Tech News

1. AI Security:

   • A new report details how the "Tycoon 2FA" phishing platform enables real-time MFA relays, with biometric, phishing-proof FIDO2 hardware blocking attacks. 👉 thehackernews.com

2. Vulnerability Exploits:

   • Attackers are actively exploiting a new zero-day vulnerability in FortiWeb, prompting Fortinet to release security updates. 👉 bleepingcomputer.com
   • A buffer overflow vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks' PAN-OS is under active attack, prompting a CISA warning for immediate patching. (3 days ago). 👉 threatpost.com

3. Windows 11:

   • Microsoft is integrating Sysmon directly into Windows 11 and Server 2025. 👉 bleepingcomputer.com
   • Windows 11 is receiving new Cloud Rebuild and Point-in-Time Restore tools. 👉 bleepingcomputer.com
   • Microsoft integrates more AI features into Windows, including new Copilot skills and troubleshooting agents. 👉 zdnet.com
   • Microsoft launches Agent 365, a framework for businesses to deploy and manage AI agents with data and security controls. 👉 theverge.com
   • A new toggle called '👉 windowscentral.com' that can be enabled or disabled in the Windows Settings app. 👉 windowscentral.com

4. Google Gemini 3:

   • Google launched Gemini 3, its most intelligent model, which is better at coding and reasoning and trading "flattery for genuine insight". 👉 theverge.com
     • Many sources claim that Gemini 3 Pro has claimed the #1 spot on LMArena leaderboards. 👉 x.com
     • The model achieves a leading 72.1% on SimpleQA Verified, demonstrating significant strides in factual accuracy. 👉 x.com
   • Google has debuted Antigravity, an “agent-first” coding tool that leverages Gemini 3 Pro and third-party models, in free public preview for Windows, macOS, and Linux. 👉 theverge.com
   • Google details a new generative UI implementation that lets Gemini 3 Pro create interactive interfaces for any prompt, launching in the Gemini app and AI Mode. 👉 research.google
   • Demis Hassabis says he spends most of his research time on world models and fitting the entire Google Search index into Gemini. 👉 substack.com
   • Gemini 3 Pro scores 1,501 on LMArena's Text Arena and shows PhD-level reasoning with top Humanity's Last Exam and GPQA Diamond scores. 👉 9to5google.com
   • A new generative UI implementation that lets Gemini 3 Pro create interactive interfaces for any prompt, launching in the Gemini app and AI Mode. 👉 research.google
   • Etham Mollich had early access to Gemini 3, says it is a very good, very fast model, also demonstrates the change from chatbot to agent. 👉 oneusefulthing.org

5. Microsoft and AI:

   • Microsoft, Nvidia and Anthropic announced strategic partnerships to scale Claude on Microsoft Azure and bring up to $15 billion in new investment to the AI startup. 👉 blogs.microsoft.com^$
     • The deal sees Anthropic commit to purchasing $30 billion of Azure compute capacity and contract additional capacity up to one gigawatt. 👉 blogs.microsoft.com^$
     • Microsoft's and Nvidia's investments in Anthropic push the AI startup's valuation to ~$350B, up from $183B after raising $13B in September. 👉 cnbc.com
   • Microsoft is launching Agent 365, a framework that lets businesses deploy and manage AI agents like human employees, with dashboards showing telemetry and alerts. 👉 theverge.com
   • Microsoft is integrating more AI features into Windows, including new Copilot skills, AI agents on the taskbar, writing assistance, and troubleshooting agents. 👉 zdnet.com
   • "Microsoft, Nvidia Commit Up To $15 Billion Investment in Anthropic as Claude Scales on Azure". (1 day ago). 👉 slashdot.org

6. Meta:

   • A US judge rules that Meta's Instagram and WhatsApp acquisitions didn't violate antitrust law, and the FTC failed to prove the deals let Meta monopolize the market. 👉 news.bloomberglaw.com
   • Internal docs show Meta's Vibes AI video feed has about 2M DAUs as of November 9, up 1% from the previous week; ~52% of returning users prompted the AI. 👉 businessinsider.com^$

7. Cloudflare:

   • A major Cloudflare outage impacted X, ChatGPT, and others. (1 day ago). 👉 the-independent.com
   • Cloudflare scrubbed Aisuru botnet from the top domains list to address security, brand confusion, and privacy concerns. 👉 krebsonsecurity.com
   • Cloudflare CTO Dane Knecht says “we failed our customers and the broader Internet” when a Cloudflare issue “impacted large amounts of traffic that rely on us”. (1 day ago). 👉 x.com
   • "A Cloudflare outage is taking down parts of the internet". (1 day ago). 👉 techradar.com

8. Alarms about AI Boom:

   • Head of Google's parent firm Alphabet, Sundar Pichai, told the BBC that the AI boom has some "irrationality", tech's investment cycles can "overshoot", and "no company is going to be immune" to the bubble bursting. 👉 bbc.com

9. TP-Link Security Concerns:

   • The US government is reportedly preparing to ban the sale of wireless routers and other networking gear from TP-Link Systems, a tech company that currently enjoys an estimated 50% market share among home users and small businesses. 👉 krebsonsecurity.com

