LibreOffice says ‘no AI’ is now a software feature

TechCrunch - Oct 6, 2026

The maker of the open source document editor says it has no plans to add AI to its software's default configuration, citing user privacy.

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US payroll data shows young workers' jobs most affected by artificial intelligence

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US payroll data shows young workers' jobs most affected by artificial intelligence

In August, US employment in roles most exposed to AI for people aged between 22 and 25 shrank by 4.4 percent year-on-year. This means there's been a contraction every single month since October 2023, about a year after ChatGPT was first released. The high impact of AI on younger workers is one of the key trends emerging from the Canaries Dashboard, a project led by the Stanford Digital Economy Lab and ADP Research. We spoke to ADP Research's Chief Economist Nela Richardson in our Business segment.

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LibreOffice and OpenOffice Flaws Let Malicious Spreadsheets Run Code Without Macro Warnings

Oct 6, 2026

LibreOffice and OpenOffice Flaws Let Malicious Spreadsheets Run Code Without Macro Warnings

A malicious spreadsheet can make LibreOffice and Apache OpenOffice run an attacker's code as soon as the file is opened, security researchers have shown. There is no warning first, of the kind either program shows before it runs a macro. The attack works only when the program's Java support is enabled. So far, it has only been shown as a proof of concept, and there are no reports of its use in

World's heaviest insect makes astonishing comeback after conservationists save giant bug from extinction

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World's heaviest insect makes astonishing comeback after conservationists save giant bug from extinction

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Wikimedia Says OpenAI Agents Tried to Compromise Etherpad and Use Wiki Tools as Proxies

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Wikimedia Says OpenAI Agents Tried to Compromise Etherpad and Use Wiki Tools as Proxies

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'Ghost particles' from space telescope wins physics Nobel

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'Ghost particles' from space telescope wins physics Nobel

Belgian physicist Prof Francis Halzen has won for his pioneering work on an observatory that detects particles from space.

Italian PM files to trademark her voice against AI threats

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Italian PM files to trademark her voice against AI threats

Giorgia Meloni submitted a four-second audio to a EU agency in a bid to protect her voice from deepfakes.

The death of pale rosé? Gen Z would rather pay for a dark pink White Zinfandel than a Provence classic, study finds

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The death of pale rosé? Gen Z would rather pay for a dark pink White Zinfandel than a Provence classic, study finds

Forget vineyards, vintages and fancy French labels - according to a new study, the quickest way to win over Gen Z wine drinkers is simply to make your rosé a darker shade of pink.

Four aviation start-ups named finalists in World Aviation Festival competition

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Four aviation start-ups named finalists in World Aviation Festival competition

Four start-ups addressing AI-driven flight shopping, AI search optimisation, airline ancillaries, and airport boarding processes have been selected to compete in the World Aviation Festival’s annual Start-up Competition next week. The live final takes place on Tuesday 13 October at FIL Lisbon, where each company will pitch its solution to a panel of industry leaders and investors. Hosted by Irra Ariella Khi, Co-Founder and CEO of Zamna, the competition gives early-stage disruptors a platform to showcase their innovations to more than 4,500 senior executives across aviation and travel.

Travel Operators Can’t Just Watch as AI Reroutes the Customer Journey

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Travel Operators Can’t Just Watch as AI Reroutes the Customer Journey

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Welcome to the Jungle: What We Found Inside 15,465 Public MCP Servers

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In 2024, MCP (Model Context Protocol) set out to become the USB-C of AI: one standard for connecting models, agents, and IDEs to tools and data. The protocol delivered. Thousands of developers built servers, and enterprises plugged them into agent workflows. The ecosystem around it fell short. Earlier this year, our team at OX Security,  traced critical vulnerabilities in Anthropic's MCP

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