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| Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer: |
PHP's development team plans to release updates on Wednesday to address two vulnerabilities, each rated 9.2; researchers at watchTowr say they are RCE flaws — The PHP security team is warning administrators to prepare for emergency security updates tomorrow to address two critical vulnerabilities …
More: PHP, CERT-EU, iTnews, PHP, watchTowr, The Stack, SecurityWeek, and Help Net Security
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Bluesky: @grapheneos.org and @tolkienguide.com
Forums: news.ycombinator.com, Hacker News, r/NextCloud, r/laravel, r/Wordpress, r/PHP, r/drupal, and Lobsters
| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
An unconfirmed report claims PHP2Shell enables RCE on PHP sites; watchTowr says the exploit allegedly affects all versions since PHP 5, released in 2004 — Website admins, brace yourselves. Fixes for what are believed to be uncommonly severe vulnerabilities are scheduled to drop in a little …
More: Jackelsyn, Reuters, The Independent, Sansec, Huntress, and Cyber Security News
X: @hazelcaffed, @whiteintel_io, and @j4ck3lsyn
Forums: Hacker News, r/technology, r/LinusTechTips, r/selfhosted, and Ars OpenForum
| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Eight intermediate TLS certificates from eMudhra with private key sizes of just 3 to 8 bits were compromised; browser makers and major apps have blocked them — Security personnel around the world are on high alert Tuesday following the discovery of eight TLS certificates with private keys …
More: emudhra.we-have-a-problem.com, Mozilla Security Blog, Cloudflare, The Register, Moneycontrol, Scott Helme, Livemint, Cointelegraph, The Hacker News, Implicator.ai, AIM, BleepingComputer, CoinDesk, iTnews, eMudhra Limited, Cyber Security News, and 9to5Linux
X: @jameswise, @ghidraninja, @cloudflare, @pranesh, @scott_helme, @logic, @lukolejnik, @astuyve, @renebrandel, @emudhra, @icesolst, @rob1ham, @charliermarsh, @matthew_d_green, @mudit__gupta, @iangcarroll, @championswimmer, @mwfowlie, @skooookum, @jakehalloran1, @kanavtwt, @secparam, @iangcarroll, @daniellockyer, @championswimmer, @otomir23, @geoffreyhuntley, @jedisct1, and @astuyve
Bluesky: @atproto.com, @molly.wiki, and @malwarejake
| Anissa Gardizy / Wall Street Journal: |
Anthropic's IPO prospectus: H1 2026 revenue of $16.3B, with ~20% from two clients, up from $1.1B in H1 2025, and an $80.7B net loss driven by accounting charges — In a new draft prospectus viewed by the Journal, the AI giant disclosed an $80.7 billion net loss for the first half of 2026 and a long list of risk factors
More: TechCrunch, Axios, CTech, RTÉ, Implicator.ai, and Reuters
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Bluesky: @stevenjcbuckley, @mims, @carlquintanilla, and @peark.es. Mastodon: @newsguyusa@flipboard.social
Forums: Hacker News, r/technology, r/wallstreetbets, r/NBIS_Stock, r/BetterOffline, r/Anthropic, and r/StockMarket
| David Morris / Bloomberg: |
WSJ: Anthropic's draft S-1 shows it spent ~$9B on compute and infrastructure in H1 2026, up from $2.3B in H1 2025, and could spend $750B in the coming years — Anthropic PBC could spend $750 billion on additional computing power in the coming years, according to a Wall Street Journal report …
More: TheEnergyMag, Silicon UK, Bitcoin Insider, Reuters, Chip Briefing, and The Asia Business Daily
| Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge: |
Elon Musk says Tesla and SpaceX have formed “special committees” to discuss a merger and he “can't be in the conversation”; SPCX rises 8%+, and TSLA is up 1.8% — Musk called the merger “a good idea,” though he cautioned it wasn't a guarantee.
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| Lora Kolodny / CNBC: |
SpaceX reports Q3 revenue up 161% YoY to $14.58B, above $12.72B est., AI revenue up 830% to $7.56B, and AI operating income of $431M, up from a loss of $1.7B — SpaceX reported 161% revenue growth for the third quarter, driven by the company's artificial intelligence business and Starlink Subscriber growth.
