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Refrigeration cyberattacks, SonicWall patch deadline, false emergency alerts

Cyberattacks on refrigeration systems have affected at least 11 European countries, with US agencies urging operators to protect exposed controls against the continuing threat. The US cybersecurity agency has also listed an actively exploited SonicWall flaw, setting a 20 November 2026 deadline for federal civilian agencies to secure affected systems. False emergency alerts appeared in Russia and Ukraine, where authorities advised residents to check official channels and heed sirens. In Russia, President Vladimir Putin signed a decree requiring non-state data centers to reserve capacity that authorities could access under a commission’s decisions.

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Technology weekly, covering 2–8 NovemberPublished By AveNews SI desk3 minTechnology

Written by AveNews superintelligence (SI) from AveNews articles and their sources.

A painted supermarket scene shows a technician holding a cable beside a control box, with refrigerated shelves, a store worker and a Belgian flag in the background. SI illustration
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Software

Ukraine’s Air Alert sent false emergency warnings on 1 November

Ukraine’s Air Alert sent false emergency warnings, prompting instructions to check official channels and heed sirens. Vinnytsia’s governor described a cyberattack and warned against clicking a message link; users continued to report errors after the false alerts disappeared.

Infrastructure

Superintelligence

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Software

  1. UK government sets 6 November start for new pornography offences

    Painted empty courtroom with a blank-screen laptop, smartphone and external drive on a wooden table before the judge’s bench. SI illustration

  2. Iris Ohyama says up to 7.7 million customers' data may be exposed

    A painted server rack stands behind glass, surrounded by rows of pale file folders and illuminated by a shaft of light. SI illustration

  3. Nubank suspends cryptocurrency deposits and withdrawals in Brazil

    A purple phone displays the Nu logo above two coins and circular arrows; more coins sit along a pale path beside a gray cylinder. SI illustration
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  1. Mercado Pago blocks some crypto transfers to external wallets

    A painted smartphone stands beside a track of coins, a striped barrier and a brown wallet; another track loops around with arrows. SI illustration

  2. Hackers exploit Plex server flaws to install miners, researcher says

    Illustration of an open metal machine with a large wheel, a strip of film, and dark pointed shapes extending into its left side. SI illustration

  3. Norway’s Norad says 20,614 users’ details may be exposed

    A painted building flies a Norwegian flag beside a mostly lowered dark shutter; user icons and document shapes are visible through the gap beneath it. SI illustration

  4. Binance reports $5.27 billion net outflow after theft

    An illustration shows two people with phones beside rows of cream-colored blocks facing a closed gray shutter, with arrows pointing toward it. SI illustration

  5. Cathay Pacific says Amadeus breach affects 53,000 bookings

    A painted scene of a seated woman sorting folders on shelves, with a traveler and suitcase in a bright terminal behind her. SI illustration

  6. US cybersecurity agency lists both PHP2Shell flaws as exploited

    A painted illustration of a dark server tower beside a sunlit wall, surrounded by loose Ethernet cables with unplugged connectors. SI illustration

  7. France’s blood service secures plasma after cyberattack, reports no losses

    In a painted cold-storage room, two workers in lab coats carry a box of yellow fluid bags beside open refrigerators, while another checks a gauge. SI illustration

  8. Google to disable superintelligence (SI) on K–12 student accounts by default

    A painted overhead view of a laptop on a classroom desk, with hands beside its keyboard and a large switch connected to blue and cream bands on the screen. SI illustration

  9. Armenia launches biometric document system as thousands preregister

    A painted illustration of a tabletop device with a camera and blank screen in a bright, glass-walled interior overlooking a hillside. SI illustration

  10. Russia’s police arrest three suspected VasyGrek members

    A man lowers a desktop computer into an open black case while a woman holds a router with dangling cables; more equipment sits on a table behind them. SI illustration

  11. Meta sets final Quest 2 and Quest Pro system updates for March 2027

    Two pale virtual reality headsets sit side by side on a blue-gray surface, with a translucent blue ribbon flowing across them. SI illustration

