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Multiple attacks from the same IP address attempted to deploy various payloads, including a Linux bot and webshells.
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LinkedIn has built an OpenTelemetry-based telemetry platform that connects what members do in its iOS, Android, and web applications with the backend services processing those interactions. By Craig Risi
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After introducing true liquid cooling to its gaming phones last year, Redmagic is upping the ante in its 12 Pro by building RGB lights into the transparent cooling loop, too. And they work! Sort of. The lights do turn on, and they can be…
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If it’s possible to release a flagship phone while at the same time making it appear more like a midrange phone, Red Magic has found a way.
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AMD's upcoming Fluid Motion Frames 3 (AFMF 3) technology has apparently been unlocked ahead of its official release, thanks to a Radeon enthusiast who used artificial intelligence to uncover a hidden feature in the company's latest…
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The app is testing animated icons for buttons like pause, play, and several others.
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Nagoshi Studio, founded in 2021 by Yakuza creator Toshihiro Nagoshi, has officially closed down before finishing its debut title. According to filings published in Japan's government gazette Kanpo, shareholders voted to dissolve the Tokyo-based studio on October 31, 2026. The move comes roughly 11 months after the team revealed Gang of Dragon, an action-adventure game starring South Korean actor Ma Dong-seok that was unveiled at The Game Awards in December 2025.
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Following the massive success of Black Ops 1 and 2 on PS4/5, it appears as though Activision are getting ready to port over the classic Modern Warfare 2 next. The post Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (2009) appears on game ratings board…
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The developer's latest experiment takes Windows 11's hardware requirements to an extreme, managing to retain basic desktop functionality with just 128MB of memory, although the resulting installation is far too slow for everyday use.
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It's been speculated for a while that Call of Duty may be losing its lustre. Although we don't have concrete data with detailed statistics for each game released in the last several years, there's an observable trend in player numbers…
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Companies are monitoring workers' meeting attendance and even mouse/keyboard activity, but it's not a true picture of how they're working.
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Kurtzer unveiled the kernel, Ginux, on X last week. The code is on GitHub, too, under the Apache 2.0 license. As for the name, it blends Linux, GPT, and Greg. The README jokes that to keep its author's ego in check, the G officially stands…
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Buyers in the US could be first in line to get these Samsung smart glasses.
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DuckStation for Android is back from the dead with a rewritten app and plenty of changes.
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Google is releasing Snapseed 4.2, a major update to its free photo-editing app for Android and iOS. The new version introduces advanced creative features, including motion blur, depth-based lens blur, and full multi-wheel color grading. The software update is rolling out gradually to users across both mobile platforms.
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Nimisha Asthagiri shares how applying proven product engineering and architecture principles creates a bounded canvas for AI agents. She explains how this model provides agents with bounded autonomy, continuous drift detection, and…
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In late October, Discord made a spooky announcement: It would begin allowing search engines to index its discoverable servers. In plain speak, conversations on these public servers will become findable by Google and other search providers.…
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The first Nintendo Switch 2 jailbreak opened the way for all sorts of interesting projects such as homebrew apps filling gaps in system functionality, datamining beta clients such as The Duskbloods closed beta client, and dumping games,…
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Plenty of users still happy to deposit their funds into the cryptocurrency exchange nevertheless.
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Toshihiro Nagoshi dissolves his development studio after NetEase cuts funding
Nagoshi Studio, founded in 2021 by Yakuza creator Toshihiro Nagoshi, has officially closed down before finishing its debut title. According to filings published in Japan's government gazette Kanpo, shareholders voted to dissolve the Tokyo-based studio on October 31, 2026. The move comes roughly 11 months after the team revealed Gang of Dragon, an action-adventure game starring South Korean actor Ma Dong-seok that was unveiled at The Game Awards in December 2025.
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Google prepares automatic photo and video backups from Android phones to Windows PCs via Quick Share
Google is introducing a feature that lets Android phones automatically back up photos and videos directly to Windows computers through Quick Share. The company quietly listed the capability in release notes for Google Play services version 26.43, providing a local, wireless storage alternative that does not depend on cloud subscriptions or physical cables. Google rolls out these updates gradually, meaning users might not see the new option right away.
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Apple imposes adult age restrictions on dating and romantic AI companion apps
Apple is updating its App Store Connect management platform on November 16 to require developers to declare whether software contains location sharing or dating and relationship features. Under the new rules, any app that enables romantic connections between real people or features a virtual companion engaging in romantic or sexual content will automatically receive an 18+ age rating. Developers must answer these declarations when submitting new releases or updates, and Apple expects all apps to comply by January 12, 2027.
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Google rolls out Snapseed 4.2 with advanced blur tools and preset importing
Google is releasing Snapseed 4.2, a major update to its free photo-editing app for Android and iOS. The new version introduces advanced creative features, including motion blur, depth-based lens blur, and full multi-wheel color grading. The software update is rolling out gradually to users across both mobile platforms.