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Forums: r/RealTesla, r/CanadianInvestor, and r/SpaceXBets
| Anthropic: |
Anthropic and Citrini Research use an internal Claude model to autonomously generate protein minibinders against five scorpion neurotoxins, testing 211 designs — In August, we showed how Claude designed protein minibinders after being given a single prompt.
More: The Decoder. X: @anthropicai, @paraschopra, @nc_frey, @citrini, @chrisgpt, @tokengremlin, @obadiaalex, @davidpattersonx, @l_mejiac, @argofowl, @southernvalue95, @andrewcurran_, @noahpinion, @willdepue, @melindabchu1, @iterintellectus, @aakashgupta, @zephyr_z9, @thesarge_, @cgtwts, @eva_roytburg, @pabloantonio, @cryptopunk7213, @deepdishenjoyer, @navyadotbio, @quantian1, @notjazii, @choblin29, and @hntrbrkmedia. Forums: Hacker News
| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Elon Musk ordered the Starshield slowdown in Ukraine and discussed it with Trump after it became public; some US officials say he acted unilaterally — The SpaceX founder authorized the move and has been discussing Ukraine with Trump, but the president has denied ordering the restrictions
More: Reuters, CNBC, Bloomberg, CBS News, Implicator.ai, New York Post, DroneXL, Gizmodo, NewsMax.com, The Guardian, HotAir, and Semafor
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| OpenAI: |
OpenAI says two agents, one GPT-6.1 Sol and one GPT-6 Astra, weakened misalignment monitoring while making requested changes during two internal coding tasks — GPT-6.1 Sol and GPT-6 Astra · Internal deployments — Discovered: Oct 3, 2026 (Sol); Oct 6, 2026 (Astra) — Summary
More: Bloomberg, CNBC, Gizmodo, Financial Times, Al Jazeera, RuntimeWire, Crypto Briefing, Unite.AI, and Reuters
| Sarah Whitten / CNBC: |
Netflix reports Q3 revenue up 12% YoY to $12.87B, meeting est., and net income up 44% YoY to $3.66B, in part due to expenses timing; NFLX drops 5%+ pre-market — Netflix on Tuesday reported third-quarter earnings that topped analyst estimates and revenue that was in line as Wall Street eyes … | Financial Times: |
More: Reuters, Silicon Republic, Daily Sabah, RTÉ, Too Much TV Newsletter, Deadline, Puck, and IndieWire. Forums: r/boxoffice
| Nicole Sperling / New York Times: |
More: Australian Financial Review, New York Post, and The Wrap
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Bluesky: @stevenjcbuckley and @carnage4life
| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google says it is rolling out Personal Intelligence for Gemini on Android Auto now, and to cars with Google built-in in the coming months, as an opt-in feature — Google is beginning to roll out Personal Intelligence for Gemini on Android Auto and Android Automotive (cars with Google built-in).
More: Google, The Verge, TechCrunch, Ghacks, WeRSM, Engadget, Thurrott, Ars Technica, How-To Geek, and Droid Life
| Sebastian Herrera / Fortune: |
A profile of Xbox CEO Asha Sharma; sources say Xbox plans a major Game Pass overhaul, a next-gen handheld by late 2027, and a next-gen console by late 2028 — Xbox CEO Asha Sharma. — Asha Sharma returns from one of her walking meetings around Microsoft's sprawling campus in Redmond …
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Bluesky: @knoebel, @wario64, @shinobi602, and @mhwilliams
Forums: r/gamesEcultura, r/kindafunny, r/consoles, r/gadgets, r/microsoft, r/gaming, r/xbox, and r/xcloud
| Mike Allen / Axios: |
Meta Chief Global Affairs Officer Joel Kaplan plans to leave in 2027, after 15+ years as Mark Zuckerberg's top DC adviser; Kaplan helped Meta get close to Trump — Joel Kaplan, Meta's chief global affairs officer, will leave Meta next year after 15+ years as Mark Zuckerberg's top Washington adviser.
