The news of Friday 23 October 2026

Hardware 195 stories

1. Exposure Microsoft has offered $800 million to Netflix for a seven-year exclusive video adaptation Right
   IT Home (EN Mirror) 23:58 UTC Translated from zh-cn
2. ITRIA 1070N Kimi K3.1 Pro; MINISTRY S800 MINISTRY; MINUTE Pura90 Plus PHILI; iPhone Duo 01...
   IT Home (EN Mirror) 23:49 UTC Translated from Vietnamese
3. Google CEO Pichai: We still have a long way to go before AI can improve its own end state. Move!
   IT Home (EN Mirror) 23:37 UTC Translated from zh-cn
4. OpenAI for Frontline AI Training / Evaluation to Launch a Break-off-Closure Model to deter their breakout attacks
   IT Home (EN Mirror) 23:33 UTC Translated from zh-cn
5. Pays the treasurer to match iPhone Duo's entire scene, supports auto-alignment of page layouts, etc.
   IT Home (EN Mirror) 23:33 UTC Translated from zh-cn
6. There's a security risk to behavior that's unpredictable. OpenAI will no longer train models on the real-time Internet.
   IT Home (EN Mirror) 23:25 UTC Translated from zh-cn

Tech Market & VC 62 stories

1. Startups don’t need to go viral to win customers
   TechCrunch 23:07 UTC

   At TechCrunch Disrupt last week, two founders and a VC discussed how to not just gain an early following but keep one.

2. OpenAI says it will no longer train its AI models on the live internet, citing “significant risks”
   TechCrunch 23:05 UTC

   OpenAI will cut frontier models off from the internet weeks after one of its engineers said that solution wouldn't work.

3. Hottest toy for Christmas? Nvidia CEO plays with adorable Microduck robots, 20,000 sell
   TechCrunch 21:59 UTC

   The robots, stomping their little feet and making tiny R2-D2 noises, sat, fell down dead for a "nap," and summersaulted on voice command.

4. VCs, Superhuman Mail founder share red flags about product market fit
   TechCrunch 20:57 UTC

   Top investors from Iconiq and Sapphire Ventures, along with Rahul Vohra, the founder of Superhuman Mail, share the do's and don'ts for building hit products.

5. TechCrunch Founder Summit 2026 roundtables: Go deeper on the challenges founders are solving right now 
   TechCrunch 20:03 UTC

   TechCrunch Founder Summit 2026 is coming to SoWa Power Station in Boston on November 4, bringing founders, investors, and operators together for a full day of candid conversations, practical sessions, live pitching, networking, and smaller…

6. Carta and NewView partner, hoping to entice more startups to let employees sell shares early
   TechCrunch 19:25 UTC

   A new program wants to encourage more startups to allow workers to cash out early by making it easier to transact tender offers.

Semiconductors 62 stories

1. Moonshot AI Launches New Kimi K3.1 Pro Model
   The Information 22:26 UTC

   Moonshot AI on Friday announced its new model, Kimi K3.1 Pro, demonstrating performance that rivals that of top-tier U.S. frontier models on some benchmarks. Kimi K3.1 Pro, built on the architecture of its popular predecessor Kimi K3, is…

2. Larry: Stephen Schwarzman (23)
   Nikkei Asia 22:03 UTC
3. Manga is having its moment in the New York art scene
   Nikkei Asia 22:03 UTC
4. AWS Sold Out Of Capacity Into 2028, Jassy Says
   The Information 21:59 UTC

   Amazon Web Services capacity is mostly booked up through at least next year, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy said on an Andreessen Horowitz podcast released on Friday. “‘26 is obviously at this point sold out. [2027] is largely sold out. We always…

5. Instacart Shares Rally 10% After The Information Reports Sale Talks
   The Information 21:34 UTC

   Instacart shares jumped 10% in the final minutes of regular stock market trading Friday following The Information’s report that the delivery app company is in talks to sell itself. Shares in the company closed at $56.44. Instacart has been…

6. China's automaking rise spurs German industry's turn to arms
   Nikkei Asia 21:02 UTC

Software Engineering 48 stories

1. Evolving Threat: http2shell is an RCE in node, Python, and more
   Hacker News Front Page 23:30 UTC

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2. Birdwatching rewires the brain and slows cognitive decline
   Hacker News Front Page 22:04 UTC

   Article URL: https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20261019-birdwatching-rewires-the-brain-and-slows-cognitive-decline Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50215997 Points: 448 # Comments: 179

3. Incremental Computation Graphs
   lobste.rs 21:35 UTC

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4. CVE Tracker
   Hacker News Front Page 21:21 UTC

