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Belgium has extended selected tax filing deadlines to 16 November after a cyberattack forced FPS Finance to take MyMinfin and related online services offline.

Oct 30, 2026

Salesforce has agreed to acquire Rune Technologies, a defence software start-up whose platform helps military teams manage logistics and make decisions when frontline communications are disrupted.

Oct 30, 2026

Reports allege that DeepSeek and Moonshot AI used outputs from OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra to train newer models after Anthropic tightened safeguards against model distillation campaigns.

Oct 30, 2026

Apple's highest-spec touchscreen MacBook Pro costs $14,549, driven largely by a $7,000 16TB SSD upgrade, while the new display and M5 Max chip target specialist users.

Oct 29, 2026

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing OpenAI and Sam Altman, alleging ChatGPT misled consumers and failed to protect children from potential harm. The state seeks restrictions, penalties and oversight.

Oct 29, 2026

Hundreds of GP practices across England and Wales have lost websites and online services after Silicon Practice entered administration, prompting warnings that patient requests may not have been received.

Oct 29, 2026

Goldman Sachs says AI is weakening hiring, particularly for younger workers, while rising costs and slower capital spending could curb the technology's broader economic boost.

Oct 29, 2026

Researchers suspect Israeli ad-tech firm Discover-Tech used real-time advertising auctions to gather data about Starlink users, while investigations linked its infrastructure to spyware delivery.

Oct 28, 2026

Nate Soares, president of the Machine Intelligence Research Institute, says he stopped saving for retirement because he believes advanced AI could cause human extinction within the next decade.

Oct 28, 2026

Harry Kane has won the Ballon d'Or after scoring 73 goals in 2025-26, prompting renewed calls for a knighthood while Downing Street declined to endorse the honour.

Oct 28, 2026

Researchers found that AI bots generated 90,835 responses to a UK consultation on tobacco and vaping restrictions, potentially distorting public opinion before officials detected and excluded them.

Oct 28, 2026

Apollo economist Torsten Slok says most S&P 500 companies have yet to see clear AI-driven gains, as the IMF warns that falling valuations could spread losses across global markets.

Oct 27, 2026

An RMIT University and RACV trial is using the RoughSense AI system to identify early road damage, track its progression and help Victorian authorities target repairs.

Oct 27, 2026

A critical vulnerability in Google's Brotli compression library could enable crashes, data exposure or system compromise. Organisations are urged to update affected software and rebuild embedded copies.

Oct 27, 2026

Anthropic's 335-page S-1 filing outlines a potential Nasdaq listing targeting a valuation of up to $2 trillion, alongside rapid revenue growth, heavy infrastructure commitments and significant risks.

Oct 27, 2026

Radical Numerics says its AI-designed phage treated antibiotic-resistant E. coli in one patient under FDA compassionate use; the outcome remains undisclosed.

Oct 26, 2026

Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky says managers who only supervise and employees who resist AI face growing risks as technology companies rethink traditional workplace structures.

Oct 26, 2026

A life-size installation showing Donald Trump in a suspended prison cell has attracted crowds in Tehran, where officials say it highlights Iran's accusations against US leadership.

Oct 23, 2026

The UK government's new wildfire plan will deploy RAF aircraft, AI monitoring and £70m for equipment and peatland restoration as extreme fires become more frequent.

Oct 23, 2026

Just Eat has paused a trial of AI-generated menu photographs and removed inaccurate images after bizarre depictions of UK dishes circulated on Reddit, Instagram and X.

Oct 22, 2026

Comcast is reportedly preparing significant job cuts across its cable, broadband and wireless divisions as customer losses, competition and planned corporate restructuring pressure the company.

Oct 22, 2026

A browser-based zombie shooter set in San Francisco's Tenderloin district has been removed after criticism that it turned residents' struggles with homelessness and addiction into entertainment.

Oct 21, 2026

Austrian MEP Lena Schilling has disclosed that non-consensual nude deepfakes of her are circulating online as 119 lawmakers call for tougher enforcement against AI-generated sexual abuse.

Oct 21, 2026

Protests in Toronto and Montreal have intensified debate over slogans, antisemitism and foreign funding allegations, with universities and Muslim organisations rejecting claims made in a recent report.

Oct 20, 2026

Researchers at Mass General Brigham developed experimental AI tools that use facial photographs to estimate cancer patients' biological age and mortality risk, though clinical trials are still needed.

Oct 20, 2026

At least six commercial vessels were targeted in the Black Sea within 10 days, leaving seafarers dead or missing and prompting NATO allies to strengthen regional defences.

Oct 19, 2026

Global investment in AI is driving economic growth, but rising debt, high borrowing costs and uncertain returns are increasing risks for infrastructure providers and financial markets.

Oct 19, 2026

Long Beach Unified School District is investigating alleged hazing involving Wilson High School's boys' water polo team after reports of degrading treatment and injuries during a tournament.

Oct 16, 2026

Semiconductor shares have fallen sharply as investors question AI spending returns, while industry executives warn that expensive borrowing and tighter financing could delay infrastructure projects.

Oct 16, 2026