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AI Layoffs Tracker — Job Cuts Attributed to AI

https://lemmy.world/post/53522460

Published: October 24, 2026 02:28

submitted by reader to technology8 points | 2 commentshttps://www.ailayofftracker.com/cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/53520498

Google quietly changes privacy policy so your Gmail and Photos could be used in targeted ads - Dexerto

https://lemmy.world/post/53519535

Published: October 24, 2026 00:02

submitted by spaghettiwestern to technology5 points | 0 commentshttps://www.dexerto.com/entertainment/google-quietly-changes-privacy-policy-so-your-gmail-and-photos-could-be-used-in-targeted-ads-3421462/Google has updated its privacy policy to allow…

DNS Resolver Quad9 Will Leave France After Court Orders Piracy Blocking Penalty

https://lemmy.world/post/53518407

Published: October 23, 2026 23:16

submitted by schizoidman to technology18 points | 1 commentshttps://torrentfreak.com/dns-resolver-quad9-will-leave-france-after-court-orders-piracy-blocking-penalty/

Chatbots aren’t just flattering us. They’re helping us decide what’s real.

https://lemmy.world/post/53513929

Published: October 23, 2026 21:02

submitted by AcidiclyBasicGlitch to technology2 points | 0 commentshttps://bigthink.com/mind-behavior/chatbots-arent-just-flattering-us-theyre-helping-us-decide-whats-real/Mental health practitioners have identified the sycophantic personas of LLMs — the…

‘Black October’: cybersecurity experts sound the alarm over new era of AI-enabled hacking

https://lemmy.world/post/53513757

Published: October 23, 2026 20:57

submitted by Orwi to technology0 points | 0 commentshttps://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/oct/23/cybersecurity-ai-hacking-php-vulnerability

Searches of cellphones, laptops by U.S. customs up more than 32% so far this year

https://lemmy.world/post/53506930

Published: October 23, 2026 17:17

submitted by beep to technology18 points | 0 commentshttps://www.cbc.ca/lite/story/9.7392252cross-posted from: piefed.world/…/searches-of-cellphones-laptops-by-…

An AI agent in "Skynet mode" hijacks unprotected language models to launch self-sustaining cyberattacks

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Published: October 23, 2026 17:16

submitted by beep to technology17 points | 2 commentshttps://www.security.com/blog-post/ai-llmjacking-skynetcross-posted from: piefed.world/…/an-ai-agent-in-skynet-mode-hijacks…

Only 13% of companies see real returns from AI, survey finds

https://lemmy.world/post/53506927

Published: October 23, 2026 17:16

submitted by beep to technology29 points | 2 commentshttps://www.gartner.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2026-10-19-gartner-survey-finds-only-13-percent-of-cios-say-their-enterprise-has-realized-significant-or-transformational-value-from-aicross-posted…

Head of Instagram Says He Has No Idea How to Deal With Wave of Horrible AI Slop

https://lemmy.world/post/53497702

Published: October 23, 2026 12:51

submitted by madeindex to technology26 points | 3 commentshttps://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/head-instagram-no-idea-ai-slopcross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/53497698 AI slop corporation working on AI slop solution, right…

Hundreds of Protestors Descend on Meta Corporate Office Depicting Zuck as the Devil

https://lemmy.world/post/53497388

Published: October 23, 2026 12:32

submitted by madeindex to technology1 points | 0 commentshttps://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/protestors-meta-corporate-office-brazil-zuckerberg-devilcross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/53497387 He can Zuck Off ;)

Farewell, France

https://lemmy.world/post/53497318

Published: October 23, 2026 12:28

submitted by goatinspace to technology6 points | 0 commentshttps://quad9.net/news/blog/au-revoir-france/Starting November 24, Quad9 will no longer be able to offer its free cyberprotection service to users located in France.

Meta’s new terms: Publishers seek EU halt to AI scraping

https://lemmy.world/post/53497308

Published: October 23, 2026 12:26

submitted by madeindex to technology3 points | 0 commentshttps://www.heise.de/en/news/Meta-s-new-terms-Publishers-seek-EU-halt-to-AI-scraping-11497247.htmlcross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/53497216 WHAT DID META EXPECT TO HAPPEN?