   Article URL: https://cve.0xosprey.com/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50215530 Points: 201 # Comments: 70

5. Attention people who think UB is fine
   lobste.rs 20:47 UTC

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6. Memory is slow, Disk is fast
   lobste.rs 20:44 UTC

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Artificial Intelligence 45 stories

1. OpenAI, sorting and selecting “Desicell API” officially released...Up to 10 times faster
   AI Times (Korea) 18:59 UTC Translated from Korean
2. About 130 companies including SpaceX, NVIDIA, and AI for business...
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3. OpenAI’s former scientific officer, the new drug development ‘complete automation research center’
   AI Times (Korea) 18:44 UTC Translated from Korean
4. We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. If you continue to use this site we will assume that you are happy with it.Ok
   AI Times (Korea) 18:26 UTC Translated from Korean
5. Antropic, Clad ‘Oto Mode’ Basic Application... Reduce User Approval Procedure
   AI Times (Korea) 18:10 UTC Translated from Korean
6. Copyright (C) 2018. All Rights Reserved.
   AI Times (Korea) 17:51 UTC Translated from Korean

Energy & Green Tech 36 stories

1. GM is betting on battery cells that don’t use lithium [updated]
   Electrek 22:59 UTC

   GM has partnered with Peak Energy to develop next-generation sodium-ion battery cells, but they’re not going into EVs – they’re for grid-scale energy storage projects. GM Ventures is making a strategic investment in Peak Energy. more…

2. Hyundai’s $359 IONIQ 5 lease looks good, but its bigger sibling may be a better buy
   Electrek 21:04 UTC

   The Hyundai IONIQ 5 is the most popular EV in America outside of Tesla, but its larger three-row sibling looks like the better deal right now. more…

3. Podcast: Tesla earnings discussion, new BYD Seagull, Mustang Mach-E update, and more
   Electrek 19:47 UTC

   In the Electrek Podcast , we discuss the most popular news in the world of sustainable transport and energy. In this week’s episode, we’ll discuss Tesla’s earnings, new BYD Seagull, Mustang Mach-E update, and more. more…

4. New EV Battery Gives Gasmobiles The Deep Freeze
   CleanTechnica 18:20 UTC

   Mystery swirls around a new EV battery from the Finnish startup Donut Lab, which has just passed an extreme cold-weather performance test. The post New EV Battery Gives Gasmobiles The Deep Freeze appeared first on CleanTechnica .

5. Anker SOLIX 4,096Wh expanded C2000 Gen 2 power station $1,519, 150-mile L16 utility e-bike lows from $649, Snow blower low, more
   Electrek 18:00 UTC

   We’re closing out this week with Anker’s newly launched SOLIX Spooktacular Halloween Sale lineup leading the pack with our top picks, exclusive savings, and FREE gifts, like expanded 4,096Wh C2000 Gen 2 Power Station at $1,519 . We also…

6. If Google Fells 250,000 Trees In Finland, Does It Make A Sound?
   CleanTechnica 17:50 UTC

   What I don’t know about Finland would fill a small library. As a fan of Formula One, I know that many Finnish surnames have multiple k’s — Mika Hakkinen, and Kimi Raikkonen, for example, not to mention World Rally driver Tommi Makkinen. In…

Cybersecurity 35 stories

1. Friday Squid Blogging: Increasing Squid Populations
   Schneier on Security 21:00 UTC

   This article in Nature argues that it’s due to an overfishing of predators and warming sea temperatures. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven’t covered. Blog moderation…

2. Abandoned Popcorn Time app exposed millions of device to RCE attacks
   BleepingComputer 20:55 UTC

   Researchers remotely disabled a vulnerable updater in the abandoned Time4Popcorn app, a fork of the Popcorn Time BitTorrent client, closing a security flaw that could have allowed attackers to execute malicious code with elevated…

3. (Reliable)＆#x3f; php2shell exploitability, (Fri, Oct 23rd)
   SANS ISC 20:04 UTC

   Yesterday everyone was running around like crazy (me included :) because of the php2shell vulnerability.

4. Microsoft Teams to get AI-powered, context-aware phishing detection
   BleepingComputer 18:54 UTC

   Microsoft has announced plans to add AI-powered phishing detection to Teams messages starting in early November 2026. [...]

