Dell issued an advisory for CVE-2026-86360, a path traversal vulnerability in its Dell System Update command-line tool that could let an unauthenticated remote attacker execute code with root privileges on PowerEdge servers. The company also disclosed four additional high-severity DSU flaws and two maximum-severity Container Storage Modules vulnerabilities the same day, urging customers to upgrade DSU to version 2.3.0.0 or later.
Zelenograd Nanotechnology Center has finished the third R&D phase of a lithography tool capable of processing 200mm wafers at a 130nm process node, according to CNews. The prototype is still undergoing internal testing and remains years from deployment in a production fab, with development work shared across ZNTC, Belarus-based Planar, and laser maker Lassard, under a roughly $70 million program funded by Russia's Ministry of Industry and Trade.
Cloudflare has released a beta Web Search API that lets AI agents and applications query the live internet rather than relying on a model's training data or guessed URLs. Developers can choose from three launch partners—Ceramic.ai, Exa, and Linkup—all of which support Zero Data Retention and Cloudflare's verified bot crawling standards. The API runs through AI Gateway, logging requests and billing them at each provider's list price with no markup, and can be called via REST API or a Worker AI binding.
CNN CEO Mark Thompson will remain in his role once Paramount's $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery closes, forming a company called Skydance led by David Ellison and Ynon Kreiz. The merger also keeps Bari Weiss as CBS News editor-in-chief, installs Casey Bloys as chief content officer of streaming, and names Josh Greenstein, Dana Goldberg and George Cheeks to run film and TV units. The deal is expected to close Tuesday, and includes a state-mandated news editorial independence board.
WIRED tested the Withings BodyScan 2, a $600 body-composition scale with handlebars and a built-in color LCD screen, over several months. The device offers two scan modes, with a 30-second daily scan measuring weight, segmented muscle and fat percentages, basal metabolic rate, vascular age, and pulse wave velocity.
The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet awarded the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine jointly to Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel for discoveries on light-gated ion channels and the development of optogenetics. Hegemann and Nagel identified channelrhodopsin, a light-sensitive protein in algae, while Deisseroth turned it into a tool to control nerve cells with light.
Bloomberg reports Apple is preparing to release two variants of a smart display within the month, alongside a new Apple TV and HomePod mini, as part of a broader home hardware push tied to iOS 27. The move would mark Apple's first serious first-party entry into a smart display category long dominated by Google Nest and Amazon Echo devices.
Android Authority found a work-in-progress Gemini interface redesign inside Android Auto app version 17.9.664004, which it enabled to preview. The new animation adopts Google's Neural Expressive design style with dots around the Gemini interface, spanning the full screen width with Live and close buttons on either side, replacing the current subtle glow indicator.
In a Decoder interview, California Senator Adam Schiff discussed oversight of tech and AI, criticizing self-dealing in politics and the Trump administration's non-binding White House pact with AI CEOs on safety. Schiff said he supports creating a new regulatory agency for AI and discussed how the Supreme Court's Loper Bright ruling, which ended Chevron deference, could complicate such regulation through litigation.
MorningStar Farms, a longtime plant-based meat brand, has rolled out a new brand identity that draws on its 1970s origins. The redesign emphasizes the company's decades-long history making meat alternatives rather than framing the products around current debates over plant-based eating.
The US Senate voted 57-43 on September 30, falling three votes short of the 60 needed to advance the Ratepayer Protection Act, killing the bill after it had already passed the House. The legislation, introduced by Senator Jon Husted, would have directed state regulators to consider requiring data centers and other large power consumers to cover the infrastructure costs tied to their energy use.
Elon Musk said Tesla extended its Austin robotaxi operating hours from 10pm to 11pm, explaining the limit exists to avoid hitting pets that are hard to see at night, specifically citing grey kittens on grey pavement. Tesla relies solely on cameras for its self-driving system, forgoing the radar and LIDAR sensors used by rival robotaxi operators.
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