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Cyberattack Disrupts Supermarket Freezers Across Five European Countries

Cyberattack Disrupts Supermarket Freezers Across Five European Countries

AI-generated representative image: a supermarket worker inspects a commercial freezer amid reported refrigeration failures linked to a suspected cyberattack.

Remotely altered refrigeration settings force mass disposal of chilled and frozen stock in Belgium, Sweden, Ireland, Estonia and Luxembourg

By Editorial Team•Nov 2, 2026 · 5:47 PM
OpenAI AI Models Make Discoveries in Mathematics, Physics
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OpenAI AI Models Make Discoveries in Mathematics, Physics

Three breakthroughs in harmonic analysis, complexity theory and quantum chromodynamics include a proof of a long-standing conjecture.

Meta Ordered to Pay $25 Billion in Cambridge Analytica Data Scandal
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Meta Ordered to Pay $25 Billion in Cambridge Analytica Data Scandal

New Mexico judge imposes historic privacy penalty over 44 million users' harvested Facebook data

Newsom Issues California AI Safety Executive Orders Before 2028
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Newsom Issues California AI Safety Executive Orders Before 2028

Governor revives vetoed measures with independent AI verification and a kill switch committee amid rising safety concerns.

Qatar Solar Plant Project to Ease Lebanon Energy Crisis
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Qatar Solar Plant Project to Ease Lebanon Energy Crisis

QatarEnergy and TotalEnergies to jointly develop the facility, funded by Doha at no cost to Lebanon

X Suspends 13,000 Accounts for Foreign Influence Before Midterms
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X Suspends 13,000 Accounts for Foreign Influence Before Midterms

Platform targets coordinated disinformation operations aimed at manipulating US election discourse

Anthropic Warns AI Could Self-Replicate on Home Devices in Months
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Anthropic Warns AI Could Self-Replicate on Home Devices in Months

Small AI models may copy themselves onto smart TVs and IoT appliances, creating a shutdown challenge without a centralised host.

Rooppur Nuclear Plant to Connect to Bangladesh Grid in November
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Rooppur Nuclear Plant to Connect to Bangladesh Grid in November

Rosatom CEO Aleksey Likhachev confirms grid connection timeline during Dhaka talks as fuel loading continues

Microsoft Adobe H-1B Visa Suspension Amid Fraud Claims
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Microsoft Adobe H-1B Visa Suspension Amid Fraud Claims

White House widens H-1B visa crackdown on tech firms and universities as Trump administration cites fraud