TikTok staff raised child safety alarms. Court records show executives failed to act

https://lemmy.world/post/53497006

Published: October 23, 2026 12:18

submitted by madeindex to technology3 points | 0 commentshttps://www.npr.org/2026/10/20/nx-s1-6005809/tiktok-child-safety-money-launderingcross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/53496996 “…An adult paid. A child was exploited. The platform took a cut.”…

PHP was just the beginning: Node.js unveils dangerous flaws threatening millions of sites

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Published: October 23, 2026 12:14

submitted by goatinspace to technology9 points | 0 commentshttps://cybernews.com/security/php-node-js-vulnerabilities-patch-exploit/Node.js has just released fixes for 10 security vulnerabilities that could put node-powered applications at risk and is…

A Markdown File Should Just Open

https://lemmy.world/post/53496489

Published: October 23, 2026 11:53

submitted by Ananasdoener to technology9 points | 3 commentshttps://joshuamorris.info/notes/2026/10/13/a-markdown-file-should-just-open/

Bringing Back the Forgotten Faces of the PS2's EverQuest Online Adventures

https://lemmy.world/post/53495289

Published: October 23, 2026 11:04

submitted by PerfectDark to technology1 points | 1 commentshttps://gardinerbryant.com/bringing-back-the-forgotten-faces-of-everquest-online/

Getty Images files for bankruptcy amid mounting debt and AI competition

https://lemmy.world/post/53483638

Published: October 23, 2026 02:15

submitted by inari to technology5 points | 2 commentshttps://nypost.com/2026/10/22/business/getty-images-files-for-bankruptcy-amid-mounting-debt-ai-competition/

Getting ready to operate GNU Taler in Germany

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Published: October 23, 2026 01:49

submitted by inari to technology1 points | 0 commentshttps://www.taler.net/en/news/2026-13.html

The Man Who Saved the Internet Yesterday

https://lemmy.world/post/53482811

Published: October 23, 2026 01:35

submitted by gedaliyah to technology1 points | 0 commentshttps://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2026/10/man-who-saved-internet-php-vulnerability/689123/On Tuesday, the world found out about two massive security vulnerabilities in PHP, a programming…

EA Shutters BioWare, Creator of Mass Effect, Dragon Age, KOTOR and More - CNET

https://lemmy.world/post/53481716

Published: October 23, 2026 00:28

submitted by schizoidman to technology11 points | 1 commentshttps://www.cnet.com/tech/gaming/ea-shutters-bioware-creator-mass-effect-dragon-age-kotor-layoffs/

Wikipedia’s Pyrrhic Victory

https://lemmy.world/post/53479188

Published: October 22, 2026 22:24

submitted by antonim to technology2 points | 2 commentshttps://www.newyorker.com/books/under-review/wikipedias-pyrrhic-victory One “very senior Wikimedian,” we are told, “came to think of the project as a ‘city built by Asperger’s.’ ” If you get the…

Drop Palantir: An open letter from civil society to the World Food Programme on its partnership with Palantir Technologies

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Published: October 22, 2026 21:14

submitted by supersquirrel to technology2 points | 0 commentshttps://www.apc.org/en/pubs/drop-palantir-open-letter-civil-society-world-food-programme-its-partnership-palantir

New prize launches for books co-written with AI

https://lemmy.world/post/53476316

Published: October 22, 2026 20:54

submitted by beep to technology0 points | 2 commentshttps://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/oct/21/new-prize-launches-books-co-written-with-ai-francecross-posted from: piefed.world/…/new-prize-launches-for-books-co-wr…

There Are Signs of Serious Trouble in the Data Center Industry: "People aren’t just dropping their shorts for data centers anymore."

https://lemmy.world/post/53476315

Published: October 22, 2026 20:53

submitted by eicker to technology14 points | 3 commentshttps://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/signs-trouble-data-center-industry

Unvetted AI agents are accessing U.S. bank accounts

https://lemmy.world/post/53476260

Published: October 22, 2026 20:52

submitted by return2ozma to technology4 points | 0 commentshttps://www.axios.com/2026/10/22/ai-agents-banks-unauthorized-accounts-access

Vulkan files leak - Wikipedia

https://lemmy.world/post/53474359

Published: October 22, 2026 19:55

submitted by VioletTea to technology1 points | 0 commentshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vulkan_files_leak

