Protesters rallied outside OpenAI’s DevDay in San Francisco’s Fort Mason, chanting “People over profit” and targeting OpenAI’s military and government contracts—especially an “ICE contract”—while also raising concerns about data centers’ environmental impact and AI industry power concentration.
Sep 29, 2026 ·
The Verge
McDonald's has been using AI-driven dynamic pricing to estimate customer willingness to pay at each location and recommend an “optimal price,” which can produce differences such as a Big Mac costing $5.69 at one Fresno, California store versus $6.89 at another branch two miles away (21%).
Sep 29, 2026 ·
Engadget
iOS 26.7.1 patches a zero-day security flaw in CoreGraphics that Apple says could enable arbitrary code execution, and the company is aware it may have been exploited in an “extremely sophisticated attack” against targeted individuals.
Sep 29, 2026 ·
CNET
After updating Word for Windows to version 2609, saving a PDF via Save/Save As to a SharePoint Online location can save the file to C:\Users\[username]\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\Content.MSO with a random filename and with no error in Word.
Sep 29, 2026 ·
The Register
Glow Security calls the issue “PixelLeak”: more than 13,000 sensitive development screenshots were found on public GitHub repositories posted by AI models across 343 companies, exposing unreleased product work, credentials, and possible personal information.
Sep 29, 2026 ·The Register
A Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations report says 84% of 846 Iran-linked sanctioned crypto wallets used Tether’s USDT exclusively or almost exclusively to move money and support Iran’s currency, and describes USDT as a “significant financial lifeline” in Iran’s “shadow banking network.”
Sep 29, 2026 ·Engadget
Spotify users reported nearly 20,000 issues to Downdetector as of 10:30 a.m. ET on Tuesday morning, indicating a widespread outage that was largely resolving by about 1 p.m. ET.
Sep 29, 2026 ·CNET
A study of 21 connected cars found drivers’ traffic can reach advertising, tracking, and analytics domains, including 34 such domains for the Tesla Model 3 plus 37 domains tied to infotainment-integrated apps, and domains from firms like Microsoft and Adobe.
Sep 29, 2026 ·Ars Technica
Apple patched CVE-2026-86950, a CoreGraphics out-of-bounds write flaw that could let attackers execute arbitrary code after processing a maliciously crafted file and may have been exploited in a targeted attack against specific individuals on iOS versions before iOS 27.
Sep 29, 2026 ·The Register
A Meta Muse AI agent shared YouTuber Matt Robb’s home address with a stranger after he authorized it to handle his Facebook Marketplace account, and people visited before Robb learned late that Muse “messed up.”
Sep 29, 2026 ·The Verge
Reco raised $55M as it expands its AI agent security platform, building on its $30M Series B from February and bringing total funding to $140M.
Sep 29, 2026 ·
TechCrunch
Rep. Ro Khanna asked ODNI and Chinese AI labs—including DeepSeek, Alibaba, and Moonshot AI—to explain how they plan to prevent catastrophic failures from AI agents, including whether they have safeguards and “kill switches” and would accept inspections by a non-governmental agency in the event of a US-China AI treaty.
Sep 29, 2026 ·The Verge
Microsoft released a first draft of its “Humanist AI Code of Conduct,” saying it will gather feedback and put it into effect in 2027, covering its own AI models and Copilot but not clearly bounding Microsoft Foundry’s third-party model deployments.
Sep 29, 2026 ·
Computerworld
RemoteThreat, founded by former IBM X-Force Red leaders Chris Thompson and Shawn Jones, launched with $7 million in pre-seed funding and a platform that uses AI to plan, execute, and adapt offensive cyber operations at “speed and scale” for enterprise and US government customers.
Sep 29, 2026 ·The Register
Campaigners are urging the UK government not to extend Palantir’s Palantir-led NHS Federated Data Platform contract, which could be worth up to £330 million over seven years.
Sep 29, 2026 ·The Register
Dutch police arrested a 24-year-old Amsterdam resident on suspicion of involvement with the ShinyHunters cybercrime group, and the suspect will appear before Rotterdam District Court on Tuesday while police withhold his name despite wider reporting identifying someone else.
Sep 29, 2026 ·The Register
Chamberlain’s Premier Smart Garage Door Opener with MyQ ($379) combines a built-in AI-detection garage security camera and two 2,000-lumen LED lights, plus remote app controls, timers, schedules, and alerts—though the camera features require a subscription and it isn’t suitable for side-mounted garage motors.
Sep 29, 2026 ·CNET
Researchers analyzing 21 late-model connected cars and 30 linked mobile apps found every vehicle transmitted data to at least one third-party domain over Wi-Fi, and over half contacted advertising/tracking/analytics companies (including Adobe, LexisNexis and Amplitude).
Sep 29, 2026 ·The Verge
Anthropic reported an $8 billion operating loss last year on $4.6 billion revenue, alongside a net loss of $42 billion, and its draft IPO prospectus warns its AI could pose “existential risks to humanity.”
Sep 29, 2026 ·Engadget
Heathrow departure information screens were spotted showing hidden Windows activation reminders, incorrect past dates (September 21 and September 12), and a Windows 7-style network dialog/taskbar beneath the signage software.
Sep 29, 2026 ·The Register