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Google cuts ties with Android TV manufacturer Videostrong after taking down a massive malware botnet
Google and industry partners have disrupted the XCPE botnet, an operation that turned over 1.3 million streaming TV boxes into a cybercrime network. The company attributes the scheme to Chinese hardware manufacturer Videostrong Technology Co., which produces budget devices sold under the MECOOL brand on platforms like Amazon and AliExpress. Google says the maker intentionally embedded backdoors directly into device firmware during manufacturing to generate illicit revenue.
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Casio unveils the Casiotone CT-FS1 keyboard to correct off-pitch notes automatically
Casio has launched the Casiotone CT-FS1, a 61-key portable keyboard designed to prevent players from hitting wrong notes by dynamically matching their playing to music in real time. The instrument is available in the United States, priced at $399.99 according to Notebookcheck or $400 according to Engadget, and reaches Europe this month for €399 in Midnight Black and Alpine White.
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Google plans cross-platform developer kit to bring Quick Share transfers inside apps
Google announced at Android Dev Summit that it will release a Quick Share software development kit for both Android and iOS in the first half of 2027. The cross-platform tool will let third-party application developers build peer-to-peer file sharing and Tap to Share directly into their software.
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Google begins deploying a patch for Galaxy car connection flaws on One UI 9
Google is rolling out a fix after Samsung Galaxy users encountered connectivity failures with Android Auto following upgrades to One UI 9. The underlying problems surfaced alongside the wider deployment of Samsung's stable, Android 17-based operating system, prompting customer complaints across Reddit, Samsung forums, and Google support threads.
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Tutor Intelligence secures $75 million to expand warehouse robot fleets
Warehouse automation company Tutor Intelligence announced that it has raised $75 million in a funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz, with participation from Union Square Ventures and Neo. The fresh capital brings the Watertown, Massachusetts-based startup's total funding to $117 million. Although one outlet identified the round as a Series A, The Robot Report reports that it is a Series B investment designed to scale manufacturing and training for the company's frontier models and robot fleets.
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Starbucks plans drive-thru AI tests to identify regulars and speed up ordering
Starbucks plans to test background artificial intelligence models at its drive-thrus during fiscal year 2027, which runs through Sept. 28, 2027. CEO Brian Niccol announced the initiative on the company's fourth-quarter 2026 earnings call, aiming to streamline service for drive-up visits, which account for roughly half of all customer orders. The company did not specify where the testing will occur or whether it will impact drink and food prices.
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Google refreshes communication app icons with smoother gradient look
Google is introducing refreshed app icons for Google Contacts, Messages, and Phone, bringing a smoother blue gradient design to replace the older flat, intersecting pill visuals. The updated look launched first in beta, including the Google Messages v20261030 beta, and is rolling out across the Google Play Store over the coming weeks.
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OpenAI plans to merge desktop Chat and Work tabs while setting retirement date for ChatGPT Classic
OpenAI is consolidating its desktop tools, alerting users that it will test merging ChatGPT's separate Chat and Work tabs into a single unified workspace in the coming weeks. The test will initially roll out to a small group of users before seeing wider release. Concurrently, the company announced through in-app notices that the older ChatGPT Classic desktop app will officially retire on January 30, 2027, with users retaining their full chat history when migrating to the current application.
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Samsung targets mid-December rollout for Android XR smart glasses
Samsung is preparing to launch its Intelligent Eyewear line in mid-December across the United States and South Korea, according to a report from ChosunBiz. The rollout pushes back a previously rumored November release window closer to Christmas 2026. Samsung has not set a final price for the hardware, though it stated in July that the glasses will carry a "reasonable" price within the premium tier.
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Major news publishers sue Brave for allegedly scraping articles to fuel AI models and bypass paywalls
The New York Times filed a lawsuit on Monday against Brave in Manhattan federal court, accusing the privacy-oriented browser developer of scraping copyrighted articles and distributing them to artificial intelligence companies. The Daily News, the Chicago Tribune, and the Orlando Sentinel filed a similar complaint in the same court on the same day.
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Gearbox reaches 100 million sales for Borderlands and promises more content for next year
Gearbox Software announced that the Borderlands franchise has officially crossed 100 million copies sold across all entries, reaching the milestone more than 17 years after the original title debuted in 2009. The studio confirmed it is now developing more content for Borderlands 4 for next year, while continuing to provide weekly activity refreshes and community challenges.
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Square Enix postpones Final Fantasy XIV Evercold to February 2027
Square Enix has delayed Final Fantasy XIV: Evercold from its planned January window, with outlets reporting launch dates of February 2 and February 23, 2027. Producer and director Naoki Yoshida announced the shift during the game's Fan Festival in Tokyo, explaining that extra development time was necessary to meet the team's quality standards. Pre-orders open on November 4, granting customers early access starting February 19.
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Ayn trims Odin 3 Portal charging speeds to 45W ahead of launch
Ayn has revised the official specifications for its upcoming Odin 3 Portal Android gaming handheld, lowering the maximum charging speed from 60W down to 45W.
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Microsoft rolls out Cloud Rebuild to restore broken Windows 11 systems over the internet
Microsoft has introduced Cloud Rebuild, a recovery tool that wipes and restores Windows 11 directly over an internet connection without requiring a bootable USB drive or local installation files. Released as part of update KB5127936 for Windows 11 versions 25H2 and 26H2, the tool downloads a clean operating system image along with necessary device drivers straight from Windows Update, even if the computer fails to start normally.
