Synology is urging NAS owners to update DSM immediately after a rise in C3RB3r ransomware attacks that exploit a vulnerability patched in December 2024. The advisory also recommends automatic updates and blocking Internet access to the management web interface.
Digital billboards in multiple countries were hijacked to show pornographic footage after a group said it exploited a flaw in the software that transmits content to LED displays. Operators in Egypt and Malaysia shut down affected screens and said they were investigating.
Marvell agreed to buy Lumentum in an all-stock deal with an implied enterprise value of $115 billion and a 4.500 exchange ratio. They say pairing Marvell's interconnect and custom silicon with Lumentum's lasers and optical transceivers targets AI data-center connectivity; closing is expected in the first half of 2028.
More than 1,000 internet-exposed GitLab servers remain unpatched against CVE-2026-97229, a maximum-severity integer overflow in the CI/CD Regular Expression Compiler that allows unauthenticated remote code execution. CISA added the flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog and ordered federal agencies to secure servers by Sunday.
UBS data as of October 30 showed average iPhone Duo waits of 89 days, a week less than before, versus about five days for the iPhone 18 Pro and roughly 18 for the Pro Max. Mark Gurman reported Apple sent about 80% of initial Duo stock to stores; the figures alone cannot separate weaker demand from better supply.
BYD reported record October sales of 305,743 battery-electric vehicles, the first time monthly EV deliveries exceeded 300,000. That exceeds the roughly 262,500 EVs estimated sold in the US during the entire third quarter, according to Kelley Blue Book.
New research using a NASA climate model finds no clear evidence that extratropical volcanic eruptions cool the Northern Hemisphere far more than tropical ones, putting any enhancement at roughly double rather than the 7.5 times reported in earlier work. The authors also report shorter aerosol lifetimes for extratropical eruptions.
Apple's tvOS 27.2 adds features to existing Apple TV 4K models, including Find My support for the prior Siri Remote, a $59 remote with a chime and Precision Finding, and screensaver shuffle. Apple has also confirmed a beta of Siri AI for the third-generation Apple TV 4K, with English support in eight countries at launch.
Martin Fussenegger's ETH Zurich team in Basel built an experimental electronic implant that converts excess glucose into gluconate using a gold-platinum catalyst on graphite felt. In diabetic mice, it regulated blood sugar and the animals lost weight over six weeks, but it has not been tested in humans.
Apple makes no commitment about how long it will keep supporting its streaming boxes, though earlier models received major tvOS updates for roughly eight to ten years. The article argues owners should weigh sluggish performance, crashing apps and lost security patches rather than device age alone.
Northwood Space, a satellite-communications infrastructure firm founded in 2022 and led by CEO Bridgit Mendler, raised a $375 million Series C co-led by Andreessen Horowitz and DFJ Growth, valuing it at $2 billion. The round also includes a financial agreement with HSBC, following a $100 million Series B in January and a roughly $50 million U.S. Space Force contract.
Elon Musk confirmed on X that Grok Bot's weekly usage limits were reduced because serving the agent cost far more than it earned. SpaceX, newly public, said AI accounts for 52% of company income, and its renamed Super Intelligence unit posted a $431 million profit.
42AI emerged from stealth with $62.5 million in seed funding raised over three years from founders and Infinity Group, not all external. The Israeli startup says its behavioral world model predicts trader behavior at brokerages, claiming 98% accuracy for trades within a predicted range and an F1 score of 0.8 to 0.85.
SpaceX reportedly wants to acquire Boost Mobile from EchoStar, according to The Washington Post. The move could support a hybrid cellular-satellite network, though Boost leases towers from AT&T and T-Mobile and such network leases are usually nontransferable.
Alphabet sold €6bn of euro bonds, with orders above €17bn, in a test of demand for tech debt after AI spending concerns rattled markets. The company expects up to $205bn in capital spending this year, mostly on data centres and chips.
OpenAI has launched a Grid Protectors Program under which its future data centers will reduce electricity use when local grids are strained. The pilot is a planned 3.2GW campus in Effingham County, Georgia, where a 25-year deal lets Georgia Power cut up to 1,000MW at busy times.
A shortage of electronic components is disrupting Fiat output in Italy, Stellantis said, and the problem may persist through December. Further stoppages are possible in November and December at plants including Pomigliano near Naples and Mirafiori in Turin; Stellantis has not linked the shortage to the Nexperia dispute.
Anthropic's amended IPO prospectus reports nearly $17bn in third-quarter revenue and $895.4bn in purchase commitments, mostly for computing infrastructure. It also lists $33.2bn in revenue for the first nine months of 2026 and a $104bn net loss, largely from an accounting charge on convertible notes.
Suspected cyberattacks disrupted refrigeration at supermarkets in Sweden, Belgium and Ireland, spoiling food and forcing some stores to close or discard stock. No group has claimed responsibility, and no link has been established to earlier incidents in France or the US.
OpenAI signed four Abu Dhabi agreements on Monday, including a pilot using its models to help officials check permits and certificates against government rules. Deals also cover Mubadala investment analysis, a five-year UAE rollout with Inception42, and ADNOC adopting OpenAI's Frontier platform.
Hypersonica, a British-German defence startup, secured €100m in a Series B round to speed work on its hypersonic missile system. Based near Munich with a London subsidiary, it plans more test flights and expects new engineering and manufacturing roles in the UK and Germany.
OpenAI's Chris Lehane argues in a memo that AI will dominate the 2028 US presidential election and that candidates should chart a third path between unconstrained development and elite control. He warns that backing a data-centre moratorium could become the 2028 equivalent of the 2002 Iraq war vote.
Oracle is marketing $10bn of investment-grade bonds across six tranches alongside a separate $10bn share offering, according to a securities filing. Proceeds are earmarked for general corporate purposes, and the capital supports data centre expansion for AI customers under a planned $20bn debt-and-equity raise through fiscal 2030.
Google's Gemini features in Gmail can process email content for tasks like summaries and drafts, while Google says personal emails aren't used to train its foundational models. Linking Workspace content to Search may allow related data to improve services, and users can disable smart features in settings.
A Guardian investigation found that 29 NHS trusts named by NHS England as gaining benefits from Palantir’s data platform told reporters the system was not live or that they used none of its applications. The responses came from more than 100 freedom-of-information requests, and the Office for Statistics Regulation will review the benefits claim.
