The FCC has blocked US sales and marketing of a dashboard camera and a wireless video transmitter, marking the first enforcement of a new rule that bans devices based on their internal chips rather than brand or model. Both products use the HiSilicon Hi3516CV610 Smart Vision SoC, which includes facial-detection and AI video analysis features. HiSilicon is a Huawei subsidiary, and Huawei entities are listed on the FCC's Covered List of national security risks.
tomshardware.com
· 2026-10-23
OnePlus's upcoming Ace 7 series will feature a built-in fan designed to cool the device, using dual airflow paths aimed at the chipset and back panel. The design reportedly incorporates desktop-style cooling fins to help dissipate heat generated during intensive use.
androidauthority.com
· 2026-10-22
Apple opened pre-orders for its first foldable, the iPhone Duo, on Friday, and delivery estimates quickly slipped to roughly three months out. The $1,999 device features a 7.6-inch folding display and an A20 Pro chip, and competes with Samsung's Galaxy Z Fold line.
techspot.com
· 2026-10-16
The open-source AnyPS5 project has implemented all 1,166 tracked AMD RDNA 1 and RDNA 2 GPU shader instructions used by the PS5's Oberon chip, achieving what its GitHub page calls 100% coverage. System library translation is at 86.34% (3,052 of 3,535 functions), and the project has already demonstrated the indie game Dreaming Sarah running natively at 60 FPS on PC.
techspot.com
· 2026-10-12
Nvidia and partners including Acer, Asus, Dell, Gigabyte, HP and MSI will release a 64GB version of the GB10-based DGX Spark system on October 23, priced from $4,999. The new tier sits alongside the existing 128GB configuration, which currently sells for roughly $7,000 to $9,000 due to memory shortages.
tomshardware.com
· 2026-10-02
A new Swimlane survey of security operations center professionals found that 91% report increased job satisfaction since adopting AI-driven detection and response tools. However, nearly half of respondents said AI has made it harder for newcomers to break into the field, and one in four said reliance on AI is limiting their own skill development.
darkreading.com
· 2026-09-30
An industry commentary argues that SOC 2, the widely used compliance standard for data-handling trust, was built around assumptions that no longer hold as AI agents operate within company systems. The piece contends that agents can act under human credentials—such as an engineer's login—allowing risky activity to pass audits undetected because SOC 2 does not explicitly classify AI agents as a distinct identity type.
bleepingcomputer.com
· 2026-09-25
Comp AI, a startup building AI agents to automate security and compliance tasks like drafting policies and gathering audit evidence, announced a $34 million Series A led by Roo Capital and Grand Ventures. The company was founded by Lewis Carhart, Claudio Fuentes, and Mariano Fuentes, who previously ran a workflow startup called LeapAI that they shut down after failing to find a sticky use case. Their frustration with the tedious SOC 2 compliance process while scaling LeapAI directly inspired Comp AI's product.
techcrunch.com
· 2026-09-17
Prophet Security analyzed every alert across customer environments from May to July 2026, rather than only alerts analysts chose to escalate. Of the incidents fully investigated, 93% were benign and 7% were confirmed malicious, with identity-related attacks accounting for roughly half of that malicious activity. The firm identified session hijacking, token replay, MFA bypass, credential stuffing, and phishing as the dominant attack patterns.
bleepingcomputer.com
· 2026-09-10
Ollie, a subscription-based personal AI assistant, has become one of the first family-focused AI products to achieve SOC 2 compliance, an independently audited standard proving it has formal data security controls in place. CEO Bill Lennon says the company's subscription model, rather than data monetization, ensures user data isn't shared or used for AI training. The San Diego startup has raised $7.5 million in seed funding led by Khosla Ventures and AI House.
techcrunch.com
· 2026-09-03
Qualcomm has revealed early details of its next-generation Oryon CPU core, claiming it will hit clock speeds of up to 5GHz and become the fastest mobile processor core available. The upcoming chip design will feature two 5GHz 'Prime Core' units alongside six 'Performance Core' units, plus a new shared cache system called FlexCache that dynamically allocates memory across cores based on workload demands.
techspot.com
· 2026-08-25
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