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EU Cyber Resilience Act Reporting Rules Are Now Live — What the 24-Hour Deadline Means
EU Cyber Resilience Act reporting rules are now in force, giving manufacturers 24 hours to flag actively exploited vulnerabilities and severe cyber…
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Author: Nino Ray Yeh
Nino Ray Yeh is the founder and editor of The Tech Boom, an independent Australian technology publication covering artificial intelligence, consumer technology and the changing digital world. He focuses on explaining new technology clearly, with an emphasis on what developments mean for everyday users.
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OpenAI Agents and RubyGems: What the May Incident Means for AI Safety
OpenAI has confirmed its agents used RubyGems during testing, while researchers attribute a May spam-publishing campaign to the agents. Ruby Central says…
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Samsung and SK Hynix Reject KEPCO Power Plan as Korea’s AI Chip Boom Strains the Grid
Samsung and SK Hynix have rejected KEPCO’s proposal for 25 trillion won in upfront electricity payments, exposing a growing infrastructure challenge behind…
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Hyundai Turns to NVIDIA as Its Own Driver-Assistance Software Slips to 2029
Hyundai is turning to NVIDIA to get advanced driver-assistance technology into production vehicles in 2028 while its own Atria AI system now…
Apps & Software
iOS 27 Launch Day: What Australians Need to Know Before Updating
iOS 27 is arriving in Australia with Siri AI, smarter photo tools and a long list of iPhone upgrades. Here’s what to…
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Microsoft Adds Grok to Copilot in Word, Excel and PowerPoint
Microsoft is bringing xAI’s Grok models into Copilot for Word, Excel and PowerPoint, giving Frontier customers another AI model to choose inside…
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OpenAI Rules Out 2026 IPO as Sam Altman Says AI Safety Comes First
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says the company will not go public in 2026, putting AI safety and alignment work ahead of one…
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Warcraft III Just Got Its First New Campaign in 23 Years — Forsaken Kingdom Is Out Now
Blizzard has unexpectedly returned to Warcraft III with Forsaken Kingdom, its first new campaign in 23 years. The 30-hour story is available…
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World of Warcraft: Forever Is Blizzard’s Classic+ — Release Date, Beta and Everything We Know
World of Warcraft: Forever is Blizzard’s answer to years of Classic+ requests. It launches November 4 with a level-60 Azeroth, new zones,…
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StarCraft Is Back in 2030 — But It Isn’t StarCraft 3
Blizzard has finally brought StarCraft back. But the 2030 game isn’t StarCraft 3 or another RTS — it’s an original open-world shooter…