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The US government has ordered federal agencies to purge Acronis software from their systems, and the move is years in the making. The Swiss-headquartered backup and security firm has faced sustained scrutiny over its Russian ties, with American officials citing national security concerns that have quietly built since well before the order was issued this November.
Shifting from cybersecurity to the skies, NASA's Swift observatory is coming home — though not in a way anyone will be celebrating. The US Armed Forces confirms the aging space telescope will re-enter Earth's atmosphere in the early hours of November fourth, ending a mission that spent roughly two decades studying gamma-ray bursts and the violent edges of the universe.
And for developers building AI agents, a pointed reality check is making the rounds: getting something to work in a demo and getting it to survive real-world conditions on a Monday morning are two very different problems. The conversation is pushing the AI community to reckon honestly with brittleness, edge cases, and the unglamorous work of making systems actually reliable.
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