-administration-crackdown-microsoft-adobe-immigration/ “There has been no company in the United States, unfortunately, that has abused this system more than Microsoft,” Vice President JD Vance said on Thursday. Technology Wired Thu, 08 Oct 2026 19:11:45 GMT https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3j4790elkx7o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3j4790elkx7o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss Hundreds have pitched their tents in central Madrid, while the Spanish prime minister has called a snap election. Geopolitics BBC News — World Thu, 08 Oct 2026 19:10:06 GMT https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/08/cilia-flores-nicolas-maduro-new-york-court https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/08/cilia-flores-nicolas-maduro-new-york-court Ousted Venezuelan president and Cilia Flores have been in jail in New York since early January The deposed Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, have been indicted for alleged conspiracy to commit torture, according to Manhattan feder Geopolitics The Guardian — World Thu, 08 Oct 2026 18:04:16 GMT https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fakegit-malware-campaign-returns-with-17-610-malicious-github-repos/ https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fakegit-malware-campaign-returns-with-17-610-malicious-github-repos/ More than 17,000 fake repositories on GitHub are distributing the SmartLoader malware after the FakeGit campaign reactivated earlier this month to push the StealC infostealer. [...] Security BleepingComputer Thu, 08 Oct 2026 17:10:55 GMT https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/33410 https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/33410 We just did a major update to FOR577 and added a lot of new material on day 5 about investigating AI usage in incident response. In the new material we dicsuss 8&&#x23&#x3b;x26&#x3b;&#x23&#x3b;xc2&#x3b;&&#x23&#x3b;x26&#x3b;&#x23&#x3b;xa0&#x3b;of the most popul Security SANS Internet Storm Center Thu, 08 Oct 2026 16:52:53 GMT https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cisco-warns-of-critical-flaws-allowing-nexus-switch-takeover/ https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cisco-warns-of-critical-flaws-allowing-nexus-switch-takeover/ Cisco released security advisories for five critical vulnerabilities in its NX-OS data center network operating system that could be exploited to run arbitrary code with root privileges on Nexus switches. [...] Security BleepingComputer Thu, 08 Oct 2026 15:26:33 GMT https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/10/08/1146045/the-download-ai-roadblocks-humanoids-portable-rubber-dams/ https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/10/08/1146045/the-download-ai-roadblocks-humanoids-portable-rubber-dams/ This is today's edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what's going on in the world of technology. AI breakthroughs in robotics won’t change your life any time soon The hype around humanoid robots is reaching fever pitch. Technology MIT Technology Review Thu, 08 Oct 2026 12:10:00 GMT https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-26-281-03 https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-26-281-03 View CSAF Summary Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary scripts in a user's browser, consume excessive system resources, enumerate files, create or modify files, and potentially execute arbitrary cod Security CISA Cybersecurity Advisories Thu, 08 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-26-281-02 https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-26-281-02 View CSAF Summary The following versions of Grid Protection Alliance openPDC and openHistorian are affected: openPDC openPDC (Docker image) openHistorian CVSS Vendor Equipment v3 9.8 Grid Protection Alliance openPDC 5 Vulnerabilities Deserialization of Untrust Security CISA Cybersecurity Advisories Thu, 08 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-26-281-01 https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-26-281-01 View CSAF Summary Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could