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Microsoft confirmed that installing the optional September 2026 KB5124010 preview update for Windows 11 can crash games, media players and productivity apps that rely on built-in AC-3 (Dolby Digital) audio decoding. Affected apps may fail to launch, close unexpectedly, or work until audio features are triggered. Microsoft says the issue mainly hits legacy software and has not given a timeline for a fix.
SWK ENERGIE, the municipal utility of Krefeld, Germany, has introduced a tariff called meinGAMING aimed at gaming households with three consumption tiers: Casual Gamer (2,500 kWh/year), Pro Gamer (3,500 kWh/year), and Gaming Households (5,000 kWh/year). The plan carries a higher fixed charge but a lower per-kWh rate, with the utility claiming the electricity is 100% renewable and offering a price guarantee of up to 24 months.
A new survey finds that while more than half of women experiencing menopause symptoms say they would feel comfortable discussing the topic with a manager, only 21% have actually done so. The commentary argues that despite menopause becoming a more visible topic in media and celebrity culture, that openness has not translated into corporate workplace practices.
Reuters reports that Saif al-Din Khader, a teenager suspected of leading the ShinyHunters hacking group, is being detained in Jordan. The group claimed in September it had breached the FBI's job recruitment portal, stealing personal and medical data on roughly 5,000 employees and defacing the agency's logo. Sources told Reuters Khader is cooperating with FBI and international investigators to help identify other members of the group.
A tech guide outlines several built-in iPhone settings and tools that can recover roughly 10GB of storage without removing photos or apps. These include clearing cached data, offloading unused apps while keeping their data, managing message attachments, and optimizing photo storage through iCloud.
Google has temporarily stopped accepting product vulnerability submissions under its Open Source Software Vulnerability Rewards Program, citing a surge of automated, mostly invalid AI-generated reports. Supply chain reports and previously submitted reports are unaffected, and researchers can still use the Patch Rewards Program or Cloud VRP. Google says it will rework the OSS VRP and provide an update in Q1 2027.
A leak from Android Headlines details a new Google wearable called the Fitbit Edge, shown in black, green, and orange color options. The device reportedly features a small oval display, side buttons, a Fitbit Air-style sensor array, and a pinch-based strap-swap mechanism.
A new study in Frontiers in Environmental Archaeology re-examined skulls excavated in the 1920s from First Dynasty Egyptian tombs and found that more than a third show evidence of blunt force trauma. Bioarchaeologist Roselyn Campbell of Purdue University led the analysis, applying modern forensic methods to century-old remains to investigate whether servants were killed to accompany early pharaohs into the afterlife.
Researchers analyzed skulls from subsidiary graves surrounding early royal tombs at Abydos, Egypt, dating back roughly 5,000 years. Their examination found physical evidence consistent with strangulation, supporting the long-standing idea that these individuals were sacrificed rather than having died of natural causes around the same time as the ruler's burial.
MIT Technology Review has made the full three-day program from its EmTech Future 2026 event available on demand, covering AI, quantum computing, energy systems, and robotics. Featured speakers include Google Quantum AI's Hartmut Neven, MIT's Evelyn Wang, and author Cory Doctorow. Subscribers can access the complete program at a discounted rate of $596.
A laboratory employee at the Irkutsk anti-plague institute, identified as 27- or 28-year-old Daria Sh., died Thursday after contracting plague, reportedly after breaking a test tube of live bacteria while collecting samples. She had been hospitalized Tuesday in Shelekhov with severe pneumonia and placed on a ventilator before her death. Nearly 200 people are now under medical observation as a precaution.
Daria Shipilova, 28, who worked at an anti-plague research institute in Russia's Irkutsk region, reportedly broke a test tube containing pneumonic plague pathogen on Sept. 25. She was hospitalized Sept. 29 with severe pneumonia symptoms and died Oct. 1-2. Russian health officials say tests found no microorganisms linked to her work, though regional officials have given conflicting statements about whether plague was involved.