5. BlackX UEFI Bootkit Bypasses Secure Boot on Patched Windows Systems Missing Revocations
   The Hacker News 18:50 UTC

   Diplomatic organizations in Central Asia have been targeted by a sophisticated new Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) bootkit called BlackX. The activity, which singled out diplomatic entities in Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and…

6. Ruby Fixes Three Regex Engine Bugs Responsible for Four Critical GitLab RCE Flaws
   The Hacker News 17:54 UTC

   Ruby has released versions 4.0.9, 3.4.12, and 3.3.13 to fix three bugs in Onigmo, the regular expression engine built into the language. The bugs lie behind four critical security flaws that GitLab patched over the past month. GitLab found…

Geopolitics & Policy 30 stories

1. Kenya reports second Ebola death, a close relative of first patient
   South China Morning Post Tech 21:19 UTC

   Kenya’s health ministry announced the country’s second Ebola death on Friday, saying a 65-year-old woman who was a close relative of the first patient died after developing symptoms while in quarantine. The woman began showing symptoms 10…

2. Zelensky hopes Beijing can use ‘influence’ over Moscow to help stop Ukraine war
   South China Morning Post Tech 20:51 UTC

   Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Friday that Beijing has “influence” over Moscow it should use to stop the war in Ukraine, and that a proposed summit meeting of the US, Chinese and Russian leaders must not lead to the…

3. Trump to lowers some Canada tariffs to help Maine lawmaker’s re-election bid
   South China Morning Post Tech 20:04 UTC

   The Trump administration is expanding tariff exemptions to more Canadian products, a move that may help boost Republican US Senator Susan Collins’ re-election campaign in Maine. Collins announced in a statement on Friday that the…

4. Macron condemns ‘racist terrorist attack’ after deadly shooting near Paris
   South China Morning Post Tech 18:13 UTC

   A gunman firing from a car killed one person and wounded five – including a 12-year-old girl shot eight times – in the Paris suburbs on Friday, in what the French president called a “racist terrorist attack”. The man was “firing at random…

5. South Korea’s Ruling Democratic Party Is Tumbling in the Polls
   The Diplomat Tech 18:05 UTC

   Its in-house gaffes and disputes are largely to blame for the DP's plummeting approval ratings.

6. Gunmen kill 7 at Jordan church, king vows retaliation
   South China Morning Post Tech 17:17 UTC

   Gunmen killed at least seven people and wounded dozens at a church in southern Jordan on Friday, with the king vowing retaliation for the rare attack on Christians in the majority Sunni Muslim kingdom. Assailants stormed the compound of a…

Quant Finance 29 stories

1. Argentine payment infrastructure company Rebill raises $5.4m
   Finextra 20:24 UTC

   Rebill, the Argentine payment infrastructure company, announced the closing of a USD 5.4 million pre-Series A funding round, bringing its total funding to more than USD 9 million since its founding in 2020.

2. TEN Credit Union selects Bankjoy for its Corelation KeyStone conversion
   Finextra 19:46 UTC

   Bankjoy, a leading provider of digital banking solutions for community financial institutions, today announced that TEN Credit Union (TENCU), a Nashville-based credit union founded in 1950, has selected Bankjoy as its digital banking…

3. US Faster Payments Council release guide on navigating non-value messaging for instant payments
   Finextra 18:31 UTC

   The U.S. Faster Payments Council (FPC), a membership organization devoted to advancing safe, easy-to-use faster payments in the United States, today announced the publication of Operational Considerations for Non-Value Messages, a new…

4. Netanyahu seeking blockchain plan to prepare for possible sanctions
   The Block (Crypto／Fintech) 18:15 UTC

   Netanyahu says blockchain could help Israel prepare for possible sanctions targeting its banking system.

5. Sen. Blumenthal seeks answers from Tether over payments to firm founded by ex-White House crypto adviser
   The Block (Crypto／Fintech) 17:46 UTC

   Sen. Blumenthal said he wants answers from Tether following reports that it paid millions to a firm started by a former WH crypto adviser.

6. Initia halts network after security incident as attacker reportedly mints tokens
   The Block (Crypto／Fintech) 17:03 UTC

   Onchain data shows a $2.7 million ether transfer as Initia investigates the scope of a security incident.

