According to this week's Tom's Hardware Premium roundup, Tencent has signed a five-year, $7 billion deal to lease high-performance AI chips from Oracle, with the per-hour rate roughly 43% cheaper than leasing an Nvidia H100 on a one-year contract. No specific chip model was confirmed, though the deal's scale and pricing suggest Hopper-class GPUs. Separately, Synopsys and OpenAI unveiled 'GPT-Synopsys,' an AI model combining Synopsys' chip design IP and EDA tools with OpenAI's LLM capabilities.
tomshardware.com
· 2026-10-10
FBI Director Kash Patel announced the arrest of another suspected ShinyHunters co-conspirator linked to the breach of the FBIjobs.gov platform. The New York Times identified the suspect as a Canadian citizen arrested in Pennsylvania, described as a primary participant in the intrusion, though the FBI has not released his name or charges. This marks the second arrest in days connected to the group behind the hack.
bleepingcomputer.com
· 2026-10-09
AI-linked stocks including Oracle and Broadcom fell Thursday after a Financial Times report said OpenAI's annualized revenue was roughly $20 billion below prior indications. At the same time, non-AI names like Home Depot rallied as Treasury yields fell following a strong 30-year bond auction. CNBC's Jim Cramer said the divergence showed the benefit of holding a diversified portfolio rather than concentrating in one investing theme.
cnbc.com
· 2026-10-08
OpenAI told investors its annualized revenue stood at roughly $50 billion at the end of September, below the $68 billion figure widely reported last month, CNBC confirmed. A person familiar with the matter said the higher figure had included gross revenue from OpenAI's partners, used for comparison with rival Anthropic. Shares of Nvidia, Oracle and CoreWeave fell after the revised figure emerged, alongside reported growth rates of 77% overall and 107% in enterprise business.
cnbc.com
· 2026-10-08
During the second day of Pwn2Own Ireland 2026, security researchers successfully exploited the Samsung Galaxy S26 three times, with multiple teams including KAIST Hacking Lab and others demonstrating zero-day vulnerabilities. The event awarded a total of $232,500 for various exploits across different devices and categories.
bleepingcomputer.com
· 2026-10-08
Oracle, Broadcom, and SpaceX are engaging in discussions with lenders to secure substantial debt funding aimed at financing their investments in AI chip technology. These deals are expected to involve tens of billions of dollars each, highlighting the scale of their ambitions in the AI hardware sector.
wsj.com
· 2026-10-07
A peer-reviewed study in the Journal of Financial Crime examined 72 flash loan attacks between February 2020 and July 2024 that drained $1.211 billion from DeFi platforms, part of 254 total attacks costing $6.568 billion across 20.63 billion transactions on seven blockchains. The researchers found that attacks exploiting flaws in protocol logic rose from 28% of flash loan losses in the first two years of the study to 55% in the most recent period, overtaking price oracle manipulation as the dominant technique.
techreport.com
· 2026-10-07
A 2025 cyberattack on Oracle Health compromised personal and medical records for almost 20 million people, including 3 million Texans, according to a Texas attorney general report cited by Bloomberg. The attacker allegedly used stolen credentials to access old Cerner servers before their data was migrated to Oracle's cloud, copying Social Security numbers, addresses and medical information. Oracle began notifying affected customers in March 2025, but neither Oracle nor the AG's office has named which hospitals or clinics were impacted.
cnet.com
· 2026-10-06
On the opening day of Pwn2Own Ireland 2026, security researchers chained 32 zero-day vulnerabilities to breach devices across categories including mobile phones, printers, smart home gadgets and AI systems, earning $388,500 in prizes. Samsung's Galaxy S26 was compromised twice, while VinSOC researchers led the leaderboard after chaining seven zero-days against a Philips Hue Bridge Pro and five against Oracle's Autonomous AI Database. Other targets included OpenAI's Codex coding agent, Lexmark and Canon printers, a Sonos Era 300 speaker, and LiteLLM, though an attempt on the Google Pixel 10 failed within the time limit.
bleepingcomputer.com
· 2026-10-06
A recent survey of 300 global organizations reveals that nearly half of VMware users face operational challenges when considering migration to alternative virtualization platforms. The study highlights issues such as managing multiple vendors, security concerns, and skill gaps as key barriers. Cost increases following Broadcom's acquisition of VMware also influence organizations' virtualization strategies.
arstechnica.com
· 2026-10-06
According to the Financial Times, Oracle has agreed to lease about 100,000 advanced AI chips to Tencent across Southeast Asian data centers over five years, in a deal valued near $7 billion with roughly 30% paid upfront. Neither company has confirmed the arrangement, and the specific chip model involved has not been disclosed, though the FT notes such leases are permitted under current US export rules since the hardware is unavailable in China.
tomshardware.com
· 2026-10-05
Jordanian authorities reportedly detained Saif al-Din Khader, known online as "Rey" and suspected of belonging to the ShinyHunters hacking group, this week according to Reuters sources. Khader is said to be cooperating with the FBI and international law enforcement, helping investigators go through his devices and communications to identify other alleged members of the group.
bleepingcomputer.com
· 2026-10-03
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