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Oct 22, 2026

Elon Musk made a $1B investment in Skydance, report says

The investment will provide a much-needed financial boost as the company seeks to cut costs and lift its stock price.


Trump Ties Disaster Aid to Votes as Midterm Fight Heats Up
Oct 22, 2026

Trump Ties Disaster Aid to Votes as Midterm Fight Heats Up

President Trump and Vice President JD Vance have dangled FEMA money to disaster-struck states during recent campaign rallies.


Race to update services' computer systems after cyber-security flaw found
Oct 22, 2026

Race to update services' computer systems after cyber-security flaw found

Websites were taken offline after the developers of programming language PHP said "critical vulnerabilities" had been discovered.


A.I. and Its Dangers Are Embedded In the Midterm Elections
Oct 22, 2026

A.I. and Its Dangers Are Embedded In the Midterm Elections

The midterms are the first elections in which artificial intelligence is integrated into every major social media platform. Efforts to blunt its harms are uneven.


Two CVSS 9.0 Linux KSMBD RCE Flaws Disclosed on Public Mailing Lists Before Kernel Fixes
Oct 22, 2026

Two CVSS 9.0 Linux KSMBD RCE Flaws Disclosed on Public Mailing Lists Before Kernel Fixes

Linux servers running KSMBD, the kernel's built-in SMB server, are exposed to two publicly reported remote code execution flaws rated 9.0 by Trend Micro's Zero Day Initiative, with no fix yet in the mainline kernel. One of them, ZDI-CAN-33774, can be triggered before any network authentication. The other, ZDI-CAN-33549, requires the SMB Direct transport and an RDMA-capable network


Oct 22, 2026

Chinese hackers spied on thousands of companies after breaching IT giant ConnectWise

Microsoft points the blame for ConnectWise's breach at a China-aligned hacker, which relied on AI agents to rapidly hack into thousands of its customers.


Meta Ordered to Pay $25 Billion After Court Finds 43 Million Privacy Violations
Oct 22, 2026

Meta Ordered to Pay $25 Billion After Court Finds 43 Million Privacy Violations

Social media giant Meta was ordered to pay 25 billion in penalties by a New Mexico court on Wednesday as part of a data privacy lawsuit that sprang from the company's Cambridge Analytica data scandal, which came to light in 2018. According to multiple reports from the Associated Press, the New York Times, Reuters, and the Wall Street Journal, state District Court Judge Francis J. Mathew called


PHP Security Flaw Sets Off Global Rush to Patch, Leaving Websites Offline
Oct 22, 2026

PHP Security Flaw Sets Off Global Rush to Patch, Leaving Websites Offline

Governments and businesses around the world scrambled to prevent hackers from exploiting a vulnerability in PHP, a popular programming language.


Oct 22, 2026

TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 Startup Battlefield 200: Celebrating outstanding achievements

Among the Startup Battlefield 200 were many industry-defining companies exhibiting and pitching on the Showcase Stage. Here are the standouts.


Oct 22, 2026

Uber puts all 30,000 employees on ChatGPT Work

The ride-share giant previously deployed a much smaller pilot for ChatGPT Work but is now taking the enterprise agent company-wide.


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