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CISA has added one new vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog based on evidence of active exploitation.
Source: CISA
https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/alerts/2026/10/23/cisa-adds-one-known-exploited-vulnerability-catalog
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A new program wants to encourage more startups to allow workers to cash out early by making it easier to transact tender offers. https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/23/carta-and-newview-partner-hoping-to-entice-more-startups-to-let-employees-sell-shares-early/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Hosted by TechCrunch in partnership with Fidelity Private Shares, the full-day event goes beyond fundraising and AI to explore the realities of finding customers, building teams, sharpening a pitch, developing founder leadership, and scaling companies both inside and outside traditional startup hubs. https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/23/from-toast-to-bessemer-who-founders-will-hear-from-at-techcrunch-founder-summit-2026/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

A campaign used open-weight AI models to attack 105 sites, and another campaign let public models gain full domain control for $12. Cyber-defense will have to change.
Source: Dark Reading
https://www.darkreading.com/cybersecurity-operations/ai-tools-massive-attacks-little-cost
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Uber is providing its ChatGPT Work tool to 30,000 employees after recent layoffs. The AI assists with meeting briefs and data analysis.
Source: Business Insider
https://www.businessinsider.com/uber-uses-openais-chatgpt-work-after-major-layoffs-2026-10
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A critical flaw in PHP, the backbone of the web, has prompted cyber experts to scramble for a fix.
Source: Scroll.in
https://scroll.in/article/1096601/a-critical-flaw-in-php-backbone-of-the-web-has-cyber-experts-scrambling-for-a-fix?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=public
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Daytona is building a cloud for agents that's like giving every agent its own computer. It has attracted founders of Stripe, Perplextity, Datadog, Mercor and others as angels, it says. https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/23/agent-cloud-startup-daytona-hits-1b-valuation-backed-by-firstmark-and-a-whos-who-of-angels/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Top-funded fusion startup Commonwealth Fusion Systems received an $85 million award from the federal government to advance conductors for fusion power plants. https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/23/commonwealth-fusion-systems-gets-85m-to-build-better-fusion-ready-semiconductors/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Early-stage and follow-on investors in the AI lab are already sitting on major paper returns. https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/23/what-some-of-anthropics-backers-are-reportedly-worth-before-its-ipo/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Dell's Mark Hopkins says Ireland should stop focusing on every 'layer of the AI stack' and work towards becoming Europe's home for sovereign AI inferencing.
Source: Silicon Republic
https://www.siliconrepublic.com/innovation/ai-inferencing-ireland-organisations-europe-ambitions-skills-workforce-dell
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Meta is delaying the enforcement of its new business terms after publishers raised concerns that the terms could allow the company to scrape news sites for AI training.
Source: The Verge
https://www.theverge.com/tech/1017450/meta-business-terms-delayed-ai-scraping
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The Treasury Department proposed a rule to restrict U.S. investments over $50,000 in AI, biotech, supercomputing and hypersonic systems in China, Russia, North Korea and other countries of concern.
Source: Fortune
https://fortune.com/2026/10/23/treasury-china-russia-ai-biotech-investment-rule/
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Government websites and public services across Europe went offline this week as organizations responded to two newly disclosed PHP vulnerabilities.
Source: The New Stack
https://thenewstack.io/php2shell-ai-patch-race/

Quest is the latest in a series of healthcare technology companies that have been hacked in recent months. https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/23/lab-testing-giant-quest-diagnostics-confirms-patients-personal-and-health-data-was-compromised-during-breach/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

CubiFab, a Shenzhen desktop CNC startup, announced it has raised tens of millions of RMB from Nanshan Strategic Emerging Industries Investment and Longhua Capital.
Source: TechNode
https://technode.com/2026/10/23/desktop-cnc-startup-cubifab-raises-tens-of-millions-of-rmb-to-scale-production/
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A self-described US polling firm admitted that most of its data was fabricated, creating a second scandal before the midterm elections.
Source: Gulf News
https://gulfnews.com/world/americas/fake-pollsters-hit-us-midterms-2-1.500721304
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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang promoted his "sovereign AI" concept in Kazakhstan, urging the country to develop domestic computing infrastructure with Nvidia chips.
Source: South China Morning Post
https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3371946/nvidias-jensen-huang-brings-sovereign-ai-push-kazakhstan-shrugs-bubble-fears
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Canva has launched Craft, its first in-house image generation model. The tool is built by Canva itself.
Source: The Decoder
https://the-decoder.com/canva-launches-craft-its-first-in-house-image-model/
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Phononic Vibes, a Milan-based noise management company, has secured a €25 million financing round led by Jolt Capital. The round also involved Eureka!
Source: EU-Startups
https://www.eu-startups.com/2026/10/milans-phononic-vibes-secures-e25-million-to-expand-noise-control-tech-already-in-service-with-deutsche-bahn-and-in-mercedes-benz/
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Rivian has bought Third Dimension AI, a startup that turns real-world camera footage into 3D scenes.
Source: The Next Web
https://thenextweb.com/news/rivian-third-dimension-ai-acquisition-driving-simulation
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