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October 2026 Edition
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The day’s most important stories in technology, gaming, science, space, AI and culture — summarised and sourced.
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- Science
Space station experiment to probe plant disease risks for future moon and Mars missions
As NASA and its partners prepare for longer human missions beyond Earth, University of Florida researchers are investigating a challenge that could affect astronauts' ability to grow fresh food in space: plant disease.
- Science
Asteroids venturing near white dwarfs don't break directly into dust, study reveals
When asteroids travel too close to white dwarfs, the dense remnants of stars that have exhausted their nuclear fuel, powerful gravitational forces can tear them apart.
- Gaming
Official The Elder Scrolls 6 Announcement Imminent, Report Says
Skyrim's 15th anniversary will give fans a real reason to be excited about a new Bethesda RPG..
- Gaming
Steam Makes 96% Positive Puzzle Game Completely Free
Hexologic is free to keep on Steam for a limited time.
- Technology
Pentagon IG refuses to investigate Starlink/Starshield slowdown in Ukraine
Inspector general rejected request from Democratic and Republican senators.
- Networking
New Cisco firewall zero-day being actively exploited
A high-severity flaw in the Remote Access SSL VPN service of Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) and Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) is under active exploitation to crash vulnerable devices.
- Technology
Trump declares robot imports a national security threat
President orders trade talks on foreign-made factory robots, threatens tariffs.
- Networking
Suspected Chinese attackers built a custom PHP2Shell exploit and rooted 25 servers
Snoops 'likely still' have access to US government-affiliated network..
- Technology
Trump ignored intel on China’s Nvidia spy to protect company’s stock, report says
Spy accused of exploiting Trump ties to Huang, funneling secrets to China.
- Technology
Turning a solar power system into its own backup
Plant design allows it to run on either stored solar heat or combustion.
- Gaming
Celeste and TowerFall have been removed from the Xbox store in a move to "support the BDS boycott" against Microsoft
Earlier today it was discovered that Celeste had been removed from the Xbox Store while it remained on the PlayStation and Nintendo digital storefronts.
- Gaming
Queen's Domain is a brilliant King's Field-alike RPG that forces you to walk so you can learn to fly
FromSoftware's elderly King's Field games aren't really celebrated for their feeling of agility.
- Gaming
Dataminer uncovers that Spiny - a character seemingly with no way to operate a car - was meant to be playable in Mario Kart World
A dataminer has uncovered something peculiar in the code of Mario Kart World .
- Science
How Do You Take a Picture of a Black Hole?
Astrophysicist Shep Doeleman explains how capturing the first image of a black hole required a telescope the size of the world, and why the next goal is to create a movie.
- Gaming
FromSoft's Switch 2 exclusive, The Duskbloods, has been delayed into 2027
FromSoftware's The Duskbloods - a game that is best described as Bloodborne meets Sekiro meets Dark Souls, with jetpacks and dinos thrown in - has been delayed from its 2026 launch window into an unspecified time in 2027.
- Gaming
Call of Duty Modern Warfare 4 review
Aside from the annual cycle of development, marketing, and controversy that has defined the series identity for the past 22 years, the series has become an integral part of how video games prop up the military-industrial complex .
- Gaming
Mouthwashing is finally on consoles and Xbox Game Pass, and it's a Halloween must for horror fans
A mutilated man stares at you, his single piercing eye following as you move around the room.
- Gaming
With a cracking new tactical feature and dedicated UI "strike team", Football Manager 27 is a huge step back towards FM's best form
I've only played half a day or so of it, whistling through my inductions, board meetings and opening transfer window, but already the positive signs are there.
- Technology
Massive leak exposes 41,000 DHS workers and undercover ICE agents
The leak reveals undercover agents, surveillance groups, and sensitive DHS access.
- Gaming
Xbox leader Asha Sharma says there's "more demand than consoles available" as Xbox hardware sales dip by 14%
Xbox leader Asha Sharma has claimed there's "more demand than consoles available" when it comes to Xbox, and that console sales "remain constrained by supply".
- AI
We urgently need to monitor AI agents’ actions in real time
This summer, hundreds of OpenAI agents tried to cheat on a cybersecurity test.
- Gaming
More Chinese success as Phantom Blade Zero enjoys a big launch and becomes one of Steam's most played games
Phantom Blade Zero has been officially released, and just as everyone expected, it's popular.
- Science
Scientists just broke a textbook rule of physics
Scientists have defied a long-standing rule of laser physics by generating X-rays with much higher energies than conventional theory predicts.
- Smart Homes
“What the Heck?!” 2026: Everyone at home gets a say
November 2026 TL;DR All of November is the Month of “What the Heck?!” Tell us what makes Home Assistant hard, confusing, or annoying for you in the WTH category on our forum .
- Technology
Upwind raises $400M after walking away from Datadog acquisition offer
The cloud security startup raised a Series C at a $3.8B valuation, instead of selling itself for the same price.
- Technology
ULA's Vulcan rocket is set to return to flight on Friday the 13th
This Vulcan launch will be the first to utilize a full complement of six solid rocket boosters.
- Science
Macromolecular crowding could help build artificial cell systems
Macromolecular crowding can serve as a design tool for controlling the formation and organization of synthetic DNA droplets, a study from Science Tokyo reveals.
- Gaming
Epic Games chief Tim Sweeney claims 'Valve has held gaming back for years'
Sweeney says locking developers into the "walled garden" of Steamworks is a real problem.
- AI
Creating AI value with enterprise context
Across a business, any number of AI platforms, systems, and tools may be at work simultaneously—for example, AI-powered customer platforms, conversational assistants, and workflow and process automation tools.
