Amazon promises to spend $1 billion on communities close to its data centers, but critics push back

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Tom’s Hardware • Jowi Morales • October 3, 2026

Amazon announced a new community program called “Built Together,” where the company promised to invest $1 billion over the next five years on data center communities. According to the company blog post , it will provide the funding to the residents while they determine the best use of the funds to be allocated, including projects that reduce electricity bills.

California subpoenas OpenAI over rogue AI agents conducting hacking attacks

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Tom’s Hardware • Jowi Morales • October 3, 2026

The California Department of Justice (DOJ) has subpoenaed OpenAI as it investigates the recent cybersecurity incidents involving the company’s AI models and agents. According to The Register , state Attorney General Rob Bonta said that the state wants to learn more about the cybersecurity incidents involving the company and that the investigation is trying to determine the responsibility of an AI developer if an AI model or agent does something unintended.

$5,245 prebuilt RTX 5090 PC’s connectors melt after sitting boxed for a year

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Tom’s Hardware • Andrew E. Freedman • October 3, 2026

When a PC gamer’s GPU with a 12VHPWR or 12V-2×6 power connector melts, it’s often in a computer they built by hand, and they typically only have one chance at recourse — hoping their GPU is under warranty and making a claim.

Google freezes open-source bug bounty program amid flood of invalid AI slop submissions

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Tom’s Hardware • Etiido Uko • October 3, 2026

Google has officially suspended product vulnerability submissions to its Open Source Software Vulnerability Reward Program (OSS VRP) — a bug bounty program — over an influx of invalid AI-driven reports. The company, in an official X post on October 1, encouraged participants to explore other VRP programs and committed to providing an update by the first quarter of 2027, while it reformats and works on this aspect of the program in the meantime.

Redefining enterprise intelligence with autonomous AI

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MIT Technology Review • MIT Technology Review Insights • October 2, 2026

Enterprise AI is no longer a future ambition. It is in full operational flight. Model capabilities are advancing faster than most organizations can absorb, while the cost of performance continues to fall. Globally, AI investment is set to reach $2.5 trillion in 2026, up 44% from the previous year.