Saturday 24 October 2026

The Archive

The Archive

Hacking

Microsoft says Entra ID flaw CVE-2026-62916 is already mitigated

Microsoft says Entra ID flaw CVE-2026-62916, an elevation of privilege bug, is already fully mitigated. Customers don't need to do anything.

Tesla

Tesla's Cybercab opens for Robotaxi rides in Austin

Tesla's Cybercab, with two seats and no wheel or pedals, opened for commercial rides in Austin through the Robotaxi app on 3 September.

Hacking

CISA adds seven exploited flaws, including LiteLLM, to KEV

CISA added seven actively exploited flaws to its catalog on 2 September, including bugs in LiteLLM and JFrog Artifactory and two in SonicWall SMA1000.

Tesla

Tesla set 24 September for its Sparks Semi factory inauguration

Tesla Semi's account has set 24 September 2026 for the Nevada Semi factory's inauguration. The plant has a nameplate of 50,000 trucks a year.

AI / LLM

Google's Fairwind gives trusted defenders Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber

Google's Fairwind program limits Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber to trusted defenders, much like Anthropic's Mythos 5.1 and OpenAI's Daybreak.

Space

Meir and Adenot finish a 6-hour, 49-minute ISS spacewalk

Jessica Meir and Sophie Adenot's US spacewalk 99 lasted 6 hours 49 minutes, with a new docking target fitted on the space station's Harmony module.

AI / LLM

OpenAI rates GPT-6 Astra its first Critical cybersecurity model

OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra is its first model rated Critical for cybersecurity under its Preparedness Framework. Daybreak's vetted defenders get it first.

Space

NASA's Roman telescope powers on its coronagraph

NASA's Roman telescope powered on its Coronagraph on 1 September. Commissioning takes three months, and first images are due in early 2027.

Computing

AMD shows Threadripper Halo Station AI workstation at IFA

AMD showed its Threadripper Halo Station at IFA 2026. The liquid-cooled tower pairs a 96-core CPU with two MI350P cards and up to 2 TB of DDR5. No price.

Computing

NVIDIA's RTX Spark Windows PCs are due from October

NVIDIA's RTX Spark Windows PCs arrive from October with the N1X chip, in 20-core and 18-core versions. There are no prices yet.

Live · Breaking

KIER sets a 26.7% record for a perovskite-CIGS tandem solar cell

The Korea Institute of Energy Research has a Fraunhofer-certified 26.7% perovskite and CIGS tandem solar cell, beating the previous record of 26.3%.