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World · The Guardian Ukraine

Russia and Ukraine agree to local ceasefire in Oleshky amid deepening humanitarian crisis

People in Russian-occupied city facing severe shortages of food, water and electricity, with some reportedly surviving on weeds The White House has said that Russia and Ukraine have agreed to a ceasefire in the Russian-occupied city of Oleshky, where a deepening humanitarian crisis has left thousands of civilians struggling to survive. In a statement on Friday, the White House said both sides had agreed to halt all military operations in the city from 27 October to allow humanitarian aid deliveries and preparations for the evacuation of civilians. Continue reading...

Society · BBC Technology

'It's been relentless' say IT workers on frontline of PHP cyber-security scramble

IT and cyber experts have told the BBC about their struggles in the last 48 hours to update their systems.

Cloud & Infrastructure · The New Stack

Microsoft’s new voice AI can start working out what you want before you finish speaking

“I think you said, ‘representative.’” It’s the fastest way to bypass automated speech recognition chatbots that fail to route human The post Microsoft’s new voice AI can start working out what you want before you finish speaking appeared first on The New Stack .

Developers & Open Source · Chrome Releases

Chrome Dev for Android Update

Hi everyone! We've just released Chrome Dev 158 (158.0.8117.0) for Android. It's now available on Google Play . You can see a partial list of the changes in the Git log . For details on new features, check out the Chromium blog , and for details on web platform updates, check here . If you find a new issue, please let us know by filing a bug . Chrome Release Team Google Chrome

Business · BBC Business

Earnings limit of up to £140K for first-time buyers loan scheme

The Your First Home scheme will offer government-backed loans for those buying new-builds in England.

AI · The Decoder

Canva launches Craft, its first in-house image model

Design platform Canva has released Canva Craft, its first in-house image generation model. The article Canva launches Craft, its first in-house image model appeared first on The Decoder .

AI · The Decoder

Anthropic's Claude now writes code and proves it safe automatically

Anthropic had Claude generate mathematical proofs that existing code is correct, producing roughly 180 million lines of proof code for 123 open-source libraries. Along the way, the model caught bugs that years of testing had missed. Anthropic's goal: making formal verification with AI as routine as standard testing. The article Anthropic's Claude now writes code and proves it safe automatically appeared first on The Decoder .

Products & Consumer Tech · Ars Technica

Ukraine learns to fight without Starlink as Musk plays politics with satellites

Ukraine has changed drone and war-fighting tech to reduce reliance on Starlink.

Cloud & Infrastructure · CNCF Blog

Multi-tenant GPU Kubernetes on simulated hardware with Kamaji and HAMi

GPU teams usually face a bad trade-off. Give every team its own Kubernetes cluster and you pay for a control plane per team. Put everyone in one shared cluster and you get weak isolation. Either way,...

Cybersecurity · The Hacker News

PHP Warns of Another Unpatched RCE Risk Two Days After Emergency PHP2Shell Patches

PHP has warned of another way an attacker could run code on a web server, two days after it shipped emergency fixes for the critical PHP2Shell flaws. The new issue, assigned CVE-2026-115560, affects only web applications configured in an unusual way, and PHP considers it an unlikely risk.The project is not issuing an emergency fix for it. Instead, it recommends turning off a feature called

Society · NPR Top Stories

Military reinforcements move to Mideast. And, millions of Americans vote early

Military reinforcements are heading to the Middle East and some personnel have left the region, pointing to a potential attack on Iran. And, millions of Americans have already voted in the midterms.

Products & Consumer Tech · Ars Technica

Review: Crystal Lake suffers a bit from its obsession with Pam Voorhees

Friday the 13th prequel series based on Jason’s mom drags at first, then hits a vein.

Cybersecurity · The Hacker News

Russian-Linked Hackers Used New Mesh Network Backdoor in Destructive Ukraine Attack

The Russian state-sponsored hacking group Sandworm teamed up with another threat actor to carry out a destructive wiping attack targeting a Ukrainian logistics company last year. According to ESET, the attack involved UAC-0099 (aka Earth Sirrush) obtaining initial access to the target on July 16, 2025, via a spear-phishing email bearing a malware-laced attachment that led to the deployment of

Business · CNBC Technology

Safe haven search is on Friday as investors keep rotating

Here are the key things investors need to know to start the trading day.

Cybersecurity · SecurityWeek

China APT Uses AI Pentest Tool Artex in ConnectWise Attacks

The state-sponsored hackers targeted hundreds of organizations and gained privileged access to some environments. The post China APT Uses AI Pentest Tool Artex in ConnectWise Attacks appeared first on SecurityWeek .

Notable Blogs · Stratechery

Sharp Tech on Video: Netflix Angst, the End of the Internet, and Meta’s VR Glasses

Sharp Tech is, for the first time, available on video. You have two ways to consume it: YouTube, and here on Stratechery

AI · OpenAI News

Securing our frontier model training environment

OpenAI explains how we strengthened containment for frontier model training and evaluation, including offline environments and high-compute red-teaming.

Society · NPR Technology

Hacking attempts rise after flaws found in program affecting 70% of websites

Governments around the world are rushing to implement safety measures after AI technology found "severe" vulnerabilities in a key programming language called PHP.

World · Deutsche Welle

Greece joins countries putting age-limits on social media, banning access for kids under 15

Greece has passed legislation banning social media access for children under 15. New rules will come into effect on January 1, 2027, and are designed to protect children's mental health.

World · Al Jazeera

Ultra-Orthodox conscription debate ignites Israel’s election battleground

Israel's election heats up over ultra-Orthodox conscription debate, reflecting deep societal and political divides.

Notable Blogs · Seth Godin

The relentless math of bandwagoning

It often seems that everyone is talking about what everyone is talking about. No one cares about a song or a movie or a political issue–and then they do. Then it’s everywhere. But of course, that’s precisely why. Most people feel safe when they’re engaging within the expected social norms. It’s easier to fit in […]

Society · NPR Top Stories

What if you gave yourself a day to cancel all the plans you dread?

It's a day to think about all the upcoming appointments and commitments you're dreading — and then decline some of them. Writer Caroline Sylge shares a suggested schedule for the day.

World · Deutsche Welle

Israel preparing 'full closure' of West Bank, Netanyahu says

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel is shutting down the occupied West Bank after having prevented a "major attack."

World · Deutsche Welle

Germany news: Wadephul says 'threat of famine' due to ongoing wars

German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul is joining counterparts in Turkey for discussions on a range of interlinked geopolitical crises. Back in Germany, the Bavarian CSU party begins its two-day conference in Munich.