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Pennsylvania measles outbreak claims sixth life as case count surpasses 1,100
State health officials report 1,136 cases across 41 counties amid the largest outbreak since 1991, with six confirmed fatalities.
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Engadget Explains Causes of Blurry iPhone Photos and Settings Fixes
A new guide outlines why iPhone images appear grainy and offers practical steps to improve clarity through lens care and camera adjustments.
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Hackers Override French Supermarket Freezers, Causing Food Spoilage and Fires
Coordinated cyberattack forced hundreds of French grocery stores into defrost mode, raising temperatures to 122 F and damaging supplies.
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Apple M6 MacBook Pro to Launch With Dual Neural Engine and 12-Core CPU
The upcoming 14-inch laptop features a new chip architecture with dual neural engines and a 12-core processor for improved AI performance.
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Hackers Spoil Food at French Supermarkets by Overheating Danfoss Fridges
Unknown attackers remotely raised temperatures in hundreds of stores, causing food loss and fires, with French authorities investigating the breach.
AI
Epic Games shifts to AI-first strategy, delaying Disney shooter indefinitely
Epic Games is overhauling its development process to rely on artificial intelligence for code and art, causing an indefinite delay for a major Marvel and Star Wars title.
AI
Dell and Intel address enterprise AI budget constraints and CPU shifts
Rising cloud token costs for agentic workloads are pushing enterprises to reconsider on-premises infrastructure and open-weight model strategies.
AI
Epic Games Delays Disney Shooter, Shifts to AI-First Development Strategy
Epic Games has indefinitely delayed its upcoming Marvel and Star Wars shooter while restructuring teams to prioritize AI-generated code and art assets.
AI
Meta Unveils Liquid-Cooled IcePack Rack and 102.4T Switches at OCP Summit 2026
Meta introduces its first liquid-cooled network rack and 102.4T switch platform to support gigawatt-scale AI clusters at the Open Compute Project Summit.
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Intel names Crescent Island AI accelerator the GPU D-Series with 1.3 PFLOPS FP8
Intel officially brands its Crescent Island inference chip as the GPU D-Series, targeting air-cooled rack deployments with up to 480GB of high-bandwidth memory.
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Apple’s Q3 2026 Smartphone Share Hits Record 22% Amid Global Market Decline
Counterpoint Research reports Apple captured 22% of global smartphone shipments in Q3 2026, marking its first time exceeding 20% in a third quarter despite industry-wide drops.
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Microsoft unveils Maia 300 AI accelerator to challenge NVIDIA at gigawatt scale
The new chip uses a dataflow architecture to process 40% more tokens per megawatt than leading GPU-based systems.
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OpenAI Releases Solutions to 372 Math Problems, Sparking Backlash
OpenAI published solutions to 372 advanced math problems using an unreleased model, prompting mathematician Terence Tao to urge a halt to such collaborations.
AI
Deepgram targets air-gapped laptops for native voice AI model execution
Deepgram aims to run its voice AI models natively on disconnected personal devices, shifting infrastructure focus from cloud data centers to local hardware.
Cloud Security
Yandex shuts down data centers after drone attacks disrupt cloud services
Drone strikes damaged three Russian data centers, forcing Yandex to halt operations at two sites and degrade a third, causing widespread service outages.
AI
Palantir CTO Claims AI Researchers Smoke to Signal Belief in Technology
Shyam Sankar told CBS viewers that some tech workers are smoking because they trust AI to cure cancer, a claim critics call a social delusion.
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Apple expands iCloud+ with HomeKit video upgrades, custom email limits and AI allowances
Apple has updated its iCloud+ subscription tier with enhanced HomeKit Secure Video capabilities, increased custom email addresses and higher AI usage limits for select plans.
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Neowin Explains How to Identify Hidden Third-Party Services on Windows PCs
A new guide reveals methods for discovering background services on Windows systems that users may not realize are actively running on their machines.
AI
Google Gemini May Soon Offer ‘Shop This’ Feature via Floating Overlay
Google is developing a new shopping feature for Gemini that may allow users to identify products directly from their screen using a floating overlay.
Cloud Security
Microsoft Entra Identity Security Updates Signal Major Challenges for IT Admins
Microsoft’s recent additions to Entra identity security features highlight significant operational hurdles that IT administrators must address immediately.
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Ithaca Holdings in Advanced Talks to Take Bumble Private at $1 Billion Valuation
Dating app Bumble is in advanced discussions to be acquired by a new private equity firm for approximately $1 billion, with founder Whitney Wolfe Herd expected to remain involved.
Cloud Security
Dark Reading Report Calls for Identity Security Rethink Amid Cloud Identity Growth
A new report argues that the proliferation of enterprise apps and central cloud identity providers demands a fundamental shift in how organizations approach cybersecurity resilience.
AI
AMD unveils Helion rack blueprint for CPU-heavy AI agent workloads
The new open design prioritizes core density and power efficiency for running autonomous agents rather than training large models.
AI
NVIDIA submits MGX 1.2, CPU rack standards to OCP to streamline global AI deployment
NVIDIA contributes MGX 1.2 specs and CPU rack standards to the Open Compute Project, aiming to streamline the global deployment of high-density AI infrastructure.