Microsoft warns that Copilot Actions in Windows, now in beta and off by default, can infect devices and pilfer data, prompting concern from security researchers
Microsoft's warning on Tuesday that an experimental AI agent integrated into Windows can infect devices and pilfer sensitive user data …
Bluesky says it has hit 40M users and plans to launch “dislikes” in beta to tailor content rankings and reply rankings
techcrunch.com/2025/10/31/b... Dorte Hummelshøj / @dortehummelshoj : No thanks, @bsky.app! — We don't want that! We are adults, and we are able to mute or block what we don't want to see, so no cen...
Apple announces a “major evolution” of the Apple Security Bounty program, doubling its top award to $2M for exploit chains that could be abused for spyware
$2M Top Payout Usman Qureshi / iPhone in Canada : Apple Doubles Security Bounty Rewards to $2 Million Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer : Apple now offers $2 million for zero-click RCE vulnerabilities Ti...
President Trump names Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP, Solana, and Cardano as assets to be included in a strategic US crypto reserve, causing significant price surges
XRP, ADA, SOL post double-digit losses Molly White / Citation Needed : Issue 78 - President on brink of bailout for bitcoin CoinDesk : Here Is What Crypto Leaders Are Saying About Trump's Crypto Reser...
The BBC complains to Apple after Apple Intelligence's notification summary falsely suggested the BBC had published an article saying Luigi Mangione shot himself
The search engine's AI-generated responses also said geologists recommend humans eat one rock per day. Brian Merchant / @bcmerchant : ‘Luigi Mangione shoots himself’ — ‘Netanyahu arrested’ — These...
A group published a Hugging Face project that let anyone generate videos using OpenAI's Sora, protesting what it calls the company's duplicity and “art washing”
non-beta testers could try it for three hours Suhasini Srinivasaragavan / Silicon Republic : OpenAI's Sora reportedly leaked by protesting artists Stefanie Schappert / Cybernews.com : Creative artists...
NHTSA opens a probe into Tesla's Full Self-Driving, covering 2.4M vehicles, after four reported crashes in low-visibility situations, including one fatal crash
Feds open new safety investigation Matt Binder / Mashable : Tesla's Full Self-Driving software is under federal investigation Felix Reeves / GB News : Tesla faces investigation over fears Full Self-Dr...
Testing the Apple Intelligence beta shows the prerelease software still has a long way to go, with hallucinations, marking scam emails as priority, and more
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Microsoft says Delta, which said it had to manually reset ~40K PC servers because of CrowdStrike, had “not modernized its IT infrastructure” and refused “help”
says airline refused help following CrowdStrike outage, and even ignored an email from Satya Nadella himself Jak Connor / TweakTown : Microsoft responds to Delta's threats over $500 million CrowdStrik...
Signal plans to roll out a beta version of its desktop apps that tightens the security of how it stores plain text encryption keys, after downplaying the issue
Signal is finally tightening its desktop client's security by changing how it stores plain text encryption keys for the data store after downplaying the issue since 2018.