Friday, 23 October 2026Global tech news & guides — what changed, and what it means for you.

CARLIY0S: The AI Agent Ring Robbing Latin America’s Banks

Illustration: a shadowy war-room with monitors showing bank vault schematics; four glowing AI orbs in a circle above a table with puppet strings down to a keyboard; faint red warning glow

In brief Security researchers at Straiker have published the first investigation of a criminal group running AI-orchestrated attack operations from inside its own working environment — a system called CARLIY0S, operated by the CyberCartel-linked Tr4nsHack Team against Latin American banks and payment providers. CARLIY0S is not one AI doing one thing: it is a role-specialized … Read more

Elon Musk Tried to Buy Chip Plants From Intel, TSMC and Micron First. They Said No — So He’s Building Terafab

Original illustration: semiconductor fab complex at dusk in Texas, crane silhouetted against an amber sky, wafer-handling robots in the foreground, teal circuit traces arcing across the sky, teal and amber grade

In brief Elon Musk first tried to buy existing chip plants from Intel, TSMC and Micron for his Terafab project and was turned down by all three, according to The Elec. Rejected, he pivoted to partnerships and ground-up construction: a Texas semiconductor complex run by Tesla, SpaceX and xAI with an initial $16.8 billion budget … Read more