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Alberta removes habitat protections for endangered greater sage grouse to support industrial development
Oct 16, 2026

Alberta removes habitat protections for endangered greater sage grouse to support industrial development

Habitat protections for one of Canada's most imperiled animals have been quietly removed by the Alberta government. Through amendments to the Public Lands Act in July, the province eliminated protections for greater sage grouse in designated protection and recovery zones. That same month, helium extraction company Thor Resources had a site approved within the bird's habitat.


Oct 16, 2026

India becomes the latest country to report rogue AI agent activity

The agents got in through credentials and connection settings left exposed in app configurations, public code repositories, and overly permissive cloud roles.


Researchers Demonstrate OpenBSD Root Exploit Chaining 37-Year-Old Shared-Memory Bug
Oct 16, 2026

Researchers Demonstrate OpenBSD Root Exploit Chaining 37-Year-Old Shared-Memory Bug

A local privilege escalation exploit published today gains root on OpenBSD 7.9 by chaining a roughly 37-year-old integer overflow with a separate kernel flaw, bypassing OpenBSD's KARL kernel-address randomization and its SMAP and SMEP hardware protections.Security firm Calif, which found and reported the flaws, published a detailed writeup and full proof-of-concept code after OpenBSD shipped


Attackers Tampered with AOMEI Backupper's Update Servers for Minutes to Deliver a Backdoor
Oct 16, 2026

Attackers Tampered with AOMEI Backupper's Update Servers for Minutes to Deliver a Backdoor

Attackers repeatedly changed the files that AOMEI Backupper fetches from the vendor's own update servers, in windows of five to ten minutes at a time between May and July 2026, so that any copy of the Windows backup program that checked for an update during one of those windows would download and run a backdoor. Google Threat Intelligence Group, Mandiant, and ManageEngine's Threat Analysis


Oct 16, 2026

An Nvidia insider-turned-VC on why robotics hasn’t hit its ChatGPT moment, yet

Amulya Vishwanath, who spent seven years leading product marketing for NVIDIA’s robotics platforms, says robotics is currently in its “Lego era,” with the basic building blocks like actuators, robotic hands, software, and safety standards still being rebuilt.  This view runs counter to those who believe that robotics, powered by a general foundation model, is about to have […]


Apple’s $1,999 foldable iPhone Duo preorder sells out in minutes, deliveries pushed to late January
Oct 16, 2026

Apple’s $1,999 foldable iPhone Duo preorder sells out in minutes, deliveries pushed to late January

Apple’s $1,999 foldable iPhone Duo sold out within minutes of preorders opening, with delivery estimates extending to late January, according to reports. The launch marks Apple’s entry into a foldable smartphone market dominated by established rivals.


The healthiest meals in your supermarket's freezer aisle - from Sainsbury's to M&S, the short-cut dinners that are even better than the fresh version
Oct 16, 2026

The healthiest meals in your supermarket's freezer aisle - from Sainsbury's to M&S, the short-cut dinners that are even better than the fresh version

Researchers have identified a simple way to save over £100 a month on your food bills. Don't buy fresh, buy frozen.


UAT-11985 Uses Fake Event Invites to Target Taiwan Research Affiliates With Google AitM Phishing
Oct 16, 2026

UAT-11985 Uses Fake Event Invites to Target Taiwan Research Affiliates With Google AitM Phishing

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of an advanced persistent threat (APT) spear-phishing campaign that has targeted individuals affiliated with Taiwan research organizations to direct victims to an adversary-in-the-middle (AitM) phishing framework designed to harvest their Google account credentials and multi-factor authentication (MFA) codes. The activity is being tracked by


Want the iPhone Duo? You'll have to wait until JANUARY! Pre-orders sell out in record time as Apple fans flock to buy the £2,000 foldable
Oct 16, 2026

Want the iPhone Duo? You'll have to wait until JANUARY! Pre-orders sell out in record time as Apple fans flock to buy the £2,000 foldable

If you've decided to splash out on Apple's new iPhone Duo, you might be waiting a while.


Elon Musk unveils flying car: Crowd screams as new Tesla with rocket thrusters takes off and flips mid-air
Oct 16, 2026

Elon Musk unveils flying car: Crowd screams as new Tesla with rocket thrusters takes off and flips mid-air

Elon Musk appeared to unveil his first flying car last night, as he launched the new Tesla Roadster with a spectacular demonstration of its apparent flying abilities.


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