Biotech & Medtech 26 stories

1. Where Are the Biggest Opportunities in Women’s Cardiovascular Health?
   MedCity News 20:33 UTC

   MedTech Conference panelists cited inflammation research, listening to women, clinical trial representation and investment as priorities for women’s cardiovascular health. The post Where Are the Biggest Opportunities in Women’s…

2. STAT+: Highly anticipated Moderna-Merck melanoma cancer vaccine data arrived early
   STAT News 19:19 UTC

   You’re reading our ESMO in 30 Seconds newsletter. Sign up here to get updates from the major European cancer conference in your inbox. Hello from Madrid, where this year’s European Society for Medical Oncology conference got off to an…

3. STAT+: Diabetes association says ‘threat’ preceded members’ ejections, but admits policies were unclear
   STAT News 19:16 UTC

   Since five members of the American Diabetes Association were ejected from its scientific session in New Orleans on June 5, the professional organization has released two explanations, one apology, one summary of its review of the events…

4. STAT+: Patient dies in Bristol Myers Squibb autoimmune CAR-T trial
   STAT News 18:55 UTC

   Bristol Myers Squibb on Friday reported that one patient died after receiving its investigational CAR-T therapy in an early autoimmune trial, adding to safety concerns about a growing field of research. In a Phase 1 trial that tested the…

5. STAT+: Most cancer drugs approved by European regulators lack a high clinical benefit, analysis finds
   STAT News 18:48 UTC

   Most new cancer medicines approved by European regulators over a recent four-year period do not offer high clinical benefit and those that do were generated by a small number of drugmakers, mostly based in Asia, according to a new analysis…

6. Gilead to Pay $1.3B for Oral Peptide That Could Rival J＆J’s New Immunology Pill
   MedCity News 17:46 UTC

   Gilead Sciences is getting global rights to an experimental PepStar Therapeutics oral peptide designed to inhibit the IL-23 receptor to treat inflammatory bowel disease. It could compete against Johnson & Johnson’s Icotyde, an oral peptide…

Space & Aerospace 8 stories

1. NASA, Partners Accelerate Lander Development for 2028 Moon Missions
   NASA News 22:39 UTC

   7 Min Read NASA, Partners Accelerate Lander Development for 2028 Moon Missions As NASA returns humans to the lunar surface and establishes a long-term presence on our closest celestial neighbor, the agency and commercial human landing…

2. NASA’s Artemis III Mission to Test Future Moon Lander Operations
   NASA News 22:37 UTC

   Before astronauts return to the lunar surface, NASA will first conduct one of the most ambitious and complex test missions in the agency’s history. Launching in 2027, Artemis III will send NASA astronauts Randy Bresnik, Frank Rubio, Andre…

3. NASA’s Swift Mission Ends, Leaves Behind Scientific Bonanza
   NASA News 21:51 UTC

   4 min read NASA’s Swift Mission Ends, Leaves Behind Scientific Bonanza NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory has ended its science mission now that the spacecraft is orbiting less than 171 miles (275 kilometers) above Earth’s surface. The…

4. Nov. 5: Satellite Mission Management at the Edge
   SpaceNews 19:53 UTC

   Join us to explore how emerging technologies and commercial capabilities are transforming satellite operations The post Nov. 5: Satellite Mission Management at the Edge appeared first on SpaceNews .

5. Inside the Pentagon, the pressure is on to find a home for a new spaceport
   Ars Technica Space 19:33 UTC

   Leaders in the US Space Force would like to have a new spaceport up and running in four years, adding a third heavy-lift launch site to relieve pressure from bases in Florida and California that have shot rockets into orbit for nearly 70…

6. RS-25 Engine Tests at NASA Stennis
   NASA News 18:57 UTC

   NASA/Danny Nowlin Teams at NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi tested RS-25 engine No. 10001 on Oct. 21, 2026. The hot fire test lasted for almost eight-and-a-half minutes (500 seconds), the same amount of time…

Cloud & Infrastructure 8 stories

1. Vercel moved to kill static credentials. Then developers spotted its own deployment token.
   The New Stack 20:04 UTC

   Vercel wants to eliminate long-lived API keys from its ecosystem. It is giving Marketplace vendors until January 2027 to offer more secure authentication or risk being delisted. The push comes as credential-stealing supply chain attacks …

2. AI jobs are waiting while GPUs sit idle. Kubernetes has a new plan.
   The New Stack 19:08 UTC

   Welcome to another edition of Road to KubeCon ! We’re tracking movements in the Kubernetes and cloud-native ecosystem as we count down to KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2026 November 9–12 in Salt Lake City. Half of our column this…

3. Beyond API Compatibility: Building a Tool to Measure the Blast Radius of Library Changes
   Netflix Tech Blog 18:32 UTC

   By Roberto Perez Alcolea , Java Platform Team Quasar connects a proposed API change with observed references in consumer repositories, giving the producer evidence for a release decision At Netflix, shared Java libraries support…

