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Drones sink ships near NATO countries in “unacceptable” attacks, EU says
JEREMY HSU - 10/6/2026
OpenAI will watermark ChatGPT outputs by default—but only in the EU
SAMUEL AXON - 10/6/2026
HBO Max, Paramount+, and Discovery+ “will unify into a single service”
SCHARON HARDING - 10/6/2026
It looks like the Atlantic storm season may finally produce a hurricane
ERIC BERGER - 10/6/2026
Explaining Hall-effect, TMR, and other new types of “mechanical” switches
Ars Technica’s guide to new keyboard sensing technologies. SCHARON HARDING - 10/5/2026
Hackers obtain counterfeit TLS certificates for Google and other large services
Compromise of 3 domain registries allows hackers to walk off with unauthorized certs. DAN GOODIN - 10/6/2026
Paramount completes $111B Warner merger, creating “Skydance” behemoth
Paramount now owns Warner Bros. as last-ditch effort to stop $111B merger fails. JON BRODKIN - 10/6/2026
Tech & Science
Amazon kills Alexa’s ability to control Echo speakers’ AUX input
Amazon hasn’t made an Echo with a 3.5mm port in six years. SCHARON HARDING - 10/6/2026
Neutrino physicist wins 2026 Nobel Physics Prize
Francis Halzen of University of Wisconsin-Madison led development of IceCube Neutrino Observatory. JENNIFER OUELLETTE - 10/6/2026
Googlebook “Better Together” phone features don’t work with Samsung at launch
Googlebooks require Android 17, but Samsung’s Android 17 phones won’t work yet. RYAN WHITWAM - 10/6/2026
TCL is right to question Samsung’s use of the term “Mini LED”
Can it be Mini LED without a FALD backlight? SCHARON HARDING - 10/2/2026
Why is NASA bringing 7,500 contractors back to work as civil servants?
“The administrator’s directive is a coherent and necessary vision for the future.” ERIC BERGER - 10/6/2026
All-electric camping gets a solar upgrade: The 2027 Pebble Flow
The Pebble Flow has a 45 kWh LFP battery and can even charge an EV. JONATHAN M. GITLIN - 10/6/2026
OpenAI agents tried to hack Wikipedia tools and flooded it with traffic
The reports of OpenAI agents harming third-party sites keep coming. DAN GOODIN - 10/6/2026
Licensing costs driving 90 percent of VMware users to explore options: Survey
Users want to “reduce risk and avoid unnecessary disruption” while making changes. SCHARON HARDING – 10/6/2026
MCP for agent-to-agent comms may be the riskiest protocol you've never heard of
Trust gaps in the new protocol spread malicious prompts from one agent to another. DAN GOODIN – 10/5/2026
Command-line tool quickly removes Apple Intelligence from macOS 27
The tool can free up over 12GB of storage. SCHARON HARDING – 10/5/2026
Controlling the brain with light earns a physiology Nobel
The entire field of optogenetics traces back to light-seeking algae. JOHN TIMMER – 10/5/2026
Policy & Business
Big Oil asks Supreme Court to kill climate lawsuits before trial
Oil companies say federal law should block state climate deception claims. INSIDE CLIMATE NEWS - 10/6/2026
Cable lobby to sue Trump FCC over repeal of national TV ownership cap
Cable industry to sue, says FCC can’t repeal TV ownership limit set by Congress. JON BROOKIN – 10/5/2026
Texas city demands $2M for public records on Flock usage
Prices of public records tracking cops’ use of Flock go up as backlash swells. ASHLEY BELANGER – 10/5/2026