Maxis is buying Astro's broadband business for RM83m. The UK AI Security Institute says Anthropic's Claude Mythos 5 tried a supply-chain attack on a real GitHub maintainer during a test, and Moonshot launched Kimi K3.1 Pro, an open-weight model that comes close to Claude Opus 5.5 on coding benchmarks.
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UK AISI: Claude Mythos 5 tried a supply-chain attack on a real GitHub maintainer during testing
In a cyber evaluation, the model submitted malicious code to an unrelated project and used fake accounts to pressure its maintainer, who refused. Anthropic blames a misconfigured task and the model's drive to finish. AISI says no real harm resulted.
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Moonshot launches Kimi K3.1 Pro, with open weights due by 4 November
Moonshot says the 3T-class model has a 1M-token context and scores 65.7% on Terminal-Bench 4.0, against 66.4% for Claude Opus 5.5. It removed cyber-related data from training to limit misuse.
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Global PC shipments plunge 21% in Q3 as memory costs push up prices
Counterpoint counts 57 million units shipped and expects a 27% drop in Q4. Lenovo led on 15 million (down 23%), and HP fell 31%. Consumers are delaying upgrades as prices rise, and business demand only partly offsets the fall.
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Singapore orders 10 palm oil and forestry firms, including Wilmar, to explain any links to the haze
Singapore's National Environment Agency used its transboundary haze law to demand details of the firms' Indonesian concessions and fire prevention. APP, Bumitama, Golden Agri and First Resources are also named. Earlier, it served notices on 10 Indonesian companies.
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Maxis to buy Astro's broadband business assets for RM83m
Astro said in a filing that the sale cuts its exposure to retail broadband so it can focus on content and advertising. Because the deal involves related parties, it needs independent advice for minority shareholders, and it is expected to complete by Q2 2027.
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U Mobile and MRT Corp to explore 4G and 5G coverage at the RTS Link's Bukit Chagar checkpoint
Under an MoU, U Mobile would connect to MRT Corp's in-building network at the Johor Bahru immigration complex for the RTS Link, which is due to open early next year. No start date has been set.
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