- Technology
Trump admin sues Utah to save Kalshi from the state's total ban on gambling
US agency has sued 10 states for trying to stop gambling on prediction markets.
- Technology
The last, best hope for space tourism just rolled onto a runway in Arizona
It has been nearly a year since any space tourism flights occurred.
- Technology
Touchscreen MacBook Pro hands-on: OLED looks great on a Mac
It's not as different from the previous model as you might have expected.
- Technology
Google announces Gemini 4 Carbon, its latest frontier AI model that you can't use
Gemini 4 Carbon is essentially a slightly better version of Argon.
- Technology
Cadillac Escalade IQ review: Huge battery, huge range, huge SUV
With more than 200 kWh, this luxury three-row can go 460 miles on a charge.
- Technology
Google AI gets cagey when asked who won the 2020 elections
But the AI responses get more forthright when asked outside the US.
- Technology
Florida county won’t investigate sketchy Flock cameras removed by mystery owners
Florida county claims it lacks resources to find owners of unpermitted Flock cameras.
- Technology
Apple announces touchscreen MacBook Pro with OLED display
The OLED display is the main draw, but the price is a lot to reckon with.
- Technology
I was wrong about Augmented Reality
Featuring Micro-OLED displays, electrochromic dimming, and spatial audio, these lightweight glasses bring hands-free multitasking, 3D entertainment, and seamless PC connectivity right to your eyes.
- Gaming
Here are our PS Plus monthly games for November 2026
Sony has announced the monthly games coming to PlayStation Plus Premium and Extra next month, bringing a mix of triple-A bangers and remastered classics to the service on the 3rd November.
- Science
How Spiders Spin ‘Silk Dope’ Into Nature’s Toughest Material
By probing its molecular structure, biologists are uncovering how a tangle of unstructured proteins turns into a tough, flexible thread.
- Technology
Buckle up for more body-swapping hijinks in Jumanji: Open World trailer
"We have to be ready for whatever's coming next.
- Gaming
Valve addresses Steam's AI game cloning problem - by suggesting developers make their games less copyable
Valve's business team members Tom Giardino and Marc Wilkinson were reportedly asked at a Steam Indie Connect developer conference in Korea, reported by InvenGlobal , whether Steam had any protective measures in place to stop games being cloned by AI.
- Gaming
Palworld studio still hopes to release the game on Switch 2 one day, despite being in a legal battle with Nintendo
Palworld , the survival crafting game featuring adorable animals seemingly inspired by Pokémon, has been embroiled in a legal battle with Nintendo over what the company alleges is patent infringement .
- Technology
A hidden ocean change near Antarctica could have global consequences
Antarctic waters are getting saltier as sea-ice loss reshapes ocean circulation.
- AI
Pairing industrial AI autonomy and human control
Living digital twins are helping industrial plants run more like living systems, and setting the stage for industries that work in sync.
- Technology
China’s snooping around Pacific undersea cables raises risks for Big Tech
US-owned trans-Pacific cables face growing risks from sabotage and China.
- Gaming
Rockstar Games employees have locked in a union vote next month, and it'll take place over Grand Theft Auto 6's release window
A date has been locked in for Rockstar Games employees to vote on whether to recognise their developer union.
- Networking
Oracle adds Google TPUs to OCI to expand enterprise AI compute options
The deal, which was announced at Oracle AI World in Las Vegas on Tuesday, marks the first time Google TPUs will be available through another hyperscaler, the companies said in a joint statement.
- Science
The autistic brain processes faces differently than scientists thought
A major new study reveals that autistic children’s brains process faces differently, and those differences may begin earlier than scientists previously thought.
- Networking
Cisco’s partner shift: What customers should expect from their Cisco partner in the AI era
Most of the coverage from Cisco Partner Summit will understandably focus on what Cisco is doing for its more than half a million partners.
- Gaming
3 Upcoming Sci-Fi RPGs Better Than Waiting for a New Mass Effect
From Exodus to Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic, these upcoming RPGs could be your next great Mass Effect replacement.
- Technology
Apple refreshes the iMac, entry-level MacBook Pro with the M6 chip
Additionally, the N1 chip brings Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 6.
- Technology
South Carolina's measles outbreak jumped to Washington state 5 times in 2 weeks
International travel used to be the main risk of measles cases in the US—not anymore.
- Gaming
The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King Is Officially Getting a New Version Next Year
The upcoming game will have just as many endings as Peter Jackson’s movie..
- Technology
"No human at the helm": Delaware plan would let AI agents run entire businesses
Owners of AI-run firms would evade liability for "reckless" AI, US Rep.
- Technology
Code-execution flaw in UEFI firmware affects most servers on planet Earth
Critical flaw in EDK2 allows attackers to execute code early in the boot process.
- Networking
HPE extends AI-driven networking to SD-WAN and SASE
HPE continues to integrate its networking products with its AI-driven Mist platform and Marvis AI engine, this week bringing the HPE Networking EdgeConnect suite—which combines its SD-WAN and SSE products in a unified SASE offering—into the fold.
- Technology
Vibe genes? Natural(ish) language comes to protein, genome design software
You can apparently now tell AI tools what sort of protein you want them to make.
- Technology
Warner Bros. drops final trailer for Dune: Part Three
"After years of combat, I've become the oppressor Chani had sworn to fight.".
- Technology
Ford simplifies using your EV as a home battery with the $30K Fathom
The Fathom pickup won’t need a wall-mounted inverter to output 10 kW to your house.
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