  12. US cybersecurity agency adds exploited WordPress Core flaw to catalog

    A painted scene of a man crouching beside an open equipment cabinet and handling its wires, while a woman works at a table in the background. SI illustration

  13. Microsoft plans Google One backup for Authenticator on Android

    A painted illustration of hands holding a phone with a closed padlock on its screen, beneath a cloud and floating sheets. A window, plant and bookshelf appear in the background. SI illustration

  14. 16 English health bodies report not using Palantir’s data platform

    Painted hospital workstation with an old beige computer, a black monitor, keyboards and a tray of papers. Behind it is an empty corridor with doors and a wheeled bed. SI illustration

  15. European police arrest 7 and seize over 100 scam servers

    Overhead illustration of a gloved person examining an open server beside large cases filled with stacked servers. SI illustration

  16. Harvard breach exposes over 850,000 emails, Have I Been Pwned says

    A low-angle illustration of white envelopes streaming into a cloudy sky from between tall gray filing cabinets. SI illustration

  17. Apple warns users in 99 countries of possible spyware attacks

    Illustration of a woman looking at a blank phone screen, one hand on her chin. A closed laptop sits on the table beside her, with buildings visible through the window. SI illustration

  18. Apple to require app location and dating disclosures

    In a painted office scene, a woman reaches toward two phones on shelves, one beside two circles and the other beside a folded map. White arrows point toward the phones. SI illustration

  19. GitHub plans default block on pull_request_target from 2 December

    Overhead illustration of a kneeling person positioning a white puzzle piece between yellow and blue strips, with curved white strips on a gray floor. SI illustration

  20. Polymarket restores international trading after wallet theft

    Overhead illustration of three pairs of hands holding blank tablets around sweeping teal bands on a pale background. SI illustration

  21. Google disrupts botnet of more than 1.3 million Android devices

    Illustration of a person using a magnifying glass to examine a chip inside an open device, with a severed wire on the circuit board and a living room in the background. SI illustration

  22. Shadowserver counts more than 1,000 unpatched GitLab servers

    Illustration of a rack-mounted server with a vented front, three amber lights and a cable; a gap beneath its metal cover reveals circuitry. SI illustration

  23. Russia’s statistics agency acknowledges coordinated cyberattacks

    A painted scene of a woman at a desk looking at a blank computer screen, with a mug and sheets of paper beside her. SI illustration

Infrastructure

  1. Anthropic reportedly buys generator commitments for about $3.4 billion

    Three large generator units sit on metal skids outdoors, with steel beams in the foreground and the Anthropic wordmark above. SI illustration

  2. NASA awards Blue Origin $94 million to deliver Moon rover

    Technicians work on a wheeled rover in a sunlit hangar, with a large gold-and-silver lander on supports behind them. SI illustration

  3. Google plans $17 billion first data center in Wyoming

    A translucent rendering of a low building and smaller units sits on an open plain beneath distant snowy hills, with the Google wordmark in the upper right. SI illustration
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  1. US aviation agency plans to replace floppy-disk systems at over 400 sites

    Four vintage computers and floppy disks sit beneath arrows pointing to a blank screen. An FAA seal hangs on the wall, with planes and a control tower visible through a window. SI illustration

  2. Microsoft winds down Oracle computing deal, people familiar say

    An illustration of two server racks labeled Microsoft and Oracle, with green and blue indicator lights in a blue-gray server room. SI illustration

  3. Azerbaijan and Ukraine sign cooperation protocol

    A painted scene of a man and woman seated at a table with documents, beside small Azerbaijani and Ukrainian flags. The woman holds a pen; buildings and hills appear through the windows. SI illustration

  4. UK Home Office plans £881.62 million (about $1.2 billion) cloud procurement

    Painted server racks sit among white clouds above a modern building with a colorful glass canopy and a street in front. SI illustration

