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Monday, October 12, 2026 · 17 of 25 shown · 1 not triaged yet

Cyber security1show
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    Cyber securityBleepingComputer · bleepingcomputer.com
    Norway fines Microsoft ad firm $9.6 million over Grindr data sharing

    Norway's Data Protection Authority fined Microsoft-owned Xandr NOK 92 million for unlawfully sharing sensitive Grindr user data.

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    Norway's Data Protection Authority (Datatilsynet) has fined Microsoft-owned advertising company Xandr NOK 92 million ($9.6M) for unlawfully processing and sharing sensitive data belonging to Grindr users in the country. [...]

Tech industry4show
AI2show
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    AIArs Technica · arstechnica.com
    Anthropic's Claude AI submitted false murder tip to Philadelphia police

    Anthropic's Claude AI reportedly submitted a false murder tip to Philadelphia police, claiming it had information on a case.

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    “I may have information regarding this case," Claude AI told Philly police.

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    AIThe Register · theregister.com
    Chatbot refuseniks edge out users in the US, and they’re not for turning

    Pew Research finds 51% of Americans reject chatbot use, mainly citing lack of interest rather than skill.

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    Pew Research Center finds 51% of Americans say no, cite lack of interest - not know-how - as the top reason

IT & infrastructure4show
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    IT & infrastructurePhoronix · phoronix.com
    Intel Announces The GPU D Series For Crescent Island

    Intel announced the GPU D Series, an inference-optimized enterprise accelerator codenamed Crescent Island.

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    Intel announced today the GPU D Series for the enterprise-focused, inference-optimized GPU accelerators known to now as Crescent Island...

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    IT & infrastructureLobsters · hackaday.com
    ESP32 As Your Raspberry Pi’s Linux Wireless Co-processor

    A Lobsters link post on using an ESP32 as a wireless co-processor for a Raspberry Pi running Linux.

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    IT & infrastructurePhoronix · phoronix.com
    Ubuntu's Myna Speech-To-Text Now Available In Tech Preview

    Canonical's Myna context-aware speech-to-text for Ubuntu is now in tech preview for 26.10 and LTS releases.

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    A few months ago Canonical announced Myna as a speech-to-text solution for Ubuntu 26.10 as part of their effort for building a context-aware desktop. Myna as of today is available in "tech preview" form not only for Ubuntu 26.10 but also the LTS releases...

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    IT & infrastructurePhoronix · phoronix.com
    ROCm 10 OpenCL vs. Mesa 26.3-dev Rusticl Performance On AMD Strix Halo

    Phoronix benchmarks Mesa 26.3-dev Rusticl OpenCL against AMD's ROCm 10 OpenCL on Strix Halo hardware.

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    With all the recent progress on Mesa's Rusticl driver as a Rust-based OpenCL driver working across the different Mesa Gallium3D hardware drivers, a Phoronix Premium supporter inquired about seeing some fresh benchmarks of this open-source OpenCL solution. Here is a look at how the Mesa 26.3 Rusticl driver is looking against AMD's official OpenCL driver within ROCm 10.

CS & research1show
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    CS & researchLobsters · sebsite.pw
    your c is not standard c

    A Lobsters link post titled 'your C is not standard C' discussing C language standard pitfalls.

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    OtherArs Technica · arstechnica.com
    WHO report on Russian lab worker death highlights "key uncertainty"

    A WHO report on a Russian lab worker's death concludes the cause remains uncertain, leaving precaution adequacy unclear.

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    Without a cause of death, it's unclear if Russia's precautions were the right ones.

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    OtherArs Technica · arstechnica.com
    Russia was not ready for the data center war it started with Ukraine

    Russian bloggers warn that Russia's hyper-centralized digital economy is vulnerable amid the Ukraine data center war.

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    Russian bloggers warn Russia’s hyper-centralized digital economy is vulnerable.

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    OtherPhoronix · phoronix.com
    FreeType 2.15 Released With Apple HVF Driver, ISO Open Font Format Edition 5

    FreeType 2.15 released with an Apple HVF driver and ISO Open Font Format Edition 5 support.

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    FreeType 2.15 is now available for this widely-used font rendering library used across many different operating systems and software applications...

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    OtherArs Technica · arstechnica.com
    39-year-old unvaccinated woman becomes 6th measles death in Pennsylvania

    A 39-year-old unvaccinated woman became Pennsylvania's sixth measles death, with 1,136 cases across 41 counties.

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    As of Friday, state health officials reported 1,136 cases across 41 counties.

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    OtherArs Technica · arstechnica.com
    Long-lost horror gaming cult classic P.T. gets a much-needed PC port

    Kojima's discontinued P.T. playable teaser is getting a PC port, freeing it from aging PS4 hardware.

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    Kojima's discontinued "playable trailer" is no longer stuck on a few aging PS4 hard drives.