

Quantum Computing
AI
OpenPGP in Rust
Canonical has released the beta of Ubuntu 26.10. The final version will follow on October 15, while Kubuntu offers official X11 support for the last time.
65 TB Around 2030
Toshiba has invested around 380 million dollars in its plant in the Philippines. Hard drives with over 30 TB are set to follow starting in 2027, and 65 TB around 2030.
Threat to Shut Down Servers
An infrastructure engineer locked 254 servers and 3,284 workstations belonging to his employer and demanded 20 bitcoin. He has now been sentenced to prison.
No Sensitive Information Affected
The ransomware group SafePay claims to have attacked T-Systems, the IT subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom, and has set a two-day deadline. According to a company spokesperson, only a small test system was affected and no sensitive data was exfiltrated.
Bilingual Mixture-of-Experts Model
The Heidelberg-based AI company has unveiled a German-English language model for government and industry that can run locally.
AI Labeling
The textGrain technology subtly alters the model’s word choices. According to OpenAI, editing the text can significantly reduce the detection rate.
Phone Numbers and Passenger Names
A hacker is allegedly offering data from Airbnb, Uber, and PayPal. According to Cybernews, it originates from an SMS service provider.
Building on the Partner Network
With the Claude Frontier Academy, Anthropic is investing 100 million dollars. By the end of 2027, 10,000 Frontier Deployed Engineers are to be certified.
“ASOS HACKED”
Thousands of ASOS app users received a push notification claiming that attackers had taken control of the company’s Snowflake instance. ASOS has yet to comment on the incident.