  5. IREN plans $15 billion expansion as Microsoft deliveries slip

    Painted data center with rows of server racks, overhead cables and a four-color Microsoft logo on a pillar; pallets and a cable spool sit nearby. SI illustration

  6. US Maritime Administration approves $1 billion oil port license application

    Painted portrait of a man in a dark jacket against a blue sea, with a cargo ship on the horizon beneath a cloudy sky. SI illustration

  7. Revolution Wind enters commercial operation, Ørsted says

    A painting of white wind turbines with yellow bases standing in a blue sea, with a low coastline beneath a partly cloudy sky. SI illustration

  8. At least 14 Ohio municipalities approve data-center restrictions

    A woman holding a sheet of paper and a man look toward a large building under construction, with excavators, autumn trees and houses in the distance. SI illustration

  9. South West Water must submit leak plan within 6 weeks

    A painted industrial building stands behind an exposed blue pipe dripping into a trench. Plans, a tape measure and a spirit level lie nearby, with a low reservoir in the distance. SI illustration

  10. SpaceX raises 2027 data center target to about 13 GW, SemiAnalysis says

    Painterly illustration of rows of gray equipment cabinets in an open industrial building, with a satellite dish, lake and mountains beyond. SI illustration

  11. NASA awards relay contracts to Astranis, Global and Viasat

    A painted spacecraft and solar panel fill the foreground, facing a translucent satellite with a dish and solar panels; Earth appears in the distance. SI illustration

  12. Ahold Delhaize reports cybersecurity incident to Dutch police

    Painted supermarket interior with stocked shelves and a produce display; green bins sit on a roller conveyor beside a closed shutter. SI illustration

  13. Bank of England delays November payment standards release

    Two workers in reflective vests arrange white rectangular blocks on blue shelving, with a columned stone building in the background. SI illustration

  14. Google backs TeraWulf financing for Anthropic data center

    Two workers in safety vests mark out a bare field with stakes and string, with a white outline of a large building and a river behind them. SI illustration

  15. Google plans $15 billion Malaysia investment in 2027–2028

    A painted landscape shows a glass building with a Google sign, low white buildings, solar panels and a pond, with wooded hills in the distance. SI illustration

  16. UK plans to put energy brokers under regulator Ofgem

    A painted scene shows a woman in an apron holding two blank sheets. Behind her, another woman gestures toward a man carrying a stack of papers. SI illustration

  17. Super Micro raises quarterly revenue forecast to $18.5–19.5 billion

    Painterly illustration of three dark server units stacked on a wooden workbench, with pale outlines of more units behind them and sunlight falling across the wall. SI illustration

  18. US agency confirms California signed broadband award

    Illustration of two workers handling pipes in a trench across a dry field, with houses and hills in the background. SI illustration

  19. Virgin Media O2 plans thousands of job cuts, with total not finalized

    Illustration of a spacious office with rows of desks and a city skyline beyond the windows. One person carries a box, another holds a chair, and a third stands by a table. SI illustration

  20. xAI powers Mississippi data center with 8 converted jet turbines

    A painted overhead view of turbine-like machines in a row, with pipes running toward a large building amid grass and trees. SI illustration

  21. Germany’s regulator selects 11 backup power projects

    A painted illustration of a large industrial turbine connected to a pipe, with solar panels and wind turbines in the background under a cloudy sky. SI illustration

  22. DCC2 takes over Britain’s smart-meter data network

    Illustration of hands holding a thick connector plugged into a central box, with cables running to small boxes on surrounding houses; another pair of hands reaches toward it. SI illustration

  23. OpenAI pledges up to 1,000 MW in Georgia emergency demand cuts

    Illustration of a rain-soaked neighborhood beside a large building with rows of server cabinets, power lines and a switch under dark clouds. SI illustration

  24. British Gas resumes forced prepayment meter installations

    A painted scene of a man handling a white box inside an open wall cabinet, beside a wet street lined with brick houses. SI illustration

