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A flaw in OpenSSH on Alpine Linux and similar systems lets an attacker log in to locked accounts by typing a password that is far too long.
Read more: Flaw lets hackers into locked Linux accounts with a long passwordA blogger says their internet provider tampered with site lookups, a post that drew 105 points on Hacker News and a reminder to check your own settings.
Read more: Blogger says their internet provider quietly tampered with site lookupsResy says it is investigating a partial outage that may disrupt table bookings, so anyone with plans tonight should check with the restaurant.
Read more: Resy restaurant booking app is having a partial outageA How-To Geek editor turned a Raspberry Pi into a travel router that protects every gadget on hotel Wi-Fi, but setup suits people who like to tinker.
Read more: A $-free trick: turn a Raspberry Pi into your own safe hotel Wi-FiMore than 100 groups in 15 countries are protesting on November 6 and 7, asking Europe to stop approving new large data centers until clear rules exist.
Read more: Protests across Europe demand a pause on new data centersA writer ran a home Wi-Fi router off a Ryobi tool battery during a 2-hour outage. Here is how it works and what to know before trying it.
Read more: A Ryobi tool battery can keep your Wi-Fi running in a blackoutGoogle donated three open source tools for running AI agents to a neutral foundation, and says one of them fits 10x more agents on the same hardware.
Read more: Google gives away three tools for running AI agents safely at scaleMeta says more than 10 million people in the US and Canada set up its Muse AI agent in about six weeks, while AWS sells stores a base for their own shopping helpers.
Read more: Over 10 million people set up Meta's new AI shopping helperAttackers are using Microsoft's real sign-in page to take over work accounts. No password is stolen, and one rushed code entry by an employee can be enough.
Read more: Hackers Are Tricking Workers Into Handing Over Office Account AccessAmazon, Microsoft, Alphabet and Meta plan at least $720 billion in AI spending this year, and investors are asking when it will pay off. Your stock holdings may feel it.
Read more: Big Tech plans $720 billion in AI spending this year, with no payoff yetA new industry report says banks should pick the best payment route for each customer. Business owners may want to ask their bank what it offers.
Read more: Banks want to pick the best way to send each payment for youGoogle says a power cable failure and a setup error kept backup generators off in London on October 20, disrupting banks and Royal Mail.
Read more: Google's backup generators failed to start during a London outageSecurity researchers say White House devices were quietly renting out their internet address, a risk that free apps can bring to any home or business.
Read more: White House Staff Devices Found Renting Out Their Internet AddressMercari says moving customer service to a managed browser and Chromebooks could cut costs by more than half over three years while keeping customer data in check.
Read more: Online marketplace Mercari expects to cut costs by half with a browserGoogle says its updated data platform lets AI assistants search a company's records across rival clouds with no variable transfer fees, though the figures come from its own tests.
Read more: Google lets AI assistants work across all of a company's dataMicrosoft says Azure now spots failing hardware early and cut hardware-related reboots by more than 36%. Businesses running key software there should check their alerts.
Read more: Microsoft's cloud now predicts hardware failures before they hitAmazon's cloud arm is previewing a service that links Equinix data centers to AWS in a few clicks, with no cables to order and no routers to set up.
Read more: Amazon previews a simpler private link between Equinix and its cloudGoogle says its code-fixing agent CodeMender is in preview with hundreds of customers, and it added new controls to limit what AI agents can access.
Read more: Google rolls out new tools to guard AI agents and the code they writeQualcomm, the company behind many phone chips, is pushing into AI data centers as smartphone sales fall about 20 percent. Here is what it expects and what is unclear.
Read more: Qualcomm, the phone chip maker, is turning to AI data centers as phone sales fallOpenAI says an automated AI system found, checked and fixed 948 Linux flaws that could hand an attacker full control. Here is why that matters.
Read more: OpenAI's AI found and fixed 948 serious Linux security flawsAMD posted a record $13.4 billion quarter driven by AI chips, while its gaming sales fell 40 percent. Here is what that says about where chip money is going.
Read more: AMD has a record quarter as AI demand soars and gaming sales fall 40%A reader poll by Android Authority finds more than half of respondents think T-Mobile has lost its edge, which matters if you chose the carrier for its image.
Read more: More than half of readers say T-Mobile has lost its edgeMicrosoft said it spent about $5 billion less than planned last quarter because rented data center space was not ready, a sign that AI growth depends on partners.
Read more: Microsoft spent $5 billion less on data centers after a partner ran lateVoters passed 38 of 44 local measures limiting data centers, and the results could slow or raise the cost of the AI tools you use.
Read more: Voters passed 38 of 44 local measures limiting data centers
