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- Cybersecurity · Artificial intelligence
New Storm ransomware is spreading fast
The Storm ransomware operation appeared in August 2026, pitching the first AI powered, quantum resistant ransomware. In about six weeks it claimed over 50 victims across North America, Europe and Oceania.
Full story at blog.checkpoint.com ↗ - Smartphones & apps · Chips & hardware
Apple's HomeView can mirror CarPlay apps like Spotify
Apple's new HomeView smart home hub has no App Store, but it can mirror some CarPlay-enabled audio and video apps from a paired iPhone. Developer Steve Troughton-Smith showed Spotify running on a virtualized HomeView.
Full story at MacRumors ↗ - Operating systems · Software & updates
tvOS 27.2 adds features to existing Apple TV 4K boxes
Apple released tvOS 27.2, which brings several new features to existing Apple TV 4K users. Many are available now, and one major one is coming soon.
Full story at AppleInsider ↗ - Software & updates · Smartphones & apps
Affinity is now available on the iPad
Canva has released the free iPad version of Affinity, a year after the revamped Mac version. Users working on both Mac and iPad can now update both.
Full story at AppleInsider ↗ - Artificial intelligence · New AI models · IT industry & companies · Open source
Stability AI gets new funding and a new CEO
Stability AI announced significant new investment from an investor group and appointed Prem Akkaraju as CEO. It also announced the open release of Stable Diffusion 3 Medium, its image generation model.
Full story at Stability AI ↗ - Artificial intelligence · New AI models
Study finds Chinese AI models politically varied
Vals AI tested 25 AI models for alignment with Chinese government positions. Chinese models answer less uniformly than expected, Western ones sometimes adopt Beijing's views, and prompt language had a strong effect.
Full story at The Decoder ↗ - Smartphones & apps · Operating systems · Software & updates
Google Messages tests a new gradient app icon
In beta v20261030, a chat bubble with a blue gradient replaces the old icon of two interlocking pills. Beta testers on Android and Wear OS can see it, and no date for stable users is given.
Full story at Analytics Insight ↗ - Artificial intelligence · Open source · Programming & dev tools · Cybersecurity
Perplexity releases its SPACE sandbox as open source
Perplexity open-sources SPACE, the sandbox platform behind Computer. It is meant to help developers build safer autonomous AI agents.
Full story at Perplexity AI ↗ - Artificial intelligence · DevOps & containers
Datadog joins Anthropic's Claude Marketplace
Datadog is available on Anthropic's Claude Marketplace. It offers a simpler way to gain visibility into Claude-powered AI applications.
Full story at datadoghq.com ↗ - Artificial intelligence · New AI models · Software & updates
Xiaomi opens invitation beta of MiMo Desktop
The Xiaomi MiMo Desktop Client has opened invitation-based testing. It runs on an all-new generation model.
Full story at Xiaomi ↗
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