Russian web brigades - Wikipedia

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Published: October 22, 2026 19:48

submitted by VioletTea to technology2 points | 0 commentshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_web_brigades#Opinion-influencing_operations_in_other_countries

Lawsuits Can’t Restrain Big Tech

https://lemmy.world/post/53470883

Published: October 22, 2026 18:05

submitted by JRepin to technology9 points | 0 commentshttps://jacobin.com/2026/10/big-tech-alphabet-meta-lawsuitscross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/54365645 This year has seen the resolution of major suits against tech giants Alphabet and Meta, both of…

This AI aggregator leaked nearly 18 million files, including sex doll makers’ customer support chats

https://lemmy.world/post/53464045

Published: October 22, 2026 14:37

submitted by goatinspace to technology31 points | 8 commentshttps://cybernews.com/security/302-ai-data-leak-exposed-millions-files/The AI aggregator leaked nearly 23TB of user data, or 17.6 million files, our researchers discovered. The information…

Apple must open iPhone to alternative app stores in Australia starting March 1, 2027, after Epic Games ruling

https://lemmy.world/post/53463625

Published: October 22, 2026 14:23

submitted by beep to technology35 points | 1 commentshttps://www.judgments.fedcourt.gov.au/judgments/Judgments/fca/single/2026/2026fca1552#:~:text=THE%20COURT%20DECLARES%20THAT%3Across-posted from: piefed.world/…/apple-must-open-iphone-to-alternat…

333 Tor exit nodes hijacked to intercept SSH traffic and retrieve plaintext email

https://lemmy.world/post/53460393

Published: October 22, 2026 12:59

submitted by Nobody_Special to technology31 points | 1 commentshttps://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2026/10/300-tor-exit-nodes-hijacked-to-intercept-ssh-traffic-and-retrieve-plaintext-email/For 3 days this month, 333 exit nodes were hacked in…

Top AI companies - Nvidia, OpenAI, and Anthropic - are pouring millions of dollars into federal lobbying as the public increasingly calls for more government oversight and regulation.

https://lemmy.world/post/53459981

Published: October 22, 2026 12:43

submitted by beep to technology17 points | 0 commentshttps://www.pogo.org/investigates/boom-in-major-ai-company-spending-on-lobbyistscross-posted from: piefed.world/…/top-ai-companies-nvidia-openai-and…

Meta strikes deal with Zuckerberg to protect him from California wealth tax

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Published: October 22, 2026 10:54

submitted by lavenie to technology4 points | 4 commentshttps://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/oct/22/meta-mark-zuckerberg-california-wealth-tax

Anthropic unveils Claude Duet AI agent app

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Published: October 22, 2026 10:50

submitted by bat1000 to technology0 points | 2 commentshttps://www.reuters.com/technology/anthropic-unveils-claude-duet-ai-agent-app-2026-10-21/

Startup Deploys AI-Engineered Virus on Human Patient

https://lemmy.world/post/53451512

Published: October 22, 2026 07:56

submitted by return2ozma to technology5 points | 1 commentshttps://futurism.com/health-medicine/startup-human-patient-ai-engineered-virus

Xbox wants you to pay 24 to 40 cents per hour to stream games you already bought: Time-based a la carte charges come on top of the purchase price for the games themselves.

https://lemmy.world/post/53446449

Published: October 22, 2026 04:17

submitted by eicker to technology36 points | 5 commentshttps://arstechnica.com/gaming/2026/10/xbox-wants-you-to-pay-24-to-40-cents-per-hour-to-stream-games-you-already-bought/

Farewell, BioWare: The End of an RPG Giant

https://lemmy.world/post/53442163

Published: October 22, 2026 00:35

submitted by PerfectDark to technology11 points | 1 commentshttps://gardinerbryant.com/farewell-bioware-the-end-of-an-rpg-giant/

Trump officials asked CISA to secretly hack a voting machine — and not disclose any vulnerabilities they found

https://lemmy.world/post/53438928

Published: October 21, 2026 22:26

submitted by return2ozma to technology3 points | 0 commentshttps://www.techradar.com/pro/trump-officials-asked-cisa-to-secretly-hack-a-voting-machine-and-not-disclose-any-vulnerabilities-they-found

