https://sevenlights.org/categories/technology/ Recent content in Technology on Seven Lights Hugo en-us Sat, 07 Nov 2026 03:30:00 -0500 https://sevenlights.org/2026/11/07/blue-origin-new-glenn-january-2027/ Sat, 07 Nov 2026 03:30:00 -0500 https://sevenlights.org/2026/11/07/blue-origin-new-glenn-january-2027/ Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket will not fly again until January 2027, chief executive Dave Limp told employees, as the company unveiled a third stage and a lighter, more powerful booster engine. https://sevenlights.org/2026/11/07/openai-gpt6-cyber-model/ Sat, 07 Nov 2026 03:30:00 -0500 https://sevenlights.org/2026/11/07/openai-gpt6-cyber-model/ OpenAI said Thursday its security-specialized GPT-6 Cyber model found 81 Firefox flaws and built 948 working Linux kernel exploits in testing, leading it to rate the system ‘critical’ and restrict access. https://sevenlights.org/2026/11/06/nasa-unveils-x-70-fractal-x-plane/ Fri, 06 Nov 2026 03:00:00 -0500 https://sevenlights.org/2026/11/06/nasa-unveils-x-70-fractal-x-plane/ NASA unveiled the X-70 Fractal, a crewed experimental aircraft with rapidly reconfigurable flight controls, at its UP.Summit on Wednesday, with first flight expected within two years. https://sevenlights.org/2026/11/05/duckduckgo-pitches-schools-ai-backlash/ Thu, 05 Nov 2026 03:50:00 -0500 https://sevenlights.org/2026/11/05/duckduckgo-pitches-schools-ai-backlash/ DuckDuckGo is courting school districts after Google said schools may switch off Gemini but cannot keep Google Search without its other artificial-intelligence features. ‘Forcing AI on school children: how a monopolist behaves,’ the company’s public affairs chief wrote. https://sevenlights.org/2026/11/05/msecure-password-manager-breach/ Thu, 05 Nov 2026 03:50:00 -0500 https://sevenlights.org/2026/11/05/msecure-password-manager-breach/ mSeven Software told current and former mSecure customers to change passwords, reset two-factor authentication and remove passkeys after ‘suspicious activity’, reportedly an encrypted customer database theft. The company has not said what was taken. https://sevenlights.org/2026/11/04/binance-heist-postmortem-north-korea/ Wed, 04 Nov 2026 05:45:00 -0500 https://sevenlights.org/2026/11/04/binance-heist-postmortem-north-korea/ A postmortem published by Binance describes how a North Korean hacking unit worked for months, through a fake job offer, poisoned software and the exchange’s own internal AI tool, before stealing $6.34 billion on October 29. https://sevenlights.org/2026/11/04/google-schools-ai-opt-in-search/ Wed, 04 Nov 2026 05:45:00 -0500 https://sevenlights.org/2026/11/04/google-schools-ai-opt-in-search/ Google will disable Gemini, NotebookLM and other AI tools for school-age accounts next year unless administrators opt in, a reversal that leaves schools choosing between its AI features and its search engine. https://sevenlights.org/2026/11/03/europe-supermarket-freezer-cyberattack/ Tue, 03 Nov 2026 03:30:00 -0500 https://sevenlights.org/2026/11/03/europe-supermarket-freezer-cyberattack/ Dozens of supermarkets in seven European countries reported suspected cyber-attacks that switched refrigeration units to defrost mode overnight, spoiling frozen stock in a second incident of its kind in a month. https://sevenlights.org/2026/10/31/altman-calls-consumer-ram-hoarding-terrible/ Sat, 31 Oct 2026 16:30:00 -0400 https://sevenlights.org/2026/10/31/altman-calls-consumer-ram-hoarding-terrible/ OpenAI chief Sam Altman said it is ‘quite terrible’ that