Japan's Onamae Desktop Cloud hacked, up to 27,000 servers affected
Hackers compromised the infrastructure of Onamae Desktop Cloud, a popular provider of VPS services in Japan, and installed malware on up to 26,739 customers' servers.
The ICT Trends: latest ICT industry news
Telecom & 5G
All stories →6G ubiquity means service on demand, not broadband everywhere
Panelists favor integration over a single 6G architecture In sum – what we know: What does ubiquitous connectivity actually mean? That was the focus of a panel at the recent…
AT&T open to more fiber M&A at the right price ... and the right place
'I don't want to just buy footprint for the sake of buying it,' says CEO John Stankey.
Foldable smartphone display shipments forecast to increase 44% in 2026 – Omdia
Wider screens are gaining ground. #pressrelease
BT bolsters 5G Standalone footprint, confirms AI-RAN trials with Nokia, Nvidia
The AI-RAN trials are set to take place in the UK's second city next year
Korea eyes wider rollout of 5G-based Wi-Fi on trains
South Korea’s ICT authority pledged to support mobile operators and transit providers to ensure 5G-based Wi-Fi would be available on underground railway networks across the country, following a deployment on two lines in Incheon.
T-Mobile makes first AI-RAN call with Nokia and Nvidia
T-Mobile takes strides in AI-RAN with the first call with Nokia and Nvidia, and performance gains with Ericsson's AI beamforming.
Cloud & Data Centers
All stories →Singaporean tech company Sea Ltd. launches neocloud subsidiary
Sea Cloud will offer cloud AI services to enterprises around the world
Memphis councilors reject 18-month data center moratorium
Instead, they ban new projects for 135 days
Russian forces destroy GigaCenter data center in Kyiv, Ukraine
As Ukrainian forces attack telecoms facilities in Russian-occupied Donetsk and Luhansk
SC Capital Partners invests in 40MW data center in Pohang, South Korea
Data center being developed with NeoAI Cloud
Tata Power eyes 2.8GW of generation, transmission, and distribution for Indian data center sector
Current estimates have the Indian data center market reaching 26.3GW by 2031-32
Vultr to deploy 20MW AMD MI355X cluster in Chennai, India
Says it will be the country's largest AMD Instinct deployment
Artificial Intelligence
All stories →AI will eat a fifth of tech budgets in 2027, but don't expect it to pay for itself
Forrester says only isolated wins are likely, while 'good enough' open-weight models soak up the tokens
Handling risks and investments in the AI era
In this current wave of AI growth, new investment challenges are coming out of the woodwork. However, some argue they're just familiar issues in new disguises.
Microsoft exits UK AI data center project over electricity delays
Microsoft has reportedly withdrawn from an agreement to become the anchor customer for a planned artificial intelligence data center in Loughton, England, after delays in securing an electricity connection delayed the facility’s expected…
OpenAI's GPT-6 Agent Removed Safety Monitoring, Then Falsely Denied Doing So
OpenAI has revealed that two artificial intelligence (AI) agents powered by GPT-6.1 Sol and one GPT-6 Astra weakened misalignment monitoring while making requested software changes during two internal coding tasks.
Deutsche Telekom expands agentic AI from RAN to network-wide automation
Deutsche Telekom has previously described MINDR as an evolution of RAN Guardian, extending agentic AI from domain-level optimization toward service-level intelligence across complex, multi-domain network environments In sum – what…
SpaceX eyes “hundreds of billions” of Starlink revenue, as AI see-saws on ROI
SpaceX outlined plans for a hybrid Starlink mobile network and claimed a path to hundreds of billions in annual connectivity revenue, as AI compute investment surged and Elon Musk forecast…
Cybersecurity
All stories →LiteLLM Compromised in Supply Chain Attack Delivering Credential Stealer and Backdoor
The popular LiteLLM Python package has been compromised as part of a software supply chain attack that delivered a credential stealer and a backdoor, according to reports from SafeDep, Socket, StepSecurity, and Upwind.
Google Hardens Chrome Against ClickFix Attacks, Insecure HTTP Connections
Protections have been added against scams and social engineering, including new site warnings and server-side Gemini analysis.
PHP2Shell Patches Land as First Exploitation Attempts Hit Sensors
Several cybersecurity companies saw exploitation attempts of CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619 before PHP released the patches.
