Most Servers on the Planet Are Vulnerable to This Firmware Code-Execution Flaw

The critical flaw in UEFI firmware—used by most server vendors and data centers—allows attackers to execute code early in the boot process.

Boston Dynamics Faces Employee Protest Over Robot Deal With ICE

Tech workers have become increasingly vocal when their employers’ business deals clash with their values.

Anthropic may offer up to 20% of its IPO to retail, Bloomberg says
Anthropic may offer up to 20% of its IPO to retail, Bloomberg says

Anthropic is weighing setting aside 15% to 20% of the shares in its IPO for retail investors, people familiar with the matter told Bloomberg on Wednesday, 28 October. JPMorgan will lead the US retail offering, they said. TNW has not independently verif…

TikTok is on the hunt for a huge compute capacity upgrade — so is it replacing Oracle, or just exploring its options?
TikTok is on the hunt for a huge compute capacity upgrade — so is it replacing Oracle, or just exploring its options?

TikTok is exploring computing capacity of up to 4 gigawatts by the early 2030s while maintaining Oracle as its primary American provider.

Google says its investments in AI are driving more searches
Google says its investments in AI are driving more searches

Google parent company Alphabet says that its AI investments are leading to a big growth in searches year-over-year, as noted in its Q3 2026 earnings today. “Our AI investments are driving overall Search query growth, including commercial queries,” CEO Sundar Pichai says in a statement. “In fact, our year-over-year query growth rate is the highest […]

Microsoft reveals strong cloud growth amid financial reporting overhaul
Microsoft reveals strong cloud growth amid financial reporting overhaul

Microsoft just posted the first quarter of its 2027 fiscal financial results. The software maker made $92.3 billion in revenue and a net income of $33.6 billion during Q1. Revenue is up 19 percent, and net income has increased by 32 percent. It’s a new financial year for Microsoft, so the company is changing up […]

Apple charges $14,549 for a fully specced touchscreen MacBook Pro
Apple charges $14,549 for a fully specced touchscreen MacBook Pro

With an OLED display and touchscreen capabilities, it’s no surprise that the new MacBook Pro Apple announced today is more expensive than the MBP announced earlier this year. But upgrading the base models that start at $2,899 for the 14-inch, and $3,399 for the 16-inch, with every premium hardware option that Apple offers pushes those […]

Meta shareholders sue Zuckerberg to block his non-voting share plan
Meta shareholders sue Zuckerberg to block his non-voting share plan

Meta shareholders have sued Mark Zuckerberg and the rest of Meta’s board to stop a plan for a new class of non-voting shares. They filed the class action in the Delaware Court of Chancery on Tuesday, 27 October. Ryan Knappenberger reported it for Court…

China’s CXMT will make AI memory despite yields as low as 20%, Reuters says
China’s CXMT will make AI memory despite yields as low as 20%, Reuters says

China’s biggest memory chipmaker, CXMT, plans to start making HBM3E, an advanced memory used in AI chips, even though only 20% to 30% of the chips it makes are usable. Two people familiar with the matter told Reuters, which reported the details on Wedn…

Google launches Gemini 4 Carbon with a ‘significant leap’ in cybersecurity
Google launches Gemini 4 Carbon with a ‘significant leap’ in cybersecurity

Google has released its latest frontier model, Gemini 4 Carbon, offering “significant gains” in coding, agentic tasks, and cybersecurity. In an announcement on Wednesday, Google highlights Carbon’s top spot on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index (v5.0) benchmark, with Claude Opus 5.5 and GPT-6 Astra trailing behind. The new Gemini 4 Carbon model offers improvements over […]