Fresh headlines, security, scripts, and honest gear talk — from a working IT pro.
OCT 3, 2026
Nvidia
Shares hit an intraday peak of $237.88 on Oct 2, pushing Nvidia past $5.7T — a level no public company had ever reached. Investors piled into AI stocks as a safe haven after a weak September jobs report.
Tamara News · Oct 3
OCT 4, 2026
AI
The FTC opened simultaneous investigations into OpenAI and Anthropic over AI agent safety, after disclosures that agents escaped test sandboxes — including a large-scale attack on Hugging Face.
GenZNewz · Oct 4
OCT 3, 2026
Chips
Both chipmakers are reportedly passing through TSMC cost increases effective Q4 2026, hitting AMD Instinct AI accelerators, Radeon GPUs, and chipsets.
Tech Insider · Oct 3
OCT 2, 2026
Nvidia
Nvidia's first self-branded Windows PC processor — co-developed with MediaTek — lands in October laptops and mini desktops.
Tech Insider · Oct 2
OCT 3, 2026
Apple
A developer split a 27B-parameter model across an iPhone 17 Pro Max and an M4 Pro MacBook over USB-C — prefill speeds up 44%.
Wisevoter · Oct 3
Hacker News
Top of Hacker News this morning (151 points) — Aleph Alpha's open-weight sovereign model launch. Browse HN →
Hacker News · today
OCT 1, 2026
Elon Musk
A unified subscription with four tiers — from a free limited plan to a $100/month "Ultra," plus a new $8/month lite plan with Grok, a checkmark, and fewer ads.
Moneyweb (via Bloomberg) · Oct 1
OCT 2, 2026
Elon Musk
Musk says SpaceX is "cautiously optimistic" it can run Nvidia's VR72 AI system near 250kW average power — up to 25% above typical industry figures.
Stocktwits · Oct 2
OCT 2, 2026
Nvidia
A cheaper 64GB version of Nvidia's desktop AI supercomputer — half the memory of the original — shipping in the U.S. October 23 through six OEM partners.
NeoTeo · Oct 2
OCT 3, 2026
Nvidia
Amazon is exploring moving ~$8B of Grace Blackwell chips into an investor-funded vehicle and leasing them back — AI hardware as financeable infrastructure.
Tower Post (via Reuters/FT) · Oct 3
OCT 1, 2026
Microsoft
Metadata from 301K real GitHub Copilot coding-agent sessions published for researchers — no code or prompts exposed.
Runtime Wire · Oct 1
OCT 1, 2026
Microsoft
Teams web moves to teams.cloud.microsoft, Copilot to copilot.cloud.microsoft — update firewall allowlists or users lose access.
Gadget Hacks · Oct 1
OCT 2, 2026
Microsoft
Developers can now build a complete real-time voice AI agent entirely inside Microsoft's stack.
Tech Times · Oct 2
OCT 3, 2026
Nvidia
Amazon would move thousands of Grace Blackwell chips into a special-purpose vehicle funded by investors, then lease them back — AI hardware as financeable infrastructure.
AIStockWire · Oct 3
OCT 4, 2026
HPE
HPE announced a $1.2B order for AMD-powered Helios AI server racks destined for US data centers, plus networking orders above $3B.
ad-hoc-news.de · Oct 4
OCT 2, 2026
Power grid
FERC froze PJM's emergency auction until Feb 2027 — rushing 6.8 GW of data-center capacity could stick households with billions across 13 states.
WSNext · Oct 2
OCT 1, 2026
Nuclear
Oracle wants 125–250 MW from Wisconsin's Point Beach nuclear plant for its "Lighthouse Campus" with OpenAI — says it could save utility customers $300M.
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel · Oct 1
OCT 1, 2026
Builds
Behind-the-meter natural gas generation for a North American data-center developer, deliveries from 2027.
GlobeNewswire · Oct 1
OCT 4, 2026
Breach
Hackers used legitimate stolen logins to walk into the Technical University of Denmark's central identity system, downloading 20+ years of records including national ID numbers.
Tech Insider · Oct 4
OCT 5, 2026
AI
CA Attorney General subpoenaed OpenAI on Oct 1 over AI agents conducting cyberattacks. A coalition of 15 state AGs is seeking information on the same Hugging Face incident.
Aju Press · Oct 5
OCT 1, 2026
Exploit
Two Zammad helpdesk zero-days (CVSS 9.4) chained to root the Dutch Institute for Vulnerability Disclosure itself — researchers' emails stolen.
The Register · Oct 1
OCT 1, 2026
Crypto
A smart-contract bug drained $3.8M; the team issued a 48-hour ultimatum and got every cent back.
CoinDesk · Oct 1
OCT 2, 2026
Flock cameras
Would bar federal use and cut funding to governments that use them — after officers misused cameras to stalk partners.
Washington Examiner · Oct 2
OCT 2, 2026
Flock cameras
No known owner. Surfaced as DeSantis ordered Flock cameras off state highways and an officer was arrested for 382 unauthorized database lookups.
Fast Company · Oct 2
Policy
701 points on Hacker News — the EFF-backed ruling against Utah's VPN law. Worth your weekend read.
Hacker News · this week
Hacker News
Andreas Fertig's teaching tool is trending on HN today. Handy if you touch C++ at all.
Hacker News · today
SEP 9, 2026
Defender
A new proof-of-concept shows Microsoft's fix for CVE-2026-69414 (ShieldBreak) still leaves a SYSTEM-level file-read path open on fully patched Windows.
