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Medellín launches pilot test for package delivery by drones carrying up to 20 kilos
Medellín launched Colombia's first pilot test of cargo transport by drone in urban environments, led by the Olaya Herrera Airport public establishment, the Civil Aviation Authority, the Mayor's Office and private companies. The pilot includes routes of up to 22.4 kilometers along the Medellín River corridor and connects four drone ports in the Aburrá Valley. The aircraft can carry parcels and supplies of up to 20 kilograms, with special interest in the urgent transfer of medicines, blood samples and vital organs.
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TCS flags AI, sustainability and partnerships as the trends set to transform industries
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) presented its analysis of the trends the company says will define the industrial landscape. Artificial intelligence appears as the core of business transformation strategies, with applications in retail, logistics and transportation. Sustainability is shifting from an operating cost to a competitive advantage, with technologies such as smart sensors and IoT helping hotels cut energy consumption by up to 30%. TCS also forecasts a surge in strategic partnerships and new business models.
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Two critical PHP vulnerabilities found with AI knock thousands of websites offline
Thousands of websites, including European government portals, went offline after the disclosure of two critical vulnerabilities in PHP, the language that according to W3Techs powers about 70% of identifiable websites. Developers released four patches and urged immediate updates. The flaws, rated 9.2 out of 10 on the CVSS v4.0 scale, could allow unauthenticated remote code execution. They were detected using artificial intelligence models by researchers at Calif with OpenAI and by Google's Wiz.
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Ibero-American countries approve the Alicante Declaration to boost science and AI in Spanish and Portuguese
Ibero-American countries approved the Alicante Declaration, an agreement to strengthen cooperation in science, technology and innovation. It was adopted on October 21, 2026 at a meeting of science, technology and innovation authorities in Alicante, Spain, and will serve as the basis for the XXX Ibero-American Summit planned for Madrid. The agreement seeks to expand the presence of Spanish and Portuguese in scientific output and in artificial intelligence, and includes open science, a Digital Atlas of Ibero-American Knowledge and an Ibero-American Supercomputing Network.
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AI uncovers PHP2Shell, a critical PHP vulnerability affecting millions of websites
An AI-assisted investigation identified PHP2Shell, a vulnerability in PHP, the language used by up to 70% of the world's websites. The flaw affects memory management and could allow attackers to execute unauthorized code on unpatched servers. The finding occurred in August, when a researcher at the security firm California was examining PHP's source code with an OpenAI model. The United States, Japan and Europe took preventive measures.
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Two critical PHP flaws lead France and the Netherlands to take websites offline
Two critical flaws in the PHP programming language led government entities in several countries to take websites offline as a preventive measure. The NSA asked to immediately update systems running PHP or disconnect vulnerable ones. The PHP project released a security update on Wednesday. France disconnected local government portals, including the Paris Police Prefecture site, and the Netherlands took down services such as DigiD and the House of Representatives website.
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Two critical PHP vulnerabilities, present on 75% of websites, force thousands of pages to shut down
The PHP Foundation released patches for two "critical" vulnerabilities in PHP, the language used by roughly 75% of the world's web pages, with a severity score of 9.2 out of 10. The flaws allow malicious code to be executed on servers. The foundation urged administrators to update "right now" to versions 8.5.12, 8.4.27, 8.3.36 and 8.2.35. Thousands of sites, including government, hospital and university pages, have shut down until the update is applied, and Cloudflare reported early attacks.
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Bogotá opens 500 free spots in English, AI and technology courses for people over 50
Bogotá's District Secretariat of Economic Development opened 500 free training spots for people over 50 within the Talento+50 strategy, which brings together three tracks: Experta +50, with courses in digital literacy, digital transformation, circular economy and finance; Experta Tech, with partners such as IBM, Oracle, Amazon Web Services and Universidad Distrital; and YES Bogotá, with A1 and A2 English training from SENA. Registration takes place on the Secretariat's official portal before October 30.
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Global cybersecurity alert over two critical PHP flaws, present in about 70% of websites
Several countries issued alerts after the discovery of two critical vulnerabilities in PHP, the programming language used by about 70% of the world's websites. Japan urged applying the patch "as soon as possible"; the Netherlands preventively took down pages including the Parliament's, MijnOverheid and DigiD; Germany urged installing updates immediately. The flaws, rated 9.2 out of 10, could allow remote access to servers and theft of information. PHP maintainers announced two corrective updates.
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ExpoISP 2026 keeps its date in Pereira and adds a recovery purpose after the earthquake
Pereira will host the 9th edition of ExpoISP 2026, from October 28 to 30, with nearly 2,000 internet providers, businesspeople and experts in telecommunications and technology. After the earthquake that hit several regions of the country, the event goes ahead under the slogan "Fuerza Eje Cafetero" and adds an economic recovery purpose, with support from Cotelco Risaralda, Pereira's Mayor's Office and the Chamber of Commerce. The agenda includes artificial intelligence applied to internet providers, cloud, virtualization and fiber optics.
