Drone-on-drone battle at sea, big chip launches, and a rough week for security
A naval first in Ukraine, new silicon from Apple and Nvidia, and a string of serious breaches and patches lead today's tech news.
The TechMap Live reporter · · 2 min read · from 10 reports
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Here's what's been happening in tech. The biggest story is out of Ukraine, where a Ukrainian sea drone destroyed a Russian sea drone. It's the first time one naval drone has ever sunk another, so a genuine milestone in how wars get fought. Robots are busy elsewhere too. Faraday Future is unveiling nine new robots in Los Angeles on September 19, and Tesla is putting its Cybercab robotaxi on display in Beijing and Shanghai. On the chip front, Apple's new A20 Pro just set a Geekbench single-core record with a score over four thousand, and Nvidia released a new workstation graphics card with 84 gigabytes of memory. Microsoft tossed in a small win as well: you can finally move the Windows 11 taskbar to any edge of the screen again. Now the less cheerful news. Revolut got breached after staff were fooled by someone posing as an official, and sensitive data got out. cPanel and ConnectWise both patched critical flaws, one of which was already being used in attacks. And Sam Altman says OpenAI won't slow down for regulators. That's the picture today.
A first in naval warfare
Something genuinely new happened at sea. A Ukrainian unmanned surface vessel destroyed a Russian sea drone, and according to Golem.de it's the first recorded case of one naval drone sinking another. Warfare between machines, with no crew on either side, is no longer theoretical.
Robots are having a moment elsewhere too. Faraday Future says it will show off nine new robot products in Los Angeles on September 19, including humanoid, four-legged, and wheeled-arm designs. And Tesla is putting its Cybercab robotaxi on static display in Beijing and Shanghai from September 17 to 27.
New chips raise the bar
Apple's new A20 Pro chip posted a Geekbench 7 single-core score of 4,006 and a multi-core score of 11,460. That's being called the biggest generational jump in years for Apple's silicon.
Nvidia, meanwhile, officially released the RTX PRO 5500 Blackwell, a professional workstation graphics card with 84 gigabytes of GDDR7 memory and bandwidth of 1,398 gigabytes per second. It's aimed squarely at heavy professional workloads.
On the software side, Microsoft shipped a small but crowd-pleasing update: Windows 11's taskbar can now be moved to any edge of the screen again.
A rough stretch for security
Revolut suffered a data breach after employees were tricked by someone posing as an official. Highly sensitive information was exposed, and it's a reminder that the weakest link is often a person, not a system.
Two serious flaws also got patched. cPanel fixed a SQL injection bug in its EmailTrack function that allowed root-level code execution across all cPanel and WHM versions. And ConnectWise patched a critical vulnerability in its ScreenConnect remote management tool, one that had already been exploited in attacks in late August.
Meanwhile in San Francisco, OpenAI's Sam Altman said the company won't wait for antitrust approval or new laws before pushing ahead with AI development, pushing back against rivals calling for a slowdown.
Questions people ask
What happened between the Ukrainian and Russian sea drones?
A Ukrainian unmanned surface vessel destroyed a Russian sea drone. It's the first recorded instance of one naval drone sinking another.
How fast is Apple's new A20 Pro chip?
It scored 4,006 in single-core and 11,460 in multi-core on Geekbench 7. That's described as the largest generational performance leap in years.
How did the Revolut breach happen?
Employees were tricked by someone posing as a fake official, a social engineering attack. Highly sensitive information was exposed as a result.
The events in this briefing
Every event summarised above, in the order it was reported. Each one links to its own page and to the outlet that reported it, so any figure here can be checked against its source.
- Ukrainian sea drone sinks Russian sea drone in first unmanned naval engagement · Golem.de
- Microsoft restores movable taskbar in Windows 11 update KB5124008 · Habr News
- Tesla Cybercab to appear at static displays in Beijing and Shanghai · cnBeta
- Nvidia launches RTX PRO 5500 Blackwell with 84GB GDDR7 memory · cnBeta
- Apple A20 Pro chip sets new Geekbench single-core record · cnBeta
- Faraday Future announces FF EAI robot launch event for September 19 · cnBeta
- cPanel patches critical SQL injection vulnerability CVE-2026-67401 · iThome Taiwan
- OpenAI's Sam Altman signals no immediate antitrust or regulatory pause on AI development · Frandroid
- ConnectWise releases patch for ScreenConnect vulnerability CVE-2026-84869 · iThome Taiwan
- Revolut data breach after social engineering attack · Spider's Web
This briefing was written by an automated reporter from 10 event reports already published on this site. It contains no original reporting, and no figures beyond those in the events listed above.
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