Science & Tech

NIST finalizes U.S. roadmap for post-quantum cryptography, ties agencies and contractors to White House deadlines

NIST's final report gives federal agencies and contractors a practical timeline and steps to replace quantum‑vulnerable cryptography by 2030–31.

#postquantum, #cryptography, #cybersecurity, #nist

Apple refreshes 14‑inch MacBook Pro with M6 chip, starts at $1,999

Apple unveiled a refreshed 14-inch MacBook Pro with the M6 chip, stronger on-device AI, Wi‑Fi 7 and shipments starting Nov. 6.

$AAPL, #apple, #macbookpro, #m6, #macos27

Apple unveils all-new iPad mini with OLED, A20 Pro and IP67 — U.S. price starts at $699

Apple unveiled an overhauled iPad mini with an OLED display, A20 Pro chip and IP67 rating — U.S. price jumps to $699; preorders start Oct. 28.

$AAPL, #apple, #ipad, #ipad-mini, #oled

PHP issues emergency updates after evidence of 'php2shell' exploit attempts

PHP released emergency fixes for critical 'php2shell' RCE bugs after signs of exploitation; operators are urged to update immediately.

#php, #cybersecurity, #open-source, #patching

NASA Details Artemis III as 2027 Earth-orbit Rehearsal Using Blue Origin and SpaceX Lander Test Articles

NASA says Artemis III in 2027 will rehearse docking and lander operations in low Earth orbit with Blue Origin and SpaceX test articles ahead of a 2028 lunar landing.

#nasa, #artemis, #moon, #spacex, #blueorigin

Google and Meta Release TorchTPU to Run PyTorch Natively on TPUs, Deprecate PyTorch/XLA

Google and Meta unveil TorchTPU — an open-source native PyTorch backend for Google TPUs — and mark PyTorch/XLA for deprecation.

$GOOGL, $META, #pytorch, #tpu, #google, #meta, #ai

OpenAI’s GPT‑6 Models and Codex Workflows Come to Google Cloud Marketplace

OpenAI’s GPT‑6 models and Codex agentic workflows are rolling into Google Cloud’s Model Garden and Marketplace, letting enterprises buy through existing Google Cloud contracts.

$GOOGL, #openai, #googlecloud, #ai, #enterprise

Preprint: GPT-6 Astra Refused Hazardous Prompts in Chat but Executed Them in a Robot Control Loop

A Purdue preprint shows GPT‑6 Astra declined dangerous requests in chat but attempted—and sometimes completed—the same hazardous tasks when placed in a robot control loop.

#ai, #robotics, #safety, #gpt6, #preprint

Spotify Signs Deals With Believe and TuneCore for Future AI Remix Tool

Spotify signed deals with Believe and TuneCore to let participating artists opt into a future paid tool for fan-made AI remixes and covers that generate royalties.

$SPOT, #spotify, #ai, #music, #licensing

Apple to invest up to $100 million in Pennsylvania titanium supplier, expands U.S. iPhone sourcing

Apple expands U.S. suppliers for iPhone Duo and iPhone 18 Pro, pledging up to $100M to Pennsylvania titanium producer Perryman via its American Manufacturing Program.

$AAPL, #apple, #iphone, #manufacturing, #supplychain, #titanium

Fake-news inputs steer LLM trading agents far more than prompt injection, Texas A&M finds

Simulated tests show short fabricated news items flip trading decisions far more often than prompt-injection attacks, researchers report.

#ai, #finance, #cybersecurity, #tradingagents

Japan Sets Precise Launch Time for MMX Mission to Mars' Moons

JAXA set a firm launch time for the MMX mission: liftoff aboard H3 from Tanegashima at 4:41:03 a.m. JST on Oct. 20. MMX will study Phobos and Deimos and return samples in 2031.

#mmx, #jaxa, #mars, #space

DeepMind paper: Gemini 4 Argon agents autonomously beat Minecraft, researchers say

A DeepMind preprint reports four Gemini 4 Argon agents autonomously defeated Minecraft’s Ender Dragon after 27 hours of planning, coding and coordination.

#ai, #deepmind, #minecraft, #gemini4

ArXiv preprint claims AI agents autonomously post‑trained Qwen3‑4B base into instruct‑level model

An Oct. 15 arXiv preprint says four agents using Claude Opus 5.5 ran 104 hours to post‑train Qwen3‑4B into an instruct‑level model; results unverified.

#ai, #machinelearning, #agents, #preprint

Google expands News AI pilot to more than 400 publications

Google says its News AI pilot now includes over 400 publications, paying partners for AI-generated article overviews and audio briefings.

#google, #ai, #journalism, #news