10. Dutch Police Operation:

    • The police in the Netherlands have seized around 250 physical servers powering a bulletproof hosting service used exclusively by cybercriminals. 👉 bleepingcomputer.com

11. Microsoft Teams:

    • Microsoft Teams to let users report messages wrongly flagged as threats. 👉 bleepingcomputer.com

12. Ransomware and Data Breaches: - A federal judge ruled that Meta's Instagram and WhatsApp acquisitions don't violate antitrust law as the FTC failed to prove the deals let Meta monopolize the market. 👉 news.bloomberglaw.com - The French agency Pajemploi reports a data breach affecting 1.2M people. 👉 bleepingcomputer.com - Meta wins FTC antitrust trial that focused on WhatsApp, Instagram. 👉 cnbc.com - Ukrainian man is in US custody after being indicted in 2012 for his role as "MrICQ" for the Jabber Zeus crew. 👉 krebsonsecurity.com - Hackers claim oil giant Petrobras, alleging oil-rich maps theft. 👉 cybernews.com - Trump says the US needs a “Federal Standard” governing oversight of AI instead of “a patchwork of 50 State Regulatory Regimes”, otherwise China will catch up. 👉 bloomberg.com^$

13. Malware and Phishing: - A new EVALUSION ClickFix campaign delivers Amatera Stealer and NetSupport RAT. 👉 bleepingcomputer.com - A new report details how the "Tycoon 2FA" phishing platform enables real-time MFA relays, with biometric, phishing-proof FIDO2 hardware blocking attacks. 👉 bleepingcomputer.com - Google is suing to disrupt Chinese SMS phishing triad. 👉 krebsonsecurity.com - Seven malicious NPM packages use Adspect cloaking to trick victims into crypto scam pages. 👉 thehackernews.com - Several Malicious NPM packages abuse Adspect redirects to evade security. 👉 bleepingcomputer.com

14. AI Trends:

    • Google says that Gemini 3 Pro scores 1,501 on LMArena's Text Arena, becoming #1, and shows PhD-level reasoning with top Humanity's Last Exam and GPQA Diamond scores. 👉 9to5google.com
    • As consumers ditch Google for ChatGPT, Peec AI raises $21M to help brands adapt. 👉 techcrunch.com (1 day ago).
    • A key product engineer on the Google Gemini project has left the company for Thinking Machines Lab. (1 day ago). 👉 businessinsider.com^$
    • The EU Commission opens an investigation into AWS and Azure to determine whether they should fall under the DMA, saying they “occupy very strong positions”. 👉 bloomberg.com^$
    • XAI releases Grok 4.1, saying it hallucinates less. 👉 cybernews.com
    • Microsoft, Nvidia to invest in Anthropic as Claude maker commits $30 billion to Azure. 👉 finance.yahoo.com
    • Researchers find serious AI Bugs exposing Meta, Nvidia, and Microsoft Inference Frameworks. 👉 thehackernews.com

15. Roblox Safety Measures:

    • Roblox plans to require all users to undergo an age estimation process to access chat features, starting January 2026, in an effort to enhance child safety. 👉 theverge.com

16. Mobile Device Updates:

    • Survey data shows Wi-Fi speeds are much faster on iPhone 17, thanks to the Apple N1 chip. 👉 9to5mac.com
    • Xiaomi reports Q3 revenue up 22.3% YoY, driven by AI and EV revenue. 👉 reuters.com

17. Financial News:

    • Financial regulators in Canada levied $176 million in fines against Cryptomus, a digital payments platform that supports dozens of Russian cryptocurrency exchanges and websites hawking cybercrime services. 👉 krebsonsecurity.com
    • Xiaomi expects a shortfall in memory chips to push up mobile device prices in 2026, after SMIC's similar warning last week. 👉 bloomberg.com^$
    • Baidu reports Q3 revenue down 7% YoY, and a ~$1.5B net loss, as the search giant battles falling usership. 👉 bloomberg.com^$
    • US loans Constellation $1 billion for Three Mile Island reactor reboot. (1 day ago). 👉 reuters.com
    • Google boss says AI investment boom has ‘elements of irrationality’. (1 day ago). 👉 news.ycombinator.com
    • Meta wins FTC antitrust trial that focused on WhatsApp, Instagram. 👉 cnbc.com
    • Cloudfare outage: X, ChatGPT, Spotify, Perplexity AI among apps, websites down. (1 day ago). 👉 businesstoday.in

18. Security Software:

    • Stack Overflow is remaking itself into an AI data provider. 👉 techcrunch.com
    • Apono, which helps enterprises manage cloud permissions by eliminating standing privileges, raised a $34M Series B, bringing its total funding to $54M+. 👉 siliconangle.com
    • "Microsoft: Windows 10 KB5072653 OOB update fixes ESU install errors". (1 day ago). 👉 bleepingcomputer.com

19. Transportation Security:

    • The FAA proposes new rules for commercial space launch vehicles. (1 week ago). 👉 reuters.com

20. Web Security:

    • Google fixes new Chrome zero-day flaw exploited in attacks. (1 day ago). 👉 bleepingcomputer.com

21. Internet Governance:

    • The U.S. government transitions to a public-private partnership to oversee internet naming functions (ICANN). (1 week ago). 👉 therecord.media

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