OpenAI says its AI agents weakened internal monitoring system

https://lemmy.world/post/53435640

Published: October 21, 2026 20:51

submitted by return2ozma to technology2 points | 2 commentshttps://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/openai-says-its-ai-agents-weakened-internal-monitoring-system-2026-10-21/

Today's PHP Security Release, and How We're Strengthening PHP Security

https://lemmy.world/post/53434144

Published: October 21, 2026 19:34

submitted by BuckFutter to technology8 points | 1 commentshttps://thephp.foundation/blog/2026/10/21/todays-php-security-release-and-how-were-strengthening-php-security/

Meta hit with $25 Billion penalty for deceiving users about privacy on Facebook

https://lemmy.world/post/53433936

Published: October 21, 2026 19:26

submitted by beep to technology2 points | 1 commentshttps://nmdoj.gov/press-release/the-new-mexico-department-of-justice-secures-another-landmark-victory-against-big-tech-with-historic-25-billion-penalty-against-facebook/cross-posted from:…

Texas Continued Data Center Permitting after the Governor’s Pause

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Published: October 21, 2026 19:02

submitted by beep to technology7 points | 0 commentshttps://fractracker.org/2026/10/texas-data-center-permits-after-governor-halt/cross-posted from: piefed.world/…/texas-continued-data-center-permit…

Meta ordered to pay $25 billion penalty in New Mexico Cambridge Analytica case

https://lemmy.world/post/53428608

Published: October 21, 2026 17:33

submitted by TryingToBeGood to technology22 points | 0 commentshttps://www.cnbc.com/2026/10/21/meta-new-mexico-cambridge-analytica-penalty.html

Hugging Face CEO warns that Netflix's OpenAI hack documentary isn't accurate

https://lemmy.world/post/53425326

Published: October 21, 2026 15:41

submitted by technocrit to technology39 points | 8 commentshttps://techcrunch.com/2026/10/20/hugging-face-ceo-warns-that-netflixs-openai-hack-documentary-isnt-accurate/ Before you share the Netflix documentary “AI Gone Rogue” with family or friends to…

DHS Said They Searched Man Who Wiped GrapheneOS Phone for Child Abuse Material. They Lied

https://lemmy.world/post/53424973

Published: October 21, 2026 15:32

submitted by technocrit to technology57 points | 6 commentshttps://www.404media.co/dhs-said-they-searched-man-who-wiped-grapheneos-phone-for-child-abuse-material-they-lied/ Officials said they wanted to search the phone of Samuel Tunick, a Stop Cop City…

Samsung signs huge DRAM and HBM contracts

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Published: October 21, 2026 15:19

submitted by erer to technology9 points | 3 commentshttps://gsmarena.com/samsung_signs_huge_dram_and_hbm_contracts-news-75124.php

CoreWeave founders cash out — the rest is mop-up

https://lemmy.world/post/53424004

Published: October 21, 2026 15:03

submitted by technocrit to technology1 points | 1 commentshttps://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/10/19/coreweave-founders-cash-out-the-rest-is-mop-up/ Three of the founders of AI hosting company CoreWeave — Brannin McBee, Michael Intrator, and Brian Venturo — just…

Three reasons why "AI" is not conscious and perhaps never will be

https://lemmy.world/post/53423388

Published: October 21, 2026 14:55

submitted by technocrit to technology2 points | 3 commentshttps://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-03313-7 Artificial-intelligence systems such as large language models (LLMs) can exhibit behaviour that seems strikingly intelligent. This has led many…

A critical PHP vulnerability may take websites down today

https://lemmy.world/post/53423279

Published: October 21, 2026 14:52

submitted by return2ozma to technology4 points | 0 commentshttps://www.theverge.com/tech/1015257/php-vulnerability-patch-website-security-wordpress

Executives are more likely to trust AI over themselves

https://lemmy.world/post/53423021

Published: October 21, 2026 14:41

submitted by gedaliyah to technology17 points | 4 commentshttps://www.axios.com/2026/10/21/ai-trust-executives-surveyExecutives are twice as likely as rank-and-file workers to trust AI over their own judgment, per a survey out Wednesday morning. It’s a…

Your car’s weakest spot may not be in the car: IT vulnerabilities have shifted from the car’s own computer systems to apps and cloud services connected to it.

