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Manufacturer Remotely Bricks Smart Vacuum After Its Owner Blocked It From Collecting Data

"An engineer got curious about how his iLife A11 smart vacuum worked and monitored the network traffic coming from the device," writes Tom's Hardware. "That's when he noticed it was constantly sending logs and telemetry data to the manufacturer...

Baidu Matches Waymo’s 250K Weekly Robotaxi Rides in China Push

The robotaxi race just got a lot more interesting. Baidu's Apollo Go announced it's now handling 250,000 fully driverless rides per week as of October 31 — matching the exact figure Waymo reported back in April. It's a milestone...

Bug in Rust-Based UUtils Broke Ubuntu 25.10 Automatic Update Checks

"Ubuntu's decision to switch to Rust-based coreutils in 25.10 hasn't been the smoothest ride," writes the blog OMG Ubuntu, "as the latest — albeit now resolved — bug underscores." are used by a number of processes, apps and scripts,...

AI Trade Hits $5T Milestone as ‘Virtuous Cycle’ Defies Bubble Fears

The AI trade just shattered another milestone as Nvidia became the first company to hit a $5 trillion valuation, while tech giants announced massive capital expenditure increases that suggest this isn't your typical market bubble. Instead of the sugar...

GoFundMe Created 1.4 Million Donation Pages for Nonprofits Without Their Consent

San Francisco's local newscast ABC7 runs a consumer advocacy segment called "7 on Your Side". They received a disturbing call for help from Dave Dornlas, treasurer of a nonprofit supporting a local library: GoFundMe has taken upon itself to...

GitHub Announces 'Agent HQ', Letting Copilot Subscribers Run and Manage Coding Agents from Multiple Vendors

"AI isn't just a tool anymore; it's an integral part of the development experience," argues GitHub's blog. So "Agents shouldn't be bolted on. They should work the way you already work..." So this week GitHub announced "Agent HQ," which...

New Design Trend: People Downgrading 'Smart' Homes to Analog 'Dumb' Homes, Some with Landlines and Offline Appliances

"People are creating 'dumb homes,'" the VP of research at the Global Wellness Institute, tells the web site Axios. Some are swapping NASA-style setups for old-fashioned buttons, switches and knobs. Others are designing digital detox corners — all part...

Is OpenAI Becoming 'Too Big to Fail'?

OpenAI "hasn't yet turned a profit," notes Wall Street Journal business columnist Tim Higgins. "Its annual revenue is 2% of Amazon.com's sales. "Its future is uncertain beyond the hope of ushering in a godlike artificial intelligence that might help...

Cramer Tells Investors to Ignore ‘Mag 7 Too Big’ Warnings

CNBC's Jim Cramer is telling investors to ignore the growing chorus of warnings about the Magnificent 7's market dominance. In his latest commentary, Cramer argues that the narrative pushing investors away from Apple, Microsoft, Google, Amazon, Tesla, Meta, and...

Do AI Browsers Exist For You – or To Give AI Companies Data?

"It's been hard for me to understand why Atlas exists," writes MIT Technology Review. " Who is this browser for, exactly? Who is its customer? And the answer I have come to there is that Atlas is for OpenAI....
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