Alice Huang, who U.S. intelligence determined is a Chinese asset, emerged from the high-flying world of Shanghai finance to work with tech titans and obtain essential A.I. chips.

The A.I. company’s pricing would make it one of the biggest ever public listings. It comes at a volatile moment in markets, with investors questioning the sustainability of the A.I. boom.

The FBI and other US agencies are warning that America may soon see attacks on its food supply, sending prices skyrocketing before the holidays.

More than a decade after transforming doorbells into security cameras, Amazon has unveiled a flying robot that can patrol your home on command.

Gmail users are being warned about a disturbing new hacking threat that could allow cybercriminals to secretly access their private messages and banking details.

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of an attack that exploited two now-patched vulnerabilities in AhsayCBS to deliver a Python-based implant. The activity, observed by Huntress in October 2026, involves the exploitation of a chain comprising CVE-2026-105133 and CVE-2026-105134 to bypass authentication and execute arbitrary commands on affected systems. Patches for the two

The threat actor known as Blind Eagle has resurfaced with a new campaign targeting organizations in Latin America through judicial and administrative-themed phishing lures to deliver a remote access trojan (RAT) that shares its lineage with AsyncRAT and DCRat. "The campaign uses Portuguese and Spanish lures that resemble court notifications, fiscalía notices, tutela proceedings, and

Fireworks AI disclosed on Monday that its investigation into a security incident first reported early last month  uncovered further malicious activity, affecting account and billing information, alongside secrets, datasets, and incomplete models for a "limited set of accounts." In a notice published on October 10, 2026, the company said it detected unauthorized use of internal Fireworks

Jensen Huang, the chief executive of the A.I. chip company, admitted to an affair with a woman who U.S. intelligence says was recruited by China’s top spy agency.

Sales of essential goods such as hand sanitiser soar after the government called on households to be prepared for emergencies.

A political storm sparked by US media reports alleging American intelligence agencies suspect Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang was targeted in an espionage operation – a claim Beijing has denied – threatens to intensify Washington’s tech blockade on China following a Democratic midterm victory. Analysts said the twin developments could give the US Congress the political momentum needed to plug loopholes in existing semiconductor restrictions, accelerating efforts to curb third-country chip smuggling and...

It’s the first drop in planet-warming pollution since the pandemic in 2020. But researchers cautioned that the decline could be short-lived.

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Formulaic AI-generated microdramas risk stifling human creativity and innovation, a Beijing professor has warned at a forum in Macau. Zhang Lanshan, a professor at the School of Digital Media and Design Arts at the Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, said that while audiences loved such standardised content, it posed a risk to diversity and artistic endeavour. Experts, including from several Hong Kong institutions, also warned users of artificial intelligence about the cultural...

The same fault that caused one of the biggest disasters in history and spread destruction to the US is said to be building to another catastrophe.

Surely India has a promising hand to play: Anand Mahindra on nation's compelling AI opportunity

The impending Super El Niño may have experts worried, but a new study suggests that the powerful climate cycle could bring some good news this winter.

Governance experts question whether the board, which is investigating Mr. Huang’s conduct, has been too deferential as he has turned Nvidia into a global giant.

Campaign group PETA has written to the Oxford English Dictionary, demanding it scrap the definition of chicken as a cowardly or faint-hearted person.

An iOS sandbox escape published on GitHub lets an app read other apps' files on iPhones running iOS 26 and 27. That puts seed phrases, private keys, and login credentials at risk of exposure to malicious apps, Binance warned today. Apple's updates for iOS 26 and 27, released yesterday, do not list a fix. A researcher who goes by forcequit released the escape, called worse_query, on Sunday, a

At some point your security will fail. This isn’t pessimism. It’s not because your team and tools aren’t sophisticated enough. It’s the reason we have detections in the first place. And, it’s why once we accept that prevention has its limits, we arrive at an interdiction strategy: finding and disrupting what got in. After the alert The alert tells you something happened. However, gaining

There is growing momentum to pass a slate of major new export control bills targeting China, in the wake of the Democrats’ takeover of the US Congress and scrutiny over American chip giant Nvidia following CEO Jensen Huang’s admission of an extramarital affair. US intelligence reportedly identified the woman as a Chinese spy, a claim that Beijing has rejected. Leading US politicians have been quick to jump on the news to put pressure on the White House and other lawmakers to approve three bills...

Meta is expanding its AI-powered age-detection technology globally to identify teenagers who use fake birth dates to appear as adults on Instagram. The move will place more users aged 13 to 17 under Teen Account safety settings, while Meta is also introducing Apple's age-range signal in Australia.

Nvidia’s C.E.O., Jensen Huang, admitted to having an affair with a suspected Chinese corporate spy. Everything that means for him and the A.I. industry, and what happens next.

Rockstar Games has confirmed November 19, 2026, as the GTA 6 release date, with digital pre-loading starting November 10 for PS5 and Xbox Series X|S. Ahead of launch, reports detail New Zealand's early access, the unconfirmed PC version and a real-life GTA-inspired Grotti Cheetah.

Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang has admitted to having an extramarital affair as the chipmaker investigates reported allegations that a Chinese businesswoman close to him may have been working for Beijing’s intelligence services. Beijing has rejected the espionage claims as “baseless”, while Nvidia has said it had no reason to believe company secrets or US national security were compromised. The controversy wiped about US$190 billion off the chipmaker’s market value in a single day. US...

The relentless rise in the world's carbon emissions may finally be slowing, according to a major new report.

Scientists aboard China's Tiangong space station have chilled a cloud of atoms to just 9.7 picokelvin, the coldest temperature ever measured.

An iMessage flaw could let a remote attacker join a group chat and receive its messages, Apple said yesterday, and it released updates to fix it. The updates also fix a separate iMessage flaw that could let someone added to a group access messages sent before they joined. As of today, other updates released yesterday for the iPhone XS, XS Max and XR, the iPad (7th generation) and some Apple

The Russia-aligned state-sponsored threat actor known as Turla (aka Snake) is wielding a previously undocumented cyber espionage toolset called Cereal that's used to break into victims' Microsoft Exchange servers with an aim to surreptitiously collect emails. According to an ESET report shared with The Hacker News ahead of publication, the sophisticated and modular tool is designed for