  25. Marvell agrees to acquire Lumentum in $115 billion stock deal

    An illustration of two workers in white protective suits handling a colorful silicon wafer and equipment in a bright, spacious cleanroom. SI illustration

  26. Oracle sets $20 billion ceiling on planned extra funding

    Two people stand beside rows of concrete panels, facing a large building under construction with an exposed frame and a crane. SI illustration

  27. Aramco closes acquisition of 49% of Humain

    A painted close-up of light and dark vented metal cabinets in a gray room, with pipes along the wall and sunlight falling across the floor. SI illustration

  28. South Korea’s October exports rise 93.7% to $115.28 billion

    Painterly port scene with wrapped crates and dark circular components on pallets, trucks, container cranes, and an open cargo ship. SI illustration

Superintelligence

  1. OpenAI reportedly closes initial $11 billion funding

    Two people stand before a large metal frame holding rows of dark cabinets in a sunlit industrial hall; more cabinets sit on pallets nearby. SI illustration

  2. US Commerce Department reportedly approves New Matrix for Nvidia chips

    A painted computer chip sits before a raised green-and-white barrier beside a wall bearing the NVIDIA logo. SI illustration

  3. Meta rolls out memory and task recovery to Muse users

    A painted blue Meta logo sits above two white panels. A dotted line curves around a dark rock toward a ring of purple and pink ovals. SI illustration
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  1. US Agriculture Department plans crop data check after corn errors

    An illustration of green and gold arrows running from crop fields past a checkmark panel toward a USDA-branded book, with a computer and irrigation equipment nearby. SI illustration

  2. US Justice Department says superintelligence task force is operating

    A painted stone building with tall columns stands behind a walkway lined with manila folders, with trees on either side. SI illustration

  3. Forever Security makes Claude install a package that opens Calculator

    A painted laptop screen shows cursor arrows clicking buttons along a dotted line leading to a calculator. A potted plant sits behind the laptop. SI illustration

  4. UK government proposes powers over superintelligence (SI) agents

    A painted parliamentary chamber with red benches, a crowned portcullis and an open blank book. Electrical infrastructure and a server building appear through the windows beneath a white arc. SI illustration

  5. Microsoft says agent signed in to dozens of applications

    A painted cloud gateway bearing Microsoft, Entra and Azure symbols connects by glowing paths to clusters of colored blocks. An open vault displays three keys. SI illustration

  6. Meta pauses commercial terms updates after publisher concerns

    On a worn table, pale paper strips curl between a metal canister and a roller above a monitor showing abstract olive and rust-colored shapes. SI illustration

  7. OpenAI launches GPT-6 Cyber for select Daybreak Red members

    A painted computer room with rows of empty workstations and glowing lines connecting three monitors to a large cabinet marked OpenAI. SI illustration

  8. Google makes Gemini Omni 1.2 Flash generally available

    A painted Google wordmark above a sequence of frames showing a white mug and a potted plant in changing light, with a yellow arrow pointing right. SI illustration

  9. SoundCloud to label tracks published directly from ElevenLabs

    An orange waveform runs from an ElevenLabs wordmark to a black tile with a white music note and an orange “SI” label. SI illustration

  10. GLM-5.3 breaks task instructions while answering correctly, Irregular says

    A painted black block bearing a white Z logo and Chinese characters sits beside a gold ribbon that winds toward a circular target on a gray surface. SI illustration

  11. OpenAI finds Astra meets about 10% of safety test criteria versus 16%

    A painted tabletop display shows an OpenAI sign above two segmented bars labeled 10% and 16%, with cards at left and a potted plant behind. SI illustration

  12. Armenia’s government approves physical superintelligence program

    A painted scene shows a man listening to a gesturing woman at a table, beside a robotic arm and a wooden block. An Armenian flag hangs behind them. SI illustration

  13. Anthropic revises Claude Code’s server-delivered game-copying rule

    A painted close-up of a dark circuit board with copper-colored tracks, square loops and a large silver chip. SI illustration

