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AI

AI startup deploys undercover agents to waste scammers' time and gather fraud intelligence

Apate, an Australian startup founded in 2024 on research from Macquarie University in Sydney, is deploying thousands of AI agents that pose as potential scam victims to waste fraudsters' time and gather actionable intelligence. The company says its undercover agents have already occupied 17 years' worth of scammers' time across 2.5 million conversations, feeding data to banks, telecom companies, government agencies and utilities to inform their anti-fraud measures.

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AI

Floqer brings AI agents to B2B sales prospecting, plans to open-source its technology

Floqer, an autonomous customer knowledge platform that deploys AI agents to research sales prospects, is pitching Wednesday on the Startup Battlefield stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026. The startup plans to open-source the technology behind its autonomous customer knowledge database, targeting an early 2027 release pending security reviews. Floqer reports it has surpassed $1.2 million in annual recurring revenue, with overall revenue growing roughly tenfold over the past year.

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Crypto

Bitcoin slides below $82,000 as hot core inflation doubles odds of October Fed hike

Bitcoin fell below $82,000 on Wednesday, touching an intraday low of roughly $81,500, after US core inflation for September came in hotter than expected and revived expectations of another Federal Reserve rate hike. CoinGlass data showed more than $100 million in leveraged positions were liquidated within an hour of the inflation report, with total liquidations exceeding $220 million over 24 hours.

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Hardware & Devices

GFiber and Qualcomm unveil Wi-Fi 8 gateway with edge AI for 20 Gig customers

GFiber, in partnership with Qualcomm and Gemtek, has announced a Wi-Fi 8 Premium Gateway aimed at customers on its 20 Gig fiber plan. The gateway, which uses Qualcomm’s Dragonwing NPro A8 Elite Platform, is designed to combine high-speed connectivity with native edge AI processing. Rollouts are expected to begin in 2027, with current 20 Gig subscribers using a Wi-Fi 7 gateway set to receive an upgrade once certification is complete.

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Tech

WhatsApp launches guest calling: invite anyone to calls without an account

WhatsApp has introduced a guest calling feature that allows users to invite anyone to a voice or video call without requiring that person to have a WhatsApp account or the app installed. Guests join by clicking a link sent by the host and gain access to call features including hand raising, screen sharing, and emoji reactions, all protected by end-to-end encryption. However, guests must wait in a waiting room until the host approves their entry.

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Hardware & Devices

SK hynix develops tiny custom CPU cores for SSD controllers to offload Arm processors

SK hynix has detailed plans to reduce reliance on power-hungry CPU cores in its SSD controllers with an in-house designed core called the Hynix Transaction Processing Unit (H-TPU). The tiny, programmable cores handle repetitive I/O tasks with dramatically lower power and area consumption, leaving management functions to a traditional Arm CPU. The company aims to apply H-TPU across its NAND product line, beginning with next-generation enterprise SSD controllers.

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AI

Meta Extends Private Processing to AI Glasses, Keeping User Data in Confidential Cloud Enclaves

Meta has expanded its Private Processing architecture to its AI glasses, using confidential virtual machines (CVMs) backed by hardware Trusted Execution Environments (TEEs) to handle sensitive AI workloads and persistent user context in the cloud. The design aims to support advanced features like streaming transcription, contextual search, and long-term recall while preventing Meta itself from accessing the underlying user data.

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Security

Ledger asks resellers in seven Asian markets to halt sales over suspected $86 million wallet tampering

Ledger has asked resellers and distributors in Southeast Asia and Hong Kong to suspend sales of its hardware wallets while it investigates devices fitted with a hidden implant, following suspected thefts of more than $86 million in cryptocurrency. The company said the only confirmed incidents remain in Southeast Asia and that it has not verified a drain linked to a device bought elsewhere.

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AI

US tech giants warn EU cloud sovereignty push could cost €115 billion

The European Commission's proposed Cloud and AI Development Act (CADA) could cost the continent €115 billion over a decade, according to a new study commissioned by CCIA Europe, a lobbying group whose members include Amazon, Google, and Meta. The research, conducted by the European Centre for International Political Economy (ECIPE), claims the costs would be more than six times the Commission's upper estimate of €18 billion.

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Hardware & Devices

Newegg bundle offers DDR5-6000 RAM at effective $151 as standalone prices hit $450

As the price of a 32GB DDR5 6000 RAM kit reaches $450, driven by AI-fueled component shortages, Newegg has restocked a bundle that effectively prices the same memory at $151 when purchased alongside a CPU, motherboard and SSD. The deal, which includes an AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D processor, Gigabyte X870E motherboard, 2TB SSD, a CPU cooler and a game, is priced at $1,165.99, a saving of $358.98 off the combined list price.

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Tech

Microsoft confirms Windows updates can break Remote Desktop when Administrator protection is on

Microsoft has confirmed that recent Windows updates can stop non-admin users from connecting to devices over Remote Desktop when the Administrator protection security feature is enabled. The company says affected systems may hit error 0xC000000D with the message "The token that was passed to the function is invalid," and has offered a temporary workaround while a permanent fix is developed.

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Crypto

Ledger reviews supply chain policies after $93M hardware wallet tampering attack

Ledger is reviewing its sales policies and anti-tampering protections after a supply chain attack in which unauthorized hardware implants were discovered inside its crypto hardware wallets, enabling the theft of $93 million in cryptocurrency. The company confirmed the review on October 13 following the so-called 'Cryptobilis incident,' first noticed on October 9 when hundreds of wallets were drained simultaneously across multiple blockchain networks.

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