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DreamHost disclosed a months‑long cyberattack that began in August, during which hackers accessed customer emails, credentials, and session tokens via an unspecified vulnerability in its file manager. The breach was revealed after a multi‑day outage that forced password resets. DreamHost confirmed that less than 10% of its 400,000 paying customers were affected, but did not provide a precise figure. The company stated the vulnerability was unrelated to recent PHP software flaws and is still investigating why the [...]

PUBG: Battlegrounds has launched a partnership with K‑pop girl group IVE, featuring the 2022 hit “Love Dive.” The update, live on PC and arriving on consoles November 12, adds three IVE‑themed locations on Rondo, six character likenesses, outfit and weapon skins, and special emote stages that play music videos or album art. Players can also use Cupid’s Crossbow and interactive elements on starting islands. The patch restores two PvE modes with higher difficulty and introduces a new Hell [...]

Sony has removed PSVR 2 from its U.S. and Japanese virtual stores, following months of supply shortages and a recent sale of its mixed‑reality patents to Meta. The headset, praised for its high‑end display and gaming focus, has struggled with limited game support and a high launch price. Despite no official discontinuation announcement, the removal signals the end of its active lifecycle. Sony’s earlier shuttering of VR studios further weakened the platform’s ecosystem.

A Weibo leaker, Digital Chat Station, confirmed that next year’s iPhone Pro models will retain a Dynamic Island cutout, rejecting earlier rumors of a completely bezel‑free display. The leak details a quad‑curved screen that wraps around the edges, but the cutout will remain for Face ID. The update comes as Apple prepares a major redesign for its 20th‑anniversary iPhone lineup, including the iPhone 18, 18 Pro, and Air 2. The revelation clarifies the design direction for the [...]

D‑Wave Quantum Inc. upgraded its Stride hybrid solver, integrating classical clusters with quantum annealers to cut solution times and boost quality for combinatorial optimization tasks. The update delivers an eightfold speedup on assembly‑line benchmarks and is available on the Leap cloud platform. Complementing the solver, the company launched a three‑course Applied Quantum Optimization curriculum that teaches QUBO formulation and hybrid integration. The release aligns with a Florida Atlantic University study showing an annealing‑based quantum support vector machine [...]

Rumors on social media indicate Samsung has begun testing One UI 9.5 on the Galaxy S26, S26 Plus, and S26 Ultra, with early builds spotted on X. The test versions, labeled S948BXXU6ZZK3, S948BOXM6ZZK3, and S948BXXU6CZK3, show a bootloader change from U5 to U6, suggesting internal development is underway. Analysts speculate a public beta could launch in late November, with an official release slated for April or May 2027. Potential features include a glass‑inspired design, visual depth, and [...]

The World Quantum Cannes Festival will take place on November 17‑18 at the Palais des Festivals et des Congrès, organized by the Department of Alpes‑Maritimes, Institut EuropIA, Université Côte d’Azur, and the City of Cannes. The two‑day event targets quantum‑technology firms, researchers, investors, and corporate leaders from Europe, the U.S., the U.K., and APAC. A parallel, free program—Quantum Horizons—offers local businesses and the public free sessions, requiring online registration. The festival aims to position the French Riviera as [...]

xMEMS Labs showcased its piezoMEMS platform at CES 2027, demonstrating solid‑state cooling and audio solutions that address heat, size, weight, and aesthetic constraints in edge AI devices. The company unveiled μCooling fan‑on‑a‑chip units—XMC‑1200, XMC‑2400, and XMC‑4800—capable of silent, vibration‑free airflow for AI glasses, smartphones, foldables, headphones, wearables, and SSDs. Concurrently, xMEMS revealed lightweight solid‑state speakers for ultralight headphones, earbuds, and hybrid audio systems, with a next‑generation loudspeaker slated for Q1 2027 production. These technologies aim to enable more [...]