allow a malicious user to access the device and gain administrative access. This access would allow the user to view, edit, and upload configuration files. Further, a malicious user can c Security CISA Cybersecurity Advisories Thu, 08 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/cybersecurity-advisories/aa26-281a https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/cybersecurity-advisories/aa26-281a Advisory at a Glance  Title  Chinese Government-linked Cyber Threat Actors Combine Automated and Hands-on Hacking Tools to Steal Sensitive Data  Original Publication  October 8, 2026   Executive Summary  Chinese government-linked Security CISA Cybersecurity Advisories Thu, 08 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/10/08/1145920/climate-tech-companies-list/ https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/10/08/1145920/climate-tech-companies-list/ This week, we released our 2026 version of our Climate Tech Companies to Watch list. It’s an annual project that the MIT Technology Review team puts together. Our goal is to highlight some of the promising, interesting advances and firms we think are worth pay Technology MIT Technology Review Thu, 08 Oct 2026 10:00:00 GMT https://www.nber.org/papers/w35801#fromrss https://www.nber.org/papers/w35801#fromrss This article presents inference for regression with data that are correlated across some measure of distance; most often geographic distance. Failure to appropriately adjust standard errors can lead to confidence intervals that are too narrow, and hypothesis t Economy NBER New Working Papers Fri, 09 Oct 2026 04:01:07 GMT https://www.nber.org/papers/w35833#fromrss https://www.nber.org/papers/w35833#fromrss Alcohol use, transactional sex, and gambling carry significant health and economic consequences. We conducted a randomized controlled trial in Kenya to assess whether these behaviors could be altered with a savings intervention that provided lottery-based inte Economy NBER New Working Papers Fri, 09 Oct 2026 04:01:07 GMT https://www.nber.org/papers/w35834#fromrss https://www.nber.org/papers/w35834#fromrss A critical tension in global governance is that trade agreements have evolved largely in isolation from climate policy. This paper shows that the two domains generate systematic cross-externalities: larger gains from trade are associated with greater climate e Economy NBER New Working Papers Fri, 09 Oct 2026 04:01:07 GMT https://www.nber.org/papers/w35835#fromrss https://www.nber.org/papers/w35835#fromrss We provide evidence on the extent to which food assistance affects spending on sugary items by studying the Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer (P-EBT) program, which provided funds to families of children who lost access to free and reduced-price school meal Economy NBER New Working Papers Fri, 09 Oct 2026 04:01:07 GMT https://www.nber.org/papers/w35836#fromrss https://www.nber.org/papers/w35836#fromrss We estimate the causal effects of a financial windfall on consumption, savings, and wage earnings using linked administrative data on a large sample of Canadian lottery winners. Using separate linkages of lottery winners to income tax records and credit bureau Economy NBER New Working Papers Fri, 09 Oct 2026 04:01:07 GMT https://huggingface.co/blog/building-with-ml-intern https://huggingface.co/blog/building-with-ml-intern Latest item from HuggingFace Blog. AI HuggingFace Blog Thu, 08 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/trump-administration-suspends-microsoft-s-ability-to-apply-for-green-cards-alleging-fraud https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/trump-administration-suspends-microsoft-s-ability-to-apply-for-green-cards-alleging-fraud The tech giant is no longer able to apply for H1-B visas for employees who come to live and work in the United States, potentially stymieing Xbox hiring. Gaming Game Developer Thu, 08 Oct 2026 18:05:00 GMT https://www.gamedeveloper.com/console/xbox-ceo-unveils-new-xbox-division-for-game-adjacent-ventures-named-xp- https://www.gamedeveloper.com/console/xbox-ceo-unveils-new-xbox-division-for-game-adjacent-ventures-named-xp- Xbox is doubling down on its more IP-centric strategy with