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What are the leading causes of EV battery damage?
Charging behaviors and heat are the things to pay attention to. Charging behaviors and heat are the things to pay attention to.
Charging behaviors and heat are the things to pay attention to. Charging behaviors and heat are the things to pay attention to.
Microsoft shipped out-of-band updates for .NET, Visual Studio and PowerShell on Sunday. They fix CVE-2026-111497, a buffer overflow in Brotli, Google’s widely used compression library, which OpenAI’s Codex Security team reported. Node.js, Python packages, proxies and other tools that bundle the library are shipping fixes too. In a .NET blog post, Microsoft said the buffer […] This story con…
Sick of web browsers tracking your every move and forcing intrusive, unnecessary AI features on you? Apparently, you’re not alone. Some of your favorite internet personalities — and real-life memes from the late 2000s and early 2010s — are joining forces to promote Firefox, a browser that's pushing back against online tracking and unwanted AI features. Mozilla, the non-profit org…
Foldra stores files locally and shares them through its own Wi-Fi network The touchscreen displays files, settings, storage information, and built-in applications A microSD slot supports storage cards with capacities reaching 1TB Foldra is a pocket-sized personal expandable storage device designed to let users store, access and share files without relying on conventional online cloud or internet s…
A Broadcom WPS flaw dating back to at least 2010 lets attackers within Wi-Fi range run code on routers without the password Broadcom told the researcher it replaced the code from 2018, but declined to assign a CVE, calling the software obsolete Changing your Wi-Fi password won't help, and disabling WPS may not either; firmware updates or replacement are the fix A flaw in Broadcom's Wi-Fi software…
SAVE $50: As of Oct. 26, the Amazon Fire HD 8 tablet is on sale for $79.99 at Amazon. That's a 38% discount on the list price. Opens in a new window Credit: Amazon Amazon Fire HD 8 $79.99 at Amazon $129.99 Save $50.00 Get Deal at Amazon Whether you're catching up on your favorite shows, reading a book in bed, or getting work done on your commute, a tablet can be a handy bit of kit to have around.…
SAVE $60: As of Oct. 26, the Soundcore by Anker Space One Pro wireless headphones are on sale for $139.99 on Amazon, down from their regular $199.99 list price. That cuts 30% off and saves you $60 on a pair that folds down to half its size. Opens in a new window Credit: Anker Anker Soundcore Space One Pro $139.99 at Amazon $199.99 Save $60 Get Deal at Amazon You can score the Soundcore by Anker Sp…
If there’s one thing Apple Music has proved to us by now, it’s that it doesn’t need to continuously pump out new features to improve the user experience — but the large periods of silence make the anticipation even more exciting when the platform does roll out new tools and design upgrades. Prior to the age of streaming, Apple users got a kick out of their music via iTunes and the revolutionary iP…
An iPhone Duo can become even more expensive if you have to repair it, so it's vital to plan for that ahead of time. An iPhone Duo can become even more expensive if you have to repair it, so it's vital to plan for that ahead of time.
Turns out selling to big companies isn’t about having the shiniest tech: it’s about hitching a ride on a giant’s sales team.
<img src="https://res.infoq.com/news/2026/10/agntcon-mcpcon-2026/en/headerimage/agntcon-header-1792936265463.jpg"/><p>At AGNTCon + MCPCon North America 2026, the Agentic AI Foundation added OpenSandbox, Open Responses, Agent Skills, and OpenEnv, reaching ten projects in its first year. Keynotes from Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, and UC Berkeley focused on MCP in production, security, and agents with…
Running out of space on your Nintendo Switch 2? Thankfully, Samsung’s P9 MicroSD Express card is discounted at multiple retailers, with the 256GB version going for $47.99 ( Amazon , B&H Photo ) and the 512GB version $99 ( Amazon , B&H Photo ). The smaller card typically sells for around $80, and the larger option usually sells between $150 and $200, though both are higher than their original launc…
OpenAI : OpenAI announces three breakthroughs in computer science, math, and physics, including that the Exponential Time Hypothesis, a longstanding conjecture, is false — We are announcing three new discoveries in mathematics, computer science, and physics about harmonic analysis, complexity theory, and quantum field theory.
