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Intruders retrieved email addresses from superseded tech kept running for an internal system

As prediction markets surge in popularity, a new platform called Verifact Markets is pushing the concept even further, letting users trade on “disputed facts.”

Russia’s new Shturm uncrewed assault tank reportedly suffered repeated command-link failures during its Tsentr-2026 debut, forcing organizers to use a human driver before the vehicle eventually got stuck in mud

Staples’s printing service offers fast pickup and in-store experts who can help you get your family photos, novelty gifts, and business documents looking exactly how you want.

Meta isn’t helping — or perhaps it is

Google has now suspended submissions to its Open Source Software Vulnerability Rewards Program (OSS VRP) after being flooded by AI-generated reports. [...]

The upcoming Fitbit Edge looks like a replacement for the Fitbit Charge last seen in 2023.

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Over the summer I talked to the CEO of Springboards, a startup building an LLM that’s designed to come up with a wider variety of responses than its mainstream rivals do. At the start of the call, he said something that’s been stuck in my head since: “We often say that we’re a self-loathing AI…

Joe Fay chairs a Register dinner in Soho on 20 October where infrastructure leaders compare notes on the file estate they inherited, off the record.

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Get all the best deals in the October 2026 Amazon Prime Big Deal Days tech event.

Silly supplier ended up short-changing themselves

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Fresh analysis of First Dynasty mass burials finds signs of fatal blunt force trauma on 39 percent of skulls

Yossi Matias, Vice President & Head of Google Research, explores how AI is beginning to reshape biology, infrastructure, manufacturing, and science, and why its greatest impact may come when it intersects with other fields.  Step inside the newsroom with our MIT Technology Review editors for shar...

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