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Google explained that an 11-hour unattended run of Gemini 4 Argon produced two accepted optimizations for the Google Agent Development Kit codebase, reducing in-memory session-preparation overhead by about 40 % in long sessions and cold package import time by 21 %.
Source: InfoQ
https://www.infoq.com/news/2026/10/google-argon-optimizes-adk/?utm_campaign=infoq_content&utm_source=infoq&utm_medium=feed&utm_term=global
#AIAgents #Google #Gemini

Instacart might sell itself to a larger competitor. https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/24/instacart-reportedly-discussed-selling-itself-with-doordash-and-uber/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Block said that the voice model can run locally on a MacBook M4 Max https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/24/blocks-new-voice-model-sounds-eerily-human/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

A three-month field experiment with 133 patent attorneys found that AI boosts immediate performance, especially for junior lawyers.
Source: The Decoder
https://the-decoder.com/ai-makes-junior-patent-attorneys-instantly-better-but-may-quietly-stunt-their-professional-growth/
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Three OpenAI safety researchers who were dismissed say they were never informed in writing about the specific information they allegedly leaked.
Source: The Decoder
https://the-decoder.com/three-fired-openai-safety-researchers-say-they-were-never-told-what-they-actually-leaked/
#TechPolicy #OpenAI

Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim disclosed that an international investor plans to invest US$50 billion in Malaysia's tech sector in Sarawak and Peninsular Malaysia.
Source: Free Malaysia Today
https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2026/10/24/international-investor-plans-to-invest-us-50bil-in-malaysia-s-tech-sector-says-pm
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Two critical bugs in the PHP web programming language, used by the majority of the internet, threatened to upend the internet — and it's unlikely to be the last major software scare. https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/24/php-ocalypse-how-two-critical-web-bugs-almost-broke-the-internet/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

From retro cassette players and virtual notebooks to flight trackers and even a digital toaster, developers are finding creative ways to take advantage of Apple's first foldable iPhone. https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/24/these-clever-apps-show-off-the-iphone-duos-potential/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

A new study found Grok's AI overwhelmingly recommends Republican candidates while OpenAI's GPT favors Democrats, with the two AI models disagreeing in more than 90% of nearly 500 election races. https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/24/forced-to-pick-groks-ai-model-chooses-republicans-openais-picks-democrats/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Agents are turning the deployment multiple into an exponent, and the dividing line is no longer tooling or talent.
Source: The New Stack
https://thenewstack.io/agentic-software-factory-sensor/
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The European Union and the Philippine government will launch an AI Industry Lab to let businesses test AI solutions before investing.
Source: Back End News
https://backendnews.net/eu-ph-govt-launch-ai-lab-for-business-applications/
#AI #EU

Block has introduced Dessa, a speech model that processes audio directly rather than converting it to text.
Source: The Decoder
https://the-decoder.com/blocks-new-ai-model-dessa-was-trained-entirely-on-human-speech-to-catch-emotions-text-based-models-miss/
#AI

The $400 Boox Palma 2 Pro is a smartphone-sized e-reader designed for people who want to read books, articles, and documents on a small E Ink display. https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/24/the-boox-palma-2-pro-finally-got-me-to-stop-reading-on-my-phone/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Proton hosts the Flock camera map built by security researcher Joshua Michael. The creator faces legal threats including a cease-and-desist letter from Flock. Proton's map is accessible worldwide and based on data from November 2025.
Source: Tom's Hardware
https://www.tomshardware.com/software/maps/proton-hosts-flock-map-revealing-over-300-000-cameras-defying-cease-and-desist-threats-against-creator-privacy-focused-company-hosts-site-on-swiss-servers-says-users-have-the-right-to-know-whos-recording-them
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Inside the cyber flaw scramble that brought the AI threat to life. The man who set off the chain reaction that put 70% of the web at risk explains why he did it.
Source: Business Insider
https://www.businessinsider.com/black-october-php-vulnerability-cybersecurity-ai-threat-2026-10
#AI

Autoscaling controllers in Kubernetes often give conflicting recommendations, such as HPA scaling to eleven replicas while VPA suggests lower resources and KEDA proposes even more replicas. Each controller operates independently without a shared view of workload capacity.
Source: The New Stack
https://thenewstack.io/why-kubernetes-autoscalers-fight/
#Tech

Germany is in talks to purchase Ukrainian jet-powered drones. The Bars drone can travel up to 1,000 kilometres and fly at speeds of about 700 kilometres per hour.
Source: The Kyiv Independent
https://kyivindependent.com/germany-in-talks-to-buy-ukrainian-jet-powered-drones/
#Tech

A NATO drone maker says Ukraine's underground factories hold a lesson for the West.
Source: Business Insider
https://www.businessinsider.com/ukraine-nato-drone-maker-says-underground-factories-lesson-for-west-2026-10
#Robotics

Researchers uncovered two critical flaws in PHP, named PHP2Shell, that could let hackers take control of vulnerable servers. Fixes were released on October 21, 2026.
Source: Inc42
https://inc42.com/features/php2shell-who-is-at-risk-and-how-can-businesses-stay-safe/
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A critical flaw in PHP that powers most websites was first warned about in July 2004 and remained largely ignored for decades.
Source: Egypt Independent
https://www.egyptindependent.com/the-biggest-ever-internet-security-threat-has-been-known-for-22-years-ai-made-it-a-crisis-in-2-days/
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