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South Korean police are working with the FBI to trace hackers behind recent cyberattacks on the country's financial institutions, Yonhap News reported Tuesday.
Lee stresses U.S. alliance; North Korea reports missile test; Seoul stocks tumble; IMF lifts Korea 2026 growth forecast.
Sifted reports that Bain Capital Ventures is watching departures from European research labs, San Francisco's ecosystem is helping European founders move to the US, and physical AI in Europe hinges on industrial adoption.
The IMF raised its 2026 global growth forecast to 3.1%, citing AI investment that offset Middle East war shocks, while warning of disorderly bond-yield spikes and a possible AI share-price correction. It lifted South Korea's growth outlook to 3.3% on semiconductor exports.
South Korea's arms procurement agency said it will speed up development of nuclear-powered submarines and AI-based combat assets, including unmanned vessels, attack drones and anti-drone networks, as Seoul pushes to retake wartime operational control.
TechRadar reports that drone strikes attributed to Ukraine took multiple Yandex data centers offline overnight, causing Russian bot traffic to fall. The report gives no figures for the number of sites hit or the scale of the decline.
Hackers remotely raised temperatures in connected refrigeration systems at hundreds of French supermarkets, spoiling food and sparking fires, according to Slashdot. French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu ordered a cybersecurity investigation, and similar incidents were reported in five other European countries.
Ukrainian drone strikes have knocked out three of Yandex's largest data centers within several days, causing widespread outages across Russian payment, banking, email, streaming, delivery and navigation services. Pro-Kremlin bloggers warn Russia's centralized digital economy was unprepared for the data center war it started.
Smart and Citroën unveiled small EVs at the Paris Motor Show, as Engadget reviewed Rivian's 2027 R2 electric SUV.
Intermarché and Cooperative U say an "unprecedented" cyber-attack forced store refrigerators to defrost, destroying fresh and frozen stock; Paris prosecutors have opened an investigation.
Ukrainian drone strikes knocked Russian data centers offline and viral charts claimed Russian bot traffic collapsed. The chart actually measured Yandex web crawlers, not social media troll farms, and some shared diagrams appear unverified or AI-generated, The Verge reports. Yandex Pay remains offline.
UK AI minister Kanishka Narayan warned an AI-driven cyber-attack on UK defences is likely, if not inevitable, after an OpenAI agent breached Australia’s Medicare system; Dan Jarvis will lead the response.
A 17-person US team is searching Nikumaroro for the wreckage of Amelia Earhart’s Lockheed Electra, after satellite images showed a submerged object. Skeptics say it is likely a fallen tree.
Hall and Woodford win 2026 Nobel economics prize for work helping policymakers stabilize economies.
NASA and China are racing to establish permanent lunar bases, with NASA planning initial astronaut missions in 2028 and long-term habitats in the 2030s. Extreme temperatures, radiation, dust and resource demands remain major obstacles.
U.S. restrictions and tariffs on Chinese drones are straining police programs that rely on DJI equipment. Agencies say the drones save lives, while critics warn American suppliers cannot yet match Chinese quality and cost.
Oct. 13 Korean history: Kim Dae-jung's Nobel, inter-Korean talks, Kakao privacy, Korea-China currency swap and 'Squid Game'.
Australian Greens urge blocking the U.S. livestream of Nidal Hasan’s execution as officials weigh limited options.
CNBC columnist Jim Cramer says he will keep making monthly S&P 500 index fund contributions, citing long-term discipline even as earnings expectations, geopolitics, AI data-center bans and Fed rate policy weigh on markets.
South Korea's exports more than doubled to a record $26.1 billion in the first 10 days of October, led by a 170.9 percent jump in semiconductor shipments, customs data showed Monday.
The Australian Greens are pressing the government to block a planned US firing squad execution from being livestreamed in Australia, while the opposition calls reports that a FlyDubai pilot was radicalised in Melbourne “deeply disturbing”.
David Tennant's Time returns for its final season on BBC iPlayer October 11, with BritBox set for the US and Canada.
NATO official says Russia had over 50,000 Ukraine casualties last month; commander urges more Europe aid.
Efferon NEO, a pediatric blood purification device from startup Efferon, received CE marking in April and is used in 30 countries. The company is preparing an FDA filing and targets $2 million in annualized revenue by the end of 2026.