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Building Review Journal

S$30.4 Million Consortium Research Programme Launched to Scale Lower-Carbon Construction Technologies

The Woh Hup–SIT–A*STAR Consortium for Sustainable Construction Technology, a research programme with an overall investment of S$30.4 million, comprising funding and in-kind contributions from SIT, A*STAR and industry partners was […] The post S$30.4 Million Consortium Research Programme Launched to Scale Lower-Carbon Construction Technologies appeared first on Building Review Journal.

S$30.4 Million Consortium Research Programme Launched to Scale Lower-Carbon Construction Technologies

The Hacker News

Lazarus Abuses South Korean Security Software to Deploy Malware Using Post-Quantum Encryption

The North Korea-linked Lazarus Group has been attributed to a cyber espionage campaign dubbed Operation FlashHole targeting at least three organizations in South Korea spanning the construction, software, and wire-communication equipment manufacturing sectors. According to Russian cybersecurity company Kaspersky, the campaign has been active since at least July 2025. It's assessed to pick up

Lazarus Abuses South Korean Security Software to Deploy Malware Using Post-Quantum Encryption

Wamda

Singapore's Rently secures $12 million credit facility to expand into UAE

Singapore-based proptech startup Rently has secured a $12 million growth credit facility from January Capital to expand its rental payment solutions across Singapore, Hong Kong and the UAE, as well as new markets. Founded by Dominic Schacher, Tarik Stafford, Siebren Khamphorst and Emeric Martin, Rently offers a rental payments platform that allows tenants to pay rent in flexible instalments, earn rewards and manage payment schedules. In the UAE, its Rent Now Pay Later service enables monthly ren

Singapore's Rently secures $12 million credit facility to expand into UAE

The Hacker News

OpenAI AI Pipeline Generates 948 Linux Root Escalation Exploits in 30-Hour Run

OpenAI on Wednesday detailed a pipeline that employed an upcoming cyber-focused artificial intelligence (AI) model to validate and patch 948 local privilege escalation vulnerabilities in Linux for $1.2 million in API costs. "Our prototype identified and analyzed 2,308 candidate Linux kernel findings, dynamically reproduced 1,724 vulnerabilities, and produced 948 local privilege escalation (LPE)

OpenAI AI Pipeline Generates 948 Linux Root Escalation Exploits in 30-Hour Run

DIGITIMES

Qualcomm to debut 6G terminal prototype at China expo, bringing AI memory to smart glasses

US chipmaker Qualcomm will present its latest developments in 6G and AI agent-powered devices at the ninth China International Import Expo (CIIE), held from November 5 to 10 at the National Exhibition and Convention Center in Shanghai. The exhibition will mark the first public display of what Qualcomm describes as the world's first 6G terminal prototype conforming to the latest 3GPP definition.

Qualcomm to debut 6G terminal prototype at China expo, bringing AI memory to smart glasses

PYMNTS

Expedia Says Travelers Plan With AI Agents but Book Direct

Travelers increasingly rely on artificial intelligence assistants to plan their trips. Bookings made through those agents have yet to catch up. CEO Ariane Gorin said on Expedia Group’s third-quarter earnings call that “agentic AI’s real strength is in discovery.” People still want to book with a trusted brand, she said, “where they know that they’ll […] The post Expedia Says Travelers Plan With AI Agents but Book Direct appeared first on PYMNTS.com.

Expedia Says Travelers Plan With AI Agents but Book Direct

EE Times

Chiplets: Meta-Scale Chiplet Velocity Accelerating AI SoC Development to Match the Rapid Evolution of AI Model

This event session is presented by Olivia Wu, Distinguished Engineer at Meta AI model architectures are evolving faster than traditional chip development cycles, and at Meta’s scale—serving billions of users across ranking & recommendation and generative AI workloads—this mismatch is untenable. Meta’s Infra Silicon team has responded with a six-month SoC tape-out cadence, delivering four […] The post Chiplets: Meta-Scale Chiplet Velocity Accelerating AI SoC Development to M

Quantum Computing Report

IBM Quantum and QuICS Deploy AI Agents to Discover Over 500 High-Efficiency Magic-State Factories

IBM Quantum and QuICS researchers have discovered over 500 new "magic-state factories" using AI agents and deterministic solvers. These factories produce non-Clifford states with significantly lower resource requirements, which is crucial for advancing fault-tolerant quantum computing. The findings, including detailed circuit models, are openly accessible for community use. The post IBM Quantum and QuICS Deploy AI Agents to Discover Over 500 High-Efficiency Magic-State Factories appeared first o

IBM Quantum and QuICS Deploy AI Agents to Discover Over 500 High-Efficiency Magic-State Factories

South China Morning Post

How Democratic sweep could slow AI growth in US – and help China’s ambitions

The Democratic Party’s sweeping midterm election victory and takeover of both houses of Congress could slow down the pace of artificial intelligence development in the US, with implications for both the global AI trade and the technology rivalry between Washington and Beijing, analysts said. The assessment comes as concerns about AI and the data centres that power it proved to be a contributing factor in the backlash against the Republican Party and US President Donald Trump, a vocal supporter..

How Democratic sweep could slow AI growth in US – and help China’s ambitions

South China Morning Post

DeepSeek engineer defends push for open-source AGI despite higher risks

DeepSeek is committed to open-source artificial intelligence to accelerate the arrival of artificial general intelligence (AGI), even if it heightens safety risks, a company engineer says, defying growing safety concerns from the US and scrutiny in China over whether the strategy poses national security risks. Speaking on Tuesday on an AI panel at the World Internet Conference (WIC) in Wuzhen, DeepSeek engineer Gao Xi said open-source development promoted shared innovations and technical...

DeepSeek engineer defends push for open-source AGI despite higher risks

TechNode

Tencent launches Hy4 with vision and computer-use capabilities

Tencent launched Hy4 on November 4, adding visual understanding and computer-use capabilities to its flagship AI model. The company said Hy4 can interpret charts and documents, reason across multiple images, and operate command-line tools and graphical interfaces. Targeted training covers applications such as Blender and CAD software, alongside tasks spanning multiple programs. The 770-billion-parameter model […]

Tencent launches Hy4 with vision and computer-use capabilities

PYMNTS

Worldwide Express Unfreezes $10 Million With AWS AI Agents

Worldwide Express works with more than 130,000 customers and more than 75 less-than-truckload (LTL) carriers, which fill a trailer with freight from several customers, AWS said in a case study published Oct. 30. Each carrier invoice is checked against the purchase order and the delivery record before the shipment is billed. About 14% of those […] The post Worldwide Express Unfreezes $10 Million With AWS AI Agents appeared first on PYMNTS.com.

Worldwide Express Unfreezes $10 Million With AWS AI Agents

The Hacker News

Google Warns LLMjacking Attacks Are Costing Some Enterprises Up to $1 Million in Cloud Charges

Google on Monday warned that threat actors are hijacking enterprise access to Large Language Models (LLMs) to fraudulently leverage expensive computing resources and AI services. The tactic is called LLMjacking, a form of resource hijacking adapted for the LLM era, where an attacker obtains an API key through phishing, source code leaks, misconfigured environments, or exposed client-side code

Google Warns LLMjacking Attacks Are Costing Some Enterprises Up to $1 Million in Cloud Charges

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