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Tech News for Tuesday, October 13, 2026

135 stories from 40 outlets. Times show when each story first broke, in UTC.

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Rachel Metz and Samantha Oltman · Bloomberg Technology17 sources

FBI arrests Saudi OpenAI employee Abdulrahman Alfozan, 35, for allegedly hiding a recording device in an executive conference room

Abdulrahman Alfozan, 35, a Saudi national and OpenAI employee, was arrested after a sophisticated recording device was found hidden in an executive conference room at OpenAI's San Francisco offices. Prosecutors allege he planted it to covertly record sensitive conversations. OpenAI has since fired him.

Also covered by The Verge, Wired, TechCrunch, CNBC Technology, The Guardian Tech

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Business 35

AI 31

Startups 16

Gadgets 12

Security 7

BrianKrebs · Krebs on Security3 sources

Microsoft's October 2026 Patch Tuesday fixes a record 1,413 flaws, including an actively exploited Windows Shell bug and two publicly disclosed zero-days

Microsoft shipped patches for a record 1,413 vulnerabilities on Patch Tuesday, including 1,102 in Windows, 134 in Office, 61 in Developer Tools, 36 in SharePoint Server and 22 in SQL Server. One flaw, a Windows Shell bug, is under active exploitation, and two others were publicly disclosed.

Also covered by The Hacker News, BleepingComputer

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Emily Nicolle · Bloomberg Technology6 sources

Ledger says a spy chip inside CryptoBilis Ledger devices transmitted wallet keys over mobile network, and Ledger is reviewing its device sales policies

Ledger says a spy chip inside some CryptoBilis Ledger devices transmitted wallet keys over the mobile network. Bloomberg reports the company is reviewing how its devices are sold to consumers after the attack led to an estimated $90 million in stolen cryptocurrency.

Also covered by Tom's Hardware, Gizmodo, CoinDesk, Slashdot, Decrypt

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Big Tech 7

Science 5

Everything else 17