Do Son Microsoft unveiled "Mico," a friendly, expressive avatar for Copilot voice mode, and new features like real-time "Groups" collaboration and persistent memory.
EA and Stability AI will co-develop generative AI tools for faster asset and texture creation, a move likely aimed at cutting costs amid EA's privatization.
Microsoft released an emergency update for a critical WSUS flaw (CVSS 9.8) that allows unauthenticated RCE and is already being actively exploited.
OpenAI is reportedly considering using ChatGPT's memory feature to deliver hyper-personalized targeted advertising, potentially making user conversations a new ad vector.
A bug in Ubuntu 25.10's Rust coreutils prevents automatic system updates on desktop, server, and cloud deployments. Manual patch required.
A UK court ruled Apple abused its dominance by charging "excessive and unfair" App Store fees, making it liable for up to £1.5 billion in damages.
OpenAI acquired Software Applications, the team behind the Mac app Sky, to integrate system-level automation and agentic AI capabilities into ChatGPT.
AWS confirmed its 15-hour US-EAST-1 outage was caused by a DynamoDB DNS automation race condition that wiped out all service IP addresses.
Amazon Luna relaunches with a new smartphone-controlled "GameNight" mode and a selection of AAA titles now free for all Amazon Prime members.
Microsoft imposed an "unrealistic" 30% profit margin target on Xbox, far above the 17-22% industry average, leading to layoffs and canceled titles.
Amazon confirmed the development of AI-powered smart glasses for delivery drivers, providing turn-by-turn HUD navigation and saving them 30 minutes per shift.
Wordfence warned of a massive RCE campaign (8.7M+ attacks) exploiting flaws in GutenKit/Hunk Companion plugins. Unauthenticated attackers can install malicious plugins via vulnerable REST API endpoints.
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Unit 42 exposed Jingle Thief, a Morocco-linked group exploiting Microsoft 365 credentials via phishing. They maintain 10-month access to issue fraudulent gift cards worth hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Symantec exposed Warlock ransomware (a probable Anylock rebrand) used by China-linked Storm-2603. It exploits the SharePoint zero-day and BYOVD to disable security and encrypt files with the .x2anylock extension.
SentinelLABS exposed PhantomCaptcha, a ClickFix campaign targeting Ukraine NGOs. It uses a fake Cloudflare CAPTCHA to deploy a multi-stage PowerShell WebSocket RAT and a parallel Android spyware attack.
Sekoia exposed TransparentTribe (Pakistan-linked APT) targeting Indian government with AI-assisted DeskRAT malware. The Golang RAT infects BOSS Linux via malicious .desktop files and staging servers.
GM is integrating Google Gemini into all vehicles by 2026, creating a natural-language AI assistant and phasing out both Apple CarPlay and Android Auto.
YouTube has rolled out a new, optional timer feature for Shorts, letting users set a daily viewing limit to curb mindless scrolling and digital addiction.
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Reddit has filed a lawsuit against Perplexity and three data brokers, accusing them of unauthorized, "industrial-scale" scraping of its content for AI training.
Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo reports that sales of the ultra-thin iPhone Air have collapsed, prompting Apple to cut production by over 80% due to poor demand.