Solana’s Alpenglow Upgrade Set for October 21 With 150-Millisecond Finality Target

Gadgets360 - Oct 14, 2026

Solana is scheduled to activate its Alpenglow upgrade on October 21, replacing the TowerBFT consensus mechanism used since 2020. The upgrade aims to make transactions irreversible in 150 milliseconds by changing how validators reach agreement. The transition is planned for epoch 1064 and requires compatible Agave 4.3.0 software, while alternative validator clients wil...

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Apple HomeView hands-on: SHIVALI BEST is one of the first people to test the £299 home device - so, should you buy one for your family?

Oct 14, 2026

Apple HomeView hands-on: SHIVALI BEST is one of the first people to test the £299 home device - so, should you buy one for your family?

Unveiled at an event in New York, the gadget won't go on sale until November 13. However, the Daily Mail's Science & Technology Editor, Shivali Best, was among the first to get her hands on it.

How Top Trump Officials Stoked Fears of a Nuke That Could Fry the Power Grid

Oct 14, 2026

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For more than a decade, conservative activists held that a single atomic bomb could, without killing Americans directly, lay waste to the country — a claim that built fervor for war with Iran.

Amit Forlit, the Israeli Private Eye at the Heart of a Climate Hacking Scandal

Oct 14, 2026

Amit Forlit, the Israeli Private Eye at the Heart of a Climate Hacking Scandal

He’s been linked to someone called “The Hawk.” He named his company “This Isn’t a Dentist’s Office.” The feds say he hacked American environmentalists.

'I applied for 200 jobs' - How 'spray and pray' AI job applications can backfire

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Graduates are increasingly using AI to misrepresent themselves in job applications, research suggests. But some say their peer group has no choice.

Space Jellyfish over Florida: What is that glowing cloud?

Oct 14, 2026

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Space Jellyfish over Florida: What is that glowing cloud?If you scrolled past a glowing, tentacled blob hanging over your social media, you weren't looking at a UFO. You were looking at a space jellyfish: Falcon 9 exhaust, lit by a sun that hadn't yet risen for anyone on the ground.SpaceX launched...

AI-Found Linux Kernel Flaw Gives Local Users Root, and Can Break a Guest Out to the Host

Oct 14, 2026

AI-Found Linux Kernel Flaw Gives Local Users Root, and Can Break a Guest Out to the Host

A flaw in Linux's vhost subsystem lets a local user read and write kernel memory at will and become root across nearly a decade of kernel versions. In one virtualization setup, it lets an untrusted virtual machine write to the host's memory and hijack the program that runs the virtual machine. The bug is tracked as CVE-2026-74580 and named Vghost. Tencent Zhuque Lab, which found the

OpenAI engineer arrested over alleged hidden recording device

Oct 14, 2026

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Anthropic warns of AI 'worms' spreading across smart gadgets

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Small artificial intelligence (AI) models may be only months away from being able to behave like computer worms, copying themselves from one internet-connected device to another without human intervention, AI giant Anthropic said.

Oppo ColorOS 17 launched with new AI features: Check eligible phones and rollout dates

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Oppo has launched ColorOS 17 globally with a redesigned interface, improved performance, AI-powered tools and enhanced call fraud detection features. The update will debut in India with the Oppo Find X10 series on October 22, 2026, with the rollout for eligible devices starting October 29.

Trip.com’s Edison Chen: the event is becoming the destination

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Oct 14, 2026

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The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced at its World Sustainability Symposium that the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has joined the Supporting Alliance for CORSIA EEU Supply (the Alliance). The Alliance brings together more than 80 CORSIA stakeholders to address bottlenecks that limit the availability of Eligible Emissions Units (EEUs). Its work focuses on practical implementation support, including facilitating the processes needed to authorize emissions units for use under CORSIA while avoiding double counting.

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Oct 14, 2026

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Security researchers ran their own code inside a protected part of Windows that is meant to stay sealed off even when the rest of the computer is taken over. The protected area is a VBS enclave, an isolated slice of memory the operating system uses to guard secrets, and the one they broke into handles passwords for a Windows anti-phishing feature. The work was done in a lab as a proof of

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