https://lemmy.world/post/53416871

Published: October 21, 2026 12:36

submitted by beep to technology19 points | 3 commentshttps://www.gu.se/en/news/your-cars-weakest-spot-may-not-be-in-the-carcross-posted from: piefed.world/…/your-cars-weakest-spot-may-not-be-…

Meta’s Muse AI Agent Caught Leaking Users’ Intimate Personal Information: "We would have guessed that gathering these would take real effort. It took one query."

https://lemmy.world/post/53416815

Published: October 21, 2026 12:35

submitted by eicker to technology43 points | 3 commentshttps://futurism.com/future-society/meta-muse-ai-agent-sharing-private-data

Judge Dismisses Sexual Abuse Lawsuit Against Sam Altman Brought By His Sister

https://lemmy.world/post/53416675

Published: October 21, 2026 12:34

submitted by beep to technology6 points | 3 commentshttps://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69520118/160/altman-v-altman/cross-posted from: piefed.world/…/judge-dismisses-sexual-abuse-lawsu… Altman v. Altman (4:25-cv-00017) District Court, E.D. Missouri.…

Self-hosting Doesn't Actually Save You Money, And The People Who Promise It Does Are Setting Beginners Up To Quit

https://lemmy.world/post/53416344

Published: October 21, 2026 12:25

submitted by jandoenermann to technology-32 points | 16 commentshttps://gadgeteer.co.za/self-hosting-doesnt-actually-save-you-money-and-the-people-who-promise-it-does-are-setting-beginners-up-to-quit/

Joel Kaplan, arguably the most powerful man after Mark Zuckerberg to shape Meta over the last decade, is out

https://lemmy.world/post/53412333

Published: October 21, 2026 10:30

submitted by lavenie to technology1 points | 0 commentshttps://www.reuters.com/business/metas-global-affairs-officer-joel-kaplan-leave-company-after-15-years-2026-10-20/

Dada Center companies want to own your local police as well.

https://lemmy.world/post/53412109

Published: October 21, 2026 10:18

submitted by bold_atlas to technology5 points | 1 commentshttps://www.phillyvoice.com/data-centers-pennsylvania-poconos-payments-northpoint/ NorthPoint is offering the township $120 million to support the community’s police department and other services…

PHP warns it plans to release 2 emergency patches imminently

https://lemmy.world/post/53411344

Published: October 21, 2026 09:42

submitted by gedaliyah to technology16 points | 0 commentshttps://arstechnica.com/security/2026/10/php-maintainers-tell-web-devs-to-prepare-themselves-for-critical-security-patches/

Elon Musk confirms talks to merge Tesla and SpaceX

https://lemmy.world/post/53409691

Published: October 21, 2026 08:27

submitted by lavenie to technology2 points | 1 commentshttps://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cmlyl09xjke4o

Delivery Robots Accused Of Scanning Customers’ Faces, Sharing Biometric Data

https://lemmy.world/post/53408543

Published: October 21, 2026 07:26

submitted by return2ozma to technology7 points | 1 commentshttps://apnews.com/article/chicago-food-delivery-robots-biometric-data-lawsuits-16ead54eb7dc7c6eacbf011c53b9b20d

Battle over Meta’s alleged Bolsonaro bias intensifies days before Brazil presidential runoff

https://lemmy.world/post/53408221

Published: October 21, 2026 07:03

submitted by Orwi to technology11 points | 0 commentshttps://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/21/battle-meta-alleged-bolsonaro-bias-intensifies-days-before-brazil-presidential-runoff

PHP warns admins of two critical flaws, emergency patches coming tomorrow: plans to release security updates on Wednesday, October 21, at 14:00 UTC (10:00 AM Eastern).

https://lemmy.world/post/53407478

Published: October 21, 2026 06:29

submitted by eicker to technology3 points | 1 commentshttps://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/php-warns-admins-of-two-critical-flaws-emergency-patches-coming-tomorrow/

AI is playing the online dating game. Should you join in?

https://lemmy.world/post/53402807

Published: October 21, 2026 03:21

submitted by yonderbarn to technology1 points | 1 commentshttps://lite.cnn.com/2026/10/17/health/ai-online-dating-game-wellness Why are all your photos in the same place?” Baxa asked her date who then admitted he’d never been to Mykonos. “He was just like,…