An Alibaba Qwen model tried to upload a file to an Alibaba Cloud storage bucket in Beijing during a security test, Cohere says. Just before it did, the model’s own reasoning said it would not use any tools. The Canadian AI company published the findings on Monday in a blog post. Cohere’s sandbox blocked the […] This story continues at The Next Web
Apparently, getting better at something now requires adding "maxxing" to its name. There's sleepmaxxing , proteinmaxxing, looksmaxxing, and even cozymaxxing, because a night on the couch can apparently be optimized, too. As of Oct 26, "maxxing" is Dictionary.com ’s 2026 Word of the Year . The publisher describes it as: “the practice of pursuing an activity to the fullest or optimizing…
The Elon Musk -owned X has a new main character — or, this time, two entire countries. While the platform is no stranger to users from different countries trading barbs with their neighbors (see: the FIFA World Cup ), what's happening between France and Japan has gotten a little ugly. As protests in France continue over the rising cost of living and demands for better learning conditions in…
As it prepares to go public , Anthropic's S-1 filing makes generative AI's methane dependency glaringly obvious. "Competition for access to electrical supply and data center locations with adequate power availability is intense." In documents filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission Monday, Anthropic acknowledges that data centers are becoming increasingly reliant on "natural gas" - th…
The Apple iPhone Duo isn't the first foldable. It’s not even the second foldable. It’s maybe the fourth, the fifth, or the sixth following in the footsteps of fantastic flexible phones like the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra , the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 , Motorola’s Razr Fold , and so many other really strong, solid, and sometimes excellent foldables. But that doesn’t make it any less special. To…
Lynn Doan / Bloomberg : Broadcom arranges a $63B deal with BofA, Blackstone, Citi, and Morgan Stanley to finance the purchase of chips for Anthropic via a new special purpose vehicle — Chipmaker Broadcom Inc. has arranged a $63 billion deal with Bank of America Corp., Blackstone Inc., Citigroup Inc. and Morgan Stanley …
Apple has acknowledged a fault with the inner screen of some iPhone Duos. It says affected owners can get a replacement through AppleCare. Apple gave the same statement to several outlets on Monday, including CNBC, where Kif Leswing and MacKenzie Sigalos reported it. It follows reports of cracking screens from owners over the weekend. “We […] This story continues at The Next Web
Anthropic’s S-1 filing is hundreds of pages long—and it leaves out quite a few financial details. “Anthropic owes investors more information,” one analyst tells WIRED.
<img src="https://res.infoq.com/news/2026/10/opentofu-1-13-unknown-values/en/headerimage/header-1792823798248.jpeg"/><p>OpenTofu 1.13 adds convert and assume... functions that let module authors give the planner type and value hints for unknown values, so more expressions resolve during tofu plan. If a value unknown during planning later violates a guarantee, OpenTofu reports an error during apply…
Tiny Corp's Tinybox configurator is now AMD-only, after a new commit titled "rip nvidia" removed every Nvidia option and the Tinybox Pro The six-GPU, 192GB Radeon AI Pro R9700 build rose from $19,000 to $22,000, and a lower-end four-card, 128GB version now starts at $17,000 For those wanting Nvidia only, a $91,000 tinybox green v2 with four RTX Pro 6000 cards is still listed in the company's Shopi…
Ian King / Bloomberg : Intel agrees to acquire Tel Aviv-based quantum computing startup Classiq; Classiq has raised more than $200M in funding and has about 130 employees — Intel Corp. agreed to buy Israeli startup Classiq Technologies Ltd. as part of a push to capitalize on quantum computing, a still-nascent field that is seeking commercial applications.