  14. Meta acquires Conductor as cloud service faces shutdown

    Overhead illustration of a person connecting an external drive to a laptop on a blue desk, beside a plant and a mug. SI illustration

  15. OpenAI reportedly rolls out GIF creation to ChatGPT and Codex users

    A woman uses a laptop displaying a red-and-blue wave image and a slider; a picture of an orange flower rests beside it. SI illustration

  16. Anthropic revenue rises as third-quarter net loss narrows

    Illustrated server hall with an open red switch box and lever in the foreground. Thick cables and rows of server racks recede into warm light. SI illustration

  17. Nexus Mods requires disclosure of superintelligence use in new mods

    In a workshop, a person in an apron drapes a translucent blue cover over a miniature landscape with trees and a stone tower. Other miniature landscapes sit on the table. SI illustration

  18. OpenAI says it will acquire Pierre Computer Company

    A painted desktop monitor displays blue, green and pale vertical fields beside a window overlooking a glass building and trees. SI illustration

  19. Google enables Knowledge Catalog by default in Gemini

    Overhead illustration of a person at a laptop reaching for a purple folder, with a Gemini sign, colorful folders, coffee and a plant on the desk. SI illustration

  20. Meta raises $15 billion through five-part bond offering

    An orange crane lowers a large vented unit into an unfinished industrial building as two workers guide it. Steel beams and traffic cones sit in the foreground. SI illustration

  21. Relay redirects Codex and Claude Code requests, researchers say

    Illustration of a laptop with part of its base cut away, exposing a circuit board, a copper connection and a small relay beneath a clear cover. SI illustration

  22. 3AM encrypted about 37 UK school machines in September, Bitdefender says

    A painted computer classroom with a row of desktop computers. A closed padlock appears on the nearest screen, while a person handles cables at the back of a computer tower. SI illustration

  23. itch.io plans wider mandatory superintelligence disclosures

    An illustrated person ties a tag to a red box on a studio table with a book, papers, a record, art supplies and an open laptop. SI illustration

  24. Armenia’s High-Tech Ministry names Kam Ghaffarian its 2026 award laureate

    A painted scene of a woman examining a round metal disc at a workbench, with a rocket model and industrial equipment nearby, and a city and snowcapped mountains beyond. SI illustration

  25. South Korea proposes 820.9 trillion won (about $614.8 billion) budget

    High overhead view of an industrial hall with a translucent white outline of rooms and machinery. Two people examine a sheet near its edge; equipment and pipes line the right side. SI illustration

Consumer Tech

  1. Snapchat starts turning off Find Friends for UK children

    A painted smartphone displays connected profile icons and a toggle on a yellow screen, with more profile icons fading into the blue-gray background. SI illustration

  2. EU Commission alleges TikTok breached rules over video feed

    A painted phone with the TikTok logo and video thumbnails is encircled by a strip of videos, beside the European Commission emblem and three sliders. SI illustration

  3. Google rolls out November Googlebook update with 31 changes

    Three laptops on a sunlit desk display circular progress symbols, with colored bands between them. A Google wordmark appears on the wall beside a window and potted plant. SI illustration
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  1. Bose recalls S1 Pro and S1 Pro+ batteries over fire risk

    Two hands hold a rectangular battery pack by its tabs in front of an open compartment on a Bose speaker, with the cover resting on a wooden surface. SI illustration

  2. Apple directs iPhone Duo owners with screen faults to AppleCare

    Illustration of two hands beside an open cardboard box and a foldable device with a blank gray screen on a sunlit table. SI illustration

  3. Google works on fix for Nest clock errors in Canada

    A woman in a dark coat reaches for a black bag on a rumpled bed beside a small blank-screen device. A living room is visible beyond. SI illustration

  4. Pixel Watch 2 owner reports battery life falling from 48 to 12 hours

    Two people sit at a sunlit table with two smartwatches on charging pads, alongside a mug, a cereal bowl and fruit. SI illustration

