Daily Tech Pulse
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Your daily pulse of tech.
Short updates on AI, software development, and the tech industry.
Published every day at +10 UTC.
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Technology and Startups
- The US says ASML’s top chip tool may be in China. ASML says it isn’t — TechCrunch
- Telegram ban in India sparks a rush to VPNs, rival apps — TechCrunch
- T1 Phone PR firm is ‘not assisting Trump Mobile any further’ — The Verge

AI and Machine Learning
- A startup claims it broke through a bottleneck that’s holding back LLMs — MIT Technology Review
- The Download: AI bottleneck debates, and BCI trials take off — MIT Technology Review
- The inevitable weakness of metrics — MIT Technology Review

Cybersecurity
- ‘Popa’ Botnet Linked to Publicly-Traded Israeli Firm — Krebs on Security
- Novo Nordisk Breach Exposes Software Development Pipeline Risk — darkreading
- Every AI Agent Is an Identity. Most Organizations Don't Treat Them That Way — BleepingComputer

Developer Tools and Programming
- Microsoft discovers new lightweight backdoor that steals cryptocurrency — Ars Technica
- How pull request limits are cutting down the noise — The GitHub Blog
- A bold satellite rescue mission came together in record time, but will it work? — Ars Technica

Gaming and Hardware
- If You Haven’t Reserved A Steam Controller Yet, You’ll Have To Wait Until Next Year — GameSpot - All News
- Slay the Spire 2 patch fixes RNG bug after a fan's '8 hour descent into madness' proves it exists—alongside heaps of other updates and a new Act 3 boss — PCGamer latest
- Players have uncovered a mistake with GTA 6's cover art and we've got a re-run of the same old jokes: 'pre-order cancelled' — PCGamer latest
Technology and Startups
- OpenAI floats giving Trump administration 5 percent cut of AI boom — The Verge
- How Trump Helped China Make America’s Cheapest EV — WIRED
- Apple is reportedly planning new iPad Pro and MacBook Pro releases early next year — TechCrunch

AI and Machine Learning
- The Download: Anthropic launches Claude Science, and California’s carbon manure math — MIT Technology Review
- LLMs are stuck in a groupthink groove. This startup is trying to get them out. — MIT Technology Review
- New York City educators and industry leaders gathered at Google’s offices to shape the future of AI in classrooms. — AI

Cybersecurity
- CISA: Microsoft SharePoint RCE flaw now actively exploited — BleepingComputer
- Cisco finally confirms attackers exploiting Unified CM flaw — BleepingComputer
- And the Winner in Dominant Malware Delivery? ClickFix — darkreading

Developer Tools and Programming
- T-Mobile moving tens of thousands of virtual machines off VMware amid lawsuit — Ars Technica
- 6 security settings every GitHub maintainer should enable this week — The GitHub Blog
- Google’s AI buildout drove 37% increase in electricity use in 2025 — Ars Technica

Gaming and Hardware
- Rockstar UK employees say the GTA 6 developer's still plagued by gender pay gaps, crunch, and vague bonuses which make them 'as pliable as possible to their boss's whims' — PCGamer latest
- Metroid Ravenous Listing Sparks Speculation About Nintendo’s Next Game — GameSpot - All News
- Even Hideo Kojima is afraid that 'digital data will no longer be owned by individuals' and that access to art that we love 'may suddenly be cut off' — PCGamer latest
Technology and Startups
- Security Roundup: Apple’s Hide My Email Service Fails to Hide Your Email — WIRED
- While you’re watching the World Cup, the feds may be watching you — The Verge
- The browser wars aren’t about search anymore — here are the best alternatives to Chrome and Safari — TechCrunch

AI and Machine Learning
- A device that revives eyeballs from dead donors could make eye transplants possible — MIT Technology Review
- The Download: a smoking “endgame” and a new Elizabeth Bear story — MIT Technology Review

Cybersecurity
- NetNut proxy network disrupted, 2 million infected devices cut off — BleepingComputer
- Chinese LLMs Broaden the Gap Between Attackers & Defenders — darkreading
- ARToken PhaaS exposes EvilTokens' Microsoft 365 phishing toolkit — BleepingComputer

Developer Tools and Programming
- Rocket Report: Indian startup nears first launch; SpaceX's millenary milestone — Ars Technica
- A martian rock has lots of carbon on it, and it's not clear why — Ars Technica
- When the ability to smell goes away — Ars Technica

Gaming and Hardware
- Epic reaches lawsuit settlement with former contractor who was also a notorious Fortnite leaker — PCGamer latest
- Sand publisher celebrates 300,000 copies sold: 'We getting a half hour of air conditioning tonight!' — PCGamer latest
- Mouthwashing's follow-up is self-described 'friendsweat' where 3 players struggle to operate a tank in a defiled city: 'We're definitely not quite at Peak, but we're not trying to make Arma either' — PCGamer latest