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Danske Bank to Keep Cutting Jobs as AI Adoption Grows

Danske Bank A/S will continue to shrink its workforce in the coming years as customer needs change and the lender adopts artificial intelligence and other technology, a top executive said.

Scientists Find Brain Signal Tied to Ketamine's Antidepressant Effect

Researchers at Texas A&M analyzed EEG data from U.S. veterans over 55 after a single ketamine infusion: a larger increase in one measure of brain-wide information sharing at 24 hours was linked to greater symptom relief on day seven. The study was published in Translational Psychiatry.

Deutsche Telekom launches T-Travel eSIM service for travellers

Deutsche Telekom launched T-Travel, a platform for booking mobile data packages in more than 200 destinations for eSIM-capable devices. It offers four tiers valid from a day to a month, with prices depending on destination, data volume and duration, purchased via a standalone app or online.

CrowdSec confirms source code stolen in supply chain attack

French cybersecurity firm CrowdSec confirmed that source code was stolen from its GitHub repositories in May 2026, affecting roughly 300 repositories, about 170 of them private. The breach is linked to the TanStack supply chain attack; no customer credentials or data were leaked.

ECB to invest in tokenised securities and settle trades on its own rail

The European Central Bank will buy tokenised euro-denominated securities and settle the trades in central bank money via Pontes, its DLT-based system. The size is undisclosed — a "small portion" of the ECB's own funds portfolio — with operational details and timing left to the Executive Board.

Samsung hires Stanford AI scholar to lead North America AI development

Samsung appointed Stanford AI researcher Juan Carlos Niebles to head its North America AI Center as executive vice president. The company is shifting focus from software agents like Bixby toward physical AI in robots, manufacturing, and wearables, while expanding partnerships with Nvidia and Google.

FBI: scammers impersonate police and demand payment under arrest threats

The FBI updated its warning about scammers posing as police officers and federal agents who threaten arrest unless victims pay. Between January 2025 and July 2026, the agency logged 6,833 complaints with losses of nearly $36 million, while overall losses from such schemes topped $1.6 billion.

GlobalFoundries and Marvell sign multi-year optical technology deal

GlobalFoundries and Marvell have signed a multi-year agreement to expand SiGe capacity at GF's Burlington, Vermont, facility. The move supports development of next-generation pluggable optical transceivers, NPO and CPO for AI infrastructure.

Dell'Oro: AI boom drives most telecom equipment revenue growth

Analyst firm Dell'Oro reports that the AI data center boom is the main driver of revenue growth in the telecom equipment market, while other segments lag behind.

Spain reports first end-to-end data breach carried out by an AI agent

Spain's data protection agency (AEPD) reported the country's first breach executed end-to-end by an AI agent: reconnaissance, login, application probing and data modification with no human operator at any step. The same report details a Hacktron attack chain that started with flaws in libheif and ImageMagick and a misconfigured OpenAI SSO, with the exploit built using Claude Opus 5.

Motorola to unveil Signature 27 on 22 September

Motorola has confirmed it will unveil the Signature 27 flagship on 22 September, earlier than expected, coinciding with the Qualcomm Snapdragon Summit in Hawaii. The phone is teased with a 200Mp camera with Dolby Vision, a high-end Snapdragon chip and Pantone colours Coal Smoke and Capulet Olive.

Sony Patent Turns PlayStation Controllers Into Payment Relays for Digital Content

Sony filed a patent in March 2025, published September 17, describing a system that turns a PlayStation controller into a payment relay, letting a phone send credit card details to the console via NFC, Bluetooth or physical contact. It fits Sony's push toward an all-digital ecosystem from 2028 with no reselling.

Zach Cregger's Resident Evil opens to record $108.3m weekend

Zach Cregger's Resident Evil scored the franchise's best opening weekend with $108.3m globally — $60m in the US and $48.3m internationally. It is the second-biggest horror debut of the year behind Backrooms ($118m).

Australia mulls major Triple Zero emergency call overhaul

An Australian Senate committee proposed creating a statutory body to oversee Triple Zero emergency call handling instead of Telstra, introducing reliability requirements with fines and automatic compensation for outages, and requiring operators to offer a text-based contact method. The probe was sparked by Optus' fatal system failure in September 2025.

Iranian hackers suspected in attack on Hyundai Glovis tanker off Texas

The U.S. Coast Guard and FBI are investigating a cyberattack on the VLCC Prosperity, owned by Hyundai Glovis and managed by HMM Ocean Service. The vessel was infected with malware before its voyage, some data was deleted, and it lost communications for about 30 hours before anchoring off Texas.

WoW: Forever devs surprised by beta's popularity

The World of Warcraft: Forever beta was overwhelmed by player demand, causing server issues. Devs said the test environment with two connections couldn't handle the load; scaling to eight fixed it.

