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TechRadar Reports Nationwide Movement Against Palantir's £330m NHS Deal
TechRadar has published a report on a nationwide movement opposing Palantir's £330m NHS deal, framed by the slogan "Hands off our NHS data."
TechRadar has published a report on a nationwide movement opposing Palantir's £330m NHS deal, framed by the slogan "Hands off our NHS data."
AT&T is urging iPhone 18 Pro Max customers to install iOS 27.0.1 to restore calls, texts and data, including 911 calls. Apple's release notes cite Face ID and camera fixes, and early user reports say the update does not fix the connectivity failures.
MIT Technology Review's Oct. 2, 2026 Download reports that about 500 people are competing for six months to reverse their biological age, while former DeepMind researcher Thore Graepel argues that today's LLMs do not truly reason. It also rounds up reported tech developments including OpenAI rogue-agent incidents, an Nvidia chip-smuggling arrest, Ukraine's acoustic drone fence, and NASA's nuclear-powered Mars spacecraft plan.
Rivian reaffirmed its 2026 delivery guidance after third-quarter deliveries rose 46% to 19,248 and beat Wall Street estimates. The company also recalled about 14 R2 SUVs over improperly tightened battery-pack fasteners.
South Korea's Financial Services Commission on Friday ordered financial firms to inspect their computer security systems after cyberattacks on major banks leaked customers' personal information, including at Hana Bank, Shinhan Bank and KB Kookmin Bank.
Restaurant, park, retail and childcare workers say customers increasingly trust AI chatbots over staff, disputing allergy warnings, wine lists, campsite routes and child sleep schedules.
Microsoft is expanding “biomimicry” at its data centers, using gardens and native trees to soften their impact, as communities push back over construction, pollution and noise, The Verge reports.
Tesla launched Emergency Drive Away, letting drivers flee while plugged in at US Superchargers, after an Idaho shooting.
St. Lucie County, Florida, police have found 14 unauthorized Flock license plate reader cameras along county roads, three of them claimed by the local sheriff's office and 11 with no known operator. Owners have 30 days to come forward.
Galactic Racer launches October 6, 2026 on PC, PS5, Xbox. Reviews praise intense racing and buildcraft.
Aldi is bringing back its £49.99 Ambiano Vertical Air Fryer, a Ninja Double Stack lookalike, and its £34.99 capsule coffee machine.
Tubi streams Mayday free in the U.S., including Season 22's Flydubai Flight 981 episode 'Holding Pattern.'
Users report Windows 11's 26H2 update cutting boot memory use by 1GB to 3GB, though others see no change. Microsoft has said it is working to reduce the OS's RAM footprint.
A leaked T-Mobile T-Mix lineup reportedly includes 15 plans across Standard, More and Loaded, plus a picks system for perks and phone deals.
The ARMSX3 PS3 emulator for Android has added CHD disc image support in version 1.0.6, a compression format that can shrink game files by more than half.
AWS CEO warns blocking AI data centers could harm U.S. economy and security; Amazon pledges investments and ends agency NDAs.
NetApp and Iterate.ai detailed a private AI appliance that runs on corporate storage, while CoreWeave said GPU networking and power can swing AI latency by orders of magnitude.
Google has released Gemini 4 Argon, a flagship model it says beats top OpenAI and Anthropic offerings on some benchmarks, with a phased rollout starting with trusted cybersecurity partners and U.S. safety reviews.
Swiss glaciers lost 5.5 percent of their ice volume in the first eight months of 2026, bringing total losses since 2021 to 19.4 percent, according to a report. Researchers say some glaciers are collapsing internally as meltwater carves cavities.
NetApp and Cisco are repositioning FlexPod, their 16-year converged infrastructure franchise, as a pretested platform for moving AI from pilots into production. Executives say validated designs aim to ease integration across storage, networking, compute and security, with more joint AI work planned.
TechRadar reports that bots, deepfakes and fake identities are polluting remote user research, with 95% of surveyed qualitative researchers reporting fraud in a year.
Best Buy is selling the 2026 Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 3i for $679.99, down from $1,299.99, a $620 discount on a 15.3-inch touchscreen laptop with a Core 7 350 chip and 16GB of DDR5 memory.
TechRadar reports Shopify has a new conversational AI tool for “big picture” design control.
Engadget reports FDA approval of Edwards' Autus, the first artificial pulmonary valve for children that can be expanded after surgery as they grow.