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Ukrainian drones have knocked out two of five Yandex data centers, disrupting the company's AI chatbot and other services.
Source: Ars Technica
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/10/ukraines-drones-knock-out-ai-data-center-belonging-to-russias-google/
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The United States does not need to trust China or share frontier AI models with it, nor slow its own AI development for national security.
Source: The Diplomat
https://thediplomat.com/2026/10/the-us-and-china-cannot-slow-the-ai-race-but-they-can-make-it-safer/
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The 11th Annual Malaysia OpenGov CXO Leadership Forum 2026 will feature a fireside chat with YB Gobind Singh Deo, Minister of Digital.
Source: OpenGov Asia
https://opengovasia.com/exclusive-11th-annual-malaysia-opengov-cxo-leadership-forum-2026-fireside-chat-with-yb-gobind-singh-deo-minister-of-digital/
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The Trump administration announced that Microsoft is suspended from a program that allows companies to apply for green cards for H-1B visa workers.
Source: The Korea Times
https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/world/20261010/microsoft-is-being-suspended-from-program-to-apply-for-green-cards-for-h-1b-visa-workers-vance-says?utm_source=rss
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Keychron made a name for itself after launching on Kickstarter in 2017. Today, it offers the value K2 model as well as a variety of other versions, including one with an all-wood body.
https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/09/long-live-the-mechanical-keyboard/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
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The cybersecurity sector saw 117 deals announced in the latest quarter, marking a gangbuster year for strategic M&A activity.
Source: Dark Reading
https://www.darkreading.com/cybersecurity-analytics/ai-scramble-cybersecurity-ma-boom
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A Calgary philanthropist has donated $30 million to the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology to create the Bissett Autonomous Aviation Park.
Source: BetaKit
https://betakit.com/calgary-philanthropist-donates-30-million-to-fund-drone-facility-at-sait/
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Oct 9, 2026
Axiom Solutions International secured $2 billion in new financing as the largest investment this week. TypeSafe AI raised $870 million, and Oratomic received $475 million.
Source: Crunchbase News
https://news.crunchbase.com/venture/biggest-funding-rounds-ai-energy-cloud-axiom-typesafe/
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Google has released Android Bench 2.0, a major update to its benchmark framework for evaluating AI models and agents on Android development tasks.
Source: InfoQ
https://www.infoq.com/news/2026/10/android-bench-2/?utm_campaign=infoq_content&utm_source=infoq&utm_medium=feed&utm_term=global
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UAE prosecutors said the 29-year-old Omani co-pilot of flydubai flight FZ1073 planned to seize the aircraft and crash it into Ben Gurion Airport's passenger terminal.
Source: Gulf News
https://gulfnews.com/uae/flydubai-incident-probe-uae-reveals-10-shocking-findings-1.500705015
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Oct 9, 2026
"The day your loved one passes away, you also get this honorary badge of a project manager for a project you had no idea about," said founder Sara Tashakorinia.
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Amazon says it will stop using NDAs when negotiating data center deals with local governments, following a similar move from Microsoft earlier this year. Secrecy has fueled community backlash against AI infrastructure, with opposition leading to hundreds of proposed and enacted moratoriums from New York to San Francisco. Meanwhile, a wave of startups is betting that consumers…
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"When we are drawn into even the most primitive exchanges with a relational artifact, we believe it cares for us," Dr. Sherry Turkle writes. "And we are wired to care for it in return."
https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/09/we-cant-help-treating-ai-like-its-human-but-should-we/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
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