a division dedicated to expanding those properties outside of games. Gaming Game Developer Thu, 08 Oct 2026 17:28:52 GMT https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/denuvo-attempts-to-subpoena-discord-valve-and-reddit-in-effort-to-identify-hacker https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/denuvo-attempts-to-subpoena-discord-valve-and-reddit-in-effort-to-identify-hacker After numerous and consistent cracks over the last year, Denuvo wants to find the hacker that has compromised its security through other online platforms. Gaming Game Developer Thu, 08 Oct 2026 15:13:44 GMT https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2026/10/06/in-search-of-tax-alpha https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2026/10/06/in-search-of-tax-alpha The taxman is losing patience with Americans’ shrewd use of tax losses Economy The Economist — Finance & Economics Tue, 06 Oct 2026 17:41:20 GMT https://www.gamesindustry.biz/mixtape-wins-three-awards-at-australian-game-developer-awards-2026-including-goty https://www.gamesindustry.biz/mixtape-wins-three-awards-at-australian-game-developer-awards-2026-including-goty The winners of this year's Australian Game Developer Awards have been revealed, with Beethoven & Dinosaur's Mixtape receiving three awards, including Game of the Year alongside Excellence in Art and Sound Design. Read more Gaming GamesIndustry.biz Thu, 08 Oct 2026 13:58:42 GMT https://www.gamesindustry.biz/a-creative-idea-can-save-more-money-than-ai-can-right-now-glen-schofield-on-his-retirement-callisto-protocols-development-and-the-state-of-aaa https://www.gamesindustry.biz/a-creative-idea-can-save-more-money-than-ai-can-right-now-glen-schofield-on-his-retirement-callisto-protocols-development-and-the-state-of-aaa During the summer, veteran developer Glen Schofield announced his retirement from the games industry . Read more Gaming GamesIndustry.biz Thu, 08 Oct 2026 13:30:00 GMT https://www.gamesindustry.biz/nba-2k27-tops-us-august-charts-becomes-third-best-selling-game-of-2026-us-monthly-charts https://www.gamesindustry.biz/nba-2k27-tops-us-august-charts-becomes-third-best-selling-game-of-2026-us-monthly-charts NBA 2K27 topped the US charts in August, becoming the third-best-selling game of the year according to Circana data. Read more Gaming GamesIndustry.biz Thu, 08 Oct 2026 13:00:00 GMT https://www.gamesindustry.biz/safe-in-our-world-launches-four-billion-players-campaign-to-make-mental-health-support-more-accessible-for-gamers https://www.gamesindustry.biz/safe-in-our-world-launches-four-billion-players-campaign-to-make-mental-health-support-more-accessible-for-gamers Mental health charity Safe In Our World has launched Four Billion Players, a campaign to raise awareness of mental health support for gamers. Read more Gaming GamesIndustry.biz Thu, 08 Oct 2026 13:00:00 GMT https://www.gamesindustry.biz/xbox-announces-new-xp-division-to-deliver-transmedia-spinoffs-including-film-tv-and-theme-parks https://www.gamesindustry.biz/xbox-announces-new-xp-division-to-deliver-transmedia-spinoffs-including-film-tv-and-theme-parks Xbox has announced a new XP business unit, dedicated to transmedia brand extensions, including the Fallout TV series and the Minecraft World theme park. Read more Gaming GamesIndustry.biz Thu, 08 Oct 2026 12:18:40 GMT https://huggingface.co/blog/tiiuae/falcon-asr https://huggingface.co/blog/tiiuae/falcon-asr Latest item from HuggingFace Blog. AI HuggingFace Blog Wed, 07 Oct 2026 13:21:03 GMT https://libertystreeteconomics.newyorkfed.org/2026/10/ai-adoption-and-employment-expectations-evidence-from-a-survey-of-small-business-owners/ https://libertystreeteconomics.newyorkfed.org/2026/10/ai-adoption-and-employment-expectations-evidence-from-a-survey-of-small-business-owners/ There is little consensus on the effect of AI adoption on employment. Economy-wide measures of pay and headcount have moved little even as AI adoption has spread rapidly, yet narrower measures document declining hiring for workers at the start of their careers Economy Liberty Street Economics Thu, 08 Oct 2026 11:00:00 GMT https://www.quantamagazine.org/is-ai-the-end-of-math-as-we-know-it-20261005/ https://www.quantamagazine.org/is-ai-the-end-of-math-as-we-know-it-20261005/ Mathematicians are facing the sudden shift with grief, anger, and a desperate search for fresh ideas: “If we don’t adapt, there’s just no more math in 50 years.” The post Is AI the End of Math As We Know It? first appeared on Quanta Magazine Science Quanta Magazine Mon, 05 Oct 2026 13:40:07 GMT https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/10/another-historic-cipher-falls-to-ai.html https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/10/another-historic-cipher-falls-to-ai.html This one is from 1809, written by Napoleon's nephew. Security Schneier on Security Mon, 05 Oct 2026 11:04:47 GMT https://www.latent.space/p/ainews-not-much-happened-today-60f https://www.latent.space/p/ainews-not-much-happened-today-60f a quiet day. AI Latent Space Thu, 08 Oct 2026 23:29:43 GMT https://www.newscientist.com/article/2592896-the-number-of-known-species-of-giant-waterlilies-just-doubled/?utm_campaign=RSS|NSNS&utm_content=home&utm_medium=RSS&utm_source=NSNS https://www.newscientist.com/article/2592896-the-number-of-known-species-of-giant-waterlilies-just-doubled/?utm_campaign=RSS|NSNS&utm_content=home&utm_medium=RSS&utm_source=NSNS A new species of giant waterlily identified with the help of social media and satellite photos is just one of three discovered in the past few years Science New Scientist Thu, 08 Oct 2026 23:00:00 GMT https://ourworldindata.org/2026-lpi-update https://ourworldindata.org/2026-lpi-update A guide to understanding the Living Planet Index and what it does and doesn’t mean. Economy Our World in Data Thu, 08 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://www.pcgamer.com/games/horror/why-a-21-year-old-coder-finally-ported-the-real-p-t-to-pc-that-something-so-influential-could-eventually-become-unplayable-never-sat-right-with-me/ https://www.pcgamer.com/games/horror/why-a-21-year-old-coder-finally-ported-the-real-p-t-to-pc-that-something-so-influential-could-eventually-become-unplayable-never-sat-right-with-me/ Not emulation or a remake, a native PC port of Kojima's horror classic has arrived. Gaming PC Gamer Thu, 08 Oct 2026 21:32:33 GMT https://news.mit.edu/2026/3-questions-what-best-path-forward-ai-academia-0925 https://news.mit.edu/2026/3-questions-what-best-path-forward-ai-academia-0925 MIT Statistics and Data Science Center Director Alexander (Sasha) Rakhlin shares important considerations for departments and institutions. AI MIT News — AI Thu, 08 Oct 2026 21:25:00 GMT https://www.pcgamer.com/games/world-of-warcraft/blizzard-refuses-to-let-world-of-warcraft-forevers-dungeons-become-the-fastest-way-to-grind-xp-we-need-to-hold-firm-on-these-balance-adjustments/ https://www.pcgamer.com/games/world-of-warcraft/blizzard-refuses-to-let-world-of-warcraft-forevers-dungeons-become-the-fastest-way-to-grind-xp-we-need-to-hold-firm-on-these-balance-adjustments/ Dungeons will receive a small XP buff soon, but are being kept in balance with quests. Gaming PC Gamer Thu, 08 Oct 2026 21:09:23 GMT https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/08/pretend-youre-sitting-at-elizabeth-holmes-desk-on-this-weirdly-detailed-website/ https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/08/pretend-youre-sitting-at-elizabeth-holmes-desk-on-this-weirdly-detailed-website/ With over a thousand emails, slides, texts, and documents from the United States v. Elizabeth Holmes trial, Extend engineer Bo Lau created a website that simulates what it might have been like to rifle through the Theranos founder's desk. AI TechCrunch — AI Thu, 08 Oct 2026 21:00:00 GMT https://www.pcgamer.com/games/rpg/dragons-dogma-2-how-to-start-dark-arisen/ https://www.pcgamer.com/games/rpg/dragons-dogma-2-how-to-start-dark-arisen/ Plus the recommended level for taking a trip to snowy Norgan. Gaming PC Gamer Thu, 08 Oct 2026 21:00:00 GMT https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/us-government-accuses-microsoft-of-replacing-american-workers-with-foreign-indentured-servants-then-gives-satya-nadella-a-medal/ https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/us-government-accuses-microsoft-of-replacing-american-workers-with-foreign-indentured-servants-then-gives-satya-nadella-a-medal/ The suspension of Microsoft's access to green card applications represents just another wildly incoherent day in the Trump administration. Gaming PC Gamer Thu, 08 Oct 2026 20:55:01 GMT https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-briefing-to-highlight-contributions-to-martian-moons-mission/ https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-briefing-to-highlight-contributions-to-martian-moons-mission/ Media are invited to join NASA for a media teleconference at 4 p.m. EDT, Thursday, Oct. 15, to preview the agency’s contributions to JAXA’s (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) mission. The mission is scheduled to launch from JA Science NASA News Thu, 08 Oct 2026 20:22:12 GMT https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/10/r-i-p-margaret-hamilton-whose-code-saved-the-apollo-11-moon-landing/ https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/10/r-i-p-margaret-hamilton-whose-code-saved-the-apollo-11-moon-landing/ Hamilton also coined the term "software engineering" and founded two successful software companies. Science Ars Technica — Science Thu, 08 Oct 2026 20:15:53 GMT https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/08/fired-openai-safety-researchers-dispute-misconduct-claims-warn-of-chilling-effect/ https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/08/fired-openai-safety-researchers-dispute-misconduct-claims-warn-of-chilling-effect/ Three fired OpenAI safety researchers dispute allegations of mishandling sensitive information, warning in an open letter that their dismissals are creating a chilling effect on the company’s AI safety culture. AI TechCrunch — AI Thu, 08 Oct 2026 20:04:26 GMT https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-announces-bold-science-initiatives-for-americas-golden-age-summit/ https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-announces-bold-science-initiatives-for-americas-golden-age-summit/ Editor's note: This release was updated Oct. 8, 2026 with the formal name of the summit. NASA is launching two new science and technology initiatives to deepen scientific understanding and accelerate the innovation that will shape America’s future in space. Th Science NASA News Thu, 08 Oct 2026 19:40:00 GMT https://www.nasa.gov/centers-and-facilities/ames/nasas-sspicy-mission-to-demonstrate-in-space-inspection-technologies/ https://www.nasa.gov/centers-and-facilities/ames/nasas-sspicy-mission-to-demonstrate-in-space-inspection-technologies/ A new NASA-supported spacecraft will get up close to satellites that are no longer in service, demonstrating technologies that could support future in-space repairs and reduce orbital debris. The Small Spacecraft Propulsion and Inspection Capability (SSPICY) m Science NASA News Thu, 08 Oct 2026 18:56:25 GMT https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/crew-12-returns-to-earth/ https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/crew-12-returns-to-earth/ The SpaceX Crew Dragon Freedom spacecraft is seen moments before splashing down in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California in this Oct. 8, 2026, photograph. Aboard were NASA's SpaceX Crew-12 members NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway, ESA (Eu Science NASA News Thu, 08 Oct 2026 18:52:27 GMT https://www.nasa.gov/missions/spherex/nasas-spherex-telescope-sees-menagerie-of-brown-dwarfs/ https://www.nasa.gov/missions/spherex/nasas-spherex-telescope-sees-menagerie-of-brown-dwarfs/ NASA’s SPHEREx (Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization, and Ices Explorer) space telescope is shedding light on brown dwarfs, celestial objects that blur the line between stars and exoplanets. New findings published in The As Science NASA News Thu, 08 Oct 2026 18:22:48 GMT https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/08/ben-affleck-is-an-ai-nerd-and-the-internet-is-impressed/ https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/08/ben-affleck-is-an-ai-nerd-and-the-internet-is-impressed/ Ben Affleck is going viral for his deep knowledge of AI, from neural networks and transformers to open weights. The actor, who sold his AI filmmaking startup to Netflix