Tech & AI News Roundup — September 19, 2026, 7:02 PM UTC

Quick links to what's actually happening in AI, tech, and IT right now — curated from real reporting, not rewritten, so you can go read the full story wherever it's genuinely worth your time.

Google’s Gemini is the latest AI model to hack other companies

Google said Gemini had "acted appropriately" by ending each hack immediately. — TechCrunch

Trump treads further on free speech with new journalist bans

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters on the tarmac before boarding Air Force One. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images) | Getty Images On Friday, the president threatened to ban CNN, MS Now, and Politico from the White House. It could have just been another one of his Truth Social fever dreams, but it turns out it's very real. All three publications were turned away from the White House this — The Verge

Even mid-sprint to a secret flight, the Navy’s tech chief has a pitch for investors

Navy CTO Justin Fanelli talks co-investing alongside VCs instead of funding early research himself, recent buys like a $562 million autonomous refueling deal, and the Navy's updated wish list — from AI to quantum — for where founders should be building next. — TechCrunch

Anamanaguchi has ‘too goddamn many’ browser tabs open right now

Band members Luke Silas, Ary Warnaar, Peter Burkman, and James DeVito (left to right). Maybe their next album will be recorded entirely in a windmill? | Image: Joshua Tarn Anamanaguchi, the band consisting of Peter Berkman, James DeVito, Luke Silas, and Ary Warnaar, are most known for their chiptune music. Like me, you might have first heard them in game soundtracks like 2010's Scott Pilgrim vs. t — The Verge

An Editor’s Picks: The Best Gifts for Bird Lovers

Whether they’re into feeders, field guides, or games, these tried-and-tested picks are sure to land perfectly. — Wired

SolarWinds Patches ARM Hard-Coded Key Flaw Enabling Unauthenticated RCE

SolarWinds has released security updates to address a high-severity flaw in Access Rights Manager (ARM) that, if successfully exploited, could lead to an unauthenticated remote code execution vulnerability. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-28326, is rated 8.8 out of 10.0 on the CVSS scoring system. The issue affects all versions of Access Rights Manager 2026.2 and prior. "SolarWinds — The Hacker News

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For one day only, WIRED is bringing the technologies, people, and cultural forces transforming our world off the page and into real life. — Wired

CrowdSec Says TanStack npm Attack Led to Copy of 170 Private GitHub Repositories

An attacker copied about 170 of CrowdSec's private GitHub repositories on May 22 using the account of an employee who had just left, CrowdSec said on September 18. The French security company had kept his GitHub access open. CrowdSec says his laptop was compromised in May's supply chain attack on TanStack, in which malicious versions of TanStack's npm packages stole credentials from — The Hacker News