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After a 1,000-worker pilot, Uber is making ChatGPT Work available to all 30,000 employees globally. About 80% of early adopters were non-engineers, using it to analyze operations data, localize training and build dashboards.
Microsoft says attackers used stolen ConnectWise credentials and ARTEX-powered AI agents to attempt nearly 3,000 sign-ins per minute across about 2,250 customer organizations. ConnectWise paused its cloud backup service and is investigating the October 22, 2026 breach.
Arc’s shutdown begins November 23, 2026, when its AI features and sync will be disabled on mobile; macOS and Windows access ends December 22. The Browser Company is moving all resources to Dia after Atlassian’s $610 million acquisition.
A software-only, tethered exploit dubbed “ns2jb” lets modder Sammy Hajhamid run a modified Mario Kart World with Cinnamoroll, Peter Griffin and other unofficial characters. Built with OpenAI’s Codex, it currently requires SmileBASIC 4 and a reboot-time launch.
Railway says hackers may have decrypted some customer environment variables containing passwords and API keys, though the breach appears limited to a subset of users. All users should rotate keys after deployments were paused on October 22, 2026.
Spotify’s new Family Plan check gives members seven days to scan a QR code shown on the manager’s phone and confirm they share a household. Missing the deadline blocks them from joining another Family or Duo plan for 12 months.
Nvidia led the trio with $2.2 million in Q3 2026 lobbying, ahead of Anthropic’s $2.1 million and OpenAI’s $1.5 million—records for all three. Their agendas included AI safety, export controls, antitrust, 6G and data-center energy costs.
Claude generated nearly 320,000 protein candidates in 64 hours, narrowing them to 211 designs; tests found 17 binders against four of five scorpion toxins, but none targeted more than one toxin. Experts called the work preliminary.
1Password for Agents lets AI assistants sign in without seeing or receiving passwords: a unique digital key verifies the agent, while users approve each request on their device. 1Password then fills credentials directly, preventing open account access.
DeepSeek’s reported $15 billion raise follows a U.S. order, issued two days earlier, for federal civilian agencies to remove its AI over national-security concerns. CATL and Tencent are among potential investors, with funds targeting AI infrastructure and open models.
Apple’s $1,999 iPhone Duo launches Friday with a new App Store badge for apps supporting its inner and outer screens. Netflix, Word, Outlook and Zoom are optimized, though Instagram reportedly still has bugs.
Nirva’s 8-gram pendant filters out everyone’s voice except the wearer’s, deleting audio and transcripts after processing while extracting tone and pitch for emotion insights. It raised $25M, plans November 2026 orders, and will ship by year-end at $249.
Carbon-X runs locally on a laptop, keeping sensitive genomic data off Hugging Face and third-party servers. The 14-billion-parameter model was trained on 300 billion tokens and DNA grouped in six-letter sequences, with viruses excluded from its data.
EU ad revenue growth fell to 18% year-on-year in the three months through September, from roughly 24% the prior quarter, while US and Canada growth reached 33%. Meta’s EU less-personalized ads option uses 90% less data and followed a €200 million DMA fine.
Energize Lab says hackers could read complete Eiliko conversation transcripts and admits it failed to respond to researchers for over a month. The company shut external backend access, stopped storing records and profiles, and hired an independent firm to audit its systems.
AWS honeypots recorded PHP2Shell exploitation on October 17—four days before patches were released—including an attempt from an anonymization network. Multiple actors targeted systems as proof-of-concept code circulated before disclosure.
After screenshots shared by at least two X users suggested the button had moved into a three-dot menu, YouTube denied testing the change for general viewers. The platform is instead moving it in a new interface for creators viewing their own uploads.
Automattic’s October 2026 cuts span communications, social, WordPress.com and VIP enterprise teams after a failed September board effort to remove CEO Matt Mullenweg. The shakeup also preceded departures by the CFO, interim CFO and chief legal officer.