Technology
Binance's $6.3 Billion Hack Started on a Laptop
Attackers took about $6.3 billion from Binance in 20 minutes. Binance traces the entry to a DevOps laptop and says it will cover losses.
AI
One AI Training Signal, Four Different Rollouts
AI
GPT-6.1 Terra Makes Computer Use Cheaper
AI
SpaceXSI Will Watermark Grok API Text on November 7
Technology
Big Tech Spent $209 Billion on AI Capacity in One Quarter
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Technology
Microsoft's Voluntary Exit Offer: Buyouts for 60,000
Microsoft offered buyouts to about 60,000 employees, roughly 27% of its workforce, on standard severance terms. The uptake rate it cites points to 1,800 to 3,000 departures.
AI
Anthropic's S-1: $16.3B in Revenue, an $80.7B Paper Loss
Anthropic's public S-1 shows $16.3 billion of first-half revenue and an $80.7 billion net loss, nearly all of it non-cash, and confirms the leaked 2025 figures.
Technology
iOS 27.2: 163 Fixes, Siri Memory, and an 11.4 GB Download
Apple's first broad iOS 27 update patches 163 vulnerabilities, none known to be exploited, and lets Siri AI recall past conversations. On an iPhone 16 Pro it is an 11.4 GB download.
Technology
Cloudflare ERR_TIMED_OUT on Windows: A TCP Timestamps Fix
On October 27, some Cloudflare-hosted sites timed out on Windows PCs behind corporate firewalls while loading fine on Linux machines and phones. Turning on TCP timestamps got the PCs working again.
AI
Texas Wants Outside Approval for OpenAI's Next Models
Ken Paxton wants a court-approved evaluator to clear OpenAI's next releases, as he contests a close Senate race and Trump promotes AI development.
Technology
iPhone Duo Screens Are Cracking in the Same Spot
Owners of Apple's new $1,999 iPhone Duo report inner screens failing at the same point on the fold, often within hours of unboxing. Apple hasn't said why.
AI
Kimi K3.1 Pro: 33% Cheaper per Token, Not per Task
Moonshot's Kimi K3.1 Pro gains 11 points on Artificial Analysis and cuts API token prices by a third. The all-in benchmark cost is still about $2 per task, and the promised open weights have not shipped yet.
Technology
PHP2Shell: NSA Says Update PHP or Take Systems Offline
NSA told organizations using PHP to update for two critical flaws or take systems offline. The fixes had shipped 12 minutes earlier, and nearly half of PHP websites run branches the project no longer patches.
Technology
SpaceX Bought the Airwaves. It Still Needs a Phone Network.
SpaceX agreed to buy nationwide 800 MHz spectrum for Starlink Mobile, and Verizon had its worst day since 2002. Analysts say the network is the hard part.
Automotive
Tesla's Roadster Leaps a Semi, With No Driver and No Price
Nearly nine years after its debut, Tesla's Roadster flipped on SpaceX thrusters with no one aboard. Production is set for 2028; delivery isn't promised.