Google Chrome Adds ClickFix Warnings to Stop Users From Running Malicious Commands
Google on Tuesday said it's rolling out improved safeguards in its Chrome browser to secure users against ClickFix attacks when Enhanced Protection is enabled.
Microsoft PowerToys adds CursorHide, Button Lock mouse tools
Microsoft has released PowerToys 0.102, with two new mouse utilities, new command-line tools, and Command Palette improvements.
Hijacked Developer Account Used to Plant Stealer in OVHcloud CLI
Researchers say the developer’s account was compromised in March with a GlassWorm-linked loader.
Semiconductors
All stories →Tens of thousands of Nvidia GPUs sit idle in Meta's Prometheus supercluster, just waiting for a failure
And other fun facts about how Zuckercorp aims to keep a million GPUs running long enough to train a model
A Composable Thermal Solver For Heterogeneous 2.5D/3D-IC Packages (Cadence, Notre Dame)
Researchers at Cadence Design Systems and the University of Notre Dame published “A Composable AI-Accelerated Iterative Solver for 3D-IC Thermal Modeling.” Abstract: “Accurate thermal analysis of heterogeneous 2.5D/3D-IC packages is…
Thermal Side Channels Create New Security Risks For Autonomous Vehicles (Missouri S&T)
Researchers at Missouri University of Science and Technology published “Can Autonomous Vehicles Keep Their Cool?
Intel and Applied Materials to collaborate on chip manufacturing advancements
Work will take place at the companies' respective R&D facilities
Musk plays down TSMC presence at AI fab facility
Elon Musk ruled out Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company taking an operational role in Terafab, the billionaire’s advanced semiconductor manufacturing facility in the US state of Texas.
Monolithic 3D Memristor-TFT Stack For Programmable Neuromorphic Computing (SNU, Yonsei)
Researchers at Seoul National University and Yonsei University published a technical paper titled “Monolithic three-dimensionally integrated memristor-thin-film transistor for electrically programmable multimode reservoir computing.”…
Enterprise IT
All stories →SONiC momentum continues at OCP Global Summit
Proponents of SONiC made a strong showing at last week’s Open Compute Project (OCP) Global Summit, where vendors including Cisco, Microsoft, and Nokia championed SONiC’s capabilities as an open Ethernet platform for AI networking.
2026 network outage report and internet health check
ThousandEyes, a Cisco company, monitors how ISPs, cloud providers and conferencing services are handling any performance challenges and provides Network World with a weekly roundup of events that impact service delivery.
Eight eMudhra CA Keys Compromised, Triggering Emergency Fixes Across Browsers and Software
The private keys of eight eMudhra intermediate certificate authority (CA) certificates are compromised, Mozilla and Google's Chrome Root Program confirms on October 20.
openEuler brings China's enterprise Linux ambitions to the desktop
CentOS roots give way to homegrown containers, AI tools, and a workstation edition we took for a spin
Eurobites: EU doubles down on KKR's Netco acquisition
Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Nexfibre vents anger at regulator's merger report; Telefónica and NOS do defense connectivity; Tele2's Q3.
NITDA and Stakeholders Renew Push to Accelerate Nigeria’s Digital Transformation
The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has reaffirmed its commitment to accelerating Nigeria’s digital transformation through stronger public-private partnerships, collaboration with academia and sustainable…
IoT & Smart Cities
All stories →IoT Global Awards 2026 winners announced
Recognising innovation in iSIM, industrial AI and fleet technology, the winners of the IoT Global Awards for 2026 have been selected. Following a rigorous evaluation by an independent judging panel … Continued
Omdia lifts lid on edge IoT deployments
A majority of businesses are prioritising edge computing in IoT deployments, with the approach now at a tipping point in terms of delivering tangible benefits, research by Omdia showed.
SEALSQ’s sister company WISeSat.Space completes business combination with Columbus Acquisition Corporation
WISeSat.Space ordinary shares have begun trading on Nasdaq under the ticker SAIQ, establishing a separately listed company focused on post-quantum-secure satellite IoT connectivity.
Telna opens Brazilian IoT door to Aeris
Physical AI and IoT connectivity platform provider Aeris chose Brazil as the beachhead for a core network tie-up with global mobile infrastructure player Telna intended to create a repeatable deployment scenario in a nation where permanent…
Aeris extends IoT eSIM orchestration for the Physical AI era
New SGP.32 orchestration, Single SKU eSIM and eIMaaS bring speed, simplicity and scale to global IoT deployments on the Aeris IoT Accelerator platform.