people keep a share of the world’s limited DRAM in personal computers used 5 percent of the time, as AI data-center demand drives memory prices higher. https://sevenlights.org/2026/10/31/cursor-marketplace-backdoored-claude-extension/ Sat, 31 Oct 2026 16:30:00 -0400 https://sevenlights.org/2026/10/31/cursor-marketplace-backdoored-claude-extension/ Cursor confirmed that tampered versions of Anthropic’s Claude Code extension were distributed through its marketplace for about 11 hours on Oct. 29, exposing thousands of developers to software that installs a persistent SSH backdoor. https://sevenlights.org/2026/10/31/nasa-commercial-hubble-servicing-deorbit/ Sat, 31 Oct 2026 16:30:00 -0400 https://sevenlights.org/2026/10/31/nasa-commercial-hubble-servicing-deorbit/ NASA issued a request for information Oct. 29 asking the commercial space industry to propose boosting and servicing the 36-year-old Hubble telescope, or a controlled deorbit if rescue proves impossible. https://sevenlights.org/2026/10/30/dhs-leak-41000-workers-ice-agents/ Fri, 30 Oct 2026 03:50:00 -0400 https://sevenlights.org/2026/10/30/dhs-leak-41000-workers-ice-agents/ Records identifying more than 41,000 Homeland Security employees and contractors, among them undercover ICE agents, were published online in a dump dubbed IcePick, according to WIRED, Gizmodo, Ars Technica and TechRadar. https://sevenlights.org/2026/10/30/google-gemini-4-carbon-cybersecurity/ Fri, 30 Oct 2026 03:49:00 -0400 https://sevenlights.org/2026/10/30/google-gemini-4-carbon-cybersecurity/ Google announced Gemini 4 Carbon, a frontier AI model it says leads rivals at finding, exploiting and patching software vulnerabilities. Access is restricted to approved defenders through the Fairwind Program. https://sevenlights.org/2026/10/29/xreal-aura-android-xr-preorders/ Thu, 29 Oct 2026 03:54:00 -0400 https://sevenlights.org/2026/10/29/xreal-aura-android-xr-preorders/ Xreal opened preorders for its Aura extended-reality glasses, its first device built on Google’s Android XR platform, priced at $1,279 with shipping in mid-November. The glasses pair Sony micro-OLED displays with a separate compute puck. https://sevenlights.org/2026/10/29/nefilim-hive-affiliate-70-months/ Thu, 29 Oct 2026 03:52:00 -0400 https://sevenlights.org/2026/10/29/nefilim-hive-affiliate-70-months/ A 36-year-old Ukrainian living in Barcelona was sentenced to 70 months in US prison for affiliate roles in the Nefilim and Hive ransomware operations. A reward of up to $11 million remains open for the Nefilim boss, who is at large. https://sevenlights.org/2026/10/29/apple-touchscreen-macbook-pro-pricing/ Thu, 29 Oct 2026 03:50:00 -0400 https://sevenlights.org/2026/10/29/apple-touchscreen-macbook-pro-pricing/ Apple announced its first MacBook Pro with a touchscreen and OLED display, with base prices of $2,899 and $3,399. Loaded with 128GB of memory and 16TB of storage, the 16-inch model reaches $14,549, driven by the AI-fueled spike in memory prices. https://sevenlights.org/2026/10/28/apple-creator-studio-motionvfx-ai/ Wed, 28 Oct 2026 04:45:00 -0400 https://sevenlights.org/2026/10/28/apple-creator-studio-motionvfx-ai/ Apple updated its Creator Studio software suite with a MotionVFX effects library, a curated Content Hub, cross-app editing and AI assistants, timed to the launch of the M6 iMac and new 14-inch MacBook Pro. https://sevenlights.org/2026/10/28/discord-server-messages-google-search/ Wed, 28 Oct 2026 04:45:00 -0400 https://sevenlights.org/2026/10/28/discord-server-messages-google-search/ Discord will publish Server Web Pages for its largest public servers from Nov. 16 and begin listing individual messages verbatim in search results from mid-December, with opt-outs for admins and users. https://sevenlights.org/2026/10/28/musk-starlink-ukraine-terms-violation/ Wed, 28 Oct 2026 04:45:00 -0400 https://sevenlights.org/2026/10/28/musk-starlink-ukraine-terms-violation/ Elon Musk said SpaceX restricted Ukraine’s Starlink access because Kyiv’s forces used the civilian service for offensive drone strikes, a claim Ukrainian officials dispute as connectivity is largely restored. https://sevenlights.org/2026/10/27/microsoft-voluntary-buyouts-60000/ Tue, 27 Oct 2026 04:40:00 -0400 https://sevenlights.org/2026/10/27/microsoft-voluntary-buyouts-60000/ Microsoft confirmed Monday that it is offering voluntary buyouts to roughly 60,000 employees in the United States, Canada, India and Britain, a figure approaching a quarter of its 223,000-person workforce. https://sevenlights.org/2026/10/27/apple-ipad-mini-oled-a20-pro/ Tue, 27 Oct 2026 04:39:00 -0400 https://sevenlights.org/2026/10/27/apple-ipad-mini-oled-a20-pro/ Apple unveiled a redesigned iPad mini on Monday with an 8.5-inch Super Retina XDR OLED display, the A20 Pro chip and IP67 water resistance, the first major update to its smallest tablet in five years. Pre-orders open October 28. https://sevenlights.org/2026/10/26/artemis-iii-lander-test-flight/ Mon, 26 Oct 2026 04:51:00 -0400 https://sevenlights.org/2026/10/26/artemis-iii-lander-test-flight/ NASA said Artemis III, launching in 2027, will spend about 14 days in low Earth orbit docking Orion with test versions of Blue Origin’s Blue Moon and SpaceX’s Starship, a rehearsal that will also decide which lander flies the 2028 lunar landing. https://sevenlights.org/2026/10/24/iphone-duo-review-score-debate/ Sat, 24 Oct 2026 04:34:00 -0400 https://sevenlights.org/2026/10/24/iphone-duo-review-score-debate/ Reviewers are debating Apple’s first foldable phone after The Verge scored the $1,999 iPhone Duo 7/10 on its podcast, while CNET called its fold ‘genuinely practical’ and Gizmodo compared its size with Android rivals. https://sevenlights.org/2026/10/22/hidden-brain-map-539-distinct-regions/ Thu, 22 Oct 2026 09:24:00 -0400 https://sevenlights.org/2026/10/22/hidden-brain-map-539-distinct-regions/ Researchers created the first detailed 3D map of brain lipids, identifying 539 distinct chemical zones in mouse brains, ScienceDaily reported. https://sevenlights.org/2026/10/22/ea-shuts-down-bioware-mass-effect-cancelled/ Thu, 22 Oct 2026 09:21:00 -0400 https://sevenlights.org/2026/10/22/ea-shuts-down-bioware-mass-effect-cancelled/ Electronic Arts is shutting down BioWare and the next Mass Effect game has been cancelled, with Gizmodo reporting cuts of 3% of EA’s workforce. https://sevenlights.org/2026/10/22/xbox-hourly-pricing-game-streaming/ Thu, 22 Oct 2026 09:21:00 -0400 https://sevenlights.org/2026/10/22/xbox-hourly-pricing-game-streaming/ Ars Technica reported that Xbox plans hour-based charges of 24 to 40 cents per hour for streaming games users have already purchased. https://sevenlights.org/2026/10/21/apple-limited-iphone-duo-in-store-stock/ Wed, 21 Oct 2026 14:19:00 -0400 https://sevenlights.org/2026/10/21/apple-limited-iphone-duo-in-store-stock/ Apple said Apple Stores will have limited iPhone Duo units for walk-in customers when the foldable phone launches Friday, after online preorders sold out quickly with some delivery estimates slipping into next year.