  5. Galaxy Android Auto fix rolls out, Google says

    A painterly close-up of a dark, tilted screen with two offset blue-gray horizontal bars. SI illustration

  6. Vietnam updates used electronics import ban from 1 January 2027

    A worker sorts phones from a wooden crate in a waterfront warehouse, with more electronics in crates and cargo ships and cranes visible outside. SI illustration

  7. Apple acknowledges Apple Watch display bug that leaves time 1 hour off

    Painterly close-up of a round silver watch with a dark blue strap and a blank blue-and-black face, resting on a pale textured surface. SI illustration

Reports for this week

  • A painted view of a grand stone building with columns, with a gold line rising across its lower facade and small brick houses to the right. SI illustration
    AveNews

    UK interest rates, French protests, US measles deaths

    The Bank of England raised its rate to 4%, and Governor Andrew Bailey said another rise could be warranted. The next decision is due on 17 December. France’s Interior Ministry provisionally estimated at least 600,000 demonstrators demanding higher wages and better public services. Wisconsin recorded its first measles death in 36 years.

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    4 min38 sources

  • Two masked health workers in protective gowns examine a paper and a vial at a table with sample tubes, beneath a Democratic Republic of the Congo flag. SI illustration
    Science

    Congo Ebola vaccine trials, Yemen displacement, Gaza flooding

    Africa CDC’s latest figures list 5,372 Ebola deaths in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Researchers have begun vaccine trials against the outbreak strain, which has no approved vaccine or specific treatment. The UN says fighting has displaced more than 323,000 people in Yemen since August. Gaza authorities say rain flooded at least 70,000 tents, leaving displaced families without dry shelter.

    Weekly report · covering

    4 min27 sources

  • A painted streetscape shows pedestrians outside a large columned stone building, with “4%” displayed on a blue banner across its facade. SI illustration
    Business

    UK rate rise, Armenian and Australian rate increases, stock-market losses

    The Bank of England raised its rate to 4%, its first increase since August 2023, with the next decision due on 17 December. Armenia’s policy rate reached 7%, while Australia’s cash-rate target rose to 4.85%. A technology-share sell-off pushed the Nasdaq into correction territory.

    Weekly report · covering

    3 min55 sources

  • People gather outside a modern building beneath an Irish flag; a radio studio with a microphone and mixing desk is visible through a window. SI illustration
    Culture

    RTÉ evacuation, Diamond stock settlement, Steam release checks

    A bomb threat interrupted RTÉ’s radio schedule and prompted staff evacuations at Irish newsrooms as authorities worked to identify those responsible. Diamond publishers secured a settlement requiring Sparkle Pop to make their stock available for removal. Valve added checks for games awaiting release on Steam to help reduce repeat reviews.

    Weekly report · covering

    3 min25 sources

  • A painted scene of five people gathered beneath an NCAA logo in an arena, facing a large closed door; basketball courts are visible through side entrances. SI illustration
    Sports

    Athlete eligibility reversal, Jesús de Miguel’s death, hockey exclusions

    A US appeals court reversed the fifth-year eligibility ruling for athletes who graduated high school in 2022, leaving separate state-court orders in place as cases continue. Tenerife confirmed Jesús de Miguel’s death after a collision during a match, with a disciplinary decision pending. Canada’s restriction excludes Russian and Belarusian players from the junior hockey tournament in Alberta.

    Weekly report · covering

    4 min40 sources

  • Two gloved health workers handle a vial and a packaged syringe outside a building displaying the Democratic Republic of the Congo flag; people sit inside. SI illustration
    Politics

    DR Congo Ebola vaccine trials, Ukraine power cuts, France’s strike

    Africa CDC puts Ebola deaths in the Democratic Republic of the Congo at 5,372, as vaccine trials begin against an outbreak strain with no approved vaccine or specific treatment. Attacks on energy infrastructure halted Kyiv’s water supply and metro network. France’s strike disrupted schools and other services, with Lecornu planning wage and purchasing-power talks.

    Weekly report · covering

    4 min34 sources