earlier this year, is proving he's more than just a Hollywood star. AI TechCrunch — AI Thu, 08 Oct 2026 18:20:32 GMT https://www.newscientist.com/article/2592786-the-big-unanswered-question-about-russias-plague-death/?utm_campaign=RSS|NSNS&utm_content=home&utm_medium=RSS&utm_source=NSNS https://www.newscientist.com/article/2592786-the-big-unanswered-question-about-russias-plague-death/?utm_campaign=RSS|NSNS&utm_content=home&utm_medium=RSS&utm_source=NSNS Russia says it is winding down precautionary measures taken after a lab worker at a plague research institute died. But what made officials think these were needed at all? Science New Scientist Thu, 08 Oct 2026 17:18:02 GMT https://github.blog/security/how-one-bug-bounty-researcher-chooses-the-features-they-investigate/ https://github.blog/security/how-one-bug-bounty-researcher-chooses-the-features-they-investigate/ As we kick off Cybersecurity Awareness Month, the GitHub Bug Bounty team spotlights @vaib25vicky, exploring their methodology, techniques, and experiences hacking on GitHub. The post How one bug bounty researcher chooses the features they investigate appeared IT GitHub Blog Thu, 08 Oct 2026 17:02:52 GMT https://www.newscientist.com/article/2592404-ai-or-super-intelligence-trump-isnt-the-only-one-who-is-confused/?utm_campaign=RSS|NSNS&utm_content=home&utm_medium=RSS&utm_source=NSNS https://www.newscientist.com/article/2592404-ai-or-super-intelligence-trump-isnt-the-only-one-who-is-confused/?utm_campaign=RSS|NSNS&utm_content=home&utm_medium=RSS&utm_source=NSNS US President Donald Trump has declared that artificial intelligence should now be called “super intelligence”. Columnist Jacob Aron explains where that term came from and explores whether its many historical meanings apply today Science New Scientist Thu, 08 Oct 2026 16:07:59 GMT https://www.newscientist.com/article/2592824-openai-mistranslated-mathematics-into-code-for-its-navier-stokes-proof/?utm_campaign=RSS|NSNS&utm_content=home&utm_medium=RSS&utm_source=NSNS https://www.newscientist.com/article/2592824-openai-mistranslated-mathematics-into-code-for-its-navier-stokes-proof/?utm_campaign=RSS|NSNS&utm_content=home&utm_medium=RSS&utm_source=NSNS When OpenAI announced its surprise solution to the Navier-Stokes problem, it produced one proof for humans and one for computers – however, they don't match Science New Scientist Thu, 08 Oct 2026 16:03:20 GMT https://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/pressreleases/orders20261005a.htm https://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/pressreleases/orders20261005a.htm Federal Reserve Board announces approval of application by Isabella Bank Corporation Economy Federal Reserve Press Releases Mon, 05 Oct 2026 20:30:00 GMT https://www.newscientist.com/article/2592804-climate-satire-digger-with-tom-cruise-on-top-form-is-full-of-surprises/?utm_campaign=RSS|NSNS&utm_content=home&utm_medium=RSS&utm_source=NSNS https://www.newscientist.com/article/2592804-climate-satire-digger-with-tom-cruise-on-top-form-is-full-of-surprises/?utm_campaign=RSS|NSNS&utm_content=home&utm_medium=RSS&utm_source=NSNS What are we to make of Digger, a climate satire by a normally well-respected film-maker that’s been largely panned by critics? Stay with it and you’ll find out, says Bethan Ackerley Science New Scientist Thu, 08 Oct 2026 14:00:00 GMT https://www.infoq.com/presentations/spotify-multi-agent-ai-architecture/?utm_campaign=infoq_content&utm_source=infoq&utm_medium=feed&utm_term=global https://www.infoq.com/presentations/spotify-multi-agent-ai-architecture/?utm_campaign=infoq_content&utm_source=infoq&utm_medium=feed&utm_term=global Pratik Rasam discusses how Spotify Ads Manager runs production-grade multi-agent systems at scale using Google ADK Java. He shares key architectural patterns, domain ownership models, deterministic guardrails, and tracing-based evaluation strategies, detailing IT InfoQ Thu, 08 Oct 2026 11:00:00 GMT https://www.infoq.com/news/2026/10/technological-sovereignity-panel/?utm_campaign=infoq_content&utm_source=infoq&utm_medium=feed&utm_term=global https://www.infoq.com/news/2026/10/technological-sovereignity-panel/?utm_campaign=infoq_content&utm_source=infoq&utm_medium=feed&utm_term=global