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A $50 thin client and a NAS make a better first homelab than one big server

Splitting storage from services keeps one repair from taking down everything. more

Patrick Campanale (via How-to Geek) | 10/21/26

Your Pixel Phone Getting Notification Badge Upgrade

Android 17 appears to be working on adding a new option for “Number” to notification badges. This is a feature almost all other modern day phones have, but Google has been slow to add it to Pixel … more

Kellen (via Droid Life) | 10/21/26

GM Aims to Bring ‘Eyes-Off’ Driving to AI-Powered Cars Within 2 Years

General Motors is seeking help from artificial intelligence to keep up with Chinese companies that introduce vehicles very quickly. more

Jack Ewing (via The New York Times - Technology) | 10/21/26

LiteLLM supply chain attack hoovers up passwords and secrets

Plus a RAT for good measure - get threat hunting now more

Jessica Lyons (via The Register) | 10/21/26

Rogue AI: When agents stop advising and start acting

For the past few years, most enterprise AI has been advisory. It summarized tickets, drafted knowledge articles, and suggested next steps. A person still decided what to … more

Via Computerworld | 10/21/26

Ohio State Makes a Stink by Digitally Sending Scents

The scent-sending technology could be used in online shopping, healhcare diagnoses and just for fun. more

Joe Hindy (via CNET Technology) | 10/21/26

Comet Cloud targets small businesses underserved by GPU cloud providers

The GPU cloud market has so far been shaped by its largest buyers, who can commit to multiyear contracts for scarce accelerators. As artificial intelligence workloads tilt from training toward … more

Sloane Kali Faye (via SiliconANGLE) | 10/21/26

AI isn’t hallucinating—but your data might be

“Hallucination” has become the catch-all term for AI getting things wrong. It describes a real phenomenon: Large language models can generate confident, fluent answers that are … more

Via Computerworld | 10/21/26

Meta hit with $25 billion penalty for lying to users about privacy

A New Mexico judge hit Meta with a record-breaking $25 billion penalty on Wednesday, stemming from a lawsuit over the Cambridge Analytica debacle. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg The ruling follows … more

Via AppleInsider | 10/21/26

GM Wants Your Car to Do Your Chores

The Detroit automaker wants your next vehicle to be a personal assistant, a best friend, and an autonomous errand-runner. more

Aarian Marshall (via Wired) | 10/21/26

Manfred “Fred” J. Schindler Is 2027 IEEE President-Elect

IEEE Life Fellow Manfred “Fred” J. Schindler has been elected as the 2027 IEEE president-elect. He will begin serving as president on 1 January 2028.Schindler, who was nominated by the IEEE … more

Joanna Goodrich (via IEEE Spectrum) | 10/21/26

DOJ Turns A Thumb Drive And A Post-It Note Into A Lawsuit Aimed At Disrupting Voting In California

For the past several months, the DHS and DOJ have been pushing hard to make Trump’s illegal voter election conspiracy theories a reality. Trump continues to claim millions of non-citizen voters are … more

Tim Cushing (via Techdirt) | 10/21/26

Before you automate systems, decide which data wins

Ask an IT team a simple question, “How many laptops do we have?” and the answer often depends on who you ask and which console they open. For years, that ambiguity was … more

Via Computerworld | 10/21/26

Era4 ties financial sovereignty to Britain’s AI infrastructure

Financial sovereignty is becoming a practical question for nations building AI infrastructure: Who controls the systems, and where does the money go? As AI moves into everyday business applications, … more

Victoria Gayton (via SiliconANGLE) | 10/21/26

Daily Deal: CyberTraining 365 Online Academy

CyberTraining 365 is the best training destination for you and your team. Here you can Master Cyber Security techniques such as Analyzing Malware, Penetration Testing, Advanced Persistent Threats, … more

Daily Deal (via Techdirt) | 10/21/26

Flapping Airplanes, which is working on methods to train AI models using less data and compute and make the chips more efficient, raised $1B at a $6B valuation (Rachel Metz/Bloomberg)

Rachel Metz / Bloomberg: Flapping Airplanes, which is working on methods to train AI models using less data and compute and make the chips more efficient, raised $1B at a $6B valuation … more

Via Techmeme | 10/21/26

This Thunderbolt 5 dock with a built-in SSD is $100 off for the first time

Macworld HyperDrive Next Thunderbolt 5 dock View Deal Since you’re probably not planning ot upgrade your MacBook Pro anytime … more

Via Macworld | 10/21/26

I use Bitdefender Total Security to protect all of my devices, and it’s down to $28 at Newegg

Bitdefender is my security tool of choice for my family's devices. It combines threat detection with tools to safeguard privacy across ten devices for a year. more

Via TechnoBuffalo | 10/21/26

Nvidia reportedly refused some neoclouds access to GTC Berlin for adding AMD and TPU chips

SemiAnalysis' latest "shocking" rumor allegedly confirms what the firm had already revealed in June. Several neocloud providers have reportedly been denied access to GTC Berlin, Nvidia's upcoming … more

Via TechSpot | 10/21/26

Enable Developer Options on Android: Steps for Every Phone

That “You are now a developer” toast message has confused more phone owners than almost any other line of text in Android. It shows up after a few taps in Settings, and suddenly a whole new menu … more

David Brewster (via Droidviews) | 10/21/26