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Healey’s Budget needs to sustain the stronger economy through gathering clouds
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ck87z4ng2l03o?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Posted into Top Stories @top-stories-BBCNews

State and local races could shape the economy because officials at those levels control data center construction and energy infrastructure.
Source: Fortune
https://fortune.com/2026/10/25/midterm-elections-house-senate-economy-gdp-growth-state-local-races-data-centers-blue-wave/
#AI

Companies and government agencies rushed to patch two critical flaws in PHP after a vulnerability was discovered using an OpenAI model.
Source: Malay Mail
https://www.malaymail.com/news/tech-gadgets/2026/10/26/old-softwares-tech-debt-is-coming-due-and-ai-is-sending-the-bill/240531
#AI #OpenAI

Barcelona has released more than half a million male mosquitoes that carry the wolbachia parasite, which makes them effectively sterile.
Source: Semafor
https://www.semafor.com/article/10/25/2026/fighting-mosquito-borne-illness-with-parasites

SUSE adds sovereign control for enterprise agentic AI and speeds AI workloads through integration with NVIDIA OpenShell Reference Architecture and SLES for NVIDIA.
Source: iTWire
https://itwire.com/business-it-news/data/suse-brings-sovereign-control-to-enterprise-agentic-ai-with-nvidia
#Tech #Nvidia

Grok has released the first seven minutes of its AI-generated Odyssey. The footage looks okay if viewers are not looking for artistry, inspiration, or human interest.
Source: TechCrunch
https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/25/grok-releases-the-first-seven-minutes-of-its-ai-generated-odyssey/
#AI #Grok

Rest of World is searching for a new home or may shut down, with a wind-down date set for late January.
Source: Semafor
https://www.semafor.com/article/10/25/2026/rest-of-world-faces-prospect-of-shutting-down
#Tech

Anthropic could make public the paperwork for its initial public offering as early as Monday. The filing may include more financial, ownership and revenue details.
Source: The Information
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/anthropics-big-reveal
#Startups #Anthropic

South Korea's government finds that announcing large AI investments is easier than convincing companies and taxpayers that they will deliver lasting benefits.
Source: The Korea Herald
https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10913964
#TechPolicy

Elon Musk said SpaceX restricted Ukraine's Starlink internet service after Ukrainian officials said connectivity issues appeared to be resolved.
Source: MyJoyOnline
https://www.myjoyonline.com/musk-says-spacex-restricted-ukraines-starlink-connection-as-service-restored/
#TechPolicy

The footage looks okay, as long as you're not seeking artistry, inspiration, or human interest. https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/25/grok-releases-the-first-seven-minutes-of-its-ai-generated-odyssey/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Researchers at Technical University of Munich developed neural-network transistor models that predict drain current and charges for a 3 nm nanosheet.
Source: Semiconductor Engineering
https://semiengineering.com/neural-networks-speed-3nm-nanosheet-spice-simulation-tu-munich/
#Semiconductors

"That's a 12-year-old view of the world." https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/25/cyberselfish-author-takes-aim-at-techno-libertarianism-as-her-book-returns-from-the-dead/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Anthropic is being sued for allegedly using 274 Elvis Presley songs to train its AI models without permission.
Source: The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/25/elvis-presley-anthropic-lawsuit-ai-models-music
#TechPolicy #Anthropic

Google and Meta have open-sourced TorchTPU, a native PyTorch backend for Google's TPUs, at the PyTorch Conference North America 2026.
Source: InfoQ
https://www.infoq.com/news/2026/10/google-meta-torchtpu/?utm_campaign=infoq_content&utm_source=infoq&utm_medium=feed&utm_term=global
#Tech #Google #Meta

Google has released ML Drift, an open-source, cross-platform GPU compute engine for on-device AI inference.
Source: InfoQ
https://www.infoq.com/news/2026/10/google-ml-drift/?utm_campaign=infoq_content&utm_source=infoq&utm_medium=feed&utm_term=global
#AI #Google

An Apollo economist says artificial intelligence delivers zero financial payoff to most companies.
Source: TechCrunch
https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/25/ai-delivers-zero-financial-payoff-to-most-companies-according-to-apollo-economist/
#EnterpriseAI

Ukraine says the SpaceX chief's claim that its forces broke Starlink terms by using the network for offensive drone strikes is incorrect.
Source: Stuff Business NZ
https://www.stuff.co.nz/world-news/361051022/ukraine-disputes-elon-musks-claim-its-military-violated
#TechPolicy

"Despite massive investments and widespread hype around artificial intelligence, the technology has delivered zero financial payoff to corporate America outside of tech." https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/25/ai-delivers-zero-financial-payoff-to-most-companies-according-to-apollo-economist/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Researchers discovered a malicious AGENTS.md file in a customer's Downloads folder that hijacked an AI coding agent and caused it to install a rogue npm package.
Source: BleepingComputer
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ai-coding-agents-hijacked-using-agentsmd-file-in-downloads-folder/
#AIAgents