Check Point researchers discovered four critical vulnerabilities in Microsoft Teams that could have allowed attackers to impersonate executives and manipulate communications. The flaws enabled message editing without detection, notification spoofing, and caller identity forgery. Microsoft has patche
A serious bug in recent Windows updates is forcing BitLocker recovery screens on boot. Without the recovery key, users risk permanent data loss. Microsoft is rolling out a fix but many are already affected.
FIS is seeing unexpected strength in banking technology spending, with digital banking users growing over 30% and payment sales up 50%. The company is embedding AI throughout its operations while expanding into instant payments and digital assets through strategic partnerships.
Epic Games and Google have reached a settlement in their five-year antitrust battle that goes beyond the court’s original ruling. The agreement reduces Google Play fees from 30/15% to 20/9% and allows third-party app stores worldwide through 2032. Both companies call it a win for developer choice an
CrowdStrike is expanding its AI agent ecosystem with new automation tools and a hybrid SOAR platform. The Charlotte Agentic SOAR platform represents a middle ground between traditional automation and full autonomy. Security teams get more AI assistance while maintaining human oversight.
EA is pushing a major overhaul to Battlefield 6’s progression system after player feedback highlighted excessive grinding requirements. The update includes over 90 adjustments to challenges and assignments, significantly reducing time investment needed for unlocks. Weapon damage requirements drop fr
Apple is preparing to allow alternative app stores on iPhones in Japan with iOS 26.2. The move comes ahead of a December regulatory deadline following new Japanese competition laws. This marks only the second region where Apple is opening up its ecosystem.
The Rust Foundation is launching a Maintainers Fund to directly pay Rust developers for their work. This comes amid concerns about high burnout rates among maintainers. However, the foundation hasn’t revealed how much money is available or who qualifies.
Snowflake just open-sourced its PostgreSQL extensions, allowing developers to read and write directly to Apache Iceberg tables. This follows their $250 million acquisition of Crunchy Data in June. It’s a strategic move to bridge the gap between operational databases and analytics platforms.
According to engineers interviewed by Business Insider, AI adoption has surged to 90% among software professionals. The technology is changing how teams collaborate, with many turning to AI instead of colleagues for quick questions.
