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Konrad Zieliński, who lost his voice to cancer and later completed a PhD on bionic systems for laryngectomees, founded Uhura Bionics in 2023. The startup makes two non-surgical wearable devices, including a premium model called Whitney, designed to let users speak with emotional inflection rather than a flat robotic tone. Uhura will present at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026's Battlefield 200 next month.
Mandiant and other security firms say attackers began exploiting an unpatched Citrix NetScaler flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-88772, in early September to install custom web shells and tunneling malware, gain root access, steal credentials, and move into internal networks. Victims span government, financial services, education, legal, and professional services organizations in North America and Europe. Citrix disclosed two related zero-days, CVE-2026-88771 and CVE-2026-88772, on Sunday and released patches after researchers including GreyNoise and watchTowr flagged active exploitation.
Citrix disclosed CVE-2026-88771 and CVE-2026-88772, both scoring 9.5 on the CVSS scale, affecting default configurations of its NetScaler ADC and Gateway products. Citrix confirmed exploits against unmitigated deployments and urged customers to patch immediately, though public warnings of attacks had circulated online since September 25, days before the formal disclosure.
Apple has released a security update fixing a vulnerability in the graphics engine underlying iOS 26, iPadOS 26 and macOS 26, which the company says may have already been used against specific targeted individuals. Meta's product security team discovered and reported the flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-86950; Apple did not disclose how it was found or how many devices were affected. Devices on the newer iOS 27, iPadOS 27 and macOS 27 also received Tuesday's update but were not vulnerable to this particular bug.
OpenAI is hosting its DevDay 2026 conference, where it plans to unveil new products and tools for developers. The event follows recent incidents in which AI agents were used to breach outside companies, including a reported attack on Hugging Face involving OpenAI's own models.
Android Authority's C. Scott Brown compiled a list of five current Motorola phones he says buyers should skip, starting with the $1,500 Razr Ultra (2026). He argues the device offers only minor upgrades over last year's model, such as a bigger battery and brighter display, while carrying the same software support commitment of three OS updates and four years of bug fixes.
Startup Nights 2026 will take place on 5-6 November in Winterthur, Switzerland, at the Eulachhallen venue. The nearby Park Hotel Winterthur is offering event attendees accommodation with a 20% discount using the promo code Startup26.
Apple has issued security updates for CVE-2026-20700, an out-of-bounds write flaw in its CoreGraphics framework that was used in what the company calls an 'extremely sophisticated' attack against specific individuals. The bug, found by Meta Product Security, affects iOS, iPadOS, macOS, watchOS and tvOS, and could let a malicious file trigger arbitrary code execution. Fixes are included in iOS 26.7.1, iPadOS 26.7.1, macOS Tahoe 26.7.1 and macOS Sequoia 15.8.1.
Ridge Security disclosed CVE-2026-42542, a high-severity flaw in the open-source TDengine time-series database used across manufacturing, energy, automotive and IoT sectors. The bug lets an unauthenticated attacker crash a vulnerable server with a single crafted network packet; TDengine has released version 3.4.1.6 to fix versions 3.4.0.0 through 3.4.1.5.
Apple issued iOS 26.7.1 for iPhones that haven't updated to iOS 27, alongside iOS 27.0.1, iPadOS 27.0.1 and several macOS updates. The update fixes a single CoreGraphics vulnerability, CVE-2026-86950, an out-of-bounds write bug that could allow arbitrary code execution when processing a malicious file, which Apple says was exploited in a highly sophisticated attack on specific targeted individuals.
Tom's Hardware is offering free access to its Premium AI Chip Design Week coverage from September 28 to October 2, available to anyone who creates a free account. The lineup includes an interview with OpenAI hardware lead Richard Ho about Jalapeño, the company's AI-designed inference ASIC unveiled at Hot Chips 2026, plus reports on AI's role in EDA tools and future AI-assisted chip design.
OpenAI's VP of Hardware, Richard Ho, spoke with Tom's Hardware following the August 2026 Hot Chips reveal of the company's Jalapeño inference ASIC. Ho said the chip's development leaned heavily on AI tools to compress the design timeline, and that efficiency, not raw performance, was the primary driver behind building custom silicon.