Sam's News — tech — 2026-09-23¶

Health¶

7.5 Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo approaches record scale¶

The ongoing Ebola epidemic in the DRC is tracking toward becoming the largest outbreak on record.

Sources: Wired RSS

AI¶

6.5 Greek Prime Minister Warns Governments Unprepared for AI Impact¶

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis acknowledged that governments are not adequately prepared for the transformative effects AI will have on society.

Sources: TechCrunch RSS

5.5 OpenAI Convenes Independent Panel of Mathematicians to Prevent Future Public Relations Crises¶

OpenAI announced an independent advisory panel of elite mathematicians to guide the company through responsible AI development and public communication.

Sources: The Verge RSS

5.5 Andrew Ng dismisses AI existential risk claims; criticizes OpenAI and Hugging Face¶

Google Brain founder Andrew Ng disputes concerns about AI posing an existential threat to humanity and criticizes OpenAI.

Sources: The Times of India Web Search

Security¶

6.5 Data-Only Attacks Proven Easier Than Previously Thought¶

Security research demonstrates that adversaries can compromise systems through data manipulation alone, without requiring code execution.

Sources: Hacker News (front page) RSS

5.5 Comparative Analysis: Password Managers vs. Authenticator Apps for Digital Security¶

Security experts compare the tradeoffs between password managers and dedicated authenticator applications, finding both methods have distinct advantages depending on use case.

Sources: Engadget RSS

Policy¶

6 Netherlands prepares for potential US sanctions against the ICC¶

The Netherlands braces for possible sanctions from the United States targeting the International Criminal Court.

Sources: Hacker News (front page) RSS

Technology¶

5.5 AT&T accelerates workforce automation and infrastructure consolidation¶

AT&T is aggressively automating operations and reducing headcount to demonstrate operational efficiency improvements to Wall Street.

Sources: Wired RSS

Gaming¶

5.5 Riot Games removes voice chat from League of Legends patch 26.20¶

Riot Games is pulling voice chat functionality from League of Legends in version 26.20.

Sources: Engadget RSS

AI Applications¶

5.5 AI to transform grocery retail more than any previous technology¶

Industry experts predict AI will transform the grocery sector more significantly than any other technology has to date.

Sources: Supermarket News Web Search