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Canva launches unified Affinity design app on iPad as a free download for individuals
Canva has released Affinity for iPad, bringing its vector graphics, photo editing, illustration, and page layout tools together into a single application. Available now as a free download from the App Store for individual users, the software unifies what previously existed as separate Affinity Photo, Affinity Designer, and Affinity Publisher applications into one touch-first workspace.
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Microsoft spent $500 million developing Gears of War: E-Day amid modest early sales
Microsoft's Gears of War: E-Day carried a development budget of $500 million, according to Bloomberg's Jason Schreier, who described the half-billion-dollar price tag as a real figure and reflective of modern blockbuster game production. Despite that massive investment, The Coalition's latest title has recorded fewer than 500,000 sales to date, with The Verge's Tom Warren reporting that over 400,000 copies have sold across Xbox and Steam since its release less than a month ago.
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Google confirms detachable hardware is coming soon to the Googlebook lineup
Google announced at Android Dev Summit 2026 that detachable models will soon expand its Googlebook ecosystem. The platform debuted in September with four traditional clamshell designs—the Asus Googlebook 14, Dell XPS Googlebook, HP Googlebook 14, and Lenovo Googlebook 15—alongside a single convertible option, the $899 Acer Googlebook 14.
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Bend Studio targets a 2027 unveiling and launch for its new cooperative franchise
Sony Bend Studio plans to unveil and potentially release its next video game in 2027, according to a report from MP1st. The Oregon-based developer behind Days Gone is reportedly much further along in production than anticipated, pursuing an advanced stage of development on a project that only began around June 2025.
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Google previews a persistent Android-style system status bar for Wear OS apps
Google released a Wear OS canary emulator in Android Studio on October 26, revealing the unannounced Wear OS 7.1 platform based on Android 17 CinnamonBun. The emulator, carrying API level 37.2-beta1 and build ID CP41.260831.001.E8, introduces early testing for a persistent system status bar that sits across the top of circular smartwatch app displays.
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Rian Johnson and Steve Yedlin bring cinematic color processing to iPhone with Chromagraph Camera
Director Rian Johnson and cinematographer Steve Yedlin have launched Chromagraph Camera, an iPhone app designed to bring the custom color science used on films like Knives Out to mobile photography. The app is available on the App Store for $12.99 with no in-app purchases, while WIRED reports the price as $13 dollars.
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Nintendo brings Pikmin 4 to Switch 2 with voice controls and timed challenges
Nintendo will release Pikmin 4 Nintendo Switch 2 Edition on November 12, following a playable demo arriving on the Nintendo eShop on November 2. Players who test the demo can carry over their saved progress to the full game. Existing owners of Pikmin 4 on the original Nintendo Switch can purchase an upgrade pack from the eShop rather than rebuying the entire release.
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Anthropic engineering manager drops traditional coding tests after finding Claude outperforms candidates
Felix Rieseberg, an engineering manager at Anthropic who has led work on Claude.ai and the Claude Code desktop app, has eliminated traditional coding interviews from his team's hiring loops. Rieseberg announced the move in a blog post, arguing that putting applicants through live technical tests no longer reveals anything meaningful about their capabilities because Claude now outperforms human candidates at those tasks.
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Sir Patrick Stewart passes away in Los Angeles following dementia battle
Sir Patrick Stewart, the acclaimed British stage and screen actor celebrated for playing Captain Jean-Luc Picard in Star Trek and Professor Charles Xavier in the X-Men film franchise, died at his Los Angeles home at the age of 86. Statements released across his official social media accounts confirmed he passed away on Wednesday surrounded by family and friends, following a brief journey with Alzheimer’s Disease and Lewy Body Dementia.
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YouTube updates bring TV interface tweaks alongside mobile battery fixes
Google is introducing changes across the YouTube ecosystem, rolling out a refreshed TV interface while users address background power demands on mobile devices. YouTube is testing or rolling out an updated sidebar design on Google TV that swaps the standard YouTube Music icon for a bright red logo, marking it as the only colored shortcut along the television navigation rail.
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S-Game rolls out Phantom Blade Zero across platforms as Viture debuts branded XR glasses
S-Game's kungfupunk action title Phantom Blade Zero debuted this week, quickly hitting a peak of 431,541 concurrent players on Steam and topping the platform's global top sellers chart. While S-Game has not published official sales numbers, Alinea Analytics estimated that the title surpassed 1m copies sold across PC, PlayStation 5, and Tencent WeGame in China. Nvidia simultaneously added the game to GeForce Now, enabling subscribers to stream the martial arts adventure with up to RTX 5080-class cloud performance.
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FromSoftware pushes The Duskbloods launch window to 2027
FromSoftware has delayed its multiplayer action game The Duskbloods from its promised 2026 window into an unspecified date in 2027. The title, which is planned as an exclusive for the Nintendo Switch 2, entered final adjustments following an August closed network test before the studio elected to extend development.
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