European organisations can enhance their technological sovereignty by developing credible alternatives and acquiring necessary skills, rather than completely avoiding global providers. A panel discussion at the OSS EU highlighted the importance of understandin IT InfoQ Thu, 08 Oct 2026 08:08:00 GMT https://www.infoq.com/news/2026/10/clef-decision-models/?utm_campaign=infoq_content&utm_source=infoq&utm_medium=feed&utm_term=global https://www.infoq.com/news/2026/10/clef-decision-models/?utm_campaign=infoq_content&utm_source=infoq&utm_medium=feed&utm_term=global During its recent “Birthday Week”, Cloudflare announced Clef, a set of open-weight AI models designed to choose between predefined options rather than generate text. Cloudflare released 9B- and 27B-parameter models, along with a platform for adapting them to s IT InfoQ Thu, 08 Oct 2026 06:54:00 GMT https://bevy.org/news/bevy-0-20/ https://bevy.org/news/bevy-0-20/ Comments IT Hacker News Thu, 08 Oct 2026 23:21:57 GMT https://www.cncf.io/blog/2026/10/08/dont-give-ai-agents-root-make-them-propose-the-next-system-state/ https://www.cncf.io/blog/2026/10/08/dont-give-ai-agents-root-make-them-propose-the-next-system-state/ The uncomfortable question In the past few months, I've been hearing different versions of the same question: under what conditions can we safely allow an autonomous system to operate a machine? It comes up when my... IT CNCF Blog Thu, 08 Oct 2026 22:21:41 GMT https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/10/vulnerability-in-agents-from-google-and-others-exposes-structural-flaw-in-mcp/ https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/10/vulnerability-in-agents-from-google-and-others-exposes-structural-flaw-in-mcp/ Trust gaps in the new protocol spread malicious prompts from one agent to another. IT Ars Technica — Tech Lab Mon, 05 Oct 2026 22:26:35 GMT https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.08144 https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.08144 Autoformalisation is increasingly used to verify mathematical texts, including those generated by AI, as in OpenAI's announced proof of blow-up of solutions to the Navier-Stokes equations. In this process, an AI system translates the text from a natural langua IT Lobsters Thu, 08 Oct 2026 17:16:42 GMT https://www.theregister.com/software/2026/10/08/margaret-hamilton-software-pioneer-who-helped-put-humans-on-the-moon-dies-at-90/5301988 https://www.theregister.com/software/2026/10/08/margaret-hamilton-software-pioneer-who-helped-put-humans-on-the-moon-dies-at-90/5301988 Her team's code kept Apollo 11's landing on course when the guidance computer became overloaded IT The Register — Software Thu, 08 Oct 2026 14:54:00 GMT https://mcmah309.github.io/posts/the-missing-piece-in-rust-error-handling/ https://mcmah309.github.io/posts/the-missing-piece-in-rust-error-handling/ Comments IT Lobsters Thu, 08 Oct 2026 14:43:19 GMT https://www.theregister.com/software/2026/10/08/rust-upstart-reveals-reimplementation-of-microsoft-office-with-claude-on-coding-duty/5301952 https://www.theregister.com/software/2026/10/08/rust-upstart-reveals-reimplementation-of-microsoft-office-with-claude-on-coding-duty/5301952 ArtCraft adds Word, Excel, and PowerPoint lookalikes to its open source lineup, but they're not ready for production IT The Register — Software Thu, 08 Oct 2026 13:57:00 GMT https://casuarina.org/news/ending-the-casuarina-linux-experiment/ https://casuarina.org/news/ending-the-casuarina-linux-experiment/ Comments IT Lobsters Thu, 08 Oct 2026 13:08:00 GMT https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/customers/ireland-innovation-companies-startups-governments-scale-with-gemini/ https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/customers/ireland-innovation-companies-startups-governments-scale-with-gemini/ In recent decades, Ireland has grown into a vibrant hub for global technology. As modernization accelerates, Irish organizations — spanning government agencies, established enterprise brands, and growing startups in AI and other areas — are all advancing their IT Google Cloud Blog Thu, 08 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT