Ukraine’s drones still lose Starshield above 161 km/h, Zelenskyy says
Ukraine’s drones still lose Starshield above 161 km/h, Zelenskyy says

“We lose Starlink and lose the interceptor,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told reporters on 17 October, Bloomberg reported. Zelenskyy said speed limits on Starshield, SpaceX’s military satellite network, remained in place across Ukraine. Ukr…

Japan puts up to $21bn into two GlobalFoundries chip fabs in New York
Japan puts up to $21bn into two GlobalFoundries chip fabs in New York

“Right now, the whole industry is in short supply,” GlobalFoundries CEO Tim Breen told Bloomberg. Japan will put up to $21bn into two new chip factories at GlobalFoundries’ site in Malta, New York, the company announced on 14 October. GlobalFoundries (…

Microsoft fixes a record 1,400+ flaws, and one is already under attack
Microsoft fixes a record 1,400+ flaws, and one is already under attack

“We’ve now crossed the 4,000 CVE mark with two months left to go,” Satnam Narang of Tenable told Brian Krebs. Microsoft has fixed more than 1,400 security flaws in one month, the largest Microsoft Patch Tuesday on record. The updates came out on 13 Oct…

Meta says hackers stole code and data on 1,500 people, SecurityWeek reports
Meta says hackers stole code and data on 1,500 people, SecurityWeek reports

“This was not a vulnerability in any Meta product, and Meta’s internal systems were not breached,” a Meta spokesperson told SecurityWeek. Hackers got into some of Meta’s GitHub repositories and took personal data on about 1,500 people. Most of them are…

RapidCanvas raises $29M to build and run AI apps for enterprises
RapidCanvas raises $29M to build and run AI apps for enterprises

RapidCanvas, which pairs an AI agent platform with its own engineers to build business apps for companies, raised a $29M Series B led by Vertex Ventures SEA & India, with Hitachi Ventures joining. It will hire in the US, Brazil, and India. Total fu…

Kroger will cut 37% of its corporate workforce as it leans on technology
Kroger will cut 37% of its corporate workforce as it leans on technology

“Our company has more layers, more handoffs and more overhead than we need, so we are addressing this issue.” Kroger chief executive Greg Foran wrote this in a memo to staff on Monday, 12 October. The US supermarket chain will cut about 3,000 corporate…

Trump’s AI task force starts work and tells labs to report rogue behaviour
Trump’s AI task force starts work and tells labs to report rogue behaviour

“Our message to all SI companies is clear: delayed notification, inadequate corrective action, and a failure to take responsibility will not be tolerated,” the task force’s leaders said. Jay Clayton, Andrew Ferguson, Scott Kupor and Emil Michael lead D…

MapQuest now shows Flock and other surveillance cameras on its map
MapQuest now shows Flock and other surveillance cameras on its map

MapQuest has added a surveillance layer to its app that shows known outdoor cameras and licence plate readers, including those made by Flock Safety. Users can switch it on in Map Options, next to the traffic and incidents layers. The update follows a s…

Ramp passes $2bn in revenue as its Europe chief confirms the $60bn round
Ramp passes $2bn in revenue as its Europe chief confirms the $60bn round

“Today, Ramp raised $1.85B at a $60B valuation,” Eric Oancea, who leads Ramp in Europe, wrote on LinkedIn. His post confirms the round that Bloomberg reported on 10 October. Ramp’s co-founders, Eric Glyman and Karim Atiyeh, marked the new valuation wit…

Research firm calls Anthropic the ‘most ridiculous IPO of 2026’, says it may be worth $144bn
Research firm calls Anthropic the ‘most ridiculous IPO of 2026’, says it may be worth $144bn

Anthropic’s planned stock market debut is “an unprecedented test of investor gullibility,” independent research firm New Constructs said in a report titled “Anthropic Is The Most Ridiculous IPO of 2026.” The firm puts the AI company’s equity at as litt…