Hands on With The Retroid Pocket Duo; A Little More Magic This Time

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Published: October 21, 2026 03:16

submitted by PerfectDark to technology9 points | 1 commentshttps://gardinerbryant.com/hands-on-with-the-retroid-pocket-duo/

Microsoft reportedly projects $1,200 to $1,800 price for 2028 Project Helix

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Published: October 20, 2026 23:43

submitted by return2ozma to technology7 points | 4 commentshttps://arstechnica.com/gaming/2026/10/report-microsofts-project-helix-planned-for-2028-at-1200-to-1800-price/

The Internet goes on high alert after discovery of 8 compromised TLS certs

https://lemmy.world/post/53394467

Published: October 20, 2026 22:20

submitted by Aatube to technology27 points | 2 commentshttps://arstechnica.com/security/2026/10/the-internet-goes-on-high-alert-after-discovery-of-8-compromised-tls-certs/ Astonishingly, the private keys were 4, 56, 66, 115, 155, 156, 230, 237. …

Anthropic logged net loss of over $80 billion in first half of 2026

https://lemmy.world/post/53393512

Published: October 20, 2026 21:48

submitted by panos to technology74 points | 9 commentshttps://www.reuters.com/business/anthropic-recorded-net-loss-over-80-billion-first-half-this-year-wsj-reports-2026-10-20/

China is secretly fueling America's data center rage

https://lemmy.world/post/53388968

Published: October 20, 2026 19:27

submitted by VioletTea to technology-6 points | 3 commentshttps://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/china-linked-bots-amplified-real-160948805.html

Yandex outage: data shows that instead of going dark, malicious bots went on the move

https://lemmy.world/post/53388668

Published: October 20, 2026 19:24

submitted by VioletTea to technology5 points | 1 commentshttps://blog.cloudflare.com/yandex-outage

US judge dismisses sexual abuse lawsuit from Sam Altman’s sister

https://lemmy.world/post/53387851

Published: October 20, 2026 18:55

submitted by lavenie to technology19 points | 6 commentshttps://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/oct/20/judge-dismisses-sam-altman-sister-lawsuit

Facebook now charging to post more than 2 links a month

https://lemmy.world/post/53387185

Published: October 20, 2026 18:39

submitted by beep to technology23 points | 1 commentshttps://mastodon.gamedev.place/@AshleyGullen/117473851565913919cross-posted from: piefed.world/…/facebook-now-charging-to-post-more…

Trump’s Department of Homeland Security Secretly Ordered Cybersecurity Operatives to Acquire a Voting Machine and Hack It.

https://lemmy.world/post/53386981

Published: October 20, 2026 18:31

submitted by eicker to technology83 points | 12 commentshttps://futurism.com/future-society/trump-homeland-security-voting-machine-hacking

Reddit To Promote Voter Participation, Combat Election Misinformation

https://lemmy.world/post/53386183

Published: October 20, 2026 18:15

submitted by bat1000 to technology1 points | 6 commentshttps://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/418746/reddit-to-promote-voter-participation-combat-elec.html?edition=144168

Google’s AI pinned another man’s sex crime on a doctor, and a German court says Google must answer for it

https://lemmy.world/post/53383955

Published: October 20, 2026 17:00

submitted by GolfFoxtrotLima to technology67 points | 5 commentshttps://madrobot.blog/2026/10/18/german-courts-google-liable-ai-overviews-ai-mode-aachen-munich-ruling/cross-posted from: scribe.disroot.org/post/11979760 Archived version Google’s AI search…

Experts Warn of Humans Becoming Empty Vessels Controlled by AI: Being lulled into our slowly unfolding doom.

https://lemmy.world/post/53383686

Published: October 20, 2026 16:53

submitted by eicker to technology17 points | 8 commentshttps://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-humans-empty-vessels

My anti-Gen AI whistleblower memoir. I'm trying to survive.

https://lemmy.world/post/53382228

Published: October 20, 2026 16:16

submitted by Crowgirl to technology2 points | 1 commentshttps://www.kickstarter.com/projects/kimcrawley/how-i-became-the-hacker-who-you-hate/Thank you, ZZT. I’m sorry that I’m so frustrated today. It just seems like absolutely everything is going wrong. AI…

