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Psiphon plans to leave Canada if Bill C-22 passes, saying the law would force it to compromise key privacy safeguards.
Source: Citizen Lab
https://citizenlab.ca/toronto-based-vpn-provider-plans-to-quit-canada-over-lawful-access-bill/
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Google's PageBreak AI Agent found 500 flaws in its web apps.
Source: Dark Reading
https://www.darkreading.com/application-security/google-pagebreak-ai-agent-500-flaws-web-apps
#AIAgents #Google

The AI lab's personal assistant is an operating system from the future designed to compete with Muse, Dots and Instinct. https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/06/hark-releases-an-ai-personal-assistant-with-a-focus-on-privacy/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

BigDiskBuster leaves Microsoft Defender running while blocking updates.
Source: Dark Reading
https://www.darkreading.com/application-security/bigdiskbuster-microsoft-defender-running-blocking-updates
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Atlassian warned customers of a critical file-access flaw affecting Jira, Confluence and other self-hosted Data Center products.
Source: BleepingComputer
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/atlassian-warns-of-critical-file-access-flaw-in-jira-confluence/

Beam is an American AI model that the company says rivals some of China's leading open models while using far less computing power.
Source: Business Insider
https://www.businessinsider.com/what-is-beam-american-ai-model-deepseek-of-the-west-2026-10
#AI #DeepSeek

SAP is deploying AI agents called Joule Assistants to finance, spend management, HR, customer experience and supply chain at its Connect event.
Source: The New Stack
https://thenewstack.io/sap-connect-joule-assistants/
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ElevenLabs and Karnataka have partnered to advance voice AI adoption.
Source: BusinessLine
https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/info-tech/elevenlabs-karnataka-join-hands-to-advance-voice-ai-adoption/article71551925.ece
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JioHotstar will be offered inside Starzplay rather than through a standalone service. https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/06/indias-jiohotstar-takes-partnership-route-for-middle-east-expansion/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Mirror Particle will launch at TechCrunch Disrupt Startup Battlefield with a world model built from scratch to predict human behavior, arguing LLM roleplay falls short for market research and brand strategy. https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/06/mirror-particle-is-building-a-world-model-of-human-behavior/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

The storied Silicon Valley firm makes its first pure defense investment. https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/06/furientis-lands-25m-from-benchmark-to-mass-produce-low-cost-missile-interceptors/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

There isn’t a single manual to read or prompt to give an LLM that can equip you with the skills and knowledge to build a company. But on November 4, TechCrunch Founder Summit gives founders the next-best thing: A packed day at Boston's SoWa Power Station, where investors and operators…

The Australian Federal Police review found New Zealand Police lack the capability and capacity for high-level cyber-dependent investigations.
Source: BusinessDesk New Zealand
https://businessdesk.co.nz/article/opinion/cyber-crime-wont-wait-for-wellington
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More than 3,000 startups were founded in Germany in the first half of 2026, according to economy ministry data.
Source: The Economic Times
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/startups/ai-hopes-industrial-malaise-drive-boom-in-german-startups/articleshow/134744589.cms

"We created this program because we believe the benefits of AI will reach most people through the companies that build on top of models, rather than through the models alone." https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/06/anthropic-gives-startups-a-free-year-of-enterprise-service-and-1000-in-token-credits/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Qiskit's C API connects the SDK's Rust core to high-performance languages, allowing circuits to be built and run without Python.
Source: IBM Research
https://research.ibm.com/blog/qiskit-beyond-python?utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss
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Cisco has introduced a research prototype called the Quantum Network Controller that provides entanglement as a service for heterogeneous, distributed quantum networks.
Source: Cisco
https://blogs.cisco.com/news/quantum-networking-gets-a-control-plane
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The maker of the open source document editor says it has no plans to add AI to its software's default configuration, citing user privacy. https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/06/libreoffice-says-no-ai-is-now-a-software-feature/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Copyright law in the US only applies to human-made creations, but AI characters like Tung Tung Tung Sahur are challenging that.
Source: The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/oct/06/brain-rot-tung-tung-tung-sahur-noxa-openai-video
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Wajo's Fo agent can hire humans to complete a task. https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/06/vinod-khosla-believes-ex-deepmind-engineers-wajo-will-win-agent-market-on-trust/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon