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Tech & AI News Roundup — October 17, 2026, 7:04 AM UTC
8 real stories worth knowing about, with links to the original reporting.
By Vibecoders Hub · 10/17/2026 · 4 min read
Quick links to what's actually happening in AI, tech, and IT right now — curated from real reporting, not rewritten, so you can go read the full story wherever it's genuinely worth your time.
Hackers Use Compromised ConnectWise Credential to Sign In to 173 Microsoft 365 Tenants
Cybersecurity researchers are sounding the alarm related to an active campaign in which unknown threat actors are abusing a compromised Microsoft 365 (M365) credential belonging to ConnectWise Cloud Backup (formerly SkyKick) to gain unauthorized access to customers' M365 environments. ConnectWise Cloud Backup is a cloud-based backup and recovery service built for managed service providers (MSPs — The Hacker News
Thank Gen Z for the ‘Girls’ Revival
The HBO series served as a stand-in for everything wrong with white millennial women during its original run. Then Gen Z started watching. — Wired
Waymo’s robotaxis are headed to Canada
The company will start off by testing its self-driving vehicles on Toronto's streets. — TechCrunch
Tressfecta wants to make hair braiding a less arduous task for hairstylists
Tressfecta will be at this year's TechCrunch Disrupt! — TechCrunch
Pixel 11 Rambler AI Voice Typing: How It Rewrites Speech
Google's Rambler voice typing cleans up spoken thoughts instead of transcribing them word for word. Here's how rewriting, offline use, privacy, and review work. The post Pixel 11 Rambler AI Voice Typing: How It Rewrites Speech appeared first on TechRepublic. — TechRepublic
iOS 27 AI Shortcuts: What Changed and 5 Useful Things to Try
iOS 27 lets Apple Intelligence build Shortcuts from natural-language descriptions and adds new triggers, model choices, storage, and web-connected automation tools. The post iOS 27 AI Shortcuts: What Changed and 5 Useful Things to Try appeared first on TechRepublic. — TechRepublic
Analogue is re-releasing its SNES and Genesis consoles with some nice upgrades
Analogue announced new versions of its Super Nt and Mega Sg retro consoles today with a "reworked industrial design" and built-in wireless connectivity for controllers and accessories. Like the original versions, the new Super Nt Plus and Mega Sg Plus are able to play Nintendo and Sega Genesis cartridges using an FPGA processor that perfectly recreates the functionality of Nintendo and Sega's 16-b — The Verge
A fake WhatsApp clone is showing up before the real version on the Play Store
After a Chrome clone was spotted on the Play Store earlier this week, a user on Reddit says they're seeing a fake version of WhatsApp in a "sponsored" slot above the real version. As reported earlier by Android Authority, the WhatsApp dupe has racked up over 500,000 downloads and, at the time of writing, its Play Store listing is still live. Google did not immediately respond to a request for comm — The Verge