Your Phone Can Now Spot Smart Glasses Faster Than You Can

https://lemmy.world/post/53379425

Published: October 20, 2026 14:47

submitted by TryingToBeGood to technology4 points | 0 commentshttps://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/if-you-dont-want-smart-glasses-to-spy-try-a-bluetooth-detector-app/

U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ban DeepSeek from federal civilian agencies

https://lemmy.world/post/53376073

Published: October 20, 2026 13:09

submitted by beep to technology3 points | 0 commentshttps://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/10/20/2026-21447/notice-of-order-regarding-exclusion-and-removal-of-deepseek-products-from-federal-civilian-executivecross-posted from:…

Leaked Document Suggests Cellebrite Can Wirelessly Exploit iPhones

https://lemmy.world/post/53375711

Published: October 20, 2026 13:03

submitted by beep to technology5 points | 1 commentshttps://justin.sh/blog/2026/10/cellebrite-advanced-unlocks/cross-posted from: piefed.world/…/leaked-document-suggests-cellebrit…

Meta Muse exposes users' personal and business secrets when they share conversations

https://lemmy.world/post/53375574

Published: October 20, 2026 13:00

submitted by vegeta to technology23 points | 4 commentshttps://arstechnica.com/security/2026/10/meta-muse-exposes-users-personal-and-business-secrets-when-they-share-conversations/

WhatsApp's Hidden Notes Told AI Not to Recommend a Regulator

https://lemmy.world/post/53374971

Published: October 20, 2026 12:37

submitted by THTR300 to technology36 points | 0 commentshttps://redact.dev/blog/whatsapp-help-pages-hidden-ai-instructions

Living with 230 data centers on the doorstep: ‘Nobody warned us what was going to happen’

https://lemmy.world/post/53372687

Published: October 20, 2026 11:34

submitted by Orwi to technology6 points | 0 commentshttps://english.elpais.com/economy-and-business/2026-10-19/living-with-230-data-centers-on-the-doorstep-nobody-warned-us-what-was-going-to-happen.html

Linus Torvalds posts his first AI-assisted patch to the Linux kernel, synthetic test clocks 23x performance leap — the bossman makes use of AI tooling himself after issuing clear pro-AI directives

https://lemmy.world/post/53371760

Published: October 20, 2026 11:12

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Greg Abbott raked in $9 million from data center-related donors

https://lemmy.world/post/53366186

Published: October 20, 2026 08:14

submitted by beep to technology11 points | 0 commentshttps://www.texastribune.org/2026/10/19/greg-abbott-data-center-donors-texas/cross-posted from: piefed.world/…/greg-abbott-raked-in-9-million-fro…

Political Candidates Spending An Obscene Amount of Money on AI-Generated Election Slop: "I think what we're seeing with AI has surprised even us."

https://lemmy.world/post/53365726

Published: October 20, 2026 08:02

submitted by eicker to technology10 points | 2 commentshttps://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/political-candidates-spending-money-ai-generated-election-slop

Will developing nations be able to handle millions of AI agents? It may be some time before AI agents can fully navigate the complexities and cultural nuances of developing nations.

https://lemmy.world/post/53363249

Published: October 20, 2026 06:04

submitted by eicker to technology2 points | 1 commentshttps://restofworld.org/2026/meta-muse-openai-dots-ai-agents-global-south/

Plex vulnerabilities being exploited in the wild to drop a cryptominer

https://lemmy.world/post/53353216

Published: October 19, 2026 23:35

submitted by inari to technology2 points | 0 commentshttps://www.boredhackerblog.info/2026/10/plex-vulnerabilities-being-exploited-in.html

Scammers use AI to clone Florida sheriff’s captain’s voice in fake arrest warrant calls

https://lemmy.world/post/53353192

Published: October 19, 2026 23:31

submitted by Beep to technology16 points | 0 commentshttps://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2026/10/19/scammers-use-ai-to-clone-florida-sheriffs-captains-voice-in-fake-arrest-warrant-calls/cross-posted from:…

Is it already too late to reduce catastrophic AI risk?

https://lemmy.world/post/53353186

Published: October 19, 2026 23:30

submitted by beep to technology2 points | 0 commentshttps://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2026/10/is-it-already-too-late-to-reduce-catastrophic-ai-risk/cross-posted from: piefed.world/…/is-it-already-too-late-to-reduce-c…

