The just-released M6 Mac mini is already on sale for $949
These days, the best thing you can get for your office is a small computer. Apple’s M6 Mac mini is on sale for $949 right now, which is quite a bit under its $1,099 price…
Researchers Demonstrate OpenBSD Root Exploit Chaining 37-Year-Old Shared-Memory Bug
Swati KhandelwalOct 16, 2026Vulnerability / OpenBSD A local privilege escalation exploit published today gains root on OpenBSD 7.9 by chaining a roughly 37-year-old integer overflow with a separate kernel flaw, bypassing OpenBSD’s KARL kernel-address randomization…
Microsoft thinks it has a MacBook Pro killer. We’re not so sure
Geekbench 7 Results are expressed as Geekbench scores. Higher scores/longer bars are faster. Surface Laptop Ultra’s Windows power slider set to “Best performance” Geekbench 7 is an overall, general-purpose performance benchmark, and in Single-core CPU…
Attackers Tampered with AOMEI Backupper’s Update Servers for Minutes to Deliver a Backdoor
Attackers repeatedly changed the files that AOMEI Backupper fetches from the vendor’s own update servers, in windows of five to ten minutes at a time between May and July 2026, so that any copy of…
UAT-11985 Uses Fake Event Invites to Target Taiwan Research Affiliates With Google AitM Phishing
Ravie LakshmananOct 16, 2026Phishing / Artificial Intelligence Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of an advanced persistent threat (APT) spear-phishing campaign that has targeted individuals affiliated with Taiwan research organizations to direct victims to an adversary-in-the-middle…
Microsoft fixes the Windows 11 black screen bug that hits after sign-in
Microsoft has fixed an issue in Windows 11 that could result in a black screen after the user logs into their computer. You’ll find the fix in update KB5127648, available now for Windows 11 24H2,…
Microsoft claims Windows 11 is up to 20% faster. Here’s what changed
Microsoft is doing its best to improve Windows 11’s performance. According to a recent Windows Blog post, the company’s operating system has become up to 20 percent more responsive thanks to optimizations made and released…
BenQ INFTYLAB M Mouse review: A Mac mouse with trackpad-like controls
Its new INFTYLAB brand is aimed at Mac users, with the six-button M Mouse in the lead and new products on the way including a lightbar engineered for Apple’s iMac. It even comes in only…
Your laptop lacks an SD slot? This $10 Anker USB-C reader fixes that
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OpenAI Research Model Spent 3rd-Party Test ETH Without Permission to Deploy Smart Contract
Ravie LakshmananOct 16, 2026Artificial Intelligence / Web Security OpenAI has disclosed seven new incidents in which its artificial intelligence (AI) models exhibited misaligned behavior, including one case where its research model, after not having funds…