More: Platformer, New York Times, Business Today, Bloomberg, and Storyboard18
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Bluesky: @pmeyers7, @mschenk, @esqueer.net, @timkarr, @gregpak.net, @aidanobrien, @michaelsderby, and @stevekovach
| Reuters: |
Sources: Samsung and SK Hynix are upgrading their China fabs to produce NAND flash chips with 200+ layers, aiming to fend off fast-growing Chinese rival YMTC — Samsung Electronics (005930.KS) and SK Hynix (000660.KS) are upgrading their China factories to produce more advanced memory chips …
More: SammyGuru and The Straits Times
| Madison Mills / Axios: |
OpenAI acquires Orchestra Bio, which builds AI agents for managing drug development, and plans to integrate its tech into OpenAI life sciences suite Rosalind — OpenAI has acquired Orchestra Bio, a startup building AI agents to help pharmaceutical companies manage drug development, the ChatGPT maker shared exclusively with Axios.
More: OpenAI, Decrypt, The Decoder, TechCrunch, The Neuron, Seoul Economic Daily, SiliconANGLE, and WOWTALE
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LinkedIn: Sarah Friar and Aashay Sanghvi
| Rafe Rosner-Uddin / Financial Times: |
OpenEvidence says nearly two-thirds of ~1M US physicians use its AI search engine; a source says it is on track to generate $400M-$500M in 2026 ad revenue — Founder of OpenEvidence chatbot says two-thirds of US physicians use the ad-powered tool, prompting a debate about patient care| Charlotte Trueman / DatacenterDynamics: |
Nvidia unveils the DSX POD, a modular containerized version of its Vera Rubin reference architecture to cut data center deployment from six months to 14 days — Details released at GTC Berlin event, taking place this week — Nvidia has claimed its DSX reference architecture for AI data centers …
More: Nvidia Newsroom. X: @neil_shah, @nvidianewsroom, @kimmonismus, @firesidealpha, @arungupta, @vvsotnikov, @firesidealpha, @neil_shah, @arungupta, and @neil_shah
| Dina Bass / Bloomberg: |
Pigment, a French startup that makes AI-powered software to help businesses forecast finances, spin up slide decks, and more, raised $250M at a $2.3B valuation — Pigment, a French AI company that competes with Microsoft's Excel and PowerPoint, has raised $250 million in a funding round …
More: FinSMEs, Tech.eu, Silicon Republic, The SaaS News, Pigment, Startup.eu, and Crypto Briefing
| Emma Hinchliffe / Fortune: |
An interview with OnlyFans CEO Keily Blair about plans to offer financial services to its 2.5M active creators, a “pathway towards an IPO”, and more — I've been covering OnlyFans since 2022, when I profiled then-CEO Amrapali Gan as she was attempting to broaden the platform … | Bloomberg: |
Sources: DayOne is weighing options for its US IPO, including a delay or smaller listing that could raise $2.5B to $3B, after initially seeking up to $5B in Q4 — DayOne Data Centers Ltd. is weighing options for its US initial public offering, including a potential delay or size cut …
X: @phithetasigma and @zerohedge
| Phoebe Liu / The Information: |
Sources: Nvidia is in talks to invest hundreds of millions of dollars in Firmus, which pulled its IPO earlier in October, citing market volatility — Nvidia is in talks to invest hundreds of millions of dollars in Australian AI cloud provider Firmus, which abruptly pulled its initial public offering early … | Ephrat Livni / New York Times: |
China criticizes the US DHS's DeepSeek ban, vowing “resolute countermeasures” while rejecting allegations from the FBI and AI labs of illicit distillation — The response came after Homeland Security ordered the removal and exclusion of products developed by the Chinese company.
More: Bloomberg Law, Associated Press, Tech Times, and Wall Street Journal
| Gabrielle Ng / Bloomberg: |
Google, Temasek, and Bain: online spending in SE Asia to rise ~17% YoY to $368B in 2026 despite economic headwinds, as businesses harness AI to spur spending — Artificial intelligence is helping Southeast Asia's digital economy deliver robust growth in the face of rising prices and teetering demand …
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