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Proofpoint researcher Selena Larson told Dark Reading that threat actors like TA4903 and TA2725, once sophisticated operations, have grown less effective after adopting AI tools in their attack chains. She contrasted this with widely cited survey data claiming 84% of ransomware attacks now involve AI, arguing that such headline figures overstate AI's actual impact on attacker capability.
Speaking at TechCrunch Disrupt in San Francisco, Amazon SVP of Devices Panos Panay told founders that failure is a necessary part of building successful products. He pointed to Microsoft's Surface RT tablet, which led to a nearly $1 billion write-down during his tenure there, as an example of a major failure he later learned from.
IDC's preliminary Q3 2026 data shows global smartphone shipments fell 22% year-over-year, driven largely by a memory chip shortage that has pushed component costs up roughly 350% since last year. Samsung led with 57.8 million units shipped (22.6% share), just ahead of Apple's 57.3 million, as Apple's iPhone shipments fell only 4%—the smallest decline among top vendors—narrowing the gap to 500,000 units and 0.2 percentage points.
Anthropic announced it is working with nonprofits METR and SecureBio, along with ongoing talks with Hugging Face, to embed independent evaluators inside the company. The firm has set up a three-tier access system for evaluators, with METR granted top-tier, employee-like access including six onboarded staff who can use Anthropic's hardware and tools to assess risk levels.
Anbernic has begun removing the option to buy its Android gaming handhelds with pre-loaded microSD cards, according to reports. The change comes just days after the company faced accusations that these bundled cards contained pirated games.
Citizen Lab researchers reported a campaign dubbed AdFection in which malicious ads containing zero-click exploits installed spyware on targeted phones without any user interaction. The group confirmed 45 infected devices at Al Jazeera during 2024 and 2025, and linked the ad delivery to Israeli company Discover-Tech, which brokers ad placements between advertisers and publishers.
Google has begun rolling out its Universal Cart feature in the US, letting shoppers track products from multiple retailers in one saved cart within Search and the Gemini app. The tool monitors over 60 billion listings for price drops and stock alerts, suggests promotions and optimal credit cards via Google Wallet, and lets users check out through the Universal Commerce Protocol using Google Pay or complete purchases on the merchant's site. The feature, previewed at Google I/O in May, launches just before Black Friday.
Porsche revealed the Mission S concept in New York, a mid-engined sports car positioned above the 911 in its lineup. Unlike limited-run halo cars such as the Carrera GT or 918 Spyder, Porsche says this will become a regular production model as part of a broader turnaround strategy dubbed 'Sportwagenschmiede '35.'
An immigration-focused corporate counsel describes a rising trend of foreign entrepreneurs forming U.S. companies specifically to self-sponsor employment visas, as traditional employment-based green card routes remain backlogged. The counsel explains that USCIS requires documented proof of an 'employer-employee relationship,' meaning a board or other body—not the founder alone—must hold real authority to hire, supervise and evaluate them.
The Labor Department reported that wholesale prices, measured by the producer price index, rose 6.3% in September compared with a year earlier, accelerating from August's 5.6% annual increase. The report attributed the surge largely to a sharp rise in fuel costs, exceeding economists' expectations.
A blogger recounts switching from Netflix, Disney Plus and Spotify to a self-hosted Jellyfin media server after leaving India, citing rising subscription costs and frustration with algorithmic recommendations affecting his son's viewing. The post describes how this shift led to hosting additional services at home over roughly 18 months, replacing several cloud subscriptions. The author also outlines personal rules, including never exposing self-hosted services directly to the public internet, relying instead on VPN access through his router.
A guest post by physicist Rikab Gambhir, published on a blog, criticizes a trend of AI labs like OpenAI releasing huge volumes of machine-generated mathematical or scientific claims, comparing the practice to Borges's fictional 'Library of Babel' that contains every possible text, true or false. The post argues these outputs are often unverifiable or low-value despite being marketed as scientific breakthroughs, referencing an October release from OpenAI of around 700 claimed mathematical results.