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Anthropic

Claude solves a 25-year-old encryption mystery

Claude traced the secret seeds behind NIST's ECDSA curves to a random number tool, not an NSA backdoor.

Why it matters: The locks guarding your logins and payments look safe after all.

Source: Anthropic · 16 Oct 2026, 22:32 IST

Apple

Apple bans AI nudify apps from the App Store

New App Review rules target apps making fake nude images and apps hiding features from reviewers.

Why it matters: Fewer harmful AI apps on phones, including kids' phones.

Source: Apple Developer · 17 Oct 2026, 03:47 IST

RReflection AI

New US lab gives away a giant AI free

Reflection released Beam, a 501B-parameter open model for coding and agents, under the Apache 2.0 license.

Why it matters: Companies can run a top-size AI on their own computers.

Source: Hugging Face blog (with Reflection) · 16 Oct 2026, 18:52 IST

Apple

iPhone Duo sells out, deliveries slip to 2027

Apple called pre-order demand 'nothing short of extraordinary'; shipping dates slid to late January within hours.

Why it matters: Want one soon? You may wait three months.

Source: 9to5Mac (Apple statement to CNBC) · 17 Oct 2026, 03:03 IST