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The OpenRadioss project's website has been taken offline, with visitors now redirected to a transition page. That page directs users seeking simulation software, technical resources, or ways to participate in future development to Siemens instead.
International law enforcement agencies coordinated an operation to dismantle a ransomware group known as KillSec, which is linked to roughly 500 victims worldwide over the past two years. Investigators have identified the suspected mastermind behind the operation as a 16-year-old.
404 Media reports that Magnet Forensics, maker of the GrayKey phone-unlocking tool, has found a way around iOS's Inactivity Reboot, which forces a locked iPhone to reboot after 72 hours of non-use. The report cites a law enforcement training video describing a new device called GrayKey Preserve and an Evidence Preservation Mode for existing GrayKey hardware, both reportedly built to keep a seized iPhone from returning to its more secure locked state.
Kohei Horikoshi, known for creating 'My Hero Academia,' has released a standalone manga one-shot titled 'Quit Laughing, Shijima.' The story departs from his signature superhero genre, instead centering on a boy-meets-girl narrative steeped in ritualistic horror elements.
The University of Vermont's Larner College of Medicine is leading a research project awarded as much as $38 million to study whether digital twins can simulate how critically ill patients respond to treatments. The initiative targets ICU decision-making, where clinicians must weigh variables such as unusual immune responses when choosing therapies.
CSS Bed is a website that gathers multiple classless CSS stylesheets developers can drop into a page's head tag as instant starting styles. Each theme requires no custom classes, works with plain HTML, and the project is open source on GitHub for bug reports or new theme submissions.
Time magazine reports that in December, weeks before U.S. forces invaded Venezuela and captured Nicolás Maduro, President Trump met privately with Elon Musk and spent hours questioning Musk's Grok chatbot about how Venezuelans would react to Maduro's removal. Grok reportedly told Trump that Maduro was an unpopular dictator whose fall would be celebrated, a prediction a source says Trump saw as vindicated once celebrations followed the January 3 invasion.
Developer Baldur Bjarnason writes that his training courses and ebook sales have dried up, alongside peers who ran similar businesses, as AI chatbots become the default way developers seek coding help. JavaScript writer Axel Rauschmayer says his book income fell from sustaining him in 2024 to zero in 2026, while traffic to his free online books surged from AI crawlers rather than human readers, prompting him to take his blog and books offline.
Ryan Roslansky, who led LinkedIn before taking over Office and later Microsoft Teams, is leaving the company after nearly 18 years. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella confirmed the departure in an internal memo, praising Roslansky's work consolidating product, engineering and design teams. Microsoft is folding Office and Teams into its Copilot, Agents, and Platform organization under Charles Lamanna, with design chief Jon Friedman now reporting to Copilot lead Jacob Andreou, while Dan Shapero remains LinkedIn CEO reporting to Nadella.
Samsung has released the Galaxy Buds On, its first open-ear clip-on earbuds, exclusively in South Korea on October 27 in black for 299,000 won (about $220). The earbuds use a TwinBoost speaker system to boost bass and reduce sound leakage, plus automatic volume adjustment, touch controls, and voice isolation for calls. Samsung says a wider global rollout will follow but has not shared dates, regions, or pricing.
Fast Company published a feature profiling a group of executives and entrepreneurs it describes as 'growth agents' for 2026, highlighting their strategies and leadership approaches. The piece is presented as a photo-led showcase crediting a team of photographers and a photo editor rather than offering detailed narrative reporting on any single company.
Deep Silver is releasing free updates for Metro 2033 Redux and Metro: Last Light Redux that bring 4K textures, DLSS and PSSR upscaling, spatial audio, and controller haptics support on PS5, PS5 Pro, Xbox Series X/S and PC. The updates arrive October 22 on PC and October 29 on consoles, enabling 4K at 60fps or upscaled 4K at 120fps on compatible displays. The announcement also confirms a new entry, Metro 2039, due February 4, 2027.