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Oct 22, 2026

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·The Verge

Judge dismisses Ann Altman’s sexual abuse lawsuit against OpenAI CEO Sam Altman after missed deadlines

US District Judge Zachary Bluestone dismissed Ann Altman’s lawsuit alleging that her brother, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, sexually abused her during childhood. The judge said Ann failed...

Judge dismisses Ann Altman’s sexual abuse lawsuit against OpenAI CEO Sam Altman after missed deadlines
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·TechCrunch

Anthropic proposes AI safety bill requiring a judge to block model releases, even for risks of 50+ deaths

Anthropic is pitching an AI safety policy that could allow a model to be blocked if it poses a risk of killing 50 or more people. The article says the proposal also prevents federa...

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·TechCrunch

SpaceX and Tesla boards create independent committees to review a potential merger

The SpaceX and Tesla boards have formed special committees to review a possible merger. Elon Musk says he likes the idea but is not serving on either committee, which he says are m...

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·krebsonsecurity.com

FBI probe of ShinyHunters examines ransomware negotiators accused of close ties to the extortion group

KrebsOnSecurity reports that U.S. investigators probing ShinyHunters have identified executives at two ransomware negotiation firms with unusually close ties to the group, includin...

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·Cloudflare Blog

Cloudflare says eight eMudhra intermediate certificate keys were compromised, enabling forged certificates for any domain

Cloudflare says it learned on October 19, 2026, that private keys for eight eMudhra intermediate certificates were compromised, potentially letting attackers forge certificates for...

Cloudflare says eight eMudhra intermediate certificate keys were compromised, enabling forged certificates for any domain
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·The Verge

Trump and Vance announce $10K payment to YouTuber Nick Shirley and $25M fraud-reporting bounty

Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance said the administration is giving right-wing YouTuber Nick Shirley $10,000 and launching a $25 million bounty program for public fraud repo...

Trump and Vance announce $10K payment to YouTuber Nick Shirley and $25M fraud-reporting bounty
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·Ars Technica

Musk says SpaceX-Tesla merger would be a “good idea” but needs shareholder support

Elon Musk said during SpaceX’s third-quarter earnings call that formally merging SpaceX and Tesla would be a good idea, while noting the decision depends on shareholder support. Th...

Musk says SpaceX-Tesla merger would be a “good idea” but needs shareholder support
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