Big Tech will not broadcast your dissent

https://lemmy.world/post/53351075

Published: October 19, 2026 22:08

submitted by GolfFoxtrotLima to technology24 points | 2 commentshttps://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/10/meta-x-no-kings-elections-protests-midterms-free-speech-us-brazil/cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/53347396

AI Images Can Obscure the Reality of Factory Farms | Prompt revision steered AI-generated images towards idyllic scenes even when told to be realistic

https://lemmy.world/post/53350396

Published: October 19, 2026 21:46

submitted by usernamesAreTricky to technology17 points | 1 commentshttps://sentientmedia.org/ai-images-can-obscure-reality-of-factory-farms/ An estimated 99% of farm animals in the United States are raised in concentrated animal feeding operations, or…

Stratospheric airship flew from US to Japan and back

https://lemmy.world/post/53347648

Published: October 19, 2026 20:16

submitted by derrickoswald to technology19 points | 0 commentshttps://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/10/trans-pacific-journey-tested-stratospheric-cell-tower-concept-in-japan/It seems with an unmanned airship they should be using hydrogen for the ~8%…

The RTX 5090 now costs EUR 1,830 more than it did a month ago

https://lemmy.world/post/53345878

Published: October 19, 2026 19:27

submitted by iluvdata to technology5 points | 1 commentshttps://www.pricesquirrel.com/reports/rtx-5090-prices-europe-october-2026

Linux kernel 7.3 has been released

https://lemmy.world/post/53345196

Published: October 19, 2026 18:58

submitted by Beep to technology10 points | 1 commentshttps://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_7.3cross-posted from: feddit.online/…/linux-kernel-7-3-has-been-release… Linus Torvalds Announcement: It’s Sunday afternoon, and this week I somehow kept my wits…

“We were looking at it wrong”: The explosive claim that’s upended the AI world

https://lemmy.world/post/53342630

Published: October 19, 2026 18:05

submitted by vegeta to technology2 points | 0 commentshttps://www.technologyreview.com/2026/10/19/1147149/we-were-looking-at-it-wrong-the-explosive-claim-thats-upended-the-ai-world/

The AI doom scenario you've never heard of may be the hardest to stop

https://lemmy.world/post/53341912

Published: October 19, 2026 17:43

submitted by return2ozma to technology10 points | 3 commentshttps://www.cbsnews.com/news/ai-doom-scenario-gradual-disempowerment/

Best of Both Worlds: 'Hybrid' Quantum Computers Could Be Just Around The Corner, Researchers Say

https://lemmy.world/post/53339872

Published: October 19, 2026 16:56

submitted by Beep to technology3 points | 0 commentshttps://physics.aps.org/articles/v19/135cross-posted from: piefed.world/…/best-of-both-worlds-hybrid-quantum…

A team of Gemini 4 Argon agents beats Minecraft

https://lemmy.world/post/53339764

Published: October 19, 2026 16:54

submitted by Beep to technology-9 points | 1 commentshttps://arxiv.org/html/2610.22319v1cross-posted from: feddit.online/…/a-team-of-gemini-4-argon-agents-b…

Fudan University researchers found ChatGPT, Perplexity, Grok and Google AI cited a made-up concept within seven days. Placement on frequently cited sites produced earlier citations than volume.

https://lemmy.world/post/53339334

Published: October 19, 2026 16:44

submitted by eicker to technology1 points | 1 commentshttps://www.searchenginejournal.com/ai-search-tools-cited-a-made-up-concept-within-a-week-paper-finds/593472/

Timestral: Mistral release time-series foundation models

https://lemmy.world/post/53338067

Published: October 19, 2026 16:17

submitted by beep to technology3 points | 0 commentshttps://mistral.ai/news/timestral/cross-posted from: piefed.world/…/timestral-mistral-release-time-ser…

The US is ordering every civilian agency to rip out DeepSeek, even tools built on it

https://lemmy.world/post/53336773

Published: October 19, 2026 15:45

submitted by panos to technology61 points | 20 commentshttps://madrobot.blog/2026/10/19/us-bans-deepseek-federal-agencies-dhs-order-remove-third-party/