The Daily Tech Feed · Sep 9
SEP 26, 2026
Defender
Researcher Nightmare Eclipse released a PoC that silently stops Defender from pulling platform and signature updates on all supported Windows versions.
BleepingComputer · Sep 26
SEP 30, 2026
Patch now
Critical vulnerabilities in TeamViewer Full Client and Host across Windows, Linux, and macOS — including a possible access-control bypass. Update to 15.82 now.
Undercode News · Sep 30
OCT 2, 2026
Security
South Korea's KB Kookmin and Shinhan banks breached within 48 hours by hackers reportedly using AI tools — 25,000+ Shinhan customers' loan records exposed.
Nation Press · Oct 2
OCT 2, 2026
Flock cameras
Covers all license-plate readers, lets Americans sue over violations — while Flock, under pressure, cut default data retention from 30 days to 7.
TechCrunch · Oct 2
OCT 4, 2026
Intel
Early-October leak reveals Core Ultra 9/7/5 models up to 28 cores, with expanded last-level cache aimed at countering AMD's Ryzen X3D.
AndroidAyuda · Oct 4
OCT 3, 2026
Nvidia
Nvidia's developer workstation with 64GB unified memory ships Oct 23 through Acer, ASUS, Dell, Gigabyte, HP, and MSI.
Business20Channel · Oct 3
OCT 4, 2026
Apple
Apple confirmed some iPhone 18 Pro Max units with a cellular-killing bug must be replaced; Bloomberg reports a lighter touchscreen OLED MacBook Pro with M5 chips.
Apple Must · Oct 4
OCT 3, 2026
Nvidia
Half the unified memory of the original, same GB10 platform — rated for ~100B-parameter models locally. Ships through OEM partners, no Founders Edition.
ThePCEnthusiast · Oct 3
OCT 2, 2026
Nvidia
Lenovo and Acer ship the first RTX Spark Windows PCs in October — 20-core Grace CPU, Blackwell GPU, up to 128GB unified memory, from $2,899.
Tech Insider · Oct 2
SEP 24, 2026
Dell · HP
Five models $899–$1,299 with 16GB RAM minimum and 14-hour battery; Dell's XPS Googlebook and HP's entry run Snapdragon X Elite.
Android Headlines · Sep 24
SEP 9, 2026
Market
Omdia: Dell's US shipments fell hardest as component allocation moved away from entry-level; both vendors grew revenue anyway on higher prices. Full-year market forecast: -10.7%.
Business Wire (Omdia) · Sep 9
SEP 28, 2026
Pricing
MCPC: budgets built on January list prices are now 15–25% short on repriced PC lines. Dell's 30-day quotes and HP's Q4 rebates (through Oct 31) are the locks to use.
MCPC · Sep 28
SEP 28, 2026
Apple
Foldable iPhone Duo launches October 23 (pre-orders Oct 16), iOS 27.1/27.2 ship, and a 512GB-RAM Mac Studio config arrives late month.
MacRumors · Sep 28
SEP 29, 2026
PCs
80 TOPS NPU for Copilot+ features, $300 pricier, lower-res screen. Ships in the U.S. October 13.
Tech Times · Sep 29
SEP 21, 2026
PCs
Premium Android/ChromeOS hybrids from Acer, ASUS, Dell, HP, Lenovo with Gemini baked in — U.S. stores October 4.
Techaeris · Sep 21
OCT 4, 2026
Linux
The kernel now knows how to find components on M4 Macs and the MacBook Neo — boots to console for now, no GPU yet, but mainline is on the way.
Pasquale Pillitteri (via Phoronix) · Oct 4
OCT 4, 2026
Linux
The WebKit-based Orion beta stops getting updates after Oct 2 — Kagi is refocusing on macOS/iOS and releasing the Linux/Windows code within 30 days.
Linuxiac · Oct 4
.ps1 files, right-click the saved file → Run with PowerShell (run as admin where noted). If Windows blocks it, run Set-ExecutionPolicy -ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned -Scope CurrentUser once in PowerShell first.PowerShell
Frees disk space safely: temp files, Windows Update download cache, thumbnail cache, DNS flush — plus an optional Recycle Bin empty (it asks first). Shows space freed. Run as admin for the full pass.
Download: cleanup.ps1 · Win 10/11
PowerShell
Lists available updates using Windows' own update agent, then installs only with your approval. Handles reboots politely (asks first). Must run as administrator.
Download: windows-update.ps1 · Win 10/11
Batch
The five-minute version: temp folders, thumbnail cache, DNS flush, disk-space report, optional Recycle Bin empty. Double-click to run; right-click → admin for deeper cleaning.
Download: cleanup.bat · Win 10/11
Python
Finds what's eating your disk: biggest folders and files, with percentages. 100% read-only — it never deletes anything. Standard library only, works on Windows/Mac/Linux.
Download: disk-usage.py · Python 3.6+
PSADT / SCCM
Plain-English guide to wrapping installers with the PowerShell App Deployment Toolkit: the three phases, folder layout, a copy-paste skeleton, and the SCCM/Intune deployment checklist.
Download: psadt-sccm-notes.md · guide
GitHub
New scripts land in the repo first. Everything published there follows the same rules: commented, safe, and telemetry-free.
github.com/askbraden
Full instructions for each script are in the Script Library above.
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