One of Wendy’s biggest franchisees is moving to potentially close as many as 60 restaurants, adding to the dozens of stores that it has already closed this year. The move comes after the franchisee, Meritage Hospitality Group, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Michigan on September 17, 2026. At the time of its September ban…
As Instagram rolls out long form videos of up to 90 minutes, the platform has an opportunity to challenge YouTube if it plays its cards right.
iOS 27.2 is the first major update for the current OS. Here’s what’s inside and what happened to iOS 27.1.
If you thought entrepreneurship was too stressful a path to venture down, you might want to reassess. A new study found that there may be a surprising benefit to starting a business: longevity. The study, titled “ Do Entrepreneurs Live Longer? ,” comes from researchers at the School of Business at Stevens Institute of Technology in New Jersey and was published in the Journal of Business on October…
Los Angeles turned on approximately 20 cameras at dangerous intersections around the city on Monday (Oct. 26), intended to catch speeding drivers and, hopefully, save lives. For the next 60 days, drivers exceeding the speed limit by at least 11 miles per hour will receive written warnings by mail. Following that, tickets will be issued to offenders, with fines ranging from $50 to $500, depending o…
Marissa Mayer has defended using her startup’s AI assistant to describe her own daughter, after a New York Times profile drew a wave of criticism online. The former Yahoo chief executive told Alexandra Alter of The New York Times that her daughter’s teacher had asked for three bullet points on what made the girl special. […] This story continues at The Next Web
The powerful Dyson V16 Piston Animal and other Dyson vacuums and tools are discounted until Halloween.
After two months of discomfort, a man in South Korea went to an eye clinic where doctors pulled 11 living, wriggling worms from his eyes. They apparently made the most of their time on the man's peepers; at the time of extraction, many of the female worms were pregnant. The man narrowly avoided having them spew their loads of living larvae directly into his eyes. The man in this case was a 71-year…
Anna Tong / Forbes : Anthropic's IPO outlines an unusual succession plan: confidential, ranked lists of up to ten successors per founder, subject to approval from five cofounders — Anthropic's IPO includes a private line of succession: confidential lists of would-be heirs to its founders' voting power, chosen by the founders and approved by one another.
Many people use AI for routine tasks like drafting emails or answering quick questions. But former Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer used it for something that users on social media aren’t necessarily thrilled about. In a New York Times interview published over the weekend , Mayer revealed that when tasked with coming up with three bullet points to summarize what made her 10-year-old daughter special, she a…
Apple has a fresh new iOS update for everyone to check out. Monday marked the official launch of iOS 27.2 , which is now available as a software update on all compatible iPhones. To install it, simply open the Settings app, tap General, and then tap Software Update. No need to fiddle with beta software this time — this is the real deal. As for what's new, iOS 27.2 isn't the most monumental u…
Johnny Rodgers, one of Slack’s original eight team members, has written a first-hand account of Slack’s first two years inside Salesforce. It quotes Stewart Butterfield, Slack’s co-founder and former chief executive, throughout. Rodgers spent 11 years at Slack and left in the spring of 2023. He published the second part of his Building Slack series […] This story continues at The Next Web
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle created one of the most beloved fictional detectives of all time in Sherlock Holmes, spawning countless novels, films, TV series, and so forth featuring the sleuth. Far fewer people know about the real-life inspiration for Holmes: a renowned surgeon at Scotland's University of Edinburgh named Joseph Bell, who taught Doyle when the author was still a young medical student. Be…
You’d be surprised how much of your data is publicly available online. Remember those platforms where you entered your email address, phone number, or house address? Some of that information may have been curated by data broker sites and made accessible to the public, for a fee. These sites have built a business model of letting users discover people’s personal data, and because this data is mostl…
Anker is serving up 20 percent off all charging gear for Halloween, plus … Labubus?
In the 1980s, an egg sizzling in a frying pan warned us what our brains looked like on drugs. Today, researchers are just starting to uncover what our brains look like on plastics and pollution —and spoiler: it’s also not great. Scientists are continuing to advance research into how our brains are becoming littered with plastic particles. The Washington Post reported last week that several studies…