Borrowed reading: stories from our extended colleagues

TechCrunch - Nov 2, 2026

Five stories worth your time from our extended colleagues at CIO, Computerworld, Macworld, and PCWorld.

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The recurring nightmare that has travelled through the centuries: Why billions across the world, regardless of culture and religion, have had the SAME dream - that they're wide awake and an evil force is suffocating them...
Nov 1, 2026
The recurring nightmare that has travelled through the centuries: Why billions across the world, regardless of culture and religion, have had the SAME dream - that they're wide awake and an evil force is suffocating them...

One morning in my teenage years, I awoke gripped by terror. My eyes were wide open, but my body wouldn't move - frozen from head to toe.

The London Underground map with NO colour: Alternative chart uses patterns instead of colours - so, would you be able to navigate using it?
Nov 1, 2026
The London Underground map with NO colour: Alternative chart uses patterns instead of colours - so, would you be able to navigate using it?

It's one of the most iconic maps in the world. But would you be able to navigate using the London Underground map...if it had no colour?

The AI generation and what they really do: Gen Z workers reveal what their jobs actually involve - and why their six-figure salaries aren't worth it
Nov 1, 2026
The AI generation and what they really do: Gen Z workers reveal what their jobs actually involve - and why their six-figure salaries aren't worth it

Artificial intelligence (AI) is now one of the fastest-growing industries on Earth, with investors ploughing in over £432.8billion ($580billion) during the last year alone.

Aquarium shark that helped 'dispel myths' dies
Nov 1, 2026
Aquarium shark that helped 'dispel myths' dies

Staff at Plymouth's aquarium pay tribute to a sand tiger shark believed to be almost 30 years old.

Self-improving AI the key step towards AGI but safety is key: Z.ai founder
Nov 1, 2026
Self-improving AI the key step towards AGI but safety is key: Z.ai founder

Using artificial intelligence to build even smarter systems will make artificial general intelligence (AGI) more achievable, though it would need to be done safely, leading Chinese computer scientist Tang Jie said at an event in Shanghai on Saturday. The remarks underscore how AI companies in the US and China are both chasing the holy grail of recursive self-improvement (RSI), where increasingly powerful AI systems also become better at improving themselves in an ever-accelerating...

Cyril Hilsum, Who Helped Invent Flat-Panel Displays in TVs and iPhones, Has Died at 101
Nov 1, 2026
Cyril Hilsum, Who Helped Invent Flat-Panel Displays in TVs and iPhones, Has Died at 101

The man who helped develop the technology for liquid crystal displays — the screens in flat-panel televisions and laptops — has died at 101.

Cyril Hilsum, Who Helped Invent Flat-Panel Displays in TVs and iPhones, Has Died at 101
Nov 1, 2026
Cyril Hilsum, Who Helped Invent Flat-Panel Displays in TVs and iPhones, Has Died at 101

The man who helped develop the technology for liquid crystal displays — the screens in flat-panel televisions and laptops — has died at 101.

Swarms of Butterflies Land at New York’s Natural History Museum
Nov 1, 2026
Swarms of Butterflies Land at New York’s Natural History Museum

The cartoonist Peter Kuper has filled a corridor with drawings of monarchs, depicting the beauty of the annual mass migration to Mexican forests — as well as its perils.

DeepSeek unveils AI ‘super agent’ in coding race with OpenAI, Anthropic
Nov 1, 2026
DeepSeek unveils AI ‘super agent’ in coding race with OpenAI, Anthropic

Chinese artificial intelligence start-up DeepSeek has previewed a plan for a more autonomous AI agent that can handle multiple tasks with minimal human intervention, as it steps up competition with US rivals OpenAI and Anthropic in developing coding assistants. The proposed system, dubbed super agent, aimed to reduce the need for humans to coordinate multiple AI agents and monitor their progress, addressing a key bottleneck in managing today’s increasingly complex workflows, according to a...

Millennials lead AI shopping adoption in India at 84%, ahead of Gen Z: McKinsey
Nov 1, 2026
Millennials lead AI shopping adoption in India at 84%, ahead of Gen Z: McKinsey

Millennials are leading the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) for shopping in India, with 84 per cent using AI-powered tools to search for products, compare options or make purchase decisions, ahead of 74 per cent of Gen Z consumers, according to a report by McKinsey & Company.

Spill from vandalised home oil tank kills 13 birds
Nov 1, 2026
Spill from vandalised home oil tank kills 13 birds

A number of birds are also injured after the spill from the oil tank earlier this week.

CVSS 10.0 LXD, MicroCloud Flaw Lets Attackers Impersonate Trusted Clients Without a Private Key
Nov 1, 2026
CVSS 10.0 LXD, MicroCloud Flaw Lets Attackers Impersonate Trusted Clients Without a Private Key

A critical flaw in Canonical's LXD and MicroCloud let an attacker log in as a trusted client without holding that client's private key. To do it, the attacker had to reach their HTTPS API over the network and have the trusted client's public certificate. Once in, the attacker would act as that client, with access to the cluster and its virtual machines. If the impersonated account is

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