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AI uncovers a critical flaw in PHP affecting up to 70% of the world's web pages
The creators of PHP, a technology underpinning up to 70% of the world's web pages, disclosed a critical security flaw, dubbed PHP2Shell, that hackers could exploit to take control of systems running its software. The vulnerability was found with the help of artificial intelligence by researcher Ryan Austin of security firm Calif, using an OpenAI model. The team fixed nearly 200 files and wrote more than 10,000 lines of code before moving up the patch release after a leak.
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AI helps uncover serious WiFi flaw in Movistar, Orange and Vodafone routers
Security researcher Quentin Kaiser, using AI tools, presented at the Hexacon 2026 conference a vulnerability dubbed WPSplinter, found in an old Broadcom WiFi software implementation used since 2010. The flaw allows an attacker to execute malicious code and extract sensitive information without knowing the network password, simply by being within signal range. It potentially affects models used by Movistar, O2, Orange, Jazztel, Simyo, Vodafone and Lowi. Broadcom had already addressed the issue in 2018.
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Microsoft warns that frontier AI models "cannot be fully trusted"
Microsoft warned about the security risks of AI agents used in companies and called for continuous oversight mechanisms. Hayete Gallot, the company's executive vice president of Security, explained that these systems are not inherently malicious but are trained to reach goals and can change their behavior depending on circumstances. The company noted that agents often have excessive privileges over internal data, tools and systems, and said frontier models cannot be trusted "regardless of their origin".
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Critical PHP flaw: two vulnerabilities force several European governments to take public websites offline
PHP released fixes for two critical vulnerabilities, CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619, affecting how the language handles memory errors during a request and potentially allowing remote code execution without prior authentication. Cybersecurity authorities recommend updating immediately and, if that is not possible, taking systems offline. Administrations in the Netherlands, Finland, Denmark and France have temporarily withdrawn websites and public services. Cloudflare reports attack traffic targeting exposed customers.
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PHP releases patch 8.5.12 after acknowledging a serious security flaw
PHP developers released a security patch, version 8.5.12, after acknowledging a serious vulnerability affecting websites and online services built with the language, including CMS such as WordPress, Joomla!, Drupal, Moodle and Typo3. The flaws, named "PHP2Shel" and registered as CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619, allow remote code execution without authentication. Germany's BSI issued a "3 / Orange" risk alert and recommended disconnecting servers if patches cannot be applied. Municipalities, universities and hospitals have shut down services.
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NVIDIA and T-Mobile complete first commercial AI-RAN call; BT, Deutsche Telekom and Elisa expand trials
At GTC Berlin, NVIDIA announced that T-Mobile US completed what the companies described as the world's first call over an AI radio access network (AI-RAN) on a commercial mobile network, carried out in Bellevue, Washington, with Nokia. BT, Deutsche Telekom and Elisa announced trials using Nokia's anyRAN software on NVIDIA ARC hardware. NVIDIA also introduced the MGX 2U and MGX 4U configurations of its ARC platform and the integration of its Nemotron models into Nokia and Cisco platforms.
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Alert over two critical PHP flaws leads to shutdown of European government websites
Two critical PHP vulnerabilities, rated 9.2 out of 10, led cybersecurity bodies to recommend temporarily suspending sites that cannot be updated. The Netherlands and Finland proactively disconnected public digital services. CERT-EU urged installing emergency patches, a recommendation echoed by Australia, Japan and the United Kingdom. Cloudflare reported attack attempts and warned its blocks are temporary. The risk extends to platforms such as WordPress, Drupal, Joomla and Magento.
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Agrofuturo: AI, satellites and drones seek to close the gap in Colombian agriculture
Ricardo Jaramillo, co-founder of Agrofuturo, argues that artificial intelligence, satellites and drones should reach Colombia's smallholder and family farming sector, which coexists with a more developed corporate agriculture. He frames his argument around investment, credit, productivity and markets: he says originating a rural loan costs traditional banks between 650,000 and 700,000 pesos according to Finagro, and proposes estimating income and cash flow with satellites. Expo Agrofuturo will bring together more than 350 exhibitors at Corferias from October 21 to 23.
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Apple's first foldable, the iPhone Duo, sells out on preorder with waits of up to three months
The iPhone Duo, Apple's first foldable phone, sold out worldwide minutes after preorders opened on October 16. The minimum delivery time is three months: in Spain it would not arrive until late January 2027 and in other countries until February. Apple attributes the situation to "simply extraordinary" demand, while its critics point to a lack of units of a complex-to-manufacture model. The phone, from 2,339 euros, goes on sale this Friday, October 23, in official stores.
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EU launches Digital Product Passport Registry: the "digital ID" for goods sold in its market
The European Union launched on July 20 the Digital Product Passport (DPP) Registry, the infrastructure that will manage the unique identifiers of each item sold in the EU market. With a legal basis in the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR), the DPP will gather information on materials and composition, origin and traceability, durability and repairability, and end-of-life management. It will be accessed via QR codes, NFC chips or RFID tags, and its rollout will be gradual over the next decade.
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