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Cybersecurity
Quantum ComputingUK Cyber Agency Publishes Post-Quantum TLS Settings and Urges Move to TLS 1.3
The NCSC's updated guidance names the quantum-resistant key exchanges to switch on now and warns that TLS 1.2 will never get them.
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Cloud Platforms
Hyperscaler services, regions and the control layers enterprises run on.
AI
AI AgentsGoogle Cloud Unveils Gemini Agent That Gets Its Own Work Identity Inside Companies
Sub-agents receive their own email addresses and audit trails, and the system can hand complex jobs to Google's Argon model or to Anthropic's Claude.
Enterprise Tech
VulnerabilitiesSAP and Adobe Patch Maximum-Severity Flaws in Cloud SDK, ColdFusion and Experience Manager
Adobe's October bulletins come under the twice-monthly schedule it adopted in July as AI tools surface more bugs, and none of the October flaws is known to be under attack yet.
Policy
Cloud PlatformsUK Data Guardian Says Public Distrust of Palantir Should Weigh Heavily in NHS Platform Decision
Dr. Nicola Byrne's letter to a health minister cites rising data opt-outs and staff objections ahead of a February 2027 break clause, but recommends no contract outcome.
Enterprise Tech
Identity & FraudLet’s Encrypt to Cut Default Certificate Lifetime to 64 Days in February and 45 in 2028
Organizations that renew web certificates by hand or on fixed schedules have until Feb. 10 to adjust, and test certificates arrive Oct. 14.
Infrastructure
Data Centers & ComputeCoreWeave Moves Into India With 240 MW AdaniConneX Lease Near Mumbai for Vera Rubin GPUs
The AI cloud provider will be the sole tenant of three new buildings at a Navi Mumbai campus, with an option to double its capacity there; first power is due in mid-2028.
Infrastructure
Data Centers & ComputeKT Cloud to Design, Build and Run 50-Megawatt AI Data Center in Incheon's Cheongna District
Working with Hyundai Engineering, KT Cloud plans liquid-cooled GPU halls west of Seoul as part of its goal of more than 1 gigawatt of AI capacity by 2031.
Cloud
Developer ToolsGitHub Re-Architects Git Hosting as Agent-Driven Commits Rise Fivefold in a Year
The Microsoft-owned platform is moving repository data into Azure Blob Storage and says internal tests show up to 35 times more write throughput.
Cloud
Developer ToolsCloudflare Adds Live Web Search to AI Gateway With Exa, Linkup and Ceramic as Providers
Search results are billed at the partners' list prices from existing AI Gateway credits, and providers must follow Cloudflare's verified-bot and robots.txt rules.
Cybersecurity
VulnerabilitiesDell Patches Six Maximum-Severity Flaws in Its Kubernetes Storage Modules
Missing authentication in Container Storage Modules could let attackers seize storage admin credentials, forge tokens, read cluster Secrets or gain root on nodes.
Infrastructure
Data Centers & ComputeTencent Reportedly Rents 100,000 Nvidia Chips in Oracle's Southeast Asian Data Centers
The reported five-year, $7 billion lease would be Tencent's largest overseas compute deal and relies on U.S. rules that block chip sales to China but not rentals abroad.
Infrastructure
Data Centers & ComputeHPE Lands $1.2 Billion Vultr Order for AMD Helios Racks and Lifts Networking Outlook
The first Helios order pairs 72 AMD GPUs per rack with Juniper switching, as HPE raises its Juniper savings goal to $800 million.
Cloud
Cloud PlatformsCoreWeave Bundles Its AI Software Into Forge and Brings Nvidia Vera Rubin Online
The GPU cloud is packaging Weights & Biases, OpenPipe and new agent tools into one platform as it adds Nvidia's newest racks and Vera CPUs.
Enterprise Tech
AI BusinessClaude for Government Reaches General Availability for Federal and State Agencies
Anthropic drops seat fees in favor of capped usage blocks and adds two-person approvals, metering-only exports and local chat history for public-sector buyers.
Infrastructure
Data Centers & ComputeSynopsys Lands $1 Billion-Plus Amazon IP Deal and Moves Toward Royalty Pricing
Amazon becomes lead customer for workload-specific chip blueprints, and Synopsys will earn more as AWS ships more custom silicon.
Cloud
AI BusinessCloudflare Tests Paying Publishers per AI Citation and Charging Agents Through HTTP 402
A Pay Per Use beta bills AI companies for reported uses of content, while a separate gateway settles per-request agent payments in USDC on Base.
Enterprise Tech
Developer ToolsMicrosoft Makes WSL Containers Generally Available With a Native wslc Tool for Windows
Developers can now build and run Linux containers through WSL without third-party software, while IT teams get Defender visibility and Intune registry controls.
Enterprise Tech
AI BusinessOpenAI Moves Flagged Enterprise Data Into Customer-Owned Encrypted Storage
A new zero-retention option sends safety-flagged API content to the customer's own cloud bucket, where only an attested runtime can decrypt it for review.
Cloud
Cloud PlatformsMicrosoft Brings Fabric Apps to Power BI Licensees and Adds Data Engineering Agents
Power BI Pro and Premium Per User customers get hosted app building and a Fabric database at no extra cost, a bid to pull millions of analysts onto Fabric.
Infrastructure
Cloud PlatformsCloudflare Seeks Root Trust for a Free Certificate Authority With Post-Quantum Plans
Buying an established GlobalSign root gives Cloudflare instant device reach while it pushes compact Merkle Tree Certificates for a post-quantum web.
Enterprise Tech
AI AgentsOracle Debuts Fusion Claw to Run Governed AI Agents Inside Its Business Apps
The runtime keeps language models away from direct record changes, hands calculations to conventional code and brings Oracle's agentic app count to 75.
Enterprise Tech
Cloud PlatformsHMRC Picks Salesforce for Up to £2.4 Billion Taxpayer CRM Deal Running to 2036
The UK tax authority chose Salesforce over Pegasystems for a platform that must mesh with a new Capgemini-run contact center meant to fix long phone waits.
Startups
Funding & DealsModal Labs Said to Be Closing $750 Million Round at $15.75 Billion Valuation
The Accel-led deal would more than triple the inference provider's valuation in four months as investors pile into companies that run AI models for app developers.