4. Origin Range Requests: Serving large files without range-request tuning
   Cloudflare Blog 18:22 UTC

   A video player seeking to the middle of a movie asks for a few megabytes. Under our old range caching, that one request could make Cloudflare pull 128 MiB from the origin and move it between data centers, sometimes after the viewer had…

5. Bringing post-quantum cryptography to geographically fenced key management
   Cloudflare Blog 18:06 UTC

   Today, Cloudflare is launching a post-quantum geographically restricted key manager in support of our Data Localization Suite (DLS) in closed beta. This new PQ GeoKey Manager is a cornerstone of Cloudflare’s data sovereignty solutions…

6. PHP2Shell was only the beginning: AI is accelerating the patch race
   The New Stack 14:00 UTC

   Government websites and public services across Europe went offline this week as organizations responded to two newly disclosed PHP vulnerabilities. Germany took several federal websites offline, France temporarily shut down prefecture…

Quantum Computing 7 stories

1. RhymeQ Joins NVIDIA Inception Program and Announces Technical Collaboration on NOOA Agentic AI Framework
   Quantum Computing Report 18:04 UTC

   RhymeQ Technologies has joined the NVIDIA Inception program, aligning its RHYME abstraction layer with NVIDIA's CUDA-Q platform. They are also collaborating on research to integrate agentic AI with quantum computing using NVIDIA's NOOA…

2. Telefónica and IQM to Deploy Community of Madrid’s First On-Premises Quantum Computer at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
   Quantum Computing Report 17:45 UTC

   Telefónica and IQM Quantum Computers are deploying the first quantum computer in the Community of Madrid, an IQM Spark system at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM) by late 2026. This is their third quantum processor in Spain, aiming…

3. Governor Hochul Announces New Study Highlighting New York’s Position as a National Leader in Quantum Technology
   The Quantum Insider 14:09 UTC

   Insider Brief A state-commissioned study ranks New York second nationally in quantum-related businesses, research groups and patents, identifying greater coordination as an opportunity to accelerate commercialization. New York has…

4. Guest Post: Quantum Computing’s Next Phase May Be Driven by Compounding Breakthroughs
   The Quantum Insider 11:31 UTC

   Guest Post by Liam Wang COO, Logical Qubit Technology. The World Economic Forum’s Quantum Economy Day 2026 was held in Geneva, Switzerland, on October 13–14. Logical Qubit Technology attended as the only quantum computing company…

5. IQM and Telefónica Plan Quantum Computer for Madrid University
   The Quantum Insider 10:40 UTC

   Insider Brief Telefónica and IQM Quantum Computers plan to install the first quantum computer in Spain’s Community of Madrid at the Technical University of Madrid (UPM) before the end of 2026. The IQM Spark system is designed for research…

6. Quandela And Quanova Partner to Deploy Vietnam’s First Quantum Computer
   The Quantum Insider 08:30 UTC

   Insider Brief Quanova has selected Quandela ’s MosaiQ photonic system for a program at Quang Trung University that the partners say will deploy Vietnam’s first quantum computer. Supported by Nam A Bank, the initiative includes faculty…

Robotics & Automation 5 stories

1. Webinar to discuss how the FCC robotics ruling affects automation buyers
   The Robot Report 20:06 UTC

   Vecna Robotics makes its systems in the U.S. and is not directly affected by the FCC ruling. Credit: Eugene Demaitre In July, the Federal Communications Commission, or FCC, said it had determined that certain foreign-made advanced robots…

2. Webinar to discuss how the FCC robotics ruling affects automation buyers
   Robotics Business Review 20:06 UTC

   Vecna Robotics makes its systems in the U.S. and is not directly affected by the FCC ruling. Credit: Eugene Demaitre In July, the Federal Communications Commission, or FCC, said it had determined that certain foreign-made advanced robots…

3. Generative Bionics to launch Physical AI Data Factory in Italy
   The Robot Report 18:56 UTC

   The first Data Factory hub is set to become one of Europe’s largest physical AI training facilities for humanoid robots. | Source: Generative Bionics Generative Bionics this week announced plans to build a proprietary, multi-site “Physical…

4. Generative Bionics to launch Physical AI Data Factory in Italy
   Robotics Business Review 18:56 UTC

   The first Data Factory hub is set to become one of Europe’s largest physical AI training facilities for humanoid robots. | Source: Generative Bionics Generative Bionics this week announced plans to build a proprietary, multi-site “Physical…

5. Video Friday: Quadruped Robot Solves Giant Rubik’s Cube By Itself
   IEEE Spectrum Robotics 15:30 UTC

   Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your friends at IEEE Spectrum robotics. We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months. Please send us your events for…