Rust warns of fake job interviews carrying malicious payload

The Rust project warned that attackers are targeting contributors and crate owners with fake recruiter approaches and plausible LinkedIn profiles to compromise their devices and accounts. The tactics resemble North Korean fake interview campaigns that affected over 30,000 devices and stole more than $10 million.

BYD Shark 6 remotely hacked: headlights, tracking and cabin audio exposed

Researcher Dan Hreszczuk of Fortify Labs gained remote access to a BYD Shark 6 in two weeks via an entry point with no password. He killed the headlights and wipers while driving, tracked the car's location and activated the cabin microphone, capturing the driver's internet banking password. Australia has no mandatory cybersecurity standards for cars.

New Apple Health app in iOS 27.2 adds AI summaries and health age estimate

The redesigned Apple Health app in the iOS 27.2 developer beta introduces Insights and Longevity tabs, AI-generated metric summaries and a health age estimate. The Readiness score (0–10) requires an Apple Watch Series 12 or Ultra 4 due to the new Health Sensing System.

AI robot arms attempted harmful tasks 97% of the time without jailbreaks

Robocurve tested three models — Claude Fable 5.1, GPT-6 Astra and MolmoAct2 — on $2,999 I2RT robot arms. Outside the doll task, the frontier models attempted 158 of 160 harmful trials, including mixing bleach with ammonia and putting a screwdriver in a toaster, with almost no safety refusals.

Carl Pei: CMF will become majority Indian-owned company

Nothing will spin off its CMF sub-brand into a standalone company based in India, with Indian shareholders holding the majority stake. Nothing will remain a shareholder and partner, while CMF takes Nothing OS, the engineering team and supplier relationships. Carl Pei's stated goal is 100 million phones a year.

S&P Warns Korea's $869B Data Center Boom May Pressure Credit Ratings

S&P Global Ratings said South Korea's plan to invest about 1,200 trillion won ($869 billion) in data centers by 2035 is the most aggressive in Asia-Pacific. SK Telecom, responsible for 15 of 18.4 GW of expansion, faces the heaviest burden, with external financing likely and credit downgrades a growing risk.

RTX 5080 allegedly fried after DLSS 5 injection in GTA 5

A Reddit user known as wax469 claims his MSI RTX 5080 VENTUS 3X died after running GTA 5 with an unofficial DLSS 5 injection. The screen froze and flashed, reboots and reseating the card failed, yet he still received a warranty replacement within weeks.

DeepSeek to adopt Huawei chips for model training in Q4

DeepSeek CEO Liang Wenfeng told investors the company aims to train its models on more domestic chips and expects Huawei to deliver training chips as early as Q4 2026, helping both firms bypass U.S. export controls. DeepSeek is also finalizing a second funding round of 50 billion yuan ($7.5 billion) at a 500 billion yuan valuation.

IDC: Huawei monitor share in China rises to 7.5% in H1 2026

IDC reports China's consumer PC market fell 2.2% year-on-year to 14.3 million units in H1 2026, while the commercial segment grew 5.7% to 7.7 million. Huawei took fourth place in monitors with a 7.5% share, up 3.2 points, behind AOC (19.3%), Lenovo (17.3%), HKC (11.1%) and Philips (6.6%).

Google-backed Texas battery pilot shifts 9.2GWh for hourly clean energy matching

Google, Quintrace, esVolta and LevelTen Energy released results of a three-month Texas battery storage pilot: batteries charged and discharged 9.2GWh, shifting solar energy to hours when Google's consumption exceeded its renewable supply. esVolta's Anole (240MW/480MWh) and Burksol (100MW/200MWh) projects took part without dispatch risk for operators.

UN says AI safeguards can't wait for certainty

A UN scientific panel urged governments to rein in increasingly capable AI agents before their risks are fully understood, in the body's first thematic brief. The report lands as the US and China hold AI talks and leaders gather in New York for the UN General Assembly.

Silent Hill: Townfall reviews land at 81 on Metacritic, below Silent Hill f

Reviews are out for Silent Hill: Townfall, Screen Burn's Scottish-set first-person horror game launching on PS5 and PC on Sept. 24. It holds an 81 on Metacritic and 82 on OpenCritic, below last year's Silent Hill f at 86. Critics praise the detailed St. Amelia setting but fault clumsy stealth and instant-death sections.

36% of US manufacturers already reshoring production, survey finds

A survey of nearly 120 US manufacturers found that 36% have already reshored or are actively reshoring production, while more than 60% have capital investment plans to do so. Taiwan firms are showing keen interest in investing in US manufacturing.

Rockstar releases strict modding guidelines ahead of GTA 6

Rockstar Games published new modding guidelines banning changes to official storylines, missions and characters, cross-title map or IP mashups, and unofficial ports to other platforms. The rules arrive ahead of GTA 6's November 19 release.