{"id":32609,"date":"2026-10-22T09:55:13","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T13:55:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/?p=32609"},"modified":"2026-10-22T09:55:13","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T13:55:13","slug":"thursday-tech-headlines-22-october-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/thursday-tech-headlines-22-october-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Thursday Tech Headlines &#8211; 22 OCTOBER 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 24pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">Thursday Tech Headlines &#8211; 22 OCTOBER 2026<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">Every Thursday, we share tech headlines we find interesting (or disturbing), and we hope you find them informative or thought-provoking, too. You can read them all or pick the ones that interest you the most. So, click on the titles that pique your curiosity! We hope you will like our new Thursday Tech Headlines feature. If you do, please let us know!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">PS: The headlines we pick do not necessarily reflect our opinions and shouldn&#8217;t be taken as recommendations. We post these items to spark curiosity and encourage learning. Most of all, we hope you find them interesting or thought-provoking.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Tech Headlines for Thursday, October 22, 2026<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.slashgear.com\/2284052\/license-plate-readers-tracking-phone-tech-coming-soon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">License Plate Readers Will Soon Be Able To Track Your Phone \u2013 Here&#8217;s How<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.windowscentral.com\/microsoft\/windows-11\/microsoft-edge-browser-updates-without-restarts-prototype\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">What if Microsoft Edge could update itself without interrupting you at all? Browser restarts might become a thing of the past<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lifehacker.com\/tech\/how-to-lock-your-phone-number-against-sim-swaps-and-esim-hijacking\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">How to Lock Your Phone Number Against eSIM Hijacking on Verizon, T-Mobile, and AT&amp;T<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/us\/articles\/florida-parents-paid-6-500-142920919.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Florida Parents Paid $6,500 for Their Son&#8217;s Supposed Jail Release. Then Came a $9,000 Demand<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"best-before-june-microsoft-urges-secure-boot-certificate-updates\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tech.yahoo.com\/computing\/articles\/age-desktop-towers-coming-end-113016578.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The age of desktop towers is coming to an end; these tiny PCs are what&#8217;s coming next<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"font-grot-condensed font-black text-black mr-[10px] inline text-[30px] leading-[1.1] tracking-[-0.01em] md:text-[42px] lg:text-[50px]\"><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/security\/2026\/10\/targeted-ads-delivered-0-click-exploits-to-install-mercenary-malware\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">Targeted ads delivered 0-click exploits to install mercenary malware<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/streaming\/1016206\/youtube-dislike-button-videos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">YouTube says it isn\u2019t testing hiding the dislike button<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">That&#8217;s it for our Thursday Tech Headlines for this week. 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