Read the Docs disclosed that in mid-to-late June 2026 it suffered its largest-ever DDoS attack, with traffic peaking at roughly 5.5 million requests per minute—about 100 times normal levels—and lasting nearly ten days. The attack used millions of distributed IP addresses across many networks, including residential and hosting providers, and randomized HTTP headers and TLS fingerprints to evade detection while specifically targeting endpoints that bypass caching.
The US Commerce Department is distributing $300 million in CHIPS Act funding equally among D-Wave Quantum, Rigetti Computing, and Quantinuum, giving each $100 million while also acquiring minority ownership stakes in the companies. The money targets hardware manufacturing challenges like cryogenics, semiconductor fabrication, ion traps, and photonics rather than quantum software development.
Hello Games' Cosmos update for No Man's Sky lets any pilot exit their ship in deep space, not just those flying corvette-class vessels. Players can now leave their ship at any moment via the Quick Menu and move freely using an upgraded jetpack system.
The author has rebuilt an AI-generated code comment detector, previously trained on private data with an unstable foundation, using only public data and a more solid architecture. The new tool runs entirely in the browser, processes pasted text locally without sending it to a server, and offers an interactive interface that highlights which text features drive its human-vs-robot judgment.
A geospatial artificial intelligence firm analyzed 72 of the world's largest cities to assess how well each is positioned to withstand climate-related risks such as heat, flooding, and extreme weather. The resulting ranking places some well-known cities in unexpectedly low or high positions relative to public perception.
At the Goldman Sachs Communacopia + Technology Conference, CoreWeave CEO Mike Intrator told CNBC that AI and data center companies have not adequately communicated the advantages of their technology to the public. He argued that community opposition stems less from data centers themselves and more from broader anxiety about the rapid pace of technological change and its uncertain effects on people's lives and children's futures.
b.next, originally an academic effort focused on synthetic cell interoperability through its Nucleus platform, took on a 2023 contract to build an open, fully specified synthetic cell sensor. That project, intended to take months, evolved into years of work solving supply chain gaps for PURE system components, ultimately leading the team to build a manufacturing plant producing 'Cytosol,' a core substrate for synthetic cells, and recently shipping its 100th kit.
Meta reportedly built an internal leaderboard called Claudeonomics that ranked employees by AI token consumption, awarding titles like 'Token Legend' to top users who burned through over 60 trillion tokens in a month. Similar tracking has surfaced at Disney, JPMorgan, KPMG, Amazon, and Accenture, with some firms incorporating AI usage into performance reviews.
Nintendo released a free update for Mario Kart World that converts ten hidden SNES Super Mario Kart courses—including Choco Island, Mario Circuit, and Ghost Valley—into fully racable Versus mode tracks. These courses previously existed in the open world only as exploration and P-Switch mission areas, and now feature ground-level question blocks matching the original SNES power-up style. The update also adds two new routes to the elimination-based Knockout Tour mode.
Apple has introduced a new camera mode called Reference Image, launching with the iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max, that cryptographically signs sensor data at capture to prove a photo hasn't been altered. Using Private Cloud Compute, the phone generates an unchangeable reference version of the image that users can compare against edited copies in the Photos app. Apple is also opening a Reference Image API for developers across iOS, iPadOS, and macOS, though the feature won't be available at launch in the EU.
Amazon is temporarily selling the 14-inch 2TB M5 Pro MacBook Pro with 24GB RAM for $2,699, down from its $3,199 list price. The retailer also continues discounting AirPods Pro 3 by $50, AirPods Max 2 by $100, and has restocked the AirTag 2 at its lowest recorded price.
Capcom confirmed its acclaimed remakes of Resident Evil 2 (2019), Resident Evil 3 (2020) and Resident Evil 4 (2023) will launch on the Nintendo Switch 2 eShop on October 16. Each release includes all previously released DLC, meaning the RE4 remake will ship with its Separate Ways expansion starring Ada Wong.
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